This is a home use graphing server for temperatures. It was working, I don't check it often. I had a device quit making graphs and when I went to check the settings for it and click on CONSOLE and DEVICES, it is blank. Same if I click on Sites, trees, Graphs, etc. All the pages are blank. I can click on utilities and system utilities and it will be blank but if I hit F5, that page will come up, but none of the others do.
I have been searching for hours and can't seem to find anyone with this problem. Does anyone have any ideas?
Literally the dumbest thing I can think of to ask, but have you cleared your browser cache and tried again?
Are the rrd files themselves updating, and do you have new data in your mysql tables?
You may also think about bouncing apache or the server instance itself if you've not.
What I would suggest doing is this. Use your Browser's development tools then look at the Network tab. When you have that open, browse to a single link on the left and see what happens. Post the results.
Basically, when you click on the links on the left, that white area should be changing to a new page which is retrieved via Ajax. Starting with 1.1.37 we introduced a dynamic parameter to the end of the include URL's to ensure that they were refreshed properly if changed. We just need to make sure that's still occurring.
I just upgraded to 1.2.1 and have the same problem with IE. In firefox it works fine. Chrome works sometimes but not always.
This has been logged and I believe a fix has been commited to the repos. Thanks for reporting it to us.
I'm seeing this same behavior in v1.2.1 and v1.2.2 mostly on Firefox. Chrome seems to work OK.
Based on your previous mention, I looked and do not see a parameter on the URL.
No the dynamic parameter was only for CSS/JS files to ensure that they are fresh. It wouldn't be on the menu items that you are looking at.
OK, understood. Regardless, any suggestions for resolving the issue?


There are five types of bases that I use for the lamps.
Freestanding lamps are minimalistic. Some trunk shapes are self-supportive and contain their own base. A separate material is not necessary. Many times it creates an awareness of symbiosis and synchronicity in our work.
For a rich traditional look I use a disc of metal. A base of shiny stainless steal goes well with a lighter colored wood such as young cypress. I normally would incorporate a stem and head of the same metal. With the bronze bases the finish is varnished to maintain the brilliant shine. Otherwise a weekly polishing is needed.
The third type of base is resin. Working with resin is an art form unto itself. I incorporate items such as shells, stones and plants. Ferns can be used while they are fresh. The resins cook and bleach the freshly picked fern with the heat of the chemical reaction in hardening. Temperatures can reach. This process changes the fern's green leaves to a soft white. It leaves its roots a contrasting black. But this is an exception to the rule. Most flowers I dry well. This maintains their rich color during the resin's hardening process. Flowering bracts from the spiny Bougainville bush is a good dried flower to use. It comes in a variety of colors that maintain their brilliance after drying.
The fourth type of base is stone. Rocks I collect on the banks of a river called Barbilla. It runs threw the Atlantic zone of Costa Rica among the banana plantations. It is a medium size river that drops down steeply from the foothills of Volcan Poas.
Rio Barbilla runs threw different mineral and rock deposits on its way. The river gets stronger the higher you go. Barbilla picks up different colored boulders of green, blue, black and white. The combination of a twisted tortured wood and polished stone is very striking.
The most recent type of base I am working with is glass. My oven is 6 feet by 4 feet across. I am using recycled glass. Like the resin, different objects are included. I feel this gives interest and character and integrates all parts of the lamp. Two days are required to melt and cool the pieces. The most delicate stage is in the cooling. If it is done too fast the glass will break from stress differential.


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Mount Semeru, the highest volcano on Indonesia's most densely populated island of Java, spewed hot clouds as far away as 4.5 kilometers (nearly 3 miles) on Saturday.
One of the world's longest-running wildlife field studies has fallen prey to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pfizer and BioNTech said Saturday they will limit the delays of their vaccine deliveries to just one week, after fears in Europe that shipments of the jabs could be slowed for up to a month.
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Melting icebergs key to sequence of an ice age, scientists find
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Understanding the new kiddie tax
Find out how the taxation of children's unearned income was changed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
By Kate Mantzke, CPA, Ph.D.; Brad Cripe, CPA, Ph.D.; and Suzanne Youngberg, CPA
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Individual Income Taxation
Many areas of the U.S. individual income tax were changed for tax years 2018 through 2025 when P.L. 115-97, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), was enacted in late 2017. One of those areas was the "kiddie tax," the tax imposed on certain children with unearned income. Congressional efforts to amend the Internal Revenue Code garnered substantial press coverage from late 2017 through early 2018 given the significant and far-ranging changes made to the tax law as a whole. Major changes were made to the kiddie tax as well, yet press coverage of these changes has been scant.
Since the TCJA became law, a few articles have reported that the kiddie tax is calculated simply by reference to the estate and trust tax rate table. This synopsis of law changes may have been inspired by page 9 of the congressional conference committee report for P.L. 115-97, which stated, "taxable income attributable to earned income is taxed according to an unmarried taxpayer's brackets and rates. Taxable income attributable to net unearned income is taxed according to the brackets applicable to trusts and estates" (H.R. Conf. Rep't No. 115-466, 115th Cong., 1st Sess. 197 (Dec. 15, 2017), available at docs.house.gov. Yet this description of how the kiddie tax is computed is not entirely accurate. The purpose of this article is to provide a robust discussion of the changes to the law to help practitioners better understand how the law has changed and to assist them in calculating estimated quarterly tax payments for children subject to the tax.
