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Beholder Review Keeping Eye On You
Beholder Review - Keeping an Eye on You
By: Luigi Savinelli
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Warm Lamp Games
Alawar Entertainment
IOS, Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC
November 9, 2016 (Calendar)
Simulation, Strategy
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1984 (the book, not the year) is one of those classics of modern literature that is often referenced outside of its original context. The dystopian society that Orwell described was the extremization of some of the worries about the abuse of power that governments can practice on common people and their privacy.
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More than six decades have passed since the novel's first publication. In today's society, the concerns 1984 raised are more actual than ever. It's only natural that a work of literature like that would spawn work in other art forms as well. In video games, we saw it happen a couple of times already. Beholder is the latest game inspired by Orwell's Magnum Opus.
Beholder takes place in a war-torn country reminiscent of Cold War-era East Germany. Players take the role of Carl Stein, a man put in charge by the government to manage an apartment building. However, in Beholder this line of work is a bit different than the usual. Instead of collecting rent from tenants and doing maintenance work, Carl's main responsibility is to keep an eye on his tenants and report any illegal or insurgent behavior to the authorities. Basically, Carl is paid to be a puppet.
Reporting people will result in them getting arrested
Carl has several ways to please his government overlords. He can install cameras in his tenant's apartments in order to catch them when they're doing something they shouldn't, or he can sneak in their house and look around to find an illegal object (or even steal some of their stuff to sell to gain some extra money).
You have two currencies in the game: money and reputation. You use money as you would expect, paying bills and fines, buying stuff from the merchant, and corrupting people if needed. Reputation is gained by pleasing the government and is spent to purchase cameras to install in apartments or to unlock some dialogue options. For example, in some instances, you want to convince a tenant to do something for you and you'll have a choice to corrupt him or to use some of your reputation points to force them to see things from your perspective.
Unfortunately, the life of a government shill is not easy. When the first bills to pay come in, your daughter gets ill and your son asks you for money to pay for university. It becomes pretty clear that you have to choose whether you stay the path of legality and patriotism (and nationalism) or bend the rules in order to care for your family.
Events like riots and terrorist attacks can happen and may have dire consequences.
Any member of your family, or yourself, can and will die as a result of Carl's actions. Beholder is a ruthless game under that aspect. To keep your family healthy and happy, you'll need a lot of money, much more than you can earn with your job. This is when Beholder approaches the moral dilemma territory and where it really shines.
There are multiple ways to approach most of the problems in the game, most of which will test your moral fiber. For example, you may find an illegal object in a tenant's apartment and decide to blackmail him instead of reporting it to the authorities. Blackmailing someone will earn you more money than reporting him but no reputation. Maybe you decide to report him anyway after he paid in order to get the money from the government and legally put your hands on the stuff he once owned. Maybe you plant fake evidence under their bed in order to have him arrested (for example because another tenant promised you some money if you did). Beholder presents you plenty of occasions to lie, cheat, rob, and generally be a horrendous human being for the good of yourself, your wife, and your children.
Another possibility is to help the resistance. Well, help may be a bit of a stretch. If you give them a hand once, you basically become their tool forever. It's not so bad since they pay you quite a lot more than the government, but Carl will be in danger of being charged with treason at any given time. The resistance will also ask for a lot of favors since your building seems to be a magnet for government personalities, double agents, spies, and the like.
Profiling a tenant will earn you some money and reputation.
The game does a quite good job of giving you stuff to do without feeling too overwhelming. You will usually have at least a couple of active quests, but the time limits are lenient enough to give you a chance to come up with a way to approach all of them, while also not allowing you relax too much.
Beholder reminds me a lot of Papers, Please. In both games, you are given a choice to act illegally or, in any case, against the rules in order to care for your family and your personal being. When you slide down the path of corruption and have to face the consequences, you realize that the game didn't force you to act that way, but you did it out of your own volition. That's a powerful feeling.
The game is not perfect, though. One of the main problems is that sometimes Beholder seems to lack situational awareness. For example, during one playthrough, I managed to send Carl's son out of the country but his daughter died of illness days before he left. In a postcard, Carl's son says to tell his little sister that oranges really exist and they have the same color of carrots, apparently forgetting that he attended her funeral not long before. There are a few more examples like that. Nothing game-breaking but surely immersion breaking.
Beholder's art style is simple and efficient. Characters are depicted with black silhouettes with white features. While all the characters are basically black blobs, the shape and highlights of each one are designed so you can tell each of them apart at a glance. Being able to tell where everyone is while you're in a tenant's apartment planting a camera in a fire detector makes distinguishing everyone very important. This task is also made easier from the camera perspective that will allow you to keep the whole building on one screen when needed while also giving the possibility to zoom really close to the action.
Beholder, as said before, is a game of moral choices. There are quite a few branching paths that you can take that will lead to a number of different endings. This gives the game a lot of replayability, although not infinite. There's no procedural generation in Beholder. The events are scripted and will happen in the same order every time. You have some control on what events trigger by deciding what course of action to take and who gets to move in a free apartment, but there are only so many possibilities. Still, there is enough room to experiment to keep you busy and entertained for many hours.
While not perfect, Beholder does a great job of recreating the struggle of a man who has to put a lot of things in balance to preserve a hint of dignity despite the things he has to do just to carry on. Its easy yet deep gameplay and the way it manages the philosophical nature of the theme makes it worth the price tag.
Beholder was reviewed on PC via Steam using a copy provided by the developer.
Beholder is a game where the simple mechanics are just the tip of the iceberg. The game bombards the player with hard moral choices in a world where every decision may have dire consequences.
Simple Yet Engaging Mechanics
Good Replayability
Good Choices and Consequences System
Sometimes Lacks Situational Awareness
Heavily Scripted
Luigi Savinelli
Gamer since I can remember and now writer for your enjoyment. Can't say more. Those games will not play themselves


