When EA servers go down or they hit any other technical problems, many games suffer the consequence, and FIFA 16 is one of them. FIFA outages do occur where gamers cannot get online causing gameplay to be rather difficult or in some cases an abrupt end.
It is common knowledge that the FIFA 16 Web App had issues as soon as it went live, but this was all down to many people wanting to play at the same time. FIFA UT (FUT) goes down from time-to-time for short periods when there are scheduled maintenance plans as well as unprepared ones.
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Down in Denmark. When it will get back up?
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It will be fun if all ea accounts gone forever.
This will be the last day of EA … they gonna burn.
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I've got the same problem Don Arturo.
It says you will not be able to use online features in fifa 16 unless I create an EA account.
Down in italy, EA server trash!!!
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Down in Sweden. Come on EA!
In italy(turin) the server fifa 16 is down.
The Ea servers and PS system is too easy to hack..
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Game starts then connection is lost 2 minutes into playing.
I can't play here In Australia. Anyone else experiencing the same problem?
Fifa 15 UT on mobile is consistently impossible to log on to. Please sort it out, as I love this game. UK player.
FIFA 16 UT for iPhone servers are down in Bangladesh.
I am also down and i am in Florida.
WTF! Worst service from a gaming company!
Down In Nepal Too !
How long it will take the technicians too fix this EA server?
Down in Canada, I was selling some valuable player's, I hope I don't lose the coins for them.
Down in the Westland Holland.
EA server is not available right now.
EA servers are down, I blame BF1 game. Do you? Maintenance rubbish or something.
down on fifa 16 as well. for how long?
Fifa is down for me right now is it down for anyone else?? Im in the US.
i played a total 38 games, i won 21 games, i lost 17 games. why i did not get any awards. please anyone know thank you.
Have a problem with account,how is problem?
It's down here in India as well, since 2-3 hours. Fifa Mobile.
I am still playing fifa 16, not even got 17 yet as cannot afford it. But with all the problems connecting online lately i think i will not get it when i get the money.
My Fifa 16 is not working I re-download it several times but it is not working yet what is wrong?
This is typical, the first time I get to play FIFA 17 in ages and EA servers are down.
Love the fact people say unplug everything then try again, how the hell is this going to work if EA servers is seeing an outage, down means down dimwits.
Online seasons on Fifa 16 ultimate team android is still down. When is it going to be fixed???????????
Online Seasons on Fifa 16 ultimate team android is still down. When's the issue going to be resolved???? We need to play Online!!!
Fifa16 iOS online seasons isn't working or something? It goes to 'connecting to opponent', then it either hangs or says 'connection lost to opponent' without even showing the opponents kit. Anyone else having this problem or has a fix? Absolute BS!
At halftime, the highlight reel keeps playing even after I select "Resume Match." All attempts to rectify this problem have failed.
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Following the French tradition of state arsenal competing with other arsenals and private industry, MAC designed and manufactured some of the French famous small arms, among them the FM 24/29 machine rifle, its derivatives the MAC 31, and MAC 1934, as well as the MAC 1950 (later MAS 1950) semi automatic pistol.
Some features of prototypes developed by MAC like the MAC 48 SMG, the MAC 1950 Machine Carbine or the MAC 1955 automatic rifle were retained with other designers' adopted weapons.
The facility closed as a weapon manufacturing facility in 1968 and has now been transformed into the central repository (Centre des Archives de l'Armement et du Personnel) of all the French military archives related to armament matters. It is open, for the older declassified material, to bona-fide researchers upon written request.
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Q: How to say this using catch-phrases: "Test A requires a lot of tissue samples, whereas test B doesn't."? I am about to prepare a talk that would compare two tests in the medical field. The old test requires 5 different sites of the organ to be sampled in order to have a result. The other test (which is the newly proposed) requires only one and gives more meaningful results. If I were to say this in bullets how can I express this idea in short?  The nearest thing came to my mind is:

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*Test A is sample-demanding while test B is not.

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*Test B is five times more tissue-sparing than test A.

I am not sure which one sounds correct, or is there any better way to say it?
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I am surprised to find one of the answers disappearing. The answer that disappeared was the correct answer and I cannot accept any other answer unless the same one who disappeared comes back to accept his answer.

A: There is a widely understood term in the medical field: invasive.

The proposed test is less invasive.
Patients prefer the less invasive test, as it is far less painful.
Physicians prefer the new test because of its greater diagnostic power.

Invasive fits well for a tissue or an organ biopsy.
The latter statement is more towards the OP's description of "more meaningful results." (There are ways to say "more meaningful results" to an audience that is familiar with statistics, such as statistical power, or p-values.)

A: Perhaps Test A requires repeat-sampling while Test B does not. You could also use repetitive sampling, but that seems less like a label and more like a simple description.
If you were looking for idiomatic terms for both, you could refer to Test B as target-sampling (or targeted-sampling) in contrast to Test A, shotgun-sampling.

