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// Reviews // 10th Jan 2022 — 9 days ago // By Artura Dawn
Northgard Review
Northgard is an RTS strategy colony sim in which you play as a Viking chieftain on their quest to rule all of Northgard.
Although there is a single-player campaign with 11 chapters, Northgard's campaign works as a tutorial with minimal story elements giving the player an introduction to the gameplay, including its clan system (which we'll get into later). Although a tutorial, the story mode does have three different difficulties present, along with bonus objectives that players can get once completing each of the chapters at least once. It makes for good replay value for completionists such as myself.
Although the story mode isn't the main focus of Northgard, it sure is a nice addition that allows you to switch it up in comparison to the other mode that the game is more centred around.
Northgard's main focus is the single-player/multiplayer mode in which several clans work against each other in an attempt to dominate the entire map.
Players can choose from 13 clans, 7 of which are purchasable DLC. Each of these clans has varying playstyles that are encouraged, such as the Fenrir clan's inclination towards aggressive play, with perks and bonuses centred around building military power to be able to win through Domination or other means. Meanwhile, there are clans such as Huginn and Muninn, which are more centred around trading and earning Kröwns (currency).
These playstyles give for interesting takes on how to advance each battle, with different buildings having more priority on some of the clans in comparison to the others; although it isn't drastically distinct, it offers a nice change of pace and numerous approaches to rounds.
The map can be customised by changing the types, sizes, AI players, victory conditions, and difficulties. My favourite addition to the editing is the various win conditions, where players can win through the renown that they earn from killing beasts or building a large empire, in contrast to the typical world domination modes. There are tons of win conditions, along with randomly generated ones present in some maps that include taking control of a specific (and very tough) area that will fight tooth and nail, and holding conquest of it for several in-game months. They are very fun to play around with, making sure that every playstyle can win through their own unique condition.
Each round can be played with up to eight separate players, in different formats such as free-for-all and 4v4 modes. With an active player base with a 24-hour peak of 3,816 players, it's safe to say that multiplayer isn't dead; it's thriving.
For those that aren't keen to play with and against other players, Northgard can be played with AI opponents, along with creating a custom closed lobby that allows players to invite their friends and play either in teams or against each other.
Northgard's gameplay loop is incredibly fun, with all of the things that need to be managed at any given time, especially on the larger maps once there are several dozen areas to pay attention to, all the while focusing on what your opponent is doing and how to react accordingly. Round length can vary between 30 minutes to one hour, which can however be a bit lengthy to fit into a crammed day.
Some matches can begin feeling a bit drawn-out, especially in single-player modes since there is no option to speed up time, leading to watching your little villagers just go about their business while you wait for a specific mark to reach, or wait out the winter months that are particularly harsh on all player's wood and food supplies. That being said, as the round goes on it starts getting increasingly complex, forcing the player to focus on a lot of areas which will make the speed feel just right, and in fact, a bit too quick for new players trying to get into the game without much knowledge, which is the other end of the problem.
For players that are unaware of how the game works and are easily overwhelmed, the pause functionality doesn't work to scout the map and make informed decisions since it blurs the entire screen and prevents any further interaction until the game is resumed. Although this feature makes sense for online multiplayer, single-player rounds against AI opponents should offer this at least as an option for the players that get more easily overwhelmed.
It's safe to say that Northgard's aesthetics and audio design are expertly done as well, with some gorgeous graphics to gawk at, and beautiful Scandinavian tunes playing in the background, and nice audio designs that don't make anything feel out of place. These elements all work together to make this game beautiful to both look at and listen to.
The building and management aspect of the game also feels great, and I'd be more than willing to play an endless city-builder mode of the game due to the graphic style and overall fun gameplay.
Northgard succeeds in practically every area present in the game. Its graphics and audio are jaw dropping, along with an addicting gameplay loop that is sure to have players going round after round, which is sure to facilitate their time at getting the Norse God achievement to win 1,000 times with any clan.
9.00/10 9
Northgard (Reviewed on Windows)
Excellent. Look out for this one.
Northgard is one of the prettiest titles in the genre, and with a very addicting gameplay loop, players are sure to spend several dozen hours to it.
This game was purchased at retail for the purpose of this review
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Developer Shiro Games
Publisher Shiro Games
Platform Mac, Windows
Genre Early Access, Indie, Simulation, Strategy


Legislation would define e-cigarettes as tobacco products, and require flavored vaping products to be sold at only age-restricted stores.
Florida lawmakers have proposed legislation that would define electronic cigarettes as tobacco devices and restrict retail sales of flavored e-cigarettes to establishments that prohibit minors from the premises.
Senate Bill 1046 would broaden Florida's definition of "tobacco products" to include e-cigarettes as well as other recreational nicotine products, such as smokeless tobacco and hookahs. The bill would also ban retail sales of tobacco products that have a flavor "other than tobacco, menthol, or mint" to age-restricted stores. House Bill 1125 is a companion bill to SB 1046. It includes an amendment that removes the retail flavor ban provision.
A vaping device is a tobacco harm reduction product medical experts have verified is thoroughly safer than tobacco cigarettes. Lawmakers should refrain from categorizing them in the same manner as combustible cigarettes. These products have helped millions of smokers quit and can benefit state budgets by reducing smoking-related health care costs. Moreover, the vaping industry has provided major gains to state and local economies, and it will likely continue to do so, as the market is expected to grow in the coming years.
Legislators should understand a large part of the appeal and success of electronic cigarettes among adult smokers is the inclusion of flavors. Restricting access to this aspect of tobacco harm reduction will likely lead to many adults continuing to smoke tobacco cigarettes and/or return to other traditional tobacco products.
Other organizations such as the Royal College of Physicians, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and the American Cancer Society have also acknowledged the reduced harm of e-cigarettes and vaping devices.
One study analyzing all Medicaid recipients switching from combustible cigarettes to e-cigarettes estimates savings would have amounted to $48 billion in 2012. Another study of a smaller percentage of the same population switching found Medicaid savings would be "approximately $2.8 billion per 1 percent of enrollees" over the next 25 years.
Rather than imposing onerous regulations, lawmakers should follow other public health groups and promote the use of e-cigarettes and vaping devices.
The following articles provide more information on tobacco harm reduction and electronic cigarettes.
In this weekly podcast series, State Government Relations Manager Lindsey Stroud talks with researchers, advocates, and policymakers about tobacco harm reduction and electronic cigarettes. The series provides important information about the thousands of entrepreneurs who have started small businesses thanks to THRs and the millions of adults that have used electronic cigarettes and vaping devices to quit smoking tobacco cigarettes.
In this Research & Commentary, Heartland State Government Relations Manager Lindsey Stroud examines a survey of nearly 70,000 adult vapers in the United States. The survey was completed in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on the role of flavors in tobacco products. The authors found nearly 95 percent of survey respondents were at one time smokers and the majority reported using flavors at the point of e-cigarette initiation. Stroud compares this to other surveys. She concludes, "eliminating flavors will force [vapers] to vape only tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes, which would likely cause them to return to combustible cigarettes." Stroud also found research has found e-cigarettes are a key tobacco harm reduction product and could help alleviate state budgets by mitigating health care costs.
Lindsey Stroud, a State Government Relations Manager at The Heartland Institute examines a study in The New England Journal of Medicine that finds e-cigarettes and vaping devices to be twice as effective as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in helping smokers quit cigarettes. Nearly 700 participants were studied over a 52-week period, with researchers finding that 18 percent of e-cigarette users reported abstinence, compared to 9 percent of those using NRT. Stroud writes that "these latest findings provide more valuable information on the public health role that e-cigarettes and vaping devices provide for the 38 million cigarette smokers in the United States," an implores policymakers to regulate these devices in a way that promotes their usage.
Heartland Institute State Government Relations Manager Lindsey Stroud examines an October 2017 Tobacco Control study that found electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) might help extend life for millions of people. The authors of the study found there was an estimated 6.6 million fewer deaths and more than 86 million fewer-life-years lost over a ten year period because of ENDS products. Stroud concludes the use of ENDS could also help improve the budgets of numerous state programs, including Medicaid.
In this Research & Commentary, Heartland Institute State Government Relations Manager Lindsey Stroud examines a study, published in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in June 2016, that provides additional evidence showing e-cigarettes and vaporized nicotine products (VNPs) are an effective tobacco harm-reduction tool.
A new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found only 0.4 percent of the people who had never smoked tobacco in a CDC study group are current vapers, which the report defines as using a vaping device either every day or some days. The CDC report, the first of its kind, estimates e-cigarette use among U.S. adults using a nationally representative household survey. The report's findings claim only 3.4 of adults who have never smoked have tried an e-cigarette; 12.6 percent of Americans have tried an e-cigarette; and fewer than 4 percent of the U.S. population are regular e-cigarette users.
Nothing in this Research & Commentary is intended to influence the passage of legislation, and it does not necessarily represent the views of The Heartland Institute. For further information on this and other topics, visit the Budget & Tax News website, The Heartland Institute's website, Heartland's Consumer Freedom Lounge, and PolicyBot, Heartland's free online research database.
The Heartland Institute can send an expert to your state to testify or brief your caucus; host an event in your state; or send you further information on a topic. Please don't hesitate to contact us if we can be of assistance! If you have any questions or comments, contact Lindsey Stroud, a state government relations manager at Heartland, at lstroud@heartland.org or 757/354-8170.


