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Fujifilm X-T1 Body Only (Graphite Silver Edition)
SD to Extreme CF Adapter
Rp. 180,000
Dry Box Wonderful DB2820 (Small) 28x23x20
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM (Promo Cashback Rp 200.000)
Fujifilm 58mm Front Lens Cap for Select Fujifilm X-Mount Lenses
Sony Alpha A6000 Kit 16-50mm
Lihat gambar lebih detail
16.3MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS II Sensor
EXR Processor II
0.5" 2,360k-Dot 0.77x OLED Viewfinder
3.0" 1,040k-Dot Tilting LCD Monitor
Full HD 1080p Video Recording at 60 fps
Built-In Wi-Fi Connectivity
Weather-Resistant, Triple-Coated Body
Continuous Shooting up to 8 fps
Intelligent Hybrid AF and Focus Peaking
Includes EF-X8 Shoe-Mount Flash Unit
Featuring a highly unique graphite silver finish, and contextualized by its sensor design and high-resolution electronic viewfinder, the Fujifilm X-T1 Mirrorless Digital Camera is an advanced camera poised for both action and multimedia shooters. Incorporating a 16.3MP APS-C-sized X-Trans CMOS II sensor and an EXR Processor II, this camera can record up to 8 fps, as well as full HD movies, with an expandable sensitivity range from ISO 100-51200. Fujifilm's proprietary X-Trans sensor uses a unique randomized pixel array in order to avoid the use of a resolution-reducing optical low-pass filter, therefore providing images with the utmost sharpness and clarity. Furthermore, the X-T1 is designed within a weather-resistant magnesium alloy body that houses a 0.77x-magnification Real Time Viewfinder, tilting LCD, and a manual, dial-based control scheme. Complementing the tried and true Fujifilm technologies, the X-T1 features an enhanced handling system that enables its use in a wide variety of shooting situations. This special edition of the X-T1 also stands to differentiate itself through its triple layer coating and ever-changing color scheme.
The imaging system is benefitted by the Intelligent Hybrid AF system, which uses both contrast- and phase-detection methods to acquire focus quickly and accurately. Enhanced manual focusing capabilities are also a result of these technologies; Digital Split Image and Focus Highlight Peaking are two methods for quickly and precisely determining focus using intelligent focusing aids for improved control and optimized efficiency. For image monitoring, review, and menu navigation, both a 2,360k-dot OLED electronic viewfinder and a 3.0" 1,040k-dot tilting LCD screen are available. The body design extends this versatility through the implementation of manual, physical control dials on the top plate of the camera as well as customizable buttons and a Q Menu button for expedited access to some of the most useful settings. This control scheme further enables an intuitive built-in Wi-Fi system for direct sharing of imagery to an Android or iOS mobile device for instant sharing online.
Full HD 1080p movie recording in multiple frame rates is possible and a 2.5mm microphone input permits the use of an optional external microphone for improved audio quality with recordings. Full-time continuous focusing is supported while taking video, also, as well as the use of Film Simulation modes. Film Simulation modes make use of Fujifilm's history of producing both negative and slide films, and allow you to apply those films' characteristics to your digital imagery to better suit your intended look.
Graphite Silver Edition
The special edition Graphite Silver version of the X-T1 features a uniquely durable and aesthetic triple layer coating finish that serves to both protect it and give it tremendous visual appeal. Succeeding an initial antioxidant treatment to the magnesium alloy body, a matte black primer coat is first applied. This helps to develop a shadow-like appearance that also accentuates the highlights developed by subsequent coats. The second step in the finishing process involves rotating the body at high speeds while thin strips of paint particles are layered using computer-controlled Thin-Film Multilayer Coating Technology, which produces the smooth graphite silver-colored look. Finally, a clear coat is applied for added durability and shininess based on the ambient lighting conditions.
Beyond the unique coating and appearance of this camera, the Graphite Silver edition also contextualizes itself through the incorporation of an electronic shutter feature, which avails a top shutter speed of 1/32,000 of a second, and by the inclusion of the Natural Live View feature, which electronically replicates the viewing experience of working with an optical viewfinder.
A large 16.3MP APS-C CMOS image sensor is integrated into the X-T1 to provide high image quality and detail. Using Fujifilm's unique X-Trans bespoke pixel array, the sensor is designed with a randomized pixel pattern to eliminate the need of an optical low-pass filter for reducing moiré and aliasing. By removing this filter from the design, higher image sharpness is possible. Lens Modulation Optimizer (LMO) factors are also taken into account using the EXR Processor II, which helps to automatically compensate for aberrations and diffraction blur in order to produce images with the utmost inherent sharpness.
The X-Trans sensor also works to provide highly effective noise reduction and a clean signal-to-noise ratio. This enables smoother-looking imagery that becomes especially apparent when photographing in low-light situations with an expanded sensitivity range of ISO 100-51200. Additionally, a top continuous shooting rate of 8 fps is possible, for up to 47 consecutive frames, to benefit working with moving subject matter.
Aside from benefitting low-light performance, the EXR Processor II also provides quick performance throughout the entire camera system. The camera start-up time is about 0.5 seconds, shutter lag is about 0.05 seconds, and the shooting interval time is about 0.5 seconds. An electronic shutter can also be utilized to attain shutter speeds as quick as 1/32,000 sec. to benefit working with even the speediest of subjects. A fast autofocus performance speed of 0.08 seconds is also enabled using the advanced Intelligent Hybrid AF system using both contrast- and phase-detection focusing methods.
Intelligent Hybrid AF and Enhanced Manual Focus
Intelligent Hybrid AF is a quick, responsive autofocus system that employs both contrast- and phase-detection methods to acquire focus quickly in a wide variety of lighting conditions and shooting situations. Clear focus can quickly be attained to aid in catching fast-paced movement more easily. Three focus modes are available (AF-S, AF-C, and M) for greater control over how the X-T1 achieves sharp focus. When working with autofocus, the AF area is divided into a 49-point matrix in order to gain clear focus of any type of subject matter. Additionally, a built-in AF assist lamp is available for aiding the focus system when photographing in low-light situations.
When working with manual focus, two additional features can be employed for enhanced critical focusing in a more controllable manner. By using the phase-detection pixels located on the imaging sensor, Digital Split Image technology is able to assist in acquiring precise focus through the implementation of four striped focusing aids; akin to a rangefinder focusing method, once these stripes have been lined up, sharp focus can be ensured. Also contributing to manual focus accuracy, Focus Peak Highlight has been integrated and enables a more objective system of focusing by way of highlighting sharp edges and lines of contrast, using one of three colors, once they are in focus.
Multi Mode Real Time Viewfinder
An advanced electronic viewfinder has been incorporated into the X-T1's design to support clear eye-level monitoring along with a host of unique viewing features to better support a more efficient overall workflow. The Real Time Viewfinder is comprised of a 2,360k-dot OLED display and features an exceptionally high magnification of 0.77x, along with a 31° angle of view. This perspective is further complemented by the 0.005 sec. lag time, which smoothly and seamlessly renders scenes and moving subjects. To further enhance the viewing capabilities in difficult lighting conditions, Natural Live View can be utilized to display an image quality similar to as if working with an optical viewfinder, and the Preview Picture function can also be disabled to further extend the natural viewing experience..
Beyond the technical aspects of the viewfinder, an adaptable graphical user interface has also been designed to increase efficiency during shooting. Four different viewing modes are available:
FULL: This mode takes advantage of the high magnification ratio of the viewfinder and produces an image that fills the majority of the viewfinder in an unobstructed manner. Shooting information is presented at the top and bottom edges and does not interfere with the image frame itself.
NORMAL: This mode enables you to focus on the composition at hand while still having an in-depth understanding of camera settings and shooting conditions.
VERTICAL: When the camera is held in a vertical orientation, the information display automatically rotates so it is facing upright for easier reading of camera settings. When working in this mode, images can also be reviewed in the vertical orientation.
DUAL: Serving to benefit those working with manual focus, this mode presents a split screen view of the scene where you see both a regular view as well as the Focus Assist View (Focus Highlight Peaking and Digital Split Image) at the same time, allowing you to concentrate on the image composition as well as critical focus accuracy.
In addition to the four viewing modes, the shooting information displayed within the viewfinder can also be customized to suit one's needs. 19 different settings can be toggled on or off depending on preference.
Classic Camera Design
Featuring a body design reminiscent of SLR film cameras, the X-T1 exhibits a meshing of both analog exposure controls along with intelligent automated technologies. The clean and functional body design incorporates physical shutter speed, ISO, drive mode, AF mode, and +/- 3 EV exposure compensation double-deck precision-milled aluminum alloy dials that pair well with the manual aperture rings found on many of the XF lenses for intuitive exposure setting selection. Depending on individual needs, six customizable buttons, dual command dials, and an easily-accessible Q Menu provide an efficient solution for modifying some of the most frequently used camera settings, such as ISO, white balance, and file settings. For more extensive menu navigation, as well as live view monitoring and image review, a 3.0" 1,040k-dot LCD monitor is available and features a tilting design to better support working from high and low angles.
Furthermore, the magnesium alloy body also features approximately 80 points of weather sealing to protect itself from dust and moisture, as well as temperatures as low as 14°F, for confident use in trying conditions.
Full HD Movie Recording
Full HD 1080p video recording is supported up to 60 fps, with other frame rates and formats also available. Full-time AF tracking is available during recording with subject tracking capabilities for ensured sharpness when either the subject is moving or if the camera is moving, panning, or zooming. +/- 2 EV exposure compensation is available during recording as well as the use of Film Simulation settings.
An HDMI port enables high definition playback of movies to an HDTV and the inclusion of a 2.5mm input supports the use of an optional external microphone for enhanced sound quality.
Wireless connectivity is built into the camera and allows for instant sharing of images directly to an Android or iOS mobile device. The Fujifilm Camera Remote app allows you to browse the image contents of your camera from your mobile device and transfer both videos and photos, and the entire sharing process is further expedited by simply pressing and holding the dedicated Wi-Fi button to begin transferring immediately. Remote camera control and monitoring is also supported through the use of the app, which enables Touch AF, shutter release, exposure settings adjustment, Film Simulation modes, white balance modes, macro, timer, and flash controls to all be adjusted from the linked mobile device. Location data can also be embedded into image file's metadata for geotagging.
Film Simulation Mode and Advanced Filters
Taking advantage of Fujifilm's vast history in traditional film-based photography, the X-T1 integrates several Film Simulation modes to mimic the look and feel of some Fujifilm's classic film types. A refined Classic Chrome mode is designed to deliver muted tones and a deep color reproduction, similar to that of a dated slide film. Pulling from their more contemporary line of transparency films, Provia offers natural-looking tones for everyday shooting, Velvia produces a more dramatic and rich tonality with deeper color saturation, and Astia gives less contrast for a softer depiction of skin tones. Mimicking their negative films, Pro Neg. Std. gives smooth image tones that are suitable for accurate color renditions, while Pro Neg. Hi produces a more dramatic feel with the ability to draw color out of a variety of lighting conditions. In addition to the colorful benefits of these Film Simulation modes, there are also monochrome modes that simulate the look of traditional yellow, green, and red black and white contrast filters. A sepia mode is also available for producing an inherently nostalgic look.
Eight Advanced Filters are also available to creatively enhance the look of imagery, and include: High Key, Low Key, Soft Focus, Toy Camera, Miniature, Pop Color, Dynamic Tone, and Partial Color (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple).
Pixel 16.3 MP
Optical Zoom -
Memory Card Type SD / SDHC / SDXC
Battery NP-W126 Li-ion Battery
Warranty 1 Year Service & Spareparts
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Product Code: X-T1 Body Graphite Silver Edition
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Rp. 12,500,000
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Ralphie is a Good Boy
Fiction by Sacha Bissonnette
Ralphie is a good dog. We say "Good boy!" and "Good doggie!" because Ralphie can wait patiently for his turn to eat. Ma says, "Patience is a virtue." So when Ralphie waits patiently by the table for us to be done, Ma lets him clean up the scraps.
Ralphie is a Golden Lab. He is golden like the wheat on our farm used to be. The wheat on our farm isn't doing too well anymore. Father has to spray it all the time and that doesn't work because I see him yelling at the field and thumping his fist into it every day. Ma tells him it will come back and to just wait. It will be nice and gold again, just like Ralphie. She says The Lord told her so, in a vision she had, and that The Lord comes to those who wait for Him, those who seek him out. Father doesn't listen to The Lord much anymore. He doesn't listen to Ma either, for that matter.
We got Ralphie when he was just born. Ma scooped him up from the McNeils down the road, so that Ralphie wouldn't have to be carried down to the river that night. Father named him Ralphie because he threw up the first scraps we gave him.
Back then, he was so little he could fit in-between Father's chin and his chest. They would both fall asleep on the couch just like that. I would quietly take the beer right out of Father's hand so he wouldn't spill it all over the floor. The second I grabbed it, they would both twitch at the same time, but they would never wake. I was real good at being fast. Then I'd take a long sip of the beer. Like Father did after he came back from Church.
Before the bad wheat were the chickens. Ralphie was so excited about the chickens. Father was, too. Father said, "Hard work makes the man, and a hard-working man will always find work." So Father taught me how to build the chickens a coop. We worked for an hour every day (except Sunday) for one whole week and on the last day we put ten fat chickens into their new coop. When we were done Father went to the kitchen and grabbed a beer. He gave me a tiny glass. He said "You're still tiny." He grabbed a bowl for Ralphie, because Ralphie is a good boy and did a good job too. Then Father said the prettiest words I ever heard.
The chickens were happy in their new coop for the summer. When it got a little colder outside, one of the chickens started to wobble a lot and fall over. Then he started making these wining noises in the middle of the night. Father had to go see her to make her stop. One by one the chickens cried out in the night and one by one Father made them stop. When the last one cried out—I didn't name him, because Ma said 'why even bother'—Father grabbed me hard by my arm and handed me some of his favorite bottle of whisky and pulled me outside to the coop. I didn't want to do it but he kept pushing me forward. When Father smelled sweet and strong like that, there was no disobeying. "If you build it, then it's your right as a man to destroy it," he growled. Father had to hold my arms steady because I was shaking so much—it was like a big bear was hugging me, helping me strike the match.
Me, Father and Ralphie watched the coop burn to the ground. The last few dead chickens were still lying inside their home. It smelt sweet when it burned but there was a sour stench underneath. Father sipped his whiskey.
Father was fighting with the wheat again today. He was cursing The Lord and saying the things that Ma has forbidden me from saying. I don't know why he is cursing the Lord when a farm where things don't grow seems to be more like the devil's work. When Ma called him in for dinner, he went straight to the fridge and grabbed six cans of his favorite beer. One by one he opened his mouth wide and poured them down.
"I think I'm going to get some pigs." Father grunted.
"From the McNeils," He added.
"Is that such a good—" but before Ma could finish her sentence, her wooden plate flew across the table and hit her hard in the cheek. Gravy and blood dripped onto the yellow sunflowers on her dress. Father stood up and stomped out of the house. He slammed the door so hard that the water jumped out of my glass. Ma stayed quiet for bit then slowly got up and cleaned herself. She fed Ralphie the scraps because he was waiting like a good boy.
Father came back later that night. Me and Ma fell asleep in the big room, with Ralphie dozing under the table. When Father came in yelling and thumping, we all woke up. He was wobbling just like the dead chickens and speaking in mumbles and words that I could barely understand. Saying things like "What do the Mcneils know" and big words like "tainted" and "wretched" and "blighted."
"It's this God-forsaken earth," Father yelled at us. He picked up a knife and ordered Ma to bring him food at the table. Father sat in his chair and stabbed at his meat while glaring at us. I was so scared he would start slicing at us too if we moved. I thought of it like a game. If I could stay so very still, maybe he would keep the knife away.
Ralphie didn't know how to play the still game. It was the wrong time for Ralphie to get sick. I thought if Ralphie could just be sick quietly, Father might not hear him. But Father hears everything. He stood from his chair, his knife in his hand and went for Ralphie.
Father didn't know I was real good at being fast. Father didn't know that before he could come down on poor Ralphie, I could cross the room. Father didn't know that before he could slice Ralphie open, I'd slam into him from behind with my whole body sending him to the ground. Father didn't know how sharp his knife was until he felt it for himself.
Ma says patience is a virtue. She tells Father to wait as he rolls around on the ground like one of our old chickens. She tells me to wait for the Lord to come and get him. The Lord rewards those who wait, she says. Ma puts a finger to Father's lips when he tries to speak. She tells him he's said all he needs to. But Ma says to wait to get help. Ma says to wait. So I'll just wait. The kitchen floor is red now.
I lean close to Father's pale white face and whisper back the prettiest words I ever heard.
Sacha Bissonnette is a short story writer from Ottawa, Canada. He is a reader for the Wigleaf top 50 series. His work has appeared in Wigleaf, Lunch Ticket, SmokeLong, and Cease, Cows, among other places. He is currently working on a short fiction anthology with the help of a National Canada Council for the Arts grant, an Ontario Arts Grant, and a Youth In Culture Ottawa Grant, and was recently selected for the Writer's Union of Canada–BIPOC Writer's Connect mentorship. He loves film and comfort food and tweets @sjohnb9
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Richard Duran Sentenced to 20 Years for Possession with Intent to Deliver Fentanyl and Heroin
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David Acevedo Sentenced for the Shooting Outside Vault Lounge
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that David "WeWe" Acevedo (age 26), of New Bedford, MA, was sentenced yesterday by Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause to 16 years to serve and a consecutive 20 years suspended with probation, non-paroleable for the June 21, 2016 shooting outside...
Ephraim Durrett Sentenced to 69 Years for Providence Home Invasion
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Ephraim Durrett (age 25), of Providence, was sentenced this morning to 69 years, with 18 years to serve and the remainder suspended with probation, for a brazen home invasion in Providence from May 2013. Durrett pleaded guilty on September 19,...
Attorney General Kilmartin Urges Eligible Rhode Island Residents to Submit Claims for Provigil Settlement
To receive settlement funds, claims must be filed by Wednesday, June 25 Receiving an extension on the deadlines for consumers to submit claims, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin reminds Rhode Island residents who paid for the brand-name drug Provigil or generic modafinil from June 24,...
Aaron Andrade Pleads to 2nd Degree Murder for Selling Fentanyl that Caused Fatal Overdose of Cranston Woman
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Aaron Andrade (age 25), of Providence, pleaded Nolo contendere today before Superior Court Justice Kristin E. Rodgers to one count of second degree murder for selling fentanyl that caused the fatal overdose to 29-year old Kristen Coutu, of Cranston,
Justice Andrade Sentenced to Consecutive Life Sentences for the Murder of Ty Shon Perry
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This article by Debbie Millman was originally published on DebbieMillman.com.
I knew her before I knew her, if you know what I mean. For years I had seen her design work– at awards shows, in the credits on albums and book covers, and in industry magazines. Her name was Emily, and the long circuitous route to our friendship would challenge how I formed relationships outside the office.
Somehow, when I imagined what she was like in real life, she seemed older than I was; back in 1991 the name Emily had a slightly old-fashioned patina to it. Emily worked at the most famous design firm in the world, and then she and her best friend started their own company. She had it all: a successful creative agency; she was beautiful and smart, and she was even dating a man who was one of the most innovative designers in the business. Emily was so much larger than life to me that I couldn't envision what it would be like to be friends with her, or what I would say if I ever met her. I was too intimated to even imagine it.
But then, there she was, at a conference I was attending in Chicago. It was 1998 and she was one of the keynote speakers. Someone I knew also knew her, and I begged to be introduced. But I was so nervous when we met, all I could manage to say ended up embarrassing us both. "Wow, I thought you were older," I blurted out, and she looked confused and laughed a little laugh that was part bemused and part taken aback. I knew right then and there that our friendship was doomed, and I didn't see her again for several years.
The next time I saw her was at an American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Leadership conference in 2001. I spotted her from behind. She looked effortless and elegant and cool. I took one sidelong glance at her and scurried away in the other direction. I was way too nervous to risk talking to her again. I saw her one more time over the course of the conference, and for a millisecond I thought she saw me, too, but it seemed as if she wasn't exactly sure where she knew me from and her eyes quickly darted elsewhere.
In 2003, I became unexpectedly embroiled in an online blog brouhaha about some logos I had designed. It was the most public debate I had ever participated in and many, many well-known designers from all over the world fought over the questionable quality of my work. Emily participated as well, though she (mercifully) wasn't as critical as the rest of the crowd. I tried to hold my ground defending myself with the others; I thought I was marginally persuasive, and eventually the conversation waned. I made it out, but barely.
But, ironically, that's when Emily took notice of me, and several weeks later I received an email from her. She complimented me on the grace she felt I displayed in what she knew was a tremendously difficult situation. As I read it, my eyes nearly popped out of my head. And then I spent hours constructing a breezy response thanking her for the generous note.
In 2005, she wrote again. As President of the New York Chapter of the AIGA, she was reaching out to invite me to join the Board of Directors of the Chapter. She asked me to call so she could outline what the job entailed, and when I did I (once again) blurted out something ridiculous: I told her it was the happiest moment of my life. But this time it was sort of true and of course I accepted her invitation.
Emily's term as President of the NY AIGA board was up as I joined, so we didn't get to work much together; but in the years since, we became friends. And nearly 30 years after I first admired her work and her ideas, she is now one of my closest confidantes. She eventually married her brilliant designer boyfriend, and now they have two children I adore. Her family has become my family, and I hope we all grow old together.
Stick your hand out and try and meet everyone you admire and anyone you like!
Take a risk, even when it terrifies you. Don't let an opportunity to connect with someone go by because you are nervous or scared. You never know when you'll have the opportunity again, and overcoming fear is easier than overcoming regret. And if not now, when?
If you are not sure what to say when your hero is in front of you, try this: I love your work, and I want to thank you for inspiring me to be better at what I do. Be sincere, kind and polite. But never, ever—under any circumstances—open with how you feel about their age.
Life is a mysterious, circuitous arc. How easy it would have been not to shake Emily's hand back at the Chicago conference in 1993! How effortless it would have been to ignore the criticism of my work in 2003! But oh, I am so grateful that I pushed through my anxiety and lack of confidence to do it anyway. I know I could have been more graceful, and I certainly could have been more eloquent. But looking back on it now, I'm so, so glad I did it, no matter how silly I seemed.


