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Can we have less Nintendo love for a while
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Re: Can we have less Nintendo love for a while
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:04 am
by Miketendo
psj3809 wrote: Theres going to be issues like this, due to the new Zelda game and the 25th year anniversary the decision to do the Zelda special is an obvious one. Next year is the Speccys 30th anniversary so i would expect an issue where theres a fair bit of Speccy love in it.
Some people will love the Zelda issue and will find stories about Anirog, Bubble Bus and Rabbit boring and 'bore the t!ts' off them as you so nicely put it ! Difficult to please everyone every single month
You sir, nailed it.
by smilertoo
Articles covering some of the old software houses might not entrance the zelda/sonic fans but at least they'd be truly 'retro'.
by ChipTune
More Nintendo MORE MORE!!!
I think it's safe to say that we've all got our own particular retro likes and hates. I flick past any articles about Zelda and (dare I say it) Mario because they have no retro interest to me. Nintendo does seem to have cornered the market on retro favourites though. Goldeneye, Donkey Kong, etc.
The other thing for me is that I switched off with video games for a period of the 90s anyway. I went through a big period in the 80s on the Spectrum and eventually got an Amiga some time in the early 90s. I played Amiga games for a long time, well after the machine had died out, but didn't invest in anything new until I got a Playstation in 1998. So, Nintendo and Sega passed me by. Although to be fair I did have a mate that had a Sega Saturn and an N64.
However, that's not to say I don't enjoy reading about older games and if it's available, I'll then try to get an emulated copy of the game. I've found some great games I'd never have discovered that way.
But after the massive celebration issues for Mario and Zelda, it does beg the question, would we ever get a 20 page celebration of, for example, Dizzy? Or Zool?
by Darran@Retro Gamer
RetroENZO wrote: But after the massive celebration issues for Mario and Zelda, it does beg the question, would we ever get a 20 page celebration of, for example, Dizzy? Or Zool?
Zelda and Mario have sold millions and millions of units over the years and are still relevant today. I'd love to do a Dizzy cover and have pitched one several times in the past, but you have to pick covers that will appeal to everyone and let's face it, as great as the Dizzy series is, it's not exactly in the same league as the Nintendo games.
I would have thought by now that most readers would know that all the strengths of Retro Gamer lie within the magazine, not what's on its cover.
On a nintendo / retro gamer related side note.. has there been an issue thats covered the kirby series of games in detail.. much like zelda? If so can you tell me which issue.. if not then WHY THE F*CK NOT!!!
by Dunjohn
I think Retro Gamer should just publish a single, 5000-page issue containing ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. Then nobody will be complaining.
by Bub&Bob
Dunjohn wrote: I think Retro Gamer should just publish a single, 5000-page issue containing ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. Then nobody will be complaining.
Or make it 4999 pages by ditching the Amstrad articles....
by DigitalDuck
Bub&Bob wrote: Or make it 4999 pages by ditching the Amstrad articles....
Don't be silly. You can't have an odd number of pages in a magazine.
DigitalDuck wrote:
by merman
Yes they would.
"This issue is too heavy to read comfortably in the bath/on the bus/sat on the throne"
"I can't find the article I really wanted to read"
"I'm from Dewey, Cheatum and Howe, we are suing on behalf of all the freelancers who have been worked to death..."
by Gabe
It's funny how most people have focussed on the Zelda comment and not the full content of the original post.
Ignoring the current issue, Nintendo games (be they Nintendo's own output or Nintendo-exclusive titles) have featured very-heavily over a period of time disproportionately to other systems - it's easy enough to check and I have mentioned it in a previous feedback thread.
Now of course there are business reasons for doing so on some of the bigger titles (I'd be interested to know if there was a sales-spike from the previous gold-Zelda cover), and in other instances I'm sure more Nintendo titles get pitched than other systems, but it is a fact that the Big N feature a bit, to the level that they have collaborated on covers more than once (I'm not suggesting anything sinister here at all).
And this isn't about not liking Nintendo, but about variety; of games, of studios, of platforms. Nintendo make some of the most critically-acclaimed games that sell millions; but since when was RG all about the populist approach?
by fozmcfc
I think Gabe has made some valid points and I myself at time have thought along similar line. Maybe some of it is down to the fact there seems to be a lot more retro related stuff being released on the Wii and DS and now the 3DS then other modern systems.
Or prehaps because several of the most iconic gaming characters have or are solely with Nintendo roots. Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong all have had large features about them. Mario and Zelda particularly large.
Maybe I'm being cynical, but the editor seems to have a huge love of Nintendo and it's current systems and I guess, he could like all of us get a bit carried away over something we love.
This month sees Sonic, so maybe a change of stance and hopefully an 8 bit computer feel to another up and coming issue.
by o.pwuaioc
ChipTune wrote: got wind waker for GC.. AMAZING.. this is THE Zelda game for me.. anyone who moans about the graphic style is retarded..
Really? We're doing this? I could have sworn that anyone who calls someone retarded based on their preferences is retarded.
fozmcfc wrote:
It's more to do with the fact that Nintendo more than any other publisher at the moment is bringing out games based on older franchises and when you tie the covers in with those games sales of the magazine significantly rise and then stay stable (ie the newer readers who may have bought it because they see Mario on the cover actually like the magazine and continue to but it, even when it features an Oli Frey cover or something 8-bit).
As I've said countless times in the past, if I actually started to force my own personal gaming preferences on you there would be massive gaps in gaming's history because the only things that had come out would have been Strider, shoot-em-ups and the Amstrad CPC.


