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Q: Why don't @interface, @imp... and @end require a semicolon at the end of the line? Also, are there other instances where this is the case? I know the "@" symbol is used to show Objective-C keywords, but I don't understand why some of these keywords require a semicolon, while some don't.
Namely, as far as I can see; @interface, @implementation, and @end don't require a semicolon
@interface EditorPrintView ()
@property  ImageDocument* editorDoc;
@property  NSColor* backgroundColor;

@property BOOL paginate;
@property CGFloat scale;
@end

@class ImageController;

@implementation EditorPrintView
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Does anybody know of any specific reason why this is?  If this is just an artifact of history, then I'll buy it, but I wasn't able to create a good search query to find any answers.

A: We can only speculate on the motivation of Objective-C's designer, Brad Cox. (I suppose we could also try to contact him…)
I believe Brad Cox originally implemented Objective-C as a preprocessor that transformed Objective-C into plain C in a fairly straightforward way. It might have been easier to write the preprocessor by not requiring semicolons.
For example, keep in mind that @interface can be followed by a brace-enclosed block of declarations, e.g.
@interface MyObject : NSObject {
    int _count;
    IBOutlet NSView *_view;
}

...
@end

Perhaps it was easier to write the preprocessor to handle this optional block by not allowing a semicolon after the @interface declaration.
Also, since the @-declarations are not part of the plain C language, perhaps Brad Cox chose to treat them more like the C preprocessor's #-directives, which were (at the time Objective-C was invented) handled by a preprocessor and don't require (or generally even allow) semicolons. So @interface … @end is like #if … #endif.
These days, it would probably be trivial to write the compiler either way (allowing or disallowing semicolons), but there's no reason to change that part of the language now.
As for other directives that don't require a semicolon: there are @protocol declarations, and there's @optional, @required, @public, @private, @package, and @protected.

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Seven Apply for KUA Board
KISSIMMEE, Fla., April 27, 2020 – Seven Kissimmee residents have submitted applications to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Kissimmee Utility Authority board of directors. The deadline for completed applications was April 24.
The outgoing director, Kathleen Thacker, has served two terms and is not eligible for reappointment.
Applicants must be registered voters, reside within Kissimmee city limits, and should demonstrate a successful business or professional management career.
The applicants are:
– MARIE JEAN BAPTISTE is a business manager at Dillard's and a three-year resident of Kissimmee. She holds a master's degree in public administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management and a bachelor's degree in fashion retail management from the Art Institute of Tampa. She holds three human resources certifications.
– CATALIN CRUZ is a senior human resources leader and a 21-year resident of Kissimmee. She is the former human resources director of Florida Hospital DeLand. She holds a master's degree in human resource management from Troy University, a bachelor's degree in criminology from the University of South Florida, and is a graduate of the Criminal Justice Academy of Osceola. She is a past volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters.
– CRYSTAL HARRIS is an accountant and partner with Strombeck Consulting CPAs and a three-year resident of Kissimmee. She holds accounting and business management degrees from the University of Miami, and a master's degree in taxation from Nova Southeastern University. She is a volunteer 6U girls softball coach.
– MICHAEL KUREK is a certified public accountant and managing associate with Anser Advisory. He is a 10-year resident of Kissimmee and holds both a master's degree in accounting and bachelor's degree in business administration from Stetson University. Kurek is a former comptroller and investment manager with Osceola County. He serves on the board of trustees of Peace United Methodist Church and is an active Habitat for Humanity volunteer.
– CARLOS RODRIGUEZ is owner of Osceola Developmental Center, Inc. in Kissimmee. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he is a 22-year resident of Kissimmee. He holds a math and science degree from the University of Turabo in Puerto Rico and a master's degree in education from Ana G. Méndez University.
– RAYMOND SANCHEZ is a surgical technologist lead at Osceola Regional Medical Center. He is a certified surgical technologist and holds an associate's degree from Anthem College. He is the former trauma coordinator for Osceola Regional's Department of Surgery. He is a voting precinct volunteer and a 28-year resident of Kissimmee.
– HENRY THACKER is a construction project manager with Balfour Beatty. He holds a bachelor's degree in building construction from the University of Florida and is a 20-year resident of Kissimmee. He currently serves on the Board of Adjustments for the City of Kissimmee, as well as the boards of Osceola Arts, Silver Spurs, Osceola County Library and Young Professionals of Osceola County.
The KUA board will interview the applicants at its regular meeting on July 8 and send three recommended applicants to the Kissimmee City Commission for second interviews and final appointment. The candidate appointed by the city commission will be sworn in at the board's October meeting.
Founded in 1901, KUA is Florida's sixth largest community-owned utility powering 80,000 customers in Osceola County, Fla. For more information, visit https://kua.com.
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Q: Android studio Kotlin - tag utils I would like to create a class that provide a class tag everywhere in my kotlin project. I don't want to use any library. A simple class/snippet could be fine to my personal project.
I want to use it to prevente everytime to create a String value TAG = "ClassName" and than use it in a log like:
Log.d(TAG,"")