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Plan S (S for shock) is a Science Europe initiative launched in September 2018 through the cOAlition S, a consortium created by the European Research Council (ERC) and made up of research funding agencies from 12 European countries (Austria, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom), as well as the European Commission itself, the Gates Foundation, and agencies in Jordan and Zambia.
Plan S requires that scientific publications from 2021 that are a result of research financed with public funds should be published in open access journals or platforms and that they comply with its ten principles:
Authors or their institutions must maintain the copyright of their publications, which must be published under an open licence, preferably the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY).
The funding agencies will develop criteria and requirements that open access journals and open access platforms and repositories must fulfill.
When quality open access journals or platforms do not exist, funding agencies will provide incentives to establish and support them. Funding agencies are also committed to providing support to open access infrastructures when necessary.
Open access publication fees will be covered by funding agencies or research institutions, not by individual researchers.
Funding agencies support the diversity of business models for open access journals and platforms. The application of open access publication rates should be transparent and moderated.
Funding agencies will support governments, universities, research organizations, libraries, academies and academic societies so that their strategies, policies and practices are aligned.
The above principles will apply to all types of academic publications, but it is understood that monographs and book chapters will need more time to adapt to the changes required.
Funding agencies will not support the "hybrid" publishing model, although they will accept it temporarily for a limited time and only as part of a transformative agreement.
Funding agencies will supervise the fulfillment of their mandates and will sanction the beneficiaries who do not fulfill them.
Funding agencies must evaluate research results on the merit of the work itself, regardless of other journal metrics such as the impact factor.
Plan S also has an Implementation Guide and a Technical and Requirements Guide.
Plan U
Plan U is an initiative that arose anonymously and spontaneously in response to Plan S and which was officially formalized in June 2019. This Plan suggests that funding agencies should demand that the researchers deposit the research work on preprint servers before publishing the final peer-reviewed version. This would achieve immediate and universal open access to research results, as well as accelerate research thanks to early dissemination of results, and create new opportunities for peer review and evaluation of research.
The main advantage of Plan U over Plan S is based on the fact that it encourages research funding agencies and scientists themselves to regain control over the management of publication processes, currently in the hands of the publishing industry. Thus, costs would be cut thus allowing the construction of public infrastructures for the dissemination of knowledge with effective systems of peer review and research evaluation.
Sever R, Eisen M, Inglis J (2019) Plan U: Universal access to scientific and medical research via funder preprint mandates. PLoS Biol 17(6): e3000273 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000273
Plan A was launched on April 20, 2020 by the Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI), an international coalition that advises the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on its roadmap for open science.
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Opening and centralizing all research related to climate change.
Creating relevant information access portals on some health-related topics.
Creating research programmes for low-income regions and institutions.
Working to improve existing programmes in order to improve participation and engagement of researchers.
Hampson, G. (2020). OSI Policy Perspective 2: Common ground in the global quest for open research. Open Scholarship Initiative. https://doi.org/10.13021/osi2020.2725


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While it certainly helps that Berlanti tapped screenwriters Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker to adapt Albertalli's book, given their experience on the weepathon that is This Is Us, the real strength comes from the powerhouse assemblage of young actors filling the roles. The central cast of Robinson, Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why) as Leah, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Brigsby Bear) as Nick, and Alexandra Shipp (Tragedy Girls) as Abby each deliver genuine performances. None of them are stereotyped in any way. Instead, each are given specific moments to demonstrate both their singularity as well as their respective closeness. A handful of supporting characters, including Tony Hale (Veep) as Vice Principal Mr. Worth, and Jennifer Garner (Juno) and Josh Duhamel (Transformers film series) as Simon's parents represent some form of anchor for the central cast to revolve around.
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Stephen Strasburg gets a check-up, and more Nationals injury updates
By Adam Kilgore
Adam Kilgore
Reporter covering national sports
A veritable cornucopia of injury updates emerged pregame here at rainy Citi Field. Here's what you need to know:
>>> Stephen Strasburg visited Washington yesterday in order to see an orthopedic surgeon for a standard check-up and "he did very well," General Manager Mike Rizzo said. Strasburg will throw off a mound for the first time since his Tommy John surgery last Sept. 3 "any day now," Rizzo said.
>>> Rick Ankiel, who last played May 2, has moved his rehab from a right wrist sprain to extended spring training in Viera, Fla. He will take batting practice and do conditioning drills at first and "within a few days" starting playing in extended spring training, Manager Jim Riggleman said. Ankiel will then proceed to a minor league rehab assignement. It seems as though Ankiel will be away from the Nationals for at least another week or so.
>>> Ryan Zimmerman is "close" to heading to Florida to continue his rehab from a torn abdominal muscle, Riggleman said. He will take some light swings in Washington before he goes to extended spring training. The Nationals expect Zimmerman to remain out until roughly mid-June. He underwent surgery to repair his abdominal May 3.
>>> You're not going to believe this, but Chien-Ming Wang is building up arm strength in Viera. He has not felt pain in his surgically repaired shoulder in months, Rizzo said. Wang has thrown up to 65 pitches in an extended spring training game, but the Nationals have not scheduled him to throw in a minor league game.
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." This famous quote attributed to Burke exemplifies his sense of moral responsibility. He championed a benevolent, traditional political authority and today is seen as the architect of modern conservative thought.
Edmund Burke was born in Arran Quay, Dublin in 1729. His father was a Protestant lawyer and his mother a Catholic from County Cork . He studied law at Trinity College, Dublin where he set up the Edmund Burke Debating Club in 1747 which became part of what is now the oldest undergraduate society in the world. Burke graduated in 1748 and went to London in 1750 to study law. He left shortly afterwards, however, to travel around Europe and pursue his writing ambitions. An Anglican conservative his first published work in 1756 was a defence of the established social order. In 1757 he married Jane Nugent, a Catholic, and published a well received treatise on aesthetics which arguably began the trend from classicism to romanticism.
In 1765 Burke became private secretary to Lord Rockingham, the Prime Minister, and an MP in 1766, remaining in Parliament for virtually the rest of his life. Burke's political philosophy sought to defend the British constitution and make the powerful accountable, though he saw dangers in democracy as most readily exemplified by the excesses of the French Revolution. His best selling 1790 opus Reflections on the Revolution in France was a best-seller provoking Thomas Paine to write The Rights of Man in reply.
Typical of Burke's later approach to moral accountability was his pursuit of the impeachment of Warren Hastings , the governor general of Bengal, which led to the reform of the East India Company. Edmund Burke died on July 9, 1797, and was buried in St Michael's church of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.
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Language: TamilShankar starts Rajini's Eanthiran - The Robot shooting in style. The first official publicity design has been released through the media with the posters being put up in almost all the cities of the state.
The important aspect that we came to know through the design is Rajini's appearance without his manly mustache. But an insider from Shankar's camp reveals that the director is having some novel ideas to show Rajini in a completely different style which is to be a revelation to Superstar Rajini's fans.
For the first time in the history of Rajini's films, the heroine's name also equally appears in the publicity designs with Rajinikanth.
Official sources from Shankar's camp confirmed that it is Rajini himself who asked the director to give equal importance to the heroine Aishwarya Rai also.
Her name has been discussed for Rajini's leading lady from the days of Padayappa, but it has finally come true only in Enthiran – The Robot. So Rajini asked the director to give equal importance to the former Miss Universe and numero uno among Indian female artists.
According to the original story (written by Sujatha), there are two powerful characters in the film. The yet to disclosed secret is that our superstar is going play both the roles, one is the human and the other one to be a powerful robot.