HOW THE TCJA SIMPLIFIED THE KIDDIE TAX
The AICPA advocated for a simpler kiddie tax as Congress crafted the TCJA. This advocacy was at least partially successful, since some of the complexities in the old kiddie tax are no longer present in the new law. The previous law required the kiddie tax to be the greater of two tax calculations. The first calculation was the tax on the child's taxable income as if the kiddie tax did not exist. The second calculation was the sum of the tax on the child's net unearned income assessed at a parent's marginal tax rate plus the tax computed on the remaining taxable income at the child's tax rates. This second calculation introduced complexity because the child's taxable income had to be bifurcated to compute tax using both marginal tax rates — the parent's and the child's.
The old law was also complex when the child's parents were divorced or married filing separately, because the tax preparer had to determine which parent's marginal tax rate should be used. Another complexity stemmed from computing the child's allocable share of the parental tax when the child had siblings who were also subject to the kiddie tax.
Finally, under the old law, it was difficult to calculate the kiddie tax when the parent(s) had a different tax year than the child. Thanks to changes made by the TCJA, all of the foregoing complexities vanish for 2018 through 2025, since none of these provisions apply to the calculation of the kiddie tax during this time frame. The conference committee report for the TCJA confirms Congress's intent was to simplify the calculation of the kiddie tax so that a child's tax is "unaffected by the tax situation of the child's parent or the unearned income of any siblings" (H.R. Conf. Rep't No. 115-466, 115th Cong., 1st Sess. 197 (Dec. 15, 2017)).
ONE CONVENIENCE LOST
Unfortunately, an administrative convenience in the old kiddie tax did not find its way into the new rules. Under the old law, parents could elect to report a child's unearned income on their income tax return using Form 8814, Parents' Election to Report Child's Interest and Dividends. Parents whose children had only interest and dividends subject to the kiddie tax could avoid the added cost and hassle of filing income tax returns for the children. It appears this convenience does not exist in the new law since there is no corollary provision, nor does the new law expressly reference the election provision in the old law. While the removal of this administrative convenience will be irksome for some taxpayers, it is a logical change to the law since the kiddie tax is no longer calculated at the parents' rates.
NEW COMPLEXITIES IN COMPUTING THE KIDDIE TAX
Sec. 1(g) contained the rules for computing the kiddie tax before the recent law changes. Sec. 1(j) was added to the law to provide all the individual tax rate changes enacted by the TCJA. Sec. 1(j)(4) presents the new kiddie tax rules, which are a mix of old and new elements.
Elements of the old kiddie tax that still apply
The determination of who is subject to the kiddie tax remains the same, so children who would have been subject to the old kiddie tax are subject to the new kiddie tax. A child's taxable income is also calculated the same way it was under the old kiddie tax rules: gross income less allowable deductions.
Even though children subject to the kiddie tax are permitted to itemize their deductions, virtually all of these children claim the standard deduction, according to historical IRS data. The law allows a dependent child to claim the single standard deduction, but Sec. 63(c)(5)(A) limits the deduction for 2018 to the greater of $1,050 or the sum of the child's earned income plus $350. Therefore, a dependent child's standard deduction could be as small as $1,050 or as large as $12,000, the amount of the basic standard deduction for single taxpayers in 2018.
The new law retains the computation of "net unearned income" (NUI) as a key element in determining the new kiddie tax. NUI is the excess of a child's unearned income over the sum of (1) $1,050, plus (2) the greater of $1,050 or the child's itemized deductions related to the unearned income. By law, NUI cannot exceed the child's taxable income.
Earned income continues to be defined as the sum of amounts received as compensation for personal services as well as taxable distributions from qualified disability trusts. In contrast, a child's unearned income will generally comprise income generated by property, such as interest, dividends, and capital gains, along with certain nonproperty income, such as taxable Social Security benefits and taxable scholarships.
Elements added to the kiddie tax
Despite Congress's intent to simplify the kiddie tax, the TCJA introduced new elements that make its computation more complex. First, the law introduced the concept of "earned taxable income" (ETI). While ETI relates only to the computation of the kiddie tax, it has the potential to create confusion in at least two ways. First, the term "earned taxable income" is very similar to the term "earned income" (discussed above with respect to NUI), but these items are computed in distinctly different ways. ETI is taxable income less NUI, while earned income is the total of all the child's compensation received for services provided during the year and taxable distributions to the child from a qualified disability trust.
ETI is also a misnomer for children whose only income for the year was unearned income. Despite having no income earned from their labor, these children will still have ETI because it is computed as the difference between the children's taxable income and NUI amounts.
Another complexity introduced by the TCJA is that the kiddie tax must be computed using single tax rate tables, which have been modified by reference to the estate/trust tax rate tables. These modifications limit the amount of ordinary income taxed in each of the single income tax brackets based on the sums of a child's ETI and specific income tax bracket amounts cross-referenced from the estate and trust income tax rate table.