A: Okay, maybe if someone needs it it might be useful. I found an elegant solution in KOTLIN:
Here Snippet from my repo.
And here my solution:
val Any.TAG: String
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FMSB publishes its Annual Report 2019 – Towards Fairer Markets
25 February 2020 25 February 2020
25 February 2020 – The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has today issued its 2019 Annual Report setting out the progress made to enhance standards of behaviour in the wholesale fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) markets and its priorities for the year ahead.
FMSB is a private sector, practitioner-led organisation whose membership collectively accounts for a substantial share of the business conducted in wholesale FICC markets worldwide.
The Annual Report gives an overview of the work undertaken by FMSB during 2019 in pursuit of the four strategic goals set out in the Fair and Effective Markets Review, which was conducted jointly by HM Treasury, Bank of England, and Financial Conduct Authority:
Identifying global market vulnerabilities through scanning the horizon for emerging business practice risks
Developing best market practice through the production of standards and other materials that create a common understanding
Driving global adherence through ensuring standards are comprehensible and practical
Developing consistent approaches to market practices through identifying gaps and inconsistencies in existing regulatory standards and working with other standards setting bodies
Alongside the five Standards and ten Statements of Good Practice already published, FMSB has a significant amount of work in progress and planned for the year ahead to support its strategic goals, including:
Developing and publishing further Standards, Statements of Good Practice and Spotlight Reviews
Looking at the impact of FMSB Standards to understand how business practices are changing in response
Finalising a series of publications on the role of data in ensuring fair and effective FICC markets
Exploring IBOR benchmark reform and the remaining risks and issues that could arise as the industry transfers to alternative risk-free rates
Looking at the commodities markets in metals and energy through the recently established working groups in these areas
Assessing the viability of creating a series FICC market practice training programmes that could be recognised across institutions and locations
Mark Yallop, Chair of FMSB said:
"FMSB has achieved a great deal since it was created, and in 2019 we made significant progress against our central objective of raising standards of conduct in global wholesale FICC markets so that they are more transparent, fair and effective for all participants. We now have 15 published Standards or Statements of Good Practice, with more in the pipeline.
"We are continuing to scan the horizon for new vulnerabilities, recognising that markets are evolving constantly and we see new challenges today that didn't exist when FMSB was created, including the opportunities and potential hazards afforded by new technology, in particular the growth of machine learning and data science.
"We have a significant amount of activity planned for 2020, including our focus on assessing the potential risks that could arise with the replacement of IBOR with other near risk-free rates. This is a clear example of FMSB's important role in global markets.
"As a network organisation, we rely on expert market practitioners from across member firms. They commit their time, dedication, and insight to the FMSB, and I would like to thank all our members and their people for the strong commitment and support we receive."
FMSB continues to receive strong support from UK and international central banks and regulatory bodies. Alongside others, Mark Carney, Andrew Bailey and Ashley Alder expressed their support for the work of FMSB in the Annual Report.
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, said: "A new economy is emerging, driven by immense changes in technology, the reordering of global economic power, and the growing pressures of climate change. This transition needs markets that are effective and fair and that balance innovation and resilience. I support the FMSB's work to achieve that goal. The private sector is responsible for supporting competition in FICC markets and managing conduct risks. By developing standards on transparency and fairness, the FMSB promotes the new finance needed for the new economy."
Andrew Bailey, CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority, said: "The FCA always and only regulates in the public interest. We place the strongest emphasis on outcomes and principles, and understand that rules alone cannot deliver these particularly in wholesale markets that are global in nature. The FCA sees the FMSB's role as a practitioner-led standards setter as an important supplement to the regulatory framework to improve business practices and rebuild trust in the financial system. The FCA supports the FMSB's ambitious workplan to deliver more transparent, fair and effective global wholesale markets."
Ashley Alder, Chair of IOSCO Board said: "Eight years have now passed since multiple conduct failures in wholesale finance first came to light, resulting in unprecedented fines and other sanctions. In response, FMSB has been unrelenting in harnessing the deep expertise of its participants to develop a series of detailed, actionable industry standards aimed at restoring confidence and trust in FICC markets. IOSCO commends and supports this important work."
The full annual report is available to view at fmsb.com.
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Andy Donald or Sam Turvey
adonald@maitland.co.uk
sturvey@maitland.co.uk
1) The Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities ('FICC') Markets Standards Board ('FMSB') is practitioner led, funded by members and operated by the major participants in wholesale markets to improve standards of conduct in wholesale FICC markets. It aims to bring transparency to grey areas in the wholesale FICC markets by identifying emerging vulnerabilities, clarifying and documenting practice and agreeing standards to improve conduct and market behaviour. Ensuring that wholesale FICC markets are transparent, fair and effective for all participants is at the heart of FMSB's mission.
FMSB Standards set out Core Principles and accompanying guidance on the most important aspects of practice where ambiguity risks undermining the transparency, fairness and effectiveness of markets.
FMSB Statements of Good Practice set out clear expectations and guidance on good practice in relation to broader areas of uncertainty in wholesale FICC markets.
FMSB Spotlight Reviews encompass a broad range of publications used by FMSB to illuminate important emerging issues. Drawing on the insight of multiple members and industry experts, they provide a way for FMSB to surface nascent challenges and address potential topics for future work, either in setting standards or establishing good practice.
All FMSB publications are available on the FMSB website at fmsb.com/our-publications/.
2) Setting up the FMSB was one of the main recommendations from the Fair and Effective Markets Review, which was conducted by HM Treasury, the Bank of England, and the Financial Conduct Authority. All materials relating to the Effective Markets Review are available on the Bank of England's website at: www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/fair-and-effective-markets
3) FMSB has a Standards Board drawn from senior executives from across wholesale markets, from corporate clients, asset managers, sell-side participants and intermediaries and infrastructure providers such as exchanges and custodians.
4) FMSB members bring together sell side investment banks, buy-side asset managers, market infrastructure providers and exchanges, custodians and users of the market such as corporates. This constitution is unique. The member firms are listed and available on the FMSB website at fmsb.com/who-we-are/:
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
Citadel Securities
Citigroup Global Markets Limited
Crédit Agricole CIB
Euronext FX Inc.
Legal & General Investment Management
Linklaters (Legal Advisor)
London Stock Exchange Group
M&G Investment Management Limited
MarketAxess
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
Royal Mail Group
Standard Life Aberdeen
TP ICAP
XTX Markets


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This is a plea for Americans to come together on gun control. Why do guns have to get in the way of politics. Quite simply, it is not, should not, be a political issue.
The fact is that 114,994 people are shot each year because of murders, assaults, accidents, police intervention and suicide.
If cars were just introduced to the roads and drivers were going 100 mph and killing one another, the government would surely continue to allow cars, but they would implement speed limits so as as to limit car accident deaths....just as they have done.
If you do not support the below mentioned measures, I'd love to hear from you and understand why. Please do comment below.
Currently US citizens and legal American residents may purchase shotguns, rifles and ammunition at age 18. All other firearms can only be sold to people 21 and older. Higher age restrictions may be implemented at the state level, but states cannot lower the Federal minimums. The easiest way would be to increase the Federal age minimum for purchasing guns to 21, however if this was done at the state level, so be it.
There was a National Drinking Act implemented in 1982 that punished any state that allowed anyone under 21 to purchase or publicly possess alcohol. This could work similar in the gun world whereby, underage citizens would not be able to purchase guns, but could use them under the discretion of a parent (at a rifle range, while hunting, etc).
Currently, to hold a license to sell guns is extraordinarily easy. Not to mention, the selling license is a bargain, a mere $200 for a three year license. Again, there should be overall training and an in-person test to pass, a background check and a considerable fee for anyone wanting to sell guns.
To use the car analogy again, the government wouldn't just let 15, 18 or even 21 year olds out on the road to drive without training or a test. A driver's license entails a written and driving test before anyone is allowed to get behind the wheel of a car alone. In some states, even after obtaining a license, you need to be with an adult for a certain amount of time before being allowed to drive younger people.
12 states do in fact require purchasing permits before purchasing a gun and three states require a permit to buy a rifle or shotgun. In California, applicants do need to pass a written test and enroll in a gun safety class to obtain a purchase permit. This is fantastic and a lot more safety measures than most states have, but why not also have these same measures for people who want to purchase guns?
Massachusetts and New Jersey require rifle and shot gun holders to carry ID or firearms Identification. This seems like a no-brainer for all states. Does any state allow a driver to get into a car without a driver's license?
A major loophole in American gun laws is that anyone may sell a gun without a license so long as their intention is not to sell guns for a profit as their livelihood. 20% of all gun purchases are made without a background check due to this loophole. This means people are allowed to sell or gift guns from their home, online, at a flea market or gun show without conducting a background check.
To use the car analogy again, if someone uses their parents car, they are not responsible for a hit and run accident, but if they save up and purchase their own vehicle, they'd be responsible for the accident.
It would be most simple for all gun law changes to be made at the Federal Level, but if they can be made at the state level, great and so be it. In 1994 there was a 10 year law that prohibited the manufacturing of certain semi-automatic firearms, in addition to ammunition, for civilian use, also known as assault weapons. There was a large list of exemptions to this law, to allow for sporting, hunting, target practice or any recreational gun. The purpose of the ban was to prevent guns shown to be used for criminal purpose.
This law expired after 10 years and despite an overwhelming 77% of the US population supporting a ban on assault weapons. There was Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 that tried yet again to inhibit the sale of guns used for criminal purposes, but it did not pass.
Let's face it; the most unpatriotic thing anyone can do is murder their fellow citizens. The most irresponsible thing a government can do is watch citizens murder one another and not implement measures to mitigate this behavior.
This is so f*ng ridiculous. How many shootings need to happen? All mass shootings in USA have been white men. No action has resulted. What if they were brown men?!
I agree…this is NOT a politcal matter. I believe in the safety of our fellow countrymen. I am a Republican, and plan to stay one, but I am a human too.
This is just riciulous. I read that students in FL are now being called 'actors'. I feel so sad for our country right now.