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Jonathan 'Jonny' Adam
Born : September 04, 1984
Current Competition : Fia World Endurance Championship
Teams	: Garage 59, TF Sport, Aston Martin Racing
Podiums : 131
Pole Positions : 61
Fastest Laps: 53
Race Win Percentage : 20.25%
Website: http://www.jonnyadam.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathanadamracing
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Jonathan 'Jonny' Adam is a British racing driver who achieved the most in sports car racing, winning the British GT Championship four times (in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019) and Le Mans 24 Hours once, in 2017. He was also ProAm class champion in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in 2017. He did all that driving Aston Martins.
Earlier in a career, he was successful touring car racer, winning three championship titles in national one-make competitions.
Early career in karting and open-wheel competitions
Born in September 1982 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, the young Jonny Adam raced in karting competitions. He competed at national level and in 1999 won Scottish Kart TKM Challenge. Three years later Adam finished 5th in the British National Kart Championship what was his last success before switching to single-seaters.
In 2003, Jonny competed in the Scottish Formula Ford Zetec and finished third in the standings, with two race wins on his account. The same year he also appeared as a guest in the UK Formula Renault 2.0 and scored 13 points.
Jonathan won the UK Renault Clio Cup in 2005
Renault Clio Cup UK champion in 2005
After a short spell in single-seater, Adam switched to the touring car racing in 2004 when he made a debut in the Renault Clio Cup Great Britain. His performance was impressive, as he won 6 out of 20 races, scored a total of 14 podiums, had seven pole positions and six fastest laps before finishing 3rd overall.
The following season was even better, taking the championship title. Driving for TCR (Total Control Racing), he won 11 out of 20 races, had other six podium finishes, and amassed impressive 15 pole positions and 14 fastest laps before taking the title in the penultimate race of the season at Donington Park. That success helped Jonny to make further progress and he was ready for a new challenge.
Jonny was a Seat Cupra Cup GB champion twice
Two-time SEAT Cupra GB champion
In 2006, Adam stayed with Total Control Racing but switched to SEAT Cupra Great Britain Championship. Just like when he has competed in the Renault Clio Cup, Jonathan finished 3rd in his rookie season in the new series. He scored two wins and a total of 10 podiums out of 18 races, finishing behind Mat Jackson and Alan Blencowe.
The second attempt again was successful. Adam in great style won SEAT Cupra GB title in 2007, winning 9 out of 20 races and having a total of 17 podiums on his way to the top of the standings. He clinched the title at Knockhill, his home circuit, with three races to spare. He relatively easily defended the title in 2008, scoring 9 wins and other 5 podium places. That was a signal that he is prepared for a higher level.
Adam spent only one year in the BTCC
Short spell in the BTCC
In 2009, Adam joined popular and highly competitive British Touring Car Championship. He signed with Motorbase Performance to drive BMW 320si and did considerably well.
He had two podiums and amassed a total of 116 points before finishing 8th in the Drivers' Championship. Unfortunately, at the end of the season, he had to leave the series after being unable to find a financial backing.
While waiting for a new opportunity, in 2010 the Scottish racer drove in selected rounds of Ginetta G50 Cup Great Britain and scored one victory.
Jonny Adam joined Beechdean AMR in 2011
Move to British GT Championship in 2011
The next stop in Jonny's career was British GT Championship. In 2011, he signed with Beechdean Motorsport. Driving an Aston Martin DBRS9 alongside Andrew Howard, he had a very fine season. They won the races at Rockingham and Silverstone and had other two podiums before finishing 5th in the final standings.
In the following year, Adam and Howard were behind a wheel of Aston Martin Vantage and won the race at Nurburgring, finished 2nd at Brands Hatch, and 3rd at Snetterton what was enough only for the 8th place in the championship.
Adam and Howard remained co-drivers of Aston Martin Vantage for three more years. In 2013, they triumphed at Brands Hatch and were 2nd at Silverstone before taking the 4th position overall. Victory at Snetterton was the highlight of 2014 season. The same year they were 3rd in both races at Oulton Park and 2nd at Silverstone but after poor performances late in the season, they dropped to the 5th position.
Derek Johnston and Jonny Adam - British GT champions in 2016
Two consecutive British GT titles with Aston Martin
The season of 2015 was the last that the Kirkcaldy-born spent with Beechdean and finally was able to win the title. He and Howard triumphed in the second race at Oulton Park, Spa-Francorchamps, and Snetterton before taking the trophy in front of Ecurie Ecosse's pair Alexander Sims and Marco Attard.
In 2016, Adam moved to TF Sport. In the new team, he was sharing an Aston Martin Vantage with Derek Johnston and they became the champions at the first attempt. They won the races at Brands Hatch and Rockingham and later finished 2nd at Snetterton and Donington what was enough for the title. He became the first racer in the British GT history who managed to defend the title.
Jonathan is one of the best British GT drivers
FIA WEC debut in 2015, first Le Mans attempt in 2016
While racing with Aston Martin teams in the British GT Championship, Jonny also made attempts in some other competitions. In 2014, he raced with Beechdean AMR in two rounds of the Blancpain Sprint Series. In 2015, he debuted in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving an Aston Martin Vantage GTE in five rounds alongside Darren Turner and Stefan Mucke, The highlight of the season was a podium at Bahrain.
In 2016, Jonny appeared in three FIA WEC rounds, including his debut at 24 Hours of Le Mans. Sharing a car with Richie Stanaway and Fernando Rees, he was third in GTE Pro class at Le Mans.
Jonny Adam and Aston Martin crew celebrating victory at 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours
Le Mans 24h victory in 2017
After two national GT titles with Aston Martin, Jonny Adam became full-time driver of Aston Martin Racing in the 2017 FIA WEC season. Sharing the #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE with Darren Turner and Daniel Serra, he scored sensational GTE Pro class victory at 24 Hours of Le Mans after overtaking a rival in a Corvette on the penultimate lap. Later in the season, Adam scored no more wins or podiums, finishing seventh in the championship.
In 2017, Jonny also participated in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, driving the #97 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 for Oman Racing with TF Sport. He and Ahmad Al Harthy became ProAm class champions.
Third national championship title in 2018
In 2018, Jonny stayed with Aston Martin Racing in the FIA WEC and returned full-time to the British GT Championship with Optimum Motorsport, sharing the #75 Aston Martin with Flick Haigh.
They won two races during the season and entered the season's finale as championship leader. The fourth place in the last race was good enough for Jonny to take the third title in British GT Championship while Flick Haigh became the first ever female driver to win outright title.
British GT Championship title number four in 2019
For the 2019 British GT season, Adam rejoined TF Sport to share the #47 Aston Martin with Graham Davidson. They won two times during the year and enter season's finale as championship contenders. They finished fifth in the last race and secured the championship title, the fourth for Jonny.
Adam stayed with Aston Martin Racing for the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship season.
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The Final Chase Theme and Voices by Rev Theory.
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Apollo Justice - "Guilty Love" aka Klavier Gaven's theme.
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Why is there a signature . . . ?
Avatar art and editing made by me! ᕙ(⪰ ³⪯)ᕗ Showing a character made by me a long time ago. I looked off of some old notebooks I had from 3rd grade to come up with the outfit~!
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Q: Creating a Matrix.Build.Dense() using Expression.Call I want to return an Expression.Call that creates a dense MathNet Matrix.
This is the Matrix I want:
Matrix<ContentType>.Build.Dense(Rows,Columns)