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In every video game, the most important item to retrieve or earn is your life source. Without it, you might as well say, "game over". In designing the dessert table, I wanted to mirror this same concept by creating a grand Super Mario dessert table and calling it the "Power Station". After hours of competition, the boys could come here and refuel their energy by getting a sugar fix.
Lucky for this birthday boy, his proud mama is also the sweets expert and owner of Piece of Cake. Using Super Mario Kart as our inspiration, there was no end to the creativity behind this scrumptious table.
The centerpiece of the table was of course the 3 tier Mario Cake. The layers represented Mario games: Original Mario Brothers and Mario Kart. The cake was also topped with a number of mini Mario character figurines. Believe it or not, we got a steal purchasing the whole lot of figurines from Ebay for a whopping (drum roll please)… $9! Talk about a deal!
On the 1st tier was the infamous castle, (the source of my video game frustration. See part 1 for the back story.), with Mario perched on top.
Custom Mario character cookies and cupcakes with Mario and Sonic toppers.
Star Candy Pops in a bowl of peanut M&Ms.
Chocolate Mustache pop in a bowl of M&Ms.
More cupcakes, pixie sticks and mini chocolate stars.
This table was exploding with candy and desserts! All the kids remained pumped up to play throughout the tournament and there was still more than enough goodies to fill their bags and bring sweets home. My apologies to all the parents for sending your kids home on a sugar high with additional fuel.
Thank you Abby for your colorful and tasty treats and to my hubby and nieces for their help with the backdrop. This may be my favorite table yet!
To see more photos from this fun party, click here.
Hi im gonna be having a mariobros theme party in 3 weeks. was wondering were you got the star shaped lolipops i seen them at joanns but they only had the star candy mold. do you know any where else i can find them?
Hi Crystal! The star lollipops shown here were created by Piece of Cake. You can contact her at Pieceofcake.order@gmail.com for more information. Happy planning!
This was great!!! Did you just purchase a regular race track from the toy store?
I'm so glad you enjoyed the party Lanee. The race track used belonged to the birthday boy and was store bought. Unfortunately, I don't know the brand or model but hopefully this information has been useful.
Where did you get the printables that went around the cake? Its adorable!
Hi Alexis! So glad you enjoyed our Super Mario Cake. The cake was created by Piece of Cake. You can contact them at Pieceofcake.order@gmail.com for more information regarding the images used. Happy Planning!
where did u get the mario Chewy gummy candy i cant find them any where???
The Super Mario gummies were purchased from Dollar Tree a year ago. You may find something similar at Party City or Toys R Us.
I LOVE your party! I just ordered Mario hats but they are coming from China and I am worried they won't be here in time for my son's party! Where did you find the Mario hats? His party is Sunday, Sept. 15th. Can you help point me in the right direction. Those would be perfect!


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It is with sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Robert Remis, former head of the Ontario HIV Epidemiologic Monitoring Unit. Dr. Remis died on Thursday, September 25, 2014. Dr. Remis was appointed as head of the unit in 1996 when it was established as a joint undertaking of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the University of Toronto.
Dr. Remis was very giving of his time to inform the community about HIV/AIDS and he will be remembered for his HIV research in Canada and abroad. In recognition of his efforts, Dr. Remis received the Ontario AIDS Network's Honour Roll award in 2008.
Dr. Remis held a medical degree from McGill University and a Master's degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He had an extensive background in community health as well as almost eighteen years of experience in the field of HIV/AIDS in Ontario. He worked for many years in the epidemiology of HIV – a highly quantitative discipline based on the principles of statistics and scientific research methodologies. His HIV research focused on HIV infection, surveillance, seroepidemiologic studies, modeling, mother-infant and sexual transmission and HIV prevention policy and programs. His research studies included the Ontario Men's Survey, the Polaris Sero-Conversion Study, the OMEGA HIV cohort study in Montreal, and the HIV sero-prevalence among pregnant women in Ontario. He published more than 60 articles in the areas of HIV, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, and food-borne illness. He was also involved in an epidemiologic study and behavioral intervention among female sex workers in Shanghai, China.
From 1973 to 1980, Dr. Remis worked as a family practitioner in Northern Saskatchewan, in a community clinic (CLSC) near Montreal, and in a rural hospital in the Comoro Islands off the east coast of Africa. In 1980-81, he undertook further studies in epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health and then trained from 1981-83 in field epidemiology at the Epidemic Intelligence Service, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta.
He was highly dedicated to his work and inspired many of us to think and to debate about what our HIV prevention messages should be. Robert's efforts helped to ensure that the importance of HIV in Ontario will continue to be recognized. The Ontario AIDS Network joins together with his family and many friends in the HIV community in Canada in honouring his important contribution to our work.


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Just a quick update to the Comcast "saga". Mark, amazingly enough, responded to my previous unhappy post. He was very helpful and put me in touch with a regional representative and she helped iron out my issue. Now I'm back to Comcast internet only for my pre-TV price, just like I wanted. It's not even the best price out there -- I'm just happy to have the old price back just like they said I could. Hooray for some great customer service! Anyways, just wanted to give credit where it's due.
Mark Casem from Comcast, if you're reading this, this is for you.
Two posts ago, I mentioned how a really wonderful lady at Comcast made my day. Mark Casem, from Comcast (who scours blogs for Comcast feedback) left a comment asking for my account info so that they could use my service-person as an example. I hesitated because I've always been wary of Comcast and wanted to make sure everything was panning out correctly before I gave anyone special recognition.
Turns out I'm glad I never gave my account info and I'm glad my service-person was not used as a positive example. She flat-out lied to me and ended up costing me quite a bit of money and since Cocmast is a monopoly here, I have no way to express my anger but to keep paying Comcast more money. How f'd up is that.
I began with $25/month internet service. Then I added on cable TV. I asked her explicitly many times if I could remove the cable TV without raising the price of my internet service as this happened to many of my friends. She reassured me repeatedly that it would not raise my price -- a decent business practice -- I was immediately suspicious. However, I took the calculated risk and went ahead thinking I'd never have to cancel my TV service.
Today I called to cancel my TV service today because I just don't have time to watch TV. Not unexpectedly, I find out there's no way to cancel my TV service without tripling my internet service cost. I expected obfuscation from Comcast, not outright lying.
So I guess I'll add this blog post onto the mountain of anti-Comcast material. If you want internet, try ATT Uverse or DSL. If you want TV, just get Netflix or watch stuff off the internet and over the air. There's more material on the internet/Netflix than I can watch in a lifetime.
Recently, I've taken to snapping a photo or two every day with my iPhone and sending it to whomever might care how my day is going. I figure it's an interesting glimpse into my daily life. My blog has traditionally been about weightier and more introspective things, but sometimes the best things in life are in the little things that I pass by on a sunny Sunday afternoon. So I figure hey, why not share these photos with the world!
This Sunday was particularly wonderful. It was warm and sunny like it hasn't been in NorCal winter in decades, the hills were green, the sky blue, and the air fresh. Reco and I went on a walk in the back country adjacent to the barn and I snapped a couple photos along the way that I felt embodied the experience. The ride reminded me why I love Reco and this riding thing so much.
After I galloped up the hill, an older gentleman who'd been watching stopped to say, "Now that is a beautiful thing." And beautiful it was -- I felt like the most fortunate person in the world.


