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en | N/A | N/A | Contractual reductions are of course a rare sight in the game without the person in question being released from commitment altogether, however Atletico officials have agreed to reduce Simeone’s deal from lasting until 2020, to now keeping him under contract until 2018. The manager said in July: ‘I am a young coach so I feel that [a move away from Atletico] it is possible. T’
Could Simeone be Arsenal’s next manager post Wenger?
I would be over the moon to have him as our Manager. He will bring the best out of all these average players of ours
So that we can be free from that deluded fraud for once.
Even if our average/mediocre players remain he will find a winning formula
I like his passion for the game, his hunger, his desire. He also has a natural charisma, and you can tell he’s a true leader who can get the best out of his players. All positives… But you guys do realize that his style of football is very similar to Mourinho’s, right? I follow La Liga pretty closely, and have seen plenty of Atletico’s games. And for the most part they are extremely boring to watch. At least to me they are. Just food for thought…
Anyway I don’t think a game that shows desire, fight and passion can be boring.
Arsenal need direction and to be winning again. Weak spine, soft players, we’ll never win anything important like this. And is our football really that exciting the past 2-3 seasons? Most of our games are us making 2 inch passes around the box. That’s not attractive football.
Simeone would represent a change in tactics and character for the players who would have to either shape up or ship out. I’ve been a Wenger fan since he first arrived at the club and know he has done a fantastic job firstly winning trophies, secondly making Arsenal a global franchise and thirdly building a new stadium that will be standing long after most of us are gone.
Yes the new stadium came at the cost of winning less trophies but you can’t have it all, Man Utd won lots of trophies over the last twenty years but don’t have a new stadium, Man City won the league twice but did not build a new stadium with their own money and now they rent a stadium, Chelsea have won a few trophies and are just now starting to build a new stadium but the team and the new ground are all funded Abramovich’s money and not the club’s.
Ozil has started the season in a rather timid way while lucas ,sanchez and walcott have been tried as our strikers and yet again no assist to his name.
Now, I know we can do better than better than giroud but right now I don’t think we have a better option right now and the earlier we get giroud playing and in top form the better, alexis is not a striker, and while come with a lot of optimism watched many of his goals and he doesn’t seem to dominate the defenders, he runs into spaces to finish I strongly believe he won’t find himself in similar situations so often in arsenal but rather will find himself fighting big bullying defenders. |
en | N/A | N/A | These same members claim the board can't get anything done and is inefficient. It's the same cycle every meeting: bully and disrupt, then whine and complain that nothing gets done. I agree with Mr. Haggerty, it was a "set-up."
Dark money is a campaign contribution where the donor isn't disclosed. There is an effort to put on the November ballot a request to change the state Constitution to require disclosure of original donors who give over $10,000 in a two-year election cycle. Would you support the amendment? |
en | N/A | N/A | When the event began in 1980, says Audubon Community Engagement Manager Ruth Smith, it was little more than a summer kickoff party for nature enthusiasts. Two teams participated, and their survey consisted of traversing the coastline for the day and then meeting at Rye Beach to celebrate, fresh-poured pink lemonade in hand.
Modest though the event was, the group still surveyed more than 130 species that day and raised $3,000 for the Audubon — money that eventually launched NH Audubon’s Endangered Species Program. A tradition had begun.
Today, Birdathon and its sister event, Bloomathon, takes place in nearly every corner of the state, with annual fundraising totals in the five digits and participants spotting birds from robins and sparrows to peregrine falcons.
The way it works these days is essentially as follows: You create a team of 2-6 people or join a group through your local Audubon outpost, you solicit pledges for the Audubon department of your choice, and then you pick your survey area and get birding. Though there are small prizes for those who spot the most species or raise the most money, Birdathon is entirely what you make it — whether that’s driving around the whole state in a 24-hour search or gathering the kids and watching the feeder in your backyard over lunch. Birdwatching offers something for everyone, and, in recent years, outdoor enthusiasts have taken notice.
Drinking and driving? Bad idea. Drinking and birding? Better.
If you like your nature time to come hand in hand with craft brew, check out NH Audubon’s second-coolest event of the month: Birds and Beers.
Seasoned birder Paul LaCourse will lead participants in the two halves of this popular day. In the morning, you’ll do some birdwatching in Odiorne State Park, and, in the afternoon, you’ll do some beer-sampling at Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton.
Bird lovers of all ages are welcome to attend, but brews are reserved for ages 21 and up.
Birds and Beers will be held on May 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., beginning at Odiorne State Park, 570 Ocean Blvd., Rye.
“Birdwatching or ‘birding,’ as we like to call it, is said to be one of the fastest-growing hobbies in the country,” says Smith. “People are looking for opportunities to get outside, enjoy the natural environment and to be with other people. Wherever you go, there are likely to be birds.”
Glued-to-their-phone types can add bird identifying apps and rare species alerts to their birding, while environmentalists can enjoy the sport in the knowledge that their observations can help the experts keep tabs on changes in the local ecosystem. Those with limited mobility (or limited patience for subjects that keep flying away) can opt into the floral end of things, where the stationary wildflowers provide an easy target to observe, count and report.
If you’re ready to sign up for Birdathon/Bloomathon, registration is available at nhaudubon.org. Your one day of birdwatching can help raise critical funds for NH Audubon’s work protecting our environment for wildlife and for people, and it’s a sure bet you’ll have a good time too.
Through Birdathon, Smith says, “We have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for endangered species and other work that we do, and, I think just as importantly, we’ve been able to engage thousands of people in getting out and birding. At the end of every Birdathon day, one of my teammates always says, ‘Why don’t we do this more often? This is so fun!’”
By the end of your first Birdathon/Bloomathon, you may just be saying the very same thing.
This article appears in the May 2017 issue of New Hampshire Magazine
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en | N/A | N/A | In a pageant of shimmering colour, Nick Howson chronicles the fabled events of times past and present. Many of the works reference memories of a journey he made through ancient lands and the art treasures encountered there. The awe and inspiration Howson derived from seeing firsthand, the architectural marvels and their stained-glass windows, mosaics and medieval icons remain undiminished to this day. Places closer to his home in Melbourne, as well as the unexpected beauty of Australia's hazy, bleached landscapes also continue to provide bountiful stimuli.
The painting Calling, heralds what may be discovered by 'quiet contemplation' of Howson's art. Manifesting amidst richly variegated fields, an emblematic bird - its beak wide open - supplicates some unseen creative force. Laden with inherent symbolism, Kingdom is the most vibrantly coloured piece. Against a sumptuous crimson ground, a mighty lion pauses and directly regards the viewer. "King of the beasts", the lion is associated with royalty, victory, dominion and the embodiment of not only earthly power but messianic, spiritual power as well. This lion carries on his back the "Celestial City" or Kingdom to come.
Howson's portrayal of the Madonna and Child has a similarly equivocal context. In patterns over patterns, the figures merge with and materialise from the Arcardian scene. The throne or 'seat of wisdom' upon which she sits, and the garden setting, recall Mediaeval depictions of the Virgin. In those times, meditation retreats called 'Mary Gardens' represented the Paradise that had been lost and a sanctuary where the soul could be cultivated. Here, in the Madonna and Child garden, the same two trees that appear in Calling and Kingdom once again stand verdant with new life. Howson has placed a rose in the Madonna's hand to complete the symbolic idyll.
In other works, two riders traverse different centuries and lands to present the 'Word' by very different means. Across a red terrain the Crusader gallops on a curiously jade-coloured steed. Proud and purposeful, with the flag of the French Crusaders streaming aloft, he is markedly distinct and apart from his surrounds. The image of Mary MacKillop is altogether less bold. Seated demurely in sidesaddle position, she is on a gentler mission. Howson's interest in the recently canonised saint was kindled when learning that Mary MacKillop was born in nearby Fitzroy and that she had reputedly made teaching expeditions to NW Victoria - an area he has often visited. The piece also offers a subtle linking to the rest of the paintings in the exhibition where the simple, visual elements of Australian town and country life are explored.
Although allegory and history inform the imagery, narrative has never been his primary focus. Howson’s concern lies more in using them as vehicles for abstract investigations into colour value and pictorial structure. The scumbling of multiple layers of oil pigment into coarsely textured Belgium linen creates Howson's signature, indefinite atmospheres. By employing the flat, two-dimensional format of ancient and mediaeval art forms, all extraneous detail is pared away leaving the viewer free to respond to compositional and colour relationships. Calm, hieratic and luminous, Howson's paintings project an untroubled sense of wholeness. They "offer us a glimpse of a universe into which we can move without strain." Masterful reflections of order, his works have all the dignity, meaning and permanence of the classical and mediaeval artforms that inspired them. |
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This has led to a declaration of war by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for a 19% increase in the minimum wage and about a 20% increase in salary for public sector workers.
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The declaration came ahead of the commencement of today’s meeting of the Tripartite Committee, made up of government, organized labour, and employers, which negotiates annual salary adjustment.
But the Ghana Employers Association has hinted that employers cannot afford a high pay increase due to the economic downturn that is affecting businesses.
According to the businesses would collapse if they are forced to pay higher salaries.
Similarly, Benjamin Arthur sustainable pay increase and urged organised labour against holding an entrenched position in the negotiations.
But the TUC remains adamant, as its various units, including GNAT, NAGRAT and GMA appear resolute to push for a higher pay rise.
Meanwhile, are on strike as they lock horns with the government demanding the payment of a controversial Neutrality Allowance the government agreed to offer them.
In the midst of the agitations, labour management expert, Austin Gamey, has called for calm and urged all parties to negotiate the issues and their interests in good faith. |
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en | N/A | N/A | The first thing I assume i need to do is convert kPa but I have not found that in my book... I know that pressure = Force/surface area = mg/A. I could use that formula to solve for mass?
240kPa = (m x 9.8 m/s^2)/2.2 m^2
2) A balloon has a radius of 7.35 m and is filled with helium. How large a cargo can it lift, assuming that the skin and structure of the balloon has a mass of 930 kg. (Neglect the buoyant force on the cargo volume itself).920 kg
r = 7.35 m, m = 930 kg, cargo mass = ? Again I have no idea how to attempt this. This chapter has been extremely hard for me.
3) What is the likely idenity of a metal if a sample has a mass of 63.5g when measured in air and an apparent mass of 55.4 g when submerged in water?
How do we use the two masses given to find out that it has that density. I have no idea's about this one.
The answer is iron/steel
jrd007, Nov 30, 2005
kPa = Kilo Pascal
Pascal = 1 Newton/meter^2
so you have your pressure in N/m^2 and your area is in cm^2 so you can easily change area from cm^2 to m^2
SoccaCrazy24, Nov 30, 2005
Yes I know but I mean the kPa part. I know that 220 cm^2 = 2.2 m^2.
Would 240kPa = 240/1000 = .24 Pa = .24 N/m^2
So would it be .24 N/m^2 x 2.2 m^2 = m(9.8) ?
because that does not work...
ok well... kilo means thousand so you dont divide bya 1000... you multiply by a thousand.... and you also have to remember there are 4 tires supporting a car so you have to account for all 4 tires... but im unsure of whether you converted your area correctly because its squared... so you cant just divide by 100 if i am not mistaken
Actually there is an example in my book and it has m^2.
24,0000 Pa x 2.2 m^s = 4m x 9.8 m/s^s
so if I divide both sides by 9.8 and 4 m I get 13,469... that is not correct.
* 1 Pa = 1 N/m^2
1 kPa = 1 kN/m² = 1000 N/m²
1 cm = 1/100 of 1 m
1 cm² = 1/100² of 1 m²
220 cm² = 220/100² of 1 m²
220 cm² = 0.022 m²
You know the pressure, and you can work out the total area from the 4 footprints, so using F = PA, you can get the total force provided by the pressure in the tyres, hence the weight of the car.
As Fermat's noted, understand the units conversion first. Then apply
Fgrav = 4PA
For your other problems, apply the concept of the buoyant force. The buoyant force acting on any object submerged in a fluid (including air) is the weight of the displaced fluid.
[tex]F_B = \rho V g[/tex]
where rho indicates the fluid's density, and V is the volume of the object.
You can use the buoyant force in a force diagram like you would any other. For example in your third question, you have the condition:
[tex]F_{net} = 0 = F_{grav} - T - F_B[/tex]
[tex] P= \frac {m g} A [/tex]
The first step is to solve for the quanity you need, that is mass. so:
[tex] m = \frac {PA} g [/tex]
you have P= 240kPa
and A = 220 cm2 for EACH TIRE. How many tires are on the average car?
How many cm2 in 1 m2?
Integral, Nov 30, 2005
So taking acrea of number 1 - m=PA/g = (4 x 240,000)(.022m)/
= 2155 = 2.2 x 10^3 N!
Wow. I cannot believe it was that simple.
#2) I use [tex]F_B = \rho V g[/tex] some how.
I can figure out the volume by the equation (4/3)(pie)(r)^3
jrd007, Dec 1, 2005
You calculate the buoyant force, using that formula. (You'll need the density of air.) That buoyant force must support the weight of the balloon structure, the helium inside the balloon (what's the density of helium?), plus any added cargo. Set up the equation to solve for the maximum cargo that the balloon can lift.
airs denisty = 1.29, helium's = 0.179
so I add those denisties together and then solve for Fb?
Why would you add the densities? The buoyant force is the weight of the displaced fluid, which, in this case, is air.
(1.29)(1662)(9.8) = Fb
= 21011 N for a boyancy force.
But how does thi shelp me with the mass of the cargo?
The buoyant force is the upward force on the balloon. When maximally loaded, that upward force will be balanced by the downward forces. One of those downward forces is the weight of the cargo.
So I do something w/ the denisty of helium? Correct?
Find it's force? but how? And then once I have heliums I can minus the two forces to get the cargo mass?
There are three "parts" to the balloon/cargo system: the helium, the balloon structure, and the cargo. It is their weight that pulls the system down. You'll need the density of helium to find the weight of the helium.
As I previously stated the denisty of helium is 0.179
weight of balloon = (930 kg)(9.8) = 9114 N
F(boyancy) = 21011 N
How do I change helium, by using denisty, into a mass?
