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Schools rely on citb to develop Google Reference School project
In Villafranca de los Barros they use ClassInTheBox to teach and record all classes
At the Nuestra Señora del Carmen school in Villafranca de los Barros in Badajoz, Spain, they were faced with a new scenario, almost like the rest of the schools during the pandemic.
It was a question of being able to combine face-to-face classes with online classes, a situation that, although not new, has sometimes presented some technical complexity at the time of connection.
This educational center is included in the list of Google Reference Schools, an international project where they collaborate for the digital transformation of classrooms. This certification guarantees the incorporation of digital tools in the school's pedagogical project as well as in its processes.
On this occasion CITB has been a key help in the incorporation of this prestigious international project. The school's management learned about a device that could take the class to another level, a small box that was connected to the computer and helped the teacher to teach their classes, record them and have all students aware of the lesson that was being taught. This device was born quickly, it was necessary to provide solutions to schools so that they could continue with their classes.
Pablo Márquez CEO of Aotech saw the opportunity to help a sector that cannot stop and that is key to progress: education.
In his own home he saw some of the difficulties that existed when conducting an online class, difficulty in the connection, cables that limited the action of the educator, background noises that were incorporated into the class. Thus ClassInTheBox was born, a device that helped in all these facets.
The first thing they found in the school of Villafranca de los Barros was that they hardly needed knowledge of microcomputers to make connections that greatly facilitated the task of starting classes the click & start was a starting point that liked and much to teachers in the words of the director of the center Isabel Gragera.
Then the freedom of movement that leaves all teachers is very important, being able to get up, approach the board with a single click is one of the strengths of ClassInTheBox.
But the advantages are not limited to these aspects, besides being able to record classes to have a repository of everything taught adds another necessary aspect when incorporating recorded images to the work that requires it. A clear differentiating element that students have at their disposal when it comes to improving their work and that makes CITB the perfect ally.
Secondary school teachers have noticed a great help in this whole process.
Now CITB is not only the perfect help for the projects and work of this school, but it is also the cornerstone on which the teachers of this school that participates in the Google Reference School program rely on.
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Sepang, 10 May 2016: Malaysia Airlines Berhad is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with fashion brand FARAH KHAN and its creative director Dato' Seri Dr Farah Khan in a move to re-energise the design aesthetic of the national carrier's iconic kebaya and other uniforms. Through the partnership, Dato' Seri Farah will design a uniform collection for the full range of uniforms of Malaysia Airlines, which includes flight deck, cabin crew, airport, engineering and all other areas.
Malaysia Airlines' Chief Commercial Officer Paul Simmons said, "Through its long and illustrious career as the national carrier, the Malaysia Airlines' uniform, especially the kebaya, has served as an iconic symbol and a source of great pride for generations. The uniform serves as a symbol of the diverse and unique Asian values for which we're known. With Dato' Seri Farah's talent and understanding of the fashion business, we look forward to taking this a step further, creating a fashionable and functional new collection, whilst remaining true to our roots which is Malaysian at the very heart. We are confident that with this collaboration, the new uniforms will continue to be a point of pride for Malaysians as well as mark the fresh new start of our transformation for all customers who fly with us each year."
Known for her innovative designs, Dato' Seri Farah's brand of international glamour, coupled with Malaysia's unique blend of cultures and modernity, pairs well with the new Malaysia Airlines. Dato' Seri Farah, whose designs are favoured internationally and available across more than 70 cities worldwide, will be personally involved throughout the project. With this design partnership, Dato' Seri Farah joins a host of internationally renowned designers who have contributed greatly to the aesthetic of a range of established airlines such as Gianfranco Ferré for Korean Airlines, Prabal Gurung for ANA and Vivienne Westwood for Virgin Atlantic.
Said Dato' Seri Farah herself: "Our clothes are a composite of many facets that fascinate my design team and me. The designs are a sum of our inspirations gathered near and far.
We are moved by modern to yesteryear travels, from air aviation to steam travel, art, antiquities, design and architecture and we have dedicated entire collections to cities we admire. I am hugely excited about this partnership and the opportunity to make a positive impact in terms of the comprehensive look of cabin crew, ground staff and the rest of Team Malaysia Airlines. After all, a uniform is more than just apparel; it is a symbol of pride and honour that will transform its wearer. Our aim is to visually present the graciousness, warmth and hospitality that Malaysia is famous for. It is an honour to be a part of this initiative because I believe the national carrier is our pride and joy. We are looking forward to unveiling a brand new design aesthetic, refreshed with glamour and style; where form meets function. In the final analysis, this endeavor will not be limited to just staff uniforms but considers the finer details such as hair, make-up and the comprehensive visual presentation of the people behind the brand. At FARAH KHAN we share the same fundamental philosophy as Malaysia Airlines, that people, and the energy they bring, are the fundamental source of the success of any organisation: together we hope to inject new vigour into the individuals who will pilot Malaysia Airlines beyond its glory days".
Over the next few months, Dato' Seri Farah will work with our employees to better understand the specialised needs of the airline's uniformed workforce, with the uniforms undergoing intensive wear testing to ensure both functionality and fit. The new uniform project is part of the airline's transformation as it rebuilds from the inside out to become one of the very best airlines in the world, focussed on providing the best customer experience, which includes new innovative products and services.
The new collection is expected to be unveiled in the fourth quarter of 2016, going into production soon after.


Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer's lovely and ambitious yet flawed new musical tries to make us fall for not one love story but two. Leaping back and forth through time between the today and 1911 New York, when the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire rocked the city, the musical attempts to make connections between past and present loves and losses.
Compellingly directed by Meredith McDonough, it's a smart and promising new work that unfortunately quickly overreaches its grasp. In its world premiere at TheatreWorks, where it was a hit at the 2012 New Works Festival, "Triangle" tries too hard to make too make many points.
"Triangle" teeters because it's really two musicals instead of one. The most moving story occurs in the past when a recent Jewish immigrant Sarah (a charming Megan McGinnis) talks her way into a job as a seamstress at the Triangle sweatshop. She has fast fingers and a quick mind, soon capturing the eye of the Italian foreman Vincenzo (a deft Zachary Prince). Times are tough, the work is never-ending and the pay meager but they sense in each other a chance to make a new life in this new world. They are willing to overcome religious and cultural taboos because they do not fear the future. They are wrong.
That haunting old-fashioned love story climaxes at the end of the first act when we see how this doomed romance intersects with the notorious fire, in which 146 garment workers perished. There were no fire extinguishers and the fire escape collapsed. Many workers flung themselves from the ninth floor of the building to escape the flames.
The mostly female workforce, some as young as 13, had no choice because the owners of the factory had locked the doors. They were more concerned about profits than worker safety in an age when the lives of the poor weren't worth much.
It's a richly nuanced story steeped in fascinating historical context, a musical lamentation to the dead, but unfortunately we glimpse it here only in flashes through the eyes of a mundane modern protagonist Brian, a high-tech researcher whose lab is located on the site of the factory. Brian (Ross Lekites) is a brilliant nerd closed to the outside world until he meets the cute and witty Ben, who opens his eyes to secrets of the heart. This is also a charming romance but it never connects with the historical love story in any satisfying way. The modern couple just ends up seeming slight in comparison with the past romance. The character of Brian, geeky and shut off, just isn't arresting enough to make his emotional journey interesting.
Since the tragedy crescendoes at the end of the first act, the narrative spins its wheels in the second act, and the attempts to tether the story to the tragedy of Sept. 11 fall short. In the end, the present pales in comparison to the past. The narrative never flows with enough force and sweep to make the Stoppardian collisions pop.