Why does Jesus tell some people in Mark to keep quiet about what he does and who he is?
This has been a major question in Markan studies for a hundred years! An initial answer was given from a liberal perspective by William Wrede. Wrede said that the 'Messianic Secret' (the title of his book, published in German in 1901) was invented after Jesus. His idea was that nobody claimed he was Messiah, including Jesus himself, during his lifetime and so the notion that he was Messiah was read back into his life and ministry. This notion in its various forms has dogged Markan studies ever since.
N. T. Wright has argued--decisively, in my view--that Jesus knew he was Messiah and intended for people to understand him as such during his ministry (see Jesus and the Victory of God). Yet the so-called 'Messianic Secret' actually has various dimensions to it--it is not just about Jesus being Messiah. Jesus teaches in parables ('riddles'), he tells people not to announce that he performed this or that healing, he silences the demons declaring him 'Son of God', and his disciples do not completely understand his messiahship. There may well be a variety of answers to any 'secrecy' motif in Mark's Gospel and not simply one about his messiahship.
Mark, though, tells the reader who Jesus was in Mk. 1.1! So, the reader 'watches' people trying to understand who Jesus is throughout his Gospel. We can say some brief things about all this. First, there is more than one so-called 'secret'. Jesus seems to have had a right problem with various authorities (after all, his relative, John the Baptist, was beheaded!): it was advisable not to get publicity for amazing miracles if he wanted more time before his arrest to accomplish his teaching ministry. Thus, there is a very practical reason for this part of secrecy, including his ministry in the countryside, in the border region of Galilee, on boats, to the average people, etc.: a too open ministry challenging the authorities' status by the alternative popularity of his movement would get him killed sooner rather than later.
His silencing the demons could also be part of such a concern. However, who would want even a correct identification to come from demons?! Jesus wanted people to come to understand who he was; he was not interested in getting endorsements as to his identity from any group--least of all demons!
His teaching in parables is a matter of hearers' hearts: to understand Jesus, one's heart has to be right. It is not just a matter of intellectual understanding. Isaiah 6.9-10 is offered as an explanation for Jesus' teaching in parables, as is the Parable of the Sower, in Mark 4. You know who Jesus is because of your heart, not because of what you know. This relates to the idea of 'faith': knowing Jesus is a matter of belief and putting your faith in him.
This is different for the reader of Mark's Gospel, however. Mark helps the reader to hear the truth about Jesus. Mark 1.1 identifies Jesus first as 'Messiah' (Christ)--a realization that comes to Peter in Mark 8, midway through the Gospel. (See Mark 8.27-30). From that time on (Mark 8.31), Jesus began to unfold the greater truth of this identification: the Messiah would go to Jerusalem to suffer and die and be raised again. The whole story of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, his cleansing of the Temple (Mark 11), and his being crowned with thorns (Mark 15.17) is about Jesus' being Messiah--but in an ironic, surprising way that people cannot understand at the time. How could the Son of David, Israel's king, arrive in Jerusalem only to be put to death by the reigning authorities--including the foreign, occupying authority of Rome?
Mark 1.1 also identifies Jesus as 'Son of God'--a title used of national leaders, particularly of the Roman emperor, in Jesus' day. It also had a wider meaning to Jews (Israel, e.g., is God's 'son'). But, in Mark 15.39, the centurion overseeing Jesus' crucifixion declares at the point of Jesus' death that Jesus was, indeed, a/the Son of God. That Jesus' identity as 'Son of God' would be revealed by his executioner, by a Roman, and at the time of his death is also ironic. This irony of Jesus' identity seems to be related to how it is revealed: as with the parables, people have to come to understand who Jesus is despite the situation rather than because Jesus tells them outright. Thus, Mark's Gospel takes the reader through the story of Jesus to discover that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God, in ways they never would have expected and through a faith in him despite the circumstances.
Some believe that Mark's Gospel ends in irony. After keeping Jesus' identity secretive throughout the Gospel, when the risen Jesus now tells the women to go tell his disciples to meet him in Galilee, they say nothing to anyone out of fear (Mark 16.7-8; this is the actual end of the Gospel as vv. 9-20 were a later addition trying to resolve this surprising ending). Andrew Lincoln has argued that this surprising ending may fit the context of Mark's Gospel being written in Rome during the time of Nero's persecution of Christians. If so, the Gospel ends as a challenge to Christians not to be silent but to witness to who Jesus is. Another way to understand this ending is that the women's response could be understood to mean that they did tell the disciples but did not broadcast Jesus' resurrection in Jerusalem (surely this is what happened!). Thus, v. 7 is the key: the risen Jesus would now reveal himself fully to his disciples back in Galilee (a safer place for them than Jerusalem). They would be able to put all the pieces of the puzzle together in their post-resurrection meeting of Jesus. They would understand how he was both Messiah of the Jews and 'Son of God' for Jews and Gentiles.