For 2018, a child's income that can be taxed at rates below 24% is limited to the sum of ETI plus $2,550, the minimum taxable income for the 24% estate/trust tax bracket. Further, income that can be taxed at rates below 35% is limited to the sum of ETI plus $9,150, the minimum taxable income for the 35% estate/trust tax bracket. Income that can be taxed at rates below 37% is limited to the sum of ETI plus $12,500, the minimum taxable income for the 37% estate/trust tax bracket. Any remaining income that does not fit within the foregoing limits will be taxed at a rate of 37%. These tax bracket modifications are illustrated in the table "Modified Income Tax Brackets."
Modified income tax brackets
Similarly, the new kiddie tax rules modify the 0%/15%/20% breakpoints that would otherwise apply to a child's net long-term capital gains and/or qualified dividends. These modifications are also computed as the sum of a child's ETI and specific 0%/15%/20% preferential rate breakpoints borrowed from estates and trusts.
The 0% tax rate applies to a child's preferential income up to the sum of ETI plus $2,600, the new 0%/15% breakpoint created for estates and trusts. The 15% tax rate applies to preferential income up to the sum of ETI plus $12,700, the new 15%/20% breakpoint created for estates and trusts. Preferential income in excess of the sum of ETI plus $12,700 will be taxed at 20%. These modifications are described in the table "Taxation of Child's Preferential Income."
Taxation of child's preferential income
The foregoing tax rate modifications for both the ordinary and preferential tax rates are unique to each taxpayer since they are based on each child's personal ETI for the year, adding another layer of complexity to the new kiddie tax calculations.
Overall effect of the rate modifications
The tax rate modifications cross-referenced from the estate/trust income tax rates can have the effect of shifting a child's income into higher tax brackets before all the lower brackets are full, as well as removing certain tax brackets from the computation of the kiddie tax altogether. Furthermore, referring to the estate/trust income tax rates is a significant policy shift from the old rules, which taxed a portion of the child's income at a parent's tax rate. The congressional committee reports are silent about the reason for this shift.
HOW TO COMPUTE THE KIDDIE TAX
In preparation for the 2019 filing season, the IRS will update Form 8615, Tax for Certain Children Who Have Unearned Income, and IRS Publication 929, Tax Rules for Children and Dependents, to facilitate computing the kiddie tax for the 2018 tax year. Software companies will update their tax return preparation products to incorporate the new law. In the meantime, this article demonstrates how to compute the new kiddie tax for one taxpayer. Additional examples can be found here, including examples of how the tax owed for children subject to the kiddie tax can change from 2017 to 2018.
A, who is 14 years old, has both ordinary income and income that is taxed at preferential rates. She was fortunate to be born into a family with the financial means to provide her with significant income-generating property. A owns U.S. obligations that pay $10,000 of interest annually. She also holds stock that pays qualified dividends of $35,000 annually. In addition to her portfolio income, A earns $5,000 from baby-sitting jobs throughout the year.
A's filing status is "single," and she must pay federal income tax on both her earned and unearned income annually. None of these funds are used for her support, so she is considered her parents' dependent and is subject to the kiddie tax. Finally, while A may be required to pay state income taxes on some of her federal taxable income, this example assumes her state taxes are less than her standard deduction, so she will not itemize deductions. Further, the computation of her state tax liability will depend on her state of residency and, therefore, is beyond the scope of this article.
The first step in computing the kiddie tax is not unlike the first step in computing any tax — compute the tax base. Based on the foregoing information, A's 2018 taxable income is shown in the table "Calculation of A's 2018 Taxable Income."
A's NUI is computed as shown in the table "Calculation of A's Net Unearned Income." Because A's tentative NUI of $42,900 is less than A's taxable income of $44,650, NUI is $42,900.
A's earned taxable income is computed as shown in the table "Calculation of A's Earned Taxable Income."
Since A has income that is subject to tax at both ordinary and preferential tax rates, taxable income must be bifurcated so that the appropriate tax rates can be applied. A's ordinary taxable income equals $9,650, her $44,650 taxable income reduced by $35,000 of qualified dividends.
Tax on A's $9,650 of ordinary taxable income is computed using a modified single tax rate table. The maximum taxable income that can be taxed at single rates below 24% is $4,300, the sum of $1,750 ETI plus $2,550. A will owe tax of $430 on this $4,300 since the entire amount fits within the 10% single tax bracket amount of $9,525. Further, A's ordinary taxable income will not be taxed at the lower 12% and 22% single tax brackets because the law forces her remaining ordinary income of $5,350 into the 24% tax bracket.
The maximum amount of A's taxable income that can be taxed at single rates below 35% is $10,900, the sum of $1,750 ETI plus $9,150. However, since her ordinary income is only $9,650, the amount of income that is taxed in the 24% tax bracket is the difference between $9,650 and the $4,300 that was already taxed in the 10% bracket. A will owe tax of $1,284 on this $5,350 since the entire amount fits within the 24% single tax bracket amount of $75,000. Tax owed on A's ordinary income is summarized in the table "Taxation of A's Ordinary Income."