Forget about finding the switch—it's not mounted on your forehead! You won't find replacement bulbs in church. If you know and follow Jesus, if He's your Lord, you are a light. And if you didn't know it already, you are a special light! But then unless you are deeply in love with God and obeying Him, you will not understand how brilliant God intends for you to be!
I believe the body of Christ is a symphony orchestra of light. We are uniquely made, gifted, and called to serve our Heavenly Father. The Holy Spirit is our Conductor. The Word of God is our sheet music. And if you're not playing, the song is not sounding the way it's supposed to.
Darkness battles the light. The songs that originate in man's heart, or hold the fury of Satan's rebellious script pulsate like some unending heavy metal song. In the end despair is the final score. But the darkness is also attracted to the light. How many sit yearning for the chance to play in God's concert hall unsoothed by what they've been taught, unsure how to proceed?
"Everything exposed by the light is made clear"(Eph.5:13). When you play what God writes you sound incredible! You reveal what others without Jesus are missing. You encourage, inspire and warm those in need of Jesus—the Light of the world! If your light is strong, people will be effected in ways you never dreamed! The Lord will use you to draw others to Himself. Conversely, if your light is dim, the song of hope comes across flat or sharp and no one around you is likely to be drawn to the Composer.
Whether the Spirit leads you to play in harmony, to take the melody, to be unnoticed in the string section, to crash powerful cymbals, is not important. God is not preoccupied with what instrument we play, or what section we sit in, or who notices us. His desire is that you and I would know Him. The deeper we love Him the more intense our light will glow to His glory! Have you ever used a Coleman lantern? When you pump it the light becomes exceedingly brighter! Hmmm. "Let your light shine before men . . ." (Mat. 5:16).


Indy studio InDev Brain and the mobile game developer and publisher Bulky Pix present their horrific FPS, DEAD EFFECT. The zombies slaughter starts today on iPhone and iPad $3.99. You are an elite member of the Unit 13 (Not the same Unit 13 developed for the PS Vita). Fight for your life in a sci-fi FPS game that will send chills down your spine.
Grab your iPhone/iPad, get in control and bring infected horrors down. Your interface is zombie-shooting ready.
Throughout the campaign you will find new weapons and money to upgrade your armory.
Use your special ability to slow down the time and defeat even the toughest enemies!
Will you take up the challenge and try to defeat all your enemies in survival mode arenas? Unlock all the achievements and get all the weapons available!


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Q: pass data from model to view in backbone.js i want to pass data from model to view and i want to get this data length in view and make for loop on it but the property of length get undefined and i can't pass data to view there is an error in template html

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Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'html' of undefined
    at success (backbone:49)
    at Object.a.success (backbone-min.js:12)
    at o (jquery.min.js:2)
    at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (jquery.min.js:2)
    at w (jquery.min.js:4)
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A: Based on the error, looks like you don't have the view within the scope of the success function. This should work:
            var view = this;
            this.model.fetch({
                success: function (post) {

                    console.log(post.toJSON().length);
                    view.$el.html(view.template(post.toJSON()));
                }
            });

Although you should probably think about adding a render function to the view, and possibly having the view listen to model changes in order to trigger it.
initialize: function() {
    this.model = new app.postModel();
    this.model.on('sync', this.render, this); // Backbone 0.9.2 way

    // Backbone 0.9.9+ way
    // this.listenTo(this.model, 'sync', this.render);
}

render: function() {
    this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.toJSON()));
},

...

list: function(e) {
    this.model.fetch();
}

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Q: subsetting in data.table - by argument I have this R code used to manipulate a data.table but I don't understand what does the by do:
dt = cli[(aaa==0) & bbb==0,
         .(a1, a2="abc", a3=aaa,),
         by=c("b1","b2")
        ]

If I understand correctly it creates a new data.table selecting the rows of cli where the columns aaa and bbb are both equal zero, and columns a1, a new column a2 always equal to "abc" and renames column aaa as a3.
I see that the new data.table carries also the columns in c("b1","b2") but I don't undestand if there's some operation behind them, otherwise why not listing them in the .(...) part?
With and without the by argument I obtain the same number of rows.
EDIT: I'm including a simplified example:
in1

    ID DIG  VAR1  VAR2
1: 230  68  TRUE  TRUE
2: 232   0 FALSE  TRUE
3: 236  81  TRUE FALSE
4: 239  92  TRUE FALSE
5: 243   0 FALSE  TRUE
6: 245  45  TRUE  TRUE

in1[(DIG<80),.(ID)]

    ID
1: 230
2: 232
3: 243
4: 245

in1[(DIG<80),.(ID), by=c('VAR1','VAR2')]

    VAR1 VAR2  ID
1:  TRUE TRUE 230
2:  TRUE TRUE 245
3: FALSE TRUE 232
4: FALSE TRUE 243

It seems to me that the by part is just changing the order of the selection. Is it correct?

A: by is performing the operations by all groups within columns b1 and b2. Lets say column b1 has two levels (values) 0 and 1, using by="b1" the new data.table will have two rows corresponding to operation performed at b1==0 and separately b1==2. If you omit by then the operation will be applied jointly across all values of b1. If this is still not clear i recommend you compare the output with and without including by=c("b1","b2"). You should see only one row without it. With by=c("b1","b2") the number of rows of the output data.table corresponds to the unique number of values of both b1 and b2.


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4 protesters killed as Iraqi cleric calls for quick reforms
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Anti-government protesters run for cover while security forces fire tear gas and live ammunition during clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-Government protesters, in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP)
Iraq's massive anti-government protest movement erupted Oct. 1 and quickly escalated into calls to sweep aside Iraq's sectarian system
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces killed four protesters in Baghdad on Friday and forcibly dispersed activists blocking the main port near Basra, as the country's top cleric warned nothing but speedy electoral reforms would resolve unrest.
The clashes centered on Baghdad's Rasheed Street. Security forces opened fire and launched tear gas at protesters on a central Baghdad bridge.
Two people died from bullet wounds and two from tear gas canisters launched directly at their heads. At least 61 more were injured.
In the south, security forces reopened the entrance to Iraq's main port, Umm Qasr, which protesters had blocked since Monday. Normal operations had not yet resumed.
Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, urged politicians to hurry up in reforming electoral laws because the changes would be the only way to resolve weeks of deadly unrest.
"We affirm the importance of speeding up the passing of the electoral law and the electoral commission law because this represents the country moving past the big crisis," his representative said during a sermon in Karbala.
#WATCH: Protesters in #Iraq hold a a symbolic funeral in #Bagdad's Tahrir Square on Friday for those recently killed in demonstrations #IraqProtestshttps://t.co/Ic3QXyOOjC pic.twitter.com/N3qXNZZEOy
— Arab News (@arabnews) November 22, 2019
He also repeated his view that the protesters had legitimate demands and should not be met with violence.
The fighting appeared to have begun when protesters tried Thursday to dismantle a security forces barricade on the street, which leads to Ahrar Bridge, a span over the Tigris River that has been a repeated flashpoint.
Security forces responded with barrages of tear gas and live ammunition that killed 10 protesters and injured more than 100 by Thursday evening.
The violence took off again Friday afternoon. Live rounds and tear gas cannisters were fired by security forces from behind a concrete barrier on Rasheed Street.
With their faces concealed with surgical masks, protesters ran from the scene, picking up the bodies of the dead and wounded who collapsed on their way. Plumes of smoke billowed as ammunition fire rang out in the background.
One protester was killed Friday by live ammunition, while the other two died because of tear gas, the officials said. It was not immediately clear if they died from inhaling the gas or from a direct hit by a tear gas cannister, which has caused several other deaths in recent weeks. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
Protesters have held one side of Baghdad's three main bridges — Sinak and Ahrar and Jumhuriya — leading to the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq's government. Security forces are deployed on the other side to prevent them entering the area, which houses government buildings and various foreign embassies, including the United States.
At least 320 protesters have been killed and thousands have been wounded since the unrest began on Oct. 1, when demonstrators took to the streets in Baghdad and across Iraq's mainly Shiite south to decry rampant government corruption and lack of basic services despite Iraq's oil wealth.
The international community, including the United Nations and the United States have denounced the use of force against peaceful demonstrators in statements.
The leaderless movement seeks to dismantle the sectarian system and unseat the government, including Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi.
Protesters are demanding the overthrow of a political class seen as corrupt and serving foreign powers while many Iraqis languish in poverty without jobs, health care or education.
Topics: Iraq protest dead
How political forces fueled the spread of Iraq protests
Iraqi protesters shut roads to ports, oil fields