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The ACT High School CPR Program is known for engaging and exciting young people about emergency preparedness – but Calgary student Ben Roth went above and beyond when he stepped up and volunteered to actually help teach the program to his peers.
As Ben has been swimming since he was a child and is now a trained lifeguard, he enjoyed the ACT program immediately and wanted to be a part of it.
"I thought the school did a great job covering the basics of what you need to do in an emergency situation, but I wanted to help," said Ben, who also teaches swimming lessons.
"He was phenomenal," said Arlene Buchan, the phys-ed teacher who runs ACT's lifesaving program in Calgary's Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School.
"In the quiz after the class was completed, it was really noticeable how much the students had retained," said Arlene.
"I always feel like other people listen to me when I have something to say, and right now I have something to say that is important," said Ben.
Ben said his parents were happy to hear about his leadership in helping teach the ACT High School CPR Program to his peers.
The ACT High School CPR Program was made possible in Ben's school thanks to generous community and provincial-level support which enabled the donation of mannequins, teacher training and curriculum resources. Community partners in Calgary are the Kiwanis Clubs of Calgary (Chinook, Downtown, Foothills, Metro and Northmount), while provincial partners of the program are Alberta Education and the STARS Foundation (a founding provincial partner in this province).


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A group of friends have customized their microwave so that it can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.
Genre : Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller
Actors : Asami Imai, Cherami Leigh, J. Michael Tatum, Jackie Ross, Kana Hanazawa, Mamoru Miyano, Saori Gotô, Tomokazu Seki, Trina Nishimura, Tyson Rinehart, Yukari Tamura
Networks : Teletama
Director : Yomi Sarachi
IMDb: 8.2 / 101
Country : Japan
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Shin Suk-Ho worked for the biggest entertainment company as a director, but he is now the CEO of a new and tiny entertainment company. He gathers people to form a band. Through various incidents, Shin Suk-Ho becomes a real and successful manager.
The world's first family is back for more laughs as they discover sports, sleepovers and other wonders in a world of exotic creatures and adventures. This 2D animated cartoon is based on the 3D animated feature film, "The Croods".
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Workaholics is an American sitcom that premiered on Comedy Central on April 5, 2011. The series is in its third season, and is predominantly written by its stars Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and co-creator Kyle Newacheck who play, respectively, three recent college dropouts, roommates, and co-workers at a telemarketing company—and their drug dealer, in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast.
Your Face or Mine?
Genre: Comedy, Game-Show
Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. The show premiered on September 27, 1996 on ABC to over 17 million viewers in its "T.G.I.F." line-up.
The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, an American teenage half-witch who, on her sixteenth birthday, discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts, European witches Hilda and Zelda, and their magical talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts through most of the series.
The series' first four seasons aired on ABC from September 27, 1996 to May 5, 2000; the final three seasons ran on The WB from September 22, 2000 to April 24, 2003.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
It's the story of British lads Dylan and Sean, childhood friends who have drifted apart, who initially set out to backpack through China but end up taking on the whole continent.
Kim's Convenience
The funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Kim ('Appa' and 'Umma') immigrated to Toronto in the 80's to set up shop near Regent Park and had two kids, Jung and Janet who are now young adults. However, when Jung was 16, he and Appa had a major falling out involving a physical fight, stolen money and Jung leaving home. Father and son have been estranged since.
This six-part comedy series tracks the trials and tribulations of five car loads of travellers in peak hour morning transit and again on their drive home to find out how the workday turned out.
Celebrate the craziest, most over-the-top brides wreaking wedding day hell with epic meltdowns, family feuds & social media wars! As they take the plunge to the altar, they vow no one will get in the way of their "perfect" day!
Genre: Action, Comedy, Reality, Reality-TV


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Parent Daughter Dance February, 23 - Tickets Available
The Parent Guild Board is happy to announce this year's theme for the annual Parent Daughter Dance. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Tickets are $20 and are on sale in the Business Office
ICA Cristo Rey among recipients of Network Funds
January 8, 2019 (Chicago) – Today, the Cristo Rey Network announced Network school recipients for the organization's Test Prep Fund. This fund, made possible by the generosity of John and Charlene O'Shea, aims to strengthen college preparatory and test preparation work already underway network-wide.
Fr. Foley Delightfully Celebrates the Immaculate Conception with ICA Cristo Rey Academy
Fr. John P. Foley, S.J., founder of the Cristo Rey Network, recently visited to celebrate our Patron Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Fr. Foley recollected his first visit--the Opening Mass of the school's first year in the Network--as well as the first years of the Network: "We are greater than the sum of our parts, and that is the Holy Spirit."
Spartan Sophomore Inks the Inaugural Volunteer Newsletter for USCF Benioff Children's Hospital
"It was my first day of work," remembers Linda Ibarra '21, when supervisor Darlene Wilson charged her with the task of creating a newsletter. "We made an outline. Some things she changed; some I changed. So it was teamwork!... Originally we planned for 2-3 pages but we ended up with 8-10. I was happy with the results."
$5 Million for Endowment campaign
John A. Sobrato of The Sobrato Family Organization has given a bequest of $5 Million to ICA Cristo Rey's $60 Million Endowment campaign.
ICA Cristo Rey Turns 135
November 29, 2018 marked ICA Cristo Rey's 135th birthday. Dr. George Fornero, the school's principal, shared the multi-generational story with heart and humor. Remarking that in 1876, San Francisco was considered "a foreign mission," Dr. Fornero said, "Had it not been for Mother Pia agreeing to travel from Brooklyn to San Francisco back then, we wouldn't be here today."
Building a System of Gender Equity
Katica Roy, CEO of Pipeline Equity, a company driven to break down systemic barriers to gender equity, recently visited and shared her story and her mission with our Spartans. "Women aren't broken, the system is," Katica noted, before discussing ways to challenge systemic barriers to equity.
Famous Hip-Hop Artist Shares His Story
Last month famous painter and hip-hop artist Chali 2na visited campus, by invitation from ICA's Black Student Union, to speak about his life story and artistry. After speaking with the student body he said, "I liked the maturity level of the girls, especially in this day and time, with the climate in America. Their minds were engaged."