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KTR may become CM by March, says TRS legislator
By IANS| Posted by Minhaj Adnan | Updated: 24th December 2020 1:06 pm IST
Hyderabad: A legislator of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has said that Telangana minister K.T. Rama Rao may become the chief minister by March next year.
Former minister D. Redya Naik, who is currently a member of Telangana Assembly, made the prediction.
Addressing a programme in his constituency Dornakal, the MLA stated that Rama Rao is the future chief minister.
Rama Rao, who is son of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, holds the portfolios of industry, information technology, municipal administration and urban development. Popular among his followers as KTR, he is also the working president of the ruling party.
He is considered as number two both in the party and the government.
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There have been speculations that the chief minister will hand over the mantle to him. KTR, however, had dismissed the speculations with the remark that the chief minister is healthy and fit.
There was a strong buzz last year that KTR will be taking over as the chief minister after KCR appointed him as the working president of the party following TRS retaining power in the state with landslide majority.
The TRS chief wanted to focus on national politics. However, with his idea of a federal front comprising regional parties failing to take off due to BJP retaining power at the Centre with huge majority, KCR stayed in the state.
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KCR, who completed two years in office in his second term this month, recently stated that he will bring all anti-BJP parties on a common platform.
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Q: jQuery closest() isn't working with declared variable I am trying to put selectors in variables to be able to reuse them, and for cleaner code. I have this originally:
...code...
this.closest('.selectorA').find('.selectorB').find('input').val('Cool');
this.closest('.selectorA').find('.selectorC').find('input').val('Cool2');
this.closest('.selectorA').find('.selectorD').find('input').val('Cool3');
...code...

Now I assigned .selectorA to $foo variable:
var $foo = $('.selectorA');

...code...
this.closest($foo).find('.selectorB').find('input').val('Cool');
this.closest($foo).find('.selectorC').find('input').val('Cool2');
this.closest($foo).find('.selectorD').find('input').val('Cool3');
...code...

And it doesn't work. I know if I do it like this it will:
var $foo = '.selectorA';

Question is, is there a way to make it work with this?
var $foo = $('.selectorA');

this refers to the current row of a table, I have a select onchange event that changes the input values of the current row once triggered.
Update:
Please see sample: http://jsfiddle.net/superigno/wpLur9y5/

A: Do this instead:
var $foo = this.closest('.selectorA');

Then you can
$foo.find(….).find(…).val(…);