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INPRACTICE
ATO modifies its stance on access to deceased's taxes
Gary Anders | March 2020
This article was current at the time of publication.
On average, about 160,000 Australians die each year, often leaving unresolved tax affairs that need to be settled with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) before an estate can be finalised.
Up until late 2019, registered tax agents could easily deal directly with the ATO on behalf of an estate's executor to manage outstanding affairs such as lodging income tax returns, business activity statements (BAS) and settling tax liabilities.
It made sense because in many cases final tax obligations can be extremely complex and generally require the support of a specialist tax practitioner.
However, an IT change in November last year now means the ATO has effectively closed the door to tax agents who directly seek what is deemed under the Tax Administration Act 1994 (TAA) to be protected information.
Why the change?
In essence, it wasn't a legislative change, but it formalised provisions in the TAA that were reformed in 2009.
The TAA prescribes the ATO's obligations in relation to taxpayer privacy and the ATO was seeking to ensure its processes and policies were consistent with the law. The ATO decommissioned its previous digital tax portal in November 2019 and replaced it with an online services platform designed to strictly adhere to protected information rules under the TAA.
Importantly, the change only relates to the pre-death tax affairs of the deceased and not to that of the deceased's estate. Tax agents still have full access and representation rights to the affairs of deceased estates when authorised by the executor.
The current process
The tax agent can still manage/access the deceased estate, as it is a trust. It is the deceased's individual affairs (pre-death taxes) to which they are denied access. The change now means that all liaisons with the ATO regarding the personal tax affairs of the deceased must be undertaken by the legal personal representative (LPR).
It is the LPR's responsibility to contact the ATO and ask for any historical information concerning the deceased's tax history up to their date of death.
Once received, the LPR can then provide that information to their appointed tax agent to assist in assessing and managing the pre-death tax issues the LPR needs to resolve.
"Conceptually, the way it's designed at the moment is that if you're an executor you have less power and less ability to get technical support than any other taxpayer in Australia, which doesn't make sense," says Ian Raspin FCPA, Managing Director of specialist accounting practice BNR Partners and a member of CPA Australia's Taxation Centre of Excellence.
"The interposing of an LPR as an effective intermediary between the ATO and tax agents will inevitably lead to the administration of the deceased estate being more protracted than has previously been the case, which is most likely to involve greater time and cost."
The ATO has stated that in some circumstances it may need to speak directly to a person who is not the executor or administrator — but this does not extend to providing broader information that would assist in the administration of an estate. Further, the ATO will not record the person or any nominated representatives as an authorised contact on the deceased taxpayer's account.
A temporary problem
The good news for tax practitioners is that after having formed a working group that included Raspin to review and find a solution to the TAA problem, the ATO is amending the Act to resolve this issue.
Under what is known as a legislative instrument, the Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan AO can modify the operation of the TAA if it is deemed that any aspect of the existing law is not consistent with its intended purpose.
The ATO is backing a modification to clarify the current law so representatives of an executor or administrator of a deceased estate, such as registered tax and BAS agents and legal practitioners, will be considered covered entities.
An application for the TAA amendment, titled the Taxation Administration (Remedial Power – Disclosure of Protected Information by Taxation Officers) Determination 2020, was lodged by the ATO in January.
However, based on the limited parliamentary sitting days scheduled for 2020, the legislative instrument is not expected to take effect before 13 May 2020.
One lawyer contacted by INPRACTICE confidentially confirmed she had pushed through as much of her deceased estate client work as possible before the ATO change in November 2019 and is now waiting for the amendment to come into effect.
Until then, all registered agents of an executor or administrator of a deceased estate will need to rely on an estate's LPR to apply to the ATO for access to a deceased person's protected pre-death tax information.
"Hopefully, after the law's changed, this will all go away and everything will be back to normal again," Raspin says.
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During economic turmoil, illegal phoenix schemes pop up. The Phoenix Taskforce's role is to unearth them.