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In the 2017 version of The Mummy, the lead character is a woman and a hot one too, although she can look pretty frightening at times. The betrayed Egyptian princess Ahmanet (played by beautiful Sofia Boutella who played cool alien Jaylah in the Star Trek Beyond movie) is accidentally unearthed by an antiquities thief played by Tom Cruise. He has no idea what scary wrath he has unleased on the world.
Both actors are monster movie fans and revealed in this interview that they hope you will be on the edge of your seat during the film. Hey, Tom is just like most of you. He wants to be scared while watching a scary movie….so he made one. Check it out.
Q: We understand that you love being scared during a monster movie. Is that right?
Tom: I want to see a monster movie now. I love movies. I go to the theater to watch films. I'll watch a movie a day and I am hungry as an audience member to see a film like this. I want to be scared and entertained. I want it in a way that it's thrilling and puts me on the edge of my seat.
Q: Will this Mummy movie be different? What will it offer?
Tom: We've really been pushing the edges of storytelling. This film will have obviously, great action and real thrills and scares and wonderful character humor, that I love, within it. It has a very dark humor that I want from this kind of film. It's exciting when people come together with this kind of project and we go "Okay, let's go make a movie!" and that's how you feel even though it's massive in scale but there is also that sense of joy in creating something that I love. I love this genre and this universe.
Q: Just who is your character Nick Morton?
Tom: Nick Morton is a thief. He is stealing these old relics and selling them on the Black Market for money. He works for the Army and uses his position in the Army to scout and go ahead and work the various sides of the Black Market with his partner Vail (Jake Johnson) and he is definitely not interested in history and has no real understanding of what he deals in and he gets caught up in this terrifying adventure.
Q: Do you think Sofia Boutella is well-cast as Ahmanet, the mummy?
Tom: I think Sofia is perfectly cast as the Mummy. She brings to it a real exotic charm. There is an exotic energy and a commanding performance (from her).
Q: It's cool that you have Russell Crowe playing a big part.
Tom: Russell is a very powerful actor. He's a brilliant actor and to have him play this character, I was excited when he said that he wanted to be part of it. I was very interested in him playing the character of Jekyll. It was really fun watching him create it. Having that dynamic between the two of us in the film and also with all the other cast (was great).
Q: There is a neat Zero-Gravity sequence in the film. Talk about that.
Tom: I'd had this idea for creating a Zero-G sequence for a long time. Alex (Kurtzman) had come up with the idea of a plane crash in the script. I said "Listen, I think this is the way to approach it". I was pleased to hear how excited he was about it to create something that is visceral and terrifying for the audience was really the goal. How do we put them on the edge of their seat is always my goal.
Q: Sofia, talk about how you approached playing the betrayed Egyptian Princess Ahmanet. She's got a reason to be well, pissed off.
Sofia: It was important to me to get into the psychology of the character and understand why she did what she did because she had to and to have people feel for her and that was the goal. It's too easy to make it obvious that she's just mean or hateful.
Q: How was working with Tom and then also with Russell Crowe?
Sofia: Oh Tom, I love him. I love being on set with him. I think he's fantastic and amazing. I remember getting to set and I'm like "I'm on set with Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe at the same time!" I was just basically observing them, watching those guys. They are so good at what they do and they've been doing it for such a long time. I'm still very green and new to this craft and I'm learning every single day.
Talking about film and cinema and moviemaking with Tom is such a blessing. He's so good at it. Anabelle (Wallis who plays Jenny) is lovely and funny. Everybody is great on this movie.
Q: The film has some impressive sets. Which was your fave?
Sofia: The most impressive set I walked on was the Crusader's Chamber because of the size and scale of it all; the walls, the rocks.. the feel, the energy. It was even humid in there and there was this echo. You felt that you were really there. It was so realistic and nicely done. You feel it instantaneously. You're inspired.
Q: What do you hope the audience gets out of the movie?
Sofia: I think the audience should expect to be transported, to travel not only in space but in time. They can expect to be entertained and amused and have a laugh while hopefully being excruciatingly terrified!
You can see The Mummy in theaters now!
Have you seen other Mummy films? Do you think it's cool that this mummy is a woman? Leave your thoughts below with a comment!


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The RIDDOR rules are designed to ensure injuries at work are reported properly. Kate Gardner explains how to comply
On The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR), require organisations to look at certain situations that occur within the workplace and report them through a centralised point to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
From this information, a picture of how health and safety is being managed within the UK can be produced which enables the HSE to determine any areas that need to be addressed.
This article discusses what the current RIDDOR reporting procedures are, and the proposals to extend the time threshold for reporting workplace injuries from the current level of over three days to seven days.
Reporting duties
RIDDOR places a legal duty on three groups: employers; self-employed people; and people in control of premises, to report work-related deaths, major injuries or over-three-day injuries, work related diseases, and dangerous occurrences (near miss accidents).You must file a report:
- In cases of death, major injury, or dangerous occurrences. In these circumstances you must notify the enforcing authority without delay, most easily by calling the Incident Contact Centre (ICC) directly on 0845 300 9923
- In all other cases, you must report as soon as you've been notified that someone's injury or absence from work is due to a RIDDOR reportable situation. Cases of over-three day injuries must be notified within ten days of the incident occurring
- Cases of disease should be reported as soon as a doctor notifies you that your employee suffers from a reportable work-related disease (See below).
Only call the contact centre to report fatal or major incidents, for all other reports go to the HSE web site, download the form, complete it and email it back to the RIDDOR email address or return it by post.
You must also keep a record of any reportable injury, disease or dangerous occurrence. This must include the date and method of reporting; the date, time and place of the event; personal details of those involved; and a brief description of the nature of the event or disease.
It is also important that you keep good records which include the following information:
- date and method of reporting;
- date, time and place of event;
- personal details of those involved; and
- a brief description of event or disease.
Reportable over three-day injuries
This is the one area that causes some concern because trying to identify when an accident is counted as 'over three days' can be difficult.
An over three-day injury may not be something "major" but should be reported if it has resulted in the injured person being away from work or unable to fulfil their full range of normal duties for more than three days This includes acts of physical violence such as assaults on staff by members of the public or assaults on medical staff by patients. Acts of violence also need to be reported to the police as well at the HSE.
A range of diseases listed in the regulations include:
- certain poisonings;
- some skin diseases such as occupational dermatitis, skin cancer, chrome ulcer, oil folliculitis/acne;
- lung diseases including: occupational asthma, farmer's lung, pneumoconiosis, asbestosis, mesothelioma;
- infections such as: leptospirosis, which can occur when working with water sources exposed to rat urine; hepatitis; tuberculosis; anthrax; legionellosis and tetanus; other conditions such as: occupational cancer; certain musculoskeletal disorders; decompression illness and hand-arm vibration syndrome.
In all these cases, if a doctor notifies you that your employee is suffering from a reportable work-related disease, then you must report it to the enforcing authority.
It's important to note that when reporting dangerous occurrences there does not have to be any harm caused, only that the potential for harm is present.
In Lord Young's Common Sense, Common Safety report, published last year, it was proposed that the reporting period for RIDDOR be extended from three to seven days – the time you are off work, before you class this as an injury or accident that has to be reported. Allied to this is the proposal to extend the reporting time frame from ten days to 15 days, although this is still to be confirmed.
The HSE reports that these proposals went out to general consultation and gathered 775 responses, of which 67 per cent supported the proposals being made.
The key message is that everyone needs to be aware of the RIDDOR requirements. If you haven't already done so, you can obtain a copy of the RIDDOR Approved Code of Practice from the HSE website which will help you identify which areas of your business you may not be aware you have a duty to report.
For further information, please visit: www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm
Kate Gardner, business manager for health, safety and facilities management at Workplace Law