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Embrace a Pirate's Life in Gameplay Overview for Cranium and Bones
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Murderer's Creed might not have the ability to return to the golden age of piracy, however developer Ubisoft might have one thing to scratch that itch with Cranium and Bones.
Simply in, we have now a full gameplay overview for Cranium and Bones and it offers us a take a look at this open-world sport set within the golden age of swashbuckling and treasure searching. Examine this out:
Right here's the official description as effectively:
Enter the perilous paradise of Cranium and Bones, impressed by the Indian Ocean in the course of the Golden Age of Piracy, as you overcome the chances and rise from an outcast to an notorious pirate. Craft quite a lot of distinctive ships to outlive, thrive, and rule in an immersive world that introduces new challenges and options each season.
Although video games like Sea of Thieves lean in additional closely on the cartoonish look of its world, Cranium and Bones goes for a extra sensible really feel that's fairly much like the Murderer's Creed titles. In contrast to Pirates of the Caribbean although, it doesn't appear to be you'll have the ability to go up towards any legendary sea monsters.
Regardless of its extra sensible aptitude, the world of Cranium and Bones appears to be fairly fleshed out. You'll be able to select from three several types of ships to navigate across the Indian Ocean, and also you even have the choice to assault different gamers and their fleet. Don't overlook to join contracts as effectively, in an effort to construct your pirate repute.
Cranium and Bones launches on PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC on Nov. 8.
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The hungry poor have no time: first, they tend to be extremely busy and work long hours a day in order to sustain survival, and secondly, as they are undernourished despite of their efforts, any emergency leads to long term and often uncorrectable nutrition and health deterioration, unless assistance is forthcoming quickly. From this insight springs the need for urgency of assistance in food and nutrition crises situations.
Since the onset of food price spike of 2007-2009, people are more aware about global food and nutrition issues. The food price spikes indeed gripped the world in a short occasion, but the impact altered the life of many of the about 800 million hungry poor for the long run. Based on new evidence we review below the short-term / long-term linkages triggered by food and nutrition crises. In doing so, we note that the prevalence of large scale nutrition deficiencies distributed widely across the world in low and middle income countries are the fundamental problem. This problem is further increased in crises and perpetuated by food and nutrition shocks. Both, the structural hunger and nutrition problems and the acute problems need to be addressed at much larger scale and with much more urgency.
Nutrition shocks indeed have long term consequence on maternal and child nutritional status. Well-established facts indicate that nutrient requirements are greater for women and children because of their need for physiological and mental development (1), unfortunately, the real state is alarming. The prevalence of maternal undernutrition as indicated by low body mass index, and fetal undernutrition is common, particularly in South Asia where gender disparity is wide (2)(3). Disaggregated statistics illustrate that the impact of those shocks were largely concentrated on children and women. Research found that the impact of financial crisis, such as the former South East Asian financial crisis, resulted in mothers' buffering of children's calorie intake, amplifying maternal wasting. Changes in consumption of rich nutrient foods further resulted in increased prevalence of anemia for mothers and children. Thus women and children were more likely to be micronutrient deficient. Children who were 2 years old during a period of drought and civil unrest were more malnourished than their siblings (4), indicating that pro-boys and pro-adult biases are evident.
Maternal body size is strongly related with size of newborn children, undernourished children tend to become short adults, to have lower educational achievement, to give birth to smaller infants. Thus, maternal and children nutrition is significantly associated with adult health, human capital and economic status (5). The evidence has strengthened that childhood malnutrition directly affects the adulthood prosperity in later life. An award-winning study shows that early childhood nutrition has a long term future effect (6). The story told by that study is: individuals from poor families, who got a nutrition supplement as small children in Guatemala earned substantially higher income as adults 30 years later. Further research indicates that nutrition status on future life is started before birth (7) and intrauterine growth is associated with non-communicable diseases and human capital in adulthood (8). Maternal (multiple) micronutrient supplementation is associated with children motor and cognitive development (9)(10). Other research provides further evidence of a strong impact of combined actions for improved nutrition: findings from Niger – one of the most impoverished countries in the world - show that integrated interventions through insecticide-treated bednets, nutrition intervention, care seeking, and treatment for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia, can reduce mortality quickly. This effort resulted in a decline of 43% in the mortality rate among children under five years between 1998 to 2009 (11).


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Clocks and watches with a 24-hour analog dial have an hour hand that makes one complete revolution, 360°, in a day (24 hours per revolution). The more familiar 12-hour analog dial has an hour hand that makes two complete revolutions in a day (12 hours per revolution).

Twenty-four-hour analog clocks and watches are used today by logistics workers, fire fighters, police officers, paramedics, nurses, pilots, scientists, and the military, and are sometimes preferred because of the unambiguous representation of a whole day at a time. Note that this definition refers to the use of a complete circular dial to represent a 24-hour day.  Using the numbers from 0 to 23 (or 1 to 24) to mark the day is the 24-hour clock system.

Sundials use 24-hour analog dials—the shadow traces a path that repeats approximately once per day.
Many sundials are marked with the double-XII or double-12 system, in which the numbers I to XII (or 1 to 12) are used twice, once for the morning hours, and once for the afternoon and evening hours. So VI (or 6) appears twice on many dials, once near sunrise and once near sunset.

Modern 24-hour analog dials—other than sundials—are almost always marked with 24 numbers or hour marks around the edge, using the 24-hour clock system.  These dials do not need to indicate AM or PM.

History
The ancient Egyptians divided the day into 24 hours. There are diagrams of circles divided into 24 sections in the astronomical ceiling in the tomb of Senemut.

Sundials use some or all of the 24-hour dial, because they show the position of the sun in the sky. Sometimes, for aesthetic rather than practical reasons, all the 24 hour marks are shown.

Medieval clocks often used the 24-hour analog dial, influenced by the widespread example of the astrolabe. In Northern Europe, the double-XII system was preferred: two sets of the Roman numerals I to XII were used, one on the left side for the night and morning hours, and another set on the right side of the dial to represent the afternoon and evening hours. In Italy, the numbers from 1 to 24 (I to XXIV in Roman numerals) were used, leading to the widespread use of the 24-hour system in that country. On Italian clocks, though, the I was often shown at the right side of the dial, rather than the top. This probably reflects the influence of the Italian timekeeping system, which started counting the hours of the day at sunset or twilight.
In northern Europe, the double XII system was gradually superseded during the 14th and 15th centuries by the single XII (12-hour system), leading to the widespread adoption of the 12-hour dial for popular use. The 24-hour analog dial continued to be used, but primarily by technicians, astronomers, scientists, and clockmakers. John Harrison, Thomas Tompion, and Mudge built a number of clocks with 24-hour analog dials, particularly when building astronomical and nautical instruments. 24-hour dials were also used on sidereal clocks.

The famous Big Ben clock in London has a 24-hour dial as part of the mechanism, although it is not visible from the outside.

In the 20th century, the 24-hour analog dial was adopted by radio amateurs, pilots, submariners, and for military use.

Today
24-hour analog watches and clocks are still being manufactured today, and are sought after by collectors and enthusiasts.  Manufacturers who make 24-hour analog watches include Glycine, Raketa, Vostok, Fortis, Poljot, Swatch, and many others.

Design

The major variation in the design of 24-hour analog dials is the location of midnight and noon. Although always opposite each other, 180° apart, noon is sometimes at the top, sometimes at the bottom. A few rare variants place noon and midnight at the right and left sides. There is no ambiguity if the 24-hour numbering is used.

In the United States, the government and military commonly use 24-hour clocks having noon at the bottom; the variant with noon at the top is far less common.

Watches

A 24-hour watch is a type of watch with an hour hand that completes a revolution every 24 hours.

The face may be arranged in either of two ways: with noon at the top and midnight at the bottom (similar to how one might observe the passage of the Sun over their time zone whilst facing south), or else rotated 180° with midnight at the top and noon at the bottom (as pictured).

Multiple time zones can be displayed by having multiple hour hands or a rotating bezel. The bezel is a ring around the outside of the watch's face.  When it is used, the top of the watch always represents midnight (or noon) GMT. The bezel, which also has hour markings, is then rotated so that its numbering represents local time. So, a pilot always has GMT time available for talking to air traffic control and, when they land, only has to rotate the bezel to "set" the watch to their new local time. Glycine was the first to feature a 24-hour rotating bezel in 1953 with the Airman No.1 Pilot watch. The design became widely known when Rolex designed the Rolex GMT Master for Pan-Am Pilots in 1954.

A 24-hour watch with a compass card dial can be used to determine direction when set to local noon and used in conjunction with the sun.

Many (but not all) digital watches can be set to show the time in 24-hour format.

Notable 24-hour watch brands

Akerfalk (Swedish)
Gallet (Swiss)
Glycine (Swiss)
Oris /(Swiss)
Poljot (Russian)
Raketa (USSR  Russian)
Rolex (Swiss)
Seiko (Japan)
Forté (USA)
Slow watch (Swiss)

World time

A common use for the 24-hour analog method of representing time is for showing the way the time of day depends on one's location. A globe, map, or disk can be used.

In fiction
George Orwell uses the 12-hour and 24-hour dials to symbolize the old and new worlds in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The 12-hour dial is a relic of pre-revolutionary society, used to represent the desirable past; the 24-hour dial and time system is the compulsory standard imposed by the Party, and represents both conformity and the undesirable nature of the new world. This theme is famously set in the opening line:

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

In the 1927 film Metropolis, the opening scene shows both a 24-hour analog clock and a 10-hour (decimal) analog clock, one above the other. Both are used to convey the impression of an alien and highly efficient society.

In Jules Verne's science fiction masterpiece 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Nemo remarks that the clocks in the Nautilus use a 24-hour dial: "Now, look at that clock: it's electric, it runs with an accuracy rivaling the finest chronometers. I've had it divided into twenty–four hours like Italian clocks, since neither day nor night, sun nor moon, exist for me, but only this artificial light that I import into the depths of the seas! See, right now it's ten o'clock in the morning."

