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Arctic Entries was brainstormed and executed by co-founders Tara Loyd and James Keck. The first show was in February 2010 at Cyrano's Off-Center Playhouse in downtown Anchorage. When the show quickly outgrew the available space, it moved to the Snowgoose Theatre. As word got out, the event continued to draw larger and larger crowds leading to long ticketing lines and oversold shows. When the words "fire marshal" were uttered, another evolution was planned. In May 2013, Arctic Entries moved to the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets still go fast, but now you can buy them online.
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In looking at the lists provided and exploring the many online productivity tools available, I came to realize that I use more of these than I first would have assumed. For example I use Dropbox, Pandora, MayMyRun, Google Docs, and Mint. Both Pandora and MapMyRun are tools that I use for entertainment and fitness tracking. I have used Dropbox, Google Docs, and Mint in my personal life, in my professional career, as well as in my development as a student. I especially like the aspects and the use of the tool Dropbox as it makes it very simple to get documents or photos from one place to another with extreme ease. This tool allows me to add files to Dropbox and save the file to another location; for example from my computer to my phone or to my tablet. This feature allows me to have the same resource in all of these places without having to find the origin and complete the download again, and the transfers happen very quickly. Out of all the examples I had listed, Dropbox is the online productivity tool that I use the most and I would recommend it to anyone who has several devices and has a need to share the same documents within them. I am sure that Dropbox is useful in more than just this way, but it is the way that I am most avid in using it.
I was surprised as well with how many of these tools I use on a regular basis. I agree that many of these tools can be extremely beneficial for both our personal and professional lives if utilized correctly. I am also becoming more familiar with Dropbox to share documents between my devices. It will be helpful moving forward with my career.


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Джонатан Страуд () е английски писател, автор на бестселъри в жанра фентъзи, както и на книги за деца и младежи.

Биография и творчество
Джонатан Антъни Страуд е роден на 27 октомври 1970 г. Бедфорд, Бедфордшър, Англия. Син на Мартин и Дженифър Страуд, строителен инженер и учителка по история. Израства в град Сейнт Олбанс. От ранна възраст обича да чете книги, да рисува и да пише. На възраст между 7 и 9 години често боледува и прекарва дните си в болницата или в леглото си у дома. За да се избегне скуката се занимава с четене на книги или си измисля истории, вдъхновен от книгите на Инид Блайтън.

През ученическите си години експериментира с различни видове творби, често илюстрирани, като фентъзи комикси и книги игри, а по-късно стихотворения и пиески. Любовта му към литературата го води до Университета на Йорк, който завършва с отличие с бакалавърска степен по английска литература през 1992 г.

От 1994 г. до 1998 г. работи в Лондон като редактор за издателя на детска литература "Walker Books". Работата му в издателството е свързана в много контакти с автори, консултации с дизайнери и художници, оформянето на енциклопедии, исторически книги, игрови книги, и др. Тя го стимулира да пише самостоятелно. Първото му произведение "Justin Credible's Word Play World", детска книжка пъзел илюстрирана от Каролайн Холдън, е публикувана през 1994 г. Следват още няколко илюстрирани произведения за деца.

През 1998 г. започва работа като редактор в издателство "Kingfisher Books" в Лондон, където работи до есента 2001 г., когато изцяло се посвещава на писателското си поприще. Същата година се жени за съпругата си Джина, илюстратор на детски книги, която го издържа първоначално.

Първият му роман за юноши "Buried Fire" излиза през 1999 г. и разказва за двамата братя, Майкъл и Стивън Макинтайър, сестра им Сара и местен свещеник, които откриват тъмна тайна погребана под тихото им английско село. Следващият "The Leap" през 2001 г. е за едно момиче на име Чарли, чийто най-добър приятел Макс пропада в една воденица, но, след поредица от странни сънища, Чарли започва да вярва, че нещо по-свръхестествено е виновно за изчезването му. През 2003 г. Страуд публикува "The Last Siege" който е минималистична фантазия за трима приятели, които позволяват на въображението си да се развихри през нощта в руините на една изоставена крепост.

След тези начални романи Джонатан Страуд започва да пише своята най-известна серия "Бартимеус". Първият му фентъзи роман от юношеската поредица "Амулетът на Самарканд" е публикуван през 2003 г. През 2004 г. и 2005 г. излизат следващите – "Окото на голема" и "Портата на Птолемей". Характерна особеност на тези романи в сравнение с други в жанра е, че Страуд изследва стереотипите и етиката на магьосническата класа и поробените демони. Прави го чрез разказването на историята от гледна точка на саркастичния и егоманиакален джин Бартимеус, който помага на младия чирак Натаниел в борбата му срещу могъщия, жесток и амбициозен, Саймън Лавлейс.

Романите бързо печелят успех и стават бестселъри. Романът "Амулетът на Самарканд" е сочен като един от топ 10 фентъзи романа от Американската библиотечна асоциация.

През 2009 г. излиза много успешния му самостоятелен роман "Heroes of the Valley". Твърде младият Хейли винаги е бил различен от останалите. Нисък, набит и мургав, но с бърз ум и изявени способности, той обича да се шегува. Но шегите му често са солени и той трябва да поеме трудния път на приключенията, които ще го срещнат с разбойници, ужасяващи чудовища, но и с едно момиче, като ще открие тайната истина за легендите, семейството си и себе си.

Новата му серия "Локууд и сие" стартира през 2013 г. с романа "The Screaming Staircase".

Джонатан Страуд живее със съпругата си Джина, и с двете им деца – Изабел и Артур, в Сейнт Олбанс, Хартфордшър, предградие на Лондон. Обича разходките, четенето, скицирането и свиренето на пиано.

Произведения

Самостоятелни романи
 Buried Fire (1999)
 The Leap (2001)
 The Last Siege (2003)
 Heroes of the Valley (2009)
 The Ghost of Shadow Vale (2009)

Серия "Бартимеус" (Bartimaeus)
 Амулетът на Самарканд, The Amulet of Samarkand (2003)
 Окото на голема, The Golem's Eye (2004)
 Портата на Птолемей, Ptolemy's Gate (2005) – награда "Корине"
 The Ring of Solomon (2010)

Серия "Локууд и сие" (Lockwood & Co)
 The Screaming Staircase (2013)
 The Wispering Skull (2014)

Комикси и детски книги
 Justin Credible's Word Play World (1994)
 The Lost Treasure of Captain Blood: How the Infamous Spammes Escaped the Jaws of Death And Won a Vast And Glorious Fortune (1996)
 The Viking Saga of Harri Bristlebeard: A Heroic Puzzle Adventure (1997)
 Alfie's Big Adventure (1999)
 Little Red Car (1999)
 The Amulet of Samarkand Graphic Novel (2010)

Есета
 Foreword (Fantasy Encyclopedia) (2005)
 Fantasy and the Young-Adult Novel (2006)

Документалистика
 Word Puzzles (1999)
 Ancient Rome: A Guide to the Glory of Imperial Rome (2000)

Източници

  Биография и библиография във "Fantasticfiction"
  Биография и библиография в "Goodreads"
  Биография в официалния сайт
  За Джонатан Страуд в "HighBeam"
  За Джонатан Страуд в "HighBeam" 2

Външни препратки
  на Джонатан Страуд

 Форум за "Бартимеус"

Английски фентъзи писатели
Английски детски писатели

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La diocesi di Norwich (in latino: Dioecesis Norwicensis) è una sede soppressa della Chiesa cattolica in Inghilterra poi divenuta una sede della Chiesa anglicana.

Territorio
La diocesi si estendeva sul Norfolk, il Suffolk e parte del Cambridgeshire.

Sede vescovile era la città di Norwich, dove si trova la cattedrale della Santissima Trinità.

Essa comprendeva oltre un migliaio di parrocchie, raggruppate in quattro arcidiaconati: Norfolk, Norwich, Suffolk (o Ipswich) e Sudbury.

Storia
L'evangelizzazione del regno dell'Anglia orientale iniziò quasi subito dopo l'arrivo dei missionari inviati nel 596 in Britannia da papa Gregorio Magno alla guida del monaco Agostino.

Ma la nuova religione poté consolidarsi solo quando salì al trono Sigeberto (630-635), il quale era stato battezzato in Gallia. Questi, con il benestare dell'arcivescovo Onorio di Canterbury, chiamò nel proprio regno il vescovo franco-burgundo san Felice, legato al monachesimo di Luxeuil e alla diocesi di Meaux, il quale fondò nel 630 la diocesi di Dunwich (Domnoc) nel sud del regno anglo-orientale (Suffolk). La missione ebbe un grande successo, e coinvolse in modo particolare i membri della famiglia reale: molte discendenti femminili infatti si distinsero per la loro vita santa e devota e spesso finirono per fondare abbazie o diventare abbadesse dei principali monasteri dell'isola.

