Budapest is already known for its budget status: it doesn't get much better than a place where a frothy beer is cheaper than a bottle of water. But you don't have to fill up on the local lager to enjoy the city at a discounted price. There are many ways to trim your costs in the Heart of Europe.
1. Venture outside the city center.
Even though Budapest's city center is amazing in itself, it's just as entertaining to wander outside of the bustling District V core. Some of the city's best food, drinks, and nightlife require a little digging, but you'll be rewarded with far more affordable prices and you'll get to spend time with actual locals and not just other tourists.
Some of my favorite alternatives to the city center include District II, which is home to most of the city's beautiful outdoors, District III, which holds some of the oldest history, District VIII, which is filled with stunning architecture and hip, young spaces, and District XIII, which has an entirely different look from the rest of the city. You will be just as entertained at a fraction of the price.
2. Walk or use public transportation.
Budapest has the oldest metro system in continental Europe, and its public transportation network snakes through the entire city. It's complete with an underground metro, day and night buses, trams, trolleys, river taxis, and suburban railways. You can see all corners of the city in no time. And it's extremely affordable. Transport passes that cover the entire network system start at $7 for one day, $17 for three days, or $20 for one week. You can also purchase a Budapest Card that includes all public transport and many of the city's biggest sites for free (including one of the thermal baths and more than ten museums). Plus, river taxis are a really cheap alternative to the touristy river cruise.
All in all, there's really no reason to hire a taxi in Budapest, especially when the public transportation is entertaining in itself. Opt to go by foot through the city's historical core or bump and rattle along the Danube River on a historic yellow tram. Hop from one art-infused stop to another on the newest metro line (M4) or scoot into a bucket seat on one of the bright red trolleys. It's all a part of the Budapest experience.
3. Be a tourist but act like a local.
You've probably heard of Budapest's thermal baths. They should not be missed. But with the steady influx of tourism, the price tag keeps creeping higher and higher. Luckily, you can swap out extravagant prices and crowded pools by visiting some of the smaller and lesser-known spas.
Szechenyi, Gellért, and Rudas top every list, and for good reason. They are stunning and the perfect place to score that selfie for Instagram. But there are cheaper alternatives, like Szént Lukács (free with the Budapest Card) or Király. Or, if you're in the city during the summer, then Palantinus on Margaret Island is a great option. You get the benefits of indoor hot spas, outdoor chilling pools, and the bonus of a giant wave pool and slides. It's a total local's summer hangout with a "beach" and restaurants inside. And if you arrive in the evening, or only spend 3 hours there, you receive a discount!
4. Create your own walking tour.
One of the most appealing aspects of Budapest is its array of architecture and incredibly impressive monuments. Just strolling a few blocks will leave you in awe, which makes this very inexpensive entertainment. You can easily find architecture ranging from Roman ruins to Neo-Renaissance to Art Nouveau to Communist-era. And along the way, you can see all the big monuments too.
If you're more of a nature person, your walking tour can include some green spaces like Margaret Island, City Park, or a jaunt up Gellért Hill for excellent views of the city. Or, immerse yourself in the forests of the Buda Hills, which are teeming with both easy and challenging, short and long, trails. As a bonus, you get to see a lot of local families enjoying their weekends and you can score some of the best strudel at Normafa.
Normally this wouldn't fall into a budget trip, but it does in Budapest! If you've ever wanted to feel a little fancy in Europe and see a show at an elegant Opera House, then you're in luck. You can get nosebleed seats for just a few dollars. Go early to stroll around the interior.
Or if performing arts isn't your scene, you can catch a film (many in English) at one of the city's old, historic cinemas. Some of my favorites include Puskin, Művész, Corvin, and (if you're a true hipster adventurer) Bem Mozi. Again, the ticket will only set you back a few dollars and you can enjoy a film while absorbing the vintage atmosphere around you. For even more culture, visit Budapest in the spring during the International Film Festival, which will take you all around the city (and the world) at several different cinemas.
