Welcome to our first video blog post!
We are extremely excited and can't wait to start posting other videos apart from this showcase. However, you'll just have to come back to find out what other types of videos will be posting for now, until then it's a secret.
In this video, we covered an immensely popular gift for this month, our personalized iPhone 4 case, which also works with the iPhone 4s. Please enjoy and make sure to leave us your comments below.
Hi, this is Raffi Dermenjian, and today I'm going to show you some beautiful ideas for Valentine's Day and any occasion. We have created some beautiful cases for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s it is very beautiful, and actually the piece is right here. The piece(case) comes in a hard plastic which is a pretty durable piece, and also the backing itself is a metal piece were we do the personalization on. This particular one is a design of an Apple with a heart inside, and an "I love you" as part of the design, and below you can put in a name.
I would also like to show you the variety of different colors, this is the same as I've just shown you. These are the different colors we are offering today which is black, white, and red backgrounds. They are beautiful and very creative way of telling someone how much you love them, and here is another one that is very interesting. Which we sell in a set, and it's a kind of a two hearts coming together, so when you are purchase this you will have your names personalized at the bottom, and inside the hearts it will say best friends in this particular design. It comes in different colors too, so you can visit our website, and check-out the different colors we offer. This particular one is sold in a set.
You can also have pictures, beautiful pictures which you can personalize the gift with, so you have a name. This particular one has beautiful hearts and here's a customer that put in their picture, and there which are personalized at the bottom. Again it's an excellent way of personalizing a beautiful and memorable gift.
Here is another one just to give you an idea, holding hands with a name and heart in the middle. So visit us at Memorablegifts.com to check out all the variety of different items.
We have over 3,000 personalized gifts, and they are all beautifully design with you in mind of course to assist and help you with special moments you'd like to remember.


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Jennifer Lopez (born Jennifer Lynn Lopez in The Bronx, New York, on July 24, 1969) is an American and Latina actress, businesswoman, dancer, and recording artist. She is best known as J.Lo, and for her musical career that has landed her chart topping singles and sales of 70 million records worldwide. Jennifer began her career as a fly girl for the TV comedy show In Living Color, and as a back-up dancer for Janet Jackson. Her breakthrough role as the leading actress in the biographical film Selena earned her an ALMA Award and a Golden Globe nomination. After gaining worldwide recognition and appearing in several films, Jennifer began her recording career, which has produced seven hit albums! Singles including "If You Had My Love," "I'm Real," and "Love Don't Cost A Thing" are just a few of her number-ones. In 2010, Jennifer became a judge for TV show American Idol. With this worldwide exposure, she revamped herself as a style and fashion icon, and earned the title of The World's Most Beautiful Woman in 2011 according to People magazine. She released two albums after that, Love? and A.K.A., and in 2016, she started filming the TV series Shades of Blue. Jennifer also has a fashion line, various perfumes and celebrity endorsements.
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Jennifer is best known for her blockbuster hits including "Selena," "The Wedding Planner" and "Maid in Manhattan," as well as her chart-topping singles.
Once very public about her love life, Jennifer has gone through three marriages and a failed engagement. She is the mom of twins Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony. While dating Ben Affleck, "Bennifer" gave birth to the trend of blending celebrity couples names together, and being referred to by the combination of each others' first names. After dating back up dancer Casper Smart from 2011 to 2016, Jennifer was then rumored to be seeing Drake. She's currently dating former NY Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.
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By Kenzie Jansonius
George Pell, a cardinal from Australia who served as an advisor to Pope Francis and the chief financial officer for the Vatican, was found guilty and sentenced to six years in prison for the molestation of two young boys after Sunday Mass in 1996. The 77-year-old is the first bishop to be found guilty of sexually abusing minors. The most important evidence in the case came from an anonymous complainant, who testified that after a Sunday Mass in Melbourne he and another 13-year-old boy snuck into the sacristy of the priests where Pell discovered them. According to the testimony, the cardinal forced the boys to perform oral sex. A separate charge came weeks later when the same boy was pushed up against the wall and grabbed by his genitals.
Defense attorneys focused on Cardinal Pell's position in the community and in the church; why would a man who held such a lucrative position within the church and the community, who was respected and to whom others looked for guidance, risk it all? This approach worked and the original case ended in a mistrial, but a second trial began in November and led to a conviction. A handful of other allegations have been very close to coming to trial over the years. He was accused of sexual abuse in the 1960s while attending seminary, as well as in the 1970s when two boys accused him of touching their genitals when he played with them in a swimming pool.
Judge Kidd, who presided over the case, wants the public to remember that Pell was only being sentenced for the crimes he committed in 1996. Survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of officials in the Catholic church are hopeful that the guilty verdict will lead to more accountability within the church in the future.
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Fantastic cryptocurrency story here as Bitcoin dominates the news with its volatility. A brand-new, cutting edge tool uses historical data and an exclusive data-driven algorithm to predict the future price of the ten biggest cryptocurrencies.
For instance, Bitcoin Cash looks set to replace Bitcoin as the hottest cryptocurrency out there, forecasted to rocket up to more than $2000 per unit by May 2018 – that's a 130% jump in price!
* New data could also reveal the factors behind Bitcoin's recent slump in price.
* Bitcoin Cash is forecasted to rise to more than $2000 per unit by May 2018 – a 130% jump in price.
* By contrast, new research recommends steering clear of Ethereum, which is predicted to plummet by more than $237 per unit in the next month or so.
* The piece also reveals NEO's price looks set to leap 145%, whilst Stellar's will drop by 87%.
Do you dream of becoming a Bitcoin billionaire? A brand new tool could be just what you need to make the best investment choices. Using detailed historical data across the past 14 months, Cryptocurrencies: Past, Present and Future makes cutting-edge predictions for the future of the top 10 virtual currencies.
Using an exclusive, handcrafted algorithm, this Cryptocurrency predictor feeds historical data on price, trade volume, market cap and online popularity through a variety of analytical tools, including a Recurrent Neural Network, to forecast the exact rise and fall of ten chart-topping cryptocurrencies.
If you're concerned about being overwhelmed by numbers, all of the cryptocurrencies are explained in a handy, bitesize format. What's more, the numerical information is displayed in easy-to-read data visualisations, allowing you to compare cryptocurrencies side-by-side.
Despite the value of cryptocurrencies being constantly on the move, the algorithm reveals that Bitcoin Cash will skyrocket by $1,247.73 per unit to $2,209.68 if it continues on its predicted path – so is definitely one to look at if you're tempted to invest.
As you would expect, Bitcoin Cash's ceiling looks ready to rocket up by more than $20 billion to accommodate an increase in price – as we saw from the previous table. Similarly, NEO's leap in unit value will be accompanied by the Market Cap expanding by an impressive 162%.
It's more bad news for both Ethereum founder, Vitalik Buterin and Stellar creator Jed McCaleb though – as Ethereum's overall cap is projected to plummet by $26 billion to reflect the drop in price, along with Stellar bottoming out with a devastating 90% fall.
It's not all market based, however. A detailed exploration of Google Trends data makes it possible to assess the Online Popularity of each cryptocurrency.
This time round, NEO has pipped Bitcoin Cash to the post with the highest search volume both historically and projected in the future, topping even the most well known of cryptocurrencies at a predicted 268% interest and suggesting a rapidly growing interest. On the other hand, IOTA has seen the largest percentage drop off, slated to fall by 53% over the next few months – which might be emblematic of the smaller cryptocurrencies catching the eye but then fizzling out shortly after.
Finally, Trade Volume projections reveal that Bitcoin (not Bitcoin Cash) is on a path to increase its projected value by a whopping $1.4 billion – the highest of all of the cryptocurrencies.
Though it may not have topped the chart this time round, Bitcoin Cash is still keeping up its high hopes across the board with a promising projection of increasing its volume by more than $1.3 billion by May – a 300% increase. Rounding off the success stories is fan favourites NEO, their trade volume set to soar by a remarkable 563% percentage increase – something we're sure that the NEO team and potential investors will be thrilled by.
On a less happy note, however, Ethereum still appears set to bomb with a forecasted volume drop of $118 million – the biggest fall of any listed competitor.
More bad news is set for Stellar too, with a -67% percentage drop in trade volume predicted on the horizon. This follows a string of percentage decreases for Stellar. Of course we are speculating, but this could be due to the accessibility of this particular cryptocurrency as it cannot be bought via credit card and can only be obtained through a cryptocurrency exchange – quite a risky move if you ask us!