ContentType will be int, double or Complex.
But I want to create it using Expression.Call.
Here's my current code:
Expression.Call(
            typeof(Matrix<>)
                .MakeGenericType(ContentType)
                .GetProperty("Build")
                .GetMethod("Dense", new[] {typeof(int), typeof(int)}),
            Expression.Constant(Rows), Expression.Constant(Columns));

This however results in a build error:
[CS1955] Non-invocable member 'PropertyInfo.GetMethod' cannot be used like a method.

What am I doing wrong?

A: There is GetMethod property on PropertyInfo type, which returns property getter method. You are trying to use this property as a method (invoke it) - hence the compiler error. Instead you should do it like this:
// first get Build static field (it's not a property by the way)
var buildProp = typeof(Matrix<>).MakeGenericType(ContentType)
               .GetField("Build", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);
// then get Dense method reference
var dense = typeof(MatrixBuilder<>).MakeGenericType(ContentType)
               .GetMethod("Dense", new[] { typeof(int), typeof(int) });
// now construct expression call
var call = Expression.Call(
               Expression.Field(null /* because static */, buildProp),
               dense,
               Expression.Constant(Rows),
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Serving: Our Troop has been serving our community since 1923! Through that time we have helped with a numerous amount of projects and have given back to the community thousands of service hours. As a Troop, we will continue to give back to our community, strive to do our good turn daily, and always help other people at all times!
Preparing: Our Troop has had many great Eagle Scouts come through our program here in Sioux Center. We are motivated to help all our Scouts that come through our program reach the highest award in the Scouting program, the rank of an Eagle Scout. Our Troop has a very high rate of Eagles advancing and we are going to keep it that way! Not only are we preparing you for the rank of Eagle, but we are also preparing you with any skills you may need throughout your life such as leadership, communication, management, and responsibility.
Leading: As a Troop, we are also preparing you for leading. Leading is a very big part in the world. As a leader, you will be able to put people in positions to be successful all the time. Our Troop also strives to bring only the best volunteers into our program as Assistant Scoutmasters to ensure you have the best leaders and role models through your years in Scouting. These leaders are Eagle Scouts, outdoors man, fathers, sons, brothers, and leaders!
Troop 211 meets once a week during the school year at Central Reformed Church in Sioux Center, IA. Greg Van Beek has been our Scoutmaster since the beginning of 2010. Troop 211 currently has 20 Scouts of various ages. The Sioux Center Boy Scouts have been around for about 90 years - learn more about our history below. Besides the annual summer camp, we go to place like, Oak Grove near Hawarden, Stone Park near Sioux City, Newton Hills Boy Scout Camp near Sioux Falls, Sandy Hollow near Sioux Center, Inspiration Hills, and the Paulina Campground, and many more. For summer camp, we go to places like the Black Hills; Yellowstone National Park; Yankton, South Dakota; Birchwood, Wisconsin; Crete, Nebraska; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Washington D.C., and more. Contact the Troop Admin for more information on the Boy Scout program as well with any questions you may have on our program.
Boy Scouts in Sioux Center has existed for over 90 years! Scouting began in Sioux Center back in 1923. We were charted as Troop 1 with Sioux City Area Council. After a number of years however, Troop 1 was discontinued until 1935. Under the same council, Troop 94 was chartered by the American Legion Post #199. The Troop has continued since 1935 without interruption. In 1943 the Sioux City Area Council gave up our Troop to the Prairie Gold Area Council located out of Fort Dodge. In this year was when we became Troop 211. Over the years, our Troop has had over 75 Scouts reach the rank of Eagle Scout, which is the highest award a Scout can earn through the Boy Scouts of America program.


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There is a critical part of dentistry that is very rarely discussed.
It has become obvious to me that this is one of the most overlooked aspects of dentistry today. I state this after many years of treating hundreds of patients. I'm beginning to see and hear more and more about this issue. Dentists that have done the appropriate study know the importance of the dental bite. A balanced dental bite is the most important aspect of dentistry to generate health, comfort and good function for a lifetime.
What is the dental bite?
This is the way the teeth fit together with the many variations of movement. These stress variations may cause many issues that interfere with the comfort and lifespan of the teeth. Anytime any dentistry is needed such as fillings, crowns, restorations or cosmetic dentistry, it is critical to make necessary bite records to analyze any problems prior to any treatment. It is important to us that we listen to any questions and concerns you may have. All of this is explained in great detail at your consultation .
Do you have an uncomfortable or painful bite?
This can lead to headaches, sensitive teeth and broken teeth. A bad bite can also cause headaches and facial pain. My life has been dedicated to finding these issues that my patients may have. We then treat these issues so that we create comfort. This is a situation of balance that we refer to as Dental Harmony. This is the harmony between the way the teeth fit, the health of the tissue's around the teeth and the critical areas of the TMJ joints.