For many Hussars the dogfighting opportunities within Battlefield 1942 were their first taste of the glory of the few (so to speak). Not surprisingly, the appearance of a flight combat sim offering more realism, glorious graphics and lots of campaign missions proved very attractive.
IL-2 was the sort of game (similar to many sims) that looked incredible but was insanely difficult to fly. Very few were able to play the game will all settings set to realism but the chance of taking off, climbing into the sky and swooping down on your unsuspecting target in iconic WW2 planes was something to look forwards to. Of course, us being the Hussars meant that there were a significant number of crashes along the way, often before take-off in fact.
The game was set in Russia, with many aircraft available to fly (including of course two-man fighter-bomber of the title). Indeed two players could sit in the same plane (one flying one as rear gunner) and both get killed at the same time.
Although basically the same game, Pacific Fighters introduced larger planes to fly (including multi-seat bombers) and the joys of taking off from (and trying to land on) aircraft carriers. Ah, the fun we had, falling into the sea on take-off or accidentally raising our wings when coming into land.
As with many other game developers, 1C decided to switch from the WW2 setting to that of the modern day. That game was Lock On. Once again graphically gorgeous, the game offered lots of fun with multiplayer missions for those able to cope with the even more complicated aircraft controls. The chance to fly some truly advanced aircraft (including the infamous A-10s) also proved popular. Sadly it was also buggy and prone to frequent crashes.
Although not developed by the same studio responsible for the IL-2 series, Rise of Flight took the flight sim back through the years to the first world war, offering the chance to fly in the earliest fighter aircraft and to struggle in the air overlooking accurate representations of the battlefields of France and Belgium.
It has proved incredibly popular with a few Hussars, who often join forces with a flying clan called the Hellequins, but most of the Hussars who have tried it find the game far too resource intensive or simply very unfriendly to play (due to the fragility of the aircraft and the limited functionality of the multiplayer aspects of the game) and get used to. Still, as with most flight sims it does look incredibly nice.