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The Bowery Boys 8th Annual New York Ghost Stories Podcast rises from the grave this Thursday
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It's our favorite time of year — time for the annual Bowery Boys New York ghost stories podcast. The new show — featuring four more frightening tales — will be available this Thursday.
Our new show will feature an otherworldly spirit from a Brooklyn cemetery, an apparition on the train tracks, a purportedly haunted hotel in Coney Island and the tormented haunting of a curious 1830s home so famous that it was covered by every major New York newspaper of the day.
Catch up on the tradition by listening in to our last seven ghost story shows. You can listen at the links below, download them from iTunes or find them anywhere you listen to podcasts:
Ghost Stories of Old New York (2013) [download] [iTunes]
Four stories set mostly before the 1840s featuring sinister stories of murder, shipwreck and death by fright! Up in the Bronx, the spirits of dead Lenape Indians may haunt the forest of Van Cortlandt Park. A romantic West Village restaurant finds its home inside the former carriage house of Aaron Burr. Might the vice president still be visiting? We bring you the legend of an old Brooklyn fort that once sat in Cobble Hill and terrified those who traveled along on old Red Hook Lane. And finally, over at St Paul's Chapel, a respected old actor wanders the churchyard, looking for his body parts.
Mysteries and Magicians of New York (2012) [download] [iTunes]
Grab a drink at the Ear Inn, one of New York's most historically interesting bars, and you might meet Mickey, the drunken sailor-ghost. A frightening story of secret love at old Melrose Hall conjures up one of Brooklyn's most popular ghostly legends. A woman is possessed through a Ouija board, but while she accept the challenge by one of New York's first ghostbusters? And a tale of Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the line between the supernatural and mere sleight of hand. [original blog post]
Haunted Histories of New York (2011) [download] [iTunes]
What's horrors are buried at the foot of the Statue of Liberty? What's below a Brooklyn Catholic church that makes it so dreadfully haunted? What ghost performs above the heads of theatergoers at The Palace? And what is it about the Kreischer Mansion that makes it Staten Island's most haunted home? [original blog post]
Supernatural Stories of New York (2010) [download] [iTunes]
The scary revelations of a New York medium, married Midtown ghosts who fight beyond the grave, a horrific haunting at a 14th Street boardinghouse, and the creepy tale of New York's Hart Island. [original blog post]
Haunted Tales of New York (2009) [download] [iTunes]
The secrets of the restless spinster of the Merchants House, the jovial fright of the Gay Street Phantom, the legend of the devil at Spuyten Duyvil Creek, and the spirit of a dead folk singer. [original blog post]
Spooky Stories of New York (2008) [download] [iTunes]
The drunken spirits of the Algonquin, the mysteries of a hidden well in SoHo, the fires of the Witch of Staten Island, and 'the most haunted brownstone in New York'. [original blog post]
Ghost Stories of New York (2007) [download] [iTunes]
The ghosts of a tragic Ziegfeld girl, a scandalous doyenne of old New York, a bossy theater impresario and the ghoulish bell-ringer of St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery. [original blog post]
Top photo: from the book 'The Oracle' (1919) Internet Archive Book Images
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Third photo: "Two of William Hope's friends lean on their motor car whilst a figure – the couple's deceased son – is revealed at the wheel." Photo by William Hope (1920) National Media Museum
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How to run jobs in multiple databases using pgAgent?
The postgres job scheduling tool pgAgent can only run jobs in the database where it is installed.
If someone wants to run jobs in multiple database in a Postgres cluster, they will need to configure pgAgent in each database in the cluster which is a management nightmare.
$EDB_HOME/bin/psql -p 5444 -d edb -U enterprisedb -c "CREATE EXTENSION dbms_scheduler;"
Step 4: Make sure the edb-pgagent-.9.6.service file in /usr/lib/systemd/system is connecting to edb database.
Save it and change the mode to 0600.
Step 6: Login to edb database and perform these steps.
In this example, I am executing a procedure called test_proc in the remote database testdb, but one can execute any procedure by supplying it's name as 2nd parameter in run_remote_proc procedure.
One can create separete jobs to execute stored procedures in different databases by supplying the dbname in 1st parameter in run_remote_proc procedure without needing to install pgAgent in each database.


