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Melted money, nibbled notes: What to do when your cash gets trashed
Jessica Satherley 16 Aug 2019
Bank notes can get damaged in a myriad of ways – from the man who put his cash-laden jacket pocket too close to a fire and ended up with $120 worth of melted plastic to the notes nibbled by mice – Westpac tellers have seen it all.
In the year to June 2019, the total value of damaged currency given directly to the Reserve Bank by individuals was $443,500 from 3351 transactions.
"We had a customer who had been storing a large amount of notes in their freezer," says a Westpac bank manager.
"They had gone away for a week and their freezer stopped working, so their money was left smelling like rotten meat."
"We replaced the money and the damaged notes were put in a fully sealed bag in the safe until we could repatriate them."
One bank customer who put six $20 notes in his jacket pocket and then lay it next to a fire to dry, completely melted the notes into a mushroom-like ball.
"My concern was that they would disintegrate if I pulled them apart, so in this case I printed an application form for him to send his money to the Reserve Bank to analyse whether they could be exchanged," Westpac Bank Manager Marnie Ramsay said.
Another case saw a customer in the Bay of Plenty return money that had nicks out of the top of the note after a mouse had nibbled away at the cash.
"One customer came in with a stack of notes absolutely covered in oil. He explained that he had received the notes as part of a traditional cultural ceremony where the money was placed on his oiled body.
"We had to towel dry these notes and count by hand as there was no way they were going to do it through the money counter," the bank manager said.
Other cases have seen customers return money that has been drawn on in pen by children or gone through the washing machine.
In each case brought to Westpac, the teams follow a step by step guideline to see if each damaged note can be replaced.
For example, if more than two thirds of a note in a single piece or a completely soiled note is presented, then they pay the transacting customer the full value of the note before removing the note from circulation.
If less than two thirds but more than one third of a note in a single piece is presented, half the value of the note would be paid out.
If there is less than one third of a note, the note is deemed valueless.
If the note has been heated, for example with an iron, and shrunk, then the full value applies, so long as there are two thirds of the recognisable note and serial number to be seen.
If the legally issued New Zealand currency is impaired (but still recognisable), the Reserve Bank will also replace it.
That is, unless the damage is so bad that the currency is unrecognisable, the RBNZ says.
The 'old coins returns' peak during and immediately after the school holidays, which the RBNZ links to grandparents emptying out coin jars to grandkids.
"We pay out face value on all NZ currency regardless of date of issue or whether it is legal tender, so the one and two cent coins and old larger series decimal coins can come to us," an RBNZ spokesperson said.
"The general rule is that if it can be confirmed as genuine then it will be paid out.
"If a note is missing a piece, the amount refunded after assessment by RBNZ may be less than the full-face value.
"For instance, a wad of burnt cash may be refunded at full value depending on the available evidence," they said.
Some of the currency that is regularly given to the Reserve Bank are old notes that are often returned from deceased estates.
There are also still 5,088 pre-decimal bank notes out there, including 10 shillings, one pound, five-pound, 10 pound and 50-pound notes.
New Zealand used to use the pound currency from 1840 up until 1967.
Prior to 1999, Kiwi banknotes were printed on paper made from cotton, similar to the US dollar notes which are made from 75% cotton and 25% linen.
But they are now made from a type of a plastic called polymer.
"Moderate force should not start a tear in the note," RBNZ says of the tough product.
Polymer made a huge rise in the millennium and these types of notes were first used in Australia.
In 2016, the United Kingdom started issuing polymer British pounds for cleaner, safer and stronger quality notes.
New Zealand currency can be replaced at the Reserve Bank Wellington office, either in person or via courier with an application form available on their website.


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Name of the Day: Ciarán
January 7, 2010 By appellationmountain 24 Comments
Even in the Age of Aidan, he might make for a distinctive and decidedly Irish choice.
Thanks to Corrine for suggesting Ciarán as our Name of the Day.
If you're thinking of calling your son Ciarán, your first choice is a tricky one. Preserve the more authentic spelling, or opt for the common Anglicized form, Kieran? To an unfamiliar American, it is possible that either spelling leads to something other than KEER uhn.
In the US, Kieran has been steadily chugging out of obscurity, though he's still far from common. In 1992, he first ranked at #971. He's climbed most years since to reach his current high of #530 in 2008. That's a far cry from the dizzying heights of popularity enjoyed by Brian, Ryan and other Irish boys' names ending in -n.
Kieran places in the UK Top 100. Ciarán is popular in Ireland.
Variant spellings are possible, as is the use of either version as a girls' name, especially considering the many spellings of Kyra currently in the US Top 1000. (Though Kiera, Kierra and Ciara may be given a three-syllable pronunciation, too.)
But Ciarán is an old name, and a masculine one. The Irish Ciar means black. The -an is a diminutive suffix, so Ciarán means something like "little dark one," probably in reference to hair color. Famous bearers of the names include:
A semi-legendary Ciar appears as the son of the semi-legendary Fergus, King of Ulster;
Saint Ciarán the Elder was the first bishop of Ossary and one of twelve apostles of Ireland. He is sometimes Anglicized as Kevin;
Fellow apostle of Ireland, the second Saint Ciarán, founded Clonmacnoise Abbey;
At least three more saints Ciarán appear in various records, though only the first two are consistently listed.
Surname Kerry comes from the same soup. While he's not common today, in 1960 he reached #158 in the US.
Parents probably first heard Kieran in the multiplex. Back in 1990, child actor Macauley Culkin cemented his place in pop culture as Kevin, the son mistakenly left behind as his family flew to Paris in the holiday blockbuster Home Alone. Macauley's real life brother had a bit part in the flick, as cousin Fuller. Kieran Culkin's best known role was Igby in 2002's indie classic Igby Goes Down. Igby was born Jason Slocumb, but nicknamed after his toy bear. It's not a happy movie.
There's also Ciarán Hinds, known for small roles in many very big films, like Finn in 2002's Road to Perdition. He's set to play Aberforth Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Hinds also donned the laurel wreath to play Julius Caesar in HBO's Rome.
Hinds was born in Belfast, and you'll have no trouble finding an Irish Ciarán in nearly any field of endeavor, from literature to politics to athletics.
He could wear very well in the US. Kieran and Ciaran occupy that middle space between underused gems with backstory and nouveau names of recent coinage. Kieran looks new, and fits right in with Jalen, Colton and Kellen. But his credentials as a saints' name and Irish heritage choice are impeccable.
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Love Ciaran! Met a Ciara when younger and never had a problem with it- never confused it with See-Ara or Sierra or anything, and same for the male Ciaran. I like how Kieran looks but prefer the traditional 🙂
Laura Rose says
Ciaran is eversoslightly different than Keiran. Ciaran is more like KEYar-an than Keiran's KEER-an. It's the same difference with Ciara and Keira. I knew a Ceara, (KEER-a) who got called Sierra a lot. Eventually she gave up, and if people were only saying her name once, she didn't even bother correcting them. She was very Irish, if i remember right, she did Irish stepdance.
UrbanAngel says
To hear Kieran/Ciaran said http://inogolo.com/query.php?qstr=kieran&search=Search+Names
I LOVE Kieran! I have Kieran Asher on my list. I'd spell it as Kieran as it's WAY more practical & I do find a 'k' has more presence than a 'c' at times.It does depend on the instance. I've been told by some Irish friends that Kieran is actually used also
Bewildertrix says
Ciaran should be a no brainer here in NZ. I've encountered equal numbers of Ciaran and Kieran on all age groups. Of course both are said KEER in here and Ciar
photoquilty says
I knew a Kier in high school. I though his name was German, but maybe it was Irish. Either way, I like the nickname Kier better than Kieran.
Wouldn't you think of kir royals? 🙂
My (slighltly) alcoholic mother might! Being a non-drinker, it would never even occur to me. Of course you had to go and ruin that. 😉
I'm pretentious, I'm possibly an alcoholic … what a week I'm having! 🙂
I love it when I can write LOL and mean it!
Hmmm, Kier makes me think of an Indian desert, while Ciaran makes me think of Jane Austen (since Hinds acted in Persuasion), so I think I'll stick with the NotD.
I meant dessert, not desert! And I'd completely forgotten that Kiran is an Indian/Muslim name pronounced the same as this NotD. It's generally a girl's name and means something like, "ray of light".
If you hadn't mentioned the connection to Kieran, I never would have pronounced this right. It looks like see-ARR-uhn, chee-ARR-uhn or sigh-ARR-uhn. What are we doing to poor children these days???
Factor in that some girls named Ciara are cee-AR-uh and others might be see-AR-uh and yup, it is not an intuitive pronunciation. It is an authentic heritage choice – and that's what makes it a tough call.
British American says
Yeah, I was thinking "KEY-AIR-un".
bevin says
Joy, Ciar
'claps'
Ohh, my Ciar
Your comment made me think. My son has a friend Deaglan – Declan – and I think I can hear the tiniest pronunciation difference when his (Irish) father says his name. I can't duplicate it, but I can hear a subtle difference.
I saw the title of the post and couldn't figure out how to pronounce the name. I totally didn't realize that it's pronounced the same as Kieran. So for that reason I do prefer the Kieran spelling that I'm familiar with. Either way, it's not really a name I'm personally attracted to.
This is one that I almost changed from the requested Ciaran to the more familiar Kieran. But I do think Kieran strikes some as dangerously close to creative, nouveau names while Ciaran is an authentic heritage choice. Though there are certainly Irish Kierans, too.
It is fun to learn about the original Celtic version. 🙂
It's not actually pronounced the same. Kieran tends to be pronounced KEER-in, whereas Ciaran is pronounced KEER-on.
Ciaran is way too feminine sounding IMO, whenever I hear it, I always mistake it for Karen, plus the sound is really harsh.