Taxation of A's ordinary income
Tax on A's $35,000 of qualified dividends is computed using the 0%/15%/20% preferential tax rate breakpoints, which are modified with reference to her ETI. None of these dividends are eligible for taxation at 0% because that rate applies to preferential income up to $4,350 (her $1,750 ETI plus $2,600), and her ordinary income of $9,650 surpasses that threshold. The 15% rate applies to $4,800 of these dividends because that rate applies to preferential income up to $14,450 for A (her $1,750 ETI plus $12,700), and only the difference of $4,800 between this cap of $14,450 and ordinary income of $9,650 is eligible to be taxed at 15%. The remaining dividends of $30,200 are taxed at 20% because they exceed the $14,450 threshold computed above. A's tax owed on qualified dividends is summarized in the table "Taxation of A's Qualified Dividends."
Taxation of A's qualified dividends
KIDDIE TAX SIMPLIFICATION?
When most of the TCJA's provisions took effect on Jan. 1, 2018, many Americans hoped they would see simplified income tax calculations and reduced tax liabilities over the next eight years. While many complexities of the old kiddie tax were eliminated, new complexities were introduced. Further, whether the new law results in tax savings or additional tax due is different for each child. It cannot be taken for granted that a taxpayer's kiddie tax liability for 2018 will be similar to what it was in 2017. Detailed calculations showing the difference in the kiddie tax liability under old law and new law can be found here.
Kate Mantzke, CPA, Ph.D., is the Donna R. Kieso Professor of Accountancy. Brad Cripe, CPA, Ph.D., is the assistant department chair, the Gaylen and Joanne Larson Professor of Accountancy, and director of Graduate Studies. Suzanne Youngberg, CPA, MST, is an instructor and the MST adviser in the Department of Accountancy. They are all faculty members in the Department of Accountancy at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill.
To comment on this article or to suggest an idea for another article, contact Sally P. Schreiber, a JofA senior editor, at Sally.Schreiber@aicpa-cima.com or 919-402-4828.
AICPA resources
"Counterintuitive Tax Planning: Increasing Taxable Scholarship Income to Reduce Taxes," The Tax Adviser, May 2018
"Tax Practice & Procedures: Kiddie Tax May Be Due on College Scholarships," The Tax Adviser, April 2016
"Financing for College With the Uniform Transfers toMinors Act," JofA, July 2015
"The Dreaded Kiddie Tax," JofA, July 2007
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Located in Kansas City's popular Crossroads Arts District, the Freight House Flats are the renovation of an historic three-story warehouse into new urban luxury loft living spaces. BNIM converted the existing building into a 22-unit condominium complex featuring concrete floors, lofty ceilings, balconies and a roof garden. Because the building received historic tax credits, the existing building shell was maintained and restored. The additional fourth floor and non-historic north facade were modernized to include a fourth floor penthouse, exterior fire stairs and north-facing balconies for the second and third floor units. The project also includes a new 33-stall covered parking lot on the north side.
This project was a response to the increasing shift in urban living that involves revitalizing existing warehouse and historic buildings in the urban core to create desirable living spaces in the heart of Kansas City.


A 6-year-old female black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) was presented with a space-occupying lesion in the left submandibular region. On computed tomography, a low attenuating, poorly circumscribed mass infiltrated the left mandibular bone, with osteolytic change. Microscopically, the lesion was composed of odontogenic epithelium proliferating in nests and embedded in abundant dental papilla-like ectomesenchyme, including dentine and enamel. Multifocal amyloid deposition was observed. Immunohistochemically, the neoplastic epithelial cells were positive for cytokeratin (CK) AE1/AE3, CK14 and p63. Some epithelial cells were positive for amelogenin and some adjacent to the amyloid deposits co-expressed S100. The ectomesenchymal cells expressed vimentin and strong S100 immunoreactivity was observed in odontoblast-like cells. The amyloid was immunolabelled with amelogenin. The tumour was diagnosed as amyloid-producing odontoameloblastoma.
As Larimer County officials work to start construction on the new county building at First Street and Denver Avenue in Loveland, some residents are advocating that the prairie dogs on site be relocated first.
For months, the Larimer County commissioners and the Loveland City Council members have been receiving emails from prairie dog advocates asking that the animals on site be located to another area, rather than poisoned and killed.
While prairie dogs are not considered a protected species, advocates argued that relocation provides many benefits.


FAIRFIELD, NJ - On Saturday, members of the Fairfield Volunteer Fire Department conducted what is known as "Bail Out Training" alongside members of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Fire District 6 Department. The firefighters were instructed by Fire Ground Technologies to become certified on the "Petzl EXO Bail Out System." The personal escape system is used by firefighters to bail out of a window when there is no other means of egress.
"Fairfield Fire Department is now certified in the Petzl EXO training bail out system," Fairfield Fire Captain Matt Frederickson commented.
"A big thank you to Parsippany District 6 and Fireground Technologies."
Post by Parsippany Troy-Hills Fire District 6.
The class was taught by Larry Cohen from Fire Ground Technologies, along with instructors from the New York City Fire Department and the Passaic Fire Department.
The principal training consisted of instructors from the Fire Ground Technologies holding onto a specially designed rope as the fire fighters rappelled down a wall.