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Amazon releases app that lets consumers check prices in physical retail stores in comparison with Amazon prices; offers $5 discount Dec. 10 as an incentive.
In a press release from yesterday, Dec. 6, Amazon announced their newPrice Check app and an incentive program on Dec. 10 meant to get consumers signed up and using the app.
"Year-round, the Price Check by Amazon app allows shoppers to makesure a deal is really a deal. And on Dec. 10, the simple act of price checking while shopping in physical retail stores will get customers an additional 5% discount (up to $5) off Amazon's price on up to three qualifying products in eligible categories, including electronics, toys, music, sporting goods and DVDs. Amazon anticipates December 10thwill be one of the biggest days of the year for Price Check.
"In addition to these one day, in-store deals, shoppers can also start submitting in-store prices with the Price Check app, ensuring they are really getting a deal and allowing all Amazon customers to get the lowestprices year-round.
" 'We scour online and in-store advertisements from other retailers, every day, year-round. Now, we are enabling customers to use thePrice Check app to share in-store prices while they search for the best deals. This is a powerful opportunity for customers to get involved and ensures Amazon customers get the best possible prices,' said Hall.
Scan a barcode: Amazon's barcode scanner will match an item and provide pricing from Amazon.com and other online merchants in seconds. One exclusive feature to the Android version of Price Check is the ability to scan in either portrait or landscape mode, making it faster and easier to find products.
Snap a picture: Snap a photo and instantly match the picture to books, DVDs, CDs, video games and more.
Say the product name: Speak the name of a product to return accurate product matches and pricing from Amazon.com and its other online merchants.
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Today is the first day of spring. Time to put winter behind us and look forward to warmer days, longer evenings, and, hopefully, some well-earned time away from work!
For me, spring is much more a time for personal (and professional) reflection and for making resolutions than the more traditional News Year's Day. For us Christians, spring is a time of celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, whose death on the cross saved us, giving us new life. And like the blossoms appearing on the trees, and the small green spikes of grass popping up between snow patches on our lawns, we're alive and vibrant!
As we approach Good Friday tomorrow and Easter Sunday, please take time to reflect on the amazing gift Christ gave us when he died for our sins. By His death, He gave us life! Retailers: What can you do this year to share that overwhelming joy with those who walk through your doors? Suppliers: What can you do to spread the love of God within the Christian-retail industry, helping it grow and prosper, supporting the amazing ministries behind each storefront? Authors and artists: What can you do to share your God-given talents and influence more and affect even more lives with your message of hope and salvation?
God bless you this Easter season and throughout the year as you work to bring new life to those you encounter in your stores, at the office, at church, and wherever the Holy Spirit leads you.
The fact that you're a specialty retailer puts you right in sync with current trends regarding the shopping habits of today's consumers. "Small is the new big" is a phrase I've been hearing over and over again in relation to retail. Big boxes are just that…BIG. Too big. Too big and too cavernous and too impersonal.
Personally, the big-box "experience" leaves me cold…ice cold. From the uninspired aisles and aisles of random "stuff" to the rows of self-checkout lanes. I find that whole "experience" depressing. Consumers are trending toward destination shopping, stores that are more familiar, OK, I'll say it: places "where everybody knows your name." (Remember that catchy theme song from the popular TV show, "Cheers"?) In other words, the polar opposite of the big-box store.
So, what are you doing as a specialty retail store to entice this consumer, hungry for familiarity?
Those of you who receive CBA's monthly magazine, CBA Retailers+Resources, may know me as the Publications Manager (AKA editor in chief). You may also be familiar with my writing (and face) in the "From the Editor" column each month, usually located in the front section of the magazine. Believe me, putting my mug on that page each month was not my idea—although I enjoy writing the editorial immensely!
If you read my editorials, you may also be familiar with the fact that I happen to have two very precocious children (ages 7 and 9) who continue to teach me life lessons at the speed of light. Well, I've got another one to share with you.
Last night I took my son to church for a family night of prayer and fellowship. The elementary leaders started the evening by asking the children questions. This is always an anxious time for parents, as they see their kids' hands shoot up in the air, their little bodies wiggling impatiently. What's he/she going to say now in front of this large crowd with all their eyes focused on us?
I glanced at my son. No arm yet.
"I'd say, 'Welcome,'" one little girl answered shyly.
"I'd say, 'Welcome to our church,'" a little boy a few tables down responded.
No other hands...then it happened. I could literally see the light bulb above my son's head flash bright. Up shot his hand.
"I'd say…," he hesitated. "I'd say, 'Welcome…we've been expecting you!'" A big grinned flashed across his face.
Those of you who read my editorials know that I often tie these spontaneous insights into what's going on in Christian retail. So, what if Jesus walked into your Christian-retail store right now? What would He see? What would you say to Him? Would it be "Welcome"? Or "Welcome to my store"? Or, would it be "Welcome, I've been expecting you"?
So, what are you doing to welcome your customers…and in doing so, welcoming our Savior, into your store?
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TV Cream's Puzzle Trail: Clue 5
By TV Cream
For the next few weeks TV Cream is running its biggest competition yet: a puzzle trail set in Television Centre to find a mysterious valuable object.
Each day a new clue will be posted on the site that reveals the grid reference of a square on our map in which the treasure is not hidden. As the days go by you'll be able to cross off squares until there are just two left – at which point the final clue will be revealed, and you'll be in with a chance of winning a slew of prizes, including a complete set of TV Cream tie-in books.
Today's clue is in the form of an entry from the diary of Kenneth Williams – an entry, moreover, that has remained unpublished until now, and contains details of an unusually relevant offer of work that Kenny, not unusually, was only too happy to turn down:
CLUE 5
Dreared around the flat for a couple of hours. Moment's panic when I thought I saw your actual spider in the bath, but turned out to be a button off me trousers. O the humiliation! Caught the tube to Television Centre for meeting with the head of Children's Programmes, a chap in his early 40s who looked disapproving when I did the palare. Shame – he was a nice looking piece. Offered me the most unlikely engagement: the host of a children's treasure hunt, to be transmitted every afternoon for four weeks in the new year, with me playing all of the parts! Turned him down straightaway. The thought of climbing in and out of costumes at my age – it just shouldn't be done. Struck, as ever, by all the leeches that live off the British television industry – not that it is an industry, not anymore. But then – a stroke of luck – I bumped into the delightful Roy Castle, by the doors at the end of the first floor, just before the stairwell. I do like Roy. Explained the reason for my visit. "Who'd want to do a treasure hunt round here?" he exclaimed. "Quite," I agreed. "They're more used to burying stuff in this place, not digging things up!"
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Introduction to R – What is R?
In the first part of our Introduction to R series, we take you through how to download the R Programming Language for Mac, Windows or Linux. R is a language for statistical computing and graphics and has several built in statistical and structural tools for programming. We will also cover how to download RStudio, which will add even more features, and make your programming simpler and easier to understand.
R is available as Free Software under the terms of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License in source code form. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms and similar systems (including FreeBSD and Linux), Windows and MacOS. It is designed to make many of the most common data processing tasks as simple as possible.
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What are the major changes you have seen in the term plan category? Has customer awareness increased?
The changes in the term space are a reflection of the customer behaviour and perception of term plans. Over the years, price has been the major criteria for customers to consider a term plan. With more people embracing the digital ecosystem, we have observed an increased awareness about insurance, particularly term plans. With online space opening up a whole new world, though price still continues to remain an important element of consideration, it is not the only criteria considered for buying a term life. Earlier, term plans were offered until a certain age, but now there are plans that offer coverage beyond working years, reflecting the increase in life expectancy.
What change have you seen in terms of customer needs and behaviour over the past few years? How has that contributed to change in product designing across industry?
There has been a major shift in customer needs, behaviour and more importantly, the customer mindset over the last few years prompted by rapid increase in digital adaption. While a few financial needs are intrinsic and mapped to various life stages, these are now perceived differently and customers want immediate gratification, attractive prices and convenience in services. With more awareness among individuals, particularly in metros, it provides an opportunity to move from the traditional way of designing products and be more cognizant of these changes.
Given the change, we continuously attempt to offer product solutions that are dynamic, future-ready and abreast with the newer world. In line with our way of working, we engage with customers to identify their concerns, observe their behavioural patterns which help us gain deep insights about their mindset. This gradually helps us identify the right set of problems and enables us to develop differentiated products.
Many life insurers are laying a greater emphasis on protection policies. What are your plans?
Protection is the core of insurance business. Hence there was always an emphasis on these plans from our side. We are observing a shift in customer mindset and the way protection plans are now perceived and accepted. This also helped us in gaining fresh perspective towards term plans and this in turn facilitated us in designing a product with unique features which we recently launched, named Zindagi Plus.
For Zindagi Plus, we gathered many insights during the designing process which helped us create a comprehensive, all-inclusive solution that remains relevant in the absence of the breadwinner. With this product, we have enabled our customers to provide a financial protection for their dependents and go a step forward and covers their spouse as well.
We are keen on this segment and it will continue to be our focus. We will continue to closely monitor the evolving needs and customer behaviour providing us a clue to design products in this space.
What advice would you give our readers on both protection and investment?
When it comes to presenting solutions to our customers, we follow a need-based approach wherein as per the need of the customer, the suitable product is offered.
I would hence advice the readers to be conscious about their finances and plan for various life-stage financial needs from an early stage. I would suggest to prudently assess your current as well as future financial needs before you select a solution – whether protection or savings. This should be done after taking into consideration your current annual income, your expenses, and your standard of living, analyse all these along with your plans for the future, and select a plan that best suits your needs.
In addition, it is very important to know your risk-taking ability and that will help you in choosing an appropriate savings/ investment product.
Have Ulips truly become better? How are the new-age Ulips different from the predecessors?
The real change has come in the way the new age ULIPs address varying and evolving needs of the customers by offering attractive solutions. These solutions enable the customers to stay invested for a longer period, thereby fulfilling their objectives of long-term wealth creation for various purposes coupled with the protection cover.
How is Edelweiss Tokio Life's need-based customer approach unique?