Yes, on renaming Virginia highway!
Good job, Alexandria (Va.) City Council.
The council has yanked the name of an American traitor off a highway that runs from Arlington to Richmond.
It thoroughfare was formerly known as the Jefferson Davis Highway. Its new name will be the Richmond Highway.
Jefferson Davis, of course, was the president of the Confederate States of America. The CSA decided in 1861 to declare war against the United States of America. Confederate artillery gunners then opened fire on the Union garrison at Fort Sumpter, S.C.
Thus, the Civil War began. It would end four years later with roughly 600,000 men dying on battlefields throughout the North and South.
Jefferson Davis's complicity in launching that war is beyond dispute. He was a traitor to the nation. Do we honor such individuals? Should we honor them? Of course not! Indeed, a school in Richmond will be renamed in honor of Barack H. Obama, after carrying the name of Confederate Army Gen. (and another traitor) J.E.B. Stuart.
As The Hill reported: There has been a massive push to rename markers and landmarks named after members of the Confederacy following the Charleston shooting and the Charlottesville, Va., white supremacy rally last year.
Accordingly, the Arlington City Council has just struck down one more tribute to an infamous historical figure.
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The B11 was extended from 18th Avenue to Rockaway Parkway and later cutback to Brooklyn College. Also, the B50 Flatlands Avenue route (now the B82 after it was combined with the B5) was introduced and the B3 lengthened from 86 Street to Ulmer Park Depot to replace the B4 and B34 along 25 Av. The B49 was rerouted to pass Sheepshead Bay Station to replace the B1. The B74 was rerouted to Surf Avenue and moved back to Mermaid Avenue two months later due to community protest. All this was done on the same day. There was massive confusion at Sheepshead Bay Station for several days due to poor public information and unreadable maps since every route was changed.
I was mostly responsible for these changes, working hard for four years to get it done.
In the late 1980s, changes were made to approximately ten Queens bus routes on the same day. But these changes did not have the same impact as the Brooklyn changes, since many only involved changes to terminal loops at Jamaica.
I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about the Southwest Brooklyn Bus changes. Since most of these ideas did not originate at the TA, but at the Department of City Planning where I was working at the time, it is not even recognized in any NYCT literature listing important dates in New York City Transit History.


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The Economics of International Development
Professor William Easterly, Abigail Hall-Blanco, Christian Bjornskov & Sylvie Aboa-Bradwell
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Former World Bank economist says advancing political & economic freedom is the way to alleviate poverty
Hopes for development aid remain high among Western politicians and pundits, but the evidence is depressing. Foreign aid has on average probably no effect on long-run growth.
To understand the failure of many development projects, we need a deeper consideration of the failure of top-down planning in general, a lesson Hayek taught. Without the mechanisms of free markets and entrepreneurial actions to guide them, development agencies and governments are consistently unable to determine which projects will be successful and which will fail.
Foreign aid and development efforts often focus exclusively on technical solutions to the problem of poverty. There is a 'technocratic illusion' that we can ignore politics, and the battle of values between freedom and dictatorship. But, as economists or as development workers, we cannot do our work in a value-free, politics-free environment.
Even during the times of slavery, the British and Americans made specious technocratic arguments that slavery somehow made slaves better off, for example in relation to diet. Concern for the rights of the poor should be universal and should be a non-partisan and bipartisan effort in free societies that value the rights for themselves.
We should not be hypocritically criticising dictators in Africa without looking at our own role in the US and the UK in supporting dictators to promote our own foreign policy interests while ignoring the rights of poor Africans that are being violated. The problem of poverty is not a shortage of experts: it is a shortage of rights.
When there is an environment of universal rights for poor people, then technical solutions can happen. In the absence of those rights, there will be no incentive to bring about technical solutions on a permanent basis.
Despite these problems, freedom is making gradual progress in Africa. The ratio of democrats to dictators among African leaders is rising. Consequently, since the mid 1990s, Africa has had very healthy economic growth.
There is still too much poverty, but the trends are in the right direction and the fastest progress against poverty is being made precisely because of the advance in political and economic freedom around the world.
We need to convince fellow voters in the US and the UK that our own aid agencies should not violate the rights of the poor, our own foreign policy should not violate the rights of the poor, and our own military should not violate the rights of the poor. We should look at ourselves to see if we are complicit in violating the rights of the poor.
One neglected area of development policy is advocacy for more freedom for poor people, for more political and economic rights: this should be our focus.
This paper featured in The Times, City AM, The Guardian, The Daily Express and The Daily Mail. Ryan Bourne also appeared on the Daily Politics to discuss the report's findings.
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Q: ggplot2 - printing plot balloons memory Is it expected that printing a large-ish ggplot to PDF will cause the RSession memory to balloon?  I have a ggplot2 object that is around 72 megabytes.  My RSession grows to over 2 gig when printing to PDF.  Is this expected? Are there ways to optimize performance?  I find that the resulting PDFs are huge ~25meg and I have to use an external program to shrink them down (50kb with no visual loss!).  Is there a way to print to PDF with lower quality graphics?  Or perhaps some parameter to print or ggplot that I haven't considered?