What's the definition of density?
Mass/volume. |
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In January, Bassil had abstained from voting on Arab League and world Muslim body statements condemning attacks by protesters on Saudi Arabia's embassy and consulate in Iran. The minister had objected to a phrase describing Hizbullah as “terrorist” in the Arab League statement.
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en | N/A | N/A | But the past 3 years or so (the period since the faux “tea party” surfaced) have pushed me past the breaking point.
Then there’s the actual platform. Here’s a random sampling of the contents
Because marriage is only between a natural woman and a natural man and it’s forever dammit whether you like it or not.
Because part of respecting and safeguarding our children is the ability to beat them.
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Because we all know that our great-great grandparents had pet dinosaurs.[challenge] the student’s fixed beliefs and undermin[e] parental authority.
Because we don’t want people thinking for themselves.
But only if the choice is an approved Christian religion. Everyone else needs to be deported.
Because that way we can pay poor people even less.
I think I’m gonna need more lumber.
Posted on July 13, 2012, in Commentary, conservatives, Humor, Politic7 Comments.
I read that bit as leaving a loophole for capital punishment because of the word “innocent.”
The platform was written by a bearded, toothless, born-again psychotic who has not yet been released from a mental institution for ranting on streetcorners and peeking under women’s skirts. You MUST send this to the Cap Times!
It hurts my brain to read this NEOCON dysfunctional dung.
Love your blog. In Canada we watch American politics with a sort of horrified fascination (not that we’re immune from ridiculous politics up here). I knew when Obama was elected that the country wasn’t being totally taken over by right-wing mental cases with guns, but hearing the rhetoric now (because he didn’t wave a magic wand and fix 8 years of Bush destruction in 3 years) is really scary. I cannot believe that people take Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and…Mitt Romney? seriously. Why do poor Americans vote for rich Republicans who will crush them like bugs? |
en | N/A | N/A | Chief Financial Officer of Florida, Jeff Atwater explains the rapid growth of the federal government, spending, and entitlements since the 1960’s. CFO Atwater also talked about the Debt/GDP ratio andCFO Atwater made these comments in a speech to the Boca Raton Republican Club in Boca Raton Florida on May 31, 2012. |
en | N/A | N/A | On Westminister Road, West Hempstead, just north of Hempstead Turnpike are the buildings of the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle: a large school, an auditorium, the rectory, and a church built in 1963. The parish address is 24 Westminster Road, West Hempstead, NY 11552, telephone 516-489-8585. The parish website is linked here. The parish was founded in 1931 and is currently (2011) in the Rockville Centre deanery.
The 2.9.2011 edition of The Long Island Catholic includes a well-written and informative article about tThe article is linked here. I have no idea how long TLIC maintains articles in available web archives, so please read it now. The article says that the parish has 2,900 registered families.
I wonder which building is depicted in the scene behind St. Therese. It does not resemble the basilica at Lisieux.
The parish school is at 12 Westminster Road, telephone 516-481-9310, website here.
The sign advertises the pre-school program.
A second church, known as the parish chapel, is located about two miles south, at 875 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, at the intersection of Hempstead Avenue and Nassau Boulevard. This is three blocks north of Exit 17 of the Southern State Parkway.
Posted by Joe Mcmahon at 12:30 AM 1 comments
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Our Lady of Lourdes parish is located at 65 Wright Avenue, Malverne NY 11565, telephone 516-599-1269. The parish website is linked here.
Hempstead Avenue and Malverne's business district is two blocks west (to the left). Wright Avenue runs from Hempstead Avenue east to Ocean Avenue, and at each end a black-and-white sign points to the parish.
The mailing address of Our Lady of Lourdes School is 76 Park Boulevard, Malverne, NY 11565, telephone 516-599-7328. The school's website is linked here. Church, school, and rectory share a square block. In this photo, the houses are along Park Boulevard.
In the above view at Wright Avenue and Sheehy Place we see the rectory and the school. Sheehy Place is closed to traffic during school hours.
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» Submitted by hokeyhydro - Mon, 1/2/12 » 11:15 PM
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An assertion from his representative, Gavin Barker Associates, said: "His profession crossed seventy years with such different work going from films like
tune Right Said Fred, an infamous visitor on Fawlty Towers and portraying The Wombles.
"He functioned admirably into his 90s, as of late showing up in Doctor Who and the CBeebies series Old Jack's Boat.
"He lost his significant other of 66 years, Gill, last year.
The adored entertainer was brought into the world in Oldham in 1928 and in the wake of showing up in front of an audience, he tracked down notoriety in film and TV
turning out to be well known as the storyteller of The Wombles and a long-term have on Jackanory.nddad of Catherine Tate's personality and showed up in one of the show's most watched episodes ever,
In any case, it is his part in the film transformation of The Railway Children from 1970 which he is maybe most popular for |
en | N/A | N/A | But there is an interesting parallel to another passage of Scripture between God’s commission of the prophet Ezekiel, and God’s re-commissioning of the Apostle John.
For myself this voice is God’s. I come to this conclusion for several reasons.
Next God’s voice is often referred to as thunder.
, trying to figure out just what was God said in these seven thunders is the height of arrogance, because God commanded them to be sealed.
Further, looking at God’s purpose for these judgments is so rebellious humanity could repent and come back to the Lord, but now it seems the time for that to happen is at an end.
There’s a verse in Romans that has always bothered me.
Therefore they go deeper and deeper into unrighteousness.
If you’ve come thinking that you’ve blown it so bad that God will never forgive you, then know that God isn’t finished yet, and He’s calling out to you and has placed into your heart the need to repent and turn your life back over to Him.
But here in Revelation the time has now run out. God has done everything He possibly can to get rebellious humanity to turn from their sins and still they refuse, and so the pronouncement is that the time for repentance is over, and that the last of the woes, the seventh trumpet judgment is about to sound, and its judgment is the worse than all the ones before it, and that’s because it contains the seven bowl or vial judgments of God.
Through this angel and the eating of this little book, the Lord re-commissions John. This is interesting because John already is a minister and a prophet of God’s word, so why now?
The Bereans were consider more noble minded than those from Thessalonica, because they received God’s word readily, but also made sure that everything Paul said was in accordance with God’s word (Acts 17:10-11).
Please don’t settle for only the predigested food you receive here on Sunday mornings, or at one of our other services. What you hear from me I’ve read, studied, and digested. Therefore, what I’m giving back to you is what I’ve already digested, that is, I’m regurgitating it back up for your consumption. Hope that doesn’t hurt your lunch plans.
But then I’d be going directly against God’s word and His calling.
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“arose and followed Him.” Thus began the
Verses 18-25 state the purpose and intent of Matthew’s Gospel. This purpose has two parts. First, He shows that all the things he says of Christ were came not to establish an earthly kingdom for anyone’s worldly security and prosperity. He came to save His people from their sins by sacrificing Himself on the cross. Taking the sins of His people on Himself, He suffered and died for them. Giving His righteousness to them, He restores them to fellowship with God, now and forever. </s> Last night O and I had a mini date night with a stop at Urban Taco for dinner and heavens to betsy that dos equis amber barbacoa taco is delightful!! Seriously yum, I need to learn how to make barbacoa... pronto.
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Tonight, I took the night off from Best Picture Oscar contenders and watched this (glamorously in my bed with a tall glass of sauv blanc):
But alas, I'm sure I'll find myself tuned in next week, chilled white in hand, wondering about the unrealness of reality TV.
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But no more. While I was looking for an app to put on my Android phone for a to-do list, I ran across an app called Out of Milk (at the moment it’s not available for iPhone). It’s got a shopping list, to-do list, and pantry inventory. The thing that I really like about the app, however, is that it has a website that makes it easier to make your lists, and that you can share your lists with anyone you choose. Syncing your phone with your web account is a one-time $5 fee per phone, but in my opinion it’s totally worth it. So, I can ask Decoder Man to go to the store, update the list on my computer at home, and then he can sync the list once he’s at the store, and get exactly what’s on the list. Assuming he understands what I put on it.
Ah. Well. But it would be handy to have such a gadget. Especially color-coded.
Alright sister. You’ve heard me laugh out loud. Remember those times at the school office? Well, here I sit, early in the morning (hey – for our house, it’s early!), enjoying my coffee and a great, I mean GREAT laugh! Can’t tell ya how many times the essentials haven’t made it home, but by gosh we have every Curious George movie known to man. And, like you I abhor grocery shopping unless I am by myself and we have a bottomless checking account. Still laughing… this blog is awesome.
Really cute! Although I don’t always do lists and use my phone as little as possible, I enjoyed seeing how inventive and helpful they can be if you’re not technology |
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"Don't look back – you can never look back where you've been. You can only look where you're going."
The book of Genesis does not tell us her name, as is often the case with female characters in Bible stories. She is just "Lot's wife." Some Jewish Midrash refers to her as Edith. Midrash is a tradition that tries to fill in some of the gaps in the ancient stories; sort of a description of what might also have been happening that can help explain the story better. Anyway, as the story goes, Edith and Lot were fleeing the city of Sodom right before it was to be destroyed. They were told not to look back. Edith looked back anyway and God turned her into a pillar of salt. Why did she look back?Was she having a hard time letting go of what her life had been in that city?
It tousled Terry's hair. He smiled. Another gust, cooler, caused me to stop. Christian hollered and tossed his t-shirt high above our heads, and for a moment it rode the wind out beyond the bridge. I shut my eyes, threw open my arms, wide, and let that same wind rush across my skin. Then, with eyes open, we stepped forward."
"From the stories of our living rings a song both brave and free calling pilgrims still to witness to the life of liberty," |
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en | N/A | N/A | European biotechs outperform US for investment return, report claims
Published on 29/11/17 at 04:52pm
A new report from RSA Group has revealed that European biotech companies are “significantly outperforming” their US counterparts in terms of returning greater investment value, according to the performance of their boards, CEOs and chairs.
Using this methodology, the 20 most successful boards behind leading companies on both sides of the Atlantic were identified in the three year period up until June 2017. The findings are contrary to the generally accepted status quo, and stand as a caution to overly simplistic financial readings of the industry. |
en | N/A | N/A | Hypnosium for Reaktor 6 Blocks released by Reaktion Sound
Reaktion Sound has announced the release of Hypnosium, a new Reaktor 6 Blocks instrument that brings hypnotic sounds to your arsenal. HYPNOSIUM – Additive Morphing...
Flintpope Seltsam for Kontakt updated with Reaktor Blocks & Simpler support
Flintpope has announced that its Seltsam collection of 16 sounds that explore "STRANGE", is now available in three formats: Kontakt, Reaktor Blocks and Ableton...
Tim Exile releases Slow free reverb for Reaktor
Tim Exile has launched Slow, a "super-slow reverb for sloths". This free reverb effect for Native Instruments Reaktor is different from a regular reverb,...
Amazing Machines releases free Ring Modular for Reaktor Blocks
Ferrophone for Kontakt & Free Chaotics for Reaktor Blocks by Wobblophones
Wobblophones has announced the release of Ferrophone, a new Kontakt instrument library. Halloween is approaching and you might be searching for something special to horrify...
A Memory of Light free Reaktor Blocks set gets more presets
Flintpope has released an updated version of its A Memory of Light, a free Reaktor Blocks synth instrument featuring sounds that bypass the usual...
Teppichleger ensemble for Reaktor by Aggregati Musika updated to v1.03
Aggregati Musika has released an update to Teppichleger, a sample-based instrument for Native Instruments Reaktor. Teppichleger is a samplebased ambient/soundscape/textures/collages/score/industrial... machine with 4 generators, 3...
Twisted Tools Sale: Totally Twisted bundle now just $199
Twisted Tools has launched an End of Summer Sale, offering its Totally Twisted bundle for $199 USD for a limited time. It's almost the end...
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Amazing Machines has announced the release of AM105 Quad VCA, a flexible quad VCA module for Reaktor Blocks. Sporting Continuously Variable VCA Curves that range...
Substanz sample based groovebox for Reaktor by Blinksonic° released
Blinksonic° has announced the release of Substanz, a new 4-voice sample based groovebox and finger drumming platform for Native Instruments Reaktor 5 and 6. SUBSTANZ...
Flintpope launches free demos of Tension Collision, 36 Pads & Colliders
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Reaktor Blocks by Native Instruments updated to v1.2
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Quadrimorph crossmorphing tool for Reaktor by Epic SoundLab
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GRID II synth sequencer for Reaktor at Heavyocity
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Mudron – Dark Matter generator for Reaktor 6 by Reaktion Sound
Reaktion Sound has announced the release of Mudron, a new Reaktor 6 instrument acting both as standalone sound generator and effect processor for audio...
Flintpope releases A Memory of Light for Reaktor & Ableton
A Memory of Light by Flintpope is a new Reaktor Blocks set featuring 24 sounds that bypass the usual waveform synthesis. Instead it combines a...
Reaktion Sound releases Vokaloid 2.0 for NI Reaktor 6
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Flintpope releases free Flintblocks DARKSCAPE for Reaktor
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Blinksonic° updates Ruidoz & Aetønz for Reaktor
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Mr Shorten was backing Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews' plan to remove 50 of Melbourne's worst level crossings.
Asked if he supported Mr Andrews' plan to scrap contracts for the East West Link road project if Labor wins the election, Mr Shorten said he supported Mr Andrews becoming premier of Victoria.
"There is one federal leader in Australian politics taking part in this federal (sic) election and it is not Tony Abbott," Mr Shorten said, meaning the Victorian election.
Mr Shorten said he has lived in Melbourne his whole life whereas Mr Abbott "doesn't know Victoria".