It should be noted however the ensemble is nimble and charismatic. Watching Prince pivot between flamboyant hipster Ben and stolid Vincenzo is a real pleasure. Sharon Rietkerk is hysterical in two time periods, as the sassy scientist Cynthia and as Sarah's devoted sister Chaya.
The score also has its joys from the haunting "Maybe No One's Ever Gone" to the heart-tugging showstopper "Take My Hand." Moore's music has great feeling, Mizer's lyrics are intricate and many in the opening night audience were in tears at the end of the show. Now if the creators could only sharpen the edges of the story, and cut away the unnecessary parts, "Triangle" could cut us to the quick.


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February was the month of LOVE! I hope it has carried over to this month. If we're lucky, really lucky, it will continue until at least April 18. We ALL know that date. No, it's not a B-day (at least, no one I know). It's not an anniversary (not a good one). It's not a holiday either, though if you joined my February Webinar it could be.
Oh dear, did you forget to join my February Tax webinar? Well, as always you're in luck it's on "Replay" below!
The ¨Airbnb, Taxes and YOU¨ Podcast is right below for your listening pleasure.
Please remember to tune in every week to The Hosting Journey Podcast. A Podcast for Hosters! Where no hosting subject is taboo, and if it is, it won´t be!
I'm much more forgiving than our IRS.
To help us through this Tax maze, I brought in our resident sharing economy tax expert, Derek Davis, Certified Public Accountant from Shared Economy. Derek has been my guest for my tax webinars for the last two years, and he returned this year for a third round! We spoke about 1099, business deduction, and even the old good Schedules C and E.
I do hope you check out the Recap for the FUN TAX FACTS!
The information contained in this website is meant only for guidance purposes and not as professional legal or tax advice. Furthermore, this information is not meant to be personalized legal, tax, investment, or any business advice in general.
Airbnb = Not everyone gets a 1099.
Reduced Standard Mileage for 2016 to 54 cents per mile.
Insurance = Penalties this year, and will increase next year (this has to do with health insurance penalties).
1099 is a US tax form reported to hosts and to the IRS.
It reflects how much income you have generated.
It is for independent contractors, consultants, and investors, including Airbnb hosts.
You will only get a 1099 from Airbnb if you are a Host who earned over $20,000 AND had 200 transactions.
So, if you're waiting for the mail for your 1099, you will not get it unless you met BOTH requirements. Otherwise, no 1099 for you.
So, if you're waiting by the mail for your 1099, you will not get it unless you met BOTH requirements. Otherwise, no 1099 for you.
This doesn't mean you don't need to report the income. Say what?!
Yes, even if you don't receive a 1099, you still need to report your Airbnb income in your taxes.
There is no statute of limitation on income evasion, which means the government can come back to you at any time for not reporting your income. There have been plenty of celebrities caught for tax evasion.
By implementing a 1099 threshold, Airbnb wants to classify itself as a 1099K, which is a Payment Processor. This means they are not hiring anyone directly in their platform; they only facilitate transactions between guests and hosts.
Remember, whether or not you received a 1099, Airbnb's 3% fee is included as part of the income you received.
The amount that should be reported for tax purposes is the gross amount, including the 3% Airbnb commission. However, hosts can also list that 3% commission as part of their expenses.
Schedule C means Active; Schedule E means Passive.
Taxpayer (i.e., you) worked 500 or more hours during the year in the activity.
Taxpayer does substantially all the work on the activity.
Taxpayer works more than 100 hours during the year, and no one else works more than the taxpayer.
Activity is a personal service activity.
Taxpayer participates in activity on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis.
Derek pointed out that more often than not his firm assigns hosts to Schedule C because this is the more conservative choice. In this Schedule, the host is paying self-employment tax.
He also mentioned that a lot of hosts who classified themselves in Schedule E last year received letters from the IRS.
'Ordinary' means that they are common and accepted in the Airbnb hosting industry.
'Necessary' means that they are helpful and appropriate for the business.
Examples of valid business expenses are food and beverages for guests, gas, car maintenance, and utilities.
Even if you didn't get a 1099 from Airbnb, you still HAVE to report your income.
I highly suggest checking out the webinar to hear the many different questions the hosts asked. These questions included provide a 1099 to your cleaner and/or handyperson if you've paid them over $600 in a year. So yes, go to the webi. You'll get ALL this info and more. Plus, you'll see the fun you missed.
I do recommend that you contact an accountant, CPA, or Derek. You can always deduct their fee on next year's taxes.
What is occupancy tax? Do I need to collect or pay it?
What expenses are deductible from my Airbnb income?
In what areas is occupancy tax collection and remittance by Airbnb available?
Should I expect to receive a tax form from Airbnb?
Where do I find my Airbnb earnings for tax purposes?
How do I change my taxpayer information?
Can I correct an error on my tax form?
How do I split income between multiple people?
Why is Airbnb requesting my taxpayer information?
Why are taxes being withheld from my payouts?
Where do I find my VAT invoice?
How do I provide my VAT ID number?
Airbnb Ernst & Young General guidance on the taxation of rental income.
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Religion and Society
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Ken Blackwell
Ken Blackwell is Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment at Family Research Council. This article appeared in Townhall.com on October 12, 2015.
We should all want our troops in Afghanistan to intervene to stop the rape of boys, right? Surely, we don't want our U.S. Army to act like morally neutered crew members of the Starship Enterprise from the famed "Star Trek" TV series. Those fictional time and space travelers had a Prime Directive that forbade them from interfering in the development of less technologically advanced beings they encountered as they went "where no man had gone before."
If our troops had been detailed to serve as observers with the British in India in the nineteenth century, would we have expected them to look on with indifference as a young widow was placed on her late husband's funeral pyre? The British resolutely stopped such inhuman and barbaric practices. And they suffered no pangs of conscience about interfering. But it's our custom, some of the village elders in those days protested, to burn living women with their dead husband's body. And it's our custom to hang you if you do, responded the British officers. That was called civilization.
Sergeant Charles Martland is currently being persecuted by the U.S. Army for forcefully intervening to stop an Afghan military leader from raping a little boy. The Army brass want to drum Sgt. Martland out of the service for his heroic actions.
Regrettably, the U.S. military and its leaders in Washington apparently have known for many years that Afghan boys are so sordidly used. Regardless of whether personal or political interventions have been undertaken previously, we do know that once Sgt. Martland and his then-superior, Captain Daniel Quinn, undertook to stop this horrid instance of child abuse, they ran into serious trouble from their higher-ups.
Sgt. Martland's story is shocking in what it portends for the future of U.S. military operations in barbarous lands. What would be next? Should our troops turn a blind eye to female genital mutilation? Should they look the other way as teenage girls are murdered by family members—"dishonor killings"—for having consorted with some of our young soldiers? Should they stand by as "apostates"—people who leave Islam—are beheaded? Should those who try to stop these barbarous practices be tossed out of the military or forced to undergo "sensitivity training" to force them to accept savage actions?
Family Research Council Executive Vice-President Jerry Boykin last week delivered more than 130,000 petition signatures to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) calling for Sgt. Martland's record to be cleared and calling for an investigation into the policy concerning the ability of U.S. military personnel to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation.. Next week, the petitions will also be delivered to House Armed Service Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas).
As the General said upon delivery of the petitions to Chairman McCain, "It is an appalling wrong to tell our soldiers that they must ignore the sexual abuse of children and forever live with the memory of the screams of these children. If our brave men and women must turn away from such atrocities in the name of not alienating allies, do we stand for anything anymore? The move to discharge Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland is unacceptable, and must be rescinded immediately."