See also
 24-hour clock
 Direction finding watch
 Sector clock

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Further reading

24-hour clocks and watches

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Property Developers Going Strong despite Brexit Concerns
Diane Foo Eu Lynn • June 30, 2016
In lieu of the Brexit excitement, strong developers such as SP Setia Bhd (SP Setia) as well as Eastern and Oriental Bhd (E&O) who have vested interests in the UK are still positive about their projects despite much apprehension.
SP Setia noted in a filing at Bursa Malaysia that their Battersea project of approximately 1,661 units and three phases is approximately 85% sold – Phase 1 at 99%, Phase 2 at 90% and Phase 3a at approximately 60%.
According to their officials, they say that "Amidst the short term uncertainty in the aftermath of Brexit, we are still positive on the long term prospects of Battersea and remain committed to the development of the entire project, which is expected to be fully developed by 2025."
Phase 1 of Battersea is expected to be completed by the end of 2016, and is to be delivered to buyers in staggered numbers. The sales profit from Phase 1 is to be channeled to Phase 2 and Phase 3, which is expected to be completed by the year 2020.
Due to their long term interest in the UK property market, SP Setia say are not concerned about the fluctuation of the pound sterling.
In the meantime, E&O has purchased Prince House, a prime freehold office building along the prestigious road of Kingsway in Central London as they believe that Brexit will not affect its UK properties' net realisable value.
As said by their officials, they have invested in London even before the spike of property prices in UK, and before the Ringgit dropped to its lower than average rates it is today. Their bank borrowings are conservative with low loan to value ratio, and their property investments are located in prime and very much in demand locations with positive sales prospects.
On a sidenote, E&O is now converting and refurbishing their latest UK purchase of Prince House into a residential and serviced apartment.
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Diane Foo Eu Lynn, Senior Content Specialist at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact her about this or other stories email diane@propertyguru.com.my
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Episode 88 – Paul Meissner
July 19, 2017 by johng
Paul curls his way to better client connections
Paul Meissner has always had a thing for winter sports. After competing in downhill skiing in University, his attention turned to curling, a sport he especially likes because he gets to yell a lot. Some of his curling career highlights include a game against the gold medal-winning Canadian Paralympic Team and another time playing a pickup game against Greg McAulay, a Canadian world champion curler.
In this episode, Paul and I talk about how curling is a great metaphor for an office, where the team is made up of different skills and it takes all four working in tandem to get it right. By playing regularly, he's learned to communicate more effectively and to change plans quickly. Client faces light up when they find out he does curling, so he often takes colleagues and clients to play. He really enjoys that because everyone is out of their comfort zone and there's a level playing field so everyone can play equally.
Paul Meissner is a Director with 5ways Group Chartered Accountants in Melbourne, Australia.
He graduated from La Trobe University with a degree in Commerce, followed by a Graduate Diploma in accounting. He's also a Qualified Cloud Accountant in Accounting and Computer Science, as designated by the International Association of Qualified Cloud Accountants.
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Cloud accounting allows Paul to work from anywhere as the world goes by.
Paul delivering a stone while Curling.
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Welcome to Episode 88 of the Green Apple Podcast where each Wednesday, I interview a professional known for a hobby or a passion. Making them standout like a green apple in a red apple world and to put it another way, it's like helping people find their "and" as in my guest Paul Meissner is an accountant and plays curling.
And as you'll hear that curling has generated a lot of interest from clients and there's a lot of science behind why this is because there's chemicals in your brain that are released when you meet interesting people that do curling. Things like norepinephrine which creates engagement and another one called oxytocin which creates trust and bonding and both of this are really, really crucial to the developing up a positive corporate culture and in Paul's case, some really strong client relationships.
And before we get to this week's guest, just a quick favor to ask of you. If you like the show and are listening on iTunes or your favorite android app it would be really, really cool if you could just leave a five-star rating and maybe a comment because people have been telling me how they really like how unique the Green Apple Podcast is, and it's because the least business-y show out there and telling people stories as opposed to just regurgitating a lot of business stuff. So you doing this will be a huge help for others to learn about the show. Thank you so, so much.
And now it's time to introduce you to this week's guest, Paul Meissner. He's a director at 5Ways Group Chartered Accountants in Melbourne, Australia and a co-host to the podcast From the Trenches and I'm so jacked up to have you on the show, Paul. Thank you so much for being with me today on the Green Apple Podcast.
Paul: You're welcome. I'm really punked to be here. Looking forward to it.
John: Yeah. Absolutely, man. Well, you've got your podcast From the Trenches, right?
Paul: From the Trenches, yes, an industry perspective of accountants in their practice. Yeah, we're really enjoying it.
John: Yeah, yeah and you guys as rocking and rolling and I was like, "I got to get these guys on the show." I appreciate you taking time from signing all your autographs to come over and have a chat with me. I appreciate it.
Paul: No problems at all.
John: Yeah, yeah. I gave everybody a little bit of an introduction but maybe, in your own words, what you're up to now in the accounting world?
Paul: I run an accounting firm, just a small practice, 100% cloud-based 5Ways Group. Also, started a software conversion business over the journey that was a couple of years ago, I built a travel app that never really went much anywhere. I've also thought of starting to get into online training for accountants, freedom accounting system. Yeah, and I got two wonderful kids, married, and still sort of finding some time for a bit of sport with the curling which we'll talk about, a bit of umpiring and some other things. I keep myself busy. I also am on a few boards and committees especially with our accounting buddies out here, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand so keep myself busy.
John: Yeah, man. That's awesome. How'd you come up with 5Ways Group? How'd you come up with that name?
Paul: It's an old slide I saw and it stood for five different things. Grow, create, manage, protect, plan, according to the marketers. But for me, it stood for being more than just filling in a form. We were about the whole client. We were their friend in a way, you know professional sounding board, we were there to talk to them about — because as accountants, we don't necessarily meet up to sell extra services like cash flows or other things but you know, I find that we really build a relationship with our clients and sometimes if cash flow's bad or you know, mental health's a big thing, likely, you've really got to speak to some clients in some unfortunately dark times and you really become a shoulder for them in a sense, so the 5Ways just stood for I guess a little bit more holistic.
John: I love that, man.
Paul: Yeah. It was good. It resonated with me so it was good.
John: Yeah. That works, man. And one question that I love to ask everybody just because everyone's got a unique story is just how did you get in to accounting?
Paul: My dad's an accountant.
John: There we go.
Paul: Yeah. He was and my dad was really supportive. He always said, "Go out on your own, do whatever you want." He gave me endless amounts of sort of work experience while I was going through school in uni whenever I want it but when I got out from uni, he sort of shut the door in a professional sense and said, "No, you can't come and work for me. Go and find your own feet." And he helped me get some interviews which ultimately was funny I was talking about this with people last time.
He got me two interviews from my first grad job and I usually took a third job which I got on my own as a job interview and ended up and that sort of the started my accounting career and I never went back to my dad's firm. But it taught me a good lesson that you can't just walk into things, these sort of generational businesses that are really tough, you got to go and find your own experience but he was always there to sort of chat. I think he was more worried when I started my own firm than I was.
I was going out on my own and I wasn't going to use my name as the title for the business which he sort of couldn't get over and I wasn't going to have an office and I was going to be 100% remote and he just sort of thought, "Oh, this is not how an accounting works you know. It's not going to work at all." But that was only because he loved me and he wanted the best but he sort of couldn't see how this technology was going to work. It was quite funny.
John: Yeah, and now you're rocking it and I love that and congrats on all the success so that's really awesome, really awesome. I know that running your own firm isn't easy and takes a lot of time but I love how you carved out some time like you mentioned for mostly sport related activities and some hobbies and passions that are kind of unique.
Paul: It's funny. People sort of say how do you find the time and I actually thought about it the other day and I don't spend a lot of time wondering whether something's worth doing or whether I can do it well or whether — you know I just do it. If you wanted it and so like in a way, keep moving forward, keep trying stuff, and if that's — in recording the first podcast some people kind of go, "Well, you know we need a website. What are we going to do for the 100th episode and how are we going to –?" No, no, no. Let's record the first one guys, just do it. Just grab the nearest microphone, just do it. "I don't know how many blogs I can write." Well, write the first one. Just keep moving.
So you kind of a time if you don't waste time wondering whether you should do something. By the time people have stopped wondering, I've done it or I've at least attempted it and if it worked, it worked and if it's not, you stop.
John: That's such a great philosophy though. It really is. Because I mean you know, perfectionists get locked up and you just want it to be perfect, you want it to be whatever, and it's like then just go on and do it. I mean it's much better. What's the phrase? "Done is better than perfect."
Paul: Exactly. So yeah, just keep trying it.
John: Oh, that's great. That's great.
Paul: You don't know until you try.
John: Yeah. I mean I love the diversity of it but baseball umpiring and curling and some shotgun, clay shooting, you know, that's quite a trifecta there.
Paul: It's very good. Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean it's you get to an age where you can't play sport anymore. And so I was a baseballer and there's a very big shortage of umpires because I keep getting yelled at which I'm sure were covered. But it was just somebody said one day like, "We need an umpire. Who wants to do it?" And I'm like, "All right. I'll do it" like kind of whatever. And then yeah, I just tried it and just wanted to stop getting yelled at so I decided I'd learn how to do it properly.
John: Right, yeah. That's very funny. And then you got married and then it was all over again.
Paul: Exactly, yeah. But in curling, I mean curling's an interesting story. So a group of mates and I, we used to race downhill skiing and back at school we raced and at uni, there was a group of us that sort of still raced in the university competitions and we all got too old for that. Some of the groups had blown out knees and all sorts of things but we were looking for the next sort of thing and we always say we were too young at that time to take up golf and we loved doing the sports so we took curling which amazes people. When people hear about it, they all do the brushing motion. I don't know what it is. Walk up to someone and go, have you ever heard curling? And I will immediately grab a pretend broom.
John: Right, the broom. I'm doing it right now as we're talking.
Paul: It happened last night. Anyway, every time they go, "Oh, quick! Sweep! Sweep!" Anyway, it's hilarious.