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Thank you Leslie, of "My Mommy's Place"
We are slowly but surely making our new house our home. The upstairs is completely unboxed and livable with the exception of our "good dinnerware" (I am working hard on trying to figure out a logical storage solution for this) and some of the newborn and baby items, that I have yet to sort through before the baby comes. Our rooms are completely lacking anything decorative, which I am fine with- for now...Believe me, I am itching to decorate, but come on, I have to get out of boxes first!We are not wasting any time on some updates to the house though- the first thing we did was buy a new faucet for the kitchen. The one that is there is usable but broken. We purchased a new one and just need to install it. I will try to remember to take a before and after shot!The next thing on our list was garage door openers. The garage currently doesn't have openers (amazing for this day and age!) and so we decided to bust a move and get some installed now because of the coinciding arrival of a newborn and Seattle's rainy season!The last thing that I need is a cold, wet, screaming baby, a cold, wet, screaming toddler, and wet and soggy groceries, leading to a cold, wet, screaming mother...Also in the cards for us is a little modification to the railing along the living room/stair opening. The slats are at least 8 inches apart from each other!That is enough for Harris to put his entire body through!We figured we should get on top of that project too... |
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en | N/A | N/A | The brand’s new CEO, Gregory Lee, who had come over to Bowers & Wilkins from Samsung just six months earlier,publicists who had assembled in the living room of the chateau-style 1850s property, and declared that the company was unveiling “,” he said, “setting a new bar in the world of wireless sound.”
“Whether you’re listening to jazz, or Elton John, or Madonna, the most important thing is the music, not the equipment,” Lee says. “Which means that live music is better than recorded music, because you can hear someone perform up close and you can see them sweat and you can feel their energy. But if you can’t have that,” he explains, “then you take the replica [recorded album]. And then you have to consider how good the source isThat’s the experience we want to provide.” |
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Below is a list of physical fitness groups, fitness partners and health centers that are part of the Greater People Fitness Network. These opportunities are available for Greater People members to join. |
en | N/A | N/A | Q: Is there a NuGet equivalent for deploying content to end users? I have a c# application and I am mainly concerned with pushing out automatic updates to clients running my software. These updates can be anything from a new / patched dll to new resource file.
I see that programs like NotePad++ have a dedicated updater, but I'm hoping that I can piggy back from others as opposed to rolling my own updater from scratch.
A: There are a few different ones you can check out.
https://www.nuget.org/packages/NuGetUpdate/
Would recommend this one, as last time I opened a ticket he addressed it almost immediately.
None of them will be a 100% drop in solution because application updating is one of those things that's hard to generalize.
1) Use http://www.myget.org to host my updates, and roll my own system that downloads/restarts/updates things.
*If there is an update, download it.
*If it exists, install it silently
In the end though, none of those frameworks will 100% fit your needs, because no scenario is the same, hopefully they get you most of the way though.
Chocolatey is a wrapper around nuget for installing apps, similar to the likes of app-get in the Linux world. It is a tool to wrap around all sorts of installers. |
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GM’s OnStar service is meant to help subscribers in all sorts of predicaments, but the company goes above and beyond in emergency situations.
In the event of a hurricane, tornado or other major disaster, OnStar services will provide a full range of crisis assist services regardless of subscription plan, though you must at least have the base plan.
Advisorecting you to a hospital, providing a detour around an issue or contacting emergency workers. OnStar workers can also update you as to the current weather conditions or with other pertinent information regarding the disaster.
GM says that OnStar has a relationship with over 6,000 911 call responders, and can always get in contact with them even if your cell phone can’t.
Recently, OnStar helped folks when tornadoes strucka. |
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Actress Jo Tan, 37, and her husband, actor and part-time lecturer Edward Choy, 40, had to cut their living expenses by more than half after most of their gigs were cancelled due to the outbreak. Ms Tan is now trying to diversify into online corporate training.
MAS said food and beverage outlets near residential areas that are open for takeaway or delivery may outperform higher-end restaurants, which tend to be in business districts.
Mr Samuel Yik, founder of Chinese restaurant chain Dian Xiao Er, said revenue at its 10 suburban outlets has been around the same or better than the previous financial year. |
en | N/A | N/A | when over a few weeks ago i saw a sign at ionian tours ( i think ) and they were offering £5 transfer !
Cheap isn't always best. I think Gordion charge £7.50 per person on the shuttle and £35 for two people on the personal transport and I'm going for the latter from now on. I cannot be bothered with waiting around, dropping off and picking up people that happens on the shuttle. Another company once wanted to pick us up in Altinkum 6 hrs before my flight!
May I ask has anyone transferred from Dalaman to Tinky, who did you use and was it a horrendous journey, thanks folks! |
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en | N/A | N/A | With all subscription-based streaming services now allowing for multiple streams, it makes sense to spread the love.
We’re in the golden age of television, folks. There’s hardly a week goes by without Amazon releasing an Original series, or Netflix dropping yet another show that’s the best thing since that slice of bread that looked like Jesus.
It’s easy to see why you would want to share your streaming passwords. Financially? Makes sense. If you’re a TV fan, who can’t keep up with the cost of multiple subscriptions and simply *have* to rewatch The Sopranos AGAIN? Makes sense.
But here’s what’s what: these companies allow for multiple streams on one subscription. But they’re not exactly giddy at the thought of you dishing out your login details to people if you don’t live in the same house.
If you do? You’re not alone. A Consumer Reports study from 2014 showed that 46% of adults shared their log-ins for streaming services with people outside of their home.
And yes, while it is highly unlikely you’ll get a visit from the cops because you’ve given your Hulu password to grandma (she’s desperate to catch up on Grey’s Anatomy), does it violate Hulu’s policy?
Here’s the lowdown on each of the biggest streaming services and what their password-sharing policies are.
Amazon Prime’s streaming parameters are clear.
I didn’t know about this until last year but it also makes Christmas shopping way easier now that your partner can’t see what you’ve bought for them.
You can watch The Matrix, your mom can watch Star Trek Beyond and your sister can watch Aeon Flux, but you can’t all watch Aeon Flux. So at least there’s a silver lining.
The official policy says an HBO Now subscription “applies to your entire household.” The definition of a household isn’t expanded upon, allowing for you to get creative in who you’d like to dish out your password to.
What is that number? Three. You can share your login with however many people you like, but make sure that the amount of people streaming doesn’t go above three, otherwise everyone gets booted off.
Hulu’s rules for both commercial and commercial-free subscriptions are on the strict side.
Members of the same household are allowed access to the same account (woo!) but only one stream is permitted at a time (gah!) Even within those parameters it makes it a bit difficult deciding who gets the Hulu password in one house.
Despite that hurdle, you’re able to activate as many devices as you want and set up individual profiles as well! So you can tailor your own watchlist and favourites without everyone else being able to see your choices.
You can share away as long as those who have access are in your immediate family. Not sure if that means the postman.
There’s still a limit to how many folks can use your account. “Y,” reads the official Netflix statement.
They can’t really tell the difference between a family member or a friend, however.
The only time they’ll really clamp down is if you sell your Netflix password.
Even with policies in place to prevent the services being abused, Netflix and HBO aren’t going to rouse the cops to bust down your door.
By the sounds of it, the big streaming services are so, well, BIG, that even with a significant chunk of people sharing passwords – and Netflix doesn’t keep track of the exact number because it’s such a pain in the butt – it doesn’t affect business.
You shouldn’t worry about sharing your streaming passwords but think twice if you think about selling your passwords. |
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en | N/A | N/A | That’s why you might be surprised to buy QuickTax Standard for the 2007 tax year and find you could do only two returns for income over $25,000. Last year, you could do six returns. The price stayed the same, but you could apply for a $10 mail rebate if you filed your return electronically.
After I did a column last Saturday on Intuit Canada’s sneaky move, I heard from many people who had quit QuickTax and found alternative tax software.
I quit using QuickTax this year. I’ve reviewed Squawkfox Reviews StudioTax and quite liked it. The software is free (by donation) and has been certified.
Michael Yarde buys QuickTax software each year to prepare his family’s tax returns. But this year, he noticed a change. For the same $40 price, he could prepare fewer tax returns.
QuickTax Standard for 2007 includes two returns for Canadians with more than $25,000 in income, compared with five returns in previous years.
Cameron Moore, QuickTax product manager, told me that most people didn’t need to prepare five returns. “About 60 per cent of users prepare only one or two returns for $25,000+ in income,” he said.
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So the 40% who need to prepare more than 2 returns will see a huge price increase and the other 60% who resented paying for 5 will continue to pay $40 for 2.
Then there’s the $10 so-called “Eco-Choice” rebate.
Most claims are processed within six weeks, Intuit says, heque to come to you in the mail.
In my view, Intuit should lower the price on its downsized product. That’s better than offering a time-consuming rebate that won’t be redeemed in great numbers.
In addition to Ellen’s objections, consider that for every rebate someone will have to spend 52¢ postage plus envelope (plus photocopies if they want to maintain proof that they made the submission.) Then there’s the environmental cost of getting it to Intuit, the costs of processing, the costs of sending the rebate cheque, the costs of taking that cheque to a bank, processing and clearing it, etc. And then there are the not uncommon costs of chasing after rebates that fail to materialize, the phone calls, the faxes, the mailing of photocopies, the blood pressure medication, etc.
I bought Quicktax before I realized there was a 2-return limit. Tired of the Intuit BS, I mailed it back to them and said I wanted a refund. To their credit, they mailed me a cheque.
I just finished doing all of our tax returns with Studiotax (www.studiotax.com) at a total cost of $0. The software worked really well, and you can’t argue with the price. I’m going to send $10 to the authors of the software as a thank-you.
I used QuickTax for a few years and TaxWiz before that and I file two tax returns. This year, I bid adieu to QT because of the confusing message that I’ll have to get the Platinum version just to declare capital gains and losses. It turned out that I was mistaken and that all QT versions support all forms.
I’ve downloaded and tried StudioTax and I am going to use it to file our taxes this year.
Give my QT any day!
Sorry, what I wanted to say is that I replicated the return on Studio Tax.
I believe that we should get a free tax preparation software from Revenue Canada, not just a stamp-saving Netfile service. A lot more people have chosen to prepare and file their tax by computer. The costs of paper forms and distribution of them is a huge waste.
I’ve been using Ufile for the last 4 years worth of tax returns, including this year’s, which I completed a few weeks ago – the refund is already in the bank.
Without fail, it has worked perfectly year after year and it has an excellent interface. The best part of all: it’s completely online so you don’t need to purchase anything at all in order to use it, simply navigate to ufile.ca and follow the directions.
As a Mac user, having an online version that isn’t dependent on my having a Windows based computer system is obviously a show-stopper feature for me, so Ufile fits the bill perfectly year after year.
Too late Cameron. I’m gone. You’ve lost a customer of 20+ years.
And as soon as I find a replacement for Quicken, I’ll be rid of that too. Again, I’ve been a Quicken customer since the DOS days.
Intuit’s arrogance and incompetence (e.g. Quicken still doesn’t download stock and mutual fund quotes correctly) is simply too much.
I had been a fan of Taxwiz for the past few years. I was not able to find it this year and had heard that Intuit had bought out the company so I purchased QuickTax.
The first thing I noticed and have STRONGLY objected to, is the requirement to provide INTUIT with personal information m. I do not object to registering a program but do object to the company collectingn, as I was completing my return using the “Interview†method, at least twice as I moved forward, I was interrupted with a “purchase other Intuit programs†page. Infuriating! Intuit’s intrusive practices have turned me completely off their products.
QuickTax e-mail support is terrible. It seems that the immediate objective of each technical support person is to dump the problem on someone else by sending any reply, however useless, within the 72 hour deadline.
I was poking around on the Intuit Canada web page and found their job postings. Not only has technical support been moved to India, but it appears that software development is now done in Bangalore instead of Edmonton.
I’ve had to override incorrect output from QuickTax twice since 2005. Now I use a combination of my own spreadsheet and Ufile.
I really hope Intuit reads how many unhappy customers they have now. I too was a long time user of their product but their greed, yes greed, is showing. Next year, it will be Ufile for me.
I too am very disappointed after purchasing my QuickTax. I have used the program and formerly CanTax for years to file four returns. This year, it was not until we installed the program that we discovered the two return over $25,000 limit.
My actual return was under $25,000, but it worked out best for me to claim $2,000 of my husband’s pension on my return. Lo and behold, that savings will be eaten into with the purchase of my return, as now my income is at $25,000.
I am going back to doing my returns by hand.
I have been using QuickTax for many, many years. This is the last year I am using QuickTax. They have become a ripoff company, serving only the investors. Profits, profits that’s all what they are interested in.
I purchased QuickTax Standard, not reading the changes that had taken place, assuming that it still would give me last year’s numbers of returns. What a surprise, and I accept responsibility for not reading the outside box, trusting QuickTax instead. No longer will I be a patron. Hopefully, others will do the same.
In addition, QuickTax does not max out your pension splitting, a feature that is sorely lacking for pensioners like myself.
Will I purchase QuickTax 2008? Absolutely not!!
I am shopping for a replacement. And don’t forget to dump their stock, this one is going DOWN!
I also used QuickTax for many years, and bought the 2007 Standard edition because I used it in the past. I read the small print on the box about the two returns limit, but I assumed that my return and my wife’s will count as one, as they are filled as one. To me, this is false advertising.! It looks like QuickTax interpreted the transfer as being from/to a spouse, even though on the student’s forms I’ve checked the box that says the transfer is to a parent, and on my return I entered the student as a dependant.)??! If t? Plus, I asked CRA, and, of course, they confirmed there is no such restriction.
The most annoying thing is that all my attempts to clarify this went to Intuit’s so-called “customer service” in India, and I wasted the past two weeks trying to make them understand the issues. They asked for screen shots first – I sent them. Then they asked me to send the tax return files themselves. Not only I am not comfortable with sending them personal info, but I really don’t see why they need it. It’s easy enough to test what I say using test data.
I am not sure what I can do, but I believe this is blatant disrespect for customers, and I ponder about going to the media with the whole story.
I have joined the ranks of the Quick Tax Malcontents, though for reasons different than many posting here. I agree with the comments about abysmal customer service.
In response to six inquiries over the past 9 weeks, including the return of the product over two months ago requesting a refund, I am no further ahead. Perhaps the unresponsiveness of the customer service is intentional because Intuit figures people will just give up.
The problem is described in the email excerpted below.