BJP's Yogi Adityanath today took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Also to take oath were 49 ministers, 22 of which were of cabinet rank. The list of ministers includes 6 women and a Muslim candidate, cricketer-turned-BJP politician Mohsin Raza. Keeping up with the intricate caste dynamics in the State of Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has appointed two deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma.
The oath to all the ministers was administered by UP Governor Ram Naik. The swearing-in ceremony witnessed the presence of a number of religious people including sadhus, sanyasis and sanyasinis. Members of the opposition party were also present including Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav.
BJP party members were also present in great numbers including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, LK Advani, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu, Murli Manohar Joshi and Nitin Gadkari. It is being said that Adityanath himself asked for 2 deputy CMs since UP is a big state and has complex political equations. Union minister Venkaiah Naidu said that the trio of Adityanath, Maurya and Sharma will be a good combination.


"Most parents do a pretty good job of raising kids, but truly effective parenting means not just relying on natural instincts but also on knowing what works and why."
In The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting, Dr. Steinberg distills decades of research into a parenting book that explains the fundamentals of raising happy, healthy children, giving readers an invaluable map to help them navigate parenthood from infancy to adolescence.
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Juan C. Lasheras is the Stanford S. and Beverly P. Penner Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. He is a distinguished professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Bioengineering, Director of the Center for Medical Devices and Instrumentation at the Institute of Engineering in Medicine, and Co-Director of the Master of Advanced Study program in Medical Device Engineering. Lasheras received the F.N. Frenkiel Award for Fluid Dynamics from the American Physical Society (APS) in 1990, and the 2003 Breakthrough Innovation in Medical Sciences given by BIOCOM. He is member of the National Academy of Engineering of the USA, the National Academy of Inventors of the USA, the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain (Real Académia de Ingeniería de España), and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). He was a Guggenheim Fellow and a George Van Ness-Lothrop Fellow and served in 2010 as the Chairman of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the APS. He was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa degrees from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain in January 2011 and from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain in October 2011. Lasheras holds 46 US patents in medical devices technology. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1982.
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Many thanks for taking the time out to do this. Do you know how far the Ibis is from the olympia?
could forum members please let me know what hotels they will be staying in. I am looking at about 10 options right now and your info would be extremely helpful. Right now, I am at a complete loss.
Hotels in Paris. I identified some nice cheap and cheerful aparthotel rooms and things nearby but they were all booked up so I have had to fork out nearly 200 euro for one night at an alarmingly trendy boutique hotel! Triangle D'Or, very near venue I think, "next door". 3 star.
Anyway, approx. 5 mins away on foot, just off Boulevard Italiens, I found the 3*Hotel Helder Opera. I booked the last single room (90 euros), but doubles still available. I booked with venere.com who take card details but no money! ie. you pay on arrival.
Hope that's helpful, but book soon; I was amazed how many hotels were fully booked around the area.
Paris accomodations have always been expensive.
You don't need to stay near the Olympia theater, an expensive and very touristy area.
Paris metro is very easy and as safe as in other capital cities around Europe. When looking for a hotel just check the metro stations nearby.
I suggest the Marais area, many little and friendly hotels over there. Good little restaurants and shopping. Very, very "French" style!
Have also a look to offers flight+hotel usually interesting in cities like Paris.
Thank you so much rpan, Gilly, and Beatriz for all your input!
The hotels you picked are really nice looking. Yours, Gilly, is a great value for the money I was quoted - 2 people, 4 nights =$618.00! rpan, I love the fact that this hotel has a bar/lounge. Proximity to the Olympia and other tourist sites is excellent, with one of them being on a bus line that goes direct to Charles de Gaulle airport - all pluses. My problem is, I have a terrible habit. I am a smoker and neither of these have smoking rooms.
I know what you are saying, but, it being our first time in Paris, we would prefer a 'touristy area'. So much easier for us to be able to find everything. When we were in Barcelona, we opted to stay in the area most people stay away from - Las Ramblas, and we loved it! We stayed at Le Meridian (a bit pricey for our taste), with a room over the side street which was wonderful because the noise level was almost non-existant!
I guess what I am looking for is a 3* hotel, close to the venue and other tourist sites (looks like the Louvre section?), with accessibility to bus and tourist touring bus lines, some sidewalk cafes in the area, and has smoking rooms. I know I am asking for a lot, but, hopefully someone here is looking for something similar and has found it or can suggest something.
I only booked last week, this weekend seems especially busy.
Hostelworld and hotels.com had a few options in the marais, Bastille areas.
I would suggest following the metro lines out that serve the Olympia, eg line 8, as central Paris is very bust, and expensive at this stage.
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Senator Ayu Sworn in as New PDP Chairman
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The new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyiochia Ayu, has vowed to reposition the party as he takes over power as the National Chairman of the party.
The former President of the Senate made the vow in his acceptance speech after he was sworn in Abuja, on Friday.
"Our task at this auspicious moment is to return the party to the people. But to do that, the party needs to be reinvigorated, reinvented and repositioned. We are not unmindful of our missed steps and actions in the past, but we have learnt our lessons, both in government and in opposition.
Today, we stand tall, and with a firm resolve to rebuild our great party and rescue our nation."
The new PDP national chairman also promised to implement policies and programmes that would return the party back to power come 2023.
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Ayu, a consensus candidate for the position, took over the leadership of the main opposition party alongside 20 others elected into various positions within the PDP National Working Committee.
The new set of leaders were elected at the party's national convention in October.
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The Great NPAs Disaster
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By Md Tauhid Nasir
The issue of non-performing assets aka bad loans in the country's banking sector has become a hot topic of debate and discussion for quite some time now. It is believed that the problem of staggering NPAs has reached to such a level that if appropriate medicine not injected into the banking system immediately, the health of the economy of the country would collapse anytime soon. The tumultuous financial uncertainty unleashed after demonetization and several bank frauds are severely hurting the broader economy of the country. The icing on the cake is dwindling rupee from 44.00 against US dollar in August 2011 to 70.90 on Nov. 2018.
Though, the government is believed to be aware of the situation and trying their best to bring the system back to life. But the bigger question that left many experts sceptical is, would the government be able to contain the ailing economy or let it boil over that too when barely four months left to go for the Lok Sabha election.
How serious the NPAs issue is?
Is the NPAs issue so serious that we should all be worried about? The straightforward answer is, yes. The country's central banking agency and monetary policies regulator, the RBI in its bi-annual Financial Stability Report released in June last year had red flagged that with staggering bad loans and rising bank scandals, the banking sector is under tremendous stress which could drag down economy of the country.
The seriousness of the issue can be gauged by the fact that over Rs 10.2 lakh Cr worth of loans – GDP of at least 137 countries – till March quarter 2018 classified as Non-Performing Assets. This figure accounts for just 10% of all loans given in the country. This means, neither the interest on the loan nor the principal amount paid back to banks as a result, banks suffered a huge loss of capital. Around 80% of these loans which turned out to be NPAs were credited to the select corporate and industries by the State-owned public sector banks.
The loan defaulters feel immune to any culpability as corporate-political nexus, lack of adequate bankruptcy code and rusty legal system make difficult for banks to recover these loans. One such fine example is when the grounded Kingfisher Airlines was already marred in a financial crisis, the SBI credited loan to the tune of Rs 900 Cr to now fugitive Vijaya Mallay. These defaulters enjoy strong influence over any policy-making decision that even the banks have no rights to make their names public.
In March 2014, when the UPA was ousted from the power at the centre, the NPAs was standing at Rs 2.51 lakh Cr. Now after four years, the figure multiplied to as many times to reach astounding Rs 10.26 lakh Cr at the end of March 2018.
* Data source: CapitalinePlus.