John: It would be even much more awkward for someone to get down as if they're throwing the stones though. I mean that would be really weird. I mean at least the broom motion is not as odd as somebody doing nearly the splits down super low eying up the stones. That would be really funny.
Paul: Especially without warming up.
John: Right. That would be funny. I actually did some curling myself when I lived in Wisconsin. I used to live in Milwaukee, and yeah, I did it on one winter. Just like a club thing and that was going to be my ticket to the Olympics because I was like, "Oh, I can make to the Olympics in this, I mean come on." It's not really that much and then I sort of doing it. I'm like, "Wow, this is a lot harder than it looks like on TV." That's for sure.
Paul: And that's what we found. We've said the same thing. If you want to be good at something pick something no one else does.
John: Right, right.
Paul: And then we got there and went, hang on. It's a little bit to this. There's a little bit much to this but we're still having fun.
John: Yeah, yeah. It's like how do they pull my hamstring? That's weird like you know just —
Paul: The first time I curled, I actually split my jeans because I didn't know what to wear. In my first slide, I had had a few — someone else is driving but we headed down the highway and we had a few beers on the way down, not the driver of course, but anyway, we're in jeans and we're like, oh, we're on a road trip and kind of went curling, went curling, I've split my jeans having an immense amount of fun and then had to drive back to the highway with sort of a ventilation between my pants but I learned to wear tracksuit pants after that. But that's a funny story about how you kind of start in a sport and it takes you.
John: Right, so the big take away from this episode everyone is wear wind pants if you're going to go curling, that's it. That's so great.
Paul: No jeans.
John: What were some of the cooler most rewarding things that you got to do from curling?
Paul: One day, I got the opportunity with my team to play against the gold medal winning Canadian Wheelchair side. And they brought their gold medals actually. We got photos with then after the game and as a young 20 something year old, you grow up with — largely I've never met disabled athletes, sort of rightly or wrongly you just don't know but when you can play a sport with people who are absolutely the top of their game, gold medal Olympic Winter Olympians and you can just have the honor of playing on the same astrodome.
John: Yeah. They will just whip you.
Paul: That was the nicest, we had the best fun, we learned so much about the game, we learned so much about ourselves, and just the equality of things and that's what I've always really loved about the sport is men, women, children, big, small, old, young, disabled, abled play on the same ice, drink at the same bar after the game and can share stories about the same sport and that sort of been something big that really stood out for me is probably the best game. And then the day later, someone said, "Oh, look. Do you mind if Greg plays with you?" And we're like, "Whatever. Who's Greg?" We didn't know.
John: Right. Greg who?
Paul: This guy walks in and it happens to be Greg McAulay who actually became quite of a good friend of our team and he's an ex-world champion. So him and his daughters who our team's also became great friends with, like he walks in and goes, "Oh, guys. Do you want a pickup game?" An ex-world champion. There's a couple of Aussie amateur, absolute amateurs and says, "Look, guys. Let's just get into a pickup game and have a bit of fun and shout about the game" and we actually ended up either on that trip or sort of the next trip having a barbeque in his backyard just talking about the sport but it's such a leveling game, such an equality game which I've always loved about it.
John: Right, right. I mean those stories are amazing and especially to happen in the same week. That's awesome. That's really, really cool.
Paul: It was pretty — but I guess I mean in life, equality is such a big, big part of everything and if you grow up playing sports that are segregated or sports that you know, or not playing sport and you know, you might get to the same-sex school or whatever, don't often see that or experience those times outside of work. Some of us works the first time that we mix with the other sex or mix with people who are older than us who aren't otherwise like teachers and stuff but to share the ice with them and play on an absolute equal playing field is amazing.
John: No. That's really good. That's really good. And a lot of people that — I mean I remember when I was working in Big Four myself and you know just people that I talk with they always think that their hobbies or their passions are kind of throwaways and I always like to tell them that no, there's real tangible takeaways from these hobbies and I have to believe that all of these translates to the office in some way. I'd have to imagine for you.
Paul: Absolutely. I think, as well, you got to have to release and one of the best parts about curling actually is or the most fun part, apart from sweeping because that's what everyone knows, and no, it doesn't translate into sweeping at home. That's what everyone wants to know. My wife will attest to the fact it doesn't, it doesn't translate.
John: That's a different kind of broom, you only use one kind of broom. I don't know this —
Paul: That's what I tell her. I said if we lived in a nice house with a nice floor I'll be able to sweep but sadly, we don't. Part of curling is actually yelling. I don't know whether — I mean you played but you actually can yell and there is something very therapeutic about heading out to a curling center after a tough day or tough week and being able to just yell with no recriminations or without anyone getting offended. You can just yell and sweep as hard as you can and I think that that's just great. Everyone wants to go and blow off a bit of steam, and that's also quite the good break.
John: Yeah, and it's not the normal talking about work more, you're able to escape and get out and all that. I imagined that yeah, the skills, the team-building skills, the dynamics like you said of being with different kinds of people on the team, and yeah, everyone's got their own role.
Paul: That's exactly right. The biggest challenge with the sport is there's really no individual — you're only as good as the weakest link, you can't be — a lot of sports, you can be carried by the best player. The best player dominate and you'll win just on the back of — when I played junior footy, I played with two guys who's 18 or something on the field. There was two guys who went on to play top level and we were under 10s, we won the premiership and I don't think I touched the ball the whole year because these two guys just rammed it in the game and scored all their goals and the rest of us were kids, under 10s, we just ran around. We won the premiership and still one of the greatest teams I've been and didn't touch the ball.
So largely, it doesn't matter but the curling, you can't have that. It really takes all four members to get it right but the real bid is, it only takes one to mess it up. That's a real metaphor for work I guess is that you're all part of the team and the communication, you have to work together because of that you all rely on each other not only to do your job but to not mess up anyone else's job.
And the communication is often the hardest because even when plans change or you might be — you call a shot and you might think that you're all doing this but halfway down something happens and you have to change your mind. If you had four people in a room and you quickly had to change your mind while stuff was happening could you efficiently communicate it so that everyone knew that you've changed your mind? You didn't have time to write a report or you don't have time to make sure everyone's happy. No, no, no like guys, it's changed, just yell more. Generally, just yell more.
And you kind of largely, got to know who's calling what, who's yelling what and why and you've all got to get on the same page quick. And that's a real challenge and a real skill. In life, you've really got to look for the experiences I think. You've got to look for your positives, I'm not particularly introspective or looking for meaning in everything but I want to see where those translatable skills are, why we're doing something and then certainly like the communication in curling and being able to work together as a team is a really good skill.
John: Yeah. I mean especially when you have your own business and you have a team underneath you and even talking with clients, that's huge.
Paul: Exactly. You've got to be able to effectively communicate with anyone. It's also just fun.
John: Yeah. Well, that's the best part about it.
Paul: I've taken clients. I've taken work colleagues, I've taken clients.
John: Oh, that's awesome.
Paul: Every time people say, "What's this I hear about curling?" You know, sort of just like, "Just what? Really?"
John: Yeah, yeah. Do I have to bring my own broom or how does this work?
Paul: Exactly. Everyone says, "Do wear skates?" You don't wear them.
John: Right, just skates, that'll be terrible.
Paul: That's what everyone says. Yeah, I know. It's crazy. And then also people go, "Oh, you're the Jamaican bobsleigh team. You're the real-life bobsleighs." I'm like no, we're not. Oh, right, we are, like whatever.
John: Right, right. That's super fun.
Paul: If that helps. And I guess the other thing is coming back to that such a level playing field. As a corporate activity, I've taken groups with old, young, men and women, not children obviously, because it's a work thing but you go off and do that. If you do a golf day then these people would have and played golf. If you do basketball then the stronger, faster —
John: Taller.
Paul: Taller, exactly. We'll exclude the others. It's great because pretty much 99% guarantee that nobody's done it before. So you're all learning, you're all picking it up, and you're all out of your — largely, out of your comfort zone. As a teambuilding activity for anyone out there, hit up your local curling club, you always got to support your local curling club. It is a wonderful team building exercise and a bit of fun.
John: Yeah, just don't show up everybody in jeans because then you'll be in trouble, right?
Paul: No jeans. Someone wore high heels the other night. A corporate. I do not know how she did it. She fell a good couple of times. It was like big platform high heels. I still shake my head. "Be careful! Be careful!"
John: But I love that how you said, it's out of everyone's comfort zone for the most part so that means that everyone grabs on to each other subconsciously stronger because it's like, "Hey, none of us know what we're doing" and so you build those bonds together that really, when it comes to engagement and the buzzwords like that, that's a simple thing that's fun and everyone can do it and yeah, that's a great idea, man. That's really cool.
Paul: It doesn't matter whether you're the oldest partner of the business or the boss of the business or the youngest receptionist, you're all together and you're all equal, but you know, often bad when you start. But yeah, you have fun. And you can yell at each other in a safe environment. Yelling at your boss is actually a good thing. Try it. You don't try it at work. Just try it . It's great.
John: That's fantastic. I love that, man. And so have you always shared that in all the jobs that you've had that you know, "Hey, I have these other activities?"
Paul: It's funny I really think that when I was a grad or early in my career, you don't by habit, not that you're necessarily ashamed by it, you just don't think to share it. I mean sort of 15 years ago, an accounting firm just didn't really — you sort of said, "Oh, what did you do in the weekend?" and you'd tell people. It wasn't hidden but it sort of wasn't put on a CV as much when I was that young. I think certainly that times are changing.
You sort of see now all people are free to talk about this kind of things but to see people, their faces light up with interest, "You like curling. Oh, my god! Never met a curler like I've watched it on TV." In one of the first couple of times that happens, you think okay well, I can talk about it not that I didn't deliberately but you just feel like people didn't want to hear about what you've got up to.
John: Right, yeah. Did you feel like ones you were sharing that yeah, like you said, people's faces light up and that's what I find is that I think a lot of that is in our own heads of what we think other people are going to judge us or other people are going to say.
Paul: It depends what it is. I mean you look at — I mean I love the podcast you did with the engineer who was also a model.
John: Oh, Amy Hancock, yeah.