Recently I was thinking how much less interesting my life had become. I mean, back in Surrey, I had a lot of drama. There again, back in the day, my world was a lot smaller, so everything in there just seemed so much bigger (that said, I just tried to smack down a spud mod for posting waffle). Anyway, I remember describing all the emotional turmoil and the political movings of a very, very small pond to a person that I could only really refer to as my trans-mammy or possibly my trans-big sister. At one point she stopped me and said, "Wait there for a second. You realise that this could actually be written to be a very elaborate soap-opera? Of course, the watershed would have to be so late that nobody would be able to watch it."
Anyway, I was thinking of what she'd said to me, and I thought that my life had settled much more. The closest to something that hectic and chaotic was a few years ago. There again, I wondered if either my life or my perception of my life had normalised somewhat. I mean, Los Drahmahz with the Brizzle/Bradford lot didn't really seem that unusual until I was in the middle of telling said mammy - until that point, I was in the thick of it and couldn't see the wood from the trees. I think my life has become more 'normal' by greater society's standards, but also the weird bits that are there - yeah, it's day to day. Yeah, I'll put out whiskey when I've lost something. Sure, I'm a transgirl of no fixed gender, with no hair anywhere but her legs. No really, I do have this weird split identity between workmates and friends - and no, it's not quite in the way that most people do. And, oh hell yes, I'd scare the living daylights out of my 16/17 year old self.
So anyway, besides having a kickass Friday - which I felt slightly guilty about, given that I was double-booked, but it seems I needn't have, because the other plan seemed to wash out - I went to a birthday party last night. I'll not say much, but it has got to be one of the more interesting parties I've been to. It's reinforced that to a large degree I'm not vanilla, even though I don't identify as one of the more neopolitan flavours.
Also, there were threats to lock myself and two others in a room, with pizza (we have to eat), with us not to be released until things happened. It really wasn't a bad prospect, and may have catalysed a snugglefest... which was fun. It's doubly interesting because I realised that I don't tend to whine a lot about people being snuggly - I'm perpetually single, it's not in my best interest in any way to moan about it, if I need the situation to change I have to do something about it. Sure, I know when to give people space, but if I complained every time someone was couply in my presence, I'd be listening to Deirdre Flint a lot more. Anyways, snuggling is fun, and after enough "Why don't you two go on a date already?" comments, I guess I should take that as a hint.
So yeah, life got interesting again.
As a final note: after playing mario kart in work, I realise that some people's usernames are very personal; I play using my universal username, and realise that if anyone googled it, they'd find out a lot about someone called Aoife, as opposed to the guy they work with. So, just now, I googled the most unique of the other usernames and found a co-workers band, with a link to one of the guys in our sister-team in Prague. Kinda weird. (This also stemmed from a stalking conversation that I may have mentioned as a result of playing Assassins in UCD) However, the music seems to be pretty cool, nice ambient sorta stuff that makes me think of Alpinestars, Lemon Jelly and some others.


London, UK – August 15, 2013 – Appirio, a global cloud services provider, today announced it has been successfully selected for the Government's G-cloud iii initiative.
The G-Cloud framework gives public sector organisations a flexible means of choosing and purchasing services covering infrastructure, platform, software and specialist cloud services, enabling them to reduce costs by moving to a pay as you go model and speeding up organisational benefits.
Appirio was selected as an approved provider on the G-cloud framework based on its ability to quickly transition organisations to more agile technology infrastructures, improving their core processes using cloud platforms.
Appirio established its European presence in 2011 and has spent the last two years building a strong customer base in the region. It has seen demand for its services increase rapidly and has already commenced work for several public sector organisations, including a Service and Support implementation project for a UK-based hospital.
"We're proud to have been selected as a provider on the latest G-Cloud iii initiative, as it enables us to extend our offering to public sector organisations at a time when departments are under increasing pressure to reduce costs and become more efficient," Lori Williams, general manager, Europe, at Appirio comments.
Appirio is committed to expanding its European presence with a focus on growing its core capabilities in human capital management, customer relationship management and collaboration.