FAAH-OUT is the gene. When mutated you feel no pain at all!
Implementing healthy food prescriptions within large government healthcare programs to promote healthier eating could generate substantial health gains and be highly cost-effective.
Just six to 12 yoga sessions, participants reported significantly less pain in their lower back.
A few minutes of exercise goes a long way to improve mental health!
You can even memorise books if you are mindful of what you eat, manage diet and exercise.
TRIAL BY EMOJI: As using emoji becomes more common, the symbols are being presented as evidence in court cases.
The refrigerator may be enough of a trigger to have you go for the beer once you hit the door… By identifying your triggers, you have a way of pushing back and not having that auto-pilot kick in.


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I'm an outdoorsy person, but not in the way that most people think of it. I don't need to hike for miles (and I'd rather not) through distant mountains. I like to go outside, but I like sitting on patios. And since I've lived in Los Angeles and Phoenix all of my adult life, people have considered me pretty weird because of my tendency to go outside.
When I lived in Los Angeles, in the 1980s, there was a popular song "Nobody Walks in LA". And I found it to be just as true in Phoenix. To be fair, the song really meant that only a "nobody" walks - that is, homeless people, poor people, people who aren't celebrities, etc. It's still the mindset in Los Angeles, and Phoenix, today. Ask anyone who has lived there for a long time - they never go outside, unless they're getting in and out of their car (with the closest parking spot available!), or if they're doing a hiking trip in Sedona. Walking around Phoenix is just considered kind'a crazy. And in the summer, when it's over 100 degrees, it is!
But it's not hot all of the time in Phoenix. In fact, the weather is so wonderful from October through April that people visit from all over the world, just to go outside. Today is March 12th and I guarantee you that someone from Minnesota is standing on a balcony in Phoenix right now, just being amazed. Yesterday at the Sahuaro Ranch I saw someone sitting in the parking lot next to their RV. Just sitting there. I imagined that they had come from somewhere where you couldn't just sit outside in the warm sun in March, but I really don't know.
Being outside is for tourists, and locals never do it. Unless, of course, they're crazy like me. I never stopped being a tourist in Phoenix and Los Angeles. That makes me a nobody, I guess.
Image above: Sahuaro Ranch, Glendale, Arizona. The parking lot where I used to work (Glendale Community College) is just south of this. Sometimes I would walk over there and eat my lunch.


GEMMA Collins claimed that she was once targeted by a GHOST who threw a shoebox across the room - leaving the Dancing On Ice star convinced of paranormal activity.
The 37-year-old blonde recalled the terrifying incident in her 2018 book How To Be A Diva.
The former Towie star continued: "For a second, I sat there with my mouth open and then I started screaming hysterically.
True to form, Gemma then questioned whether the ghost had targeted those particular pair of shoes because they didn't agree with the style.
She quipped: "It was the late 80s so there were some questionable fashion choices being made at the time."
Gemma also claimed that she has "psychic intuition" and admitted that she is "fascinated by the spirit world".
The TV favourite is currently taking part in ITV reality competition Dancing On Ice, and is set to return to the ice tomorrow night after taking a tumble during last week's live show.
Gemma was left in agony after the fall, which saw her faceplant the ice before sliding along the floor.
Despite the blunder, Gemma and her professional partner Matt Evers ended up securing their highest scores of the series so far.


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Why does the UFC deprive fans of Nate Diaz Versus Jorge Masvidal? The fans want it and they want it so make it happen
Both fighters are now coming off of two extremely impressive wins and they continue to grow bigger due to the fact that people can't stop watching their past performances. Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal haven't had the best of luck in the beginning of their UFC careers but that seemed to have turn around. These gentlemen careers are aging like win and gets better with each fight but now the fans would like to see the two brawlers go at it. Both fighters are very similar especially in Boxing and come from very humble beginnings. Nate being from Stockton and Jorge being from Miami both fighters come from the streets and have literally fought to earn their keep. Jorge came up with the late great Kimbo Slice in the backyard and made a name for himself even before he turned professional. Nate Diaz did his early Vale Tudo fighting back in the day that can be viewed on YouTube as well and has racked up millions of views.
The point that I'm trying to make is that anytime you get some hard hitters like these two it's always gonna end up being a war. The UFC can't drop the ball with this one especially at this time right now in both of their careers.
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by Tristan Oliver	July 15, 2010
Your Vote Will Decide the Winner
On both sides of the Atlantic, the top ten submissions to the Sonic Birthday Contest are available for you to vote on.
In North America, a paper cutout, an intervention, some short stop-motion flicks and "A Day in the Life" made the cut. Two Sonic Stadium staffers were chosen for the top ten, but beyond that, we can't speak much for the UK side. That's because even though Sega offers a link to the other side's finalists, those links appear region locked as of the time of this article's publication.
The finalists were judged on a 30 point scale with bonus points awarded for public exposure. The results of that for these candidates have not been disclosed.
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One tech journalist wants to see an iOS laptop from Apple, but I'm not sure that will happen.