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Can't get to Horror Channel FrightFest? Watch these instead
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The UK's biggest film festival dedicated to all things horror kicks off later today with over 60 films being screened across the bank holiday weekend. The annual Horror Channel FrightFest returns to its home in the dark heart of London on Leicester Square from the 24-28 August, showcasing some of the most anticipated and unique genre movies around.
If you're not as fortunate as our writer Andrew Brooker, who is attending the extravaganza (and will be reviewing it on next week's podcast along with Mike Shawcross), then don't worry! We've picked out two films being shown on the Horror Channel each day across the duration of the festival for you to enjoy instead.
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The Martian sciences the sh*t out of making money, The Walk loses its (bank) balance, Sicario means "dolla dolla bills y'all", the public vote against Freeheld, and Other Box Office News.
by Callum Petch (Twitter: @CallumPetch)
Proving that Matt Damon can say all of the most accidentally ignorant crap that he likes and that Ridley Scott can spend a full half-decade crapping out stinkers whilst both still remain the kind of perfectly lovable and bankable box office draws that Hollywood executives wish to Maker they could create out of thin air, The Martian is your new box office number 1. The big story for many people is how the film has fallen just short of breaking Gravity's "Best October Opening Ever" record – by $750,000 – although the estimates may push it over the top. Because, after all, who cares about excellent openings unless they break records, right? Besides, if we should be sad about anything, it should be the fact that the godawful Hannibal is still Ridley Scott's best opening weekend ever. That's the real tragedy.
Speaking of tragedies, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Pepé le Pew imitation in The Walk. This is meant to be a serious movie, right? Cos, quite frankly, I probably won't be able to take seriously two hours of "Omlette du fromage". Audiences very much seemed to agree with me, in this instance – that, or they saw Man On Wire and sussed that they didn't need to see it fictionalised and in 3D – and even with critical acclaim and an initial opening exclusively on IMAX theatres, its true home, the film failed to find much of an audience. In fact, and in sharp contrast to Everest from a few weeks back, it didn't even manage to crack the Top 10, stalling out at number 11 with only $1.5 million. The film hits actual theatres that people want to go to next weekend, but this whole "release early in IMAX" thing really doesn't seem to be paying off as studios were likely hoping it would. Y'know, probably because IMAX really just isn't very good.
But do you know what is very good? Sicario, that's what! One of the year's absolute best films finally went wide this week and, for a bleak-as-f*ck and slow-moving thriller that is as decidedly uncommercial as… well, as Denis Villenueve's Prisoners, did surprisingly well, securing third place with a decent $12 million. The film even supposedly has an "A-" CinemaScore, too, so it may have some legs over these next few weekends. Comfortably above it on the chart, meanwhile, is Hotel Transylvania 2 which actually held better than the first film did – and that only dropped 36% between weekends, let's not forget – with a miniscule 32% drop and $33 million. So, once again, can Genndy Tartakovsky please go and make whatever he wants now? It's clear the public will accept it!
Do you know what they didn't accept, though? Freeheld. Yes, the weekend's big Limited Release, and the latest blatant entry in Julianne Moore's awards nomination reel, turned out to be a bit of a stinker, and nothing kills off a Limited Release's box office prospects better than middling reviews. Freeheld therefore only managed to scrape $40,000 from 5 screens and a per-screen average of $8,000. Still, at least it can take comfort in the fact that it's not Stonewall! That film, incidentally, dropped down to 83 screens and made an absolutely pathetic $18,700 this weekend. Better performing was the documentary He Named Me Malala which took a strong $56,000 from 4 screens for a per-screen average of $14,000.
You know what's been strong this week? My paragraph transitions! …here's the Full List.
Box Office Results: Friday 2nd October 2015 – Sunday 4th October 2015
1] The Martian
$55,000,000 / NEW
Super happy to see this one do well, if for no other reason than it might give Ridley Scott the kick up the arse he needs to stop making crap films this decade. Yes, I know that he plans to make his next film another Alien movie/Prometheus sequel, let's focus on his career after that, OK? In fact, whilst I have everyone's attention, can we all just stop making Alien-related movies, please? We haven't had a good one in almost 30 years, and I highly doubt that the Neill Blomkamp who just made Chappie is going to turn that around. Although I will admit that I am still excited for that one, in a "trainwreck fascination" kinda way.
2] Hotel Transylvania 2
$33,000,000 / $90,541,765
Saw this yesterday and a review will be up by Thursday as I still have to write this week's Lost Cels first. Film's millimetres away from being genuinely great, for the record, although its best asset is still its utterly amazing animation. Seriously, the work that Genndy and co. have done with translating 2D-style squash-and-stretch animation to 3D is just outstanding. I cannot wait for him to put it to use in a film that doesn't have Adam Sandler's icky undertones attached to it.
3] Sicario
Just a few more days and I get to see this brilliance again! God knows I'm going to need something to wash down Pan with. Have I ever mentioned that Pan looks like utter garbage? Cos it really does.
4] The Intern
You know what? If this actually built to something and wasn't two sodding hours long, I'd be giving this a full-on enthusiastic thumbs up. It's not particularly funny, but it is really charming and its characters are really likeable and the cast are great, and it manages to balance lionising The Older Generation and The Way Things Were with a genuine respect for the modern world and businesswomen who try to juggle work and family without being condescending or placing one higher than the others. Seriously, it gets so much right; I just wish it built to its ending, was actually funny, and wasn't two sodding hours.
5] Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
$7,650,000 / $63,241,124
And the maze keeps running running, and running running, and running running…
6] Black Mass
No, seriously, how has no-one made a Black Eyed Peas parody song about The Maze Runner yet? Is it because The Black Eyed Peas were The Absolute Worst and nobody actually remembers anything from any Maze Runner after having experienced them? And I just answered my own question.
7] Everest
Tosh from Torchwood is in this. Unsurprisingly, she is given basically zero lines.
8] The Visit
Anybody managed to see Cooties yet? I have high hopes, since I actually laughed at the trailer and it has Alison Pill who always deserves the best things, but I know that this can easily go very, very wrong and the reviews aren't great. Still, at least it looks better than Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, a film whose trailer is Exhibits A, B, C, and all the way down to Z on why we should just stop using zombies now forever. ZOMBIE BOOBS LOL!
9] War Room
Oh, just go away already.
10] The Perfect Guy
So Creed isn't due out in the UK until January. January. Now, initially, I got really confused, since it's basically a new Rocky movie and Rocky Balboa opened simultaneously in the USA and the UK. But then I realised something: they're setting up Creed to be an awards season contender, so now I'm just annoyed. Even if it's good, Creed ain't getting nominated for jack, and the whole Awards Season thing of keeping us Brits out of the loop on seeing these films until the opening of the next year is bullsh*t. Again, NON-SIMULTANEOUS RELEASING OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FILMS IN 2015 IS BULLSHIT!
And you thought I'd get through one of these pieces without stepping on my soapbox! Ha!
Dropped Out: The Green Inferno
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The public checks back into Hotel Transylvania, The Intern gets paid (unlike actual interns), Stonewall crumbled, The Green Inferno immolated, and Other Box Office News.
Much like the first film before it, Hotel Transylvania 2 is officially your new Best September Opening Weekend Ever. Yes, despite the first film exiting all of our collective memories almost as soon as it entered them – and it really pains me to say that because I love Genndy Tartakovsky so very, very much – it turns out that the Hotel Transylvania brand is strong with the audience that matters: kids and, even more importantly than that, the desperate parents who just want them to be quiet for 90 goddamn minutes. They both helped power Transylvania 2 to an excellent $47.5 million haul, a good $5 mil more than the first one made… three years ago?! Oh, GOD, time won't stop getting away from me!
Kids weren't the only underserved market being thrown a (possibly juicy it's kinda hard to tell until I can see these films) bone this weekend, though, as Nancy Meyers finally returned from exile to provide yet another film that ITV2 can add to their schedules whenever they need to fill a spot and the Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift file is too worn out. This one, The Intern, did the usual Nancy Meyers business, slotting comfortably into second place with $18 million, although that is a step down from what It's Complicated made 6 years ago ($22 million). Also returning from exile was Eli Roth with his evil-savage-cannibal-tribe movie The Green Inferno, but nobody gives a sh*t about Eli Roth so it barely made $3.4 million from 1,540 theatres for ninth place.
Meanwhile, the world of Limited Releases was just bursting with activity this week. To start with, Sicario went up to 53 screens ahead of its nationwide expansion next weekend and managed to crack the Top 10 with an astonishing $30,000 per-screen average. In terms of the weekend's actual openers, though, the biggest success came from Lost In Hong Kong, the second feature from Xu Zheng and a massive hit in its native China, which rode a 28 screen opening to a very strong $558,900 and a per-screen average of $19,961. Next up was Ramin Bahrani's 99 Homes, a film that features Michael Shannon yelling so I'm sold, which did a very strong $32,807 from 2 screens and a per-screen average of you can figure that out. And, finally, Half Nelson writer-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck returned with Mississippi Grind which opened on just the one screen but managed a very respectable $14,335 nonetheless.
Bountiful weekend for the Limited Releases then! Well, unless you're Stonewall. Yeah, Roland Emmerich's apparently-thoroughly-misguided passion project crashed and burned on the 129 screens it opened on, taking an absolutely pitiful $112,414 for a per-screen average of $871. Just goes to show: trying to turn one of the most important and diverse moments in LGBT history into a whitewashed Wizard of Oz-ification about a generic bland White guy because stories about events like these can't just be for LGBT audiences, oh no, they must also provide easy "ins" for White straight audience members too, will just get you a tsunami of backlash, scathing reviews, and nobody will see your 'accessible' movie in the first place. This almost feels like justice, it really does.
Oh, it's been one hell of a week for me, so let's crack on with this Full List.
Box Office Results: Friday 25th September 2015 – Sunday 27th September 2015
OK, Sony Animation. Now, maybe, pretty please, can you let Genndy just make whatever he goddamn wants? He's given you two solid hits whilst tethered to the sinking Sandler brand, can you just let him off the leash and make his own damn films now? Please? I'm still bitter that you shoved that brilliant-looking Popeye movie he was developing back into the basement for this.
This looks like hot garbage. That said, I haven't actually seen any Nancy Meyers films yet, although I want to try and find the time to get at least one watched before I sit down on Saturday and spend… 121 minutes?! …how?
For those who missed it a couple of weeks back, here's my review. Still waiting for a point to appear in this franchise, some reason as to why I am spending this much time with these non-characters, but I will say that I would take this series over the Divergent films any day of the week. For one, despite them having nothing going on so far, at least Maze Runner isn't drop dead boring like Divergent is. And for two, unlike Divergent, there are only going to be three of these things instead of four. Hopefully. Please.
Oh, yeah, this one went to actual cinemas this week. Think we can see that this genius release strategy hasn't really worked at all. Just because something worked for a Mission: Impossible movie, doesn't mean that it's going to work for your film as well. Your film doesn't feature Tom Cruise, after all.
A lot of my university friends are really, really excited about this one, for some reason. In fact, if it weren't for them, it'd probably have flown under my radar near-totally. The fact that it's not coming out in the UK until mid-November for some bizarre reason might have something to do with that. Plus, I'm mega-excited for The Peanuts Movie whilst those heathens couldn't give two sh*ts, so…
I don't actually have a punchline for this entry, so we should probably just move on.
OK, I'm hearing from a lot of people that this is actually alright and that is very disconcerting to me. Because, well, it sounds awful and it's Shyamalan. But it's apparently alright? I dunno, this sounds wrong to me. Or, you know, maybe I'm just worried that it being OK and doing decent business will lead to him trying to make a second Avatar movie. I know that that series will never hit cinema screens again, but he's already ruined it once and I don't much like going through the rest of my life being terrified that he may try again.
7] The Perfect Guy
I got nothing. In fact, to tell you the truth, I completely forgot this thing existed until I just typed in the words for this entry. Remember when this was number 1 two weeks back?
Oh, please, October. Please hurry up and eject nonsense like this from the chart. God, September is the worst.
9] The Green Inferno
$3,494,000 / NEW
Right, this won't be sticking around next week so let me get both of my commentaries for this film out of the way in one go. 1] This film stars Sky Ferreira, who is primarily a pop singer and should be way bigger than she is (due to lots of bad luck, mainly). If you haven't listened to her 2013 debut Night Time, My Time, go do so. 2] American movie goers, it worryingly sounds like critics are going to give a passing grade to Knock Knock in a few weeks when that finally drops on your side of the pond. Do not believe them, stay away from it.
10] Sicario
$1,770,000 / $2,350,594
Got to see this one early on Wednesday as part of an Unlimited Screening. My review's not up cos I can't crack it – left it too long for various personal issues you don't care about – although I may try it again after I see the film again when it properly comes out, but for now… oh, you need to see Sicario. You need to book your tickets in preparation for Sicario right now. Right. Now.
Dropped Out: A Walk in the Woods, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Straight Outta Compton, Grandma
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The White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team is seeking applicants for a 1-year fellowship in Washington, DC, beginning in October 2016. Applications are due Sunday, January 24, 2016.
According to the White House notice, "Fellows and Associate Fellows translate insights from the social and behavioral sciences into concrete recommendations on how to improve federal programs, policies, and operations." By working closely with federal agencies to identify opportunities and mechanisms to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of federal policies and programs, Fellows are vital to the implementation of the president's recent Executive Order, Using Behavioral Science Insights to Better Serve the American People.
SIOP Fellow Lori Foster served on the inaugural SBST, applying her knowledge and experience as an I-O psychologist to the challenges explored by the team. Over the next year, SBST plans to launch 20 new projects, enhancing and spreading the visibility of social and behavioral sciences across the federal government. Projects range from improving unemployment insurance programs and supporting career preparation for military spouses to streamlining government forms for enrolling in benefits programs and ensuring children's access to nutritious, low-cost, and free lunches.
More information and application details for Fellows and Associate Fellows is available here.