FRC has also raised its voice in support of Rep. Duncan Hunter's (R-Calif.) efforts to defend Sgt. Martland. Congressman Hunter responds to the administration's spinelessness in a series of tough letters to Defense Sec. Carter. In one of these, the no-nonsense Iraq war veteran Hunter took this administration to task, saying:
"To say that you've got to be nice to the child rapist because otherwise the other child rapists might not like you is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard -- totally insane and wrong."
Looking the other way is never the answer when confronted by evil. America has fought wars and sacrificed greatly precisely because free and brave people confront evil bluntly and forcefully. We will cease being the country we have known and loved if this changes.

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Re: Jon's Marathon of Horror! 2009
I find Peckinpah to be a rather fasciniating director, both in his body of work as well as the person shown in the documentaries on the DVDs.
I must have gotten one of the last few disc of Straw Dogs before it went OOP. I'll admit I may have concentrated too much on Dustin Hoffmann as the good guy that I overlooked some of the things pointed in the review; like him being the actual villain. Wasn't the guy he protected played by David Warner?
I very much agree that Peckinpah didn't bring us the gore, he brought us realism in violence. Peole don't just get shot and fall over, they squirm in pain and bleed, sometimes a lot.
I love Straw Dogs!
Dustin Hoffman is a great actor, and I think his performance was great here!
Quote from: Achim on October 29, 2009, 05:16:25 AM
It's a great disc and one of my favourite covers. Yes, it was David Warner. Excellent actor, though probably will always be best known for the fantastic Omen moment...
Don't Look Now *****
Don't Look Now
Following the death of their daughter, John and Laura Baxter (Sutherland and Christie) move to Venice in an attempt to forget what has happened. However, they soon meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claim to be psychic and insists that she can see the spirit of their daughter.
Don't Look Now is a fascinating film, typical of the 70s, with ambition, confidence and skill in equal measure. It would be impossible to make it today and make it so effective. Nicholas Roeg is a director who has strangely fallen into obscurity, but this at least will be a timeless and enduring film.
Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie are the heart of what is an essentially a very emotional story, and they are superb. The much talked about sex scene is possibly more effective than any other because we've been allowed to understand them so much more than an average screen couple. Roeg also cleverly intercuts with them simply preparing for an evening meal, so despite how explicit it is, it also feels natural.
It also comes deep into the story, long after the most devastating opening of any film; the death of their daughter, Christine. Sutherland is especially heartbreaking, especially when it's already been made clear that he had an idea something was wrong moments before it happened. Later, a psychic will tell Laura (Julie Christie) that her husband has "the gift".
If it feels like I'm reviewing this film backwards, then that's only fitting! It is a triumph of editing that creates a strange atmosphere. It uses metaphors rather than strict time to progress. It is neither inaccessible, nor a gimmick as there is definitely a beginning, a middle and then an end in the correct order, but a strict sense of time is very hard to pin down. This makes Venice all the more enigmatic, because it is almost like they are trapped in some sort of hell (John at least, with his sense of Déjà Vu, haunting visions and relations with religious iconography), especially as the city has probably never been photographed quite like this, a decaying, grimy and dangerous place.
While the heart of the film is a powerful and realistic study of grief, there is a serial killer on the loose too and here the film has more of a horror bent. There still isn't explicit gore or murders, but you can guarantee being seriously creeped out by the little red mac that is occasionally glimpsed. The psychic is convinced that John and Laura's daughter is trying to warn them to leave, but is this who John keeps seeing? Unfortunately while Laura believes, John is the one getting the visions and he is confused by them, adding to his, and ours, torment.
Even if you already know the ending (and it has been parodied many times), I think it will still be a haunting shock, just by the way it is done. It is a film that you may find hard to watch, but impossible to stop. Multiple viewings are recommended to unlock it's intricacies and that shock ending will never dull.
It's the way she looks at him before slashing his throat open! :shock: Little bastard...
Like Marie, I've a little catching up to do before I put this marathon to bed. Disappointed I didn't find much to complain about! I've almost ran out of stars as I keep spending five at a time...
Hellboy ****
When a Nazi mystical experiment goes awry in 1944, the target of a wizard's spell, the child of Satan, Hellboy, is wrenched from his home, and adopted by the U.S. agents who intercept his arrival.
Hellboy is a wonderfully inventive and entertaining film, though it's a hard sell and many novice viewers will be left scratching their heads. You have to "get" this film to have any chance of liking it! For me, I was familiar with the marvellous comics by Mike Mignola and he was heavily involved in the films development, so it's all good.
It's madder than a box of frogs and Guillermo Del Toro is the perfect director for something akin to Men In Black on drugs. It's visually dazzling, but exciting too, as he is an accomplished action director. It's more fantasy than anything else, but its tale of prophecies and demons makes it a bona fide horror too and Del Toro has a better understanding of classic horror than any other director working at the moment (one of his many upcoming films is a remake of Frankenstein).
The story is typical comic book stuff. The Nazi's are messing with the occult and summon a demon. Unfortunately for them, said demon is a just a kid and is raised by the Government (specifically John Hurt's kindly professor) as a member of a special task force to deal with paranormal. The problem is, Hellboy is part of a prophecy and his effective stone right hand is actually a key that could end the world!
Phew. What makes the film and comic so entertaining are the incredible characters, who are very human despite their appearance. The bruising unstoppable hulk that is Hellboy (Ron Perlman, having the time of his life), is actually a petulant, overgrown lovesick teenager, always in trouble with his "Dad" and pining after Selma Blair's fiery (literally) Liz. It's very much a sitcom at heart and it works very well indeed. So long as you are already on its wavelength! So the moment a corpse is resurrected to get directions and ends up in a hilarious argument with our hero will either be the moment you become a fully paid-up member of the Hellboy fan-club or you scream in frustration!
The villains are just as fantastic as the heroes, especially the clockwork assassin, and the ending is suitably serious, so far as something like this can be. The film is let down by concessions to making it marketable, such as the very human new-comer to the team (although the long-suffering boss is great). It's a lazy plot device that hampers the film, but overall, it's big and funny, just like its lead character.
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army ***
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
From the visionary director of Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy II: The Golden Army takes you into fantastical worlds with imaginative creatures and thrilling fight sequences unlike anything you've ever seen before!
That overview is taken from the cover and unfortunately reveals more of the film than it may appear. Hellboy II is rather lazy overall and if not a cash-in, lacks the drive of the first film. I've always enjoyed Del Toro's "one for me, one for you" approach, but I'm not sure who this one was for exactly.
I likened Hellboy to a sitcom in certain moments and that was a good thing, humanizing the fantastic characters. Here it is even more like a sitcom and not in a good way. It's the One where Hellboy gets drunk! It's the One where he argues with Liz! It is funny and entertaining, but there's none of the weight the first one had. Still, this is the role Ron Perlman surely looks forward to the most because he is brilliant. Doug Jones takes full control of Abe (amongst others!) this time around for an expanded role and the relationship with Hellboy is great.
Maybe it would have still worked had the overall plot not have been so massive. For those of you who need more than the cover offers, it concerns a prince of the Underworld (Luke Goss) declaring war on our world and it's up to the paranormal team to stop it. As I said, big stuff, but crucially, it doesn't centre on Big Red like the first one did. In fact, there's an obvious plot-line where he is poisoned and this seems like a shoe-horned in attempt at bringing him in direct line of the main story.
If the set-piece nature of the story is less subtle this time around with half-arsed links between the fights, then at least those set-pieces are marvellous fun, especially the market place and the swarm. Plus the banter, sitcom or not, is very assured and funny. Johann is particularly brilliant and the all-too human agent from the first movie is missing, so we're fully immersed in fantasy land and it works better for it. Plus that makes Jeffrey Tambor's long-suffering boss even funnier. Luke Goss might feel like the odd-one out, but he is excellent, building on his superb performance in Del Toro's Blade II and it's a log way since Bros!