Paul: And she talks about the impact on the role sexism plays in the workplace. Certainly, curling or baseball umpiring, doesn't have that level so I think it's different what your hobby is. You mentioned that I'm a shotgun shooter and you don't necessarily stroll into work and go, "Yeah, you know I went down and shot a couple of hundred rounds."
John: Pull a couple of shells out of your pocket and set them on your desk.
Paul: I did, I had one once. I found it in my pocket I think that wasn't a good look. I just remember that I was told to get rid of it but it was just in my bag from the weekend, it's crazy. Certainly, that was something I never shared for fear of the stigma or what it was. It was weird. But I've never felt it as safe, it's weird. You sort of stand in a gun club and you know everyone's got a gun and police come past and they've got guns and they walk up and have a chat and they drive through the car park and they wave to the locals and they'll come and watch you shoot and have a chat and whatever. I've kind of never felt as safe than at a gun club. At least you know where —
John: That's ironic. Yeah, yeah. With all the ammunition everywhere.
Paul: You know everyone's registered and trained but yeah, it's hard when you get a young family, you don't want that but also again, it's not something you want to tell your boss like yeah, I've got three shotguns in my back.
John: What did you say bad about me again? I was reading my review.
Paul: It's funny with the more prevalence of mental issues now, those sort of thing become bigger and we never had that in Australia. I mean with gun violence but largely, sorted that out.
John: And that one is a unique one where it does have a political flavor to it where most hobbies and passions really don't. Like you said, the baseball umpiring and curling, those are free to talk about and I guess one thing that I struggle with is just how much do you think it's on the organization to create a culture? I'm sure you have there at 5Ways Group, where it's okay for people to share what their hobbies and passions and almost celebrate that versus it's more on the individual to step up or to share within a small circle even in the most dire situations of where you're working.
Paul: I mean culture's top-down, right? I think in any organization be it an accounting firm, be it a corporate, whatever, it's got to come from the top. In my first grad job I had a partner or a boss who played IFL Football, played at the top level of football in Australia and you're getting, trying to talk to him about it. I was a football-mad 20 something year old like, all I wanted to do is hear about the stories in the locker room, just funny stories and it would've endeared myself to him and the organization if you could share those stories but he was really closed about it and it was sort of it was like a previous life to him.
I don't know whether he was sad that it was over or kind of that culture coming from the top that it was sort of you didn't talk about it despite us knowing that he did or finding out. It's really funny that changes the narrative so it's not like I would've volunteered anything whereas if he had said, "Oh, yeah, I did it and it was fun. Look, let's chat about it over lunch or get Friday night drinks or whatever" and then what else do you do? And I think that's what's needed in the younger generation certainly want to endear themselves with people.
When I started accounting, it was very much you just did what you're told. It was a very top-down authoritarian kind of way. "I'm your boss. I don't have a life. Neither would you." And I've certainly seen that over the years change as the demographic gets younger. In the same firm though, I mean having said that in the same firm there was one of the partners was mad keen on golf.
And for sort of 364 days of the year, he was a bit of a stick in the mud and wasn't really, didn't really talk about his events for his outside life but once a year, he'd sort of throw it open and say, "Look, I'll host whoever wants to come play at the golf club, we'll come and have a golf game." And even at one day at a year, I know it was something for the sort of five or six years I worked there was a day I look forward to. It was not socializing but mixing it outside work where you can get to know the person more and people do business for people.
John: Right. I mean, absolutely. And there's like even brain science behind it that I've been reading up on since I've started this. There's oxytocin and norepinephrine and chemicals in your brain where it's like people that are interested in something are interesting to you. That's where the bonding comes in and trust and all those things where you feel closer together so then when you're going through busy season, it's not so hard and the highs aren't so high, the lows aren't so low.
There's real brain science to this and it's just such a cool thing when you're able to share and I know in the sales where they refer to it kind of as a pattern interrupt where the pattern is you're an accountant and yeah, like you said, doesn't enjoy their job, has no life, and no one around them has a life either but then all of a sudden when someone does have a life, it's like such a huge pattern interrupt that's like, "Wait, what?" and everybody wants to know and as like you said, people's eye light up when you tell them curling.
Paul: It's funny I have to tell people when people sort of say, "What do you do?" I say, "I'm an accountant. But I get my personality back at 5:00 p.m. when I leave."
John: Oh, nice.
Paul: And they're kind of just — it's a pattern interrupt I guess it would be. There's going to be, "Oh, they weren't ready for it." It's kind of like, "Yeah, you know, I'm boring 9:00 to 5:00 but I can have a life and get out and about" and curling does that but you can't walk in. If you walk into a job and can't express yourself or can't talk about hobbies, you don't want to do it all day, you know. You don't want to —
John: No, no. Clearly not.
Paul: The water cooler's there for a reason, right? And just you got to keep stuff engaged and happy and all sorts of things and certainly taking an interest exactly like you said in other people because there are some interesting people out there, right?
John: There's some unbelievably cool people. I mean just from doing this podcast, it's like "What?" like Rebecca Berneck is somebody that I had on the Green Apple Podcast and she was a backup dancer in the Prince Purple Rain music video and we talked the most part about she holds the land speed record for vintage motorcycles. And she's a business consultant. You know like, "Wait, what?" You can't just like drop that on accident, I mean that's crazy. And I guess one thing I love to just ask you is why do you think the stereotype exists still and most importantly, why do accountants still believe it?
Paul: I think and purely my opinion is that because we hold a position of I guess a professional serious sort of trusted adviser that it almost attaches itself to a level of seriousness that we can't or some people sort of can't say, "Well, I have to look serious all the time because I'm doing a serious job." It's sort of like people who have this constant desire to feel they're strong, they never want to look weak.
I see it as this same thing as like nobody appreciates or they never used to appreciate that you can have a switch, you can go at 5:00 p.m., I can do what I want. It doesn't change the fact that from 9:00 to 5:00 I'm also an accountant just because I didn't go out and shoot a shotgun or yell at people on the ice or whatever. But I think that some people do worry about looking like they're not as serious or professional. I think that came more certainly when people are in a position of authority over people, it's that top-down approach, they don't want to — you're concerned not to be a friend to the people under you in case you need to discipline them.
John: Right, but it's quite the opposite, right? I mean because if you're friends with them then you can be honest then we move on. And they don't get their feelings hurt so much.
Paul: Yeah, I think there's a medium. I think you can't be super chummy because sometimes you got to have to make a call but sharing your hobbies is not being super chummy, right? You're not having family holidays together. On a Monday morning, you're just talking about what you do.
John: Yeah. And then the best part is, is that sharing your hobbies and passions with clients is actually an accelerant, if you will.
Paul: People will remember it. And it humanizes it. And when accountants are in — we're in human relationship. We're a sort of a professional friend especially in the small business space and people forget that that people do business with people that they can relate to. You can't relate to sort of a purely 100% —
John: Robot of sorts.
Paul: Robot, exactly. Yeah, yeah, a text knowledge robot.
John: Yeah, this has been awesome. Really, really great. Such great examples and such great stories for everyone but before I hop on an airplane and fly, I don't know, 14 hours or whatever it is to come throw some stones, curling, and more importantly, yelling, I have my 17 rapid fire questions that I like to run you through. Let me fire this machine up here.
Alright, looks like I've having some trouble with it but yeah, we'll see. Alright, there we go. Now, it's up and running, here we go. Alright.
First question, I'll start you out easy, start you out easy. Are you more oceans or mountains?
Paul: Mountains.
John: Mountains, all right.
Paul: Snow skiing. I'm a big snow skier.
John: There we go. Should've known, should've known. Do you have a favorite ice cream flavor?
Paul: Coconut. I'm a big fan of coconut.
John: Coconut, wow. That's an interesting answer. Alright, when it comes to computers are you more PC or Mac?
Paul: Mac.
John: Mac.
Paul: Mac every week.
John: How about are you more Star Wars or Star Trek?
Paul: Star Wars.
John: Star Wars, alright. Yeah, fair enough. How about do you have a favorite color?
Paul: Purple.
John: Purple. Interesting. Alright.
Paul: Just like it.
John: Yeah, yeah. How about a least favorite color.
Paul: I don't really have a least favorite color. It used to be pink in my younger day but as I've grown, I've embrace to pink now. But I don't have a least favorite color.
John: Good for you, man. Good for you. How about more pens or pencils?
Paul: Pencils.
John: How about more Sudoku or crossword puzzle.
Paul: Sudoku.
John: Sudoku, sure. Are you more of a suit and tie or jeans and a t-shirt?
Paul: Jeans and a t-shirt.
John: Alright, alright. Next one, more cats or dogs?
Paul: Kids.
John: Kids. Nice. Are you more of an early bird or a night owl?
Paul: A night owl but the problem is I now have to be both.
John: Alright. You're more balance sheet or income statement?
Paul: Good question. Income statement.
John: Income statement.
Paul: Exactly.
John: Is there a movie that makes you cry?
Paul: Oh, I think it was Weekend at Morrie's with Hank Azaria. It still sticks with me as possibly one of the saddest movies I've ever watched.
John: Right. We got four more, four more. Do you have a favorite number?
Paul: 27.
John: Oh, why is that?
Paul: I have no idea.
John: How about are you more boxers or more briefs?
Paul: Boxers.
John: Boxers. Do you have a favorite comedian?
Paul: Mike McIntyre. I think that's his name. The guy who does the family comedy?
John: Yeah, I know. Absolutely, absolutely. The last one, the favorite thing you own or the favorite thing you have?
Paul: Happy to have a family and healthy and happy kids and a lovely wife.
John: Yeah, man. That's awesome, very cool. Well, thank you so much, Paul for being with me today on the Green Apple Podcast. This is really, really fantastic.
Paul: I've really enjoyed it. Thank you very much.
John: Wow! That was so great. I loved how Paul said that he doesn't waste time thinking about whether it's going to be good or not, he just does what he's passionate about. From all the people I've talked with, the greatest fear is that others are going to judge us in what we're doing but it ends up totally being in our own heads so I just love that Paul's out there just doing it.
If you'd like to see some pictures of Paul doing some curling and get a link to From the Trenches Podcast or connect with him on social media, be sure to go to greenapplepodcast.com. And while you're on that page, please click that big green button and do the anonymous research survey about firm culture.
And thanks again for the ratings on iTunes or whatever app you use and for sharing this with your friends so they get the message that we're all trying to spread which is to go out and be a green apple.
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Q: postgresql regex grouping + casting issues when extracting price text In postgresql, I am trying to return a formatted price value for a price in a text field, but ONLY when the text field value doesn't contain other superfluous text.
For example, with these three text values...