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Q: JavaFX: make a vertical ScrollBar fit to parent node in TableView I have a TableView that scrolls vertically, and I would like the ScrollBar to extend to the top of it's parent AnchorPane and to be on top of the filler square at the top right. See below for what it's like by default. Note that my filler node is white, that is not a table column at the top right.

and below this line is what I want, correctly implemented by another program.

I was able to achieve this by doing
Platform.runLater(() ->
{
    ScrollBar someScrollBar = (ScrollBar) someTable.lookup(".scroll-bar:vertical");
    someScrollBar.setTranslateY(-12);
    someScrollBar.setScaleY(1.2);
}
);

where someTable is a TableView made in FXML and is referred to in the controller initialize function.

It looks fine like this, but it doesn't scale correctly. If the containing AnchorPane resizes vertically, it looks awful.
Can anyone suggest a better way to do this?
Thank you so much for your time.

A: Custom layout of the scrollBars is not supported. And my initial comment you need a custom TableViewSkin with a custom TableHeaderRow: the latter is responsible for managing the .. well, tableHeader is only part of the story, unfortunately.

*

*a TableHeaderRow indeed is responsible for laying out the table header

*but: a TableHeaderRow can do nothing to layout the vertical scrollbar - when it tries to do so in an overridden layoutChildren() it's immediately reset

*the reset happens in the VirtualFlow (which is the parent of the scrollBar)

So at the end of the day, we need

*

*a custom TableHeaderRow that signals the need for enlarging and relocating the scrollBar: the example below sets a marker if the scrollBar is visible (tbd: check whether or not the menuButton is visible) with the desired additional height in the scrollBar's properties map

*a custom VirtualFlow that can handle the marker and actually does the layout as needed: the example below checks for the marker and resizes/relocates the scrollBar if needed.

*a custom TableViewSkin to inject both (via overridden factory methods)

The example is written against fx11, should work for fx10 but not for fx9 because the latter doesn't allow to provide a custom VirtualFlow:
public class TableWithoutCorner extends Application {

    /**
     * Custom TableHeaderRow that requests a larger vbar height
     * if needed.
     */
    private static class MyTableHeader extends TableHeaderRow {

        private Region cornerAlias;
        private ScrollBar vBar;
        private TableViewSkinBase skin;

        public MyTableHeader(TableViewSkinBase skin) {
            super(skin);
            this.skin = skin;
        }

        @Override
        protected void layoutChildren() {
            super.layoutChildren();
            adjustCornerLayout();
        }

        private void adjustCornerLayout() {
            checkAlias();
            // tbd: check also if corner is visible
            if (!vBar.isVisible()) {
                vBar.getProperties().remove("DELTA");
            } else {
                vBar.getProperties().put("DELTA", getHeight());
            }
        }

        private void checkAlias() {
            if (cornerAlias == null) {
                cornerAlias = (Region) lookup(".show-hide-columns-button");
            }
            if (vBar == null) {
                vBar = (ScrollBar) skin.getSkinnable().lookup(".scroll-bar:vertical");
            }
        }

    }

    /**
     * Custom VirtualFlow that respects additinal height for its
     * vertical ScrollBar.
     */
    private static class MyFlow extends VirtualFlow {

        private ScrollBar vBar;
        private Region clip;

        public MyFlow() {
            // the scrollbar to adjust
            vBar = (ScrollBar) lookup(".scroll-bar:vertical");
            // the clipped container to use for accessing viewport dimensions
            clip = (Region) lookup(".clipped-container");

        }

        /**
         * Overridden to adjust vertical scrollbar's height and y-location
         * after calling super.
         */
        @Override
        protected void layoutChildren() {
            super.layoutChildren();
            adjustVBar();
        }

        /**
         * Adjusts vBar height and y-location by the height as
         * requested by the table header.
         */
        protected void adjustVBar() {
            if (vBar.getProperties().get("DELTA") == null) return;
            double delta = (double) vBar.getProperties().get("DELTA");
            vBar.relocate(clip.getWidth(), - delta);
            vBar.resize(vBar.getWidth(), clip.getHeight() + delta);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Boilerplate: need custom TableViewSkin to inject a custom TableHeaderRow and
     * custom VirtualFlow.
     */
    private static class MyTableViewSkin<T> extends TableViewSkin<T> {

        public MyTableViewSkin(TableView<T> control) {
            super(control);
        }

        @Override
        protected TableHeaderRow createTableHeaderRow() {
            return new MyTableHeader(this);
        }

        @Override
        protected VirtualFlow<TableRow<T>> createVirtualFlow() {
            return new MyFlow();
        }