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What Is Bypass Brewing?
Why adding water after brewing can open up new flavors.
by Ashley Rodriguez | January 27, 2022
A lot of coffee recipes are set up using ratios. A 1:16 ratio means that for every one gram of coffee you'd like to brew, you'd use 16 grams of water.
But what if you want to brew coffee for a crowd and you only have a small drip brewer? Or maybe you'd like your coffee to be just a tad bit less strong? Or what if you're just a lover of coffee and want to explore how extraction and flavor works?
Bypass brewing is a technique used by coffee pros all the time to solve common brewing issues and explore the relationship between coffee extraction and strength. In this article, we'll discuss how bypass brewing works and how to do it at home.
Bypass brewing is adding some of your brewing water directly into your final cup of coffee. Let's say you're brewing a cup of coffee with 30 grams of coffee and 500 of water — bypass brewing would use some of that water for actually brewing and pouring over ground coffee, and some of that water would be added to the coffee itself once brewing is finished. You're literally bypassing the coffee grounds and skipping directly to the coffee mug.
If done correctly, bypass brewing is like adding an ice cube to a cup of whiskey or scotch: rather than diluting the coffee, it can open up your cup and make intense flavors less harsh.
Strength is a way to measure the total dissolved solids in your coffee, while extraction is what you actually take from the coffee during brewing.
Bypass brewing is a way to control the strength of your brew by manipulating the extraction of your grounds. Strength is a way to measure the total dissolved solids in your coffee, while extraction is what you actually take from the coffee during brewing. You can extract about 30 percent of a coffee bean, with most folks agreeing that around 20 percent extraction produces an ideal cup.
However, not all the flavors inherent in a coffee bean come out at the same time. "Fruit acids and caffeine dissolve the easiest, washing into the brew first. When isolated, this portion of the brew can taste bright and thin," writes Sandra Elisa Loofbourow in her article, "Understanding Extraction." After the fruit acids dissolve, then come fats and lipids, and after those are extracted come plant fibers and carbohydrates, which can add bitter, unpleasant notes in the cup.
Why use bypass brewing?
Bypass brewing can be used to isolate the flavors that come out during the first two phases of extraction and limit the bitter, papery notes that can come out towards the end. In fact, bypass brewing became so popular at the World AeroPress Competition that it was eventually banned.
After establishing the relationship between extraction and time, Loofbourow took her results and used them to understand bypass brewing, and found that grinding coarsely and bypassing produced the highest scoring coffee on the table, but did come with a tradeoff: those coffees couldn't be diluted as much, so she was using the same amount of coffee grounds to yield about half the amount of actual brewed coffee. "Given the amount of work it takes to produce each bean," she writes, "and the volume of coffee we want to drink on any given day, this doesn't seem like a great solution."
Instead, bypass brewing is a good technique to use to overcome specific obstacles. For example, bypass brewing is quicker than traditional brewing, so if you're brewing a bunch of coffees back-to-back, this could be a handy trick. One of the reasons it's popular to use on an AeroPress is that AeroPress brewers are really small and don't have a ton of capacity to brew large batches. However, bypass brewing isn't just for the AeroPress — it can be done with any brewer, and it's especially handy if you're brewing for a crowd.
You can also use bypassing to bring down the temperature of your coffee. Bypass brewing is a popular technique for iced (not cold brew!) coffee, where some of the water intended for brewing is instead replaced with cool water or ice. Usually, this is done at a 1:1 equivalency — if you have a 30:500 recipe, you might use 300 grams to brew and ice your brew with 200 grams of ice.
Anecdotally, I'll bypass if my grind setting is too fine and I don't want to extend my brew time nor do I want to start over. Rather than let water and grounds hang out and extract more and more from the coffee, I'll sometimes pull the brew basket and dilute my coffee to my desired strength. This isn't always ideal, but it's one way to salvage a brew that hasn't quite gone as expected.
How to bypass brew your coffee
First, determine how to split up your water. In Loofbourow's experiments, she found that her tasting team preferred coffee brewed with 40 percent of the original brewing water. If we go back to our original recipe of 30 grams of coffee to 500 grams of water (which is a 1:16 brewing ratio), a bypass recipe would still use 30 grams of coffee, but only 200 grams of water to brew. It's especially helpful to have a scale and a calculator for this.
Second, decide how much water you'll add to the final brew. As you bypass, you might be tempted to add all the water you diverted from brewing into your cup — you do not have to do this. What's lovely about bypass brewing is that you can control how much water you add. Try adding 10 percent of your water (in the 30:500 example, this would be 50 grams), taste, and add more if so desired.
Third, experiment with grind settings. Although Loofbourow's tasting showed that a coarser grind was preferred by most of the tasters, that doesn't mean you shouldn't explore and try different grind settings of your own. Start with your preferred grind setting, and see what
As we mentioned above, bypass brewing is particularly popular with AeroPress brewing. You can find a catalog of winning recipes from the World AeroPress Competition here. The 2019 winner, Wendelien van Bunnik of the Netherlands, is especially active on social media and has shared her thoughts on bypass brewing on her Instagram account.
Ashley is a freelance writer and podcast producer based in Madison, Wisconsin. She hosts a podcast called Boss Barista and writes an accompanying newsletter with full transcripts of each episode and articles about coffee and restaurant work. You can check out her work here (ashleyrodriguez.work/).
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If you are looking to go back to school, and realize that you are just a few courses away from completing a major in psychology, what jobs are you thinking about pursuing if you obtain a degree in this field? There are many career paths within psychology outside the more predictable types of jobs like clinical psychologists or counselors. Some of the more interesting jobs are ones that you might not have even heard of before.
Here are a few careers that we will present to you in order for you to broaden your scope in the field of psychology. Once you obtain a life experience degree online, you know you have plenty of options to work with.
Because of the job market changing every couple of years, there are always going to be people who wish to change career paths, or simply just find a new job. What a vocational counselor does is help individuals make choices on their careers and utilize tools that help individuals become better candidates for jobs as well as employees after they do get offered an opportunity.
They begin to help a job-seeker by reviewing a client's interests in addition to skills, personality, background, education, and past work experience. A counselor will then seek jobs for the individual based on what is a good match. They can also help job-seekers with building skills, doing mock interviews, improving resumes, and looking for ways to seek out job vacancies. They can also help clients deal with stress from employment or unemployment.
These psychologists utilize psychology to compliment the fields of law and criminal investigation. While you do often see criminal psychologists in a fascinating light in movies, TV shows, and other media, they could actually be exciting jobs to have in real life as well. Criminal psychology has a lot of room for growth, as well.
The duties of a criminal psychologist include creating psychological profiles for suspects involved in investigations, reviewing criminal records to determine their probability of re-offense, and helping police track down criminals that are otherwise believed to be untraceable.
Criminal psychologists work with other officials in order to resolve child custody feuds, shady insurance claims, among other investigations that law enforcement could not do without.
A health psychologist specializes in helping patients live healthier. More specifically, they study social, biological, and psychological factors that play a role on people's health. Two core components of health psychology include encouraging better lifestyle choices and avoiding illness.
Health psychologists on a regular basis may teach people about what causes illness and how to live healthier, not just by eating certain food items, but doing certain activities and living in fresh air as well. These psychologists work in hospitals, schools, and government agencies, just to name a few. If your pursuit of becoming a fitness instructor has not worked out, you can consider an accredited university degree to become a health psychologist that is not that far off in the field of health and wellness.
Engineering psychology is how humans interact with technology. These experts use their interpretation of the mind and behavior to work on better technology, consumer goods, as well as work and life environments.
An engineering psychologist for example is hired by a manufacturer to help it understand what makes a product more efficient and easy to use for consumers. For as long as companies are creating physical products, such as hardware tools, furniture, technology, and more, there will always be a need for engineering psychologists to help them determine whether or not they are safe to use.