*

*'Offers over $580,000'

*'499000'

*'NOW $419,000 - WAS $459,000'
I would want to return...

*

*'Offers over $580,000'

*'$499,000'

*'NOW $419,000 - WAS $459,000'
I have been attempting to use regex to extract my value and then casting to decimal and then formatting the output to get the value I want.  For example...
SELECT
CASE WHEN COALESCE(SUBSTRING(btrim('499000'::text) FROM '(^(\$?[0-9,]*)(\.[0-9]{2})?)$'),'') != ''
THEN to_char(substring('499000' FROM '^((\$?[0-9,]*)(\.[0-9]{2})?)$')::decimal, 'FM$999,999,999'::text)
ELSE '499000'
END as testresult

When I swap out the '499000' for 'Offers over $580,000' I get an error because regex is still picking this up as valid and then trying to convert it to decimal.  However I'm having trouble understanding why this second value passes the regex because I am saying that the string must start with the option dollar-sign + number combo.  I think.
Can anyone point me in the right direction on this one?  I have seen numerous other regex posts but none that help me answer this question (happy to be pointed to another post if it contain the solution).
Thanks!

A: Here's a regex option you may find convenient. It keeps decimals when there are any, and uses PostgreSQL's native currency formatting:
with vals(val) as (values ('Offers over $580,000'::text), ('499000'), ('NOW $419,000 - WAS $459,000'), ('  $ -1.87857 '), (' - $1.87857 '))
select case when val ~ '^\s*(-?\s*\$?|\$?\s*-?)[0-9,]+\.[0-9]+\s*$' then val::money::text
            when val ~ '^\s*(-?\s*\$?|\$?\s*-?)[0-9,]+\s*$' then left(val::money::text, -3)
            else val end
from vals


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WWE Vengeance 2011 DVD Review
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"John Cena and Alberto Del Rio compete for the WWE Championship in a very brutal Last Man Standing Match, showing their willingness and determination.
But also on this night, will the largest athlete in the world avenge injury at the hands of the World's Strongest Man, an injury which nearly ended his career? Discover the answer when Big Show challenges Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Sworn enemies join forces when CM Punk and Triple H put their differences aside to face their common enemy, The Miz and R-Truth in a Tag Team Explosion while the Raw and SmackDown Superstars settle their accounts on WWE VENGEANCE."
What you've just read is the blurb on Silvervision.com (after I've corrected the many mistakes) for the Vengeance PPV. As you can see, things have moved on from the much vaunted Summer of Punk… but does that mean it's now time for a Winter of Discontent for our favourite straight-edge athlete.
Running Time: 175mins (excluding extras)
WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Air Boom (Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne) v Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger
United States Championship Match: Dolph Ziggler v Zack Ryder
CM Punk & Triple H in the locker room
Divas Championship Match: Beth Phoenix v Eve
Matt Striker interviews Big Show
Sheamus v Christian
The Miz & R-Truth thank John Laurinaitis
Triple H & CM Punk v The Miz & R-Truth
Alberto Del Rio talks with John Laurinaitis
Cody Rhodes v Randy Orton
World Heavyweight Championship Match: Mark Henry v Big Show
Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship: Alberto Del Rio v John Cena
Home Video Exclusive: Matt Striker interviews Alberto Del Rio – Vengeance (23rd October, 2011)
With the heady heights of Money in the Bank and Summerslam in our rear-view mirrors, Vengeance was really the first step on the road beyond the Summer of Punk. At the time, a lot of fans (myself included) felt that it was a wasted opportunity and that CM Punk would slide back down the card. Thankfully, we were only half right and the Straight Edge Messiah has remained in the main-event scene to this day… usually getting the biggest cheer on the night too.
Of course, when Vengeance rolled around, it didn't seem like that's how it was going to pan out. Fresh from a series of biting promos and the genuine excitement of wondering what the "retired from WWE" Punk was going to do with the WWE Championship (was he going to go to RoH or Japan like he said he would?), it seemed like an odd, almost backward, step to have the ultimate rebel in Punk team up with the ultimate corporate suit in Triple H. However, that's the card that was dealt and us fans had to find the good in it somehow.
Before then though, we had an undercard to work through and the high-potential combo of Air Boom started us off with an excellent defence of their WWE Tag Team Championship titles against the improving-every-day Dolph Ziggler and the underrated Jack Swagger. This was a great opener, full of great tag-team wrestling (well, great for the current era), nice exchanges and a high-octane finish. MVP of the match was, unsurprisingly, the United States Champion.
But hold on there, it seems Mr. Ziggler's night wasn't over with the end of the tag match as the man who made himself a relevant part of the company, "Long Island Iced Z" Zack Ryder, was up next to challenge for the Show Off's singles gold. The result being in little doubt mattered not; this was the night Zack Ryder's hard work in pushing himself and creating a fan-base paid off… and the majority of people watching or just following online couldn't have been happier.
Beth Phoenix v Eve was given more time than the usual Divas Match, so benefited from that, with both women coming out of the match better than they went in, while Christian v Sheamus was a decent enough bout, but could've been better had it been given more time or a better reason to be taking place.
The first "main event" of the evening was a mismatched tag-team bout that suffered from an all-too-often piece of self-inflicted harm. WWE, for some reason, like to avoid making heels (especially heels who are breaking out of the mid-card and need to be pushed as a viable threat to be taken seriously in the top ranks) appear to be the equal of their main-event face opponents. Case in point; there wasn't a single fan watching this match who genuinely believed Miz & R-Truth could topple Punk and Hunter. Not one. Because of that, there was little tension during the moments the heels were in control, meaning most of their heat-building and offence in general was of little consequence once the finishing sequence kicked into gear.
Taking all of that into account, however, this was still an enjoyable tag-match with great action.
Something else WWE is known for is missing out on the opportunity to drag history into the storyline if it doesn't suit their plans. Now and again, though, they also miss out on history when it would add so much more to the match taking place. At last year's WrestleMania you had Triple attempting to break The Streak, but not once, not even during the annual "here's a list of victims so far", was Hunter's loss at WMX-Seven mentioned. Not even when they were saying how Shawn Michaels had failed twice.
So, it came to pass that Orton v Rhodes had a great match, but very little was made of their former Legacy connections, so the chance to build an extra emotional attachment to proceedings was lost. That being said, Cody had an amazing 2011 from an in-ring standpoint, as did Orton, and I confidently predict he could be the next big star by the time December 2012 rolls around.
The breakout star of 2011 wasn't the younger Rhodes though. That accolade belonged to a man who had been in the company (on and off) for the better part of 15yrs. From the moment Mark Henry returned from injury at the hands of the Big Show and began his Hall of Pain, the inductee into the 2012 International Sports Hall of Fame (the first year of inductions) has been on a roll.
His character development, the promos, the trash-talking during matches and beatdowns, his work on commentary and, last but not least, his in-ring work all improved ten-fold through the latter half of 2011. This bout brought things full circle as it was Big Show who took out Mark Henry and it Henry returned the favour upon his return. Now that his run with Orton had ended, it was time for the two big men to go at it.
Some of the stuff these guys did, especially for their size, was immense, especially the "stare at each other and then just charge the other down" moment around the half-way point. All of this, however, paled in significance to the unbelievable ending to the contest. Sure, it was done first in 2002, but it was impressive regardless seeing Mark Henry superplex Big Show and then the ring just implode underneath.
Of course, as this wasn't the last fight on the card, it made the Last Man Standing Match between Cena and Alberto very interesting from a "how are they going to work around this" kinda way.
Kudos to everyone involved for giving us something different to enjoy, at least aesthetically, as most WWE LMS matches follow a strict formula (well, to be fair, most matches follow a formula). The lack of ropes forced these guys to come up with something else and, for the most part, they delivered.
Some nice counters, a LOT of suplexes and a neat double-foot stomp to Cena as he as on the apron and under a ringpost were the highlights of the first half, while the backstage brawling (with plenty of toys) kept things going until it was time to bring things to a close. The end of the bout was unexpected, but made sense in a manner of speaking.
A single interview with the WWE Champion is all you get.
Another above-average PPV for the WWE Universe to enjoy with every match being an enjoyable encounter for varying reasons. WWE actually had a really good 2011 on PPV, so this is worth getting if you can find it for under £10.00.
Also, if you buy the Blu-Ray edition, you get the following from the preceding week's TV shows -:
Monday Night Raw (17th October, 2011)
John Morrison, Sheamus & Randy Orton v Cody Rhodes, Christian & Mark Henry
CM Punk v The Miz
Winner gets to decide the stipulation on the Vengeance WWE Championship Match: John Cena & Jim Ross v Alberto Del Rio & Michael Cole
SmackDown (21st October, 2011)
Mark Henry v John Morrison
Cody Rhodes thinks Randy Orton is evil
Mask v Mask: Sin Cara v Sin Cara
Points: 8/10
UK: DVD / Blu-ray
USA: DVD
Canada: DVD
By TheBigBoot
WWF Vengeance 2001 Review
The Redman Report: Top 10 WWE PPV Matches of 2011 Part 1
By Jimmy Redman