Nella parte settentrionale del regno (Norfolk) operavano contemporaneamente dei missionari irlandesi, guidati dall'abate san Furseo e sostenuti dal re Sigeberto. I missionari si installarono in una località chiamata Cnoberesburgh (oggi Burgh Castle); la missione di Furseo fu continuata dal fratello Foillano.

Quando il vescovo Bisi si ritirò per anzianità nel 673, l'arcivescovo di Canterbury Teodoro autorizzò la divisione della diocesi di Dunwich, che dette origine alla nuova sede di Elmham, nella parte settentrionale del regno.

Dopo l'870, a seguito dell'invasione dei Vichinghi danesi e dell'instaurazione del Danelaw, le due diocesi dell'Anglia orientale ebbero molto a soffrire e rimasero vacanti per alcuni decenni; l'invasione danese portò inoltre alla distruzione di chiese e monasteri.

Ritornata la pace, poté essere restaurata la gerarchia. Tuttavia la sede di Dunwich fu abbandonata ed i vescovi di Elmham governarono tutta l'Anglia orientale, finché il vescovo Herfast, italiano di origine e cappellano di Guglielmo il Conquistatore, trasferì la sede a Thetford. In seguito, nel 1094 circa, durante il regno di Guglielmo II, il vescovo Herbert trasferì nuovamente la sede da Thetford a Norwich.

Nel 1096 fu iniziata la costruzione della cattedrale di Norwich, dedicata alla Santissima Trinità, che venne ultimata nel 1145.

L'ultimo vescovo in comunione con Roma fu John Hopton, eletto durante il periodo della restaurazione cattolica sotto la regina Maria e morto nel 1558.

Cronotassi dei vescovi

Vescovi di Elmham
 Beaduwine † (673 - 679 deceduto)
 Nothbeorht † (680)
 Heathulac † (731)
 Aethelfrith † (circa 736)
 Eanfrith † (circa 736 - circa 758)
 Eanferth †
 Aethelwulf †
 Alhheard †
 Waermund †
 Wilfred † (870)
 Athulph (Eadwulf) † (prima del 956 - dopo il 964)
 Aelfric †
 Theodred † (prima del 975 - 995)
 Athelstan † (995 - 7 ottobre 1001 deceduto)
 Algarus † (? - 1021 dimesso)
 Aelfwine † (1021 - prima del 1035 deceduto)
 Aelfric † (? - 1038 deceduto)
 Stigand † (1038 - 1040 deposto)
 Grimketel † (1040 - 1042)
 Stigand † (1042 - 1047 nominato vescovo di Winchester) (per la seconda volta)
 Aethelmær † (1047 - dopo il 1055)
 Herfast † (1070 - 1072 trasferisce la sede a Thetford)

Vescovi di Thetford
 Herfast † (1072 - 1084 deceduto)
 William de Beaufeu † (1086 - 1091 deceduto)
 Herbert de Losinga † (1091 - circa 1094 trasferisce la sede a Norwich)

Vescovi di Norwich
 Herbert de Losinga † (circa 1094 - 22 luglio 1119 deceduto)
 Everard of Calne † (12 giugno 1121 - 1145 dimesso)
 William de Turbeville † (1146 - 16 gennaio 1175 deceduto)
 John of Oxford † (14 dicembre 1175 - 2 giugno 1200 deceduto)
 John de Gray † (24 settembre 1200 - 18 ottobre 1214 deceduto)
 Pandolfo Verraccio † (prima del 4 novembre 1215 - 16 settembre 1226 deceduto)
 Thomas Blunville † (20 dicembre 1226 consacrato - 16 agosto 1236 deceduto)
 William de Raley † (25 settembre 1239 consacrato - 17 settembre 1243 nominato vescovo di Winchester)
 Walter Suffield † (19 febbraio 1245 consacrato - 18 maggio 1257 deceduto)
 Simon Walton † (10 marzo 1258 consacrato - 2 gennaio 1266 deceduto)
 Roger Skerning † (4 aprile 1266 consacrato - 22 gennaio 1278 deceduto)
 William Middleton † (29 maggio 1278 consacrato - 1º settembre 1288 deceduto)
 Ralph Walpole † (20 marzo 1289 consacrato - 5 giugno 1299 nominato vescovo di Ely)
 John Salmon † (15 luglio 1299 - 6 luglio 1325 deceduto)
 William Ayermin † (19 settembre 1325 - 27 marzo 1336 deceduto)
 Antony Bek † (14 marzo 1337 - 18 dicembre 1343 deceduto)
 William Bateman † (23 gennaio 1344 - 6 gennaio 1355 deceduto)
 Thomas Percy † (4 febbraio 1355 - 18 agosto 1369 deceduto)
 Henry le Despenser † (3 aprile 1370 - 23 agosto 1406 deceduto)
 Alexander Tottington † (24 febbraio 1407 - aprile 1413 deceduto)
 Richard Courtenay † (28 giugno 1413 - 15 settembre 1415 deceduto)
 John Wakering † (31 maggio 1416 consacrato - 9 aprile 1425 deceduto)
 William Alnwick † (27 febbraio 1426 - 19 settembre 1436 nominato vescovo di Lincoln)
 Thomas Brunce † (19 settembre 1436 - 6 dicembre 1445 deceduto)
 Walter Hart † (24 gennaio 1446 - 17 maggio 1472 deceduto)
 James Goldwell † (16 luglio 1472 - 15 febbraio 1499 deceduto)
 Thomas Jane † (14 giugno 1499 - settembre 1500 deceduto)
 Richard Nykke † (26 febbraio 1501 - 14 gennaio 1536 deceduto)
 John Hopton, O.P. † (21 giugno 1555 - dopo il 24 agosto 1558 deceduto)

Note

Bibliografia
 H. Dauphin, v. Dunwich, «Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques», vol. XIV, Paris, 1960, coll. 1068-1070
 Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Graz, 1957, pp. 194–195
 Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 1, p. 371; vol. 2, p. 205; vol. 3, p. 260
 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300, Volume 2, pp. 55–71
 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541, Volume 4, pp. 22–34
 Henry Wharton, Anglia sacra, sive Collectio historiarum ...de archiepiscopis et episcopis Angliae, Pars prima, Londini, MDCXCI (1691), pp. 397–420 e 801-804
 Dorothy Whitelock, The pre-Viking age church in East Anglia, Anglo-Saxon England, vol. 1 (1972), pp. 1-22
 S. E. Rigold, The Anglian Cathedral of North Elmham, Norfolk, Medieval Archaeology, Volume 6, 1962, pp. 67-108

Voci correlate
 Sede titolare di Elmhama
 Diocesi di Dunwich

Collegamenti esterni
 L'antica diocesi di Norwich su Catholic-Hierarchy
 L'antica diocesi di Norwich su Catholic Encyclopedia

Norwich
Norwich


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Anna Toušová (* 17. února 1926) byla česká a československá politička Československé strany socialistické a poslankyně Sněmovny národů Federálního shromáždění za normalizace.

Biografie
K roku 1976 se profesně uvádí jako pracovnice na dobytčí farmě. Ve volbách roku 1976 usedla do české části Sněmovny národů (volební obvod č. 26 - Klatovy, Západočeský kraj). Ve Federálním shromáždění setrvala do konce funkčního období, tedy do voleb roku 1981.