I am a user of your software who must override or otherwise manually change several line items, mostly notably Part B of T778 for Child Care Expenses.This is required for divorced parents who share custody of children equally [meaning the child or children reside with each parent 50% of the time]. For example, when there are two children, as in my case, I must only claim one-half of the $4,000 daycare deduction for each since daycare expenses are shared equally. I must override and then manually write this on the T778. This is the reason I cannot Netfile my return.
This year, I have identified a problem with QuickTax with respect to the new federal tax amount for children – Line 367 – which prevents me from completing the complete return using your software.
Line 367 – Amount for children born in 1990 or later. You can claim $2,000 for eachThe full amount can be claimed in the year of the child’s birth, death, or adoption. If the child resides with both parents throughout the year. If the child does claims the amount for an eligible dependent (see line 305) for that child can claim this amount.
My ex and I decided we would proceed with the claim for this new amount, as we had been for the Equivalent to Spouse amount in Line 305. In other words, I am claiming one of our two children for both the eligible dependent and the new federal tax amount.
However, when I was reviewing the Schedule 1, I noted that line 5, which represents Lines 366 and 367 of the Return, was wrong. The error could be traced back to the QuickTax Dependent Information Form.
The Dependent Information Form provides the basis for a number of line items thereafter, including daycare expenses, camps, children’s fitness amount, etc.
On this form, there are option buttons [Yes/No] in each child’s column for Child Lives with Parent. As in years past, based on advice from CRA, I must select Yes for both. Also, as in years past, there is an option button for the Eligible Dependent Claim: For one child, I select Yes. For the other, I select No. However, there is no Yes/No option button for the new federal amount, SO if you have selected Yes for Child Lives with Parent, the $2,000 amount appears automatically.
This has ramifications for the line calculations all through Schedule 1 for Federal Tax, starting at item 5, which as already noted, represents Lines 366 & 367. While override of 366 is possible to adjust the number for “Children born in 1990 or later”, it is not possible to override line 367 to claim only one child because it is predetermined by the Dependent Information Form answer.
What is then required is a line by line adjustment, down through to the amount for line 420, to be entered at the top of page 4 of the the General T1.
It is not possible to cheat the system by changing the answer for Child Lives with Parent to show only one child living with each [which is inaccurate and could be construed as an offence anyway] because the values for all of the items mentioned above for that child are then automatically disallowed/deleted.
The end result is that I must prepare the S page 4 of my General T1 return accordingly.
This is unsatisfactory, particularly because it seems like such a simple glitch to fix.
You can be certain that I will be passing on this information to others in the same situation that I am in.
Well, I was looking for a tax software/service and would like to thank all the listeners and people who submitted their views on QuickTax, which I was going to purchase. I went with UFile and am happy I stayed away from QuickScam, er Tax.
Perhaps QuickTax should rebrand themselves for next tax season by calling themsselves, “UFO-Tax” and I ain’t speaking aliens here, folks. Johnny Carson best described UFO as “You @#&*Off”. I agree a far more apt name for a declining product and service.
Here is another spin on the $10 rebate fiasco. Other colleagues of mine are in the same position where they have no record of our submissions.
The kicker in my case is that I had purchased Quicktax Standard online from the Intuit Canada website. After various emails, Intuit is denying my rebate, saying I have an online product.
How ridiculous, they don’t know the difference between Quicktax Web (online) and Quicktax installed program. I think Intuit (or as subcontractor) is doing their best to deny rebates.
I’m only pursuing this out of principle, since $10 isn’t going to make any difference in my life.
In fact, I think this is the last year I will use Quicktax after maybe 20 years of continuous usage. I still remember the DOS Cantax from way back when.
So I see Quicktax 2008 is now allowing up to 8 standard returns (Big Font announcement on front of package).
Too bad they lost a number of us long-in-the-tooth faithful customers last year to UFile and other customer friendly/much better online Canadian software.
Keep trying QuickTax – maybe some day you’ll regain the stature CanTax established years ago.
I also saw the new packaging of Quicktax 2008. Funny how the number of returns you can do this time is prominently advertised upfront. Like many others, I failed to read the fine print last year and bought Quicktax. It wasn’t until I got home that I noticed the two returns limit. As I had to do 3-4 returns I went out to buy UFile instead of buying extra Quicktax returns.
Intuit’s other product, Quicken, has also deteriorated over the years. I cannot believe how they turned this wonderful money management tool they had in the 90s into this pathetic piece of software it is now.
I’ve learned from my mistake and will never buy from Intuit again. Even after a year this fiasco still leaves a bitter taste in me. I’m using UFile again this year as I was pleased with its results last year.
What a nice program. Bought it and installed, but it wants to verify by logging in to the Intuit site. Problem is, it can’t and when you try bringing up the Intuit site it’s under maintenance (great timing).
Okay, no problem, there is an 800 number you can call to do the validation. Whoops. There is no service at that number (great timing II).
Did something happen to the company and no one told us??
I had the same experience as G Wong. I spotted the 2 return limit on QuickTax 2007, promptly returned it and bought UFile.
This year, in bold, is the 8 return limit.
Since I do returns for several family members, UFile was cost effective last year, but QT2008 along with an upgrade to Quicken H&B was a good saving, so I bought both together.
Quicken has definitely degraded. The new version is full of cosmetic bugs that are irritating. It’s like getting Windows before the first service pack is out.
QuickTax used to convert returns from other software, but that feature is gone, so2007 UFile returns.
To Andrew…yes, Intuit thinks they are as big as Microsoft now.
So if you left last year and wanted to return this year think again!!!!!!
Fricking rip off company… and I am a user of Cantax/Quicktax since 1989!!!! No longer though!!!
QuickTax for the 2008 income tax year has a terrible glitch that pertains to the “Quebec Income Tax return enabled” download.
When the update is downloaded and applied, it corrupts the help files of QuickTax 2008 Standard. QuickTax tries to minimize and sugar coat the problem by stating that it only applies to a few cases, when in fact it is widespread.
This problem is really a gift to H&R Block’s tax software program. Purchased H&R’s program because of the dubious response from QuickTax and their inability to correct the problem to date.
Incidentally, have found H&R’s program to be superior to QuickTax in reliability and ease of use. Every dark cloud has a silver lining.
Well, I see that QuickTax has tried, this year, to correct their stupid, idiotic ploy done last year to increase their revenues by decreasing the number of returns to 2 yet charging the same price.
This, of course, seemed to backfire on them since it caused a whole lot of previously loyal customers to find alternatives, and pissed off the rest of the people who actually bought the 2007 version unknowingly.
Even before the 2007 imposed limit of 2 returns, I had always wondered whether or not I should try alternative software, since the price of Quicktax has always been more expensive than say, Ufile.
However, since I was already used to years of Quicktax, I continued to shell out the standard $40 a year to do my 5 returns. I figured familiarity was worth the price difference.
Ah, but then, Intuit goes and pulls their low move of the 2 return limit, so forced me to switch to Ufile, just out of principle.
Now, for the 2008 return, Quicktax has increased the number of returns to 8, even more than the 2006 limit, in a vain attempt to lure back customers they lost last year.
Well, be forewarned, it doesn’t seem that Quicktax felt it necessary to work too hard to get their customers back since their software doesn’t seem to allow conversion of Ufile 2007 data into QT.
Too little, too late, Intuit. You’ll have to do a lot better if you want to reverse the negative, bitter taste you left in your customers’ (actually, ex-customers now) mouths.
Thanks, Ufile, for offering a comparable product at a more than fair price.
Happy filing, everyon 0? An answer would be so greatly appreciated!! Thanks, guys!
I want to figure this out as I do a lot of my neighbours’ taxes for them, disabled/retired, and don’t want to be severely limited. Most of them are under $25k.
Hi Ellen, It’s nice to hear from you!
I’m always happy to respond to your readers’ inquiries.
Our consumer QuickTax desktop products for Tax Year 2008 all include 8 returns for individuals with over $25,000 in net income.
Not only is this more than last year’s 2 returns, it’s also more than the 5 returns we were offering 2 years ago.
As usual, any returns prepared for individuals with less than $25,000 in net income will not count toward those 8 returns, and are essentially “free”, meaning that you can prepare up to 12 additional returns under $25k.
Please note, however, that the CRA has imposed a 20-return per computer limit on all NETFILE-certified software this year.
– We have created a one-click pension splitting optimizer that makes it very easy for people with private pensions to maximize their tax refund by splitting just the right amount of pension income with their spouse.
– We are offering Audit Defence to our customers, an additional service for $39.99 that offers peace-of-mind to Canadians who are concerned about a CRA audit.
– The pricing of our online products has been reduced – QuickTax Standard online now starts at $14.99 per return.
Details can be found at http://www.quicktax.ca.
I’ve always used QuickTax, but I usually split the cost with my parents. Last year, because of the 2 return limit, I had to buy my own copy. I wasn’t very happy, but I didn’t have time to look around for a replacement.
This year, I think I’m going to try StudioTax, since it’s free and seems to be a good replacement. My only concern is that their help system might not be as good, since I’m not very tax fluent.
If it works out, then I’ll donate some of my tax refund to StudioTax. If it doesn’t, I haven’t lost anything, other than some time.
Like others who have posted above me, I had been a faithful user of Quicktax for years until they pulled last year’s ripoff, which I first learned of through your website.
Although my spouse and I only used Quicktax for our returns (two), leaving us unaffected by the reduction in returns, Quicktax lost me over sheer principle: While I had been paying more and more over the years, their sneaky limitation last year caused me to rebel and move to uFile in support of other consumers.
When I saw this year’s version in stores, and noticed that they had seemingly learned from their mistakes, I was going to purchase it today. I returned to this website, only to read that uFile’s 2007 return can’t be imported into Quicktax.
This would have been simple programming on Quicktax’s part, so they’ve now lost me for at least another year. I’m happy with uFile, so perhaps I won’t contemplate a return to QT at all next year.
Okay, maybe someone can help me. No problem.
!? What?!? I didn’t have a problem with the previous QuickTax years and up to three days ago, QuickTax 2008 was working fine.
I know it is not the computer, so what can I do to get QuickTax 2008 working again?
I got caught last year with the 2 return Quick Tax. And last year was my last year with Quick Tax. As for them ever winning me back as a Quick Tax user, never. They betrayed a basic trust; their sneaky marketing ploy of small print and big promises still irks me.
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I’m very sorry to hear about the technical difficulty you’ve run into.
This will allow should be able to diagnose your the issue.
Many of my clients in Fort McMurray have been switching away from Quicktax over the past 3-5 years as well. They have not been very happy with the service provided once they do have to phone into the customer support.
Yes, this is true with most Quicktax products any more!!
There are definitely other options out there than QuickTax (now TurboTax), but often they are much harder (or more ‘clunky’) to use.
It seems that most of the tax software companies are moving to online versions, which means ‘sharing’ a software package is not possible.
I gave up on QuickTax when they end of life’d the version of Quicken I had.
I cannot trust a company they will end of life a product by installing updates that turn the product into nag-ware and cripple existing features that were already paid for.
It is clear they have reached an apex in organic revenue growth and will do anything they can to try and squeeze additional revenue from their customer base in the most unscrupulous of ways.
I have been using QuickTax for quite some time now for my Marketing On Internet website and I agree with David that you can’t limit the usage on software you have already purchased. I am switching everything over as well.
I agree with your comments totally. I used QuickTax in the past, but this year I bought Ufile Plus for $39.95 in a box (I don’t like my personal data sitting on somebody’s server) and I can do 16 returns.
What I like about Ufile is that it is a Canadian outfit, whereas Quicktax is a sub of an American company. It is very easy to input information and their Maxback feature does a great job of splitting eligible pension income.
Also, I can print all or selected pages of the return without it counting against the 16 allowable returns (unless you convert the file to a PDF format, which counts against the 16).
You should let your readers know about Ufile – it is much more superior product than QuickTax.
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Speaking to one of our correspondents, the Secretary of Osun PDP Legal Committee, Hashim Abioye, said bringing together several lawyers by the APC to challenge Adeleke’s victory was not a threat to the party.
“It is not a threat at all. I have been involved in so many election petition matters where you line up as many lawyers as you can. That does not mean anything. There is no room for anyone to hide again in litigation. You place your card face up. We are waiting for them,” Abioye said.
“For the 50 legal practitioners APC wants to hire, I think that 50 might not be enough. They can as well double that number. Perhaps they may be able to help them. I am not a lawyer, but I know it will an excercise in futility. It was a clear contest which produced a winner.”
“As far as I am concerned, Oyetola going to court to challenge Adeleke’s victory is not in any way a wrong move.”
Ogunbiyi, who spoke through one of his aides, Stephen Owolabi, however, said Osun people had made their choice and he had no problem with their decision.
Tinubu to unveil Shettima in Abuja Wednesday
Party elders wade in, mull options
A top ranking member of the party, who is familiar with the issue but elected to speak in confidence, said: “We held a major consultative meeting on Tuesday and I can assure you that the membership of the council will be announced in the next two weeks.
Another party leader, who spoke on grounds of anonymity, said: “The PDP has dealt with bigger challenges; this one too has come and it will go. Governor Wike, whose name is being mentioned anytime our current challenges are cited, is a party man, he has said it himself.
“It is the pursuit of this that has delayed us till now but we must make progress; we have an election to win and there will be positions of responsibilities to be given out. It is the patience component that is the issue at the moment.”