Back after quite a few years away - trying to catch up on the battle pets. At one point I only had one capturable battle pet left to capture...now I feel beind.
I've currently collected all the capturable pets that count for the world achievments except Qiraji Guardling. I'll be going after world drops, soon, and the Pandaria Spirits. But before that (or while doing that) I'm slowly replacing anything uncommon with a rare. It's proving to be a lenghly process but I only need 1 more! Minfernal.
I'm also working on achievments. I have 69/84 Battle Pet achievments.
Oozes, slimes, and worms 153/Disgusting Oozeling 1! Yay!
Bogflare Needeler 149 (since I started counting - probably add 500 to that)/Firefly 1! Yay!


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Q: How to connect several monitors to one computer, and all display the same thing I have an interesting problem.  I need to have one computer that drives around 30 (Thirty) monitors.  I have a very large room, and need each monitor to have the same thing on them.  I'm open to the idea of wireless since latency isn't a big issue.  Graphics quality doesn't have to be amazing either.  This will mostly be used for powerpoint, excel, word, Maybe some youtube videos at some point.  No sound is needed either.
The basic end goal is to have one computer on a projector that I am driving, and people who are sitting all around the room have monitors they can look at, and they all have the same thing on them.  Any advice on hardware is appreciated.


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Democracia em Vertigem (título em inglês: The Edge of Democracy) é um documentário brasileiro de 2019 dirigido por Petra Costa, que retrata os bastidores do impeachment da presidente do Brasil Dilma Rousseff; o julgamento de seu antecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; o pleito que elegeu o candidato de extrema-direita Jair Bolsonaro; e a crise político-econômica no país.

Com acesso privilegiado a Dilma, Lula, Bolsonaro e outros políticos importantes, Petra Costa entrelaça o pessoal e o político para narrar um momento decisivo da história recente do Brasil, também considerado como "uma advertência a todas as democracias do mundo". Em uma sucessão de eventos que se assemelha a um filme de suspense, o documentário captura intimamente os três presidentes enquanto eles lutam por suas vidas políticas, além de mostrar o dano colateral que essa luta teve sobre a democracia.

O filme foi indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Documentário de Longa Metragem em 2020.

Lançamento
Democracia em vertigem teve sua primeira exibição mundial em 24 de janeiro de 2019, no MoMA, durante o Festival de Sundance, quando foi apresentado pelo cineasta Spike Lee.   A Netflix adquiriu os direitos de distribuição do filme, que foi lançado comercialmente em 19 de junho de 2019  junto com projeções em cinemas de Nova York e Los Angeles. Ao longo do ano de 2019, foi o segundo documentário mais visto da plataforma no Brasil.

Recepção

Crítica especializada
No agregador de críticas de televisão e cinema Rotten Tomatoes, Democracia em Vertigem tem 96% de aprovação baseado em 23 críticas. No Metacritic, outro agregador de críticas, o filme tem a nota de 81/100, baseado em 12 críticas. O portal AdoroCinema classificou o filme como bom, tendo a nota 3,5 de 5 estrelas.

Um jornalista do The New York Times elogiou o filme, chamando-o de "uma crônica de traição cívica e abuso de poder, e também de desgosto". Leslie Felperin, do The Guardian, deu ao filme 4 de 5 estrelas, dizendo: "[Petra] Costa consegue elaborar uma cartilha íntima sobre a queda do Estado no populismo e o desgaste do tecido democrático do país". David Ehrlich, do IndieWire, deu ao filme uma nota B e descreveu-o como "um retrato zangado, íntimo e assombroso do recente deslize do Brasil de volta às garras abertas da ditadura".

O crítico Lawrence Garcia do The A.V. Club atribuiu uma revisão mista ao filme, elogiando a cobertura dos temas trazidos pela direção, mas criticando a falta de abrangência do documentário, dizendo: "Ao investigar o processo de impeachment, por exemplo, [Petra] Costa enfatiza sistematicamente as maquinações políticas injustas da Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil, mas também encobre as falhas do governo de Dilma e sua manipulação incontestável do orçamento federal."; ainda sobre a cobertura dos temas do filme, finalizou: "[…]oferecer uma exploração completa e honesta desses assuntos poderia tê-lo sustentado."

A Revista Crusoé publicou crítica negativa, observando que o documentário "retorce a realidade para dizer que a democracia está em risco no Brasil [o que] pode enganar Hollywood, mas é só o desabafo narcisista de uma garota inconformada".

Outras críticas

Após o anúncio da indicação do filme ao Oscar, repercutiu na imprensa do Brasil o fato da polarização política brasileira ter chegado a tal premiação. Nas redes sociais, o documentário foi elogiado em sua maioria por perfis de esquerda, mas criticado por perfis da direita política.

Pedro Bial chamou o documentário de "insuportável (...) É um filme de uma menina dizendo para a mamãe dela que fez tudo direitinho, que ela está ali cumprindo as ordens e a inspiração de mamãe, somos da esquerda, somos bons, não fizemos nada, não temos que fazer autocrítica. Foram os maus do mercado, essa gente feia, homens brancos, que nos machucaram e nos tiraram do poder, porque o PT sempre foi maravilhoso e Lula é incrível". Após ser "linchado" nas redes sociais por este comentário, Pedro Bial escreveu um artigo para o O Globo pedindo paz. Este episódio e o comentário repercutiu na mídia do Brasil.

Michel Temer, que foi um dos retratados no filme, disse em entrevista à Folha de S. Paulo que "as imagens são reais, [o documentário é] muito bem fotografado, muito bem produzido, entretanto, há uma postura político-partidária e pessoal que retira a credibilidade do filme".

Prêmios e festivais

Ver também
 O Mecanismo — série de 2018 sobre a Operação Lava Jato
 O Processo — filme de 2018 sobre o impeachment de Dilma Rousseff
 Polícia Federal: A Lei É para Todos — filme de 2017 sobre a Operação Lava Jato
 Teocracia em Vertigem — paródia feita pelo Porta dos Fundos

Ligações externas

Governo Lula (2003–2011)
Governo Dilma Rousseff
Obras relacionadas ao impeachment de Dilma Rousseff
Documentários exibidos pela Netflix
Filmes originais da Netflix Brasil
Filmes em língua portuguesa da década de 2010
Documentários do Brasil
Filmes do Brasil de 2019
Governo Jair Bolsonaro
Crise política no Brasil a partir de 2014
Representações culturais de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Representações culturais de Dilma Rousseff
Governo Michel Temer
Filmes premiados com o Troféu APCA


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I have a pretty pronounced imbalance between my quads and my hammies/glutes. I have been able to work through most of the pistol squat progressions with little effort on the quad portions but I'm running into a wall on the glute ham raises. I work out in a standard office gym and so don't have access to a lot of useful equipment and I don't have a partner. What are some modifications I can make to the ham curls (since I know I need to roll back in that progression to something easier) that I can do without a partner? I'm doing leg curls at my body weight as an alternative for the time being.