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Last year was a bit of a bumpy year for me, personally. I've been through a lot and found myself off-track with reading and writing book reviews.
For 2018 I'm going to be more actively sharing what I've read - and I am going to try to do some more reviews for you. Some will be shorter, where I summarize why I loved the book, or didn't love it quite as much as I had hoped. Others will be longer and more detailed. Some will be sponsored, which only means I received a free copy of the book from the author or publisher or PR/book tour company - NOT that I was paid for reading/reviewing the book itself. And others will be books I've bought on my own, or had on my shelves or Kindle for a hot minute or a long while.
I will include affiliate links to enable you to click over to Amazon right away and buy the book if you're interested. I will always disclose this information to you.
So, welcome to Good Girl Gone Redneck's book chatter for 2018. And if you'd like to join me in discussing books and receive info on great book deals and steals, join me on Facebook in my reading group: I Like Big Books - hope to see you there!
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter was a wonderful read. I enjoyed the main character of Julia and could relate to her - despite her mostly teenage angst! Her awkwardness and her friendships, and her first love - or - love? - were beautiful to watch unfold.
The story itself held the strength of family relationships and showed much of the family's culture, whether in parenting, celebrating, or in grief. Julia's relationships with each of her parents were both, powerful, and frustrating. And in the end (no spoilers!) we were able to learn more about why they were the way they were.
The inclusion of the extended family throughout the novel reminded me of my own youth - and how family was always way more than just the immediate connection of me, my sibling and my parents, but extended far beyond. This reminder shows just how many cultures truly are more alike than we see at first glance.
Sánchez has written a book I'll recommend to friends and family, and to those with teens who are ready for mature content.
I don't usually rate books that I read, because it takes a lot to get a 5-star review from me - and 4-star is pretty close to perfect, so I never want to hurt an author's feelings or discourage anyone from reading the book. But I'm trying to be better at that this year!
Overall? I suggest that you go get yourself a copy of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. (Or other Young Adult reads I recommend - as seen below!) You'll love it.


What Is the Non-Custodial Tax Credit?
The IRS has very straightforward rules on claiming a child on tax returns. A qualifying child is typically claimed on only one parent's return per tax year – unless special circumstances are met – and the IRS uses several factors to determine which parent that is. A father's right to claim a child on a tax return is just as valid as a mother's right to do so; the IRS is unbiased in this regard. And a father can claim a child on taxes if the child does not live with him.
A father's right to claim a child on their tax return will be dependent on a variety of factors. For example, the length of time the child stayed with the father during the year relative to the mother will play a critical role in determining who has the right to claim the child as a dependent. If a couple is still married and filing separately, they have the right to determine amongst themselves who will claim the child.
Family court orders have no bearing upon who can claim the child, and paying child support does not make you automatically eligible to claim the child as a dependent. As a general rule, the parent who has physical custody of the child for the majority of the tax year claims the child on his taxes – but this is not always the case. Non-custodial parents are sometimes eligible to claim a child if certain criteria are met. Check out the IRS's website for specifics regarding non-custodial parents and what these criteria are.
The custodial parent can decide to allow the non-custodial parent to claim the child on his taxes. In this case, the custodial parent signs Form 8332 which allows the non-custodial parent to claim the child. The non-custodial parent then files this form with his tax return. This qualifies him to claim the child in addition to possibly qualifying for the child tax credit, but not the earned income credit. The custodial parent is still able to claim the earned income tax credit for the child if she meets income and all other requirements for eligibility.
The tiebreaker rule is applied when both parents are filing separately and claim the same dependent on their tax returns. To determine which parent should claim the child on her returns, the IRS uses a specific set of factors. For example, if the parents are filing singly and both claim the child on their returns, the IRS recognizes the child as the qualifying dependent of the parent who has the child for the longest period during the tax year.
In the event the child lives with both parents for an equal amount of time during the tax year, the child then becomes the qualifying child of the parent with the highest adjusted gross income for the year. See the IRS website to familiarize yourself with the criteria for determining who gets to claim a child if both parents try to claim the same child for the same tax year. When this happens, the IRS processes the refund for the parent who has a right to claim the child. The parent who claimed the child in error faces additional taxes, penalties or fees associated with filing an amended return. This way, if your ex claimed the child on taxes illegally, the IRS will correct this.
Unlike alimony payments, child support payments are considered tax-neutral. This means that the payer cannot deduct or write off the payments, and the recipient cannot claim them as income. The way the IRS looks at it, a parent would not buy his child soccer equipment or purchase food and clothing, and then attempt to write this off when tax time comes around. Instead, child support payments are treated as the responsibility of the parent to provide the necessities of caring for a child. This is also why child support cannot be considered taxable income by the parent receiving payments – because it is to be used for the care and upkeep of a child.
Typically, married couples fare better at tax time when filing jointly. However, circumstances arise in which it makes good tax sense to file separate returns. In the case of being married and filing separately, parents can decide between themselves who will claim the child on a tax return. Generally, if there is only one child, the parent who qualifies for the largest tax break claims the child on her tax return. But married couples filing separately may instead decide to split claiming multiple children and W-4 additional withholding between them.
Keep in mind, if a married couple is planning to file separately, neither parent will be eligible for the earned income tax credit unless one spouse has lived away from the other for the last six months of the year. That spouse then may be eligible for filing as head of household status, which would possibly make him eligible for the EITC if he meets other requirements.
The earned income tax credit is available for taxpayers, regardless if they have children or not. However, specific criteria must be met before claiming this tax credit – primarily regarding income and filing status. To be eligible for the EITC, your adjusted gross income and earned income must fall within certain limits. Also, those with children must meet rules for determining qualifying children.
The rules for who is eligible for the EITC can be a bit overwhelming, but the IRS provides an interactive EITC assistant to help determine your eligibility, filing status, whether your child is a qualifying child, and an estimation of the tax credit you may receive. The IRS also has special criteria in place regarding EITC eligibility for military, clergy and those who have certain types of disability income or children with disabilities.
The child tax credit – up to $1,000 per child for tax year 2017 and $2,000 for 2018 – is available if you have a qualifying child and meet all of the seven requirements for eligibility. These seven requirements, or tests, are based on age of the child, your relation to the child, amount of support provided for the child, citizenship, residency, dependency status and, lastly, family income. In order to qualify for the child tax credit, the child has to be under the age of 17 at the end of the tax year in which you claim the credit. The qualifying child can be your biological child, a stepchild, a foster child placed in your custody or your brother or sister. Step-siblings are also qualifying children as are adopted children – regardless if the adoption is finalized at the end of the tax year for which you're planning to file.
To pass the support test, you must provide more than half of the child's financial support for the tax year. The child also must be claimed as an eligible dependent when you file your taxes. A qualifying child has to be a U.S. citizen, U.S. resident alien or a U.S. national for you to be eligible for the child tax credit. To pass the residency test, you need to prove the child lived with you for more than half of the tax year in which you're claiming the credit. There are several exceptions to this rule. If you're divorced or separated, check the IRS' website and read Form 1040, lines 51 and 6c or Form 1040-A, lines 33 and 6c for more details on what the residency exceptions are in this instance.
The last test for eligibility is the family income test. For the 2017and 2018 tax years, the modified adjusted gross income thresholds are $55,000 for married filing separately, $75,000 if you're filing as single, head of household or a qualifying widow/er and $110,00 for married filing jointly status. For every $1,000 you earn above this threshold, your tax credit is reduced by $50.
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As an extra virgin quality oil, cold pressed rapeseed oil is best used cold for dipping homemade breads, dressing salads and making marinades, dips, sauces and mayonnaise. However, the added benefit of a high smoke/flash point of means that it can also be used to roast, bake and fry.
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Capes on Camera: "The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened?" Is a Fascinating Story Unevenly Told
Will Standish / March 2, 2016
In the years since the project was scrapped, Superman Lives has become the Jodorowsky's Dune of the superhero set: a dauntingly ambitious film helmed by a distinctive director featuring the input of a truly diverse array of artists that ultimately bit the dust before cameras started rolling. Slated for release in 1998, Superman Lives was set to be directed by Tim Burton and star Nicolas Cage as Superman. Screenwriters were possibly instructed that 1. Superman couldn't fly 2. Superman couldn't wear his regular costume and 3. Superman had to fight a giant spider in the third act. It had upwards of three writers, countless designers and artists, and ever-worsening odds of ever seeing the light of day.
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The cumbersomely named The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?– directed by John Schnepp and released in 2015 following a Kickstarter campaign– tries to sort through pre-production designs, rumors, and conflicting stories to get to the truth behind the greatest superhero movie never made. But while the saga of Superman Lives is fascinating, the documentary exploring it gets a little messy.
Structure proves to be the kryptonite of The Death of "Superman Lives". Organized primarily around interviews with the project's creative and production team (Cage, sadly, only appears in archival footage), the documentary flows loosely as Schnepp's interviews with Tim Burton, Kevin Smith, and others continue. The result is that points and anecdotes get reiterated throughout the documentary. While there's a number of interviews with a variety of artists, costume designers, and other creatives who shaped the film, the structure is largely dictated by lengthy blocks of interview with Smith, Burton, and Superman Lives producer Jon Peters; blocks that all too frequently framed in a static one-shot of Schnepp and his subject interjected with occasional stills. This trend gets shaken up in parts, such as when conflicting stories of the production from Smith and Peters are intertwined, pointing to a twisty, utterly bizarre pre-production. There's a playfulness to the editing and framing that's missing when the interviewees go on for paragraphs at a time.
What's frustrating about this is that Death of "Superman Lives" is wonderful at its most creative. Interspersed throughout the documentary are animations, live-action recreations, and clever graphics that help bring Superman Lives to life. An animated segment illustrates a pitched scene in which Brainiac (potentially played by Christopher Walken) sieges Superman's Fortress of Solitude, but must face down a pair of polar bears first. A few scenes are created in glorious low-budget splendor, rendering what already may have been as strange as superhero movies get even more bizarre and silly. These scenes are creative and break up the monotony of lengthy talking head interviews. The opening credits begin with a close-up on the face of comic writer/ chaos magician Grant Morrison set against an ocean of stars as he discusses the origins of Superman, which is how I believe all movies should begin from now on. These moments are creative and tell the story of this doomed movie with wit and elevate the doc above the conventions of the genre.
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The true stars of Death of "Superman Lives" is the pre-production artwork. The story is told through its props, design sketches, and models, each revealing an ever-changing vision. The documentary succeeds in turning the camera towards the behind-the-scenes players whose work makes up the body of what we really know about Superman Lives, corroborating the anecdotes of Burton, Smith, and Peters. Hearing these artists talk about their work and the concepts they helped create reveals the spark of creativity and passion below the surface of script changes and the finicky whims of producers. Nicolas Cage, adorned in a rubber suit and sporting a truly concerning wig might be the image conjured when people talk about this movie, but the work of these artists that made it possible.
The Death of "Superman Lives" is a fascinating story of artists and producers trying to reinvent the superhero movie that's told in a mild way. Bursting with potential, a lack of organization and over-reliance on mid-shot interviews makes an inherently interesting story uninteresting to watch.
March 2, 2016 in Capes on Camera, Movie Review. Tags: Comic Book Movie, DC Comics, Documentary, john schnepp, kevin smith, Nicolas Cage, superheroes, Superman, the death of superman lives: what happened?, Tim Burton, Will Standish
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They should have done a full length ultra-low budget version of the entire film, following the script and storyboards as closely as possible. Starring a crummy Nic Cage lookalike/impersonator.