Colleague Harry McCracken (Technologizer, TIME, CNET) likes using his iPad with a keyboard so much he wants to see Apple produce a laptop running iOS. He bases that desire on how well the iPad with a keyboard works for him, plus on how much attention his little rig gets in public. While I have expressed a similar contentment with using a tablet and keyboard combo, I'm not sure Apple will produce Harry's iOS laptop any time soon.
Harry and I each realized how useful the iPad could be when coupled with a keyboard, and separately we explained why it works so well for us. I still feel the same way about my little pseudo-laptop, but I'm not sure the masses are ready for a laptop as Harry describes in a recent article for CNET.
Both Harry's and my work are very similar in nature, so it's no surprise we find the iPad with a ZAGGfolio keyboard case (reviewed here) to be a good solution. While it works well for us, most people currently using laptops have different needs for work than Harry and I, often in the form of particular Windows or Mac software. That won't run on our iPad rigs, nor on an iOS laptop as Harry describes.
An iOS laptop would have to be cheap, really cheap, to make it worthwhile for buyers. An iPad 2 with keyboard is currently around $600, so the laptop would have to be much cheaper than that; otherwise there is no real advantage to the purchase over our iPad/keyboard combos. I like the fact that I can use the iPad 2 as a tablet most of the time, only strapping on the keyboard as needed. An iOS laptop wouldn't have that benefit, so it would have to be cheaper to justify giving up that function.
I understand where Harry is coming from in interpreting public reaction to his current rig as interest in an iOS laptop. Just last week I was working in a Starbucks on my iPad 2/ZAGGfolio rig and noticed there were two other patrons using the same combo. There were actually fewer laptops in use than our iPad systems, so the utility is being discovered by others. That still may not translate into a market for an iOS laptop for the masses.
Analyst Michael Gartenberg (@Gartenberg on Twitter) is fond of (correctly) stating that anyone can sell 50,000 of anything. That would likely be the case with an iOS laptop, but I'm not sure a large enough market exists for one to make it worth Apple's while. It would certainly hurt MacBook sales, and Apple wouldn't want to do that unless the expected market is big enough to make it worth that risk.
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Review: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
January 15, 2019 October 12, 2020 E.F. Sunland
Washington Black was short-listed for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. From its nomination to the glowing praise around the Internet, most people liked this book more than I did. Though the first half of the book is well-written, the plot's over-reliance on coincidence strains belief in the second half. Unlike my usual reviews, there are minor spoilers for the end of the book.
Washington Black follows the life and adventures of a former slave, George Washington "Wash" Black. Wash is owned by a horrifically cruel man, Erasmus Wilde, but his life changes when he's loaned to Titch. Titch encourages Wash's natural talent as an artist and tries to treat him well. After a complicated mishap, Wash and Titch flee Barbados in a hot air balloon and crash onto a ship bound for Virginia. From the states, they travel to the Arctic, where Titch mysteriously vanishes. The action ranges from Nova Scotia, to London, to Amsterdam, and Morocco—everywhere he goes, Wash finds familiar people, but will he find Titch? (And who cares anyway, isn't this supposed to be Wash's story?)
Throughout the novel, the writing is clear and strong—I've already picked up a copy of Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues. Wash's existence as a slave is outlined in a few ways: the crushing labor, the daily fear, and the abrupt change in his routine and treatment when he's plucked from the field. The damage done to his body and mind is most sharply illustrated by his fear and confusion at being treated with simple decency by Titch. Titch blithely assumes that if he's nice to Wash, the pair can be fast friends and get right to work, but he underestimates how differently they see the world:
"I shall ask my brother to release you permanently," said [Titch], weighing my expression. "Does that please you?"
I made no answer, so shocked was I.
"You would rather remain the property of my brother?"
"Oh, no, Titch, I would rather be your property," said I, eagerly. I did not understand the pained look that crossed his face. (85)
When Titch and Wash crash their balloon onto a ship I almost put the book down. It's just so ridiculously convenient that a boat is right there, but I was still invested in the story so I kept reading. I suppose it's possible that Titch could guide their failing craft to its deck…in a storm. By the time they reach Virginia, there's already a WANTED poster for Wash's return. The reward: $1,000. Titch tears down the sign. Due to a severely-scarred face, Wash is easy to find, but no one recognizes him. A thousand dollars buys a lot of things, but only one poster.
After the painful rigors of the first third of the book, Wash and Titch now seem to wear a type of plot armor. They sail to the Arctic and immediately run into a man to take them to Titch's father. After an unsatisfying reunion, Titch wanders into the snow and disappears. He survives, which is annoying for two reasons: 1) the weird rumors after his disappearance ultimately lead nowhere, and 2) the fact that his survival is completely unexplained. No one in the party found him (they looked) and Wash didn't see him again before leaving. Titch later claims to have seen what went down in the camp after his disappearance in ways that sound like some kind of astral projection (what?).
Some years later, Wash is found by a bounty hunter when there's no longer anyone to pay the $1,000. How is it that he can be identified years later in a crowd in a different country, but no one near the Virginia sign noticed him? The biggest stroke of luck, though, is when Wash meets a woman at the shore. They're both there to paint so they strike up a friendship. Would you expect that she's the daughter of a famous person whose books/illustrations are Wash's especial favorite? If that doesn't make you shout, "Small world!" in annoyance, this may be the book for you.