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Blushing Amazon B&N
1. Pursued by the Knight
Blurb: Princess Georgianna has given up on the possibility of love. Her kingdom is starving, her people dying, and the responsibility of saving them falls on the shoulders of the young princess. Georgianna accepts the dismal future that is sure to come with her union to the cruel, yet wealthy, Prince Lisben.
But when she is seduced into an impulsive affair with the demanding Knight General Braden and it becomes more than she believed possible, she suddenly finds herself fleeing under his protection. Georgianna must rely on Braden to protect her body, but who will protect her heart?
What people are saying: "There are a lot of surprises that make this story a worthwhile read…" "I thought the balance between story and erotica was spot on. Braden and Lisbon were both rounded and believable characters – No spoilers but I loved the twist at the end. "
2. Possessed by the Knight
Blurb: Kalista has gone from rags to riches. She preferred rags – at least she understood that world. Fate has turned things upside down and she needs someone to cling to, someone like the powerful Knight Caldwell. But when Caldwell pretends she doesn't exist and his brother comes calling in times of trouble, whom can she trust? Whose love will prove true in the end?
What people are saying: "I really enjoyed this medieval adventure story. Kalista is a wonderful character – strong, brave, determined, yet vulnerable. Her interactions and the relationship with Caldwell were so very dynamic, even though I did want to knock Caldwell upside the head a time or two! I loved the action, the romance, the intrigue, and the humor that Caldwell's brother Edward instilled."
3. Protected by the Knight
Blurb: Sir Edward Caldwell is not the type of knight to entertain notions of love. He has seen how little it takes to break a vow, and refuses to ever end up the fool. So when he's ordered to protect a visiting princess, he seizes the opportunity to add a royal notch to his bedpost. What he never expected was that the princess would be just as much of a player as he is.
Princess Lotte has mere weeks before her arranged marriage is to take place and, despite her personal guard's wishes, plans to spend that time experiencing everything life has to offer. Luckily, fate sends her just the knight for the job. But when she finds herself over his knee, with her heart on her sleeve, she realizes she's playing a dangerous game – without knowing the rules.
What people are saying: "I just finished reading this. Sadie is a natural story teller… the kind that keeps you hungry turning each page. The chemistry between the principle characters was spot on and her humor perfectly balanced. There were a couple of lines that had me laughing out loud but this did not detract from the erotic action. A truly good read."
4. Pleased by the Knight
Blurb: Gia knows she is luckier than most. When she was purchased by the king of Atvia as a child, she wasn't turned into a slave. Instead, she was cherished, and when she came of age, she became the king's most trusted knight – as well as Hora. As such, she is responsible for training the potential brides and keeping up the morale of the men. Sure, any wrong deed may land her in Discipline Plaza with her bottom in the air, but even that is for her own good.
When a foreign prince arrives, the king asks Gia to fulfill another task; to determine the honesty of the outsider. It is an assignment she readily accepts.
Prince Corbin can't wait to exit Atvia the moment he arrives there. It is hot, unforgiving land – that is, until he catches sight of the sexiest woman he has ever seen. She gives him the night of his life; one he unfortunately can't fully enjoy, as the drug she slips him causes him to pass out. The next morning, he is furious and demands retribution. He soon discovers that they do things a little differently in Atvia…
Can he really spank this beautiful woman in public? And, more importantly, once he starts, will he ever be able to stop?
What people are saying: "I really enjoyed this book. Good dialog, exciting plot. The punishments were severe but appropriate in the context of the story. They fell in love quickly but deeply. It is a short book but it packs a punch. I was left wanting more."
2 comments on "Loving the Knight Series"
sparklyknickers says:
The cover art is almost as beautiful as your writing.
sdane says:
Oh go on. 😀 Thank you! Somehow seeing the covers on the same page makes me love them more.
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Review: KISS
by Lynn on April 3, 2017
At the Berkeley Street Theatre, Upstairs.
Written by Guillermo Calderón
Directed by Ashlie Corcoran
Set by Jung-Hye Kim
Costumes by Jackie Chau
Lighting by Rebecca Picherack
Sound by Christopher Stanton
Video designer, Alex Williams
Cast: Dalal Badr
Liza Balkan
Greg Gale
Carlos González-Vío
Naomi Wright
Bahareh Yarahgi
A play that appears to be about something innocuous turns into a play appearing to be about something of tremendous importance, that has the Canadian cast trying to understand the subtleties and symbolic references of another country, with more twists and turns, which results in a maddening exercise that could be best titled: "The playwright jerks the audience and cast under the guise of social and political commentary."
The Story. Damascus, 2014. Two couples—Bana and Youssif and Ahmed and Hadeel– meet at Hadeel's appartment to watch a soap opera. Youssif arrives early to tell Hadeel that he is in love with her. She is aghast. What will Bana say? Carlos arrives and confides to Youssif that he will propose to Hadeel. Bana arrives to confess that she kissed someone. And the story goes from there
The Production. The only indication that we are in a war-torn country at the top of the play is the projection, "Damascus 2014." As the soap opera unfolds the presentation is a simple melodrama. The two couples get together but the relationships begin unravelling as Youssif and Hadeel try to hide what is going on between them from their respective partners. The delivery is earnest and sincere if a bit overwrought and matters become more and more complicated.
In way too short a time for the evening to be over the four actors take their bows. The woman who plays Bana introduces herself as Dalal, (the actress's real name) and that she is also the director of that play. (Hmmm). She tells us that she found (all four of the actors in this section are Canadian) the play on the internet and it was written by Ameera Al Diri, a Syrian playwright and the cast tried to find her on the internet and thank her for the play and ask her some questions. By a circuitous route they did find Ameera Al Diri and interviewed her with the help of her translator, on Skype. The interview was projected on the back wall of the theatre.
The respectful cast asks her questions in turn. They mention the political situation in Syria and ask about the play. The actors are shocked when they learn that aspects in the play they thought innocuous—the kiss, the cough that a character has—are really symbolic of deeper things. More information is revealed.
The cast perform the play again in light of this new information. This time they are frantically energized; there is an edge to the dialogue they speak; it's almost aggressive. The anger ramps up. They are playing the subtext now and we are all in on it. There is another revelation this time for the audience. And finally as the audience is leaving when the play is well and truly over, there is one final surprise.
The cast is committed and compelling in their intense efforts to be true to what they believe is a deeply political story and not the superficial melodrama on which they had been working. Director, Ashlie Corcoran keeps a firm hand guiding her cast as they negotiate the melodrama of the relationships of the two couples, then ramps up the pace and the intensity when the cast' revise' their performance style to accommodate the information they have learned from Ameera Al Diri and her interpreter. The actors are all exemplary, whether they think they are performing in a melodrama or an intense political play.
Comment. I will quote from the press information to provide as much context as possible. From the press release: "What sets out as a Syrian melodrama quickly takes an unexpected turn—is anything really what it appears to be? Intersecting the personal, political and theatrical, KISS breaks open cultural barriers, challenging us to confront the limits of our own understanding….War and political upheaval have deeply informed the award-winning work of New York-based Chilean playwright/director/screenwriter Guillermo Calderón."
Director Ashlie Corcoran says: "I am driven by questions of authenticity, interpretation and accessibility when bringing international work to Canada"
From Matthew Jocelyn, the Canadian Stage Artistic and General Director says: "KISS is an essential play, a necessary play. It is a rare opportunity to delve into experiences of sameness and difference and examine the ever-transient world we live in today….We are delighted to be collaborating with Theatre Smash ..and with partner-company ARC, to share this deeply thoughtful and highly unexpected portrait of creation in troubled times."
In the scene with Ameera Al Diri it's obvious she is in disguise with her blonde wig and sun glasses. Her interpreter is not disguised. That Al Diri needs a translator at all is puzzling since she does speak English. In fact the way Liza Balkan as the interpreter interprets almost makes her dialogue seem as if it's a made up language. If it's Arabic it is not clear. This in term makes one question the eye-brow knitting symbolic references to what the word KISS means as well as the cough from which one of the characters suffers, in the context of Syrian life.
At this point in the proceedings, I think this is a send up. I get the sense that the Skype scene is sending up the committed, concerned actors, and by extension, jerking the audience. When the actors re-enact what they thought was a melodrama they now treat it as if it's an urgent political play and perform it at breakneck speed with intense body language and shouted dialogue. When they don't feel that really works, they do it again only faster and louder. At this point my good eye is rolling. If the playwright's intension (In know it looks like there are two playwright's, there aren't but I can't explain it because that gives away a 'surprise') is to examine war and upheaval; to break open "cultural barriers, challenging us to confront the limits of our own understanding" then this isn't the play to do it. With every twist and turn in the plot the intension becomes less and less clear until finally it just seems like a wank. Is KISS really a deeply thought play of substance and I've missed the point? Guillermo Caderón has not written the play so that there is any character to care about, and one can't care just because we are in Syria. The playwright has to write the substance in his play, credibly, not just assume I can put in all the stuff he hasn't. A wank.
A Theatre Smash and ARC Co-production in partnership with Canadian Stage.
Opened: March 30, 2017.
Closes: April 16, 2017.
Cast: 6;2 men, 4 women