A: For large data sets, I find it helpful to pre-process the data before putting together the ggplot (even if ggplot offers the same calculations).
ggplot has to be very general: it cannot predict what stat or geom you want to add later on, so it is very difficult to optimize things there (the split-apply-combine strategy can lead to exploding intermediat memory requirements). OTOH, you know what you want and can pre-calculate accordingly.
The large pdf indicates that you either have a lot of overplotting or you produce objects that are too small to be seen. In both cases, you could gain a lot by applying appropriate summary statistics (e.g. hexbin or boxplot instead of scatterplot).
I think we cannot tell you more without details of what you are doing. So please create a minimal example and/or upload the compressed plot you are producing.

A: Addressing the second part of your question, R makes no attempt to optimize PDFs.  If you are overplotting a lot of points, this results in some ridiculous behavior.  You can use qpdf to post-process the PDF.
Addressing the first question anecdotally, it does seem that plots on medium-sized datasets take up a lot of memory, but that is merely my experience.  Others may have more opinions as to why or more facts as to whether this is so.

A: Saving in a bitmap format like png can reduce the filesize considerably.  Note that this is only appropriate for certain uses of the final image, in particular, it can't be zoomed in as far as a pdf can.  But if the final image size is known it can be a useful method.

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Few things can derail the sale of a home like the discovery of foundation issues during an inspection. Making matters worse is the fact that a broken foundation can often go unnoticed by a homeowner. Unlike a flooded basement or a leaking roof, the signs that your home may require foundation repairs can be easily ignored. Foundation issues build up over time, and when you finally notice the cracks in your basement or the uneven floors in your house, it may already be too late.
And while the symptoms of a broken foundation may seem relatively minor, foundation repair can costs tens of thousands of dollars.
Even though a home with foundation issues may still be livable, many home buyers are terrified of the prospect of taking on a home once they learn how much fixing a foundation can cost.
Since a home inspection happens after a house has gone under contract, many buyers become desperate to have the repairs taken care of ASAP or ask for a significant price reduction to cover repair costs. And sellers – who have been living in the home for years with no problems – can feel as though the buyer is trying to take advantage of them.
The situation is made worse by the fact that many mortgage lenders will not approve a home loan unless all foundation issues are fixed prior to closing. This means the seller must come out of pocket if they want to keep the deal alive and many do not have thousands of dollars on hand to make the needed repairs.
These disagreements can lead to a contract termination and many sellers have reported foundation repair costs as the number one factor that prevents them from selling their home.
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From the million-copy Scandinavian best seller comes the sensational audio debut thriller from the new star in Nordic crime fiction.
A killer with a message.
Two men have been murdered. Both of them were school bullies when they were younger. Plenty of people would have wanted them dead. A single clue has been found at the scene: a class photo from 1982, with two faces neatly crossed out.
A detective who can't let go.
Fabian Risk is the lead detective on the case. He's also one of the children in the photograph. As more people die and more faces are crossed out, it becomes clear that a serial killer is targeting old classmates one by one. Fabian Risk thought he'd left his school days behind.... Now he must confront his past if he is to find the killer before its too late.
Can you ever hide from your fate?
Victim Without a Face is the sensational debut that took the world by storm...now available as an audiobook.
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Coburg North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Moreland. At the 2011 Census, Coburg North had a population of 6,576.
The suburb lies north of Coburg, and has the same postcode (3058). The majority of Coburg North is zoned residential, though there are some industrial pockets. The major commercial strip on Sydney Road is primarily automotive-related businesses. Merlynston has a small shopping strip with some cafes. The rest of the suburb is reliant on corner shops for everyday needs.


Useful methods for detecting flow restrictions in stator bar cooling channels include review of operating parameters and history vs. original design, of generator cooling water chemistry, of strainer and filter clogging history and of results from diagnostic chemical cleaning, as well as monitoring of stator water flow vs. pressure drop, individual stator bar water flow measurements, monitoring of on-line stator temperatures, visual inspections, and DC high-potential (Hipot) testing. A combination of these methods can be selected under consideration of plant specific hardware features and cost-to-benefit relation.
A proactive approach to detecting flow restrictions is recommended in order to permit advanced planning of any needed corrective actions, thus reducing the risk of unplanned maintenance downtime, or even component failure. Managing flow restrictions at an early stage reduces the risk of severe plugging of conductors that may well prove difficult to remove later on.
Chemistry control in nuclear power plants continues to evolve in the types of additive chemistry and purification technologies applied, as well as in how important parameters are monitored and controlled. New chemistry technologies are being evaluated, qualified, and demonstrated throughout the industry that have the potential to fundamentally alter and significantly improve chemistry control in these plants. Many of these technologies could improve operations and maintenance, as well as economic viability.
For example, filming products (including filming amines) could significantly reduce pressurized water reactor (PWR) secondary flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC) and corrosion product transport, improving steam generator (SG) performance and reducing the need for SG chemical cleanings. The application of potassium hydroxide (KOH) to the reactor coolant system (RCS) for pH control in "Western-designed" PWRs may ultimately result in significant cost savings for the industry, both relative to the cost of the bulk chemical it replaces (compared to costly enriched lithium-7, 7Li), and in the reduced risk of lithium-assisted corrosion issues of irradiated stainless steels and zirconium-based fuel cladding alloys. In boiling water reactors (BWRs) materials mitigation technologies such as online noble chemistry continue to expand throughout the industry, with utilities seeking more options – including continuous application, which would reduce the overall cost of the application. Demonstration of these technologies over the next few years will further the ability of other plants to complete their own cost-benefit analysis and start utilizing them.
Regarding chemistry monitoring in nuclear power plants, most continue to rely on manually intensive methods for both sampling and analysis. Several utilities have applied online monitoring methods for some parameters but may still struggle with maintenance of older instruments. Many utilities may have purchased older generations of technologies only to find the maintenance costs and performance did not live up to expectations. Outside of nuclear power plant applications, technologies such as online ion chromatography and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) analyses have continued to evolve and improve, and are applied widely. Moving to completely automated and higher frequency analysis of chemistry parameters may allow for reducing the total number of monitored parameters while also moving toward fully automated plant chemistry, which may eventually include automated control. This paper highlights the current development status of these new technologies and provides a vision for the overall future impacts of full utilization in nuclear power plants.
For over four decades, the most common water treatment program for power plant and large industrial cooling tower systems has relied on a combination of inorganic and organic phosphate (phosphonate) chemistry. The formulations were designed to minimize scale formation and provide corrosion protection, primarily through precipitation chemistry and operation at an alkaline pH. Two important factors are driving an evolution away from phosphate-based chemistry towards polymer treatment methods. One is the increasingly problematic issue of phosphorus discharge and its effects on the formation of toxic algae blooms in receiving bodies of water. The second is the growing evidence that well-formulated polymer programs are more effective than phosphate/phosphonate technology for scale prevention and corrosion protection. This article examines important aspects of this evolving chemistry, and how it can improve cooling system reliability at many plants.
This contribution is a report on the seventh PowerPlant Chemistry Forum (PPCF), held in Delhi, India, on November 22–23, 2018. The PPCF Delhi was organized by Waesseri GmbH, publisher of the PowerPlant Chemistry Journal, together with the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS). Both SWAN Analytische Instrumente AG, Switzerland, and Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd., India, provided financial and organizational support by their sponsorship.
The agenda consisted of six sessions covering different aspects of water/steam cycle chemistry: cycle chemistry for fossil supercritical and subcritical units, chemistry in generator cooling water systems, cycle chemistry in nuclear plants, sampling and instrumentation as well as new technologies were the topics covered during the two days. Each session consisted of two to three presentations given by an expert in the field, followed by open floor discussions. A short summary of each presentation is given in this report.
For the first time in this series of events, a workshop on the activities of the IAPWS was included in the agenda. During this workshop the formation of a preliminary national committee of India was discussed and an initial group of interested experts formed as a result.