There are many fine links courses along the thirty-mile stretch of Ayrshire coast between Turnberry and Irvine, notably the Ailsa, Kintyre, Prestwick, St Nicholas, Troon, Barassie, Glasgow Gailes, Western Gailes, Dundonald and Bogside. But just ten miles north of here lies the fine championship course of West Kilbride Golf Club, which is often overlooked due to its comparative separation from the others named.
Located at Seamill on the north Ayrshire coast with spectacular views across the Firth of Clyde to the Isle of Arran and beyond to the Mull of Kintyre, West Kilbride Golf Club is a private members club – formed in 1893 – with the good fortune of owning a challenging, 6,452 yard, 18-hole links.
James Braid, five times Open Champion and one of Scotland's greatest golf course architects, has twice had a hand in the design of the West Kilbride layout. He made changes to the original Old Tom Morris 9-hole course in 1914 then, after competing in the Open at nearby Troon in 1923, suggested further alterations which were brought into being two years later.
The early holes on the course are played on higher ground, away from the coastline and they have an upland feel, despite the presence of gorse and heather at the margins of the fairways. The course really gets the pulse racing around the turn with a nice loop of holes between "Goatfell", the par three 9th and "Whinhurst", the par three 12th.
The annual Scottish Boys Championship was held for many years at North Berwick and Dunbar on the east coast of Scotland before moving to West Kilbride in 1990. The course has hosted the event a further seven times so the Scottish Golf Union obviously think highly of this links on the Clyde coast.
The West Kilbride Golf Club at Seamill is located on a stunning piece of the Ayrshire coast, with spectacular views across the Firth of Clyde to the beautiful island of Arran.
This delightful links, originally laid out by Old Tom Morris and later re-designed by James Braid, has somewhat of a split personality... and it all depends upon which tees you play from.
Played from the white 'Ardneil' tee markers at 6,146 yards it is a fun and entertaining course which gives you a good chance of playing to your handicap. However, move back to the blue 'Arran' blocks and you have a 6,523 yard championship standard test of golf. Indeed The Club host the Scottish Boys Championship every four years.
Par remains 71 for both options and with nothing in-between the white and blue tees I don't think I know of a course where there is such a big differential. I suspect that the blue tees have been a new addition to the course and whilst I think they benefit it considerably many of the holes do require some relatively long walks back to them.
The course itself lies on a narrow strip of coastal land, bordered on one side by agricultural land and on the other by the picturesque beach. It is generally flat but has many subtle undulations on the fairways and around the greens. This creates awkward stances and you often have to use the lie of the land on your approach shots.
West Kilbride is situated some ten miles up the coast from the hustle and bustle of Troon and Prestwick and as a result perhaps doesn't get the credit it deserves. It's certainly a course I would recommend you seek out if heading to Ayrshire and well worth the short drive to Seamill. And for those seeking food afterwards I can thoroughly recommend the Waterside Hotel a mile or so south on the A78.
We moved west and at the recommendation of a friend, we scheduled West Kilbride. I am thankful for the recommendation. The course itself is excellent, perhaps not as difficult as some if its west coast neighbors, but challenging. What further set it apart was its superb conditioning. It seemed a tad greener than some of the other fine courses we played, and that included good greens and very healthy rough. Finally, I don't think we had a friendlier greeting from the members at any of the the other courses we visited. To a person, everyone inquired about our game and how we enjoyed the course. We did, and I would recommend it to any group like ours that is looking for a fine course at a very reasonable price.
West Kilbride is a really enjoyable course to play. Beside the opening holes there are attractive houses beyond the out of bounds fence and on the home run there are lovely sea vistas including the majestic Isle of Arran. The James Braid design follows an ant-clockwise route along a narrow strip of land beside the sea.
The opener is a short par four of 335 yards and is tame if you hit the ball straight. However out of bounds runs all along the right and a narrow burn dissects the fairway some fifteen yards in front of the green. This should be a very easy hole but you need to take care.
For the front nine, the out of bounds has been mainly along the right. From the 10th to the 12th, it runs on the left side. The 13th is a very good par four of 444 yards. The hole doglegs slightly right where out of bounds again lurks. The final six holes are all par fours.
The 17th has a water ditch on the left at around 200 yards and on the right at 245 yards. The green is a double green which is shared with the 6th. The closing hole features a narrow fairway with bunkers mainly on the left. Do not over club with the second shot as out of bounds is behind the green.
The incentive of a day at the seaside meant a trip to the garden shed to fetch the clubs for the first time in several months. They seemed a bit surprised as it was on the windy side where I live some fifty miles from the coast and they worked out - correctly - that where we were going conditions would be 'challenging'. Anyway, enough of these meteorological musings... I have the good fortune to play West Kilbride on a fairly regular basis and never regret coming here. It is a strange melange of the mundane, the quirky and the classsic. Hole 2 is rather silly as is 11. But these are compensated for by the excellence to be found at the short 4th, the very testing uphill 5th, the fine par 3 9th and a superb sequence of holes along the beach on the way home. The last two holes offer little by way of excitement however. Overall, a solid four-ball course.
From the moment you tee off, out of bounds danger lurks tightly along the 1st fairway, and your approach shot must carry the small burn. This can be tough and testing into a north west wind. The 2nd hole is an interesting hilly dogleg with raised green. A good quality par 5 follows, playing downhill to a well bunkered green. The quality of holes only gets better as the course follows begins to follow the Ayrshire coastline - with stunning views over to the isle of Arran.The standard of green keeping is 1st class, and even on a wet day the greens drain quickly and run fast and true. The fairways are narrow but fair, and this is a good quality links experience which competes with Dundonald; Prestwick St. Nicholas and Irvine Bogside. The clubhouse, catering and changing facilities are also well maintained , and overall West Kilbride represents a good value golf experience.
Played a couple of weeks ago for the £25 winter fee, and a great game of golf on a very enjoyable, friendly course with stunning views across to snow covered Arran. The pick of the holes are worthy of a 5 ball course, but overall a great value 4 ball course not to be overlooked when on the Ayrshire coast.
i played this course yesterday and was at first very surprised with how dry it was as I had been looking for somewhere to golf between Christmas and new year (given the wet weather we have just had )but no problems here apart from the odd soggy area the course was in fantastic condition ,I thought the first few holes did not show to much potential but by the 5th the course was showing great promise and after the stretch at the turn it was clear this course was a cracker lots of great holes and lots of options on the shot i would advise anyone in the area to give it a go £25 winter rate and £45 great value great views and great course !
I was a tad disconcerted when I first discovered West Kilbride was one of the 43 Scottish courses featured in Rolex's 2010 book, "World's Top 1000 Golf Courses". Don't get me wrong, I like the course but to have it in this reference book – along with Bruntsfield Links, Dalmahoy (East) and Carrick – at the exclusion of other stick-on Tartan Top 50's like Machrie, Duke's and Boat of Garten just didn't seem right at all to me.
So I returned today for the first time in seven years to double check if my initial impressions about the place were somewhat jaundiced and on reflection, I think it's a course that fully merits its place in the Scottish Top 100 but it definitely punches above its weight with the current high ranking position that it holds.
Why, even locally, there are a couple of other links layouts in Ayrshire I'd comfortably rate higher than West Kilbride. In fairness to the club, a lot of work has been done over the winter to create/repair bunkers and install smart new paths around some of the teeing areas so nobody has been resting on their laurels in terms of maintenance.
Regarding the course itself, the sequence of holes between the par threes at the north of the course around the turn is certainly engaging, as is the run for home along the shore starting at the 12th – it's just a pity that it seems to take nearly half the round until any real excitement is injected into proceedings!
I really don't want to be over harsh here as there are comparisons to be drawn with Kilspindie, that wee gem on the East Lothian coast, plus the views across the Firth of Clyde to Arran on a sunny day like today are simply stunning. It's as solid a four ball course as you will find and brilliant value for money, especially when played in low season for a reduced green fee.


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Q: History of vendor css prefix When and how did this process of prefixing css with vendor specific prefix begin.
Which browser/org start this and why was this started. I searched the web but found no details on this.

A: (From memory) they were doing it way back in the days of the browser wars albeit inconsistently.  I recall a couple of Netscape specific prefixes from my time in the browser wars (usually where IE/Opera had got there first.)  But I don't have a specific reference.
It became standard practice when work began on CSS3.  Vendors proposing a standard needed to demonstrate the property in action to propose it to the W3C.  Since multiple vendors might want a tag implemented differently they used vendor specific names to avoid conflict and properties lose their vendor prefixes once and resolved their differences to reach CR (Candidate Recommendation) status in the standards process.

A: javascript coding may have had something to do with its spread.  Around the same time, people were writing such code as:
if (document.all) browser = isIE;
else if(document.layers) browser = isNN;
much like they do today.  So, when css started taking off, there was already a precedent for using vendor tags.

A: vendor prefixes have been around since pre css2. they are the standard method for implementing new features in a rendering engine, affixing the prefix implies that only this particular engine will render these particular properties/features/etc. vendor prefixes are rendering engine's extensions to the standard.
different implementations of the box model by ie and netscape are the root cause for all of this, as well as doctype switching. the browsers implemented standards differently and were forced with rolling back active features or dealing with what was already live.
microsoft has been doing it for awhile, as have wap css user agents, and -khtml; the explosion with css3 came about with the release of the iphone and all of its shiny. apple really set the tone in their aggressive -webkit css development.
i'm not sure who exactly, but somewhere shortly after, the idea was proposed to make them a standard per rendering engine...i remember eric meyer blogging about it and reading it on the w3c site.
upon implementation, it has turned out to be not optimal, if in the very least, because a certain percentage of developers are lazy and cannot be expected to prefix for any vendor besides -webkit. i'm being sarcastic, but that's pretty much dead on, minus the -webkit comment...the largest casualty from all of this was opera...opera mini/mobile on ios were pretty much ignored by the -webkit fan club, causing entirely too many sites to be "broken" or "ugly" when viewed using opera mini/mobile....so opera quit -o- and threw away presto for webkit.