With the ever-rising NPAs, banks are feeling stressed because of almost no profit margins to fund other projects. This is resulting in not only unemployment but also affecting the country's economy negatively. The bad financial health of public sector banks means a bad return for shareholders. In such a scenario, even the investors would hold on investing until the situation improves.
The financial health of banks:
The Indian banking sector is probably passing through its worst phase ever. Of the top 10 public-private sector banks, a majority of the lenders are in the red territory and in deep trouble. The country's largest public sector lender the State Bank of India reported a net loss of Rs 4,875.85 Cr in the first quarter ended June 30 as against Rs 2,006 Cr net profit in the corresponding period of 2017-18 fiscal. This is the third straight quarterly loss of the bank. However, in the second quarter ended September 30, the lender reported a net profit of Rs 945 Cr, but still nearly 40.27 % less of net profit of Rs 1,582 Cr reported in the same period of previous fiscal.
The bank incurred a net loss of Rs 3,930.85 Cr in the first half of this fiscal as against Rs 3,588 net profit in the same period last year. The SBI's net loss in 2017-18 stood at Rs 6,547.45 Cr as against a net profit of Rs 10,484.1 Cr in previous fiscal.
The country's largest private sector lender, the ICICI Bank too reported its first-ever net loss of Rs 119.55 Cr in the quarter ended June 30 as against a whopping Rs 2,049 net profit for the same period of previous fiscal. However, the bank recovered slightly in the second quarter with a net profit of Rs 909 Cr but fell far behind of a net profit of Rs 2,058 Cr in the same quarter of previous fiscal.
In the first half of fiscal 2018-19, the lender reported a loss of 80.78% in its net profit at Rs 789.45 Cr as compared to Rs 4,107 Cr in the same period of previous fiscal.
*Data source: Banks' websites
The great financial distress:
At present, India has 21 public sector banks with more than 50% stakes held by the government in each bank. However, after the merger of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda – for which board of all three banks approved and sent the recommendation to the government for approval – the number of nationalized banks will come down to 19.
Due to rising bad loans, the cumulative net losses of 21 State-owned public sector banks reported at staggering Rs 16,614.9 Cr in the quarter ended June 30 as compared to nearly Rs 110 Cr net profit in the same period of 2016-17 fiscal. The net loss further widens by nearly 350% to Rs 14,716.2 Cr in the second quarter ended September 30 as against Rs 4,284.45 Cr net loss incurred in the same period of previous fiscal.
The cumulative loss of these PSU banks in the fiscal 2017-18 reported being at whopping Rs 87,370 Cr. The loss would have been much more had the two banks namely Indian Bank and Vijay Bank not posted a net profit of Rs 1,259 Cr and Rs 727 Cr respectively during the said fiscal. In fiscal 2016-17, these banks had together posted a net profit of Rs 473.72 Cr.
Will this affect the common man?
Experts have already warned that the whopping NPA will have far-reaching ramification on Indian economy in the months to come, yet neither the banks nor the government will bear the brunt. It is taxpayers who will pay the price. With most of the banks facing severe cash crunch now, they have resorted to reprehensive measures to bring the system back to life.
One among many such measures is a penalty on non-maintenance of monthly average balance (MAB). The SBI alone has collected Rs 1,772 Cr in the form of minimum balance penalty from customers for non-maintenance of MAB for the April-Nov period of 2017. Imagine, who are these people who were forced to pay the penalty? Obviously, those who are at the bottom of financial strata. The banks seem to have indulged in unethical practice and going against their vision statements. At one hand, they dished out thousands of crores of rupees to corporate honchos without doing due diligence, on the other, they robbed the poor who can't afford to maintain MAB in their accounts. However, after a lot of criticism, the SBI cut down the MAB to Rs 3,000 from Rs 5,000 in metro cities. In urban areas, it's now Rs 3,000, while for semi-urban and rural areas, it is Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,000, respectively.
Not only that, debit card annual fee, ATM usage, email and SMS alerts, money transfer charges, bank statement attestation, reset password or PIN number and closing bank account are their other nefarious measures through which banks are charging their customers.
So, next time when you do any banking transaction be ready to pay the price for the crime you didn't commit!
Related Items:Editor's Pick, How serious the NPAs issue is?, non-performing assets, The financial health of banks, The Great NPAs Disaster
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Everything you wanted to know about the hotel business in Russia but did not know where to ask. This section presents the frequently asked questions to our managers and the detailed answers to them.
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Why do I, the hotel owner, need a professional hotel management company?
Almost all materials of our site answer this question: in the sections About the company, to the owners and investors and others. But briefly, in order to get the best results. Improving efficiency is achieved through the use of the management company's well-established strategies, organizational and operational technologies and best management practices. The involvement of an external professional management company for the management of the hotel industry is a common practice throughout the world and in Russia. When a hotel is not a profile business of the owner, attracting a professional management company allows him to concentrate on managing his core business. If you are interested in independently managing operational processes, learn from your mistakes, and if all of this has resources, then most likely you do not need a hotel management company. In fact, there are many independent and quite successful hotels in the world. Many of them do not even think of entering the hotel chain.
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What kind of agreements do I need to sign with the hotel management company?
Based on the results of the exchange of basic information, if there is mutual interest, the parties decide on the continuation of the negotiation process. Sometimes, at the request of one of the parties, at this stage may be concluded (1) Confidential Agreement.
After receiving all the necessary information on the project, the management company prepares a proposal for cooperation, including the basic conditions for cooperation, a brief description of the possible forms of interaction, the basic concept of the facility and other necessary information. After discussion and coordination of all details of cooperation, the parties sign (2) the Letter of Intent (Letter of Intent or Letter of Interest, the so-called LOI). It reflects the main parameters of future cooperation: all parameters of technical support contracts, management (rent), franchising, payment structure, planned hotel brand and so on. LOI with the management company is a document that fixes the agreements reached by the parties regarding future cooperation. For the owner, who intends to look for external sources of financing for his project in the future, this document is especially important. Typically, investors have a greater degree of confidence in the projects they finance, if there is a signed with a well-known hotel operator LOI.
Within the framework of this agreement, IFK Hotel Management accompanies the hotel project at the stages from design and construction until the opening of the hotel. The main objective of the cooperation of the parties under the technical support agreement is that the hotel be designed, built and equipped «correctly», in the project (and in the future at the existing facility), functional zones will be reasonably allocated and reasonable spatial planning solutions will be applied, logic of interrelations of various operational processes. The contract is necessary so that the constructed and open facility can provide comfort and effective operating activity corresponding to its category. Our ultimate goal is management, and we are interested in managing a competitive hotel, and it is important for the owner to create a quality, modern and competitive product.
The hotel is properly built, all technical issues are solved, the systems are connected — it's time to start the management contract. There are several forms of the contract, and we will coordinate the concrete variant that is right for you. But in all of them the most important parameters of cooperation are determined: the rights and obligations of the parties, the validity period (usually 15-20 years with subsequent prolongation), all payments and their terms.
Finally, if the owner wants to enter the international network, then simultaneously with the management contract with the company IFK Hotel Management, FA is subscribed with the chosen brand.
This is an ideal scheme, while the management company IFK Hotel Management is ready to enter the hotel project at any stage. At the stage of idea, concept, design or construction — it does not matter. We cooperate with existing hotels. The main thing is that the main parameters of the hotel project meet certain requirements, first of all, security and comfort or could be changed in accordance with them.
How do you calculate the remuneration of the management company IFK Hotel Management?
1) Base Management Fee is the basic payment that makes up a fixed percentage of the total revenue of the hotel facility (Total Revenue). That is, the revenues for all services provided by the management company: the sale of hotel rooms, bars and restaurants, the organization of events, additional services and so on.
2) Incentive Fee — this payment is tied to the performance of the hotel management company and depends on the total operating profit of the hotel (Gross Operating Profit or GOP).