Substantial progress is being made — Atiku’s camp
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Slides in this setSlide 1Alcohol· The general formula for alcohol is CnH2n+1OH.· When naming an alcohol if there are more than one OH we use di- , tri-, tetra-, ect...· Alcohols can be classified as Primary (1o), Secondary (2o), or tertiary (3o).· A primary alcohol has the OH group at the end of a chain. (IE the main Carbon atom is attached to only one other Carbon atom).· A secondary alcohol has the OH group in the body of the chain. (IE The main Carbon atom is attached to two carbon atoms in the middle of the chain).· A tertiary alcohol has the OH group in the body of the chain and attached to a branch.· Alcohols have higher melting and boiling points because the Oxygen molecule allows hydrogen bonds to form between the molecules.· Alcohols are soluble in water because hydrogen bonds can form between the OH groups and water molecules.…read moreSlide 2Alcohol· Alcohols are very useful in industry because they can be used as an intermediate.· They are easily made and easily converted into other compounds.· EG Methanol can be used as a starting material for making other organic chemicals.Ethanol· Ethanol is considered the most important alcohol.· It is used as an intermediate in the manufacture of other organic chemicals.· It is often used as a solvent in cosmetics EG After shave, perfume.· It is used in the manufacturing of drugs, detergents, inks and coatings.· It is made by reacting ethene with steam using a catalyst: Phosphoric acid.· It can also be made from sugars by fermentation (Used to make alcohol).· Beers have 5% ethanol, wines have 12%. Spirits, such as gin and whisky, contain 40% ethanol; these have been concentrated by distillation.…read moreSlide 3Ethene is produced when crude oil fractions are cracked. Alcohol· The main sources is from ethane but some comes from the naphtha fraction.· Ethene is hydrated, which means that water is added across the double bond.· CH2=CH2 + H2O C2H5OH With a phosphoric acid catalyst· During fermentation, carbohydrates from plants are broken down into sugars, and then converted into ethanol by the action of enzymes from yeast.· The carbohydrates come from the crops such as sugar cane and sugar beet. Starting material Crude oil non- renewable Carbohydrates (sugars) renewableMethod Cracking and dehydration Fermentation and distillationRate of reaction Fast SlowType of process Continuous batchPurity Essentially pure Aqueous solution of ethanol is produced…read moreSlide 4The key steps in the break down of sugar in a process called Alcohol anaerobic respiration: · Enzymes from yeast C6H12O6 (aq) 2C2H5OH (aq) + 2CO2 (g) · The rate of this chemical reaction is affected by temperature. It is slow at low temperatures by the enzymes are made ineffective if the temperature is too high. A compromise temperature of about 35oC. · Air is kept out of the fermentation vessels to provent oxidation of ethanol to ethanoic acid (the acid in vinegar). · Once the fermenting solution contains about 15% ethanol the enzymes are unable to function and fermentation stops. · EthanolCarbon is useful as a motor fuel when dioxide absorbed mixed Carbon dioxide with petrol. released Photo synthesis in the growing plant Fermentation 6H2O (aq) + 6CO2 (g) C6H12O6 (aq) 2C2H5OH (aq) + 2CO2 (g) Combustion C6H12O6 (aq) + 6O2 (g) 2C2H5OH (aq) + 6O2 (g) 4CO2 (g) + 6H2O (aq)6 molecules of CO2 absorbed 6 molecules of CO2 released…read moreSlide 5Alcohol· Many conventional petrol engines will run on ethanol, or mixtures of petrol and ethanol, with little modification, and much of the petrol sold in the UK at present has 5 10% ethanol added.· Ethanol made from ethene is not renewable fuel because it comes from crude oil. However, ethanol made by fermentation is renewable because the sugars come from plants such as sugar cane and beet, which can be grown annually.· Cars release Carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which is associated with global warming and climate change.· Ethanol made from fermentation is sometimes termed as carbon- neutral fuel as it was obtained from photosynthesis.· Ethene is a vital industrial chemical; it is the starting material for poly(ethene) and many other important chemicals.· We could produce ethene by dehydrating ethanol made from sugar and this would give us renewable source of ethene.· At present ethene is made from crude oil and then converted into ethanol.· In the future it may become more economical to make ethene from ethanol made by fermentation.…read moreSlide 6AlcoholCombustion· C2H5OH (l) + 3O2 (g) 2CO2 (g) + 3H2O (l)· Ethanol is often used as a fuel.Oxidation· Alcohols can also be oxidised gently and in stages.· Primary alcohols are oxidised to aldehydes (R2CHO).· Secondary alcohols are oxidised to Ketones (R2CO).· Tertiary alcohols are not easily oxidised.· This is because oxidation would need a C-C bond to break.· Ketones do not oxidise further for the same reason.· Many aldehydes and ketones have pleasant smells.The experimental details· A solution of potassium dichromate, acidified with dilute sulphuric acid, is often used to oxidise alcohols to aldehydes and ketones.· It is the oxidising agent.· In the reaction, the orange dichromate (VI) ions are reduced to green chromium (III) ions.…read moreSlide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Sign up to see full resource |
en | N/A | N/A | The BitCurator Consortium and the SAA Electronic Records Section invite digital curation practitioners and others who are curious to learn about the community to a mixer in conjunction with Archives*Records 2020.
Drop in to talk to BitCurator users other and digital curation practitioners about born-digital workflows, practices, tools, training, etc. We’ll have a short program about what the BCC has been up to and hear from some ERS members who are also involved in the BCC.
We’ll have plenty of time to chat openly about digital curation work, your favorite pandemic zoom memory so far, or just to show off your pets or that cool new poster you just put up in your home office. If you’ve already got something on your mind, please take the opportunity to submit discussion questions during registration.
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en | N/A | N/A | In Britain, being a newsreader is a nice job. In America, being an anchor is to sit atop the pinnacle of the fabulously wealthy and self-important infotainment industry.
While British TV viewers might not get news of any higher quality or with any less bias than what American viewers get, they certainly get it with a lot less ego and drama.
Who is Jeff Glor?!
See-BS was a rotted and stinking corpse since the 60s.
Why am I thinking of Katie Couric??
She's a dumbass...always has been, always will be.
When she first came on the scene, I thought she was so cute.
There's nothing wrong with getting the news from a sweet looking young woman.
The grand illusion, death by sound-byte.
They just need to replay that promotional where she is walking along and the wind blows through her hair. Makes one think of Walter Cronkite.
Walter Cronkite knowingly lied when he reported US forces lost the TET Offensive.
To be honest, I’d prefer we just rotate people at random to read the news. Kind of like when someone from the congregation gets picked to read scripture. No need for news ‘celebrities’.
LOL, doesn’t make me think of Uncle Wally.
Their propagandist value similarities sure does though.
It’s been decades since I watched any evening “news” on any channel. I’m not a fan of propaganda.
Norah ... doesn’t she play piano and sing?
just eye candy, great body - but ultra-liberal, cold...and dumb as a rock...
Easy on the eyes Norah is an attempt to boost ratings by bringing in male viewers. She’s very liberal and it’s not working. Surprised she’s doing worse than Jeff Glor. She gets paid $7 million a year?!
Glor was the best of the recent CBS anchors.
He had some good, respectful interviews with President Trump.
CBS ought to bring him back asap!!
Only Shepard Smith can save CBS News.
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en | N/A | N/A | The genius of Nusrat was that he managed to open up a classical canon to new influences. He took the genre of Qawwali, and perhaps of North Indian Classical, to new heights as a result. As he did this he was criticized by purists for adulterating the art form. But this anecdote reveals how Nusrat held true to the principles of his art even as he bent it into new shapes.
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What I didn’t write in this piece was how Nusrat coached Salman. For many days Nusrat said nothing while Salman tried to follow along, until one day after arduous struggle, Salman seemed to have found something decent. At which point Nusrat remarked: “ریاض ہو رہا ہے” (riyaaz is occurring). Riyaaz is the Urdu word for the exercises musicians do to keep in shape, but here it means less practice and more flight.
This method of inculcating new people into an order is paralleled by the Tableeghi Jamaat (). One of the great organizational practices of the Jamaat is how they make new people feel included. A stereotypical story made its way to me of a new member that showed up in jeans for a few days. This seemed normal, no one commented on it and everything else continued as expected. At some point he happened to show up in a shalwar kameez, which was closer to the aesthetic of the Jamaat, to which one of the more established members responded by praising how he looked.
Anyway, back to Nusrat. Here’s his recording of Mustt Mustt. A triumph of eastern vocal over a bed of percussion, electric guitar or synth (I can’t say for sure, perhaps both) and a pronounced bass. For those that have heard the incredibly long recordings of great qawwalis or know a little about North Indian Classical, you are familiar with the idea of an alaap. A musical segment that repeats key phrases from the raag or scale to set the mood of the recording such that you are in a good enough space to experience the melody and poetry that follows. Nusrat’s more ‘fusion’ oriented work shortcuts the alaap and instead uses the familiarity of Western instruments to bring people in. It doesn’t replace the alaap in function completely, in that it doesn’t foreshadow the melody but it finds a way of making the hardcore stuff more approachable. Another function of the alaap is purely for aesthetic purposes, which is on display in abundance here. |
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Laney and his staff spent part of the year designing the interior of the toy store — and their attention to detail shows.
Elsewhere, a section of the store is filled with children’s books, in addition to a small picnic table and bean bag where young customers can sit and read. Another section features new toys with a vintage feel, such as toy planes and launch helicopters.
Ten adults with developmental disabilities helped lay out the interior of the store. They also staff it and build the crafts the store sells.
“It gives them such a sense of pride,” Laney said. “They take so much pride in this place, and they’re excited to come to work every day.”
The interactive aspect of the store is visible immediately upon walking through its doors.
“We even do create-your-own jewelry,” Laney said. “We have an assortment of beads.
The “Station” aspect of Inspiration Station was derived from the store’s location. It stands next to still-operational railroad tracks, and trains pass by at least once or twice a day, blowing their horns as they slowly pass through downtown Pataskala.
Some of the employees wear train conductor hats in a nod to the location and the name.
Shayne Waterman, 22, of Newark, is one such employee.
Waterman, a lifelong train enthusiast, helped set up the store’s train display, and he enjoys talking about trains: On a recent weekday, he was quick to point to a painting for sale hanging on the back wall. It featured a Jupiter steam locomotive. He painted it, and he knew about the train’s origins.
Like the rest of the Inspiration Station’s employees, Waterman enjoys his job — and it shows, particularly in his enthusiastic interactions with his fellow employees and the store’s customers and visitors.
“I just really like the people who work here,” he said. “They’re so understanding and nice.”
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en | N/A | N/A | The HMS Bounty and Its Final, Dramatic VoyageDrama at Sea: The Final Hours on the HMS Bounty
Locating the ship on radar would be impossible in such rough weather. McIntosh and his copilot, Mike Myers, pulled on night-vision goggles. The skies were clear for the moment, a full moon fixed above them, but directly ahead McIntosh could see a sharp wall of dark clouds rising from the surface of the water to 7,000 feet.
They approached just above the clouds but were unable to see down to the ocean surface. Hoping for visual contact, McIntosh lowered the plane into the storm. The plane lurched and shook violently. Hard rain pelted the windshield. McIntosh wrestled the controls, guiding the plane lower until the clouds shredded and revealed a churning black ocean.
They circled, holding at the lowest point they could.
Myers sat back in his seat and said, “There’s a pirate ship in the middle of a hurricane.”
In recent years, however, the ship had fallen into disrepair; she was plagued with dry rot and leaks, and her owner had struggled to keep up with the expensive maintenance. Tired and sagging from 50 years of sailing and dock tours, the ship had been for sale since 2010, but no one was buying. Its crew was now sail, to entice possible buyers, and, with dockside tours, to help raise funds for a nonprofit organization supporting kids with Down syndrome.
Captain Walbridge was soft-spoken and gravel-voiced, wore wire-rimmed glasses and hearing aids, and bound his flyaway gray hair in a short ponytail. The Bounty’s owner, New York businessman Robert Hansen, had hired Walbridge in 1995, and Walbridge had since helmed hundreds of voyages on Bounty up and down the Atlantic coast, in all kinds of weather, including at least two serious tropical storms. Walbridge was thought of as a good sailor, but he was also considered something of a cowboy. A few weeks before Bounty departed New London, he’d told an interviewer, “We chase hurricanes … You can get a good ride out of them.”
As darkness fell on Sunday evening, however, Bounty sailed into one of the worst storms ever recorded in the Atlantic. Dubbed Superstorm Sandy, it stretched nearly 1,000 miles across, covering an area nearly twice the size of Texas. Out at sea off the coast of North Carolina, winds gusted more than 80 miles per hour.
Walbridge had instructed anyone who wasn’t on watch or tending to a crisis to hunker down and, if possible, try to rest. It was going to be a long night. Another crew member, Adam Prokosh, 27 had also been injured, breaking two ribs and separating his shoulder when the ship was rolled by a wave. Several other people were severely seasick. In the dim communications room, Walbridge and Faunt hunched over a makeshift transmitter, tapping out an e-mail message with their coordinates, praying it would reach someone on shore.
In the skies above, McIntosh banked hard, looking down on a sight unlike anything he’d ever seen. Below was the Bounty’s hulking black shadow, its giant masts listing at 45 degrees. Someone flashed a searchlight at the plane. From the aircraft, the mission system officer radioed down on the emergency channel.
For the next hour the crew tended to tasks—gathering their “Gumby suits” (bright red, neoprene survival suits) and assembling supplies for the life rafts—or tried to find a place to rest, survival suits at the ready. Claudene Christian tended to the injured Adam Prokosh, helping him move to the high side of the ship.
Around 4:30 that morning, Bounty was broadsided by a massive wave that rolled her a full 90 degrees. A few people screamed. Several crew members were tossed through the air and into the sea. Some slid across the soaked deck, hitting the low rail and toppling into the water. Others, fearing the ship was capsizing completely, jumped from their perches into the ocean. Bounty now lay on her side, masts in the water, surrounded by a web of tangled rigging.
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en | N/A | N/A | " I want to capture life in language, to have words enter my heart and pull me toward something more rich and more fragile, full of complex risk and love, toward fields of Being, more authentic and grown over with endless hope. I want to deserve my life; that is to say, I want to love."
In "Aporia," a series of seven prose poems that reads as a crown of sonnets, the speaker, "I," reevaluates a conversation with a heretofore unidentifiable "you," as they discuss the effects of colonization, naming, and language. The poet takes the kind of risks that prove his diligence, his commitment, and his need for autonomy, spreading these heavy stanzas across numerous pages both mapping and establishing a new foundation with the "you." |
en | N/A | N/A | My image location is heavily light-polluted and therefor many images are necessary.
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en | N/A | N/A | Heat illnesses can be difficult to spot, making it dangerous for kids to be outside during the summer.
The heat can actually pose a risk for your little ones in ways you might not normally think about.