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Donald Trump said Thursday his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen was a "weak person" who was lying to get a reduced sentence after the fixer admitted misleading Congress over the Russia investigation.
Washington: US President Donald Trump said Thursday his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen was a "weak person" who was lying to get a reduced sentence after the fixer admitted misleading Congress over the Russia investigation. "He is a weak person. And what he is trying to do is get a reduced sentence. So he is lying about a project that everybody knew about," Trump told reporters at the White House.


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CPI to launch common footprint quality standard for UK's fresh produce industry
Trade association Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has announced the corrugated common footprint quality (CFQ) standard for the UK's fresh produce industry.
Trade association Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has announced the corrugated common footprint quality (CFQ) standard for the UK's fresh produce industry.
The proposed CFQ standard seeks to provide safe and high-performance corrugated packaging for fruit and vegetables.
CPI comprises recovered paper merchants, paper and board manufacturers and converters, corrugated packaging producers, and makers of soft tissue papers.
The standard also aims to improve the efficiency of the fresh produce supply chain by allowing common footprint trays from different suppliers to be stacked safely and quickly.
The initiative will maximise space in both storage and shipping.
CPI is also collaborating with its European counterpart for establishing its own CFQ, with plans to introduce the standard later this year.
Confederation of Paper Industries packaging affairs director Andy Barnetson said: "The CFQ standard is another initiative by the industry aimed at retaining corrugated's position as the packaging material of choice in the 21st Century.
"The mark will be an assurance that fruit and veg are suitably protected through the supply chain.
"The mark will be an assurance that fruit and veg are suitably protected through the supply chain."
"Corrugated packaging's ability to adapt to all shapes and sizes, its greater protective qualities and how it has evolved from a conventional brown box into a marketing tool thanks to the development of attractive shelf ready packaging (SRP), gives growers improved saleability for their products."
CPI noted that fresh produce requires packaging that provides cushioning, ventilation, strength, moisture resistance and protection.
Corrugated packaging is said to provide these benefits and more than 80% of it is recycled, making the product sustainable.
Spain's Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers of Almeria (COEXPHAL) has found that corrugated board has less impact on the environment than reusable crates, minimises contamination risks, and prolongs the shelf life of fruit and vegetables.
Image: CPI to introduce common footprint quality standard to ensure safe and high-performance corrugated packaging for fruit and vegetables. Photo: courtesy of Confederation of Paper Industries.
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Gosnell Trial
Ethics Hero: Marc Lamont Hill
April 17, 2013 / Jack Marshall	/ 12 Comments
Marc Lamont Hill—biased journalist, honest man.
While much of the mainstream news media has been floating rationalizations and excuses for its failure to cover the Gosnell trial, a cynical process nicely dissected by James Taranto here, at least one liberal commentator has the integrity to admit the obvious. He is the Huffington Post's Marc Lamont Hill, and on a live webcast, he said this:
"For what it's worth, I do think that those of us on the left have made a decision not to cover this trial because we worry that it'll compromise abortion rights. Whether you agree with abortion or not, I do think there's a direct connection between the media's failure to cover this and our own political commitments on the left. I think it's a bad idea, I think it's dangerous, but I think that's the way it is." Continue reading →
Unethical Quote of the Week: David Drumm
April 15, 2013 / Jack Marshall	/ 3 Comments
"Gosnell is on trial for 7 counts of first-degree murder regarding the deaths of seven babies, and one count of third-degree murder for the death of a female patient. Many conservatives pundits think there should be greater media coverage. Be careful what you wish for."
–—David Drumm, guest blogger on Jonathan Turley's "Res Ipsa Loquitur," arguing that scrutiny of the facts behind the Gosnell late-term abortion murder trial will show that pro-life protestors at Planned Parenthood clinics forced some women to enter Dr. Gosnell's "house of horrors," so conservatives should be eager to suppress the ugly story, just as the main stream media has done to avoid sparking an emotional national debate over the realities of abortion.
I'll put up a more flattering photo, Professor Turley, when you stop letting unethical people write on your blog.
A statement like Drumm's above is signature significance. I don't need to read another word to know that this is a commentator driven by politics and tactics rather than principle. Why is someone like this guest blogging on Jonathan Turley's website? Turley is a legal scholar, an ethics expert, and everything Drumm is clearly not. He does not take knee-jerk ideological positions; his commentary is not partisan, and he is a civil libertarian. Civil libertarians do not endorse media manipulation of the news in the pursuit of partisan agendas, which is exactly what Drumm does here. Continue reading →
Wikipedia Ethics And The Gosnell Trial
Ah, sunlight! When all the machinations are revealed, it's a lot harder to get away with being unethical.
Apparently Wikipedia almost joined the media outlets operating a cover-up of the Gosnell baby-killing trial. For a while a debate raged on the site, with an editor advocating that the article about the abortion doctor at the center of the horrific allegations and testimony be deleted entirely, because Gosnell's trial is only a "local multiple-murder story in Pennsylvania." Yes, and the Newtown murders are just a multiple-murder story in Connecticut. Outright hoaxes stay on the site for years, puff piece entries on virtual non-entities and insignificant organizations clog it, but a case with major policy implications bearing on a contentious national, bioethics and human rights issue of long-standing isn't worthy of a page? The editor in this case, whoever he is, is too biased and incompetent to hold the position. Had his argument prevailed, Wikipedia's credibility and perceived trustworthiness would have been severely diminished, for an encyclopedia cannot have an ideological agenda, and the desire to marginalize the Gosnell story is smoking-gun proof of one.
Luckily, Wikipedia got it right in the end, and the article survived. What saved Wiki was transparency. The argument about the Gosnell article was open and public, and ethics always benefits when transparency reigns. You would think that would be one of the news media's mottos…but not, apparently, when it means letting the public know how it is that certain stories get buried, marginalized and ignored.
(The mainstream media, not surprisingly, didn't cover the Wikipedia debate, either.)
Sources: Daily Caller1, Daily Caller2, Newsbusters
Hiding Sandy Hook: The Gosnell Trial, Double Standards, Abortion, And Journalistic Malpractice
April 14, 2013 April 14, 2013 / Jack Marshall	/ 49 Comments
Have you heard about the Gosnell trial?
The reserved press section at the Gosnell trial, because, apparently, baby-killing is no longer news in America.
Neither had I until recently, and there's a reason for that: the news media doesn't want you to hear about it. Not just the news media, however; elected public officials, advocacy organizations, bloggers and social media-users apparently don't want you to know about the trial either, because it graphically and sickeningly exposes the ugly and brutal side of abortion, which owes its continuing legal status and public support to the avoidance of inconvenient truths.
Imagine, if you will, a Sandy Hook massacre that the national media and politicians decided to ignore as a "local story," because they knew it would spark a national debate over gun control. Imagine Piers Morgan, CNN, Andrea Mitchell, Chris Matthews, Fox News and the rest scrupulously concentrating on other news stories so what they believed would pose a possible threat to Second Amendment rights would "blow over" without leaving any mark on public opinion. Imagine all of these and more concluding that the incident would be hyped and shamelessly exploited by anti-gun advocates, perhaps leading to a tipping point in societal attitudes toward gun violence, so in order to prevent this possibility, the story, and the deaths of the children, were deliberately marginalized and kept out of the public eye. Would that trouble you? Anger you? Frighten you? Would it cause you to worry that our democracy is becoming a sham, with fact and truth being manipulated so that our Constitutional rights of self-government were a sham and an illusion?
I am angry, troubled and frightened, because this is exactly what is occurring regarding the Gosnell trial. The only difference is that it is abortion, rather than guns, that unethical journalists and unethical public officials are protecting by employing a blatant double standard. Continue reading →