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'The thynge yttself…' — Missorts launches on 20 November
Missorts is my new work, commissioned and produced by Situations, and it will be launched at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, on 20 November 2012, at 6.30 pm. Admission is free, but booking essential. RSVP to info@situations.org.uk
A walk to work in Bristol might never seem the same again thanks to an innovative short story collection that moves beyond the conventional audiobook into the fabric of the city via your smartphone, combining contemporary fiction, music and pioneering creative technology.
Inspired by Bristol's radical literary heritage, from Thomas Chatterton to Angela Carter, the soundwork features stories by ten distinctive new writers voiced by rising stars in the theatre world. Memorable characters weave through the stories; the contemporary urban setting is newly populated by scenes of lost love and by confessions whispered in your ear.
Missorts will be available as a free app for iPhone and Android smartphones. Stories and music are triggered by GPS and delivered directly to your headphones…
Conceived and directed by writer and novelist Tony White and commissioned by award-winning Bristol-based arts producers, Situations, the stories are accompanied by a striking new musical composition specially commissioned from composer Jamie Telford (former keyboard player to The Jam) for St Mary Redcliffe's Harrison and Harrison organ in its centenary year.
Commissioned as part of the Bristol Legible City initiative, Missorts can be downloaded and accessed from 20th November 2012 from http://www.missorts.com
There is more to the project (enough I hope for the reader to get lost in for a while, including a new novella, Missorts Volume II, that is being published simultaneously), but the app itself includes ten new and interconnected short stories by Sara Bowler, Holly Corfield-Carr, Thomas Darby, Jack Ewing, Katrina Plumb, Jess Rotas, Hannah Still, Helen Thornhill, Isabel de Vasconcellos and Sacha Waldron. The stories were produced during a series of free writing workshops held at Bristol Record Office. There is so much to say about the writing process and the stories themselves — involving found manuscripts, cut-ups, a nod to the writer Ann Quinn — but I'll talk about that in another post. There were follow-up sessions and test recordings, stories were edited and abridged and — with Jamie Telford's music — went through many generations and iterations of testing, re-editing and testing again, in situ, before we cast and did the final vocal recordings with actors Bryony Hannah and Benjamin O'Mahoney.
Missorts is about the stories and the story being told — stories that will displace commentaries of this kind — so in many ways it is a traditional literary experience, albeit one that is inspired by some radical literary practice and by the area of Bristol in which it is experienced. Missorts is also being described as an immersive soundwork, but if that kind of language is unfamiliar to you don't let it put you off. Other examples of this kind of storytelling, but using different technologies, include artist Janet Cardiff's groundbreaking The Missing Voice (Case Study B) from 2001 (which was originally accessed via a portable CD player and headphones that users obtained from the then Whitechapel Library in Aldgate), and Tales from the Bridge (2012) by Martyn Ware and David Bickerstaff, an atmospheric 3D sound work installed on the Millennium Bridge over the Thames at Tate Modern earlier this year. Tales from the Bridge comprised 'an hour-long looping immersive ambient electronic musical composition' by Ware, with a series of texts by the poet Mario Petrucci. Two great pieces of work, as anyone who experienced them will confirm. Martyn Ware even suggests in an interview with the Independent that,
Urban soundscaping is now becoming increasingly more important. It's like the music got stuck in a rut and this is pushing us forward […] Soundscapes in urban environments are becoming increasingly considered in new projects.
While Cardiff's The Missing Voice required users to take the content to the area in which it was set, and Ware and Bickerstaff's Tales from the Bridge was delivered via a 3D sound system that was physically installed on location, Missorts is an app that once loaded onto your phone uses GPS technology to trigger stories and music in more or less precisely defined locations across a specific area, with navigation and other supporting information available from a very simple, map-based interface. A crucial difference is that while Janet Cardiff and Martyn Ware present essentially linear narrative experiences — the duration of a CD, or transit across a bridge — Missorts goes further in allowing the listener or user (or perhaps the reader? the player?) to access stories and music in any order, to create their own version of the work and the story or stories at its heart as they walk around the streets of Redcliffe. I hope that the simplicity and directness of delivery will allow users to concentrate not just on the stories and the music, but also on where they are, their surroundings, and to create new ideas and connections between fiction and reality.
This year two very high profile local history apps have been published that use similar technology to Missorts. First was the Guardian newspaper's Streetstories, then the National Trust's Soho Stories, but as far as I'm aware this is the first time that the technology in its current advanced state has been used for a completely new fiction project.
It has been fantastic working with the writers, with composer Jamie Telford, with Situations and with Calvium our developer at Bristol's amazing Pervasive Media Studio, and I can't wait to launch Missorts to see what people think. I could talk about it for hours, and indeed have had to do so for much of the past year, but I am also mindful that, in the words of Thomas Chatterton, the 260th anniversary of whose birth is the reason for our launch taking place on 20 November: "The thynge yttself moste bee yttes owne defense."
Missorts launch:
Featuring live readings, and an exclusive performance of the remixed soundwork by Beaty Heart.
St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
RSVP to info@situations.org.uk
Preview groups:
Situations are inviting a small number of Bristol residents, specifically those who work in the Portwall or St. Mary Redcliffe area of the city, to join us in previewing Missorts between 1 – 6pm. Meeting point: St. Mary Redcliffe church.
More on Missorts shortly, including free MP3s of Jamie Telford's amazing Portwall Preludes…
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Praise for The Fountain in the Forest
"a gripping police procedural … impeccably Oulipian in conception and execution." David Collard, TLS
"That all these stylistic fireworks can illuminate several rich plot lines, each with multiple twists, which an attentive reader will enjoy disentangling, is the best vindication of experimental prose." Anna Aslanyan, Financial Times
"rich, riveting … White is always convivial company … His books [are] characterised by stylistic innovation, a feeling for place, a love of rogues and rebels. " Sukhdev Sandhu, The Guardian
"Tony White's latest novel begins for all the world like a police procedural, following the delightfully named sleuth Rex King as he investigates the grisly murder of man in a Covent Garden theatre. […] Enjoy it as a noir entertainment or as an evocative picture postcard from the past." Houman Barekat, Spectator
"The Fountain in the Forest can be read with all the pleasure you might expect from a knotty police procedural, a knowledgeably detailed, intriguing and compelling police procedural at that. The story drives ever forward, even when it takes you backwards in time to take a look at the roots of the crime in question. Even when it flip-flops between two distinct time-streams and character identities within the space of a single sentence, the sense throughout is of a steady and satisfying accretion of significant information, i.e clues – exactly what you'd hope for from any good thriller. […] Read, and enjoy." Nina Allan
"It is absolutely terrific … it can be enjoyed at the level of a thriller, and yet it does all these other fascinating things, and best of all it's the first in a trilogy … It's such a good book." Andy Miller, Backlisted Podcast
"The Fountain in the Forest smartly maps an experimental, Oulipo-inspired structure onto a well-executed police procedural." Thom Cuell, Bookmunch
"The Fountain in the Forest is a mystery built on mysteries […] it has heart and tenderness and leads us to the most unexpected places and at the centre of all this puzzling is a thriller with deep hooks." Nick Garrard, STORGY
"A truly intriguing venture into the crime genre by the talented White." Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time
"The Fountain in the Forest is fascinating, beautifully written and really original." Literary Review
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'This is, in fact, the best book that has ever been written about Brick Lane [...] an amazing tour de force.' Roy Moxham, The Browser
'...this affectionate tale may tell you more about love, longing and ambition in the inner city than a dozen official reports. Indeed, some readers would argue that it captures the flavour of Asian lives in London E1 with more inside-track relish than another novel of 2003: Monica Ali's Brick Lane.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent
'The book I like best is Tony White's Foxy-T. Ventriloquism among the Cannon Street xeroxing machines, innit?' Sukhdev Sandhu, 3:am Magazine
'"What's your favourite British novel from the past ten years?" The other day I was with a group of friends, and someone posed this question. A few fairly obvious titles were suggested, which gave me time to think. And when it came my turn to speak, I said, "Foxy T by Tony White".' Toby Litt, Guardian
'...made me grin with surprised admiration. Rejecting familiar influences of the past 20 years, White joins a handful of contemporary writers who are proving that the novel has never been more alive. He is a serious, engaging voice of the modern city.' Michael Moorcock, Guardian
'One of this year's key novels [...] an ingenious, beautifully crafted, thrillingly contemporary love story set in the Bangladeshi east end and narrated in that area's distinctive patois [...] A complex, clever book whose future status as a GCSE set text must be assured.' Time Out
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Consumer Reports Study: Trump Plan to Ease Auto Rules to Hike Fuel Costs
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy Wednesday, 07 August 2019 11:31 AM
President Donald Trump's plan to freeze U.S. vehicle efficiency standards would hike costs for motorists without doing anything to boost highway safety, according to an analysis by Consumer Reports that undermines the administration's chief talking points in favor of the move.
The analysis comes as the White House reviews a final drafted plan for easing vehicle emissions and fuel economy standards, despite escalating pressure from some automakers and California to change course. The administration last year proposed capping fuel economy and tailpipe carbon dioxide emission standards at 2020 levels, instead of allowing them to rise annually as under existing regulations. The plan also calls for stripping California of its authority to regulate tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions.
The Transportation Department and Environmental Protection Agency argued their proposal would pare the cost of new automobiles and save as many as 1,000 lives annually by spurring motorists to trade in older models for newer, safer vehicles. The agencies also estimated the proposal would spare motorists some $2,340 in average new vehicle ownership costs. And they baked both those forecasts into the name of the measure, dubbed the "Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles" proposal.
But the Consumer Reports analysis counters the administration's assertions that the plan would reduce traffic fatalities and boost highway safety. Consumer Reports argues instead that "the effects on safety from changes in fuel-economy standards are quite small and likely not statistically different from zero."
That assessment dovetails with concerns raised quietly by EPA officials last year, as the administration prepared to unveil its plan. At the time, EPA regulators repeatedly questioned the underlying safety assumptions, at least once warning that the proposed standards would actually be "detrimental to safety."
The Consumer Reports analysis also paints a starkly different picture of potential costs for drivers, by highlighting the importance of fuel savings -- rather than vehicle purchase prices -- to motorists. Because most new vehicle buyers finance their purchases, they can start feeling the benefits of lower fuel costs right away, the organization says. And those fuel savings, in turn, drive higher consumer spending and more purchases of newer, safer vehicles, said the group, the advocacy arm of the consumer product research and testing not-for-profit that publishes Consumer Reports magazine.
"The rollback is like a gas tax because it increases drivers' fuel costs," said Consumer Reports, likening the proposed policy change to an additional 63 cents per gallon of gasoline for owners of model year 2026 vehicles. Over the life of that 2026 automobile, the administration's preferred policy choice would translate to an additional $3,300, the analysis found. The owners of trucks and sport utility vehicles would be especially hard hit, according to the assessment.
"The facts don't back this rule's Orwellian name," said David Friedman, vice president of advocacy for Consumer Reports. "The evidence shows that lowering fuel economy and emissions standards won't do anything to improve traffic safety, but it will leave Americans stuck with the bill."
Supporters of the administration's proposal say the existing auto standards now targeted for changes were established in a different time, driven by assumptions about higher gas prices and climbing enthusiasm for hybrid vehicles. Instead, they say, the surging popularity of sport-utility vehicles and other trucks has made the mileage requirements harder to satisfy, while raising the cost of new vehicles and putting them out of reach for many households.
The administration has acknowledged a link between its plan and higher fuel consumption, saying its proposal could cause the U.S. to use an extra 500,000 barrels of oil daily.
Carmakers have pleaded with administration officials to restart negotiations with California over the standards, arguing the changes could lead to years of uncertainty and a split market, with federal mileage requirements governing most states and California-backed rules applying in states that account for more than a third of U.S. auto sales.
Four major automakers last month said they had reached a compromise with California to voluntarily boost fuel efficiency, a move seen aimed at pressuring the administration to shift course.
President Donald Trump's plan to freeze U.S. vehicle efficiency standards would hike costs for motorists without doing anything to boost highway safety, according to an analysis by Consumer Reports
trump, auto, rules, fuel, costs
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The "Town of South Kingstown" must be named as an "additional insured"
Once all of the above items are received and a license number is assigned, the contractor may then pull a permit to work in the Town right of way.
Download the Licensed Contractor Application form (PDF). The Right of Way (ROW) forms can be found on the Town Right of Way page. Review Chapter 16 of the Town Code for more information.