Squabbling for a corner office shouldn't be a problem for this bank building in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Given all of the off-set corners, every vice president should have an excellent view of the river and harbor below.
"Architectural conflict resolution" is my Photo of the Week.
Baseball fans enjoying a game.
I find people fascinating, a joy to watch. I can easily pass the time observing crowds at airports, sporting events, meetings or shopping.
Humans come in a kaleidoscope of shapes, sizes, races and ages. They adorn themselves with a variety of intriguing duds and accessories. I marvel at and learn from their diversifications.
Marie was tickled pink that I wanted to take her picture on the dock at Lakeside, OH.
I remember a specific time many years ago when the shoe was on the other foot. My wife and I were visiting her cousin in southern California. Barb had two daughters, ages two and three months. Our daughter was two months old.
I was informed that we were going shopping one afternoon at the local mall. We were quite the sight and unintentionally created an intriguing distraction as we sauntered around the sprawling mall with a toddler and two infants in strollers and two lovely mothers and one man.
When I volunteered to care for the girls while the women ducked into a few stores, the fun began. We became the mall's main attraction. The kids drew passing shoppers in like they were magnets.
I found myself engaged in conversations with people curious about the children. Were the babies twins? When I said they were born three weeks apart, I could see the mental wheels turning in the questioners' heads.
When my wife and her cousin, who are close in age, returned to check on us, the eyebrows really arched. People's non-verbal communication revealed their conceptual inferences about one man, two wives, and three little girls.
Dr. Catherine Barnes (center) taught the Conflict Analysis course during the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA.
In reality, that's how we operate as social beings. We reach conclusions based on what we see, and interpret observations based on our own life's experiences and values. Many times, like my mall experience, those assumptions frame and tilt what reality is if the truth is not properly explored.
Recently I was asked what the single most important point I had learned at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute that I had attended in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The answer flowed easily.
"The most significant concept I learned was that people are people," I said. Not exactly profound, but true nonetheless.
Not wanting to come across as cryptic, I further explained my seemingly glib answer. Based on what I had gained first hand from my global classmates, we all strive and often struggle for the exact same things. We desire basic human needs and rights regardless of our culture, race, religion, wealth, ethnicity, or gender.
Much of the SPI class involved small group interaction among class members.
Our modest class consisted of female and male inhabitants from four continents, 13 countries, and multiple races and religions. Yet, we were all there for one common purpose. We wanted to gain practical and applicable methods for understanding and resolving conflict.
To that end, the cultures, traditions, and primary languages of each class member became secondary to the overall goal. No barrier would deter our learning, thanks to an outstanding professor guiding dedicated students.
We all had too much to lose by allowing prejudice to cloud our thinking. After all, most of the astute class members would return home to implement and teach the knowledge they had acquired. In too many situations, that would be done in hostile, dangerous, unstable conditions.
Our class discussions easily revealed that people universally desire the same life goals. We all need food, shelter, security, identity, dignity and the freedom to grow and explore in an ever-changing, challenging world.
No political bend could deny the obvious. Regardless of roots of origin, people are indeed people, and they ache to be treated accordingly.
Friendships formed from the classroom interactions.
The Conflict Analysis class of the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA.
We have it pretty nice here in the Greater Holmes County, Ohio area. I have known that ever since I moved to the area just after the historic July 1969 flood.
Ask locals, and they'll tell you that it's the best place in the world to live. I wouldn't begin to argue otherwise.
That doesn't mean, however, that this is the only place to call home. Clearly, if it were, the countryside wouldn't be the same. Pastoral settings would give way to a jagged urban scape and all the trappings that accompany it.
For those who never venture afar from our comparatively protected environs, there is a danger with our self-satisfaction. Seeing the world with only our particular glasses can give us a distorted viewpoint on other cultures, socially, politically, economically and any other way you want to look at life.
At times it can be good to change lenses. That means we sometimes have to get well out of our comfort zone to do so. We have to let go of what we know, and learn anew.
Virginia's Shenandoah Valley offers incredible views, like the morning mist rising out of the valleys.
Recently I took an intensive graduate school course at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia's lovely Shenandoah Valley. It's a place as pretty as home, only old age mountains backdrop rolling, fertile foothills.
Of the 16 participants in the class, I was one of only three North American students. The others came from places like Azerbaijan, Thailand, Iraq, Kurdistan, Belgium, Ghana, Nigeria, Syria and Haiti. I would have struggled to find some of these countries on a globe.
The students ranged from young adults to grandparents like me. Their given names were Amstrong, Yvon, Nurana, Carlos, Rana, Aunt, Ray, James, Oscar, Henry, Nameer, Ernest, Amina, Khant and Salar. They were pastors, government leaders, workers for non-governmental aid agencies, interpreters and teachers.
Though our cultures, races and geographic origins varied greatly, we were there to learn about the various ways to analyze and understand conflict. Given the current situations in the countries represented, much useful information was certain to be shared back home.
Much of the class time was spent in small group discussions and activities.
In the classroom, we sat in groups of three or four, each day a different configuration, each day new and fascinating stories intertwined with the professor's lessons. Their personal stories, shared privately, were compelling, if not fearsome.
A pastor from Haiti called his wife every night and spoke to her from midnight until nearly dawn just to ensure his family's safety. The consequences of war had destroyed the home of a young woman from Syria. Yet reconciliation, not retribution, was the aim of these devoted, considerate, inquisitive community leaders striving to promote peace.
The dynamic women of the Conflict Analysis class of the Summer Peacebuilding Institute.
Instead of focusing on how bad it was in their country or blaming other governments, these men and women were glad for the opportunity to learn how to dissect and resolve conflict. They would take what they had learned and apply it as best they could. Their goal was to improve the world around them, even if it was one person at a time. Where there was despair, they saw hope.
"You are very fortunate," he replied softly. I was humbled.
All of us who live in our lush, agrarian area are fortunate. Occasionally it takes looking through other life lenses to fully appreciate our own home view.
A typical springtime view in Holmes Co., Ohio.