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VVVVVV: Make and Play Edition released as free download of player-made levels
By Phil Savage 2014-06-12T16:55:47.162Z
Terry Cavanagh's has today revealed the next step in his masterplan to frustrate the planet. Previously, with VVVVVV, Super Hexagon and Maverick Bird , he's caused keyboard-pounding annoyance at fiendish levels and lacking reflexes. Now, he's widening VVVVVV's audience, with the new Make and Play Edition . While the free download doesn't contain the main VVVVVV campaign, it does have its level editor, and a selection of player-made levels.
"Inspired by things like Knytt Stories and DROD: Architect's Edition, I'm releasing a special build of VVVVVV on Windows, Mac and Linux today," writes Cavanagh . "It's called VVVVVV: Make and Play Edition, and it's completely free. This version of the game only includes the player levels and the level editor – which means that, from now on, the tools to make and play VVVVVV player levels are completely free."
In addition, the regular edition of VVVVVV has been updated to version 2.2, which fixes bugs and brings official Steam Achievements to the game. And the game has been ported to iPhone, iPad, Android, and OUYA, along with a special iOS and Android version of the Super Gravitron. Because obviously the most sensible thing to do with an expensive and easily throwable device is put a frustrating mini-game on it.


The text occurs only on even numbered pages. Uncertain translations are placed in brackets "[ ]".
gúireže nihá gu-ireže higí kirijéreže.
with noise windpipe with noise to us they came.
wániñk xonúniñk hešépge wánañkše. Gišjahéregi.
birds little "hešépge (dark swans?)" they are called. They had fooled him.
Žige hiraíčera nąnčgéra tékše. "Čak'ó!
Again a little more his heart sore. "Well!
nąjoniją́winą. Íwus t'érak'įñge nąčgéra nitégera.
we bless you. Thirst to death you have the heart yours is sore.
Nąčgéra niñgitegwíną. Wonáǧirera uañkšigo'į́na nąjirorájągi,"
The heart you have made ours sore. War with life we bless you,"
*cf. čóxča, "a blackbird, bird on horses, cows."
†šį́k'ok'ok — this is equivalent to Dorsey's šiñkókogara, "robin."
nąčgéra tek'jíže, "Čak'o! Giži ček'je,"
the heart to feel sore, "Well! So I will increase,"
nąjoniją́winą. Higų k'íni s'i hiráǧagwìną.
we bless you. Indeed to continue long you cried to us.
uañkšigo'į́na jagú gip'į́ š'uñk'jéną," higaíreže.
with life what you liked you can eat it," they said.
Jobenągiwįxga. "Čak'o! Hataginą́jeregi žégų čék'jé,"
Jobenągiwįxka. "Well! I will begin a fast and so I will increase,"
nąčgéra tekše. Giži k'éreponą̀ižą nągája.
his heart sore. So ten times he fasted.
jánąga xete-ák'i wažįruk'ónonoñk'ìži žénuñga čiroixji-ą̀kše.
as many as there were great blessings these many there were that's all the lodge was full.
*The text says čahára, "the bucksin"; but the Hočąk seems more likely a misprint than that the English translation is in error.
tani-ówaxu rak'eréranišek'joneną. Hoišíp jasgágere žesgánihek'janèną.
tobacco offerings [for all time ?] Always [what is left in ?] [thus it will be ?].
thus they did speak. He he said.
Sam Blowsnake, The Warbundle Feast of the Thunderbird Clan, in Paul Radin, The Winnebago Tribe (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990 ) 399-481 [428-433].