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require 'spec_helper'

describe Algebra::Extension, '#operand' do
  subject { object.operand }

  let(:operand)    { Relation.new([[:id, Integer]], [[1], [2]]) }
  let(:extensions) { { test: ->(tuple) { 1 } }                  }
  let(:object)     { described_class.new(operand, extensions)   }

  it_should_behave_like 'an idempotent method'

  it { should be(operand) }
end

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Les habilitats dels Pokémon són una de les noves incorporacions dels Pokémon en el seu ús en les batalles que duen a terme. Estan disponibles des de la tercera generació dels videojocs de Pokémon, concretament les versions de la videoconsola Game Boy Advance, Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, Pokémon Emerald, Pokémon FireRed i Pokémon LeafGreen, així com els jocs de Gamecube Pokémon XD i Pokémon Colosseum. A Pokémon Emerald, algunes habilitats funcionen fora de la batalla.

Les habilitats dels Pokémon canvien notablement l'estructura de les batalles dels Pokémon, on cadascuna pot canviar les condicions del combat o servir de comodí com si fos un cinquè moviment. Les habilitats tenen com a conseqüència canvis a l'estructura antiga de les batalles. Per exemple els Pokémon Gengar i Weezing eren molt vulnerables als atacs de tipus terra per ser de tipus verí, però des de les versions de videojocs d'Advance, per la incorporació de les habilitats, aquests Pokémon ara són immunes als atacs terra gràcies a l'habilitat Levitació.