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Recruiter.com Group, Inc. Interview to Air on Bloomberg U.S. on the RedChip Money Report(R)
ORLANDO, FL / ACCESSWIRE / January 20, 2023 / RedChip Companies will air an interview with Recruiter.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCRT)(NASDAQ:RCRTW) ('Recruiter.com'), an on-demand recruiting platform, on The RedChip Money Report® on Bloomberg TV, this Saturday, January 21, at 7 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Bloomberg TV is available in an estimated 73 million homes across the U.S.
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In the exclusive RedChip Money Report interview, Recruiter.com Group, Inc.'s Chairman and CEO Evan Sohn discusses the Company's double-digit revenue growth, high insider ownership, the state of the job market, and much more.
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'My father told me against Ike Ibeabuchi you're fighting a crazy man. There's something wrong'
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An excerpt from President of Pandemonium: The Mad World of Ike Ibeabuchi by Luke G. Williams
THE last time Ike Ibeabuchi appeared in a boxing ring was on March 20, 1999, when he faced fellow unbeaten contender Chris Byrd at the Emerald Hotel and Casino in Tacoma, Washington. Ibeabuchi's five-round destruction of Byrd that night would enter boxing legend. But the fact that the unbalanced boxer could even fight that night was a miracle. In this excerpt from his book President of Pandemonium: The Mad World of Ike Ibeabuchi, Luke G. Williams recreates the chaos that surrounded the Ibeabuchi-Byrd bout and captures the recollections of those who were there –including Chris Byrd, Bill Benton, and Eric Bottjer.
WHEN he was slated to arrive in Tacoma for his heavyweight showdown with Chris Byrd, Ike Ibeabuchi sat with Bill Benton over 800 miles southeast, in the departure lounge of Salt Lake City International Airport. Benton – a former matchmaker for Ike's promoter Cedric Kushner – had been tasked with ensuring Ike showed up for the fight.
"They were flying from Phoenix to Tacoma and had a stop-off in Salt Lake City," Bob Spagnola – one of Ike's managers – recalled. "Then Ike decided – and it was just Bill and Ike there – 'No, Bill, I'm not getting on any more planes. The spirits have told me I can't get on another plane.'"
With Ibeabuchi so close to a shot at the heavyweight title, Benton refused to give in. "He didn't like to fly to begin with," Benton said. "We were about halfway and had a connecting flight when Ike said, 'My spirit tells me not to get on this plane.' We missed two connecting flights and were just sitting in the airport. Eventually I said: 'Listen, we're gonna do one of two things: get on the plane or go back home'. Ike turned to me and said: 'Bill, if you tell me to get on the plane, I'll get on it, but I'm telling you now, my spirit is telling me not to get on this plane'. I said: 'Well we've missed two other ones. So let's get on this plane and go.' We got on the plane and had a real bumpy flight. I thought, Oh no, Ike's gonna be up my ass about this. Sure enough, in Seattle we got off the plane and he looked at me and said: 'My spirit was right'. I said: 'Hey, I don't have a spirit!'"
Kushner's assistant Mitch Winston – who had staked $22,000 on Ibeabuchi to lose, having witnessed the boxer's troubled mental state – vividly remembers seeing Ike arrive with Benton at the Emerald Hotel and Casino. "[Ike] was shirtless, with a toothpick in his mouth, wearing jeans and a jean jacket, a black cowboy hat, dark sunglasses, and cowboy boots. He was pissed at the world, intense and unsmiling." Winston also noted that, despite his lack of sparring, Ibeabuchi looked in terrific shape. "His dark aura and ripped physique reminded me of Clubber Lang from Rocky III. It dawned on me he must have been training alone [like] Clubber Lang, in the private confines of his apartment, away from all conspiracies and demonic forces."
Ron Scott Stevens, who had joined Cedric Kushner Promotions in December 1998 as a matchmaker, admitted he avoided Ibeabuchi whenever he could during fight week. "The whole week I was like, 'Please, let me stay away from this guy!' One day they asked me to bring up some lunch for him. I knocked on the door and couldn't wait to get the hell away. He was a hard guy to be around. He was intimidating and frightening. You never knew what he was gonna do or say. I saw Sonny Liston when I was 11 years old, I guess it must have been when he fought [Floyd] Patterson, and when I saw Ibeabuchi I saw Liston. Liston was this mysterious guy who was supposedly controlled by the Mob and was very sinister. Ibeabuchi had that dark aura around him as well."
Throughout fight week, Ibeabuchi's behavior shifted between eccentric and unnerving. Each morning he left his hotel room and marched up and down the hotel parking lot like a soldier preparing for war. Winston witnessed the spectacle with disquiet. "In my view, Ike really thought he was a soldier in the military, going into a 'kill-or-be-killed' battle."
Byrd also noted Ibeabuchi's military-style spectacle. "When we got to the hotel, he [Ibeabuchi] was outside looking at the sky, walking back and forth," Byrd remembered. "My father looked at me and said: 'You're fighting a crazy man. There's something wrong with him. He's just out there walking up and down, looking at the sky'. My whole team, my wife, everybody, we were like, that's very strange."
Later, Byrd's father and trainer Joe bumped into Ike's trainer Curtis Cokes in the casino lobby. The two men had known each other for years. When Byrd saw Ibeabuchi wandering around, agitated and staring at the ceiling, he asked: 'Curtis, what's he doing?' Cokes apparently replied: 'Joe, that dude is gone.' Publicly, Cokes maintained an upbeat facade telling the Austin American-Statesman: "Ike's in good shape and his attitude is good. This is the biggest fight of his life. [It] should lead to a world-title fight." Cokes predicted the bout wouldn't impress people based on style: "Chris makes everyone look bad. He hasn't fought a decent, clean, enjoyable bout in his career. It will be ugly – unless you get him out early so that you don't have to see the rest of that junk."
Byrd's awkward southpaw style and his ability to hit without being hit were the major reasons why no other top heavyweight had yet dared to face him. He had a 26-0 record and was – along with Ibeabuchi – habitually avoided. "He not only beats 'em, he embarrasses 'em," said his attorney and agent John Hornewer. Byrd recalled how confident he was. "I was undefeated, I was on my way to the title. I thought I was the man, untouchable. I thought, You can't whup me! I don't care! Bring me the best heavyweight! Nobody can whup me! When the fight was made I told [ESPN analyst] Max Kellerman: 'He ain't gonna touch me, he's big and clumsy and slow just like the rest of them!'"
As the fight drew closer, Ibeabuchi caused bemusement at the traditional "fighter meeting" conducted by HBO. "Ike's behavior was very odd," Eric Bottjer – another Kushner employee – said. "Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley were there. I was there. Ike walked in wearing sunglasses and a cowboy hat and sat down. The first question was, 'Ike, we understand you were cut during training, we wanted to know did this affect your preparation in any way?' Ike said nothing and just sat there for, I don't know, 10 seconds. It may not sound like a long time but when you're in a room full of people waiting for an answer it's an eternity. Finally in a very lispy, high-pitched voice he said: 'What cut?' That pretty much ended the interview. They normally last 30 minutes or so. I was checking the time and after only about 13 minutes Jim politely ended it. When Ike left, Jim looked at me and said, 'That man's crazy.' Which he was."
Another meeting served to antagonise Bill Benton, adding to the siege mentality around the fighter. "All the guys from HBO were there and everyone was talking like Byrd had already won the fight," Benton remembered. "I said, 'You know what guys, I don't think I should be here. I represent Ike Ibeabuchi and you guys are talking like he's already lost. I don't know how much you know about boxing but evidently it isn't very much. Ike's gonna knock him out; Byrd's too open to get hit'. They all just chuckled."
Ibeabuchi picked up on Benton's sour mood. "Ike said to me: 'What's wrong? Are you worried?' I said, 'Ike, I worry about every fight.' He looked at me and said: 'I've already fought this fight three times [in my head] and I won all three times. I'm gonna knock the guy out.' I replied: 'I'm glad you've got the security of a positive mind.'"
In his dressing room before the fight on Saturday night, however, Ibeabuchi's mind did not seem positive, settled, or secure. In fact, just as he was expected to enter the ring he informed his team he would be staying put – unless he was brought a Snickers bar.
"I didn't see the incident but I was told later that Ike refused to go in the ring until he had a Snickers," Bottjer confirmed. "I understand that [Ike's manager] Steve Munisteri had to go find a Snickers and then everyone had to wait for Ike to eat it."
Ike then ate the Snickers bar, and the fight was on.
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New report claims Church of England land contributing 'significantly' to climate crisis
Tue Sep 20 2022 by Tola Mbakwe
A Christian climate organisation has claimed that land owned by the Church of is currently contributing "significantly to the climate and biodiversity emergencies in terms of greenhouse gas emissions".
Operation Noah's 16-page report, Church Land and the Climate Crisis: A Call to Action, states that the Church's landholdings include 98,000 acres of rural and strategic land owned by the CofE's Church Commissioners, 70,000 acres owned by Church of England dioceses, 31,000 acres in the Church Commissioners' UK forestry investments and smaller areas of land owned by individual CofE churches.
That amounts to approximately 0.5 per cent of the UK's land.
Sharon Hall, Operation Noah's campaign officer and the report's author told Premier: "That land has a big impact on the climate releases emissions, but also can be used to store carbon if we don't disturb the soil. There are better farming techniques that we would like the church to be encouraging."
The report recommends a programme of tree growing, peat restoration, and providing better support and strategies to those who farm Church-owned land in order to reduce agricultural emissions and store more carbon.
Hall added: "Peat land is an area across the UK where if peat is in good condition, so if it's properly wet, it acts as a really good carbon sink. But actually, majority of peat in the UK is in a bad condition. And it's actually four per cent of UK emissions in 2019 came from peatland. So actually, protecting restoring peat is really important".
In July General Synod approved a routemap for how the Church of England can be net zero carbon by 2030. It included a plan that prioritises identifying high energy-consuming, high carbon-emitting buildings, and coming up with ways to tackle carbon emissions from them. It also has a wealth of information on its website guiding churches on practical ways they can reach net zero.
While Hall applauded the plans, she said it's focused on buildings and not on land. The report finds that agricultural land owned by the CofE is likely to create more greenhouse gas emissions than all CofE church buildings combined.
"In terms of church lands, there's a bit less ambition," she said.
"They're looking at 2050 as a target to be net zero, whereas actually, some of these changes could have been made sooner and could impact climate sooner. So that's what we're asking for a bit more ambition, a bit more action. And working with farmers, we don't want to blame farmers for the fact that there's emissions coming from their lands, because there's emissions coming from so many different areas, but actually finding the ways to work with farmers."
Andy Lester, Head of Conservation, A Rocha UK: 'This report outlines the critical role the Church must play if we are to confront and mitigate the impacts of climate on people and nature. As one of the largest UK landowners, the responsibility of the Church to engage with the issues and come up with inspired and creative solutions is immediate and immense. My hope is that this report will go some way to address the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead and inspire a new generation of church leaders to take action for people, for climate and for nature.'
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that for the world to limit global heating to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, global greenhouse gas emissions must be nearly halved by 2030
A Church Commissioners' spokesperson told Premier in a statement: "We welcome the conversation about how our global land portfolio, which includes over 100,000 acres of forestry in multiple markets including 37,000 acres in the UK, can help address the urgent climate crisis. We look forward to sharing more details about our progress and our ongoing approach to sustainability.
"Our land portfolio is entirely let, providing opportunity to collaborate with our tenants to ensure we will meet our target to be net zero by 2050. Over the last few years, we've taken a proactive approach to achieve that target including planting 10 million trees in the last five years, engaging with local experts within Fenland SOIL to identify opportunities for lowland peat restoration and seeking ways to support sustainable farming businesses in the transition to low carbon farming."
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Just catching up on this year's 2017 Hugo #Award Finalists. Looks like those Rabid puppies are still at it.
This year's Nebulas were all won by women. I guess that's what happens when no puppies, sad or rabid, get to vote.
Hugo Award winner Liu Cixin is in it for the beer money.
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← In defence of the so-called Worst #Movie Ever Made, Plan 9 From Outer Space.