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Forests and Bogs: Photos From Estonia
After I left Iceland, after a few days in Helsinki, I went on to Estonia. It's one of the Baltic states and has been described as a country of cities in the forest. Over forty six percent of Estonia's territory is covered by forests. (Unlike Iceland where trees are less then five percent.) It is extremely beautiful in a delicate way
Estonia is a country that has been occupied by others for almost all of its history. (Except for 22 years in the early 20th century.) They have maintained their identify through language (related to Finnish), culture, and song. Their successful rebellion against the Soviets in 1989 was called the Singing Revolution.
I was there visiting my daughter Cid and her partner David. David was a Fulbright Scholar teaching dance and choreography in Viljandi for the spring semester. (Cid's Fulbright in Estonia was a few years ago.) I was supposed to visit them then, but that volcano erupted in Iceland closing down flights and canceling my trip.
The forests feel like you're inside a fairy tale or a woodland fantasy novel. The forest floor has scattered mushrooms and berries and I picked some edible early blue berries. The bogs are edged with forests and are flat with delicate vegetation and seemed to me to be lacking in drama until we came upon a stunning series of bog ponds filled with water lilies. I swam in the cold brown peat water among the lilies.
The photos are snapshots of some of the places that I experienced.
The forest was on the edge of a bog.
There is a delicacy to the blog flora that really pleases me.
The bog was reflecting the clouds.
The next Estonia photos will be of the old city in the capital, Tallinn.
September 23, 2013 beauty, PhotographyBody Impolitic, bogs, Estonia, forests, landscape photography, PhotographyLaurie
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There's no doubt that 2009 has been a difficult year, but it still has a lot to celebrate, appreciate, and be thankful for.
Last year, we said "We have a sane man coming in to the American presidency. We have a smart man coming into the American presidency. We have the first African-American to come into the American presidency. (And they're all the same person!)" And now he's president, and he's been president for nine months. There's an African-American family living in the White House. That's huge.
The movement that elected Obama hasn't given up. Progressive groups like Move On!, People for the American Way, and many others are applying real pressure on elected officials, often cleverly. We're particularly impressed with the Health Care Accountability Pledge, which is collecting promises for money to defeat any Democrat who "keeps health care reform from getting an up or down vote."
It's pressure like that that made it possible, even with the insurance companies funding enormous opposition, to get a health care bill passed in the House … and to get cloture on debate on a health care bill (without the nasty anti-abortion provision) in the Senate. Plenty of hurdles left, but we've crossed two where they wanted to stop us for good.
Kimberly Clark, world's largest producer of tissues, has bowed to environmentalists' pressure and is using sustainable forest management techniques, leading the way for other paper companies to do the same. And on a similar note, Bertin, world's largest leather manufacturer, is not buying cattle from farms responsible for Amazon deforestation.
The Obama administration is trying at least some Guantanamo prison "detainees" in U.S. civilian courts! After as much as eight years of being confined and tortured without representation or protections, this is a small step in a crucial direction.
After twenty years of a shameful policy preventing people with AIDS from traveling to the United States, the Obama Administration has lifted the ban. Starting very early in 2010, your HIV status will not affect your right to visit the United States. It's not about time, it's long past time, but it is happening.
After an extraordinary battery of gender tests, Caster Semenya will be allowed to keep her gold medal and her prize money. We blogged about this story here.
The CIA is not immune any more. A trial in Milan, Italy, resulted in the conviction of 22 alleged CIA officers and agents, an American air force colonel and two Italian agents, who were convicted of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street in 2003.
Speaking of successful political pressure from progressives, Presente led a successful campaign to get racist, virulently anti-immigrant CNN anchor Lou Dobbs off the airwaves and . More than 100,000 people signed the petition, and Dobbs resigned "to take a more activist role" and is now talking about the Senate, and also the Presidency in 2012. Imagine the entertainment value of a Palin/Dobbs (or Dobbs/Palin) ticket!
Have a great holiday! We'll be back early next week, when we'll do a crosspost to the fabulous FWD.
November 26, 2009 civil rights, feminism, gender, Laurie and Debbie's blog, politics, sportsAIDS, Amazon forests, Barack Obama, Bertin, Body Impolitic, Castor Semenya, CIA, EPA, forests, gender, Guantanamo, health care, health care legislation, immigration, Kimberly Clark, Lou Dobbs, Move On, Obama, Presente, ThanksgivingLaurie