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McAfee: the shifting threat landscape in the manufacturing sector
By hotmaillogin
IDC research shows that manufacturers worldwide are rapidly embracing new technologies to transform their business models and operations: 55% of manufacturing organisations are underway with their digital transformation efforts according to a 2018 IDC Vertical Insights survey. The same research revealed that just 23% currently see digital transformation as a risk to their manufacturing organisation. As manufacturers adopt cloud technology and undergo digital transformation processes to remain competitive in the market, they run the risk of opening the business up to cyberthreats if security is not carefully considered and managed.
Mo Cashman, Principal Engineer at cybersecurity solutions and software provider, McAfee shares his insights in response to questions about the shifting threat facing the manufacturing industry.
What are the key cybersecurity threats facing the manufacturing sector today?
"One of the biggest risks facing manufacturers today is the potential disruption of production services as a result of a cyber attack. The impact is immediately tangible and the cost of downtime is easily calculated in terms of lost business and reputation. Unfortunately, as manufacturers grapple with digital transformation, cybercriminals are also innovating to find new, more sophisticated methods to attack the sector.
"Information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) convergence is increasing the cyber risk. Digital transformation projects are connecting historically isolated production systems with enterprise IT infrastructure to generate a huge range of benefits for the organisation, from greater insights through data analysis and maintaining a competitive edge to ensuring profitable productivity levels. Yet this shift often opens up potential vulnerabilities, creating conduits for malware to enter the organisation through end user workplace devices. Technology can transform businesses and generate cost savings, but we cannot ignore the potential risks. Ransomware and other forms of malware are often delivered through spear-phishing, have the capability to spread unattended and increasingly have a destructive payload. The combination of these threats with a lack of OT network segmentation and poor system hardening leads to a serious risk of production system downtime if not mitigated."
Are manufacturers more vulnerable or more secure as they transition to becoming a 'factory of the future'?
"Manufacturing organisations are transforming, whether through IT-OT convergence, the adoption of Industrial IoT technologies or shifting workloads to the cloud. With new systems come new attack surfaces and vectors – all of which should lead to new risk management considerations. Those operating in the manufacturing sector must recognise that cybercriminals are targeting the industry for valuable intellectual property and trade secrets as well as the traditional financial rewards. Business must be conscious of this risk and take the appropriate measures for cyber resilience."
"Shifting to the cloud drives greater flexibility and innovation for manufacturers. Furthermore, when managed correctly, it offers greater visibility and therefore security. The first step is knowing where and how data is being used, shared and stored in the cloud by employees and partners. A true 'factory of the future' could not exist without the cloud. With the right policies and safeguards in place, manufacturers can protect data from device to cloud, detect malicious activity and correct any threats as soon as they arise – ensuring secure 'factory of the future' systems."
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"The first step is designing for resilience. This starts with using a cyber risk framework, such as NIST, to guide the security architecture development for production systems and measure maturity improvement overtime. The NIS-Directive also sets out a number of cyber security principles and several countries, including the UK, have produced practical guidance on how to implement those principles to boost the overall level of security for network and information systems.
"Secondly, cloud security is paramount to enabling transformation. The factory of the future depends on cloud-based applications to deliver the analytics and business insights necessary to reap the benefits of digital transformation. Securing the infrastructure in public cloud environments and ensuring data security controls for cloud-based Software-as-a-service (SaaS) services is key to success.
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5 Things You Need To Know About iOS 7
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Yesterday iOS 7 was released for current iPhone users and we've got the lowdown what you need to know. First, which is possibly the best news of all, but then that's with anything, not just iOS, is that it's free! You don't need to pay a penny to get it but you may find you need to wait a while in a download queue if you try to access it as soon as it goes live, along with a few million others desperately doing the same.
Updating to iOS 7
Which brings us to the second tip; not downloading it right now could be a smart move.
As well as saving yourself time waiting in a download queue, you could prevent issues with security, compatibility with apps and features not working. As with almost every app or system it's going to have a couple problems when it first takes of the ground and waiting for just a little while will give Apple time to sort out all the little kinks, ready for you to use and enjoy.
New features to iOS 7
Thirdly, while some of the headline-grabbing features of iOS 7 will only be available on the new iPhones, like the fingerprint ID function, there are many hidden tweaks and new features for older devices; such as a torch — something Apple missed out on before, users having to download third party apps — and an all new control centre – just swipe upwards on any screen and a new pane will appear allowing you to control Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, switch on Airplane mode, adjust the brightness of the screen and play or skip music.
Focus on gestures
While on the matter of swiping, there seems to be a lot of that involved. Swipe to get to your control panel, swipe to close apps, swipe on the home screen to open a search box and the keyboard, allowing you to search without having to swipe to a dedicated screen as in previous versions of the software and swipe to close Safari tabs.
And last but not least Call/SMS/Facetime Blocking; yes! With iOS 7, it's finally a pretty straightforward process to block people from calling, messaging, or FaceTime-ing you. You can find the block list at Settings > Phone > Blocked, Settings > Messages > Blocked, or Settings > Facetime > Blocked. Note, however, that the block list is universal — block them in the phone settings, and they're blocked on FaceTime, too.


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Virtual Reality Check: A look at the 10 best VR…
Virtual Reality Check: A look at the 10 best VR experiences
By Derrik J. Lang and Associated Press |
PUBLISHED: April 15, 2016 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: September 12, 2018 at 12:00 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After spending time with the recently released consumer editions of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality systems, here are the 10 best VR titles out now:
— "Adr1ft": If the film "Gravity" was a video game, it would be "Adr1ft." The weightless saga for Oculus casts players as an astronaut struggling to survive while exploring a shattered space station.
— "Elite: Dangerous": While the open-world space simulator "Elite: Dangerous" has been out for two years, a VR edition adds another level of immersion by placing players in the cockpit of their spaceship.
— "EVE: Valkyrie": This sci-fi dogfighter — one of the first full-fledged games to be created for modern-day VR — convincingly pits online gamers against each other in out-of-this-world locales.
— "Fantastic Contraption": In this physics-based puzzler, there"s a wacky frenzy as players are tasked with constructing virtual inventions to navigate a glowing pink blob across increasingly more complex levels.
— "Hover Junkers": Duck! The controllers for the Vive are transformed into a gun and a hovercraft"s throttle, in this addictive multiplayer shooter that implores players to use their whole body.
— "Job Simulator": This could be the first-ever VR sitcom. "Futurama" meets "Portal" in Owlchemy Labs" quirky game where players take orders from robots in such roles as line cook and store clerk.
— "Space Pirate Trainer": For those gamers who"ve ever wanted to dodge bullets with their whole body like Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix," this arcade-like game will have them muttering, "Whoa."
— "The Lab": Valve didn"t release a new "Half-Life" game alongside the Vive, but they did create a dynamic "Portal"-themed mini-game collection boasting high-fidelity archery and realistic VR vistas.
— "Tilt Brush": One of the most impressive VR experiences isn"t a game at all. Google basically designed a 360-degree version of Photoshop where users can craft sculptures with everything from paint to rainbows.
— "Vanishing Realms": In this clunky but captivating fantasy game, players are cast adventurers who must wield swords, shields, bows and magical wands as they navigate dungeons and fight skeletons.
Follow AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/derrik-j-lang.
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Q: Wordpress database nonsense error I'm very confused. What i did was change my hostfiles so i can access my website on an alternative website and checked it in case i had hardcoded values (i did and they were corrected). I had to use the defines below to get the check to work
define('WP_HOME','http://example.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com');