    }

    private Parent createContent() {
        TableView<Locale> table = new TableView<>(FXCollections.observableArrayList(Locale.getAvailableLocales())) {

            @Override
            protected Skin<?> createDefaultSkin() {
                return new MyTableViewSkin(this);
            }

        };
        TableColumn<Locale, String> col = new TableColumn<>("Name");
        col.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<>("displayName"));
        table.getColumns().addAll(col);
        return table;
    }

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
        stage.setScene(new Scene(createContent()));
        //stage.setTitle(FXUtils.version());
        stage.show();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    private static final Logger LOG = Logger
            .getLogger(TableWithoutCorner.class.getName());

}

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In November 2015, Première Urgence Internationale opened a base in Maroua (capital of the Far North Region of Cameroon, a region that has been affected by repeat attacks from Boko Haram) to provide aid to thousands of Nigerian refugees and internally displaced people who are all fleeing the attacks and acts of violence.
If at the end of 2016 the safety situation is heading towards a relative lull, the return of refugees and internally displaced people is not yet plausible. The displaced people have lost everything during their escape, finding themselves in precarious economic situations with limited access to basic care and services. Through a project financed by the European Union humanitarian unit (DG ECHO), from November 2015 to December 2016 Première Urgence Internationale has brought help to displaced communities in the Mora commune. First, they provided an emergency response characterised by organising food markets and distributing drinkable water to respond to primary needs. They then initiated more durable solutions by restoring boreholes, galvanising the local economy and reviving the means of existence through the support of the development of income-generating activities.
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The Guyana Government has assured that works are in progress to move vulnerable communities inland even as the World Bank is advising that the country move with urgency to relocate its capital city in light of the growing threat of rising sea levels.
During a recent press conference, World Bank Senior Economist Julie Rozenburg was asked about the issue of relocation. Guyana was one of the countries the World Bank's 360-degree resilience report assessed to be vulnerable to climate change.
Rozenburg explained that it was particularly important for Guyana to begin talks with most at-risk communities about relocating. In Guyana, this would likely include communities most susceptible to flooding.
"I would say it's particularly urgent for Guyana. So, for the report we've modelled sea level rising impacting every country and clearly Guyana is a bit of an outlier in terms of how vulnerable it is to sea-level rise."
"And I think right now the priority is to start talking to the most vulnerable communities that live in these areas. And see what could be options for them. See if there are resources to protect those areas. Or if people need to start thinking about moving elsewhere," she contended.
But while Rozenburg highlighted the urgency of the problem, she also cautioned that this was not something that could happen overnight. Rather, it is a process that must ensure the involvement of the affected communities.
"You don't relocate communities in a few years. It's a very long process, for it to be fair to everybody and equitable. And sustainable. So, I would start this process now, even if se- level rises impacts will be seen in 20, 30 years," the World Bank representative explained.
Weighing in on the assertions of the international economist, Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh assured that his government is moving progress towards the realisation of Silica City – a secondary city which President Dr Irfaan Ali intends to build along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
"I can tell you that work is actively ongoing on developing Silica City, and putting in the supportive infrastructure we need, including the roads and so on," Dr Singh told media operatives on Wednesday.
"You would know that the President, in fact in his previous life as Minister of Housing, had initiated the very visionary concept of Silica City – a city that was going to be built in Guyana's Hilly Sand and Clay Region, representing Guyana's first major urban development in decades, outside of the coastal plain.
"So, we're going to increasingly pursue developments inland, like, of course, developments on the East Bank where the altitude is a little bit higher unlike the frontline of the coast. And further inland, like the Soesdyke-Linden Highway… but this is a long-term endeavour," Dr Singh said.
Since its return to office, the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has resurrected talk of building Silica City, with the Guyanese Head of State already revealing that international investors were eager to invest in the concept.
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Barrett, Jones lead Ohio State past Maryland
By Jim Naveau - jnaveau@civitasmedia.com
COLUMBUS – Urban Meyer didn't have to think about it for long.
Last Monday, Meyer downplayed the possibility of using back-up quarterback J.T. Barrett inside the 20-yard line, the so-called red zone, to enliven an Ohio State offense that had struggled to score from close range.
"We've thought about it. We haven't made any decisions on that right now," Meyer said.
But thinking quickly turned into planning, which just as quickly evolved into playing both starter Cardale Jones and Barrett in a 49-28 win over Maryland on Saturday at Ohio Stadium.
Barrett was Mr. Inside the 20-yard line and Jones was Mr. Outside the 20.
Jones completed 21 of 28 passes for a career-best 291 yards and two touchdowns without throwing an interception. Barrett rushed for 65 yards and three touchdowns on runs of one yard, three yards and 18 yards.
This latest version of a two-quarterback system was designed to fix maybe the biggest shortcoming on offense for the Buckeyes this season.
Before Saturday, they had scored only six touchdowns on 16 trips inside the 20-yard line. But against Maryland they were six for six, including five for five with Barrett at quarterback.
"We've been having some red zone issues. J.T. is a leader and a guy that needs to be on the field. He provided an obvious spark for us in there. Cardale? I think he was great," Meyer said.
More specifically, the spark Barrett provided was the threat of a running quarterback.
No. 1 Ohio State (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) addressed a number of other troublesome issues.
After turning the ball over 13 times in its first five games it did not have a turnover.
And after talking about getting Braxton Miller more involved in the game for several weeks, it did that early and often.
Miller caught five passes for 79 yards and a touchdown and rushed three times for 11 yards. The sign his drought was over was came late in the second quarter when he made a diving 33-yard catch, then came back to grab a 19-yard touchdown throw from Jones on the next play to give Ohio State a 21-7 lead.
But, like most of OSU's games this season, it was a little bit more of an adventure than expected.
After watching the Terrapins (2-4, 0-2 Big Ten) take a 7-0 lead on a 52-yard touchdown pass from Perry Hills to D.J. Moore on their first possession, it ran off three straight scores to go up 21-7.
But a 75-yard run by Hills in the final minute of the first half to OSU's three-yard line and a three-yard run by him for a touchdown on the next play cut the lead to 21-14. Then Maryland marched 69 yards on nine plays for a 21-21 on its first possession of the second half.
Uncomfortable memories of close calls against Indiana and Northern Illinois were chased away, though, when Ohio State went ahead 49-21, riding a strong second half by Ezekiel Elliott (21 carries, 106 yards, 2 TDs).
It was the eleventh consecutive game of more than 100 yards for the junior running back.
Maryland got a cheap touchdown in the final minute after a shotgun snap went over Barrett's head as OSU was running out the clock.
"I'm so angry that thing happened. We snapped the darn thing over the guy's head like a high school team," Meyer said.
The Terrapins came into the game apparently a team in disarray.
They had been outscored 73-6 in their last two games by West Virginia and Michigan. They had 17 turnovers, more than any other team in the country. And there were rumors head coach Randy Edsall would be fired, possibly as soon as next week.
Hills, who replaced Caleb Rowe and his 12 interceptions as the starting quarterback Saturday, said the team was able to block that out.
"We really didn't know what was going on and we really didn't care," he said. We were focused on Ohio State. We were focused on practice."
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Florida Statute 812.005 et. seq. defines theft as unlawfully and intentionally taking another person's property. The offender temporarily or permanently deprives the victim of their belongings, and the charges apply even if the defendant acquired the property for someone else.
Theft is a broad term with more specific criminal offenses contained within. Offenses like stealing, larceny, shoplifting, conversion, misappropriation, and embezzlement are different types of theft. Penalties depend on the value of the property and whether the offender has a history of similar crimes.
If you or a loved one have been charged with theft, gives us a call now. Our criminal defense lawyers have over 20 years of combined experience serving in Florida, including Lakeland and all of Polk County.
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Theft offenses are aggressively prosecuted in Florida since they are termed "crimes of dishonesty." A conviction can result in your name, fingerprints, and other information being added to a national database that potential employers can access for background checks. If you've been charged with theft, get a consultation with a skilled Lakeland theft lawyer who can collect the case's evidence, and create a strong defense.
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The item was taken in error, or the accusation was a mistake
Psychological conditions caused the crime
The offense was committed under the influence of alcohol
The property was taken in good faith, the defendant believed themselves to be the rightful owner
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Depending on the value of the property, theft offenses are categorized into petit or grand theft (small and large).
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Petit thefts are typically minor charges, and penalties for misdemeanors are awarded.
Third degree – A third degree petit theft charge is for stolen property valued at $100 or below and is considered a misdemeanor offense. Penalties can be 60 days' imprisonment and a maximum fine of $500.
Second degree – If the property value ranges from $100 to $750, the offense is categorized as petit theft of the second degree and a misdemeanor. Possible penalties include up to one-year incarceration and a fine of up to $1,000.
First degree – In case the offender has a history of petit theft of the second degree, the new offense will be prosecuted as a first degree misdemeanor. After two or more prior violations, petit theft becomes a third degree felony. The courts may award up to five years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $5,000.
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Grand theft offenses are for crimes of great value. The stolen property is worth $750 or more.
Third Degree – If stolen property is worth between $750 and $5,000, it is considered a third degree felony with punishments such as a prison term of up to five years and a fine of up to $5,000.
Second Degree – Offenders stealing property valued between $5,000 and $100,000 are charged with second degree grand theft. Typical penalties include up to 15 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000.
Third Degree – If the stolen property is worth $100,000 or more, the crime is considered grand theft in the first degree. Courts may award punishments of a prison term of up to 30 years and a fine of a maximum of $10,000.
If a motor vehicle was used to commit a theft in Florida, the charges are automatically converted to a first degree.
Furthermore, if the defendant caused additional damage to the victim's property worth $1,000 or more while committing the crime, the charges are enhanced to first degree felony.
Several factors are considered when determining the value of any stolen property. Like, for instance, it's fair market price and resale value. You might also want to know that targeting a senior citizen aged 65 years or more is a more serious offense and attracts harsher penalties.
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Withdrawing from WHO leaves America sick and alone –Senator
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A united States senator says the country's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organisation would leave America sick and alone.
The United States has formally withdrawn from the WHO, breaking ties with the international health body, even as America's death toll from coronavirus surpassed 130,000.
The US notice of withdrawal, effective from July 6, 2021, was formally submitted to the United Nations secretary-general, the depository for the WHO, on Monday.
A Democratic senator for New Jersey, Bob Menendez, said Congress was notified of the decision on Tuesday, even as he criticised the move, pointing out that the country was still in the midst of a pandemic.
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"To call Trump's response to COVID chaotic & incoherent doesn't do it justice. This won't protect American lives or interests—it leaves Americans sick & America alone," Menendez, a top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, wrote on Twitter.
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Round 42 of the Championship ends with the game between Wigan Athletic and Norwich City. The situation of these two teams is completely different. Norwich is heading for the title and Wigan is trying hard to prevent relegation to the League One. Looking ahead!
A visit to Hull City left Wigan Athletic a very important point just in time. The Latics traveled to KCOM Stadium last Wednesday and took the lead just before half-time via Nick Powell. The 25-year-old former striker of Manchester United made his seventh goal of the season and is thus the top scorer of Wigan this season. In away matches, Wigan plays dramatically and so a small stunt seemed to arise in Hull. However, the Paul Cook team did not hold onto the lead (again). The equalizer fell early in the second half and just before the end The Tigers took the lead. Because of the defeat, Wigan still has only booked one victory outside of the 21 draws.
Wigan coach Cook: "Is this a disappointment? A deja vu? You can call it what you want, this is just how we are. The defeats are not due to our tactics, attitude or whatever. It is the individual errors that break us up. "Wigan is now 21st due to the defeat and is only two points away from the relegation zone. Last season's PhD student is waiting for five incredibly important rounds in which enforcement is the ultimate goal.
Norwich City was surprised by Reading last Wednesday as it itself surprised many a team this season. In fact, The Canaries faced a backlog until the 85th minute and seemed to lose a game for the first time since the beginning of February. Miraculeus, however, scored in both the 86th and the 88th minutes, making Norwich appear to be beating another team in the final minutes of a game. However, nothing turned out to be less true. In the sixth (!) Minute of the extra time, it was Reading that scored the equalizer, meaning that not Norwich, but The Royals had the final say on Carrow Road.
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These guys were so much fun! We had lots of French friends and family who loved their very first Ceilidh. I would definitely recommend Bathsheba's. Thanks!
Thank you for your review Claire, (our 100th on GFBs) we are so pleased you and your guests enjoyed the ceilidh . We loved it too. So much fun.
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Thank you Lyn & Peter for leaving a great review. We sincerely appreciate your taking the time. And we appreciate being asked to play for you in the first place. We so enjoyed your wedding evening with all your lovely guests joining in so enthusiastically. Loved the first dance you sprung on us! You kept us on our toes while you were um, on your toes! What a great party. Thank you so much.
The considerate Ceilidh band, did a marvellous job at our wedding, judging the energy/ability and noise levels perfectly so they felt more like friends than visitors.
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Тибуро́н () — остров в Калифорнийском заливе, территория Мексики. Площадь 1201 км². Входит в состав штата Сонора, муниципалитет Эрмосильо.