A set of anti-corruption initiatives in Colombia failed to attract the required number of votes Sunday, despite earning nearly 100 percent support of the voters.
Supporters rallying for the nation's new peace agreement with FARC hold a giant flag during a march in Bogota, Colombia, Nov.15, 2016.
Over 11 million Colombians voted to approve the seven initiatives, which included imposing term limits on lawmakers, drastically reducing their salaries, and ending house arrest as a punishment for corrupt officials. But the measure failed because it did not earn the 12.1 million votes needed to pass.
Newly elected President Ivan Duque supported the initiatives, bucking against lawmakers in his conservative party who openly opposed them. Duque urged congressional action to approve the initiatives in a televised speech shortly after the results were announced.
Studies have found that corruption in Colombia costs the country at least four percent of its gross national product each year.


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Norris in 2004, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Carlos Ray Norris
Place of Birth: Ryan, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 10, 1940
Ethnicity: English, smaller amounts of Scottish, Welsh, and German, remote French, Swedish, and Dutch
Chuck Norris is an American martial artist, actor, film producer, and screenwriter.
Chuck is the son of Wilma (Scarberry) and Ray D. Norris. He is married to model Gena O'Kelley. He has five children, including actor Mike Norris and stock car racing driver and stuntman Eric Norris.
Chuck has stated that both of his parents were of half Irish and half Native American ancestry ("Genetically speaking, I am equal parts Irish and Native American"). Specifically, he has said that his paternal grandfather was an Irish immigrant, his paternal grandmother was of Native American descent ("a full-blooded Cherokee Indian"), his maternal grandfather was of Native American descent ("a Cherokee Indian from Kentucky"), and, finally, that his maternal grandmother was of Irish descent.
However, these statements do not appear to be accurate, at least not strictly speaking. Most of Chuck's recent ancestors, including his paternal grandfather, were U.S.-born. His family tree contains mostly English surnames and English-born distant ancestors, along with a smaller amount of Scottish, Welsh, and German, roots, and remote French, Swedish, and Dutch. No Native American ancestry has been verified/documented in any publicly available family trees of Chuck Norris, and all of Chuck's grandparents are described as "white" on U.S. censuses.
Chuck is the son of Wilma (Scarberry) and Ray D. Norris. Chuck's patrilineal line traces to a John Norris, who was born, c. 1525, in Norfolk, England.
Chuck's paternal grandfather was named James Henry Norris (the son of William/Simon Norris and Eliza Ann). James was born in Tennessee. William was the son of Samuel Norris and Melissa Curtis.
Chuck's paternal grandmother was Ella May "Ellie" Tinker (the daughter of James Asbury Tinker and Clarisa Ann "Clara" Cofer). Ella was born in California. James was the son of Jesse Tinker and Margaret McArthur.
Chuck's maternal grandfather was named John Porter Scarberry (the son of Martha Scarberry). John was born in Kentucky. Martha was the daughter of Richard E. Scarbrough and Eliza Jane Smith.
Chuck's maternal grandmother was named Ada Agnes Hargrove (the daughter of John P. "Jack" Hargrove or Zachary Phelon Hardgrove/Hargrove, and of Alice/Jemimie Hill). Ada was born in Texas.
Sources: Genealogies of Chuck Norris – http://www.wargs.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com
Information about, and genealogy of, Chuck's father – http://findagrave.com
Chuck's father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Chuck's paternal grandmother, Ella May "Ellie" Tinker, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Chuck's maternal grandparents, John Porter Scarberry and Ada Agnes Hargrove, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Chuck's maternal grandfather, John Porter Scarberry (focusing on his own father's side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Chuck's maternal great-grandparents, John P. "Jack" Hargrove and Alice, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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follers says:
You want all the Native Americans on this site to be better pictured, eh?
Check7t says:
Well the picture is diminutive, like the Brandon Routh one, can't see it good.
However yes, I always look out for my 1/256th Native brethren.
I found a helpful family tree of Chuck Norris that someone has drawn up.
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6420/chuckfamilytree.png
I think that settles his ancestry.
No Irish/Cherokee mix..I am shocked :))
The character of Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) was described in the second Rambo movie as being half German and half Cherokee ("That's quite a combination!").
Wikipedia: "According to the first film First Blood, Rambo's full name is John James Rambo. He was born on July 6, 1946 in Bowie, Arizona, to a Navajo father (whose name according to the last film was probably R. Rambo) and an Italian American mother Marie Drago. However, in Rambo: First Blood Part II, Marshall Murdock states that Rambo is of American Indian and German descent." You're right
I've always though Chuck was Irish and Native American. Why would people make up a completely different heritage? Anyway it's good to know his real ancestry.
I have to say I've always been a bit surprised that so many Americans have Irish ancestry. I know there was a lot of immigration from Ireland but it does seem a bit overstated. This might be one of the reasons. They are actually Scot-Irish.
nnnnn says:
Not many americans are irish, but many hollywood
actors are irish. Surely, they help each other
The Irish are the second most claimed ancestry in the US after Germans. About 40 million Americans claim Irish ancestry so that is a lot to come from a small island nation.
Labtec says:
What's with the dislikes. :( I'm a mix of English/Irish myself, but people DO overstate Irish — the simple fact is that English, Scottish, Welsh and Scotch-Irish are the most under-reported ancestries in the US.
I'm sure that this will also be heavily disliked, as mentioning the English is like admitting to being the son of Satan..:)
I don't care. I'm a proud American of English descent. It's about time they were shown more appreciation.
Nathan O'Connell says:
Shown more appreciation?…the reason the English are not shown appreciation is because of their history. They oppressed the Irish for 800 years raping and oppressing us. They went over to america and killed off the majority of native americans, raped them and impregenated them, they then proceeded to enslave africans, rape and impregenate them and due to rape 1/3 of black men in america have a Y chromosome that can be traced to Britain, the English also went to india and forced them to grow food for britain and wouldnt let them have any, causing the deaths of a huge chunk of the country. Everywhere the english went they caused suffering and raped the people not just literally, but raped them of any freedom. Yet you wonder why people do not want to claim their link to england? lmao
you forgot what they did in Australia and NZ!
Why all american celebrities tell, they are partly native?
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I've been asking some of the local turbo workshops if they'd rebiuld my S5 turbo with a garrett TO4 S front cover and new compressor wheel, and from the few I've spoken with, they are not that keen on doing it, they all seem to want to sell me their new turbo's!
Is this option worth while, what are the reasons for not Hybriding S4/5 turbos? Or, should I take the other approach and ask, 'what are the advantages of a S5 Hybrid turbo'?
If anyone has used these Hybrids, could you give me some feed back on the size of compressor wheel I should be using or A/R ratio?
from what i've read elsewhere, it's a decent setup for a relatively stock setup that can fetch about 14 PSI and roughly 300HP (flywheel). advantages would be overall costs and virtually no custom work to your engine bay.
i'm sure people with experience can make suggestions. i'm not knowledgable enough to do so.
About 4-5 years ago I had mine rebuilt by Turbonetics, with a "super V" hybrid. You will also need more fuel and a way to control it. I had my stock engine computer reprogramed and used a SAFC to control the 6 550cc injectors. Also the engine had a street port. I made 325hp at the wheels.
what does a machined compressor housing look like?
[quote name='Cheers!' date='Jul 7 2005, 05:04 AM']what does a machined compressor housing look like?
stock, they bore out the inside for a larger wheel.
[quote name='j9fd3s' date='Jul 7 2005, 08:35 AM']stock, they bore out the inside for a larger wheel.
How much do the bore out? Do they maintain the same curvature to have the same flow characteristics? What about surface finish? What RA?
[quote name='Cheers!' date='Jul 7 2005, 07:13 AM']How much do the bore out? Do they maintain the same curvature to have the same flow characteristics? What about surface finish? What RA?
They don't have to machine the inside of the curvature?