Anyways, after i checked everything i did some select queries in my db (confirmed by looking at history). When i undid the define and change my host files back so my original url isnt poiting to home i tried visiting my wp site and i got "Error establishing a database connection". copied pasted the login data into mysql -u name -p (pass) and i was able to log in... i dont know why wp cant login. I tried reseting my server, mysql server and php-fastcgi. All didnt fix it :(. How do i fix this?

A: Nevermind, i actually accidentally didnt put back the url in nginx config file so i only had the new url. I wonder why i got a DB error instead of my generic "Nothing to see here" page


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    if dns_info:
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        except KeyError:
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The Most Important Lessons Prince Taught Us
As I read stories written about Prince since his untimely death, I realize there are some loud messages he's left us to ponder. One of the most crucial is: it's okay to be different. In fact, it's not just okay. It's important, necessary, vital even.
Eva Lesko Natiello, Contributor
New York Times Bestselling Author of THE MEMORY BOX
Apr 26, 2016, 11:46 AM EDT | Updated Dec 6, 2017
photo by Peter Tea
Prince never shied away from being different. Or confusing. Or undefinable. He reveled in it and boasted about it. He teased us to question who he was in lyrics like "Am I black or white/Am I straight or gay." This is powerful stuff. In an age when people, especially kids, try to fit in, assimilate, blend, and not stand out, Prince deliberately defied categories: musical, sexual, racial, and cultural.
The beautiful thing is we are celebrating Prince for this. This is a positive step for humankind. Every article I've read in last few days, uses words like: different, renegade, visionary, "rewrote the rulebook," inventive, imaginative, revolutionary to describe him. Nowhere have I read that his style and message were similar to anyone's. Because there was no one.
We are a society that is not comfortable with ambiguity. We want explanations and definitions and delineation and compartments. Are you republican or democrat? Black or white? Gay or straight? Rich or poor? Christian or Jew? Man or woman? We don't readily acknowledge the somewhere in between. Or things that lie outside a category. Thankfully, we are beginning to support people who blur lines or imagine or innovate in a way we are not used to. But what Prince did was something different. Not only did he defy descriptions and labels, they didn't matter to him. At one point in his career, he even stripped away his name and replaced it with a symbol. Long before emojis existed. I remember the day I heard about this. I was so uncomfortable not to know how to refer to him in conversation. What would anyone call him? I could write the symbol but I couldn't say it. That blew my mind. This was just another way Prince taught us that labels aren't important. However, it's not okay if we only honor celebrities or the rich and famous for living this way, in fact it's hypocritical. This should be everyone's right.
To me, Prince was saying: You don't need to define yourself. Just be. And while you're at it, be bold. He said, "A strong spirit transcends rules." How can we live as individuals if we follow someone else's values? Someone else's style? Someone else's vision? How can "revolutionary" ever happen unless someone ventures on a new path? Do it with passion and purpose. And if it fails, move on. When someone as prolific as Prince dies at the young age of 57, one of the first thoughts people have is what could have been. How many other boundaries would he have broken, or ignored? We will never know.
The takeaway for me is: Don't waste time seeking the approval of others for your journey. There is no time to sulk about failure or cower in insecurity or paralyze yourself with self-doubt. You have been given a life. Define it the way that's true to you. Be bold, live authentically. Have empathy for people who choose to live outside a category. Have respect for people who are thinking and living and creating outside the box. These people will benefit all of us and the world around us. Their journey isn't easy; it's daring and uphill. Let's level the playing field, knock hills down with empathy and respect. And work on our own footprint. Now. There's no way to know how long we'll have.
Eva Lesko Natiello is the award-winning author of the bestseller, THE MEMORY BOX, a psychological thriller about a woman who Googles herself and discovers the shocking details of a past she doesn't remember.
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          A Revised And Illustrated Treatise On Grain Stacking

                                 GIVING

          _Instructions how to Properly Stack Bound Grain so as
             to Preserve, in the best possible manner, for
                         THRESHING and MARKET._

                               ILLUSTRATED

    _So as to Furnish a Comprehensive View of the Theoretical Parts_

                                  BY
                           JOHN N. DeLAMATER,
                              NORWALK, OHIO
                                  1884.

                            Copyright 1884 by

                           JOHN N. DeLAMATER,

                          All Rights Reserved.

                      THE NORWALK CHRONICLE PRINT.

PREFACE.

So far as I am aware, this is an untried field of labor--a work which I
have had under consideration for the last fifteen years; during which
time the closest attention has been given to details of building, and
careful observations made on results, when the stacks were being taken
down.
                                                     JOHN N. DeLAMATER.

TREATISE ON GRAIN STACKING.

PLACING FOUNDATION.

If convenient, make a foundation of rails, by placing three rails about
four and one-half feet apart and parallel, and then add half or two
thirds the length of a rail to each, and cover by laying rails
crossways, and finish by laying a large rail or post in the center
lengthways.

This will form a foundation large enough for ten or twelve large loads.
If rails, poles or boards cannot be had for an entire foundation,
endeavor to get something to support the heads of a few center sheaves;
for if sheaves are set on end to commence a stack, the middle is apt to
settle too much.

COMMENCING TO BUILD.

On the rail foundation, lay around the center in the form of an ellipse,
with the heads lapping well across the center rail; lap half and
continue to lay towards the outside until foundation is covered. Now
commence at the outside and lay a course around, neither laying out or
drawing in, except to correct any little error that may occur in the
elliptical form of the stack; complete the courses to the center, but
don't fill the middle too full; if the outside is lower than the middle,
lay a double course around outside; keep your stack _flat_--full as high
at outside as center; build the first load straight up, neither laying
out or drawing in, if the stack is to contain ten or twelve loads; if
eight or nine, lay the last course out a little.

LAYING OUT.

If the stack is flat and as near an ellipse as the eye can judge, laying
out and keeping the stack properly balanced will be very easy. Drive
alternate loads on opposite sides of the stack; this will help to keep
the stack properly balanced. If the eye detects a place that seems to be
lower than the general level, it will be found that it was caused by
laying out more there than at other points; to remedy this defect, draw
in the next outside course at the low point, six, eight or ten inches,
according to the depression. The greater the depression, the more it
should be drawn in, and the next inside course at the low point should
be shoved out nearly to the buts of the outside course, then continue to
build as though nothing had happened. If a high place should be
observed, the next outside course should be laid farther out, and inside
course at this point drawn well in.