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Vampire Weekend Debut 'Unbelievers' As Undead On 'Kimmel Live'
Dressed as skeletons in honor of Halloween, VW premiered new song on Jimmy Kimmel's late-show stage.
James Montgomery 11/01/2012
Vampire Weekend definitely got into the Halloween spirit during their Wednesday night performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," sporting spooky skeleton makeup (though we think Rostam was supposed to be that "I Like Turtles" kid) and giving their fans a very special treat: a brand-new song.
It's called "Unbelievers," and it's definitely better than a Fun Size Snickers. With its bright piano/keyboard chords, rushing drums, strummed acoustic guitar and horns, it not only showcases the band's continuing growth, but perhaps gives us a hint of where they're headed on the follow-up to 2010's Contra. And though frontman Ezra Koenig's lyrics — the chorus goes "Girl, you and I will die unbelievers/Bound to the tracks of the train" — don't exactly conjure up visions of Halloween, well, the band made up for it by requiring their horn section to dress like the undead. We admire their commitment. Also, the song is really great.
There's been little news from the Vampire Weekend camp in recent months, as they've been working on their new album (they played a pair of club shows this summer, ahead of their headlining set at the Pitchfork Music Festival), though that appears to be changing. Just last week, Koenig spoke with VW fansite Team Vampire Weekend and revealed that the band is coming close to finishing things up.
"I really can't wait to begin the process of sharing the next album," he wrote. "We've been working like maniacs for a long time. The time is not so far away, we promise."
Give a listen to the new song, and tell us what you think in the comments!


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Salvage bags may contain stains and scuffs from normal wear. A lot of these purses are really dirty, while some of them have broken parts or zippers, or missing buttons, all which could be fixed.