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Nasdaq Launches Global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting Guide for Companies
NEW YORK, May 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced the launch of its new global environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting guide to support public and private companies. The 2019 ESG Reporting Guide includes the latest third-party reporting methodologies widely adopted by the industry, and aims to help companies navigate the evolving standards on ESG data disclosure, regardless of geography or market capitalization.
"ESG data points have become essential tools, not only for investors seeking performance indicators, but also for companies trying to increase operational efficiency, decrease resource dependency, and attract a new generation of empowered workers," said Nelson Griggs, President of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. "Our global ESG Reporting Guide is intended to serve as a resource for today's corporate leaders to create a world in which all market participants are able to share in economic opportunities."
The global version of the ESG Reporting Guide is based on three key developments:
The rise of new reporting frameworks, including the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals;
Guidance and best practices provide by the World Federation of Exchanges; and
The results of Nasdaq's year-long ESG reporting pilot program
"Our expanded ESG Reporting Guide integrates the latest reporting standards and long-term-focused methodologies and aims to further encourage companies in addressing critical ESG matters, such as capital markets and investor strategy, talent acquisition and retention, and supply chain oversight and responsibility," said Evan Harvey, Global Head of Sustainability, Nasdaq. "Our team remains fully committed to taking a leading role in facilitating ESG practices, disclosures, and dialogue between investors and companies."
Introduced by Nasdaq in March 2017, the ESG Reporting Guide was originally developed to support Nasdaq's Nordic and Baltic companies in their search for a more meaningful and sustainable connection with investors. ESG reporting is encouraged but not a formal listing requirement on Nasdaq's exchanges, and use of the Nasdaq ESG Reporting Guide is a completely voluntary initiative. It is not intended to compete with, supersede, or supplement any existing ESG reporting framework – but rather acts as an informal reference guide for companies looking to leverage ESG reporting as a way to improve operations, enhance strategy, broaden risk oversight, or engage with new investors.
To learn more about Nasdaq's corporate responsibility and sustainability commitments, visit: https://business.nasdaq.com/discover/corporate-responsibility-and-sustainability/index.html.
About Nasdaq:
Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a leading global provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 100 marketplaces in 50 countries. Nasdaq is home to over 4,000 total listings with a market value of approximately $14 trillion. To learn more, visit business.nasdaq.com.
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What Are The Major Advantages Of A Business Phone System Installation in Plainfield, IN?
In Indiana, local companies need the right phone systems to fulfill their communications requirements. These systems provide a network-based opportunity that provides them with a more effective telephony system. The following are the major advantages of choosing a network-based Phone System Installation in Plainfield IN over standard options.
The network-based telephony system provides crisper, clearer sound. This prevents any possible communication issues that could lead to misunderstanding. Effective communication in business is invaluable. These telephony systems enable effective communication without static or disconnections.
The network-based phone systems are protected by the same security scheme used for the network. This prevents outsiders from gaining access to confidential business communications. They cannot connect to the phone system and overhear any information shared between the company and their clients or business partners. This also prevents them from gaining access to personal information such as credit card information or other personal data shared during these communications.
The telephony systems offer voicemail to email transfers. As voicemail messages are recorded, they are transposed to digital messages. This enables clearer communications and immediate access to these messages via the individual's email account. This provides the company with convenient services that each worker can access through their mobile devices that connect to the network. This helps them manage client requests quickly without significant delays. They won't have to wait until they are in the office to acquire these messages.
Disaster recovery opportunities are also available with these options. The network-based option allows the company to connect throughout their provider instead of on-site connections. This helps them maintain steady communications with clients in the event that their building is damaged during a natural disaster.
In Indiana, companies gain more advantages by using network-based telephony systems. These systems allow them to connect via network options that provide improved sound and quality. They provide additional features such as voicemail to email capabilities. They also gain access to disaster recovery options. Companies that are ready to install a phone system installation in Plainfield IN contact ICS Networking for more information now.