Glance frequently over the stack and see if the outside presents the
appearance of an ellipse, and keep a sharp lookout for high and low
spots, for they will throw the stack out of balance. If the middle is
too full, the outside will slip out, and an undesirable job of propping
will begin. Put in two-thirds of what is intended for the stack before
commencing to draw in.

Drive so as to leave a little space between load and stack. Don't let a
stack stand over night at this stage if it can be avoided, but put on
the next two loads as quickly as possible, for the outside of the stack
will settle rapidly.

FILLING THE MIDDLE.

Lay a tier of bundles through the central part half the length of the
stack, alternating heads and buts, then lay a course around with the
heads lapping across the middle tier; now another tier through the
center, and two courses around it; then another tier at center and
courses around, until the center is three or four feet higher than the
outside, depending on size of the stack, and the last course laid laps
half way from head to band on the outside course of the stack. It will
be seen that while building the main part of the stack, the courses were
laid from outside to center, and while filling the middle or putting in
the stuffing, the courses are laid from center towards outside. Now
commence outside, lay a course, heads out, half way from band to but on
outside course; in small stacks omit last instruction; then turn buts
out, lap half and lay to center; then lay a course around outside,
neither laying out or drawing in.

Now comes a point that should not be overlooked: lay a course, buts out,
lapping half way from heads to band on outside course; then lap half and
lay to center.

The reason for laying the buts of second course half way from heads to
band is to give the buts of the next outside course above a chance to
rest firmly on the course below, leaving no unoccupied space; if the
buts of second course were laid out to the band of outside course, then
the next outside course above, being drawn in, would rest one-third of
the way from band to but, on the buts of the course below, leaving a
space for rain to drive in and wet the stack. Draw in outside course
rapidly; lay buts of second course half way from head to band on outside
course as long as stack top is large enough; keep middle well piled up.

A stack can be drawn in very rapidly, without danger of taking in water
from a protracted rain, even if the outside of the stack grows green, no
sheaf will be found wet above the band, and the middle of stack dry, for
the buts of outside course will form a thatch roof to protect the stack.

The placing of a few top bundles is a matter of small importance. If a
stack has been properly built it will receive but little injury if top
bundles should blow off. A strand or two of wire, with sticks or stones
at the ends to weight them down, will usually hold the top in place.

RECAPITULATION.

The first load being built straight up and flat on top forms a firm and
secure base on which to build the upper structure.

LAYING OUT OR PUTTING IN THE BULGE.--This is the most important part of
the stack, for it contains the greater part of the grain; by laying out
and keeping the stack _flat_, the work can be done rapidly, and when the
stack settles the buts will hang down, for there is nothing to hold them
up.

Filling the middle corresponds to putting rafters on a building to
support the roof.

SUGGESTIONS.

I have found in the course of a long experience, that a foundation
eleven or twelve feet wide and eighteen or twenty feet long, and a stack
built in the form of an ellipse, and so as to contain ten or twelve
large loads, to be the most convenient and economical. Grain can be put
into a stack of this size much more rapidly than in small stacks. If a
stack is built much larger it will require more labor to pass the
bundles across the stack, and will have to be carried much higher before
it is topped out, which takes time and hard work.

The elliptical form I have found the best; with a load driven to the
side of the stack, the pitcher is never very far from the stacker; the
stack is easily kept balanced, and at threshing time the grain is
readily got to the machine. In a round stack of the same size, the
stacker gets farther away from the pitcher, and it requires more skill
to keep a round stack properly balanced; but if a round stack, after it
is finished and settled, looks like an egg standing erect on the large
end, that is good enough; it will not take water, and looks well, too.
A square stack, or one with corners, is easily kept balanced, but in
turning the corners there is too much fullness at the heads of the
bundles, and when the stack settles there will usually be a sag on each
side to catch water.

Two stakes, one eight and the other ten rods away, and in line with the
center of foundation, will sometimes assist the stacker in keeping his
stack well balanced, for at a glance he can tell whether the center is
in line with the stakes. A man may build, as his fancy dictates, either
round, elliptical or square, but in _all_, the same general principles
_must_ be observed--the lower part of the stack built straight up; put
in a bulge which settles down around and nearly conceals the lower part,
leaving the center of the bulge high; filling the middle to support the
center of the top. These are the principles on which good stacking
depends. If a man gets them well fixed in his mind and discards the idea
that he must keep the middle full from the ground up, he will have but
little damaged grain, even in the very worst of seasons. Very small
stacks should be built like ordinary stack tops.

A boy to hand bundles is usually more damage than good until a stack is
half built, and then he should not be allowed to stand on outside
course. If practical, drive alternate loads on opposite sides of the
stack; this is very desirable, but if, from the nature of surroundings,
it is necessary to drive all on one side, draw the top of the stack over
a foot or two towards the side where the unloading is done, and keep it
a little the lowest; the opposite side will settle considerably the
most, which will leave the stack straight up.

FANCY STACKING.

For a pyramid stack, build as usual up to within two or three rounds of
where drawing in commences, then draw in a little at center of sides and
ends to bring the curves to straight lines; keep the corners well out,
observing the form of a rectangle in filling the middle, and finish to
top.

For a Gothic stack, build an ordinary one until commencing to draw in,
then draw in the oval corners and build center of sides and ends
straight up. For an X stack draw in sides and ends; build corners
straight up. These stacks look very ornamental on a premium farm and
will save well, but take more time to build than ordinary stack tops.

SAMPLE STACK.

With some, the idea seems to prevail, that the middle of the stack
should be kept full from the ground up. With the center high enough to
protect the stack after it is settled, it is impossible to lay out or
even build straight up, for the outside sheaves are constantly slipping
out, and the process of building rendered slow and tiresome, and when
the stack is completed and settled, it will usually be found that the
center has gone down so much and the outside so little, that the buts of
the sheaves stick up and form excellent conductors to wet the stack.

Usually at harvest the country is full of good stackers, and if, between
that time and threshing, there is little or no rain, they live through
and there is a good supply next year; but if, between stacking and
threshing, a protracted rain occurs, vast multitudes are drowned, so
that, at threshing time, but few good stackers are found alive.