Wash works with this family to create the first aquarium, Ocean House. In doing so, he outlines the primary struggle of his life, that even though he is skilled and a valuable part of Ocean House, nothing will carry his name:
My name, I understood, would never be known in the history of the place. It would be Goff, not a slight, disfigured black man, who would forever be celebrated as the father of Ocean House. When I allowed myself to truly think of it, a tightness rose behind my eyes. Goff was not a bad man—he did not like to take credit for my discoveries in principle, but I understood he was getting older, and that the desire to make a late sensation burned deep in him. And I understood too the greater conundrum—for how could I, a Negro eighteen years old, with no formal scientific training, approach the committee on my own, or even be seen as an equal in the enterprise? (253)
The social commentary is strong in Washington Black, but the story is weak. As Wash travels the world to find Titch (and other things), he seems to teleport from place to place. There are tedious, non-revealing conversations stretched to fill entire chapters, but onerous journeys are inexplicably footnotes. There's something off in the proportions of this book.
The exact moment I checked out was when, at the end of one chapter, Wash reads that someone is going to be hanged the following day. By his reaction, it's someone he knows, but the reader isn't told the name. There's an ENTIRE CHAPTER with him going about his day and talking with others before he attends the hanging and the reader learns who's on the scaffold.
To be honest, I've never been the biggest fan of first-person narrators because of things like this. So many authors can't help themselves: The character just learned Something Big, but I don't want the reader to know it yet—how can I build suspense? In theory, if the reader is invested in the character, they'll feel an emotional jolt alongside the character when the Something Big is revealed. Isn't this a large point of first-person narration in the first place—to make the reader seriously imagine the perspective, experience, and emotions of the narrator? Why block the reader in this way?
Overall: 4.2 (out of 5). The strong focus and sharp characters of the first third are gradually replaced by a meandering plot and progressively less-interesting characters. I understand that Titch's disappearance has an impact on Wash, but I disliked how the Search for Titch overwhelmed the back half of the novel. Is this intentionally meta? Can Wash not be the center of his story in much the same way he can't put his name on Ocean House?
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7 thoughts on "Review: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan"
Diana @ Thoughts on Papyrus says:
A great review! Like you I enjoyed the writing, but also felt that the second half of the book was the weakest. In fact, I did not really like this book (but I will save my rant for my own review) 🙂 With all my criticisms I just cannot give a four star rating to this book because I will not be true to myself no matter if the whole literary community disagrees.
I particularly agree with you on how "small" the world ended up to be in the book. Too unbelievable, right? It was like a child mapping the world: "I would like to go to London!" "I would like to go to Morocco"! "Oh, look, he is the man I used to know before!", meeting him half the planet away. It should be sold as fantasy – perhaps Wash dreamt his life up and he is still on plantation in reality.
E.F. Sunland says:
I look forward to reading your rant! This was a very difficult book to rate because of how much it slid downhill in the second half. I'm never sure what to make of books that are half good. The first half is propping up my high rating because it had a few moments that packed such an emotional wallop that I was blown away by Edugyan's prose. In some ways, the second half feels as though it were written by someone else.
I'm also glad to hear you say that you thought the travel was too quick! There were a few chapters toward the end that I couldn't help skimming a bit and wondered if things were speeding up because I was reading faster… 🙂
I understand completely. The last chapters I was skimming too, and then forcing myself to go back for a full read. Not a good sign for a book, let alone one included in the Booker Prize shortlist.
You identified one of my pet peeves in narration. If a story is told in first person, then I want to discover, understand, feel etc., with that person. Manipulating the reveal reduces the impact for me versus increasing it. Also, I love your "plot armor" comment.
Exactly! I put the book down for a second and thought, "Who's telling this story anyway?" It seemed like such an odd choice when it's very clear that a lot of thought went into shaping Wash's voice and personality. Why push him aside at an important moment?
I had to return the book to the library unread because I just couldn't get to it. Now that I've read your review, I'm not sure I'll order it again.
It's an odd read because I don't think I would necessarily recommend it to anyone, but I'm glad I read it. It continues to get a lot of good reviews and I would have wondered about it. For the first third or so, the prose really is strikingly good.
Of reviewers who didn't like this book, most of them said they enjoyed Half-Blood Blues by the same author, so I look forward to reading that one.
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Fox News Skewered by Guest for "Operating as a Wing of the Republican Party"
Submitted by Harriet Rowan on November 28, 2012 - 12:10pm
Fox News was publicly skewered and filleted this week by one of their own guests, Thomas E. Ricks, an expert on military and defense policy and a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter. His interview was abruptly and unceremoniously ended after he calmly tagged Fox as "a wing of the Republican Party."
The program, Happening Now, invited Ricks on as a guest to discuss defense and foreign policy issues including the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. The segment began with a discussion of the possibility of Susan Rice, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, becoming the Secretary of State and what effect her statements about the Benghazi attack would have.