The cryptocurrency industry has created many ways for people to earn money. However, there was little regulation in the market in the early days. Because of this, crypto became a way for criminals to hide their activities. The lack of regulations in the crypto-verse has also caused investors to lose a lot of money through scams and hacks. As a result, governments around the world have been trying to come up with tax laws and ways to control the market.
Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that work without control of central banks. An unknown person called Satoshi Nakamoto created the first digital currency in 2009. He named it Bitcoin (BTC). Bitcoin was almost worthless at the start.
As time passed, it's worth grew to reach unheard-of levels. It got more fans over time, causing its price to go close to $20,000 in 2017. This surge brought big profits to early adopters.
According to a report by Forbes, some of the wealthiest people in the crypto sector include Chris Larsen, Changpeng Zhao, Joseph Lubin, the Winklevoss twins, Brian Armstrong, and Michael Novogratz.
Other people used Satoshi's idea to Bitcoin-like currencies. In so doing, they led to the birth of altcoins. These became well-known over time and in December 2017, their prices also soared to surprising levels.
This gain in this relatively new market saw the holders of digital currencies make big profits. Examples of the best altcoins in today's crypto market are Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and Litecoin (LTC).
Some cryptos are mined, while others are pre-mined. There are different Bitcoin and altcoin miners in today's market.
Satoshi was the first person to mine Bitcoin. Other individuals learned about the activity and started mining it as well. The early Bitcoin miners got 50 BTC for mining one block of data. Every four years after BTC's, launch the mining reward drops by 50% in a process known as halving. Miners get 12.5 BTC for mining one block today.
Income tax. It refers to individuals who receive Bitcoin or other cryptos as income.
Company tax. It applies to big firms that deal with significant sums of crypto.
Capital gains tax. This applies to traders that have invested in crypto intending to earn profits.
Various regions and nations treat Bitcoin and other digital coins in distinct ways. While some view digital currencies positively, others have banned them.
The European Union (EU) has not given any crypto laws, and its stand on the subject is unknown. The lack of central guidance has seen the EU member countries come up with individual rules.
Finland views crypto as financial services. The country does not have crypto taxation laws as it views Bitcoin as a good, not a currency.
Belgium does not have crypto taxation rules. Its citizens can trade crypto without paying taxes. However, people who get most of their income from crypto can be subject to a 25% to 50% on top of local taxes.
Cyprus does not regulate or control crypto. Its residents can trade them freely.
The United Kingdom (UK) supports Bitcoin and other cryptos. However, the crypto sector falls under some taxation laws.
Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency (NRA) has crypto taxation laws that regulate the use of these currencies in the nation.
Germany is crypto-friendly. However, German law taxes depend on whether the taxman is dealing with exchanges, miners, users, or businesses.
Nigeria allows its residents to own and trade in crypto. However, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently stated that citizens should be careful when dealing with them. It added that it could not regulate Bitcoin.
South Africa classifies crypto as legal, intangible assets. Therefore, holders are required to pay taxes on the assets. However, the VAT status of the coins in the country is unknown.
The United States has government bodies such as the SEC and the CFTC to provide oversight on crypto. It aims to reduce illegal payments involving Bitcoin. Big firms such as the Dish Network, Subway and Microsoft accept crypto payments. Crypto is also available on US derivatives markets such as the CBOE.
FinCEN, an arm of the US Department of Treasury, has been giving Bitcoin advice to create awareness. The US considers crypto exchanges as money services businesses (MSBs). The IRS also views Bitcoin as a property. The coin is subject to crypto taxation laws.
Canada has a positive attitude towards crypto. Just like the US, Canada has agencies that make sure its residents do not use crypto for money laundering. The Canada Revenue Authority (CRA) views crypto as goods.
In simpler words, Canada considers digital asset payments as barter trades. Consequently, all money from crypto payments is business income. Taxation also depends on whether a citizen has a buying-selling enterprise or only has interests in investing.
The CRA requires buyers that buy and hold crypto to pay a 50% capital gains tax. In Canada, crypto exchanges are money service businesses (MSBs) and are under the anti-money laundering (AML) laws.
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) needs all crypto exchanges to report all suspicious transactions, keep records, and observe the country's rules.
France charges its citizens high taxes for trading in crypto. The government taxes single transactions by 19% and a social contribution of 17.2%, amounting to 36.2%. Speculators and miners pay as much as 45%.
Companies pay 33% for all profits they make. The buying or selling of crypto in France does not attract VAT.
The Dutch government considers digital currencies as barter items. This allows the nation's citizens to trade without the need for licenses.
The Netherlands taxes crypto holders according to their basic income tax rates. The Netherlands does not apply VAT to crypto.
Italy does not have set rules for taxing crypto. However, Italians who participate in speculative trading have to pay 25% of their profits.
The government considers residents to be speculative traders if they hold more than €51,000 for seven successive days. This limit means that the law does not apply to a significant portion of crypto holders in the country.
Switzerland views crypto as foreign currencies. The country applies the Swiss Wealth Tax on all crypto payment. The nation is working on a complex system for taxing cryptos in the future. The law also requires citizens holding digital currencies to file their returns each year.
Australia views cryptos as any other currency. The country lets companies engage in all activities involving cryptos. Australia's financial regulators monitor crypto transaction to reduce cases of money laundering and terrorist financing.
Sweden's crypto laws are similar to those of the US and the UK. The government views all cryptos sold at a profit as taxable events. Crypto businesses and miners in the country fall under the same laws as other business. Consequently, they have to pay income tax. The country's citizens only pay VAT when using cryptos as legal tender.
Japan's financial regulator views cryptos as commodities. The country's government removed the 8% consumption tax on cryptos in July 2017. However, the country's citizens pay income tax, capital gains tax, and company tax.
South Korea's financial watchdogs are weighing which taxation models to add. The country seeks to choose between VAT, gift taxes, income tax, and capital gains tax.
According to Israel law, cryptos are assets. Consequently, crypto holders must pay capital gains taxes.
Venezuelan citizens must pay taxes for owning and using cryptos. According to the government, it added taxation rules in cryptos to help raise funds.
Although the use of cryptos is legal in a lot of countries worldwide, some states take their price instability very seriously. Other nations are against the use of digital currencies because they think of them as threats to traditional financial systems.
The Chinese government has banned cryptos. The country does not allow crypto exchanges to provide services to its citizens. It has also prohibited banks from trading with crypto companies.
The Russian government does not regulate cryptos. However, it does not allow its citizens to use cryptos for buying goods or services.
Vietnam does not have crypto taxation laws. However, the Vietnamese government states that cryptos are not real currencies.
In South America, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Columbia do not allow the use of cryptos as investments or as a currency for buying items.
Algeria prohibits the use of cryptos as they lack the backing of physical currencies such as coins, notes, or cheques.
Egypt operates under Islam law, and its primary Islamic legislator gave a religious decree noting that the Islamic law considers cryptos illegal (Haram).
In 2017, the exchange office of Morocco announced that cryptos break its regulations and that participating in any crypto activities would attract penalties and fines.
Although the crypto sector is more than a decade old, a lot of countries do not have laws or regulations that govern the industry. Many governments consider regulating the crypto industry difficult due to its decentralized nature.
Stay in touch! We are soon to publish an article answering some of the frequently asked questions about crypto taxes.
Is there a need to regulate cryptocurrencies?


Assertion (A): Ecotourism respects the environment and encourages and promotes the well-being of local people.
Reason (R): Mass tourism may not do this.
Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation.
Assertion (A): Pleasing weather is an important element of tourism.
Reason (R): Tourists from countries with extreme weather visit hill stations and beaches in search of fine weather and sunshine.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation.
A and R are wrong.
"God's Earth in all its fullness and beauty is for the people." Who said this?
Assertion (A): Tourism results in the transformation of cultural events into commercialized products.
Reason (R): Technology has made travel and correspondence quicker and easier.
A and R are true and R is the correct explanation.
A is correct, but R is wrong.
A is wrong, but R is correct.
Assertion (A): Goods are durable, services are perishable.
Reason (R): Goods are produced; services are done through buyer-seller interactions.
Which of the following is not a stage of team development?
Attitudes are largely shaped by personal beliefs and values.
Employee work place attitude are fairly stable overtime and slow to change.
Managers can correctly attribute poor employee behaviour to lack of motivation.
Adult learners seek skill and knowledge that they can apply to their work or used to further their career.
1, 2, 3 are correct.
2, 3, 4 are correct.
1, 2, 4 are correct.
Which of the following is not correctly stated?
A strategy is a plan of action.
A system is a linking of organisation components.
A process is a flow of interrelated events towards a goal.
Quality is the degree of productivity.
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Which one of the following pairs is not correct matched?
Which one of the fort made of bricks?
The archaeological site – Nagarjunkonda is located on the bank of which river?
Pavilion in Shah Jahan's Delhi palace known as the hall of distinction, today it is popularly called the Rang Mahal.
Large hall for celebrations of Muharram.
Hall for celebration of Eid.
Which one of following pairs is not correctly matched?
Which one of the following pair is correctly matched?
Which is a Greenfield airport?
In which year Air India and Indian Airlines merged as NACIL?
Which event is associated with Centenary year of Civil Aviation?
Maiden flight of JRD Tata from Karachi to Bombay.
Calculate the flying time a flight leaves Ho Chi Minh City ( + 00700 Hrs) at 2005 Hrs and arrives Frankfurt ( + 0100 Hrs) at 0615 next day.
2 bags (pieces) where the total of the 3 dimensions for both bags does not exceed 273 cms.
2 bags (pieces) where the total of the 3 dimensions for both bags does not exceed 158 cms.
2 bags (pieces) where the total of the 3 dimensions for both bags does not exceed 115 cms.
2 bags (pieces) where the total of the 3 dimensions for both bags does not exceed 315 cms.
Immigration check is done for all passengers, Indian or foreigners at the time of arrival and departure.
Immigration check is done for Indians at the time of departure.
Immigration check is done for foreigners at the time of arrival.
Immigration check is done randomly.
Assertion (A): Bermuda Agreement between UK and USA is the basis of bilateral agreements among nations in the field of civil aviation.
Reason (R): It was signed in 1945.
A is true, but R is true.
Which of the following is the leading International healthcare accrediting agency?
Assertion (A): In India both tour operators and travel agents assemble and sell tour packages.
Reason (R): Tour operators are wholesalers and travel agents are retailers.
Both A & R are true, but R is not the correct explanation.
Which group of sequential itinerary is/are correct?
1, 3 & 4 are correct.
2, 3 & 4 are correct.
1 & 2 are correct.
It is a tendency of the buyer to purchase the cheapest brand available in the market.
It is the pre-purchase research activity carried out by a prospective customer.
Discomfort caused by post purchase conflict.
It is the set of the bargaining tools that a buyer uses to get the best deal from the seller.
Which of the following is considered as a challenge faced by destination marketer?
Assertion (A): Motivation in research is desire to get a research degree along with its consequential benefits.
Reason (R): Research relies on experience or observation alone.
Which one of the following is not a non-parametric?
The following statement concerning the grapevine is not correct?
Grapevine generally is irregularly used in organizations.
A grapevine can and often does generate harmful rumours.
The grapevine is used largely to serve the self-interests of the people within it.
In time and with proper pressure, the grapevine can be eliminated.
Which of the following is not a fixed cost?
India is a member of the Executive Council of UNWTO continuously since how many years?
1 & 2 is correct.
1 and 3 are correct.
Visa on arrival scheme on India is not extended to the citizens of which country?
The online travel company has brought about remarkable changes in the travel trade business in the last one decade. Both online travel agents and the users of travel services are being benefited, resulting in many traditional travel companies moving to on-line portal to reach out the mass markets. In the cutthroat competition, majority of them have not even reached the break-even point due to the more bargaining power of customers and principal service providers. Barring a selected few on-line travel companies other best performers are finding difficult to overcome the chronic problems of making customer satisfied by adopting pricing and cost strategies.
Under this circumstance, XYZ consultant was appointed to prepare a research report on the problems that largely affected the on-line travel companies to reach at break-even point. The consulting firm submitted the report after making both qualitative and quantitative research studies. The study included well-structured open ended and close-ended questions along with demographic and independent statements pertaining to the research problems. The consulting firm used the hypothesis to test the differences between the users and non-users of services; lower-middle-higher income group; educated-non-educated, public private jobs; business-leisure travel; budget-high-end spenders.
The questionnaire also contained ordinal scale with likert type to elicit opinions from a sample of 5000 respondents from 20 cities comprising big metro cities. The consultant submitted the report with many suggestions.
Which one of the following research method was adopted in the first stage to explore the problem?
Which one of the hypothesis test is appropriate for the users and no-users of service?
Which one of the appropriate analysis may be used to draw logical conclusion of the statement type question in likert scale?
Which one of the following is the standard level of testing the significance of hypothesis test?
Numerous fully-solved NTA-NET Tourism Paper-II questions (including prior year problems) with detailed illustrated explanations: practice and you won't miss a single question in real exam.