Этимология
Tiburón в переводе с испанского языка означает «акула».

География

Остров является самым большим островом Мексики и Калифорнийского залива. С востока отделён от материка узким проливом (Canal del Infiernillo), в северо-западном направлении от Тибурона находится другой крупный остров залива Анхель-де-ла-Гуарда.

История

С давних времён остров был заселён индейским племенем сери. В 1963 году объявлен природным заповедником. Указом от 1975 года президента Мексики Л. Эчиверрии Альвареса остров Тибурон признан собственностью племени сери.

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В настоящее время остров необитаем (кроме военных объектов на восточной стороне).

Примечания

Острова Соноры
Острова Калифорнийского залива

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Thursday Links: Technically Not a Cat
by Paddy Johnson Henry Kaye Corinna Kirsch on August 28, 2014
With a Hello Kitty retrospective coming up at the Japanese American National Museum, a Hello Kitty scholar has stomped all over the dreams of kawaii-eyed youth by revealing hat Hello Kitty is not a cat: "She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat." In sum, Hello Kitty and Garfield belong to two different cartoon genome pools. [Culture: High & Low]
Russell Page's garden at the Frick is being demolished to make way for the upcoming expansion. The Frick claims that the garden, once hailed by the New York Times as one of Page's "most important works," was never meant to be permanent. As a 1977 press release shows, though, this is a flat out lie. Who knew the Frick could be so controversial. [The Huffington Post]
If several thousand dollar easter egg hunts disguised as art are your kind of thing: ArtistMichael Sailstorferburies gold bars at the Folkstone triennial at high tide and waits patiently for low tide. At that point finders will be keepers. From a statement to the Guardian by Triennial curator Lewis Biggs: "I think we might well have a lot of people." [The Guardian]
Adrian Searle has the review of the Folkstone Triennial. There's a discussion of the Sailstorfer piece, a round-up of works Searle liked, and some complaints about Yoko Ono and Andy Goldsworthy. Meh. [The Guardian]
Ben Lerner's new novel, 10:04, gets a thumbs up in the New Republic, and I can tell why. This narrator in the novel writes 10:04 as you're reading it, and there's scenes that blend non-fiction and sci-fi nearly seamlessly, like one where the protagonist starts having visions while walking along the High Line after eating a plate of hallucinogenic octopus. [New Republic]
Some notes on gigantic rabbit breeds: the now-extinct Minorcan King of Rabbits, due to its weight, was unable to hop. [Modern Farmer]
Hissbitch published "5 worst net artists" for Christmas last year, and at the time, blogger Tom Moody predicted the post would be deleted, just as their "10 worst net artist" post. We ran across Moody's post again yesterday, and as predicted the Hissbitch post was deleted. So too is Hissbitch, which now seems to be taken over by Chinese characters. [Tom Moody]
The Nasher is looking for an Assistant Curator. [American Alliance of Museums]
Glenn Ligon in association with MZ Wallace has created a tote bag to benefit the Studio Museum in Harlem. [MZ Wallace]
Season seven of ART21 will showcase a topic that's been close to us on the blog. For the show's debut episode, they followed Thomas Hirschhorn around to discuss the Gramsci Monument at Forest Houses, described as "a new kind of monument that, while physically ephemeral, lives on in collective memory." That episode premieres Friday, October 24 at 10:00 p.m. ET. [ART21]
Thursday Links: The Universe Is a Clown
by Paddy Johnson Henry Kaye Corinna Kirsch on July 17, 2014
"Clown of the Party" from POBA, the internet artist graveyard. (Pete Ham)
"The glittering chains of galaxies are no more substantial, no more reliable guides to physical reality, than greasepaint on the face of a clown." A New York Times video on dark matter shows the visible universe to be only five percent of the larger universe, which scientists are only now beginning to plot. This invisible universe, which is defined by dark matter, is the scaffolding for the galaxies we see today. [The New York Times]
Art critic Barbara Rose has been buddies with artist Carl Andre since the 1950s; that camaraderie shows through in her Brooklyn Rail review of Andre's retrospective at DIA. It might go down in history as the most glowing review ever written about the artist. (Of course, no mention of Ana Mendieta.) [The Brooklyn Rail]
Paddy Johnson profiles digital artist Nicolas Sassoon. Sassoon is currently completing an online residency for Opening Times, a non-profit that supports online artists based in London, and has been working on creating browser-sized GIFs. [Artnet]
This might be a scam: a site was launched yesterday that provides, at an annual rate of $49.95, immortality (at least on the Internet). POBA: Where the Arts Live, an online platform that asks grieving families, estate managers, or anybody who owns the rights to any artist's legacy, to post the work of the deceased artist. It's meant to be a site of commemoration, but really it just feels like an Internet graveyard. Creepy. [Hyperallergic]
Recommended Tonight: Collector's Night at the Brooklyn Historical Society. You can see a woman's collection of cockroach legs left in her apartment by her cat, all the clocks featured in the movie "Back to the Future," and a stockpile of old bike seats. There will be piles of pins, dipsticks from automobiles, and objects found in cemeteries such as a dead bird, letters that have fallen off tombstones, and feathers. Also, 600 disco shirts, 300 neckties, and 90 pairs of shoes. In short: Go to this. [The New York Times]
The Whitney is putting on an event for teens during the Jeff Koons retrospective. AFC office response: "High school students can deal with cum on the face." [The Whitney]
A public art space in London called The Wall, is being torn down. Why? Because the Residents Association see the current and inaugural work being shown, Stefan Bruggemann's Text Pieces, to be an advertisement, not art. The Residents Association even struck an unnecessarily aggressive tone: "we want this amateur daub's wish fulfilled in that it should be recognised when it is destroyed, as one of the mindless texts suggests." Sign the petition to keep The Wall alive here. [Frieze Magazine via. Twitter]
Who's behind the Artist Pension Trust, a royalties-based art sales firm? Moti Shniberg, a tech startup investor responsible for selling facial recognition technology to Facebook, and attempting to trademark the term "Sept. 11, 2001." The latter, you can imagine, was a failed attempt. [Bloomberg]
This Week's Must-See Art Events: Pop Art and Pop Prophets
by Paddy Johnson Henry Kaye Corinna Kirsch on June 23, 2014
This week, expect the arrival of the pop messiah.
Thursday Links: An Egg and a Crabapple
What's trending, according to London's smartest art magazine? Feminist cyborg theory is hot, Charles Bukowski is not. I suppose this is satire. (Behind the paywall.) [Frieze]
Why is everyone leaving the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts? Sylvia Hount will leave her position at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to head up the Met's American art department. This announcement comes less than two weeks after a fellow curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Robin Nicholson, gave notice of his leave. [Art in America]
You won't be able to find any of the Brooklyn Paper's articles online; they lost their website URL to "Bar & Bat: A Mitzvah Guide." [Brooklyn Paper]
Rick Perry describes homosexuality akin to alcoholism and the world isn't that surprised because, really, we're that used to him being horrible. [Gawker]
This week's must-read: Molly Crabapple on the lack of support and freedom dissidents like Cecily McMillan and Chelsea Manning actually receive at home. [Vanity Fair]