Roger Corman famously hijacked sets that were due to be demolished to churn out very fast b-movies. I can't help feel Del Toro has done the digital equivalent and found a bunch of models he forgot to use in Pan's Labyrinth and has cobbled together a sequel. Still, I can't quite be that cynical as there is too much evidence that he still has a great deal of love for the character and that does come through the screen, making for a wonderful piece of escapism at least. It's still much better than most of his peers. Perhaps it's fairer to say that after Pan's, he got a bit carried away and over-confident and forgot to make sure the central plot was rock solid.
Pitch Black ***
A group of marooned space travelers struggle for survival on a seemingly lifeless sun-scorched world
You can't have a horror marathon without an Alien rip-off! On release this gained a lot of respect and Diesel's Riddick has continued into other admirably different directions. But this is a standard haunted house in space set-up and little more.
So we have the starship that runs into trouble while its passengers are in hypersleep and is forced to crash land on a deserted planet, lit by three suns. The only time there is darkness is every 22 years, when there is an eclipse. Guess what their just in time for? The darkness brings forth the planets other inhabitants- viscous flying aliens.
The first problem with this film is the people. The one surviving crewmember and the eight or so passengers are all walking cardboard cutout clichés. We even have the cowardly English professor! Most have something to hide, which makes them instantly unlikeable to each other and to us. The few that don't have anything to hide, also have nothing to do, except get in the way, act as bait, etc. They also have the frustrating habit of being incredibly stupid.
The one redeeming feature, character wise, is Riddick. An escaped convict who has been recaptured by Johns, a cop. Vin Diesel plays Riddick brilliantly. A nasty piece of work, capable of great terror, yet does the worst thing possible- treats everyone with indifference and this makes him the strongest. They have to decide to trust him, putting him in a very powerful position. While the others struggle to be anything at all interesting, Diesel steals every scene he's in.
When darkness falls, the aliens come out from hiding and start picking off the humans. They are held at bay with various forms of light, which makes for some great effects. We see the creatures more clearly from Riddicks eyes, because he can see in the dark. The low budget is used well, with the scariest elements being the ones we can't see. Shadows tease and the noise of these scavengers grates on the nerves.
Though never truly scary, the suspense is strong and it's a fast pace, but in the end, the film ultimately fails. The aliens aren't quite the relentless force they are made out to be (they have to give the stupids a bit of a chance, I suppose!) and a poorly judged ending ruins the last chance for a bit of originality. It's all down to a lack of substance, which guarantees that it will run out of steam.
Hollow Man ***
Hollow Man
When power-hungry scientist Dr Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) and his team develop a serum that induces complete invisibility, they can't wait to put it to the test. Having successfully performed the procedure on animals, Caine is determined to attempt the ultimate challenge...human experimentation. Using himself as the first subject, the invisible Caine finds himself free to do the unthinkable. But Caine´s experiment takes an unexpected turn when his team fail to return him to normal. Growing more and more out of control, Caine is doomed to a future without flesh as the Hollow Man.
This makes for an interesting companion to The Fly, another modern take on the mad scientist tale, both by controversial directors (who could be confused with mad scientists themselves) and both explore the mind as much as the body. Paul Verhoeven though isn't as assured as David Cronenberg, but his slightly perverted nature that often threatens to overwhelm his work (Showgirls!) helps this one.
The Invisible Man was always supposed to be a nutter and the director perhaps has found a kindred spirit in the character! So it is Kevin Bacon has a lot of fun exploring the nitty gritty of his dark side for once. Far better than the bloodless version in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. An odd comparison that may be, but Alan Moore's book built on the original H.G. Wells version to create a homicidal maniac that was neutered for the film. No such worries here.
The story, you already know and if you don't you'll catch on quick because it's the story of every experiment-gone-wrong b-movie since the 50s. It feels a little cheap, but by the second half the plot is concentrating on a typical serial killer routine in a locked down location. It's a lot of fun with plenty of violence in a claustrophobic atmosphere, but it also doesn't stretch the effects as much as if Bacon was allowed to rampage outdoors.
He does do a bit though, in between perfecting the experiment and going completely nuts, and this is the most interesting part of the film, especially the attack on Elizabeth Shue. It's a bit more invasive than your average serial killer flick.
The effects hold up very well and are equal to the plot. Kevin Bacon is very good as Sebastian Caine, developing from big-head, to prankster, to full on psychopath. He is fantastic in the part, considering we can't see him for most of it- unless you count the flashes in smoke, water and blood, even! The rest of the cast, including Elizabeth Shue, are also very good as they realise they're losing control of a potentially dangerous situation. They're not disappointed as soon as old Kev finds his wrench and starts flinging it about all over the place. Of course, they're predictably stupid at this point and we have to surrender and admit it's turned into the usual hack and slash Alien wannabe, but that's not to say it still isn't wonderfully entertaining. There's a sense of perverse enjoyment when a film like this becomes predictable.
Paul Verhoeven has a habit for going over the top, ruining some of his past films, but he keeps the reins on this time. There are some very nasty scenes, but they have a sense of realism. You can't dismiss it as easily as the cartoon style of Starship Troopers and so it makes his lead all the more sinister. His direction is very well paced, going from biology lesson, suspense, horror and then solid action very confidently. While the second half is especially derivative, the scenes in the tunnels make for great suspense, with no idea where the villain is. The finale in the lift shaft is obvious and betrays that for the most part, it's entertaining popcorn blockbuster material. But it does have a brain. Course, you can't see it, but it is there!
Right, that's me done! Horror Marathon 2009 is over. Didn't do as many as before, but I like to pretend I have a life outside of watching movies.
Re: Don't Look Now *****
Quote from: Jon on November 01, 2009, 12:22:30 PM
Interesting tidbit from the Wicker Man documentaries: Apparently this was initially shown in the UK as the A feature of a double bill together with The Wicker Man. I haven't seen it in a long time, but I do remember liking it very well. I'm not sure your general praise of those 70s movies is warranted though. They aren't "impossible to make today". They certainly weren't the mainstream movies of their time, yet you seem to somewhat ignore anything with arthouse affiliation that is made today.
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Quote from: goodguy on November 02, 2009, 09:39:10 AM
Yes, I meant to mention that. Someone like yourself didn't understand The Wicker Man and made it run as a b-movie...
But hey, what a double-bill. And that's what I mean about the 70s. Those two films got a cinema run together, in the UK at least. Remember I'm talking purely from a local perspective. We spoke about Bug the other day, but I never had the opportunity to see it. Straw Dogs was released theatrically before it was banned. Same with Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Exorcist, etc. That's all I mean. Now we get Hostel and Saw, which miss the point.
Continue with Friedkin. Where there was once The French Connection, there is now Bad Boys. A fairer a much better comparison would be Narc, but blink and you missed it theatrically.
We live in a demanding time; what audience asks for they get. Pre-Jaws, you got what you were given. A better time for cinema as an art overall.
For one I won't blame Jaws or Star Wars, but the death of 3 important factors that many tend to forget.
The drive-in cinemas doesn't exist anymore. So no more independant movies get a wide theatrical released, just imagine by exemple that all the Corman's movies were drive-in folder, so no drive-in no Corman...
The independant theater doesn't exist anymore. A theater owner doesn't decide what he will show anymore, the studio (Fox, MGM,...) decide what will be at the theatre and what we will see.
The Disneylisation of the New-York 42th street who had made it impossible for all the weird European, Asian or, even, Canadian movies to get a release in the United States.
BTW the audience doesn't get what it want but what the studios want them to want...