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Each release in the Rockabye Baby! series takes the best-known songs of a particular artist and places them in a lullaby processor that involves chimes, bells, and vibraphones — renditions that are slightly more involved than the music that comes out of the average baby mobile. Whether the original versions are heavy and aggressive or light and subdued, these lullaby versions are uniformly appropriate for their purpose. And, in some cases, they even happen to tease out an unlikely amount of melodicism not apparent in the originals. Michael Jackson's music unique and a wonderful way to dance and sing together with your baby!


HOW DO I GET MY PASMO OR SUICA CARD?
You can have your Pasmo or Suica card delivered to your home before your departure, or directly in Japan (for example at your hotel). Your card will be sent at the same time as your rail pass, if applicable. You can also come and collect your Pasmo card or Suica card directly in our agency at 30 rue Sainte-Anne in Paris (75001).
WHERE DO I RETURN A PASMO OR SUICA CARD? CAN I HAVE THE DEPOSIT RETURNED?
If you would like to return your Pasmo card at the end of your trip, you can only return it within the Tokyo area. Head to a station of a non JR subway line (for instance : the Keihin or Keisei lines), or the stations at Narita or Haneda Airports. Your remaining balance and ¥500 deposit will be returned to you.
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»High Crimes« was produced by Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR, AMON AMARTH) and is the follow up to 2010's hugely successful debut album, »Ironiclast«. Nine years ago, Scott Ian – guitarist and co-founder of legendary thrash metal outfit, ANTHRAX – took a meeting with Joe Trohman (also a guitarist, and a co-founder, of the band FALL OUT BOY). He and Scott hit it off and started making songs together. With the help of drummer Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) and the irreverent vocals of Keith Buckley (EVERY TIME I DIE), THE DAMNED THINGS were formed. The band has gone through changes since its inception and now features Dan Andriano of ALKALINE TRIO on bass.


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Good Church Planters Are Historians
March 12, 2019 | Billy Rose
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Acts 29: Churches Planting Churches
Church plants can't reach people they don't know anything about. It's crucial, then, for church planters to be familiar with the demographic makeup of the place in which they wish to plant.
But my fear is that most church planters stop there. Knowing demographics is essential, but in order for that understanding to be accurate, we must also know the history of our community. Every community's present state has been forged in the past. No place can escape its history.
And if we fail to rightly understand such history, our churches risk doing more harm than good.
What You Don't Know
We started South Dallas Community Church in September 2017. A year prior, while still a small group, we took time to research the history of our city. Initially we researched out of necessity, because the majority of our core team weren't natives. As we talked with residents in the community, it became clear just how much we didn't know.
We developed something we called the "Learn to Serve Project"—a document chronicling the history of our community and how it relates to ministry. What we learned from these efforts has proven invaluable for our young church's witness in our community.
As we talked with residents in our community, it became increasingly clear just how much we didn't know.
Unsurprisingly, we discovered that our community's history is complex. Like many historically black communities in America, our neighbors have faced numerous hardships. In South Dallas, many continue to suffer from the effects of slavery and Jim Crow laws.
Now, imagine if our church-planting team had ignored such realities. That would've been detrimental to our hopes of reaching and discipling the people here. Failing to understand our community in its historical context would've led to simplistic solutions regarding issues that have a long and sordid history. For example, I can't approach evangelism alongside a white member of our church without being sensitive to the harm that some professing Christians have had on our community. In our community's not-too-distant past, a group of white "Christians" bombed the houses of African Americans in our community.
In more recent times, people have made promises they haven't kept. Because of this our church has faced skepticism, and sometimes downright hostility, from those around us. If we approach our communities with no understanding of their historical context, it shows a lack of love and concern for who they are.
Where You Fit
We must also realize where we—as the church-planting team—fit into our community's historical context. Are we one of the many groups helping build a new suburb? Or are we the third wave? Are we part of the new younger, wealthier residents moving into a historically poor community? Have churches been planted here before? If so, are any still active? Did the community welcome them?
Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, church size, and many other factors must be taken into consideration in how your church—and how you, pastor—fits into the community's history.
For us, being young in age and half white—in a community with an average age of 45 and which is predominantly black and Latino—we recognize where we fit in our community's historical context. We represent gentrification and, regardless of our motives, that's how we'll be perceived. To combat this perception we must be humble, consistent, and demonstrate, as much as possible, that we genuinely care about the people here.
Knowing our history has helped us see the assets that already exist in our community.
We've sought to do this in a variety of ways, including providing mentoring, health care, and educational support. Additionally, knowing our history has helped us see the assets that already exist in our community. For example, we meet in the neighborhood YMCA on Sunday morning, because we want to gather in a place familiar to the local people. The YMCA has been such a place for decades. Many of us work out, send our kids to various programs, and try to spend time there outside of Sunday mornings. This is one way we've tried to weave ourselves into the historical fabric of our community. We want to be a counter-narrative to traditional "gentrifiers" who come to take from neighborhoods and transform them into their own image, as opposed to coming to serve, share Christ's love, and build up the current residents.
Just as every person has a story, every community has a history. Do you know yours? If you don't, here's a good place to start: Get to know people who've been there a long time.
Find the elders in your community and ask them to tell you their story. How has the community changed? What significant events have shaped them? Have they experienced oppression from certain groups? If so, how has that affected the locals' perception of outsiders? The key here is to ask good questions, and then simply listen. Humble yourself and labor to learn. Fight the urge to jump to quick solutions.
Humble yourself and labor to learn. Fight the urge to jump to quick solutions.
The second stop should be your local library—read as much as you can. This availability may vary depending on your context: If you're in a large city, there may be books written on the history of your city, or even your neighborhood. Some cities also feature information on local history at museums or parks.
No matter your context, knowing the history of your community will help you understand, and therefore love and serve, the people God has put in front of you.
Billy Rose is the lead pastor of South Dallas Community Church in Dallas, Texas. He is married to Areia and they have two sons.
Acts 29 • Church Planting
What Calvin Might Say to Church Planters Today
July 9, 2019 | Dan Steel
Evangelical History
A Four-Step Program to Become a Church Historian
January 28, 2019 | Justin Taylor
Must Church Planters Be Entrepreneurs?
July 11, 2019 | Tony Merida • Brian Howard
Pastor, Your Relationships Are Not Secondary
June 20, 2019 | Tony Merida • Lucas Parks