Art book publishers are battling over who got to Ai Weiwei first. Taschen just released the "first comprehensive monograph on Ai Weiwei's life and work"; this edition costs between $1,500 and $12,500, and comes wrapped in a silk scarf. Phaidon claims they came first with a 2009 tome they refer to as "the first comprehensive monograph on this key figure in China's burgeoning art scene." [Taschen, Phaidon]
MOCA loans a Frank Stella to a Los Angeles gallery; Critic Christopher Knight claims this conflict of interest goes against MOCA's own written loan policy. Petty? [Los Angeles Times]
Grumpy Cat is set to star in a Christmas movie, airing on Lifetime. In Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever, this furry meme can communicate with a 12-year-old girl. Grumpy Cat's voice actor has yet to be cast. [The Wire]
Adrian Searle compares Marina Abramovic to a cultish dominatrix in his a tongue in cheek review of her new performance, 512 hours. "I'm waiting for Mistress Marina, the relaxation-class dominatrix, to give me a good telling off. Later, she takes my hand again. "Breathe slowly. Just be in the present. It's a good feeling." Not: "See you round the back later, you naughty boy." But who knows what might happen if you hang around for long enough." Ha! [The Guardian]
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Wednesday Links: I Want to Show That the Public Can Actually Kill You
Peter Doig, "Country Rock (Wing-Mirror)
It's official! Senator Ted Cruz's application to revoke his Canadian citizenship has been approved. [New York Magazine]
This morning, online editions vendor Artspace announced plans for hosting online auctions. For these upcoming livestream events, they're soliciting artwork from their newsletter subscribers. Free appraisals, anyone? [Artspace]
Proof that art listicles can be done well: "Western Art History: 500 Years of Women Ignoring Men." [The Toast]
In the world of politics: Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was unexpectedly defeated in the primaries by David Brat, a candidate to the right of him. Speculation is that Cantor's more "moderate" position on immigration did him in. Here's how Brat won. [Politico]
Shootings are up in NYC by more than 10 percent this year, and by 31.6 percent when comparing a 28-day period. No cause for the increase has been cited. [The Wall Street Journal]
Yes, your RSS feed is down. Feedly has been hacked. "The attacker is trying to extort us money to make it stop," wrote a Feedly representative in a blog post this morning. [BBC]
Why does Marina Abramovic make performance art? "I want to show that the public actually can kill you," she told the BBC Radio 4's Will Gompertz. How much punch does she drink? [The Washington Post]
Everyone on the Internet's hedging their bets that Scottish expat Peter Doig will take over Damien Hirst's position as the most expensive living artist at auction. His painting "Country Rock (Wing-Mirror)" goes on the auction block at Sotheby's later this month. [The Telegraph]
New York City has been ordered to pay a $600,000 suit that accuses officers of falsely arresting Occupy Wall Street protesters who were walking on the sidewalk. [The New York Times]
Studies prove it: Internet trolls are horrible people offline too. [Slate]
What the hell is going on at The Washington Post? Here's an editorial that talks about how married women are safer than unmarried women. Here's an editorial that talks about the "supposed campus epidemic of rape" which, according to George Will simply makes victimhood coveted. How did this stuff get published? [The Li.st]
Tuesday Links: Someone Stop James Franco
Noam Rappaport, "Untitled (RCT)," 2012. Courtesy the artist.
In San Francisco, a 6-foot-tall dolphin sculpture falls on a 2-year-old boy and he dies. Public service announcement: Don't let your kids climb on a sculpture at an art gallery called Friday Majestic Collection Art Gallery. [Boston.com]
Obama will impose a 10 percent limit on student loan repayments. [Chicago Tribune]
Art critic Ben Davis writes about Twitch, a massively popular website where you can watch and chat with people playing video games. In Ben Davis fashion, we get reminded of the constant political fact that popular entertainment is awful: "…video games, which are, after all, commercial products, precision-engineered instruments of distraction." [New York Magazine]
Chicago's been big on social practice art for some time, and now more of the city's universities are catching on. The University of Illinois at Chicago has hired artist Laurie Jo Reynolds to become the school's first-ever assistant professor of public arts, social justice, and culture. [Newcity Art]
This is not okay: James Franco has been caught slut-shaming Lindsay Lohan. He published a short story on VICE on how he definitely did not sleep with this "damaged" starlet. [MTV]
A new study by the journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts shows that people consistently prefer art that is authored by one rather than multiple artists. Apparentlytwo isn't better than one. [Hyperallergic]
Guccifer, the hacker who leaked former president George W. Bush's nude self portraits, is being sentenced to four years in prison [Gawker]
Painter Ben Shattuck worked with Sandra Harmel, a historian based in Iowa to find locations that were recorded as being part of the underground railroad. Based on that research, he's produced a remarkably cliché and academic body of work that got a write up in the New Yorker. [The New Yorker]
An interview with Los Angeles-based painter Noam Rappaport. The interview most concerns itself with the minutia of process, yet somehow it never gets tedious. [Artspace]
Thursday Links: Madoff's Secret Office Art
by Paddy Johnson Henry Kaye Corinna Kirsch on June 5, 2014
Nick Keyegan's contribution to GIFbites
Paddy Johnson writes about an animated GIF exhibition shown online and in Iran that has some real highs and lows. [Artnet]
In today's edition of word vomit, Vladimir Putin ends up making sexist remarks about Hillary Clinton. [Daily Intelligencer]
Google Glass releases a $1,620 designer line by Diane von Fürstenburg. Yet again we are reminded that "Glass is a class divide on your face." [Motherboard]
This roundtable seeks to debunk the stereotype that contemporary Latin American art is all about geometric abstraction. [Collecion Cisneros]
Job change! Curator Robin Nicholson leaves the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to direct the Pittsburgh Frick. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
How do we create a market for digital artworks? We'd like to have a constructive discussion about this with the author of "From Mail Art to Tumblr." The article supposes that online works are abstract manifestations: "What does it mean to own an artwork if the piece is not a self-contained object but rather an abstract manifestation?" writes author Willa Koerner. But what about the many websites, files, and code that are physically there? [Art21]
At the ZMK Media Museum in Germany, visitors can now whisper into the disembodied, 3-D printed "ear" of Van Gogh. This strange artifact is partially replicated from the painter's genome. [The New York Times]
Manhattan art dealer Helly Nahmad is being charged with hiding a $13 million Modigliani stolen during World War II. The story has all the makings of a solid scandal: Money, an enigmatic, villainous corporation, and the Nazis. [The New York Post]
A whirlwind trip through the art loot collected by the world's richest financiers: "Bernie Madoff's prized piece of office art was a four-foot sculpture of a screw that he frequently dusted off himself…A defense lawyer pleaded for the valued object to be photoshopped out of court documents." [The Baffler]
After two of his works were barred from being displayed in two separate Chinese cities this month, artist and dissonant Ai Weiwei writes an appeal to the Chinese government in Bloomberg: "Censorship has in effect neutered society, transforming it into a damaged, irrational and purposeless creature." [Bloomberg View]