Most 17-year-olds do not write, perform and produce hit songs that end up in the Library of Congress and the Grammy Hall of Fame. And even fewer did it with an integrated band in the 1960s in Memphis, Tenn. But Hammond B3 organ player Booker T. Jones did just that with his band Booker T. and the M.G.'s, and he is playing in Austin this week.
Several of the instrumental hits of Booker T. and the M.G.'s are 1960s soul classics still heard and sampled today. The 1962 smash "Green Onions" is ranked No. 181 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time and is the only instrumental on the list. In 1999, "Green Onions" received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award; it was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2012. Not bad for some neighborhood kids in Memphis who served as the house band for powerhouse Stax Records in the 1960s.
"There was an unspoken fraternity there" at Stax, Jones said in a recent telephone interview. "No one else was privy to it." Jones had several hits with the M.G.'s, such as "Hip Hug Her" and "Time is Tight," and as the Stax house band, backed up artists such as Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, Albert King, Rufus Thomas and countless others. Booker T. and the M.G.'s were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
A few days short of his 74th birthday, Jones and his current band will headline two nights at Antone's Nov. 9 and 10, with local soul band Tomar and the FC's opening the show.
Jones has spent his time hanging out in clubs, yet his music education was unique for the early 1960s. He learned the music business from his elders in the local Memphis music scene, comparing his experience to Texas drumming legend George Rains teaching a young Gary Clark Jr. the trade in Austin. Yet, Jones said, at the same time he also saved $900 to enroll at the University of Indiana and obtain formal music training.
The training paid off for Jones as he and the M.G.'s — guitarist Steve "the Colonel" Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn and Al Jackson Jr. — were at the forefront of soul music, even leading it to new audiences. Booker T. and the M.G.'s played at the groundbreaking Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and backed up Otis Redding during his legendary set just months before his death.
While Jones had already had a life's worth of legendary experiences as the 1960s ended, he was about to enter a second stage of his career producing and performing a wide range of artists. After his days at Stax, Jones moved to California, where he met some other transplants.
It might seem strange for a soul icon to team with country artists, but Jones said he grew up listening to country. "The first record I bought was Kitty Wells," Jones said. "Stardust" became a huge hit, earning Grammys and landing on the country LP charts for an amazing 10 years.
Jones has also released his own albums and recorded with an entire generation of new bands who grew up listening to his music, including Rancid and the Drive-By Truckers.


The U.S. Dollars/Turkish Liras parity is one of the most impressible parities of the world from the latest financial and political developments in both countries like the USA and Turkey. The parity has tried a lot of records through the upward direction at the end of 2016. After that, with the beginning of 2017, the parity broke a new record on the global forex market. The parity reached over the 3,64 level on the market. The higher inflation rates which came over the expectations, and prolonging the state of emergency condition are affecting the strong negative conditions on Turkish economy. Inflation was at 8.53 % above market expectations, and the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey failed to meet its target again.
A consensus that the CBRT will be growth oriented and can not raise interest has begun to increase its weight because of the pressure on it not to increase its interest rates. The local political developments are affecting negatively to the parity. In the regions where state of emergency is located, some traders are not technically capable of investing. For this reason, the rising risks ahead of the Fitch note continue to push upward. Fitch's credit note will be released on January 27th. The chances of downloading notes are quite high. Terrorist incidents are not the only criterion at this point. Although Turkey seems to have no trouble with the budget, it is possible that the decisions taken in the last ECO will put a serious burden on the budget. For this reason, Fitch may take this into consideration.


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"Dancing in Gumboots" Edited by Lou Allison and Jane Wilde
Have you wondered about what life would be like if you had taken a different path in your youth?
Books like Gumboot Girls and now Dancing in Gumboots make me think? Both are anthologies of memoir vignettes by women who moved to Coastal BC in the 60s and 70s. Their stories are opposite to my choice.
I followed my conventional upbringing until I retired. It was then I followed my heart and moved to live off the grid in Coastal BC.
Dancing in Gumboots: Adventure, Love and Resilience - Women of the Comox Valley (Caitlin Press, 2018), edited by Lou Allison and Jane Wilde, follows in the footsteps of Gumboot Girls.
Dancing in Gumboots shares the lives of 32 women who followed their hearts and dreams in the 70s to Vancouver Island's Comox Valley and the nearby Gulf Islands.
We spent the summer together on the boat, exploring the islands and bays and sailing the straits of Barkley Sound. Brenda Dempsey in "Beyond the Valley"
There is a safe way to be awakened: hook up with another like-minded soul. Josephine Peyton in "Quest for Community"
We gathered oysters, dug for clams and fished. Parksman Pete ran the campground and, from time to time, he'd give us odd jobs to help stretch the dollars. Monika Terfloth in "I Took the Scenic Routes "
Friday was mail day, and all the cabin dwellers came into town for supplies and to get together with friends at the Likely Hotel. Gwen Sproule in "Home is Where the Heart Is"
After every spring season, we set up another camp, this time at the Courtenay Fairgrounds, where we staffed the kitchen for the annual Renaissance Fair. Cara Tilston in "Finding Home"
Many of the youthful arrivals to the Comox Valley have remained in their adopted community. You can read more about these amazing women at their Gumboot Girls Facebook page.
Powell River and Lund also had an influx of adventurous young people during the 60s and 70s. Here are some of their stories.
The Eden Express is a memoir by Mark Vonnegut, the son of famous author Kurt Vonnegut. Mark purchased vacant rural farmland near Powell River that became a haven for people who wanted to get back to the land and live a simple life. It later became Fiddlehead Farm, a hostel for like-minded people.
In The Way Home, Terry Faubert tells her story about coming to Lund, north of Powell River, and building a home for herself and her son. It wasn't easy for a single mom. I was honoured to be asked to help during the editing process of this memoir by a friend from the Powell River Gardening Club.
Adult Child of Hippies was the story of Willow Yamauchi growing up in Lund, a magnet for young people during the hippie and draft dodger movement. Willow became a CBC Radio producer and interviewed me for about my float garden. The book is full of pictures from that period of time.
The End of the Road was a film recently produced by a Powell River area local Tai Uhlmann about the Lund counter-culture era.
We saw its premier at our local historic Patricia Theatre.
Did you come of age during the 60s and 70s? How did you approach those years? Did you maintain a conventional lifestyle or participate in the counter-culture movement? No matter which you chose, would you have done anything different then or now? -- Margy
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Q: Textarea required attribut does not work in javascript I'm using a Bootstrap Modal Dialog to let my clients suggest on me their opinions, & I want to make the Textarea of the message as required, but it does not work, can you please have a look and advise where is the mistake here :
HTML file :

<button type="button" class="btn btn-link" id="suggestion">Please let us know if you have any suggestions to
            improve our service to you.</button>

Javascript file :

A: On the BootStrapDialog callback, you can test if the text-area is empty
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