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Q: Access - Searching through two identical table structures I currently have two identical tables (As far as columns) in my access database. I setup a form that allows a user to enter an ID and search through ONE of the tables.
I am trying to have it search through a second table as well, but my query doesn't return results from BOTH tables. I am only able to retrieve results from the first table.
I used query design to build my query which was basically just selecting the table I need and bringing down all the fields in the criteria section. When I tried to build the second query, I selected both tables and matched the ID's from both tables, but the results were not correct (ID existed in both tables, but only showed ID from one table).
Private Sub cmdSearch_Click()
    If Nz(comboID, "") <> "" Then
        'DoCmd.OpenQuery "Inquiries Query", acViewNormal, acReadOnly
         DoCmd.OpenQuery "both tables", acViewNormal, acReadOnly
    Else
      '  If Nz(txtReportDate, "") = "" Then
        MsgBox "NOTICE! Please enter a ID"
        Exit Sub

    End If
End Sub

A: I think what you want is a union all query.
"SELECT * FROM Table1 WHERE ID = " & comboID.value & _
"UNION ALL SELECT * FROM Table2 WHERE ID = " & comboID.value & ";"

This would runs two separate select queries and combine all the columns that are the same.
Note: if you have the exact same record in both tables it will show up twice.

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package xworker.swt.xwidgets;

import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabFolder;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabItem;
import org.xmeta.ActionContext;
import org.xmeta.Thing;
import org.xmeta.World;
import org.xmeta.util.UtilMap;

import ognl.OgnlException;
import xworker.lang.executor.Executor;
import xworker.swt.ActionContainer;
import xworker.swt.design.Designer;
import xworker.swt.util.SwtUtils;

public class DemoSWT {
	private static final String TAG = DemoSWT.class.getName();

	public static Object create(ActionContext actionContext) throws OgnlException{
		Thing self = (Thing) actionContext.get("self");

		//要演示的事物
		//Object com = UtilData.getData(self, "composite", actionContext);
		Thing comThing = (Thing) self.doAction("getComposite", actionContext);
		/*
		if(com instanceof Thing){
			comThing = (Thing) com;
		}else if(com instanceof String){
			comThing = World.getInstance().getThing((String) com);
		}
		if(comThing == null){
			comThing = self.getThing("Composite@0");
		}*/

		//创建演示的TabFolder
		Thing tabThing = World.getInstance().getThing("xworker.swt.xwidgets.DemoSWT/@demoTabFolder");
		ActionContext ac = new ActionContext();
		ac.put("parent", actionContext.get("parent"));
		Object tabFolder = null;
		Designer.pushCreator(self);
		try{
			tabFolder =	tabThing.doAction("create", ac);
		}finally{
			Designer.popCreator();
		}
		//创建子节点
		actionContext.peek().put("parent", tabFolder);
		for(Thing child : self.getChilds()){
			child.doAction("create", actionContext);
		}

		//演示的动作集
		ActionContainer actions = (ActionContainer) ac.get("actions");
		if(comThing != null){
			actions.doAction("setComposite", ac, UtilMap.toMap("composite", comThing));
		}

		Designer.attachCreator((Control) tabFolder, self.getMetadata().getPath(), actionContext);
		actionContext.getScope(0).put(self.getMetadata().getName(), actions);
		return tabFolder;
	}

	public static void updateButtonSelection(ActionContext actionContext){
		ActionContext thingEditor = (ActionContext) actionContext.get("thingEditor");
		Composite demoComposite = (Composite) actionContext.get("demoComposite");
		Thing compositeThing = (Thing) actionContext.get("compositeThing");
		TabItem demoTabItem = (TabItem) actionContext.get("demoTabItem");
		TabFolder demoTabFolder = (TabFolder) actionContext.get("demoTabFolder");

		//先保存事物
		ActionContainer editorActions = (ActionContainer) thingEditor.get("editorActions");
		editorActions.doAction("save");

		//先清除原有的控件
		for(Control child : demoComposite.getChildren()){
		    child.dispose();
		}

		//创建Composite
		ActionContext ac = new ActionContext();
		ac.put("parent", demoComposite);
		compositeThing.doAction("create", ac);

		demoTabItem.setText(compositeThing.getMetadata().getLabel());

		demoComposite.layout();
		demoComposite.getParent().layout();

		demoTabFolder.setSelection(0);
	}

	public static void setComposite(ActionContext actionContext){
		World world = World.getInstance();
		Object composite = actionContext.get("composite");
		Composite demoComposite = (Composite) actionContext.get("demoComposite");
		TabItem demoTabItem = (TabItem) actionContext.get("demoTabItem");
		ActionContext thingEditor = (ActionContext) actionContext.get("thingEditor");

		Thing thing = null;
		if(composite instanceof String){
		    thing = world.getThing((String) composite);
		}else if(composite instanceof Thing){
			thing = (Thing) composite;
		}

		if(thing == null){
		    Executor.warn(TAG, "DemoSWT: composite thing is null, path=" + composite);
		    return;
		}

		//先清除原有的控件
		for(Control child  : demoComposite.getChildren()){
			try {
				child.dispose();
			}catch(Throwable t) {
				//在Eclipse的RWT下有时候会出错
			}
		}

		//创建Composite
		ActionContext ac = new ActionContext();
		ac.put("parent", demoComposite);
		thing.doAction("create", ac);
		SwtUtils.checkLayoutError(demoComposite);

		demoTabItem.setText(thing.getMetadata().getLabel());

		//在编辑器中编辑事物
		ActionContainer editorActions = (ActionContainer) thingEditor.get("editorActions");
		editorActions.doAction("setThing", UtilMap.toMap("thing",  thing));

		actionContext.getScope(0).put("compositeThing", thing);