Quote from: Jimmy on November 02, 2009, 03:57:00 PM
Or what the studios think they want.
I heard somebody say the other day, that he knew quite a few people who saw Transformers 2 but everybody hated it. Yet, the film makes boat loads of money. Who is the studio to believe? Some "word of mouth" they probably don't even hear or the hard cash they have in they register...?
Quote from: Achim on November 02, 2009, 06:12:46 PM
It's sad. I've always been against the idea of test screenings where essentially a director is willing to alter his work because a random bunch of strangers didn't get it, but now I'm especially concerned about the current trend of listening to the Internet! Spider-Man 3, X-Men 3 and Wolverine were all compromised by fan-boys arguing for characters to be included, ultimately at the detriment of the film.
I only just noticed this comment now I've re-read the posts...
...yet you seem to somewhat ignore anything with arthouse affiliation that is made today.
I don't ignore anything when it comes to film (unless it's a musical!) and some of it depends on your definition of "arthouse". I never watch anything for the sake of it and it has to interest me. I tend to stick to genre films and while that doesn't limit the term, it certainly isn't the obvious direction for a lot these days. I like to keep up with Shane Meadows work... would he count?
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Opponents to fight new U.S. military base on Okinawa
January 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly
By Ken Moritsugu
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (Photo from Japanese Wikipedia)
TOKYO (AP) – Threatening lawsuits and protests, opponents are gearing up to fight a decision by Okinawa's governor that could pave the way for a new U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel welcomed Friday's decision, calling it "the most significant milestone" so far in a long-running battle to realign U.S. forces in Okinawa. The new base is designed to reduce the impact of the heavy U.S. military presence in Okinawa by replacing another base in a more congested area, but opponents want the operations moved off Okinawa completely.
"What the governor has done is unforgivable," Yuichi Higa, the head of the assembly in Nago city, said in a phone interview. Nago would house the new base.
"Residents who are opposed will surely resort to the use of force, such as blocking roads, to stop this from happening," Higa said.
Hiroshi Ashitomi, head of a Nago group opposing the base, said his organization would file a lawsuit challenging the governor's decision.
Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Friday approved the Japanese Defense Ministry's application to reclaim land for the proposed American base on Okinawa's coast. It would replace the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma air station in Ginowan city.
But Nakaima later told a news conference that he would continue pressing to move the Futenma troops off Okinawa entirely. He has asked that Futenma be closed within five years, and the new base wouldn't open until 2022 under current plans.
"My thinking remains it would be fastest to relocate outside [Okinawa] prefecture to a place where there is already an airport," he said.
U.S. defense officials told reporters that troops could move to the new base sooner if it's ready earlier. They were not authorized to talk publicly about the issue and spoke on condition of anonymity. The new base is part of a U.S.-Japan agreement that would also move 9,000 Marines off Okinawa, including transferring 5,000 to Guam.
Hagel said the effort to realign American troops in Okinawa was "absolutely critical to the United States' ongoing rebalance" to the Asia-Pacific region.
"Moving forward with this plan will reduce our footprint in the most populated part of Okinawa … while sustaining U.S. military capabilities vital to the peace and security of the region," the defense secretary said in a statement.
The debate over the future of Futenma dates to 1996, when the United States and Japan signed an agreement to move its operations elsewhere in Okinawa. In 2006, the two countries agreed to relocate the base to a relatively unpopulated area called Henoko in Nago city. But after the Democratic Party of Japan took power in 2009, it raised the possibility of moving the base off Okinawa. While it later agreed to the Henoko plan, the proposal energized a movement to move the base elsewhere.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, a top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called Nakaima's decision a major achievement "after 17 years of hard work and setbacks."
About half of the 50,000 American troops in Japan are based in Okinawa, and many residents complain about base-related crime, noise, and the risk of accidents. Some feel the island is bearing an unfair share of the burden of protecting Japan from attack.
A key factor could be the outcome of a mayoral election in Nago next month that pits an opponent of the Henoko plan against a supporter.
"The governor is taking a risk putting the prestige of his office behind the project," said Jun Okumura, a political analyst and former national government official. "I still don't see the project going forward without the consent of the Nago mayor, but I see that this improves the chances of success."
The rise of China's military is reinforcing in the minds of some Japanese the need to have a strong defense, though it's unclear whether it's enough to sway public opinion in Okinawa.
"The government of Japan is poised to take whatever measures are necessary to maintain a strong deterrent, while reducing the burden on the people of Okinawa," said the government's top spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
The politically difficult decision came only after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Nakaima in Tokyo on Wednesday and offered him a package that included pledges of increased financial assistance for Okinawa. (end)
Associated Press writers Yuriko Nagano, Emily Wang, and Lolita Baldor in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Associated Press, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, China, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Democratic Party, Emily Wang, Hirokazu Nakaima, Hiroshi Ashitomi, Japanese Defense Ministry, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jun Okumura, Lolita Baldor, Marine Corps Futenma, United States, Vol 33 No 2 | January 4 - January 10, Yuichi Higa, Yuriko Nagano


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Uncertainty at Bath Iron Works as union prepares for contract vote
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Workers leave Bath Iron Works after a shift in this April 3, 2020, file photo. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty | AP
Bath Iron Works is heading into a week of uncertainty after a union negotiating team rejected the shipbuilder's final offer. Workers will begin voting on the three-year contract on Thursday.
After the company issued its final offer Saturday, Machinists Union Local S6, which represents more than 4,000 workers, announced that its negotiating team "unanimously rejects the last best and final contract."
The proposal would give shipbuilders a 3 percent raise during each year, with wages for a "first-class mechanic" growing from $25.80 per hour to $28.19 per hour by the third year, in addition to a $1,200 signing bonus, the company said.
The company would keep intact company 401(k) matching contributions and would raise pension contributions by a small amount. But it would require the workers to contribute larger co-pays for health insurance.
One of the biggest sticking points is the hiring of subcontractors, which has angered shipbuilders. The company has hired 1,500 workers over the past year but contends contractors are needed to get caught up. The company is currently six months behind schedule.
The current contract expires at midnight on June 21. The company and union will be educating workers about the contract ahead of voting that begins Friday and wraps up at noon on Sunday.
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Many solutions Purposefully create a closed system, which is tedious to maneuver away from as soon as you begin. But with a platform named Ecwid, you do not need to be concerned about it. Actually, the whole aim of the company, which began in 2009, is to quickly and quickly create an online store system in your present websites.
You do not have To make a whole new website. Just implement Ecwid on any platform, CMS or social networking (in five minutes) and you're good to go.
That raised my Attention, because I understand the struggles that come along with attempting to migrate websites, especially in regards to ecommerce. So, I needed to gather a comprehensive review of the Ecwid system to find out whether it is worth the time.
It's quite Remarkable what Ecwid has achieved since 2009, with over 1 million merchants getting signed up. What is even more cool is that the Ecwid merchants span over 175 distinct countries, showing that this is not just a platform for most people in the US or Europe. Even businesses in developing countries have a chance to find an internet store going, and you don't have to squander your previous site if you have one.
The usership Continues to grow, particularly considering Ecwid is now PCI DSS Level 1 accredited. If you are not sure what that is, it's pretty much the gold standard for security in the ecommerce world. You can rest easy knowing that you and your customers' data is safe and protected.
Along with The overall merchant count, over 20,000 active users are using the Ecwid Shopping Cart for WordPress. The gap between that 20,000 and the 1 million is the fact you don't require a WordPress site to implement Ecwid. So, the 20,000 simply refers to WordPress users with the plugin.
Ecwid is a hosted Solution for building an internet store. Unlike competing products such as Shopify, Bigcommerce and Volusion, which permit you to construct a fresh site with e-commerce performance, Ecwid is targeted more towards people who currently have a website and simply wish to add an online store to it.