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ANKARA: Good and responsible journalism has become a highly depated issue in Turkey. When it comes to fake news, a significant number of Turkish people say they have already encountered it.
This year's Reuters Digital News Report ranked Turkey first out of 37 countries in terms of exposure to fake news. Almost half of Turkish respondents — 49 percent — said they had read made-up stories in the week before the survey was conducted.
Turkey was followed by Malaysia, Greece, Mexico, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic, which scored 44, 44, 43, 42, 38 and 36 percent, respectively.
Exposure to fake news in the US stands at 31 percent, while the figure is lower in the UK at 15 percent, and in Western European countries such as Germany at 9 percent.
There are myriad examples of fake news in Turkey. In June, a video clip on social media in which a young person brutally cut a puppy's feet was swiftly branded as a "Syrian refugee torturing an animal." After being broadcast on many news sites and on social media, it triggered hate speech and xenophobia among many in Turkey.
The video was widely shared, reaching thousands of people. But it turned out that the video had been fabricated — and actually originated in Jordan, not Turkey.
According to the Reuters survey, many Turkish people believe fake stories are made up for political or commercial reasons.
The proportion who agree that the government should act more to separate fact from fiction on the Internet stands at 68 percent in Turkey, compared with 41 percent in the US and 59 percent in Germany.
To check the accuracy of the news, people often refer to Dogruluk Payi (Share of Accuracy) and Teyit.org, two Turkish nonprofit fact-checking organizations that were founded in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Their teams have examined hundreds of suspicious stories and photographs online.
Isinsu Acar, a university student in Istanbul, came across fake news this week when commuting, and said the documentary contained several unfounded arguments.
The rise of social media as a source of news in Turkey, where about 90 percent of the media is owned by pro-government business groups, also contributes to fake news consumption and can trigger social tensions and inflammatory rhetoric, experts have said.
News literacy in an area where technology facilitates the spreading of made-up stories is important in rising above fake news.
Servet Yanatma, an independent researcher and journalist who has contributed to the Reuters Institute's Digital News Report, said all these figures revealed not only distrust in media content but also a high level of polarization.
"The respondents seem to be divided into two camps, either trusting or distrusting news media. People in either camp prefer to trust what they want to believe without questioning the accuracy of the news," he told Arab News.
According to Yanatma, in Turkey — where media literacy is low — modern laws that address the challenges of online media, respect copyright and keep personal rights are necessary, along with some ways of solving the issue of deep polarization.
When Turkish participants in the Reuters survey were asked their main source of news in the past week, TV came first with 48 percent, followed by online, including social media, with 39 percent. The shares of radio (7 percent) and print media (6 percent) remain low.
"When the coverage of television and newspapers is largely controlled, their online content is controlled as well. The main question for me is how much the people access and use the 'fake news.' If a large part of traditional and online media is controlled in a country, people will inevitably expose its partisan coverage," Yanatma said.


Turbine inlet cooling systems help in improving the efficiency and performance of gas turbines. Cooling technologies involved include mechanical chillers, inlet fogging, wet compression, hybrid systems, and others.
Technavio's analysts forecast the global turbine inlet cooling systems market to grow at a CAGR of 3.98% during the period 2017-2021.
The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global turbine inlet cooling systems market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers the demand for turbine inlet cooling systems. The market has been segmented based on technology and geography.
Technavio's report, Global Turbine Inlet Cooling Systems Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Exhibit 09: Advantages and disadvantages of mechanical chillers.


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Q: Can I use filter in asp:repeater? Can I use filter in repeater if Yes than How? it is possible in asp.net c# ?
In my project I put the filter for dynamic data in repeater.
see the example i want that type of filter in Repeater Click here

A: Since your repeater is bound to a DataSource, you should apply the filter condition to it.  For example, if the Datasource is represented by the SQLDataSource, please refer to the SqlDataSource.FilterExpression Property topic.  This appears to be a client side filtering.  If so the best solution would be to set the SQLDataSource.SelectCommand property so that it fetches required data from the DB.  This will reduce the data size transferred from the DB Server to the WebServer and make your application work faster.

A: The correct way is to filter your data on the data source, how ever in repeater you can also filter them and show them or not as:
<asp:Repeater ID="rMyID" runat="server">
  <ItemTemplate>
    <% if (Condition) { %>
      Show this line
    <%} %>
  </ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

A: What do you mean by "filter" ?
I think you have to do it on your datasource.

A: If you want to filter in the browser, then you need to use JavaScript to show and hide the main element for each Item.
If you are filtering on the server, you need to do the filtering on the DataSource to remove the entries you don't want and DataBind() the Repeater each time this changes.
You can do the filtering manually using code, or use the FilterExpression if it is available as suggested by platon.

A: I think best way is using datatable filter property. Here is a simple example.
_dt = _dt.Select("COLUMN_NAME <> 'YOURFILTER'").CopyToDataTable();


Raymond M. Ragazzo passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017 at his home. He was 66. Born in Trenton, NJ, son of Charles and Pauline Ragazzo, he has been a Levittown resident for the past 15 years. Mr. Ragazzo retired from the State of New Jersey after 25 years in the Taxation Department. He enjoyed spending time with his family and never missed any of his children's sporting events.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen (Rovane) Ragazzo, his children, Nick Ragazzo, Todd Mullery (Regina), and Stacy Mullery and his grandchildren, Zachary, Michael, and Jacob. He is also survived by 1 sister, Carmella Staub, nephews, John Ragazzo, Raymond Staub, and Wayne Staub (Stephanie), 1 niece, Renee Mraw, great nieces and great nephews, Robert, Tracey, Wayne, Sofia and Natalie and his cousin and best friend, Jack Battagila (Marti).
Funeral Services will be held privately under the direction of Wade Funeral Home, Bristol Borough. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn 38105.


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Russia lists JDC-funded cultural group among 'foreign agents'
(JTA) — Russia's Justice Ministry placed a Jewish cultural association with ties to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee on its list of nongovernmental organizations defined as "foreign agents."
The Hesed-Tshuva group, which is based in the city of Ryazan located 120 miles south of Moscow, was placed on the list on Sept. 11, according to a report Tuesday by the news website hro.org.
The list was set up in accordance with a law adopted by the Russian parliament in 2012 that requires NGOs to register as "foreign agents" with the Ministry of Justice if they engage in "political activity" and receive foreign funding.
According to Human Rights Watch, the definition of "political activity" under the law is "so broad and vague that it can extend to all aspects of advocacy and human rights work."
Article 20, a Russian watchdog on human rights, reported the reason for the registration was not specified but that the Hesed-Tshuva group in question was registered as receiving donations only from the Joint Distribution Committee, or JDC.
The Hesed-Tshuva group is the first addition to the list of approximately 100 foreign agent NGOs that is described in its statute as a Jewish organization.
The JDC network of Hesed offices (Hebrew for kindness or virtue) supplies various forms of aid, from food packages to medical care, to Jewish individuals in need across Russia and the former Soviet Union. JDC's policy in Russia and in other countries around the world is to avoid taking part in partisan activities.
But on the Justice Ministry's website, Hesed-Tshuva is described as having the goal of "influencing decision-making bodies of the state, aimed at changing state policy pursued as by them."
Under "political activities" attributed to Hesed-Tshuva, the ministry listed "conducting public events, shaping public opinion."
Russia under President Vladimir Putin has restituted property to Jewish organizations, and especially to communities with ties to Chabad-Lubavitch, which operates independently of JDC.
Efraim Zuroff, the Israel director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told JTA he was not aware of a change in policy, adding the listing could owe to the actions of a junior public servant. But if dictated from above, he said, "This could be the government taking sides in internal power struggles between Jewish groups."