The heat-sensor gun showed metal bars were at a blistering 110 degrees and the rubber surface was 153 degrees.
Teacher, Sheila Berry, looks out for nearly two dozen kids.
The Cincinnati Recreation Department manages more than 100 playgrounds. The material in some play areas is more kid-friendly than others in this heat.
“You can see most of our equipment is plastic now. I do not think there is any metal left on this. We have changed things to make it safer for the kids and parents,” said Cincinnati Recreation Superintendent Michael Thomas.
Police also continue to remind parents the danger of leaving children in a vehicle.
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So far this year, 20 children across the country have died after being left alone in a hot car.
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What does this mean for retired educators in Texas? If H.R. 5697 passes, your Social Security amount will no longer be figured by the arbitrary WEP formula established in 1983, but will be based on your real-life Social Security contributions and work history — just like everyone else.
We are still in the very early stages of the bill's pd! The legislation has an effective date beginning January 2017, and while that may seem like a long time away, passing a bill in Congress is no easy task. We will need to move urgently to pass HR 711.
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en | N/A | N/A | A'smercy of anti-communist mobs by his father's abandonment and brother's arrest. Reprint.
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en | N/A | N/A | A public library refers to a kind of library which can be easily accessed by the public. In most cases, this type of library is funded generally by public sources including tax money. It is also mainly operated by civil servants. If you are planning to start a public library, then you should know that it mainly comes with 5 fundamental characteristics. One of these is that all public libraries are supported generally by taxes, in most cases local, although there are certain cases when any government level can offer contributions. Other fundamental characteristics of public libraries are governed by a reliable board which aims to effectively serve public interest, open to everyone and all community members, they are voluntary which means that the members of the community will never be forced to utilize the provided services and that the services can be used without any charges.
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en | N/A | N/A | This tutorial shows you how to stream data from a Firebase database, translate the text from English to French, then insert the translated data into a new collection in the database. And youhis service will subscribe to new content added to a Firebase database and translate the content to French.
In the service name box, enter translate-messages.
To simplify the configuration of this block, search for the FirebaseInsert block under the configured tab of the block library. Drag Add Tweets to Firebase block onto the canvas and copy the content from this configuration into the Stream Content Updates block. They require the exact same authorization credentials.
Click Web Setup in the upper right hand corner. Note the apiKey, databaseURL, and projectId (you should have set the apiKey as an environment variable in the previous Database Insertion tutorial).
Drag a FirebaseStream block onto your canvas.
Create a new signal that includes the inner attributes from the data signal.
The GoogleTranslate block is used to translate the content of the text attribute of any signal. Here, each message will be passed into the block and the text attribute will be translated to French.
This service pulls the tweets from the Firebase database into the service as signals. The stream is then partitioned into two streams—one containing database insertion signals and one containing database deletion signals. Next, the signal is formatted for the GoogleTranslate block and the text is translated. Finally, the data is published to a topic to be consumed by other services.
[warning] No new tweets in logger panel?
You might have too many tweets in your database collection. Delete the /en/ collection from your Firebase database and restart the service.
First, subscribe to the topic that contains the translated messages, then store them in a new collection in the Firebase database.
Expand the fr collection to see your translated tweet data.
How could you process tweet text in different ways? For example: the WatsonToneAnalyzer can detect emotion in each of the tweets in the database.
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en | N/A | N/A | Wittenberg earns third NCAA tournament berth in four years
Posted: 6:17 p.m. Monday, March 03, 2014
Wittenberg men’s basketball coach Bill Brown watched with about 10 of his players at the HPER Center. Anyone who didn’t have class was there to watch the NCAA.com show on a projection screen.
Brown and the Tigers weren’t sure what to think as the selection show approached. After their 71-63 loss to Wooster on Saturday, the Tigers needed some help from the selection committee in the form of an at-large berth.
Around 12:35 p.m., that’s what they got. When they saw the Wittenberg name flash on the screen and learned their season has a second life, Brown said the players let out a collective yelp.
“We’re really excited,” Brown said. “The seniors have been there three out of four years. That’s pretty good stuff. We’re really excited for them.”
The 22nd-ranked Tigers (21-7) will play unranked Calvin College (22-5) in the first round Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Wittenberg is 5-1 all-time against Calvin in the NCAA tournament, but the teams haven’t played since 1995. Calvinbeating Hope 78-53 Saturdaashington (22-3) will play Wilmington College in the other game Friday at 9 p.m., and the winners will play at 8 p.m. Saturday in Saint Louis for a spot in the sweet 16. Wilmington, which beat Miami this season, won the Ohio Athletic Conference championship Saturday, 69-63 over John Carroll, for its second NCAA berth in five years.
Wittenberg will make its 27th NCAA tournament appearance, the most in Division III history, and its third in four years. Last year, it missed the tournament. Three years ago, it lost in the second round to Marietta. In 2012, the Tigers lost to Illinois Wesleyan in the final eight.
This year’s senior class is the first since the 2006 group to make the tournament three times in four years.
Wittenberg is one of three teams from the NCAC in the same section of the bracket. Wooster (25-3) will host Saint Vincent (22-6) in the first round, and Ohio Wesleyan (20-7) will play Saint Norbert (24-1) at Illinois Wesleyan. After beating Wittenberg twice in the regular season and then losing to the Tigers in the NCAC semifinals, DePauw did not make the tournament.
Wittenberg, which swept Ohio Wesleyan in the regular season, could meet the Battling Bishops in the Sweet 16. The Tigers wouldn’t play the Scots until the final eight if both teams made it that far.
Brown hopes the strength of the NCAC prepared his team for a run in March.
“Our league is just really good,” he said. “I think that it toughens people up. It’s prepared us pretty well.”
What: NCAA Division III tournament first round
Who: Wittenberg vs. Calvin College
Where: Washington University, Saint Louis
Wittenberg players celebrate after a basket against Ohio Wesleyan on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014,
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en | N/A | N/A | Tara Clemett said serious incidents have risen 12 per cent from the previous year and, in some cases, there's no evidence the Ministry of Social Services followed up on investigations.
Tara Clemett said such occurrences rose 12 per cent in 2020-21 rom the previous year and, in some cases, there’he homes reported 859 serious incidents among 1,600 adults who were provided housing, meals and care.
The auditor’s report, tabled at the Saskatchewan legislature Wednesday, shows the homes receive most of $174 million in ministry funding. About $111 million is allocated to the homes, which are either in a group setting or family-living environment.
Despite that, serious issues in the delivery of care persist, Clemett said.
“Do we need to provide further support or (are) there issues we need to be looking at closely? That’s what we’re trying to articulate they do better,” Clemett said.
Socwill do better reporting incidents, but didn’t provide details.
The auditor’s report says most cases were related to unexpected illness and medication abuse, including missed doses, wrong medicine given or overmedicating residents.
The auditor’s report suggests the government has failed to ensure quality of life for residents.
In 2019, the province shut down Valley View Centre in Moose Jaw, Sask., a government-ownedhat resulted in moving of 150 residents into the community. At the time, the government committed to a “Saskatchewan-made, person-centred approach” to shape residents’ dreams and aspirations while living in the community.
If they wanted to take part in certain activities or had specific goals, it was up to the homes to help.
But the auditor’s report says there has been little followup and 70 per cent of plans the auditor assessed did not meet expectations.
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en | N/A | N/A | Maybe its time for you guys to start releasing some info about the next game. And start building some Hype!
Idle keyboards are the devil's plaything. If we had some meaty DW2 information to talk about, we'd stop causing so much trouble!
Ok, I can confirm DW2 includes not only Ekarus Meat, but also Oksunum Steak, which is great with some Norjak Eggs and Muurion Wine.
Vegetarians don't make it to the stars.
The post was intended to be a bit tongue in cheek, although I guess that doesn't come across too well in writing.
Status: offline Well I still do have fun with DW:U to this day, and I have played it on and off since the original. There is almost no game where I can dominate a galaxy and relax to tv series at the same time, and still be challenged from time to time. I know content is not something a developer can magically create, unless you have had a lot of time and bounced a lot of ideas back and forth. Though my biggest wish is actually a 64-bit engine to remove the out of memory problems for large games, and maybe also that the game can utilize multiple cores. Except for that any new content is super welcome.
Many herbivores eat only vegetable matter, and the wise have it that you are what you eat. Ergo, many herbivores are vegetables.
2/ Exploration and the resulting missions and side-quests.
No, just no. Stellaris is only better at race customization because DW doesn't really has race customization. However, the pre-existing races of DW still offer more diversity in gameplay than Stellaris: None of the trait choices, ethics, governments or even appearence matters. It's all window dressing. Even hive minds or machine empires don't play radical different from normal empires. Hell, you can argue that hive minds are worse, because they don't have two mechanics (happiness and inner empire factions) that normal empires have. The only thing in race customization that really affected gameplay in a meaningful way was the different FTL-drives. Go figure...
And exploration and side quests? Well, kinda. Exploration is indeed the best part of Stellaris but in the long run, it doesn't matter that much because none of the stuff you can find is really a game changer. And the quests and missions are just glorified pop-ups, just like in EU or CK. They are mostly there to "shake things up" or to "topple the status quo". After all, we can't have the player have a trouvle-free time running their empire, THAT would be boring!! And after you have read them a couple of times, you simply skip over the text and click on the button that provides the best outcome, no matter how well written (read: full of references to better franchises that only TRUE scifi fans like us understand) it is.
Their only solution to fix gameplay issues is to throw in more numbers (consumer goods), to pile on more poorly thought out mechanics (factions) or, worst of all, gimping or flat out removing core features (ship design, ftl). It's kinda amusing how every dev dairy these guys have released starts with the phrase "I was always unsatisfied/unhappy/disappointed with..." But remember kids: "Stellaris is a great game and it will only get better! Paradox gamee! (also more expensive but pssssh)"
The exploration aspect of Stellaris is interesting for the first 50 hours or so until you discover everything. Then it gets old and then you're just clicking away the dialogue boxes. Even certain events mentioning "Intergalactic trade routes, or Major Trade hub" in Stellaris felt Shallow as Stellaris never had such a feature, to begin with. For me space exploration is more important when the writing element is mixed in with the visual element. When you can actually see the Derelict ship, hidden space station, Remnants of Battles. The best thing the next Distant Worlds game could do is add a better backstory to several of these sites. Maybe Derelict ships of a battle can have two or more types of ships, or there could be Derelict ships around a Half broken planet indicating the last stand of a species.
Really happy to hear that, Eric (and really happy to get some hard information about the game!).
This talk about DW 2 has caused me to again have a massive, freak show sized erection. So yea, that is some HARD information.
Status: online Just to spite everyone I expect a 2020 release. Also most people also expect DW2 but I'm not so sure. I'm thinking DW1.5 maybe. We'll see.
I don't know about others, but I have no expectations at all. It'll be done when it's done, and that may be 2018, 2019, 2020 or whenever. I have no idea.
From my perspective it, wouldn't be so bad if it were DW1.5. Better modding abilities, clearer graphics, and an expansion on the DW:U mechanics would do it for me.
The thing about DW:U is that it ain't broken, and the problem with many developers making '[Insert Game Name] 2' is that they break the original in the process.
Status: online I expect it to come out, but I am far from sure.
I expect it to look at least somewhat like DWU (some of the same concepts).
I hope that it will be at least almost as good, and almost as fun. As written above, it is very possible to mess up a sequel.
Status: offline My hope for DW2 is to see at least the same game we have now, but built on a 64 bit and multiple core processor capable architecture.
Status: offline I'm encouraged that Erik has chosen to participate in this thread.
It seems we all have hopes for DWU-2. Unfortunately hope often leads to expectation, and expectation often leads to disappointment. That being said, I keep returning to this interview with Eric: http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2013/08/distant-worlds-interview-part-1-from-dawn-to-shadows/ , and2-further-work-and-sequel/ . I know it's over four years old, still IMHO I think you can take somethings from it regarding at least about the discussions at that time between Eric and Elliot regarding DWU-2. It is the only thing I know of where anything at all about what DWU-2 might actually be like has ever been published, though.
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^^This! DW is already a fantastic game, DW 1.5 would be just fine with me too, if it aint broke dont fix it. About the only things I think it could really benefit from are.
1/ Better (or any) race customization options.
2/ Better diplomatic options including the ability to form multi-race alliances (like Federations).
3/ Finding high tech-ships NOT being a massive game changer, perhaps a slider to determine the tech-level or chance of ships found in debris fields. Currently if you find a working high-tech capital ship early on you've pretty much won the game and this is not good because it always happens in every single game.
4/ More varied tech options / paths, cool weapons..... etc.
5/ Better quests / missions with exploration, DW could really learn some lessons from Stellaris in this area.
Status: online I was hoping no one would take me seriously. Bacon should have DW1.5 when he's done. We deserve a true sequel.
Status: offline DW 1.5 would work a charm for me too as long as it wasn't just a ui and graphics refresh. Better combat and allowing hardpoints on ships would be a great addition. Maybe instead of gigantic fleet balls the amount of ships is reduced to make it more tactical instead of moving ship blobs around the map.
Yes that would be a HUGE plus, watching two giant blobs eating each-other is not fun for me, but tactically managing a few important ships definitely is.
Also it would be great if combat was instanced so that you could watch and manage an entire battle without being constantly interrupted by a dozen other trivial or mundane (but important) tasks or other battles from different parts of the galaxy. Perhaps make it optional (popup: do you want to participate in this combat? If yes the combat is instanced and you dont get interrupted by any other events, if no the combat happens in real time as normal).
This would especially help with managing events in large 1500 star galaxies where the rate of important events being constantly fired at you almost always begins to resemble rapid machine-gun fire and multiple important battles, ALL of which you'd ideally like to manage are occurring simultaneously.
Not a fan of that approach. I like the fact that, during a battle, I can redirect more ships to the area, and have them arrive in time to swing the balance of it. Same goes for ground battles. If you separate the battles from the strategic map, then the outcome of the battle is determined by the starting forces, and things start to feel less fluid, and too static.
You're right of course, any sort of reinforcement ability would be lost with instanced combat which would be a shame but for me at least it would be a regrettable but acceptable price to pay for the following reasons.