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Huun-Huur-Tu: the music of Tuva
CDNOW, November 29, 2002
From the windblown grasslands of Tuva, a tiny country situated between Mongolia and Siberia, comes the exotic sound of xöömei, or "throat singing."
A skilled vocalist simultaneously produces two distinct pitches: a fundamental low and guttural note and, high above it, a series of articulated harmonics that actually – and astonishingly – form melodies. The ancient tradition of xöömei has been passed down through generations of Tuva's nomadic sheep and reindeer herders.
The members of Huun-Huur-Tu – Kaigal-ool Kholvalyg, Anatoly Kuular, Sayan Bapa and Alexei Saryglar – are the most well-known ambassadors of the various styles of Tuvan music. They have toured the West several times and released albums such as 60 Horses in My Herd, The Orphan's Lament and If I'd Been Born an Eagle. Their most recent effort is Where Young Grass Grows.
The primary subject of Huun-Huur-Tu's music is the central importance of the horse to their culture. There are entire songs about how strong a particular horse is, or how beautiful, or fast. Scan the lyrics and you get the point pretty quickly.
But what's surprising is how visceral the music is – how its rhythms capture the experience of riding horses and how the sounds instantly transport you to a distant part of the planet.
That distance is shrinking somewhat. On Where Young Grass Grows, which was recorded in Scotland, Huun-Huur-Tu employs Western musicians and instrument, including synthesizers and various pipes played by Marin Bennett.
CDNOW spoke with Sayan Bapa through interpreter and musicologist Ted Levin, the man who has done perhaps more than anyone to expose the sounds of Tuva to the West.
CDNOW: How would you explain throat singing to someone who has never heard it?
Sayan Bapa: It's hard to explain. If someone feels it, he feels it. If he doesn't, what can you do?
CDNOW: There are other styles the group sings besides xöömei. What are they and how do they differ?
Sayan Bapa: You have to understand that xöömei itself is a whole group of styles, or sub-styles. There are different kinds of throat singing and a number of different styles. We have other styles besides xöömei that are sung in a normal voice, and those co-exist with xöömei. People use the xöömei vocal timbre to sing many different kinds of songs.
CDNOW: How do you learn throat singing? How long does it take to master it?
Sayan Bapa: You can learn to do throat singing relatively quickly, but it takes many years to become a master. Anatoly Kuular began when he was very young, and did Kaigal-ool Kholvalyg. I began later, because I had moved away from Tuva and lived in a different part of the Soviet Union. Alexei Saryglar also began when he was older, in his 20s. We've been together as a group for seven years.
CDNOW: You use your voices and instruments to imitate the sounds of animals and environmental sounds. Is nature the primary source of inspiration for your music?
Sayan Bapa: Yes, we are expressing the relationships between nature and culture.
CDNOW: Describe some of the instruments you use and how they were made. Do you make your own instruments?
Ted Levin: The primary instruments that are used are the igil, the two-string fiddle, doshpuluur, byzanchi, xomuz, the Jew's harp. They have a whole array of percussion instruments like the tungur, which is the shaman's drum.
There are some instruments that the group doesn't play that are traditional to Tuva. There's an instrument called the shoor, which is an end-blown flute, which is still played by Tuvans living in Mongolia and China, but it's no longer played in Tuva itself.
Because it's the throat singing that is the most dramatic, people often overlook the very rich instrumental tradition, but it's no less remarkable.
CDNOW: Do they make the instruments themselves?
Ted Levin: There are masters who make these instruments.
Sayan Bapa: But sometimes we make our own, too.
CDNOW: So many of the songs are about horses. Explain their importance in Tuva.
Sayan Bapa: Horses play the same role there as automobiles do in your culture. They're absolutely the central icon of the culture. And it's no accident that so many of these songs concern the characteristics of horses. There's a very specific lexicon that's connected to horses, to the naming of horses, the description of horses, the gait of horses, and all of this special vocabulary comes out in the songs.
CDNOW: Sayan, do you have a lot of horses?
Sayan Bapa: No, I'm poor [laughs]. Some of the other musicians keep them out in the countryside on special horse farms.
CDNOW: The Soviet Union controlled Tuva for many years. Did the Soviets try to stamp out traditional music?
Sayan Bapa: There were cases where instruments were burned. It was part of the Soviet "fight against the old" as they called it. Nonetheless, the music survived. People continued to play and sing.
CDNOW: Are you surprised by how your music has been received in the West?
Sayan Bapa: I wasn't surprised, to tell the truth, because I'd heard many different kinds of music from around the world, and I knew that our music was absolutely on the same level, that's it's really a masterpiece of world music. And that if people could hear it performed well and hear it as real music rather than simply exotica, that they would understand it, and it would be well received.
CDNOW: You've collaborated with Western musicians on various projects and even on your new album. Has Western music become an influence or changed your music in any way?
Sayan Bapa: It's a question that we debate among ourselves. Some people who are close to us, our manager, says that indeed, Western music has affected us. The way I think about it is that it's given us more of a liberty in the way we approach our own music. We're freer in the way that we play our music than we were before, after being exposed to a lot of different kinds of music around the world. But I don't think it's really changed the essence of our music.
CDNOW: You've toured the West several times now. What are your impressions of the different cultures you've seen and what are some of your favorite places?
Sayan Bapa: The West is big [laughs]. Which West? In Europe, for instance, we really like Slovenia. We don't have a lot of time to look around, though, because we've always got a packed tour schedule. Here in the States, it's interesting for us in those places where we have a lot of friends. Like here in Minnesota.
CDNOW: How did you like Scotland, where you made your most recent album?
Sayan Bapa: Edinburgh was good. There wasn't a lot of sunlight, but many friends.
CDNOW: Recently the group underwent tests in which tiny cameras were inserted up your noses and down your throats to observe your vocal cords while you were throat singing. What was that experience like?
Sayan Bapa: It was shocking to see my own skull on the TV screen. I didn't mind seeing inside my chest, but when I saw my skull it was a shock. [Laughs] I'm pretty good-looking.