Much like other E-commerce platforms, Ecwid lets you install'catalogs' of goods, and add photos, pricing, weight etc. for each. You can specify shipping prices, accept credit card payments etc — all of the key stuff that you'd expect to be able to do using an e-commerce alternative.
However it differs Significantly from competing products like Shopify, Volusion, Squarespace and Bigcommerce since it isn't actually designed to allow you to create a fully-featured, standalone e-commerce website; instead, it is designed to enable you add an internet store to an existing online presence.
The Product operates by giving you a widget that gets put on other websites — hence the title Ecwid: it is short for'E-commerce Widget'. You receive a few lines of HTML code (the widget) to add to an present website or societal networking profile, and your shop is displayed wherever you have inserted this code.
Ecwid makes Strides in the market by catering to companies that don't need to begin a brand new website. The main attribute is that you can take your old site and quickly incorporate the Ecwid system inside a couple of minutes.
You can also Mirror the machine onto several other sites if you anticipate selling elsewhere on the web. Manage all of these websites from one place rather than switching between multiple dashboards.
Another pleasant Feature is that the syncing between multiple devices. Sell on-the-go together with your smartphone. This means you could go to a tradeshow to make a number of sales and each one these earnings are represented onto the backend of your website.
The system is Also designed to integrate nicely with social networks, and that means you may sell your things on Facebook if desired. 1 part of Ecwid we particularly enjoy is the shipping aspect. With real-time transport integrations you always know what is going on with your requests and at which they're being shipped to.
Thanks Into Ecwid's point-of-sale (POS) performance, you may use your Ecwid store to market not just online but in bodily locations too — in stores, market stalls, at concerts and so on.
With Ecwid's POS Functionality, irrespective of if or not a customer buys a product in shop, online, on their telephone or via Facebook, everything stays in sync – i.e., the merchant's catalog, inventory and client / trade information.
There's a few methods that you can take advantage of this feature: the easiest is probably to use'Paypal Here.' This entails downloading the Ecwid iOS program from the Apple's App store, connecting it to the Paypal Here service, then taking payments using a cell card reader (pictured above).
You've got two options when it comes to POS Hardware and Paypal This: you can either buy a chip and swipe reader (for $24.99) or a chip and also tap reader (for $79.99). Both may be ordered straight from Ecwid.
If you're located outside That the US / UK, or want to work with another mobile device kind, the good news is that Ecwid also works together with all the Vend, Clover, NCR Silver and Square POS systems. These all facilitate utilizing a larger range of hardware at a physical retail location (full-sized card readers, receipt printers, cash drawers tablet racks etc.) and are usable in more countries.
Although you could avail Of this Paypal Here POS option on most of paid-for programs, you will want to be to the priciest'Unlimited' program if you want to avail of a Vend, Clover, NCR Silver or Square integration.
Granted, it's a fairly Standard plan, where features such as discount coupons and support aren't available, and it merely lets you sell up to 10 products in two classes — but this could actually be adequate for some users, and using it is a fantastic way to try the system out.
However, A vital point to note about the free program is that it isn't great from an SEO point of view — you have to be on a paid plan to make certain that your product pages speak to search engines correctly (more on SEO below).
Ecwid is forward of the Pack because its storefronts could be mechanically translated into nearly 50 different languages — customers can see your store in their own language, without you having to worry about creating alternate versions of it. Ecwid provides this performance by detecting visitors' language automatically based on their browser settings / IP address.
Competing products such as Shopify And Bigcommerce are nevertheless to provide this sort of functionality — they force you to rely on third party apps, the production of multiple shops or Google Translate to provide different language versions of your shop, which can be less than perfect. Therefore a definite win for Ecwid here.
Search engine Optimization (search engine optimization ) in Ecwid is a fairly straightforward affair. You can edit the title of your webpage and its meta description; the relevant fields are pre-populated for you automatically, but you can tweak them to suit your search engine optimization objectives.
As far as I could tell But you can not manually change the URL of a product — you have to make do with the one which Ecwid generates for you. This is not perfect because keywords in URLs are used by some search engines to categorise content through indexing.
One place where Ecwid doesn't perform quite so Well on the search engine optimization front entails AMP — accelerated cellular pages. As its name implies, AMP pages load faster on cellular devices. This encourages people to stay longer on your page, thus increasing'live time' –something which is believed by many search engine optimization experts consider to be rewarded by Google with preferential treatment in search results. Furthermore, Google occasionally highlights AMP pages in carousels in search results, giving AMP articles an extra little boost.
Unfortunately However — and unlike most rival products like Bigcommerce or Shopify, you can not create AMP versions of your goods using Ecwid.
The Export option permits you to export product data, orders and customers (in CSV format) and ensures that if you feel the need to migrate your shop to another e-commerce platform, then you shouldn't have any major difficulties doing so.
WordPress doesn't Supplied any e-commerce performance out of the box, so anyone wishing to sell on the platform will need a third-party solution like Ecwid. There is an Ecwid plugin accessible, so adding an Ecwid store to your WordPress site is very straightforward — you can get up and running with a couple clicks.
Squarespace comes with Increasingly good e-commerce attributes, but the amount of payment gateway options is very limited — you have to use Stripe or Paypal. (And using Stripe only works if you're selling products from certain countries). Another principal issue with the built-in Squarespace marketing software is that they don't facilitate dropshipping, and full export of products isn't currently possible.
Integrating Ecwid with Squarespace allows you to bypass these constraints, and adding it into a Squarespace site is quite easy: it is a simple matter of including a code block to a webpage and pasting some HTML into it.
As With Squarespace, there's currently no dropshipping choice for Wix users, so again Ecwid can provide a fantastic workaround. A committed app is provided by Ecwid to enable you incorporate the product on a Wix shop easily.
Ecwid provides a fairly Restricted number integrations with other apps that are well-known. Integrations do exist with services Mailchimp, Xero and Freshbooks; but to be fair the range of integrations could be extensive — competing products like Shopify offer a much broader assortment of programs. Notable omissions from the Ecwid store comprise Quickbooks and Zendesk, for example (that said, a Quickbooks integration is coming soon).
Ecwid's Interface is pretty easy to use. Like most similar online shop builders, you receive a vertical menu on the left that allows you to access key performance, and the area on the right is used to edit or display associated products, website reports and content.
Much like any e-commerce tool, you will have to Spend a reasonable amount of time getting your head about producing catalogues and product variants, setting up shipping rates and so on…but there isn't anything here that should represent too a lot of a learning curve.
If You are stuck however, you can always get in touch with Ecwid's support team — more on that later — or, even if you are on a'Business' or'Unlimited', you can take advantage of this included customization service (you get two hours and 12 hours customization time from Ecwidon these plans).
I am not a Lawyer, so please note the below observations should not be interpreted as legal information, but I am going to do my best to spell out a number of the key GDPR issues facing Ecwid users under.
With the introduction of The EU's new GDPR legislation, there are many legal measures that site owners now should take to ensure that they are adequately protecting EU clients' and visitors' privacy. There are serious financial penalties for doing this (to the point where it's usually a good idea to speak with an attorney on what to do); and even if your company is not located in the EU, then you still need to obey the regulations where any site visits from the EU are concerned.
So for example, if you Utilize a Facebook Ads cookie in combination with your Ecwid shop, you'll be breaking up GDPR legislation unless you have a banner set up which does all the above.
Nowout of the box at Least there is not a means to take care of the cookie approval issue with Ecwid. Nor is there an adequate app available from the Ecwid app store (the only alternative on this front I can find, the'EU cookie banner', doesn't seem to provide the essential performance — despite costing $1.99 per month to utilize ).