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What Is Cross-Chargeability and How Does It Impact Chinese EB-5 Applicants?
Cross-chargeability is a useful tool in employment-based cases when the principal applicant's visa category has retrogressed. In the event that a principal applicant's country for an employment-based visa category has retrogressed, the principal applicant may instead use his/her spouse's country of birth as the country of chargeability. Basically, this means that a family of applicants can move their country of chargeability from one country to another if the principal applicant's spouse was born in a different country. This is useful because it may allow the family to obtain their visas faster by allowing them to be charged under a different country.
This is particularly pertinent to Chinese EB-5 investors who experienced an EB-5 visa backlog on August 23, 2014 when the Department of State announced that the EB-5 visas for China were unavailable until the beginning of the next fiscal year, which is October 1, 2014. Due to the retrogression, new immigrant visa numbers will not be available to Chinese applicants until October 1st.
However, this limitation only applies to the EB-5 category for China. The other countries remain unaffected and thus EB-5 visa numbers are available for other countries. Therefore, if you apply the principle of cross-chargeability, a family of applicants may be able to jump from the China country of chargeability to another non-China country of chargeability – if the spouse's country of origin is not China. For example, if the principal applicant is a Chinese citizen who was born in China, but his wife was born in Canada, then within the EB-5 category, the family of applicants could move from the China category to the "Other Countries" category called "All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed" on the Department of State's Visa Bulletin. In this case, the family would be charged under that category and an immigrant visa would immediately be available to them since the "Other Countries" category is current. They would no longer be subject to the Chinese visa retrogression, and they would no longer need to wait until October 1, 2014 when the visa numbers become available again.
When discerning country of chargeability, the Department of State looks at the foreign national's country of origin or place of birth – they do not look at the countries in which you possess citizenship.
Foreign nationals who are born in Hong Kong are not charged under the China category.
This principle only applies to the spouse's country of birth. You cannot use the cross-chargeability principle based on your children's country of birth.


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Panel 1: Miss Odomo and Tahmaseb share a conspiratorial look. Tahmaseb: "Is that mate who I fink it is?" Miss Odomo: "One name? Starts wit 'S?' Who else?"
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Panel 7: Orson taps the side of his nose knowingly. Orson: "I'm a revolutionary myself, you know."
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You don't have to wait for the Grammy Awards to air on television to experience the Grammys an all that goes with these prestigious music awards. The Grammy Museum contains a rich collection of historical music artifacts including costumes and instruments from the Grammy Awards, handwritten lyrics, records and audio/video recordings.
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A tour of the Grammy Museum starts on the fourth floor and works its way down. On one level visitors are allowed to go inside six different sound recording booths where famous performers and producers teach about producing sound tracks. You can also record your own singing track!
Bronze discs for each year's Grammy Awards top winners: Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Album of the Year and Song of the Year are placed in the sidewalks around LA Live. It's informally known as the Grammy Walk of Fame.
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Lobbying Is Like Robbing a Record Store
Art Carden
– February 26, 2019 Reading Time: 4 minutes
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In the 1990s, I was seasonally employed at Camelot Music, a store that sold cassettes, CDs, videos, posters, and so on. In 2007, I visited Northland Plaza in Columbus, Ohio, where the store was located, and found to my dismay that it is now one with Nineveh and Tyre. My time there taught me an early lesson on the costs of successful theft and the costs of successful rent-seeking — which in most cases are practically the same thing.
One day, I arrived at work and was told by a manager to watch a particular customer because they thought he was trying to steal something. For about two hours, the customer would wander through the store, pick things up, wander around with them, put them back, and so on.
Finally, he took a small stack of items to the cash register to check out. After the cashier had tallied his total, he picked up an item — Janet Jackson's Design of the Decade CD — said "I think I need to put this back," and bolted out the door with it.
I was angry and puzzled. The guy had spent two hours (at least) and stolen a single CD. He could have spent about two or three hours working at a minimum wage job and earned enough money to buy the CD. Perhaps he had designs on a larger haul but was thwarted by the store's eagle-eyed employees. Perhaps he had confederates who successfully made off with a large haul while he had everyone distracted. Regardless, the whole episode made the world a little bit poorer.
It's not because Camelot Music shareholders lost the CD or because Camelot employees lost benefits because of theft. I recall a meeting during which we were told that shrinkage — the industry term for theft — had gotten really bad, that employees needed to be more watchful, and that the losses were hitting us in the form of raises and merchandise discounts and other things we weren't getting. No, the shrinkage per se is a pure transfer from the robbed to the robbers.
The social loss came from the time and energy the thief spent trying to steal and the time and energy we spent trying to stop him. The cost of the pinched Janet Jackson CD was what the thief could have produced with the time and energy he spent stealing the CD.
Suppose he had worked at the Donato's Pizza at the end of the block, where I occasionally went for lunch. Then he could have taken the money he earned making pizza and bought the CD. The social cost of the theft in that case was the pizza he didn't make because he was busy stealing. And even if he couldn't have gotten a job at Donato's, he could've shoveled snow or scraped windshields or done any of a number of odd jobs until he earned enough to pay for the CD.
Preventing Theft
The resources consumed in trying to prevent theft are socially costly. These include the jewel cases in which CDs and tapes were displayed for theft prevention. What else could we store employees have done had we not been watching carefully to prevent even-greater theft?
Perhaps we could have made more sales. Some customer likely left the store less than fully satisfied because she didn't get the service she would have gotten had we not been watching the guy who was trying to rip us off. These, too, are among the costs of theft.
In this sense, your home security system and the cop walking the beat are social losses: they're good for you because they mean your stuff is less likely to be stolen, but you would be better off if people didn't steal and we could use these resources and labor to produce something else.
This Is Politics
The story has an application to the economics of politics. What are the incentives, and what do they mean for general prosperity? Ask, as many economists have: do people have incentives to trade or incentives to raid? When people have incentives to trade, they have incentives to actually create wealth. When people have incentives to raid, on the other hand, they have incentives to destroy it.
Think about politicians, lobbyists, and the firms that employ them. Firms want income-increasing special privileges. These include subsidies, rules like licensing restrictions, and other barriers to entry that allow them to raise profits by raising prices and cutting output, or tariffs that protect them from foreign competition and allow them to raise profits by selling at higher prices.
The prizes they are getting — the increased profits from subsidies, restrictions, or tariffs — are like the Janet Jackson CD that was stolen from Camelot Music over 20 years ago.
Importantly, the resources firms invest in trying to get those special privileges — things like high-priced lobbyists — are like the time and energy the thief devoted to stealing the Janet Jackson CD. The firms are consuming resources, and in a way that rewards them. They are better off, the politicians who are in a sense "selling" special privileges are better off, and the lobbyists are better off.
Not all lobbying is bad, of course, and a lot of lobbying happens as part of defensive efforts to shield people from depredation just like a lot of my job at Camelot Music was theft prevention. Think of the many millions expended by the business community in the last year to beg government not to disrupt supply chains with new tariffs.
However, whether it is offensive or defensive lobbying, they're not actually producing any new goods or services while trying to get the prize. Society is worse off to the tune of what these firms would have produced had they actually devoted those resources to creating wealth rather than simply redistributing it.
If you're looking for additional resources on the subject, Tullock's classic article on the welfare costs of monopoly, tariffs, and theft and Mike Munger's "Rent-Seek and You Will Find" are both great.
Art Carden is a Senior Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is also an Associate Professor of Economics at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute.
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