		demoComposite.layout();
		demoComposite.getParent().layout();
	}
}

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The Odd World Info
All about wonderful places, tourist attractions, cultures, mysteries, legends, folktales and interesting stories
THE ABANDONED BOUNTY BEACH CLUB
Photo: https://pixabay.com/photos/bali-beach-travel-boats-vacations-237196/
The Bounty Beach Bungalow Resort located on Gili Meno Island was very famous in the early 2000s. A lot of tourists went there to spend their vacations as it offered the guests excellent services and facilities.
It was the place where people could feel at one with nature. They felt that they were free from the burdens of life while looking at the birds flew over the sea and listening to the sound of waves crashing on the beach. It was far away from the crowd and no one would come to bother them.
Now, it is abandoned by its owner and it becomes unoccupied. Tourists are reluctant to go there. As it lacks maintenance, many parts of the buildings start deteriorating. Only some weird guys who are fond of horror go to spend their holidays at this awful place.
You may go by ferry, speedboat or airplane from Bali. When you arrive, the inhabitants will be very glad to take you to that abandoned bungalow resort. Of course, you need to pay them some money and they will serve you as if you were a king or queen. Perhaps they won't accompany you to stay there very long because many of them are still superstitious.
The Bounty Beach Club Bungalow Resort ceased operations in 2002, perhaps the Bali bombings had ruined the business. Rumour has it the owner of the resort died mysteriously and abnormally. Some say that a ghost seized his neck like that of a goose till the end of his breath.
The spirit of the dead owner has never rested in peace and often appears in the form that is extremely terrible and scary. Some guys who stayed there heard the severe cough of a sick man. It was heard as Uhuk ……...Uhuk…………. Ehm ……… Ehm ……….Ehm …………. It was like someone suffering from highly contagious tuberculosis.
The Bounty Beach Club of today is very quiet and miserable. If you're lucky, you'll meet one or two tourists who are interested in observing eerie places. Possibly they are the professors or students of spiritual metaphysics who go there to complete their assignments.
Grass grows around the swimming pool and frogs might jump out of their hiding place while you come closer. The rain water which remains in the pool is an ideal habitat for mosquitoes to lay eggs.
Possibly the anopheles mosquitoes also live around the swimming pool, waiting for someone coming to look at the dirty water. That's why it is recommended that you shouldn't visit this location in the rainy season.
There is a dark corridor behind the swimming pool. You will sense that someone in the dark is watching you if you keep looking through the corridor. You'll get goosebumps and your scalp thickens.
Some tourists who were fond of horror tour claimed that they had seen the apparition of the owner of the resort standing in the dark corridor. He looked as though he was willing to tell them a secret.
However, the spirit was too ugly and dreadful and he scared away the people he was willing to communicate with. They didn't have the guts to interact with such an incorporeal spirit.
Beach Ghost
THE JELANGKUNG GAME
Jelangkung or Jailangkung is a very old game that has existed for at least 1500 years. In Belitung, such game is played in a full moon night. Young people like it a lot because they will be able to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
Before the game starts, they should prepare a wooden doll. The jelangkung doll is made of a coconut half-shell and two wooden sticks.
First, draw a face on the coconut shell and tie the wooden sticks to make a cross. The coconut shell needs to be attached to the cross, and then tie a pen or marker at the lower end of the wooden cross. Afterwards, put a bunch of keys on the neck of the doll and dress it with used clothes.
Such game is usually played by three or four people. They go to find a quiet place, so that nobody will disturb them when the game is going on.
In the moonlight, they take out the glutinous rice, cakes, tea or arrack and put them on the ground. After burning kemenyan (incense), two people stand on the left and right holding the je…
THE MYTH OF THE GHOST AMBULANCE
Bandung is the capital of West Java province. Besides heavy traffic and glamorous nightlife, it has a lot of urban legends. One of the popular creepy stories is the Ghost Ambulance.
People love reading modern horror because they feel as if they were experiencing all the scary events in the books they're reading. It's so enjoyable while you're reading your ghost story at midnight on the weekend. It will be more challenging to read on Friday the 13th night.
Rumor has it that a Dutch family got a car accident and all the family members died on the spot. An ambulance took the dead bodies to the funeral home. The next day, the ambulance was parked in front of the late family's house. The ambulance was taken back to the hospital several times, but it kept returning to the same place by itself.
Another story tells that the ambulance was a minibus before it was modified. The hospital bought it from a mechanic. However, the machine didn't work after the vehicle was taken to the hospital. Ther…
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Djiman Tendra
My name is Djiman Tendra and I am from Indonesia. I was born in a little town a long way from the city. I live and teach Mandarin in Jakarta now. Once in a while, I go back to my hometown on vacation. It's a beautiful place where I can admire the beauty of nature and stay away from the tumult and uproar of city life. My hobbies are traveling, listening to music, reading, learning languages and sport. Meditation is also one of the activities I like as it is able to release tension and bring harmony to the mind and body. Writing in different languages can have different sensations. That's why I keep on doing it in my spare time. All that I would like to say is "Learning languages can add more colors to a person's life."
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One-Touch 2-Factor Authentication(2FA)
Brett Maverick Musser
What is it and How do I setup One-Touch 2-Factor Authentication (2FA)?
Two-factor authentication (commonly known as 2FA) is a way of confirming a user's identity by utilizing a combination of two different factors. An everyday example of this is using an ATM. When a person wishes to use an ATM they insert their card and are asked for their PIN. The card is the first factor and the PIN is the second.
When an Airbitz user enables our One Touch 2FA, with a tap of a button our architecture makes it such that only that specific device will be able to access that account as opposed to many other 2FA schemes which use your phone number as the second factor. Using a phone number as a second factor is better than not using 2FA at all but is still a security risk because attackers can socially engineer your phone number and convince the phone company to send them a 2FA code via SMS.
This just happened to a user of Coinbase and even many prominent bitcoiners have been attacked this way. If these relatively knowledgeable technologists had an Airbitz account with our One-Touch 2FA set up this scenario could have never taken place. By linking the second factor to your device instead of a phone number, the attacker will be unable to access your account because it is now locked and tied to the device with the specific 2FA token. Even if the attacker has the correct username, password, and phone number, none of this will give the attacker access to your bitcoin.
The user can choose to add additional devices by scanning the token on the original device so that more than one device can access that account. Any other devices that have not scanned the token will not be able to sign into that account, even if the username and password are known. Unknown devices will instead be prompted to scan the token in order to gain access to the account.
When users utilize our One Touch 2FA they don't have to copy and paste any 2FA codes or install other applications like Google Authenticator. The device itself has the token which leads to a smoother and easier user experience as well as a better security architecture.
Any other devices that attempt to access the account will need to scan the token in order to access the account.
A user can share their 2FA token with any other devices they've downloaded Airbitz on. The second device can scan the 2FA token on the first device and this allows the second device to be logged in to without entering a 2FA code every-time. All a user has to do is sign in to the new device by providing the correct username and password.
In the event that the original device is lost or destroyed, the user can still use a new device and regain access into the account by resetting the 2FA. When the user accesses their account with the new device that has 2FA enabled, they can simply reset it and in 7 days it will reset and the user can then access the account again. If it was an attacker trying to login and reset the account, the user would receive a notification allowing the user to either let it reset after 7 days or to take action and keep 2FA thus rejecting the reset and preventing the attacker from being able to access the account.
If a login is made from a device that is not authorized, the user will receive a notification allowing the user to keep 2FA or to disable it.
Below are instructions on how you can set this up and better protect your account.
Log into your Airbitz account and go into Settings
Inside the Settings Screen, scroll down and tap on 2 Factor (Enhanced Security)
Enter your password and tap to enable
If you'd like your other devices to be able to log into the account, tap on Show QR Code on the original device that had set it up and have the new device scan the QR Code to grant access.
That's all there it is to it. Once enabled, even if someone somehow knows your username, password, and phone number they will still not be able to access your account.
Stay safe, enable 2FA, and Hodl!
2FA Video Tutorial Links:
Tutorial in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv1I6VUeGoA
Tutorial in Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtbuGm4BwT4
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Any of the following accidents can result in severe injuries such as broken bones, assaults, lacerations, fractures, brain trauma, spinal cord injuries and many others. You may be able to hold the property owner at fault for your injuries and receive the compensation that you deserve.
In order to help your case, it is important to do all that you can to preserve evidence after the accident. This can include taking pictures, collecting samples of liquids, storing your clothing in a zip lock bag, taking witness statements, obtaining medical records and anything else to support your claim. In order to prove fault of the property owner, they must have either caused the unsafe condition or failed to perform reasonable maintenance of the property. This is done by using a "reasonably safe" determination.
To decide if the property owner maintained a reasonable safe property for visitors, the law looks into many factors. First, was the visitor invited or were they trespassing? If the owner did not have reason to believe a person would be on the property, they may not be liable for injuries. Second, what is the property supposed to be used for? If the visitor was using the property in a way that it is not meant to be used, the visitor may be liable for their own injuries. Third, would a reasonable property owner have anticipated the accident? If not, the owner may not be held responsible. Lastly, did the owner maintain a reasonable effort to fix the unsafe condition or warn visitors of the condition? If they did not, they may be at fault, but if they did then the visitor may be at fault.
If you were hurt on someone else's property, it is important to have highly-qualified legal representation to help you through the premises liability process. Contact a Phoenix premises liability attorney from the firm to learn how we can help. Palumbo Wolfe & Palumbo has over 90 years of combined experience helping injured victims fight for compensation.
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New right front quarter panel, new right front roof post, new passenger door.
Note the weldment on the roof pillar. Lots easier to hang the door when that pillar is not all bent up.
After a week in the shop, ready for a second chance on the road.


Today was a great day. I went to TARA (Tampa Area Romance Authors) for the monthly workshop, and it was very helpful and very appropriate for what I'm working on right now. If you get the time, check out Erica Ridley's website and blog (listed under the blogs I visit section). She did a workshop on websites, and she also has articles on her website about the topic. The other topic was goals, also wonderful.
I broke 57k on my current WIP. Yay!