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Capaha Bank Online Banking Login has made banking a much easier task. These days it is much difficult to plan a trip to the bank. Therefore internet banking services have taken over the traditional banking system. Once you have set up online banking you will be able to log in and use the desired services via any mobile or computer browser.
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I understood these briefs were made of cotton. Instead, they have a cotton gusset and the rest is some kind of shiny fabric which is ghastly in a hot climate.
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Isaac Dunbar Stans Lady Gaga in a Haunting Cover of "Princess Die"
Photo: Trey Lyons
Lady Gaga is a one-of-a-kind artist. A pop savant and trendsetter, her works take on a mythic quality. So, when we received word that Isaac Dunbar would be trying his hand at a Lady Gaga deep cut, we were on the edge of our seats. And let us go ahead and tell you, this rising pop maverick does not disappoint.
"Princess Die" is a song that even amongst Lady Gaga's standout discography has a certain cult-like status. First debuting the single at "The Born This Way Ball" in Australia, it was a dedication to super fans, the likes of which threw a tiara on the stage in return. Yet, "Princess Die" has never seen an official release, as it was cut from ARTPOP. But when has the lack of an official release ever stopped a Lady Gaga stan, Dunbar included.
READ: Isaac Dunbar's 'balloons don't float here' Is an Ominous and Alluring Debut
Taking a swing at the Princess Diana - inspired single, Dunbar brings the haunting, unreleased track to life. The accompanying video sees Dunbar pouring his heart and soul into Lady Gaga's beautifully macabre lyrics. The only illumination comes by way of a single spotlight that follows our star in the making from center stage to the grand piano. Dunbar stans Gaga, and in turn, we stan Dunbar.
Watch the video for "Princess Die" below:
For more from Isaac Dunbar, revisit his moving performance of "pharmacy" below.
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khai dreams Delivers a Moment of 'ABSOLUTE HEARTBREAK' in Long-Awaited Debut Album
January 30, 2023 'ABSOLUTE HEARTBREAK' is a reminder that when you hit rock bottom, you don't have to stay there.
Author: Alessandra Rincon
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January 30, 2023 "It's a song about insecurity and vulnerability, about giving a lot of yourself away..."
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January 30, 2023 Matilde G is looking to redefine her sound with "Hypocrite."
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Providing supervision of and pastoral accountability (within the context of the ministries, locations and activities of the parish) to any person (who is a member of a congregation and) who is known to have abused a child or another vulnerable person.
Assisting the Senior Minister in complying with child protection screening.
Keeping safe ministry training records.
Monitoring and reporting on Safe Ministry systems and practice in the parish.
Reporting abuse by clergy or church workers.
The Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney has established the Professional Standards Unit, which receives and deals with complaints of child abuse or sexual misconduct by members of the clergy and church workers. The Safe Ministry Board formulates and monitors policy and practice, and advises on child protection and safe ministry for the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney.


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Show Review: Lea Michele and Darren Criss team up for soulful LM/DC Tour
By Olivia Khiel November 6, 2018 November 6, 2018
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Gleeks, StarKids and musical theatre enthusiasts all came together to pack Arizona State University's Gammage Auditorium for Lea Michele and Darren Criss' LM/DC Tour stop on Saturday.
As the duo's band played the first notes of "Broadway Baby", fans decked out in now-vintage Glee shirts screamed at volumes that could rival a One Direction audience. Criss and Michele took the stage and graciously accepted this adoration to begin an evening where modern met classic- and everyone knew all the words.
One of the most surprising results of the Glee phenomenon was the resurgence of showtunes and Broadway staples in popular culture. Criss and Michele, both classically trained, decided to bring this love of theatre (along with their many accomplishments and accolades) on a laidback tour meant to showcase their incredible talents. Both have had their stints on Broadway, television and even movies (with Criss' most recent turn as Andrew Cunanan on The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story earning him a Primetime Emmy).
The pair spoke at length to each other and to their audience, gushing about their mutual love of showtunes and each other's talents. Criss put his first bit of instrumental skill on display with a stripped back acoustic duet of "Suddenly Seymour", an old Glee favorite.
The second act was all about Michele. With two albums of original music under her belt, she was able to incorporate songs like "Cannonball" into her set before diving back into her selected covers. Michele added "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at the last minute "because this song makes me happy" and the fans agreed.
"I am a major Gleek," she confessed to the audience with a smile. Her version of "Don't Rain on My Parade" brought Gammage to its feet, similar to her turn on Glee. She also performed the acclaimed piano version of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and P!nk's "Glitter in the Air".
Between songs, Michele sang the praises of her tourmate, lauding his musical abilities ("He's playing guitar, then piano, singing, he's winning Emmys…") before bringing him back onstage for a duet of her original ballad "Getaway Car".
Michele's soaring vocals were incredible to hear, but Criss brought the rock and roll back to the show. He jumped right into Young the Giant's "Cough Syrup", getting the crowd clapping with his enthusiasm and energy.
"I just wanna thank Lea Michele for being a fucking angel," he said, showering her with compliments before continuing act three. The multi-talented singer-songwriter-actor-composer reprised his role of Glee's Blaine Anderson with some of the character's most popular covers, including a version of "Hopelessly Devoted to You" that went all in on the soul.
Criss' playlist ranges from Broadway to classic rock and everything in between because, as he says, "good music is fucking good music." The variety didn't deter the fans- they knew every word to originals like "Goin' Nowhere" and showed the same enthusiasm for Broadway classics like "I Dreamed a Dream". He also played a full band rendition of "Foolish Thing" from his most recent EP and paid tribute to Arizona with a cover of Gin Blossoms' "Hey Jealousy".
The cherry on top was the moment every longtime Criss fan was waiting for. The entire room sat on the edge of their seats as Criss requested silence for "Not Alone" and "Teenage Dream", the cover that shot him from bit part to stardom. "Not Alone" has been on every Potter Musical fan's playlist for over a decade and many fans were overjoyed to finally hear it live after so many years.
Criss brought Michele back onstage for a duet of "Shallow" before heading into the final act.
It was astonishing to see the cultural reach that these two have managed with their various projects over the years, and the genuine friendship they've fostered into a tour. Criss even wrote a song for Michele that she performed both in the last season of Glee and onstage in Tempe called "This Time" with Criss on piano.
The duo ended the evening with the lounge version of "Don't You Want Me" before returning sans microphones for "Make You Feel My Love". The audience was practically holding its breath, not wanting to miss a moment or break the spell of the evening.
The show was a beautiful marriage of classic and modern, with many people leaving in tears from seeing the duo's considerable talents in person.
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Q: Is possible to enable Hyper-V using nested virtualization with Windows 7 as host? I'm tying to use docker on windows 10 virtual machine instaled on windows 7 host. I  manually enabled Hyper-V on VM, but when I try to start docker it return error
The running command stopped because the preference variable "ErrorActionPreference" or common parameter is set to Stop: 'MobyLinuxVM' failed to start. ailed to start the virtual machine 'MobyLinuxVM' because one of the Hyper-V components is not running.
As I understand it, VM still can't use Hyper-V. I know that is possible to enable Hyper-V on VM with nested virtualization, but I don't know if it is possible with not win10 as bare metal OS.

A: The following requirements must be met to implement nested virtualization in Hyper-V:

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*The host operating system must be Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 (Anniversary update or later). Older Windows versions don't support nested virtualization.

*The Hyper-V VM must be of version 8 or higher.

*The physical server must have a compatible CPU that supports the appropriate virtualization features. Only Intel processors with VT-x and EPT technology support nested virtualization. AMD processors do not currently support nested virtualization.

*There must be enough physical memory to run the VMs.

*The VM cannot use Dynamic Memory.

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Massachusetts Voters Uphold State's Gaming Law
by Matt Alderton | November 06, 2014
Voters in Massachusetts have rejected a referendum to repeal the law that legalized casino gambling in the Bay State, the Boston Globe reported this week.
The bill, which allows up to three casino resorts in three different regions of the state, has been under heavy fire since its passage in 2011. Although rivals attempted last year to put a measure on the ballot repealing the gambling law, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley ruled that the measure was unconstitutional because it would illegally strip casino developers of their contract rights without compensation. Opponents subsequently sued and won, earning the right to put their measure on the ballot in this year's election.
Voters, who took to the polls on Tuesday, voted overwhelmingly against repeal, with 60.1 percent opposing the repeal measure and 39.9 percent supporting it.
"The Massachusetts Gaming Commission respects the voters' choice to continue moving forward with the successful implementation of the Gaming Act," Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Steve Crosby said in a statement. "The Commission remains committed to two key objectives: maximizing the revenue, jobs, and other economic development impacts of expanded gaming; and minimizing the unintended and potentially negative consequences of expanded gaming. We realize that approximately [40 percent] voted in favor of the ballot initiative, and it is our job to continue to earn the confidence of all the people of Massachusetts -- proponents and opponents alike."
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission awarded its first casino license, for the state's western region, in June to MGM Resorts International, which will build a 250-room hotel, 45,000 square feet of meeting space, and a 125,000-square-foot casino in Springfield, MA. The Commission awarded its second license in September to Wynn Resorts, which plans to build a 500-room casino resort in Everett, MA, outside of Boston. A third license in southeastern Massachusetts has yet to be granted.