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Author: Scott Spencer
The classic novel that has been translated into over twenty languages and has sold more than two million copies worldwide. One of the most celebrated novels of its time, Endless Love remains perhaps the most powerful book ever written about young love. Riveting, compulsively readable, and ferociously sexual, Endless Love tells the story of David Axelrod and his overwhelmin The classic novel that has been translated into over twenty languages and has sold more than two million copies worldwide. One of the most celebrated novels of its time, Endless Love remains perhaps the most powerful book ever written about young love. Riveting, compulsively readable, and ferociously sexual, Endless Love tells the story of David Axelrod and his overwhelming love for Jade Butterfield. David and Jade are consumed with each other, their rapport, their desire, their sexuality, take them further than they understand. And when Jades father banishes David from the home, he fantasizes the forgiveness his rescue of the family will bring, and he sets a perfectly safe fire to their house. What unfolds is a nightmare, a dark world in which Davids love is a crime and a disease, a world of anonymous phone calls, crazy letters, and new fears, and the inevitable and punishing pursuit of the one thing that remains most real to him, his endless love for Jade and her family. Published in 1979 and hailed as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times , iEndless Love/i is the novel that first established Scott Spencer as the contemporary American master of the love story ( Publishers Weekly ).
Title Endless Love Height 13 mm
Author Scott Spencer Width 2 mm
Publisher Ecco Pages 448
Edition REPRINT Availability Out Of Stock