It Appears to me that the only option available to Ecwid users would be to use a specialist product like CookiePro, which does provide all the essential performance to generate cookie approval fully GDPR compliant. Despite being a powerful product nonetheless, Cookiepro does require quite a great deal of configuration and you'll want to put quite a great deal of time apart to set it up.
I Truly like The simple fact which you can run a website without paying for anything. This makes the setup process that much simpler, because you just have to punch in your email and create a password to go straight to the backend interface.
The machine has Wizards for every platform that you want to set your shop on. If you have a WordPress site, simply walk through three steps to get up and running. You could even click on options like Facebook and Joomla, depending on where you want to market.
The backend Design is perfect, since it walks you through every website creation and integration measure with some fine text and photos. Once you get your shop implemented on a website or societal page it looks fairly sleek.
The layout Depends somewhat on the theme you've got on your website, but as you can see below, it displays photos well and appears clean and simple to navigate. I especially enjoy the Shopping Bag place, which is outstanding and easy to locate for customers when they wish to market.
The closing Design thing which makes sense to mention is the language tool. Since conducting an internet store generally requires one to reach out to people from all over the world, you're bound to stumble upon a few clients who would love to read product webpages and other content in their native tongue. Ecwid supports 45 languages, so when a user wants to translate from English into Spanish, that's not a problem at all.
Some of the apps Can help you out with reviews and rating, rewards programs, automatic advertising tools, analytics, custom design themes and much more.
Ecwid is a Third-party solution to your current site, so you'd typically have to employ additional SEO and marketing tools to really get the word out. Nevertheless, Ecwid provides quality SEO features to help merchants increase their visibility in Google searches.
Moreover, Google now indexes AJAX websites, so all Ecwid shops are indexed by Google with no extra effort. It gets better with WordPress websites, as you gain access to additional SEO plugins and also the default search engine performance on the dashboard.
Each measure is Concise and clear, so you can just go in there and sort in a product name, price and image then save the product for afterwards. Obviously you could always open the Powerful Options, however they different these for if you're ready to start ramping up your store.
As an example of the stock Rich management toolset, you obtain access to items like from stock product monitoring, mobile device stock management, barcode scanning and much more.
Ecwid offers A Chat With Sales attribute that is one of my favourite ways to converse to companies. Simply send them a query and you can work on something else until they respond.
It is not necessarily Easy to find an ecommerce platform which doesn't charge transaction fees, but that is just what you get with Ecwid. They never charge any kind of trade fee with any of those plans they offer, making it desirable for any shop that is trying to keep down costs and to improve margins.
Keep in mind that Ecwid is not a payment processor, which means you've got to set up something such as PayPal or Stripe to process all of the transactions that come through your website. It's pretty easy to implement one of these systems, because Ecwid integrates with over 40 international payment choices. However, each of these processors have their own transaction fees so you need to prepare for these.
Ecwid comes With four strategies, among which is totally free. They promote the free plan like mad, and mention that many different platforms drag you into a free trial, where you may eventually need to pay.
The Free plan Allows you to sell 10 products, whereas the Venture program ups that depend to 100 products and you get items like an iPhone management program. The company program goes up to 2500 products for a wonderful price and you also get live chat support. Priority support comes alongside the Unlimited plan and you might also sell an unlimited number of products.
Ecwid is one of The most economical solutions on the marketplace. You may see that it is actually cheaper than a lot of the other platforms we have reviewed previously, so if you're searching for value, this could be the perfect plugin for you.


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The story follows the Hess family, who live on a farm in Pennsylvania. The father, Graham Hess, is a former priest and widower. He wife was killed in a terrible car accident, and he is left to care for two children, an asthmatic son and a young daughter. His brother Merrill, who is a baseball player that was not able to make it into the major leagues, also lives with the family. A series of strange events begin to unfold. Graham notices a strange crop circle in his field, reports of violent behavior by animals are heard around the town, and Graham also notices that the family is being watched by a tall dark figure that appears on the barn. Graham and Merrill try to chase the figure, but it disappears. Crop circles similar to the one on their field start appearing all around the world. Frightened by the prospects of an alien attack on the family, they barricade themselves inside of the living room in an effort to keep the family safe from the alien presence around them.


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Former roommate charged with stealing $40G from ST golf player
Stuyvesant Town resident Bernie Rothenberg, pictured at his 100th birthday party last year at his apartment (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel)
The family of Bernie Rothenberg, a Stuyvesant Town centenarian well-known to neighbors for his daily golfing at a playground by his apartment has recently appealed to the community to help recoup some of the tens of thousands of dollars they said was stolen from three of his bank accounts.
The money, his son Don told Town & Village, totaled $40,000 and was taken over the past two years, until Don happened to notice the disappearing funds on a third account, since that was a joint account he had access to.
Chloe Garcia, a 26-year-old woman who lived with the elder Rothenberg for over five years until April when she was confronted by his family and thrown out, has since been arrested and charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. According to the criminal complaint, which doesn't name the victim, the withdrawn funds come to around $50,000. In it, Garcia allegedly said she got the pin number to Rothenberg's debit card in his mail and used it for various charges and also wrote checks to herself from his bank account. She was arrested on May 24.
Her Legal Aid attorney, Rebecca Heinsen, declined to comment on the case.
Garcia was described in the family's GoFundMe page for Rothenberg as his aide who'd been hired to help with the senior's day-to-day activities.
However, according to Don, she wasn't an aide so much as a roommate who'd been given a reduced rent, $300, according to the complaint, in exchange for keeping an eye on Rothenberg. Then over time her responsibilities increased and she was tasked with doing things like helping him put in his eye drops at night and taking him to doctor visits.
During this time, according to Don, Rothenberg wound up getting several months in arrears with his rent, and was also behind on healthcare bills from the VA Medical Center because the checks weren't being sent.
But Don said his father had been unaware he owed any rent or medical bills until the alleged theft came to light.
"When Stuyvesant Town called, she took over the phone conversation," he said.
However, Don said the back rent has since been paid. The crowd-funding attempt, with a goal of $60,000, is to try to get back some of the lost money from the accounts as well as the recently paid back rent.
As of Monday, $475 had been donated in small sums. Donations can be made online at the GoFundMe page.
Meanwhile, despite the alleged theft of his savings, Don said his father is "doing pretty well."
Still, he added, "He brings it up fairly often so he's still in shock about it."
Bernie Rothenberg in Stuyvesant Town (Photo courtesy of Rothenberg family)
Rothenberg, a World War II veteran who served in the Philippines and Okinawa as a combat engineer, was an attorney when he was drafted. He later got involved in his family's stationery business, but most people got to know him as the Stuy Town golfer who played at Playground 3 and also taught the sport to others. He no longer plays, but still teaches.
Last March, neighbors and relatives held a 100th birthday bash for the grandfather of three in his apartment.
At that time, he offered some advice to a Town & Village reporter about living to be 100, and that was not to stress over small things.
"Take everything one day at a time," he said. "Laugh when you can. All you have to worry about is your health, your family, eating properly. Don't get aggravated at the unimportant things. And keep the weight off."
He wasn't available for comment when T&V called twice this week, his new roommate said.
Posted by Maria Rocha-Buschel in Seniors, Stuyvesant Town
Tagged: Bernie Rothenberg, elder abuse
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5 thoughts on "Former roommate charged with stealing $40G from ST golf player"
And the Stuyvesant Town/PCV TA has refused to allow the posts regarding this situation to go through. SHAME ON THEM! I hope Susan and the TA board members never need the help of others, because they will not get it.