Although he introduced Ricks as an "expert with decades of experience in the U.S. military" the interviewer Jon Scott was not as happy with the analysis provided by said expert. Ricks immediately criticized Fox's coverage of the incident, "Benghazi generally was hyped, by this network especially." Scott took issue with the statement, "When you have four people dead, including the first U.S. ambassador in more than 30 years, how do you call that hype?" To which Ricks responded, "I think that the emphasis on Benghazi has been extremely political, partly because Fox was operating as a wing of the Republican Party."
Scott abruptly wrapped up the interview before Ricks could do any more truth telling and cut to a commercial break.
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Anonymous replied on November 28, 2012 - 3:44pm Permalink
A bit more fairness and balance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2012/11/27/tom-ricks-to-msnbc-youre-just-like-fox-only-not-as-good-at-it/
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By freakpool / May 27, 2018
Tokyo Otaku Mode to launch new crptocurrency called Otaku Coin
Over the past few years, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have become quite popular. And there are hundreds of these crptocurrencies popping…
Over the past few years, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have become quite popular. And there are hundreds of these crptocurrencies popping up these days, and it looks like Tokyo Otaku Mode is getting in on the act. Naomitsu Kodaka, CEO of Tokyo Otaku Mode Inc., has gotten into the investment trend. And now, he's launching a new cryptocurrency he's calling the Otaku Coin.
According to Kodaka, "cryptocurrencies can serve as cross-border digital cash for smaller communities". This means that otaku can use the Otaku Coin within the group to build closer bonds and exchange assets. The start-up plan aims to target people who are into anime, manga, and video games.
Kodaka aims to launch his new cryptocurrency by summer of this year. However, he does not plan to make the new coins an investment tool with wildly fluctuating values. Instead however, he aims for stores selling anime-related merchandise to accept these coins in exchange for goods. You know, something like a different currency just for otaku.
" When you think about how cryptocurrencies can spread, I think it won't be on a countrywide scale. … it will be on more of a communitywide scale," he said. This means that he plans to release it not just in Japan, but the global anime community. Cryptocurrencies aren't like normal money, as owners can trade them across international borders.
"I think it is worthwhile to have an Otaku Coin that anime, manga and game fans can use. There can also be, for instance, a Sake Coin for sake lovers," Kodaka said.
Tokyo Otaku Mode is planning to release 100 billion of these Otaku Coins, and they'll release the first batch by summer. However, they will only release 5% of it, or just about 100 billion coins. Users will be able to get their first coins for free but how many they'll receive is not yet known. Eventually, they will even release this new kind of cryptocurrency in virtual-currency exchanges, which will be the main channel for people to purchase the coins.
But then again, cryptocurrencies tend to have rise really high, or dip really low. And to combat this, they formed the Otaku Coin Preparation Committee, which designed the coin's blueprint. They're currently working on a system that would keep their volatility low. But details are not ready to be disclosed at this point, said Kodaka, a former banker at Merrill Lynch and chief financial officer at social media firm Gaiax Co. Experts in various fields, including accounting, digital money and cybersecurity, are advising the committee to come up with a valid system. The committee will also keep 39 percent of the total coins to cover operating costs.
The rise of blockchains is also one of the major reasons why Tokyo Otaku Mode is pursuing this venture. It's an underlying technology for cryptocurrencies and an online ledger of virtual-coin transactions. "We believe that blockchain will be more commonly used in society. It's like how the internet has come into our lives," Kodaka said.
Blockchain works on a peer-to-peer network that links people's computers directly without the use of a central server and records each transaction from the beginning. The data can be mutually and simultaneously monitored by individuals called "miners," which makes falsification effectively impossible.
The technology is seen as an important innovation due to its traceability and immunity from data forgery, so many believe it can be applied to various record-keeping tasks in addition to currency transactions, such as voting.
Taking advantage of blockchain's technological prowess, Kodaka also wants to launch a voting platform that will allow creators to pitch their project ideas on anime, manga and games.
There, Otaku Coins are expected to serve as voting rights, with the number of ballots being equivalent to how many coins a given user has.
And to prevent large coin holders from becoming too powerful, they would likely cap the number of coins to use. "I really like the concept of running a voting system via blockchain," Kodaka said, noting that it would realize more secure voting. He also added It would also facilitate content production (in anime, manga and game industries) while making fans feel they are more involved with the process".
"Tokyo Otaku Mode is proposing this whole concept, so I think it'll help spread our name more widely. Some people may think that our company is ahead of the trend," said Kodaka. The coin project may eventually lead more people to come to the company's e-commerce site, he also added.
But what would drive people toward Otaku Coins? He says that they should make sure the currency can be used at real stores as a payment method. Otherwise, users won't see tangible value in them, Kodaka noted.
"A key is to increase the number of stores that accept Otaku Coins," he said.
source: Japan Times
Categories: TECHNOLOGY Tags: Otaku Coin, Tokyo Otaku Mode
Jeremy Lim says:
Wasn't this confirmed to be a scam?
WOW Japan says:
According to Japan Times, It's not a scam, at least the part about Tom developing Otaku coin. It is also being released in Otakumode's press releases
https://corporate.otakumode.com/en-us/press/20180111-1
So atleast the news of them developing abd releasing the coin is not a scam.


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