Gibson London prides itself on its British heritage and quality fabrics. This silver grey suit is crafted on a modern slim fit block and features striking purple lining. With a two button single breasted jacket, 4 button waistcoat and flat fronted trousers, it's the ideal suit for a summer wedding or any special occasion.
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2017: Appeared in seven games…Had one carry at Cal (8/31)…Made a tackle at Penn (9/16) and against Kentucky Wesleyan (11/4).
2016: Appeared in nine games…Ran nine times for 42 yards…Finished with 25 yards at Findlay (9/10)…Had a 13-yard carry at Lake Erie (10/8).
2015: Appeared in two games…Had a carry at Quincy (10/24) and against Northwood (10/31).
High School: Two-time all-state selection...Tribune Review Player of the Year...Two-time first team all-conference pick...Set school records with 4,179 career rushing yards and 66 touchdowns...Also set the single season rushing record with 1,738 yards as senior...Records had stood for 44 years...Team captain...Also played baseball.
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If you're new to blogging this year, or just new to receiving review copies from publishers (ARCs), you may be wondering exactly what obligations you have to disclose to your readers that you are reviewing books or other bookish products that you received from free. Most bloggers seem to be aware they have to include some type of disclosure, but I see questions on Twitters every few months about what those disclosures should look like. Luckily, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has some pretty explicit guidelines for this, so you don't need to put that much guesswork into complying.
On a base level, this means no using confusing wording trying to actually hide that you received a free product, no using tiny font, no hiding the disclaimer on a separate page from the review, etc. On a more practical level, this just means you should put the disclaimer near the beginning of the post (not the end) and that you should say something really straightforward like "I received this book subscription box from Uppercase in exchange for an honest review." Easy.
Where in my blog should I disclose that my review is sponsored by a marketer? I've seen some say it at the top and others at the bottom. Does it matter?
You are also required to disclose to your readers if you have affiliate links on your blog and if you will receive money if they make a purchase after clicking on the link. In the same vein, the FTC suggests that you say this explicitly: "I will receive money if you buy a book from this Amazon link." The theory is that simply saying "This is an affiliate link" will not be clear to all readers. Again, this disclosure should be placed near any and all affiliate links; you should not hide this information on your "about" page or someplace else where the reader may not see it.
Similar rules apply to any products (books or bookish goodies) that you are promoting on social media, including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.: You need to place the disclosure near the beginning of the post, and it needs to be obvious to your followers what the disclaimer means.
A small point, but the FTC is the U.S. regulatory authority; other countries will have different regulatory bodies and may have different rules. As it happens, here in the UK the rules about disclosure where products have been received free are similar to what you've stated. Our equivalent body is the Competition and Markets Authority.
That's quite true! I believe Briana focused on the FTC because we–and the majority of our readers (according to our stats)– are in the U.S. Readers should certainly be aware of their own countries' laws, however. Though I do wonder if individuals who use WordPress aren't expected to use the platform in accordance with the laws of the company it is based in? Maybe someone can clarify that for me?
At any rate, I think the general idea would hold for most countries: acknowledge your source in clear words in a conspicuous space.
Yes, interesting question about jurisdiction where something is so global. However the article did actually prompt me to add something more to my review policy page, so a timely article.
I tried to look it up, but it's a difficult question to get search engine results for, unfortunately. 😦 But I'm glad you found Briana's post helpful regardless!
I think all these regulations is why I decided not to have affiliated links, do giveaways etc. This is awesome information. As well as everything else on your Blogger Resources Page! I'll add it to my Blogger Directory!
Haha, that's true. Sometimes it's easier not to do certain things. My understanding is that affiliate links don't bring book bloggers any money, anyway. It's not readily admitted, but most book bloggers seem unable to monetize their blogs in an effective way. I've even seen people who sell bookish merchandise admit that they don't actually sell much from their stores. I'd need a greater guarantee of profit before I put that much time into a venture.
If I get a book from NetGalley or First to Read, I make it a point to say so in my Goodreads reviews.
That's a good point! We should disclose our sources when reviewing even if it's not on our blogs! Thanks for bringing up that point!
Yeah, I'm hit or miss with disclosures on Goodreads, which I know I need to work on.
Great tips and a very helpful post!
Got to admit, I treated this like a checkbox, to make sure I'd been doing it right (cos I just presumed about sticking a disclaimer at the start for ARC reviews and never realised there was somewhere to check!) And yeah, someone said something about other countries, but I imagine it's much the same- it doesn't seem overly complicated. Great post! Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, I imagine the big thing is transparency. If everyone notes clearly that they're receiving books in exchange for a review and they don't bury it at the end, then I would think that would be sufficient across most countries. Though, of course, it's always good to check!
Interesting! I love how informative you are in your post! Thank's for making this! I've been recently looking into affiliate links, but haven't found a way to find specifics. Good post!
I'm glad you found Briana's post helpful!
Thank you for providing such a thorough explanation about ARC review statements. I admit, I only recently received my first ARC, so this was very helpful, both in raising awareness and providing concrete information.
Congratulations on your first ARC! I think a lot of people don't follow the guidelines to the technical letter, but I think the most important part is making the disclosure clear and easy to find.
Yeah, even as I was writing it, I realized I probably wasn't technically following all the suggestions as best as I could. Oops.
Haha, we can't expect to get it all right 😉 But posts like this help!
I'm glad you enjoyed Briana's article. Yeah, for sure we don't always talk about transparency when it comes to our sources. It seems like you just used your common sense, though, so that works, too! But it might be helpful if bloggers who give out blogging advice or who talk about how to book blog could throw in some more information about the guidelines. Now that I think about it, I don't remember reading any other posts that mentioned the FTC rules….
I'm super paranoid about this kinda stuff, and I can be a stickler for the rules sometimes, so it frustrates me when I see reviewers not even mentioning at all that they got a free copy of a book, etc. It doesn't change my opinion of their review, but it's that rule-follower in me lol. I'm pretty sure a lot of giveaways being done are technically not entirely legal either (which is why I avoid having giveaways other than US-based, 18+, rafflecopter ones where I'm pretty sure I'm following all the rules). Chances are little ol' me isn't going to get in trouble, but still, I'd rather be safe than sorry!
Yeah, giveaways are another tricky part. I think a lot of people don't realize there are legal guidelines for those, as well. It's just another instance where book bloggers are so small that there aren't likely to be legal consequences for not getting everything quite right.
In 2009, just when bloggers were become aware of the FTC, a representative from them came to Kidlitcon. Here's my recap post http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2009/10/federal-trade-commission-and-book.html ….they were not particularly concerned about getting books for review!
It bothers me a bit when bloggers say they received a book in exchange for an honest review, because in general receiving a book is actually in exchange for review consideration, with no obligation to actually review it, and there's no point in adding to the pressure by feeling obligated.
I add the honest review bit to be clear that I'm saying what I feel because I've heard of people paid for reviews or expected to only give positive reviews.
Well it should! But I've heard of paid and false reviews. I mean, it should be clear that my reviews are honest if you actually read what I'm saying. There's plenty that I received and disliked. But, just in case! I might simplify my wording some though.
It's not the honesty of the review, but the sense of promising to review it at all…the exchange isn't book for review, but book for review consideration….
"Do I need to list the details of everything I get from a company for reviewing a product?
"When should I say more than that I got a product for free?
I suppose a blogger could argue that receiving a book free for a review would not "effect the weight readers give the review." However, it makes sense to me to be safe rather than sorry. Especially since book bloggers do seem generally suspicious of books received for review. I see plenty of comments suggesting bloggers believe that other bloggers are nicer (even subconsciously) when they've received a book for review.
I see what you are saying about the FTC potentially not being concerned about receiving books for review. In my case, I feel like adding the source isn't any burden to me and can only be a good thing in terms of transparency for my readers.
Ooh, interesting! Thanks for sharing the post! I do get the impression they are mostly interested in people who are getting much bigger perks than book bloggers with ARCs (like very influential Instagrammers who may be receiving large cash payments for product promotion), but I like the idea of disclosing the source clearly because some people really are suspicious your review might be "biased" if you received the book from the publisher.
I used to put my disclosures at the top of my most, but then I read somewhere that you should put them at the bottom…But now I forget where. I'll go back to putting them at the top, though I know my following is much too small for notice right now. It's harder on Instagram cuz I usually just put an abbreviated review, I usually mention it's from Netgalley or something.
I do notice a lot of people I follow on YouTube just say they're an ambassador or that you should use their affiliate link and never specially mention they get money.
I think it's not a huge deal either way, but the theory is that people will be more likely to see it at the top.
Great post Brianna,Thanks!! ❤ I didn't know placement mattered. I just moved my disclaimer to the bottom of the post because I have a new format but I guess up it goes. *le sigh* I'm not sure it matters much honestly (no one review should have that much weight with a consumer) but being compliant is only smart.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the FTC doesn't *really* care what book bloggers do; I'm sure they're mostly focused on people making actual money or getting way more perks than we are. But it never hurts to follow the guidelines!


Four New Games Added to The Vault!
02/14/2012 4:30 PM - THE VAULT, located on the third floor of the Bulls/Sox Academy location in Lisle is where gaming meets the fitness world. The most innovative "Exergaming" experience in the country now has four new games! Check out the descriptions below and don't forget to come by the Academy and have a blast trying them out!
NASCAR Unleashed is an arcade racing game, allowing players to play as 15 different drivers in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing series, and race around six locations including Chicagoland Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, and a fictional city. Each location has multiple layouts, which accounts for twelve different track layouts.
Compete with your friends in this multi-player game! Challenge one another to see who can jump the fastest in a given amount of time.
Most calisthenic exercises are staples of school gym classes and boot camps, but that doesn't mean they're outdated. Most, like jumping jacks, are still excellent ways to get into shape. Jumping jacks work your shoulders, back, thighs and calves. They're also good for your heart. Positive Charts will take you through a series of different cardio exercises to get that heart rate up!