1/ The galaxy in DW is so huge that the number of times that ship reinforcements manage to actually arrive in time to make a difference to an existing ship battle is almost - but not quite - zero. So it hardly ever happens but I readily admit that the few times it does happen are pretty cool.
I see no reason why instancing should apply to ground battles. IMO ground warfare is fine the way it is, it cant be tactically managed anyway, so really there's no reason to instance it.
2/ The amount of frantic, unmanageable chaos which ensues with a 1500 star galaxy is so great that large games become pretty much unplayable without massive amounts of automation, and even then I miss out on managing (or even seeing) many battles that I would love to have at least looked at because they're occurring at the same time that I'm doing several other important things at once. For me, the loss of possible reinforcements would be an acceptable sacrifice to be able to, calmly and without being rushed, manage all the battles in a large galaxy that I choose to.
That said, I think your point is quite valid and If I could think of a way to have the proverbial cake and eat it I would, instanced battles AND the chance of reinforcements would be the most ideal situation. But I cant.
Status: offline Yeah, fair enough, I certainly do feelon in a large galaxy.
Status: offline I'm inclined to agree with you about the instancing, Lucian. There have been many occasions where I have had more than one large battle going on simultaneously, and I've been unable to control them all properly even on the slowest possible speed setting. Obviously pausing is possible, but you usually need to have time passing to see what's going on.
If the battles were instanced, it would probably cost me the ability to use one of my favorite early-mid game colony and base assault tactics, which is to jump a fleet into the system at some point relatively distant from the space stations, wait for whatever enemy ships are present to jump to the bait squadron, and then jump more ships in either on top of the bait squadron or onto the newly-undefended space stations and colonies, depending on how well the bait squadron is doing and what my priorities are at the time.
Instancing the battles would almost certainly force the game to pause and ask me for a decision each time a battle happens. Personally, I don't think that the disruption to gameflow is worth the theoretical benefits of being able to give your undivided attention to each battle, especially if you or the computer decides to pursue a guerre de course rather than decisive battles - something which should become increasingly likely as the opponents become more and more unequal.
Totally normal. Try using some AI assistance. It's not as bad as everyone says.
Honestly I dont feel that combat instancing is even close to a perfect solution, I use some of the tactics you mention myself and I'd greatly prefer a solution that solves the very serious problem of being totally overwhelmed by event frequency in large galaxies without losing any of the cool features or tactical options that we currently have. I just cant think of one.
The real problem is that DW's central paradigm of "Real-Time-everywhere-all-the-Time" simply doesn't scale particularly well, if you increase the number of stars too much it basically breaks the game. What begins as quite manageable for a 400 star galaxy becomes a total chaotic cluster-**** with a 1500 star galaxy where even the message board at the top of the screen literally cant keep up with the frantic, machine-gun pace of the messages. And in my view, just letting the automation handle it all so that you never even see many of the interesting battles, let alone get to manage them, is a terrible solution. Its basically just letting the game play itself which defeats the entire purpose of why I play in the first place.
And even with the few battles you try to manage, you constantly have to pause and jump back and forth, either from battle to battle when they occur simultaneously (pause, jump, unpause for a few seconds, pause, jump unpause for a few seconds....... repeat for each battle) or to attend to multiple mundane but important events, you cant just relax and manage the battle. It doesn't quite kill the fun but it goes a long way towards doing so.
Yes that's a good point. A possible solution would be to provide a manual instancing toggle button (similar to how all fleets and ships have an automation toggle). Then you'd just select whichever ships or fleets interest you for instanced combat rather than have to deal with an avalanche of popups from every single explorer or trader who encounters a space-slug.
It's not changing.
One thing I wish for DW2 or DW1.5 is something like an Interdictor in Star Wars.
I would like to intercept a fleet while it is in warp speed. Oblige it to exit from warp and engage them in a nice battle.
So often, I was willing to do this with pirates... |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens has indeed awakened the slumbering mass that is the Star Wars fandom, which has been waiting for the franchise’s return to greatness. The film, starring and John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, and Oscar Isaac (as well as the members of the original cast), has already reached $1.23B at the time of this article, and surely, the film will reach even greater heights the longer it stays in the theaters. (This is also not taking into account the millions or billions of dollars spent on The Force Awakens merchandise.)
While the film is being touted as a tour-de-force of nostalgia and a refreshed look at a “galaxy far, far away,” the film has also been an achievement in diversity due to having well-rounded and powerful female characters (with the exception of Gwendoline Christie’s Captain Phasma, who—while cool—will hopefully be fleshed out in upcoming films) and two leads of color, Boyega and Isaac, who open the film. (The fact that their faces are the first faces we see in the movie immediately cemented the film as a break away from Hollywood’s normal modus operandi.) Boyega and Isaac’s characters, disillusioned ex-Stormtrooper Finn and Resistance fighter pilot Poe Dameron, have also acted as ambassadors to another type of diversity not usually found in films; characters who might not only be on the LGBT spectrum, but might also be in a same-sex relationship.
The fandom who propose Finn and Poe’s relationship (named “Stormpilot” or “FinnPoe”) to the masses provide several clues as to why they thing Stormpilot is possible. First, Poe gave Finn his name; instead of continuing to call Finn “FN-2187” during their escape from Stormkiller Base, Poe immediately decides to call him Finn, thus giving Finn a new identity and a new lease on life. Second, Finn keeps Poe’s jacket when, after the crash-land on Jakku, Finn assumes Poe’s died in the crash. Third, Finn completes Poe’s mission to get BB-8’s message to the resistance base. Fourth, Finn and Poe passionately embrace after realizing the other is alive and kicking after all.
All bets are off when Poe lets Finn keep his jacket, saying “It suits you.” Poe, biting his own lip before speaking, then says with bedroom eyes, “You’re a good man, Finn.” The playful punch to Finn’s shoulder simply looks like a feeble attempt to cover up what could be construed as obvious flirting. Finn’s focused stare back (as well as another focused stare he gives Poe after Poe slaps his shoulder again in a pseudo-camaraderie fashion before taking to the skies in his X-Wing) seems to suggest that Finn can feel something brewing between them as well.
The clues start coming together after Isaac revealed, albeit with a little dry humor thrown in, that he was, in fact, playing up a romantic angle with his character. John Boyega seems to concur.
Normally, fandom character pairings, or “ships” (short for “relationships”) don’t make headline news. But Stormpilot not only lit up fan spaces like Tumblr and Twitter, but also mainstream sites like E! Online, Buzzfeed, Hypable, Vanity Fair, USA Today, Metro, Pink News, Comic Book Resources, The Mary Sue, Bleeding Cool, MoviePilot and certainly many more.
Star Wars fan Stephanie wrote one of the many pieces on Stormpilot for The Geekiary. The post, called “Everyone is Talking About Our ‘Star Wars’ Slash Ship'” (with “slash” fandom slang for same-sex pairings) focuses on Stephanie’s cautious optimism when it comes to how those outside of the fandom ship world will accept Stormpilot’s existence. “The best thing about mainstream coverage…is that it normalizes queer romances,” she wrote in her article. “…When all these outlets are reporting on our fan activities as something worth noting, it sends a powerful message to studios that there’s an audience out there that wants these narratives.” However, Stephanie notes in her article, the usage of some outlets using the term “bromance” when describing a ship that much more than just friendship can be problematic and awkward. “The main issue with mainstream media’s coverage of slash shipping is that, since we’re so obscure and don’t often leave our isolated communities, they don’t quite know how to talk about it,” she wrote. “Even worse, this can be an indicator that mainstream press just doesn’t know how to talk about queer romance in general, even in regard to non-fandom inspired pairings.”
Stephanie stated in an email interview about her feelings behind her article. “I wrote my article because I was feeling so heavily conflicted about the fact that this ship was getting such a large amount of mainstream coverage so quickly. On the one hand, I’m elated that a slash ship is getting generally positive coverage. It helps legitimize LGBTQ+ relationships in general, and makes it possible for more visibility going forward. On the other hand, we don’t exactly have the best track record with mainstream press understanding fandom culture. It often feels like we are being gawked at, made fun of, or just outright misrepresented,” she wrote. “I’m really grateful that, so far, we haven’t had any coverage that’s treated us poorly. With any luck, we won’t and all of my worrying will be for naught. We definitely need to lose the term ‘bromance,’ though. Please. Romance is romance and we don’t need to ‘bro’ it up to soften it. But that’s been my only issue so far and it’s relatively small compared to what’s been done to us in the past.”
Stephanie didn’t immediately latch onto Stormpilot after her first viewing of The Force Awakens, but now sees the developing relationship as playing on classic romantic beats. “Unlike a lot of my friends, I didn’t walk out of the theater shipping them right away. I did, however, come out of the film immediately drawn to Poe Dameron. When I got home and discussed it with friends I was introduced to the idea of shipping him with Finn within 24 hours of my first viewing and it didn’t take me very long to get on board with that idea completely,” she wrote. “There are a lot of romantic tropes that code them as being in the early stages of a romance such as clothing sharing, nicknames (or in Finn’s case, a name that isn’t a Stormtrooper number), and even that long dramatic run into each others arms when they realize the other isn’t dead. I’ve seen the film two additional times since my first viewing with my slash goggles on and everything just falls perfectly into place.”
Stephanie attributes Star Wars large fanbase for the reason Stormpilot became the phenomenon it is. “I think a lot of what has drawn people to Stormpilot is what draws people to slash pairings in general, but on a much larger scale since the Star Wars fandom is so huge. Many LGBTQ+ people like myself enjoy queer pairings because we just don’t get them that often in mainstream media. It feels good to see characters that reflect our own sexuality off on adventures,” she wrote. “Many heterosexual women are drawn to slash ships either because they like the idea of two men together in general, or because these specific characters in this specific story happens to speak to them regardless of gender. The interesting thing is that I’ve seen many straight men also shipping Stormpilot, which seems to be rare in a lot of my other slash pairings (though not unheard of). There might be more visibility here because of how huge the fandom is. Or maybe straight men are just getting comfortable enough to admit that these guys are kind of perfect for each other. I’m not sure why there’s a higher visibility of heterosexual men shipping Finn and Poe, but it’s definitely unique.”
Geek Girl Diva, another Star Wars fan onboard with Stormpilot, wrote a similar response in an email interview to the fandom’s love for the pairing. “I think people connect with both the characters and how they are with each other. Poe and Finn already have a friendship that’s romantic in a sense,” she wrote. “They fell into immediate like with one another. You get the sense that both Boyega & Isaac would be totally down with playing gay characters and Isaac has a very open faced admiration. I think people connect to the deep liking these two have for one another, and it’s not a stretch to take it to the next level.”
Geek Girl Diva was immediately a part of the Stormpilot fanbase thanks to the ever-present chronicler of fandom things, Tumblr. “It was all Tumblr, bless its shipping heart,” she wrote. “Once I saw the meme, I fell in love with the ‘ship.”
The fact that so many people, men and women alike, have latched onto Stormpilot could have implications for how Disney and the Star Wars movie team goes forward, right? Or could stuff stay at the status quo? With so many billions at stake, and with such a wide intersection of people in the Star Wars fandom (some of whom aren’t as open towards LGBT representation), it’s difficult to say if Disney and Lucasfilm will take the promise of diversity to the next level.
“I think [the mainstream press is] great, wrote Geek Girl Diva, adding, “As much as I love the ship (and I love it like a house on fire), I don’t think Stormpilot is in the cards on the big screen. But I do think Poe could very well be gay and he’d be a perfect way to bring an LGBT character into the Star Wars Universe.”
LONDON, UK – DECEMBER 16: Actors John Boyega and Oscar Isaac attend the European Premiere of the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens in London on December 16, 2015.
There has been a Change.org petition asking Lucasfilm’s president Kathleen Kennedy to include LGBT characters in the new Star Wars films. When it comes to whether the petition could cause a rush of LGBT characters to enter the Star Wars film franchise is difficult to say. But both Stephanie and Geek Girl Diva point out that LGBT characters are already a part of the franchise, if just in books and games.
“Lucasfilm has already made the jump into showing LGBT characters, first in [Star Wars: The Old Republic] and then in a couple of the new canon books (Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath & Claudia Gray’s Lost Stars),” wrote Geek Girl Diva. “I don’t know 100% that Poe isn’t already the lead into an LGBT presence in the films. I think he might be, but it’s a guess and nothing more. That said, I do think that the Stormpilot love could make it easier for [Lucasfilm] to flip that switch. But I’m not in a position to make a decision on that.”
“Thanks to Chuck Wendig, there are LGBTQ+ characters in the novels, but we are still lacking big screen representation. I have a feeling that if they were planning for Poe and Finn to be in an onscreen romance, that’s already been decided and a petition wouldn’t sway that,” wrote Stephanie. “However, something like Poe’s sexuality may still be negotiable and we could have an affect on that. Poe’s sexuality hasn’t been touched on and Oscar Isaac has been incredibly supportive in interviews. He’s treated the idea of two men in a romantic relationship with respect and even said he’d go for a rainbow colored lightsaber. This could all be joking, of course, but I get a strong vibe from him that he’s supportive of our community. It’s hard to explain why, exactly, but these tidbits from his interviews don’t feel like they [Lucasfilm] are ‘making fun’ of us at all.”
“Finn’s sexuality may be more difficult to sway. Unfortunately we operate in a ‘straight until proven otherwise’ mindset with the majority of mainstream media, and the idea of bisexuality seems particularly difficult for a lot of writers to grasp,” Stephanie added. “With Finn expressing even a moderate interest in Rey, this could be the writers coding him as heterosexual. But hey, it’s possible that the people who are writing the next couple of scripts could have a good grasp on the idea that you can be attracted to more than one gender at a time and we may get bisexual Finn after all.”
Some news that’s made the social media rounds is that Captain Phasma will have an extended role in future films due to fan support. With the amount of fan support Stormpilot has, it’s in the realm of possibility that Disney and Lucasfilm could think twice about the extent of Poe and Finn’s relationship. But again, it’s tough to say since there’s so much money and investment on the line.