Thank you T&V for posting this, and shame on you "Peter Stuyvesant."
Garodnick Sucks! says:
There is no STPCV tenants association. If there was I would join.
Benjy says:
Hmmm, seems like a lot of holes here. How is working as an aide for an elderly man for reduced rent of $300 justified? Sounds like some elder neglect by an unattentive son who was trying to take advantage of a situation until it bit him in the arse. I'm sure it was more than just helping him with his eye drops at night. Maybe consider paying your father's helper next time!
Donnie says:
So you're saying that if I'm an employer and I hire someone who doesn't feel that they are underpaid then they have the right to steal from me? As opposed to quitting or asking for a raise? You want to defend their actions with blaming the victim.
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Over 100 crews rev up for Tour of Sperrins Rally
Out for the craic: Garry Jennings
Over 100 crews have entered for this Saturday's 'Go' sponsored Tour of the Sperrins Rally, round two of the McGrady Insurance MSA NI Rally Championship.
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The Magherafelt & District Motor Club event will feature six closed-road stages in the Cookstown area, with rally headquarters and the event service area all based at Meteor Electrical's premises in Cookstown.
Former Irish Tarmac Champion, Garry Jennings, will lead the 101-strong field across the Meteor Electrical start ramp on Saturday morning. Navigated by Michael Moran, the Impreza WRC mounted crew are one of the firm favourites for victory. However, a few days before the event, their Impreza WRC wasn't quite ready for action and Jennings played down his chances of a win.
"I'm waiting to get an ECU from Prodrive," Jennings revealed.
"It's supposed to be here this week but if it doesn't arrive in time, I should be able to borrow one to get the car going."
He added: "I'm not going out to win the rally. My navigator, Michael Moran, works with me in Go so we're going out for a bit of craic!"
Stiff opposition will come from NI Championship leader, Derek McGarrity, who starts at number two in his Impreza WRC. Having won the opening round of the McGrady Insurance backed series in March, the Glengormley driver is aiming for another strong finish in a bid to bolster his chances of claiming the 2018 NI Championship crown.
Portglenone's Desi Henry is the first of the 'R5' mounted drivers at number three. Having finished third overall at last weekend's Killarney Rally of the Lakes, Henry and navigator Liam Moynihan should be up to speed fairly quickly aboard their Skoda Fabia R5.
At number four, Joe McGonigle and Ciaran Geaney will have their Mini Countryman WRC at their disposal. Their most recent victory was claimed at the 2017 end-of-season Turkey Run Rally and they have just missed out on podium finishes on a handful of events this year, so will be hungry to make up for lost ground.
Dungannon's Paddy McVeigh starts the event at number five in his Impreza WRC, while Ballymena's Alan Carmichael is at number six in his Mini WRC. He also holds second overall in the NI Championship standings, just two points behind McGarrity.
Other notable crews include Connor McCloskey, who holds third overall in the NI title race. Former champion, Stuart Biggerstaff, is at number 12 and a host of high powered two-wheel-drive crews are set to do battle. They include Camillus Bradley, Scottish visitor David Bogie, Ryan Loughran, Wesley Patterson, Kevin Gallagher in a stunning Darrian, and 2016 event winner Marty McCormack.
Crews will leave the Meteor Electrical start ramp on Saturday at 10.30am before tackling a total of six stages (three stages completed twice). Spectators who want to follow the event can purchase event programmes containing the essential rally information from nearby filling stations. Event updates will also be available online on the event's Facebook page.
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Home Uncategorized 'Matured a lot'- Real Sociedad's unsung hero is coming of age
'Matured a lot'- Real Sociedad's unsung hero is coming of age
To Premier League fans, the name Mikel Merino doesn't exactly strike too much of a chord. That's a player who didn't shine in England and after a brief spell at Newcastle United, but soon left for Spain in an attempt to revitalise his career. Fast forward to today, Merino seems to have found his place in world football just like top rated casinos in 2020 who are starting to feature as prominently.
The former Osasuna man had joined Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2016. After making just nine appearances in all competitions, he was sent out to Newcastle on loan. The Magpies got 25 appearances out of the midfielder and after signing him permanently in the summer of 2018, they sold him permanently to Real Sociedad within days, no doubt using a service like checkerwise to check his credentials.
For a player who was only about 21 at that time, it now seems that it was too early for him back then. Still only 23, Merino has made an impact at the Basque club since last season.
Last season, Merino made 29 appearances in the La Liga for La Real. He scored three goals and racked up just as many assists. Playing predominantly as a central midfielder in a 4-2-3-1 formation, the Spaniard was a box-to-box talent. He won 1.7 tackles per game and made 1 interception per game.
He won as many as 2.9 aerial duels, also completing one dribble per game for the side. He showed that he isn't exactly an attacking midfielder that he was often used as, playing only 0.4 key passes per game for the club.
But he has stepped up a gear this season. That isn't to say that last season was poor, but this season has seen a rise in some key stats.
He has again been playing a central midfielder, having scored twice and assisting once. But he has won as many as 4.7 aerial duels per game- a sign of his physical improvement. That is also highlighted by him winning 2.3 tackles per game and making 1.5 interceptions per game. Both of them are the highest he has ever made in his career.
He's become one of those players who will help the team take control of games from midfield. That allows the more creative players like Mikel Oyarzabal, Martin Odegaard and Adnan Januzaj to shine. If not for Merino's abilities to control the midfield area, these flair players might not be doing as well as they do. Willian Jose might not be scoring as many goals as he does.
This is a player who has shown constant signs of improvement. He already admitted to learning from his experiences when he had joined Newcastle.
He said: "Last season helped me to see professional football differently. To see that not everything is as beautiful as before. To learn from it, to know that we must continue fighting even if things go wrong. I matured a lot as a footballer and as a person."
This tells a lot about Merino's maturity as a person. He knows how to go step by step and learn from experiences instead of being bogged down by them. That is why, despite the bad spell at the St. James Park, he is back to dominating games all over again.
And the best part is- he has time on his side. At 23, he can easily still play another season and then move to a bigger club in Europe. That would be a move he would deserve, considering how he's improved and has risen up from bad experiences at two well-known clubs.
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"The last time I saw Felipe Ehrenberg was a week before his death, in his house in Ahuatepec, Morelos. I spent six hours in a truck from Morelia, Michoacán, so as to sit with him and work together in his lush garden.
Our gallerist Angustias Freijo had invited us to make a joint exhibition where we would show the thematic, formal and conceptual parallelism existing in our creations. Having curated his retrospective Manchuria, I already had knowledge of the presented ties between his work and mine. Maybe because I had taken his famous course The art of living the art at the age of eighteen and followed his advice to the letter, or maybe because our production was so extensive and diverse that it would have been easy to find commonalities with every artist one would compare ourselves to.
"Haiga sido, como haiga sido", given that we used to love to invent moves together, we accepted the challenge without a doubt and quickly started thinking about what type of bonds we would be able to establish.
That afternoon, we sat for a few hours to discuss which projects would converse better and which pieces had been created on similar concerns, or had been solved equally. What determines the character of a piece? Is it the apprehension that triggers the creation, or is it the attitude and the resources through which it is solved? Eventually, we ended up with a score of works and projects; sometimes those were isolated pieces and some others, a set of series that addressed a specific issue as a whole.
Created among several decades, the intergenerational dialogue that was being drawn among the pieces, reflected, as we approached the here and now, a powerful all-rounder complicity based on a wholesome friendship.
When we published our book Espejulacciones, Ehrenberg mentioned "the transition from this artistic courier to a generation of young creators", I am sure my situation is unique and symptomatic due to our close relationship, however, I am also sure that his influence can be traced in the majority of first-level active Mexican artists.
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