After we announced that Crytek's financial problems were over there was one question which remained a mystery, where did the money come from? Now part of this mystery has been solved as Deep Silver games, creators of some great PC games like Metro Last Light and Saints Row 4, have now acquired the Homefront IP and are creating a new development house in Nottingham called Deep Silver Dambuster Studios, which will be created with a lot of the remains of Crytek UK's Nottingham based team.
This announcement has came as a a breath of fresh air, Deep silver games have made some great PC games recently including the visual powerhouse Metro: Last Light and the exceptionally well running Saints Row 4 game. Hopefully this means we will have a few great PC titles coming from the Newly formed Deep Silver Dambuster Studio.
We do not know yet how many of Crytek UKs former employees will be taken on by the new studio, but given that it has setup on their doorstep and the Crytek UK guys have experience working on Homefront: The Revolution it is likely that many will be taken on. It is always nice to see a developer to take on many of the workers or Crytek UK as well as acquire their IP.
In other news Crytek has also announced that development of HUNT: Horrors of a Gilded Age will move to Crytek's Frankfurt team from their original developers in Austin, Texas. With Development moved overseas the Crytek Austin Team will be downsized considerably, moving their focus to supporting third Party Developers using Cryengine.
"As we look to cement Crytek's future, this strategic deal with Koch Media would allow us to continue with our ambitious goals to become an online publisher. With Warface, Arena of Fate and HUNT, we believe we have the perfect portfolio and teams to make that happen. We would like to thank all our staff – past and present – in both Nottingham and Austin for their contributions to the company, and we wish all the very best to anyone who may no longer be under the Crytek banner moving forward."
It is a shame to see some of these Austin Developers losing their Jobs over this downsizing, as I doubt many of them will be willing to move to Crytek's German Studios if they do not join the new support team. Hopefully these developers will be able to quickly find work elsewhere.
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Already wrote up the FP article on this before I saw this thread. Ah well, I'll just link the discussion here.
Recently Crytek has been in a spot of financial bother. Now it turns out that Crytek has sold the Homefront Licence to Deep Silver and is downsizing their US presence.
Shame, so how much of Crytek is left, will we ever see a new Crysis?
Wasn't crysis not only supposed to be a trilogy anyway? The story kinda ended, not that it was too great to begin with.
I do really want to see a graphical powerhouse to the scale of the original Crysis though.