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The professor isn't didactic at all. She is messy, comes and goes and many times you miss the point of the video. The slides are poor; I really think that at an online course, she should focuse very much on doing great slides, because that's almost our online study material. Also, if we don't have the chance to make questions in person, she should make an extra effort to be herself clear and make documents complete and understandable; these are neither of them. The estimate hours of the course are ridiculous; before enrolling, and also on the certificate, it says 1-2 hours a week, and then she gives two papers that are estimates on 3,5 hours both on the same week! That without counting the videos, the quiz, etc. And every week is like that. A total liar. Honestly, I've just finished the course because I started it, but I think is really bad.


I would like to restrict a category using an LDAP group or users, but the UI only presents local users. Does anyone know if this is possible?
You can use Microsoft LDAP integration to define groups in each of the role categories of "Administrator","Architect","Operator" and "Guest". Select "WFA Configuration" in the "Administration" menu. The configuration is setup in the "Autjentication" tab. Be aware that a user will need to login to WFA before you can add them to a category. This setup will allow you to use active Directory groups to manage user access to WFA roles only.
This is a major limitation and can totally defeat the purpose of restricted Category login. To overcme this, I've a solution. See here.
Its a very simple workflow and works totally fine with sAMAccountName and UserPrincipalName. If you have any questions or need any variation, kindly post it on that thread.


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Crude Oil Pipelines Planned for the Future
By James Hamilton - Feb 18, 2013, 5:23 PM CST
The EIA last week released a nice summary of planned additional U.S. pipeline capacity.
The reversal of the Seaway Pipeline began last May to carry 150,000 b/d of crude oil from Cushing, Oklahoma to refineries near Houston. Last month the capacity was increased to 400,000 b/d, and a second pipe twinning the first is expected to bring the total capacity up to 850,000 b/d by 2014:Q1. At the same time, TransCanada expects the Gulf Coast portion of its Keystone Project to be completed by the end of this year with the capacity to transport an additional 700,000 b/d. Six other projects are planned or under construction that would bypass Cushing and could carry an additional 355,000 bbl/d from west Texas directly to the Gulf Coast by the end of this year, with 478,000 b/d added to that in 2014. Yet additional new projects will help transport new production from eastern Texas to the Gulf.
Source: EIA.
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Will all this new capacity relieve the surplus at Cushing? It's an impressive amount of new capacity to take oil out of Cushing, but even more has been coming in. The EIA offers this summary:
In sum, over the past three years, 815,000 bbl/d of new pipeline capacity delivering crude oil to Cushing was added. Over the same period, only 400,000 bbl/d of new pipeline take-away capacity was added. During the next two years an additional 1,190,000 bbl/d of pipeline capacity for delivering crude oil from Canada and the midcontinent to Cushing is planned, but this is balanced by 1,150,000 bbl/d of planned pipeline capacity additions to deliver crude oil from Cushing to the Gulf Coast. In addition, about 830,000 bbl/d of new pipeline capacity is planned to move crude oil directly from the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast, avoiding the congested Midwest. If this capacity is constructed and fully utilized, waterborne imports to the U.S. Gulf Coast, particularly of light sweet crude oil, could drop significantly.
Eventually we should get enough capacity to narrow the Brent-WTI spread, but given the above it could take a while. Futures markets seem to be anticipating that Brent will decline a little faster than WTI over the next four years, but with an $8 spread still remaining by the end of 2017.
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Spread between Brent and WTI, dollars per barrel (solid = historical spot, dashed = current futures prices).
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Editorial: Cooper, Apollo deal devolves from idyllic start
Nobody probably envisioned the mess that would become of Apollo Tyres Ltd.'s $2.5 billion offer to buy Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. when the deal was first announced back in June.
At that time, everything was rosy. The Indian tire maker was attracted to Cooper because of how "successful" the firm was and the opportunities it brought for instant growth and credibility in North America.
Cooper Chairman and CEO Roy Armes said the board viewed the deal as a "compelling value" with his firm's shareholders getting a 40-percent premium on the share price at the time. And the combination of Apollo and Cooper was seen as one with no geographic overlapping and an entity that had plenty of room to grow.
What a difference five months makes. Now the two "perfect" marriage partners are in court before the wedding even has been completed.
Depending on whom you believe, either Apollo dragged its feet in negotiating new agreements with the United Steelworkers, leading to a request for a reduction in the per-share price of the acquisition. Or Cooper overstated its long-term financial outlook and downplayed the possibility of a strong reaction to the proposed deal by its Chinese joint venture partner.
As for that reaction, although Cooper owns 65 percent of Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co. Ltd., the Chinese company apparently wanted to bid on Cooper itself, and now the venture no longer makes Cooper brand tires and most of the U.S. firm's executives are barred from the plant.
That leaves the court to figure out the allegations. Cooper filed suit, asking that Apollo be forced to complete the merger as agreed. When the judge ruled that Apollo had not breached the agreement, Cooper appealed.
What's most interesting is that despite all the difficulties, Apollo still wants to proceed with the purchase. If that does happen, at least now nobody will be blind to all the flaws of what was once viewed as a perfect pairing.
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