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With Friends Like These .. a new supplement for Star Wars RPG
Time is running out for the planet Xorrn in Friends Like These, an adventure supplement for the Star Wars®: Age of Rebellion™ roleplaying game. When intelligence reveals that an important and secret shipyard is under threat, the player characters have two days to arrange the planet's defense and recruit allies in the region before Imperial forces arrive. Friends Like These takes players to a new sector where they encounter Mandalorian culture and face a brutal moral decision regarding who the Rebel Alliance should call friends.
Within the 96 full-color pages of this supplment, players and game masters will find gazetteers for three new planets, countless NPCs, and directions for creating playable human characters of the Mandalorian culture. Although designed primarily for Age of Rebellion players, because of its Outer Rim focus and balance between warfare and diplomacy, Friends Like These is ideal for groups incorporating characters and material from Edge of the Empire™ and Force and Destiny™ as well.
This entry was posted in News, Role Playing Games and tagged age of rebellion, fantasy flight games, friends like these, roleplaying games, rpg, sci-fi, star wars, supplements on December 16, 2016 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.
Armies of Germany pre orders for Bolt Action open
'Armies of Germany 2nd Edition' is a supplement for the award winning tabletop war game Bolt Action from Warlord Games.
The book deals with the German Army of World War II. Within you will find background and details of the German Army's organisation and equipment from the beginning of the war (the invasion of Poland in 1939) to the very end (the fall of Berlin in 1945).
Central to this book is its Army List. This includes all the information you will need to play games using the German Army. This large list details all the main troop types, vehicles and equipment fielded by the Germany Army during World War II. Alongside this main list are a number of Theater Selectors, which give the force details for different periods and theaters of the war. These are not definitive, but are designed to give a theater-specific flavor and character to a force. Over six years of fighting the German Army changed a lot, and many units and vehicles that were common in 1939 were obsolete by 1945 – and there were countless oddities and exceptions on every front. These sub-lists allow players to select forces suitable for the theater in which they are playing.
This entry was posted in Miniatures, News and tagged 28mm, 2nd edition, armies of germany, bolt action, historical, miniatures, supplements, warlord games on October 13, 2016 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.
Warlord Games taking preorders for Age of Caesar supplement for Hail Caesar
With the Age of Caesar supplement for Hail Caesar, you are invited to come, see and conquer for yourself in a series of new scenarios representing key battles in the career of Julius Caesar.
Warlord Games take a detailed look at the armies of Rome and her enemies, and consider the lives of some of the greatest Roman commanders of them all, together with suitable rules to represent them on the tabletop.
Gaius Julius Caesar was surely the most famous Roman of all time – conqueror, statesman and founder of an empire that would shape the destiny of the world. What's more, we know just how great a commander he was because he took the trouble to write and tell us so, recording his heroic exploits in all their gloriously impressive detail.
Join the mighty Caesar at the beginning of his glittering career of conquest and refight one of his most famous battles against those heinous enemies of civilisation, the dreaded Germans led by none other than that ambitious fiend Ariovistus of the Suebi. March with Caesar's legions into the land of implacable savages as our hero subjugates the barbarous Gauls and confronts that most dangerous of moustachioed monstrosities the treacherous chieftain of the Arverni tribe, Vercingetorix. Cross the Rubicon and cast your own dice as Caesar pursues his rival Romans across continents in the Roman Civil War, facing his most deadly challenge yet in the form of famed conqueror of the East, Pompey the Great. Fight by Caesar's side as he wages war for mastery of the Roman World upon battlefields soaked in Roman blood.
Regretfully we cannot tarry, as did Caesar, in the arms of Egypt's beautiful Queen Cleopatra, but we can join him for the concluding battles of the Civil War in Africa, where we shall at last confront Caesar's relentless opponents together with the armies of that inveterate enemy of Rome, King Juba of Numidia.
This entry was posted in Miniatures, News, Rules, Scenarios and Expansions and tagged age of caesar, hail caesar, historical, miniatures, supplements, warlord games on October 5, 2016 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.
PDF Black Powder Supplements
Warlord Games are offering 2 supplements in PDF form for the Black Powder games system focusing on the actions during 1879 and 1884!
Zulu! is Warlord Games Black Powder supplement covering the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
This lavish 92 page supplement chronicles such legendary battles as Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift and Ulundi. Zulu! brings you not only the background for these momentous battles but other, less well known conflicts as well as rules and force listings – all wrapped up with the usual photographs of beautifully painted miniature and armies!
You've seen the silver screen version of events in Zulu and Zulu Dawn – now you can refight these classic engagements on the tabletop…
With Blood on the Nile you can take charge of the British army fighting in the desert, or assume command of the Mahdi's forces in their struggle against the world's greatest military power. Along the way, learn about the battles and campaigns of the Mahdist Wars, and the soldiers who served in them.
They charged out of the shimmering desert, thousands of fanatical warriors dressed in white, brandishing fearsome weapons. These were the Mahdi's men and a British soldier's worst nightmare. The Mahdi had emerged from the wilderness to lead a rebellion against the Egyptian government in Sudan. His armies overwhelmed the Egyptians and trapped Governor Gordon in Khartoum. The British launched a relief expedition, but it arrived too late. Such an insult to the Empire could not go unpunished, and the British returned to crush the Mahdists. Sudan then came under British Imperial control, but, like shifting sands, history could have turned out very differently.
This entry was posted in Miniatures, News, Rules, Scenarios and Expansions and tagged black powder, historical, miniatures, rules, supplements, warlord games on August 2, 2016 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.
Ganesha Games publishing Knights and Knaves
Knights and Knaves is a supplement for the Battlesworn: Bid for Victory miniatures rules published by Ganesha Games.
18 new Classes, tested against the basic classes of Battlesworn: Bid For Victory. Knights and Knaves adds rules for Acrobat, Alchemist, Assassin, Bard, Beast, Berserker, Chaos Warrior, Construct, Druid, Giant, Monk, Paladin, Pistoleer, Priest, Ranger, Swarm, Witch, and Witch Hunter.
This book adds generic magic melee and ranged weapons, Talismans, Amulets, Potions, and 12 new spells, all formatted as cards that can be printed or photocopied.
Guidelines for solitaire play are included.
This entry was posted in Miniatures, News and tagged battlesword, bid for victory, ganesha games, knights and knaves, miniatures, rules, supplements on January 16, 2016 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.
Chronicles of the Gatekeeper supplement for Force and Destiny released
Discover a holocron that promises unprecedented power. Follow in the footsteps of a Jedi Knight with a mysterious, galaxy-wide legacy. Explore a metropolis rent apart by lingering wounds from the Clone Wars. Delve into the Empire's darkest secrets. These things all await you in Chronicles of the Gatekeeper, an adventure supplement for Star Wars®: Force and Destiny, now available from Fantasy Flight Games
Decades ago, the Jedi Knight Suljo Warde created a holocron containing all the knowledge he then possessed—including the rare power to predict the precise future actions of sentient beings. This holocron has now fallen into your hands, offering you the chance to learn Warde's powers by retracing his footsteps across the galaxy. This might seem like a simple journey, but in your quest to learn more about Suljo Warde and his incredible powers, you'll become involved in bitter political feuds, immersed in conflicts dating back to the Clone Wars, and compelled to make choices that will determine the fate of millions. Your skills, talents, and powers will be tested, naturally, but the real test is how well you can resist the ubiquitous allure of the dark side.
This entry was posted in News, Role Playing Games and tagged chronicles of the gatekeeper, fantasy flight games, force and destiny, roleplaying games, rpg, sci-fi, star wars, supplements on November 14, 2015 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.
Warlord Games releases The Devils Playground Supplement for Pike & Shotte
Now available from Warlord Games , their very first Pike & Shotte supplement covering the devastating Thirty Years War; The Devils Playground supplement.
The Thirty Years War was a series of conflicts that ravaged large areas of Europe, especially the German provinces, from 1618 to 1648. These conflicts centred on the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperors, Ferdinand II and Ferdinand III, and their opponents. Although viewed by many as a religious war between Catholic and Protestant nations, its roots and causes were also politically motivated. The combination of religious fervour and the political ambition of the European superpowers were to pit vast armies and mighty leaders against each other. The devastation caused by decades of fighting had truly turned Europe into the 'Devil's Playground'.
This supplement for Pike & Shotte describes the history, armies, personalities and battles of the Thirty Years War. Included are scenarios based on some of the famous battles and army lists for the main protagonists.
This entry was posted in News, Rules, Scenarios and Expansions and tagged miniatures, pike & shotte, rules, supplements, the devils playground, warlord games on May 6, 2015 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.
Insidious Threats to the Dark Heresy 2nd Edition from Fantasy Flight Games
The sickness and heresy that plague the Askellon sector grow worse with every passing day. Witches, heretics, and mutants spread their corrupting influence in every realm of society, from the lowest hive city slums to the greatest palaces of the highborn. Wherever heresy may manifest, it is your solemn duty to cleanse its foetid stain with holy fire.
Take up your flamer and defend the Imperium against its most insidious foes with the Enemies Within supplement, now available for Dark Heresy Second Edition.
In Enemies Within, you enter the Ordo Hereticus, the branch of the Inquisition dedicated to the destruction of those who would bring down the Imperium from within. Game Masters find plenty of new cults for players to encounter on planets scattered throughout the Askellon sector. At the same time, you'll gain new options for character creation and for equipping your Acolytes with the specialised equipment of the Ordo Hereticus.
This entry was posted in News, Role Playing Games and tagged dark heresy, enemies within, fantasy flight games, roleplaying games, rpg, supplements on April 21, 2015 by I Will Never Grow Up Games.


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