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Wow, today's a busy day - a new review, a monthly round-up, and as I suddenly just remembered - I totally got library loot this week!
First up, is The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. The Booksmugglers went crazy over this book early on (it came out in the UK first) and good thing they did because I ended up being only 4th in line when I requested a hold on it. I love me some epic fantasy (and am planning an equally epic re-read of some of my favourites after my RITA challenge), and let me tell you I am already knee-deep in this book. Holy crap. SO GOOD.
Second on the Loot list is The Duchess, the biography by Amanda Foreman that inspired the Keira Knightley movie. I loved the movie, even though Knightley is clearly sixty pounds too thin to play the Duchess of Devonshire but who CARES. The costumes, the scandal! I love reading history and wanted to boost my own historical research with some biographies so I thought I'd start with this. If any of you know some really interesting biographies of Georgian/Regency figures, please drop me a comment.
That's about it for now, folks!
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms was my most anticipated read of...the year, maybe? The excerpt and the first few chapters had me absolutely enraptured, particularly that oh-so-evocative touch with the altarskirt rose. But as the story progressed, somehow, the narrative style grated a bit instead of being terribly impressive as it had been in the beginning. I also had a few problems with how exactly the God(s)-Yeine relationships were set up. I hope you enjoy it though.
I loved the movie The Duchess, the book has been on my wish list for ages, hope you enjoy.
My requests all come in at the same time on a regular basis! Enjoy your loot!
If you're looking for good nonfiction Georgian/Regency, give PRINCE OF PLEASURE by Saul David a try. Great reading on the Regent, later became George IV.
AnimeJune, I really, really, REALLY wish you'd consider also writing non-romance reviews. I also love me some epic fantasy, and sometimes even (*gasp*) non-fiction.
Of course, they might not easily fit into your format, but I'm sure you're creative enough to work around that.


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FIRS Seeks Harmonised Systems for Tax Administrators
Muhammad Nami, FIRS Chair
The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Mr Muhammad Nami has appealed for the harmonisation of tax systems among member states of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA).
Nami made the appeal on Monday in Abuja at the 42nd Technical Conference of CATA with the theme: "Tax Administration in the Digital Era". The FIRS boss, who is also the President of CATA described it as part of a reform that must happen for the governments to plug leakages and shore up revenue.
The five-day conference brings together tax administrators, and practitioners to proffer plausible solutions to contemporary tax issues. According to Nami, in recent times, there has been an upsurge of disruptive technological innovations in the business environment.
"These have triggered peculiar issues that tax authorities are grappling with.
"The business world is in a state of flux; while the character of data and its management keeps changing.
"Consequently, tax administrators are under compulsion to align their mandates with the changes arising from technological advancements.
"In matching the pace of advancement in technology, tax administrators must remain bound by the laws, regulations and codes that safeguard the sourcing, storage, processing and management of data," Nami said.
Nami further urged the 47 member states of CATA to brace up for the challenges that technology brought to the commercial space.
He said, in diverse ways, all members of CATA have to deal with the challenges that transformational technology has brought to the commercial space and stay ahead of the conversation.
"As revenue authorities with common political history, the questions, then are: How are we faring? What lessons can we learn from each other," he said. Nami urged participants to use the conference to produce a potpourri of ideas and solutions in a fast-changing world that requires sophisticated strategies for problem-solving.
"Although these issues are emerging, many of our jurisdictions already have several innovative solutions to address them. The conference is the right platform to cross-breed ideas and share experiences we can all learn from. READ: 41 Million People Pay Taxes in Nigeria, Says FIRS
"Furthermore, harmonisation of tax systems is on the front burner of the fiscal conversations in many jurisdictions.
"It is a reform that must happen for the governments to plug leakages and shore up revenue.
"Some jurisdictions have achieved this, and they testify to its advantage over the fragmented system.
"Others need to learn how, why and what jurisdictions that have harmonised their tax systems have to share," he said.
Nami, however, emphasised the importance of strategic partnerships between CATA and other tax organisations.
While underscoring the need to work together, share experiences, and exchange notes and practices, Nami said, "Our individual development rests on us working collectively to achieve the short and long-term goals of the association."
"We must understand that the road ahead is still long, steep and daunting.
"Our challenges only get tougher as we forge ahead because technology is transforming daily, and the trends are novel and uncharted.
"As tax administrators of the Commonwealth heritage, it is fair to assume that our challenges, in this regard, would have similar identities and similar solutions.
It is imperative that we take advantage of the occasion of this conference to share and discuss with one another the challenges we face and the solutions we are proffering.
"This conference will be an avenue to improve our individual capacities as tax authorities, as well as our collective strength as a body" Nami said. # FIRS Seeks Harmonised Systems for Tax Administrators
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First look: Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy in 'Victor Frankenstein'
By Jeff Labrecque Updated April 24, 2015 at 03:13 PM EDT
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has been a classic Hollywood tale for more than 100 years, beginning with the 1910 short film produced by Thomas Edison's studio, to the Gothic horror of Boris Karloff's iconic monster in the 1930s, to Mel Brooks' brilliant 1974 parody. Later this year, the monster gets reanimated again with Victor Frankenstein, which stars James McAvoy as the titular scientist and Daniel Radcliffe as his assistant, Igor. This version of the story is told from the latter's point of view.
In one of the two new behind-the-scenes images from the film, courtesy of Empire, directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Chronicle's Max Landis, the two actors rest quietly—but seemingly in character—in front of pile of flesh destined for new life. Radcliffe will certainly go down as the best-looking Igor in movie history. Or is it pronounced E-gor? "There is some debate now about which is the version we're going to use," Radcliffe told EW in 2013. "It won't be up to me, because it's not actually my name for the whole film … so I'll leave that as a tantalizing clue. I'm not the one who has to say it first. I think James is the one to call me it first. So whatever he pronounces, that will be the name."
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2 Teens Die In Fourchon Crash
State Police: Teen Ran Red Light, Hit By 18-Wheeler
Updated: 1:54 AM CDT Apr 1, 2012
Two teens were killed after troopers said their car was hit by an 18-wheeler in Fourchon early Sunday morning.About 5:20 a.m., state police said a 2000 Lexus 300 driven by 19-year-old Taylor Caro of Houma ran the red light at the intersection of Louisiana Highway 3090.The Lexus was struck by a 2003 Peterbilt truck driven by Luis Contreras, 68, troopers said.According to the Louisiana State Police, Caro, who was not wearing his seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lafourche Parish Coroner's Office.Caro's passenger, 18-year-old Alexandra Blaisdell, was also pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.State police said Contreras wasn't injured in the crash.Troopers said pending toxicology tests will determine if alcohol is a factor in the fatal crash.
FOURCHON, La. —
Two teens were killed after troopers said their car was hit by an 18-wheeler in Fourchon early Sunday morning.
About 5:20 a.m., state police said a 2000 Lexus 300 driven by 19-year-old Taylor Caro of Houma ran the red light at the intersection of Louisiana Highway 3090.
The Lexus was struck by a 2003 Peterbilt truck driven by Luis Contreras, 68, troopers said.
According to the Louisiana State Police, Caro, who was not wearing his seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lafourche Parish Coroner's Office.
Caro's passenger, 18-year-old Alexandra Blaisdell, was also pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.
State police said Contreras wasn't injured in the crash.
Troopers said pending toxicology tests will determine if alcohol is a factor in the fatal crash.


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