“It’s possible. Adding a few extra interactions without rewriting an entire script isn’t too huge, but if the characters are written, say, on completely different planets for most of the film it may be hard,” wrote Stephanie when asked if she thought there was a possibility for Disney and Lucasfilm to make fanon canon. “But if we don’t cause enough enthusiasm for Episode VIII, there’s always Episode IX. This is a trilogy and I’m sticking with Stormpilot for the long haul. Just have to keep my fingers crossed that neither of them die in the next film. That’s pretty much the only thing that’d put a nail in the coffin for future interaction.”
Geek Girl Diva differs slightly on the issue. “On [Phasma returning to the series], I think that was a bit different. Phasma caught fire for a few reasons and it’s a lot easier to beef up her story than it is to add in a relationship between two lead characters,” she wrote. “In the end, I think that’s entirely up to [Episode VIII director and Episode IX writer/director] Rian Johnson and the [Lucasfilm] Story Group. It all depends on what the arc is for the trio in the larger story. I don’t think Disney & [Lucasfilm] will shy away from any interaction, but I don’t think they’ll play it up just for fans. I think, in the end, the filmmakers will do what they feel is the best fit for the trilogy and the story.”
“If I have a personal hope, it’s not for Stormpilot (even though I love the ship),” Geek Girl Diva added. “In a perfect world, where we get diversity of all kinds, we get a female lead, a hetero interracial couple and a gay character (maybe in a relationship with a male alien? Let’s think big!), all of whom are great friends and join together to defeat the Darkness. I can work with that just fine.”
If Poe and Finn do become canon, what will Disney do about LGBT representation for women? Of course, the franchise will add characters to subsequent films, but if fans want someone from the main Big Three characters, there seems to be a lot of support for Rey being asexual and/or aromantic. Much of the support for Rey as being along the LGBT spectrum seems to stem from the fact that even though there’s ample time (and many open invitations from Finn) for Rey to take their friendship to the next level, Rey seems to be more enamored with the idea of what Finn leads her to think he is; she’s more fascinated by the idea of him being a part of the Resistance and belonging to something great rather than him being an available guy. Also, she’s more concerned with the mission at hand, getting BB-8 back to the base, rather than hooking up. The final scenes find Rey not cementing a romance with Finn, but with her kissing his forehead while he’s in a comatose state, a goodbye before she heads to the island Luke Skywalker is hiding on in the hopes of being trained by him. Her new mission is to focus on her handling of the Force, not being someone’s girlfriend.
The call for making Rey along the LGBT spectrum would naturally add to the film franchise’ commitment to diversity, but there’s also a smaller contingent of the fandom who want Rey to be lesbian, bi, or asexual/aromantic simply at the expense of removing her characterization and forcing her into the box of a spectator or as a voyeuristic avatar for the fan him/herself. Several fans on Tumblr seem to imply that they want Rey to be asexual and aromantic not for reasons concerning diversity, but just so she won’t interfere with Poe and Finn’s possible relationship. Asexuality and aromantic individuals deserve to be showcased on the big and small screens, which is what happened on USA’s Sirens, which featured asexual paramedic Valentina aka “Voodoo”, who dated non-asexual fellow paramedic Brian. But asexuality and aromanticism—two orientations that don’t describe a lack of a person’s desire for basic human affection, but just the levels to which a person might desire affection—shouldn’t be used as a way to box a character in at the expense of two other characters’ possible romantic relationship.
Such fear of Rey being a wedge between Poe and Finn should be left by the wayside, since directors are beginning to, at the very least, not write fans off for their non-canonical opinions. One example is Captain America co-director Joe Russo stating in an interview (via Vanity Fair) that while he has always personally viewed Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes’ relationship as brotherly, he doesn’t begrudge or limit anyone else from their own points of view. “People can interpret the relationship however they want to interpret it…People have interpreted that relationship all kinds of ways, and it’s great to see people argue about…what that relationship means to them,” he said. “We will never define it as filmmakers, explicitly, but however people want to interpret it they can interpret it.”
This movement towards fan inclusivity, as well as actors like Isaac suggesting he was playing at romance with another male character, means a lot when it comes to the struggle to get proper LGBT representation. But, as the Vanity Fair article linked above points out, the road towards true inclusivity might be even longer than fans are prepared for. However, something can be said for progress happening in leaps and bounds after years of stuttering steps. Take a look at marriage equality; it has taken over a decade to get marriage equality in a majority of the states, and then, one day, marriage equality was nationwide with the swift smack of the Supreme Court’s gavel. So who knows as to what kind of romantic future Finn and Poe (or Rey) have. While we could be going to the theaters in 2017 with Finn in a relationship with a girl, we could find Finn and Poe in same-sex relationships (if not with each other) and Rey exploring the universe of sexual identity while she hones her Jedi skills. The ball is in Disney and Lucasfilm’s court; let’s see what play they make.
Queer Coded: Amun (Spike's "Tut")
By Monique on Thursday, August 20, 2015
It’s been a few weeks out since Tut aired on Spike, and, to reiterate, I loved it. But I did notice one element of one of the characters that could be considered very loose queer coding, if you chose to see it that way. All this posturing is to say that the decision to show the evil priest, Amun, putting on makeup was a very decisive (and probably unconscious) decision on the part of the writing or staging.
By Monique on Saturday, July 4, 2015
Carmilla is a vampire book that, in my opinion, really isn’t as veiled of a homoerotic piece of fiction like Dracula is. While Dracula is couched in mystery and has a fairly strong tug of (suspiciously aggressive) heterosexual love, Carmilla is full-on lesbian erotica. But also like Dracula, it’s also a piece that functions as a cautionary tale against same-sex love.
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By Monique on Friday, June 19, 2015
I love the idea of vampires so much because it’s a creative and unique way to allow humanity to wrestle with that part of life we’re so afraid of, death. What would it be like to live forever, and if you could, would you want to, or would you rather face the mysteriousness of eternity? Is there life after death? Vampire lore is a great way to come to terms with these questions that plague the human condition.
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Aside from the sharp teeth, this description describes Whitman’s appearance very well, as seen in the figure below.
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Queer Coded: Sam and Frodo ("The Lord of the Rings")
By Monique on Friday, May 29, 2015
I’m sure there’s going to be someone out there that’s going to say, “What, Monique? This is a lion! Scar doesn’t count!” Yeah, he’s a lion, invisible person who doubts my logic. But that doesn’t mean Disney, or any other studio, for that matter, won’t stoop to putting some Hollywood queer coding on a non-human character. They made Simba and Kovu hot, didn’t they? (Don’t even act like you didn’t think they were as a kid!) They’re lions, too, and putting human sexuality on animals is disturbing.
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Maple Chomeur (Poor Man’s Pudding)
Maple Chomeur is a very popular traditional dessert in Quebec, supposedly dating back to the Depression era. It really is simplicity itself.
This is the sort of recipe that draws me in because it transforms a few familiar ingredients into something absolutely delicious.
As Spouse is known to say, “Who doesn’t love warm carbs!?” With her great love of warm desserts with accompanying sauces, like our Rum Raisin Bread Pudding or Sticky Toffee Pudding, this was bound to be a hit with her.
Real Maple syrup is the key here to get that familiar flavour that everyone loves. Syrup substitutes of any kind are just not the same in this recipe.
We enjoyed this particular Maple Chomeur pudding at the end of our last weekend brunch for a warm, sweet, sticky ending to my favourite meal of the week.
I have heard from some French speaking people in Quebec that this was also a traditional dessert around the Holy holidays like Easter and Christmas. It sure does make a warming winter dessert at any time.
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Like this Maple Chomeur recipe?
Maple Chomeur or Poor Mans Pudding
Maple Chomeur or Poor Mans Pudding has been a popular dessert in Quebec for decades made up of cake & a simple maple sauce. It doesn't look like much but it is pure warm, comfort food heaven.
For the maple sauce
2/3 cup very cold butter, cut in small pieces
To prepare the maple sauce
In a medium sized pot simmer all of the ingredients in the sauce for 3 or 4 minutes
Begin by greasing a 9x9 inch baking pan very well
In a food processor combine the flour, baking powder salt and sugar.
Using the pulse button on the food processor cut in the cold butter.
Pulse until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. ( If you don't own a food processor, you can cut the butter into the flour mixture using a pastry cutter or even a couple of knives.)
To the flour/butter mixture, add the milk and vanilla extract
Blend in until the flour is fully incorporated and spread into the well-greased pan.
Pour the prepared maple syrup mixture over the cake batter and bake for about 35 minutes at 350 degrees F.
Serve warm with whipped cream or ice-cream. Some lightly toasted walnuts also make a wonderful addition to this dessert.
Amount Per Serving Calories 450Total Fat 18gSaturated Fat 11gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 48mgSodium 303mgCarbohydrates 70gSugar 53gProtein 2g
Cuisine: French / Category: Dessert Recipes
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Everything Barry Parsons creates is delicious. My mother used to make this when I was young, forgot all about it. So glad you posted it. Yummy!
I've tried several other recipes for Maple Chomeur, but this one outshines the others by far. Thanks,this one is a keeper.
The recipe that was handed down to me uses Crisco. Butter would not have been part of a “poor man’s” dessert. Also, real maple strip is not cheap. We were instructed to make from sugar, brown & white with vanilla and a bit of butter.
Made this today and it was very well received. My tip for incorporating the butter - I use frozen butter and grate it into the flour mix using a box grater. No need to pulse with a food processor and no need for pastry blender. I also use this method for scones and they always turn out well. |
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It is stated first that use of emotion and thought requires attention, and therefore they both cause feelings, and if they both cause feelings then they are going to be similar in nature. Your intellect (or ability to do things which are real) is going to generate feelings just like emotions do.
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"After I washed the dishes, I realized I hadn't given her a card for Mother's Day yet," James recalls, "so I went upstairs, gave her the card and a kiss, and all of a sudden, she started shaking."
The loss was devastating for her and her two young stepdaughters, Kim Simmons and Lushay Fubler. "Sometimes we don't know why things happen," Henrietta adds, "but at least I was there for his children."
"That's the way we started out, and even after we married, we still have that," she continues. "He's more than just a husband; he's my closest friend."
"," Henrietta says. "In fact, I laugh about it, because I always said I would probably never get married. Then I did, but my husband passed away. So t James and I felt that this was what God wanted."
"I was shocked," Henrietta laughs. "I said, 'Are you sure?' Just because of the circumstances that we had been through."
But for James, there was no doubt. "She's a beautiful woman," he smiles. "I couldn't go through life without marrying her."
"I went to Boston every month to be with her," James says, "and there were others who rotated so she didn't have to be alone."
"It was touch and go for a long time—James almost lost me," says Henrietta. "But we kept the faith—it was just another trial that we had to go through. We came through it, thank God, and that experience only made us closer."
"It helps us understand each other," says Henrietta. "When you go into a mood or a time when you seem extra quiet, we are able to read one another, and help each other through it."
"I may put him on the spot occasionally," Henrietta admits, and James laughs. "But we enjoy doing visitations together. It's part of us."
James agrees. "I enjoy being with people," he says. "Regardless of the situation they're in, I think that if you love people, if you show them that you care when you visit, it's surprising how it makes them feel."
"I'd like to spend more time with people, doing visitations," she says. "That's what I've enjoyed most in my ministry—to sit with a family, pray with them, and let them be assured that the Army will be there for them, no matter what. Whatever I do, I want to represent Christ and The Salvation Army." |
en | N/A | N/A | A study of Welsh legends of Roman conquest, with some important insights into Celtic royal theory.
A look at a mysterious minor figure in Nennius.
The Aurelius Ursicinus whose tremendous treasure was found at Hoxne was probably Ambrosius’ purple-wearing father, the overthrown Mild King. A local legend of a martyred king may refer to him, and may have something to tell us about Christian practice under pagan Saxon rule.
A demonstration that Procopius’ sources for Britain were of two kinds: either bookish and outdated, or a pack of lies from mendacious Frankish sources.
A demonstration that, in about 580, St.Patrick was regarded mainly as the patron saint of one Ulster tribe, the Dal Fiatach.
Further points about the legends of Vortigern and Vortimer, extending the comparison with Irish legendry.
Demonstration that at least four separate and incompatible legends were told about Urien, the hero of Taliesin’s poetry, and that Nennius’ account of him was only one of them and totally unreliable as history.
Appendix VIII: Aegidius and Britain?
Regretful dismissal of an attractive but unreliable Renaissance-age notice from Lorraine, about contacts between the Roman commander Aegidius and Britain in the fifth century.
Thoughts about the end of Cadwallon’s murderous ride through North Britain in 634.
Appendix X: Mil Du the knight.
Reconstruction, from a piece of Welsh hagiography and a Breton legend, of one of Arthur’s least-known feuds, with one Mil Du Marchog. It involves an interesting observation about Arthurian epic.
Appendix XI: Vitalinus, Fitela, Sinfjotli?
A suggestion that one of the more obscure characters from the saga of the Volsungs may derive from English memories of Vitalinus/Vortigern.
The survival in Welsh Britain of a non-classical table of descent for European peoples, which can only go back to the very first generation of Frankish Christians and can easily be dated to 535 at the latest, shows that British Celtic and Frankish (not Roman) Gaulish ecclesiastics had been in direct contact some time in the second quarter of the sixth century. |
en | N/A | N/A | As a teenager, Stephanie remembered being moved by stories of Christians who were persecuted for their faith. She made promises to God that she would be just like them. Years later, Stephanie and her husband were pastoring comfortably in Maine, USA, when they received a call from a man who lived in a country where Christianity is illegal. He said he was a new Christian who wanted to be baptized, and he did not know how to safely find a pastor.
She had read the stories, but it wasn’t until that conversation that it became real to her. Many of us live in countries where it is safe and relatively comfortable for us to be Christians. We read in Matthew 10 and tell Jesus that we will pick up our crosses and follow Him, but like the disciples we do not understand what we are saying. We forget in our comfortable Christian around the world for their faith.
May those who suffer be comforted by the words of Matthew; may those who are comfortable be challenged by these words. |
en | N/A | N/A | American Psychiatric Association. What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? |
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