6. Join the locals and picnic outside.
There are plenty of public spaces where you can sit and sip at your leisure. You can bring all your picnic fixings with you, including your beer or wine and sparkling water for a refreshing fröccs. Fan your blanket out on the green grass and enjoy a warm summer evening along the shores of the Danube, the steps of the Basilica, one of the city's parks, or in the heart of the city at Elizabeth Square.
7. Combine accommodation with entertainment.
Budapest is known worldwide for its incredible and unique nightlife. With bars and clubs built into old courtyards, decorated with quirky relics of the past, you can see why. If you're in it for the parties, then you can easily combine your slumber with your fun. There are numerous party hostels that house you above an old ruin bar where music, dancing, and drinking carry on until the morning hours. No cover fees if you're a guest, and many of these hostels organize walking tours and other events for their patrons, all for the reasonable price of a hostel bed.


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Watch the Last Part of the Yargı! Watch the New Trailer. Yargı 51 episode one piece full watch. watch the 52 episode trailer.
The Yargı series continues to be watched both in Turkey and in different countries of the world. The support given to the series from social media is also quite big. The performance of the actors in each episode is appreciated by the audience. The series continues to attract attention with its exciting script...
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Recently, the series 51. he appeared in front of the audience with his section. Those who missed the previous episode or want to watch it again can watch the entire series from the Kanal D official website. First of all, let's remind what happened in the past episode. Let us inform you what will happen next in the new part of the Yargı series.
Sunday January 22nd, the 51st edition of the Yargı published. what happened in the new episode?
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51 of the Yargı series. Ilgaz is experiencing great devastation with a shocking incident in his department!!
Ceylin finds himself in a new predicament. The threat that came to him in connection with the file will cause a new tension with Ilgaz, whose phone is already Decoupled. Will the feeling of protecting the man she loves on the one hand, and the reflex of getting to the truth about the case as soon as Decently on the other, be enough to keep them together?
In the investigation of "The bride found dead on the wedding day", Ilgaz and Eren are looking for exactly what happened on the wedding day. With each fact revealed in the case, a network of strange and mysterious relationships emerges.
Yekta Tilmen is trying to get to know her son Omar even more closely, and Omar's unpredictable behavior will surprise her every day.
In the absence of Merdan, Çınar is waiting for a grandfather's legacy that she should have.
Ilgaz, who has faced many threats by virtue of his profession so far, is concerned about not compromising justice in any way. But no one, including Ilgaz, could have foreseen that the size of the threat could be so large and serious. The multiplying threats will change the entire course of the case.
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Yargı 52. The Episode Trailer has been released! Pars and Metin are seriously injured!
Ilgaz and Ceylin are shaken by the explosion. There are also Pars and Metin among those injured in the explosion. Dec. Those who learn that Metin and Pars were seriously injured will panic. While Ceylin goes into shock at the moment of the incident, Ilgaz tries to make the first intervention to the injured. So will Pars and Metin live?
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TNT's Craig Sager to Join ESPN's NBA Finals Broadcast Team for Game 6
One-off appearance marks cancer-stricken Turner Sports veteran's first championship series ever
Tony Maglio | June 15, 2016 @ 9:44 AM	Last Updated: June 15, 2016 @ 10:57 AM
Turner's pro basketball sideline reporter Craig Sager is set to join ESPN's NBA Finals broadcast team for Game 6 — a one-off spot for the veteran who's actually never covered the championship series before.
He'll share courtside reporting duties with Doris Burke on Thursday, when the Golden State Warriors-Cleveland Cavaliers contest tips off on ABC. The rest of the broadcast team includes play-by-play commentator Mike Breen and analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson.
"I'd like to thank Turner and ESPN for approaching me with this tremendous opportunity to be part of The Finals broadcast team," said Sager (pictured above, not the costumed bull). "I've been watching the series very closely and, while I do not want to distract in any way from the event itself, I look forward to being in the building for what will be an incredibly exciting Game 6. The NBA community is a very special one and this is a great honor."
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"Craig is an iconic member of the NBA family who indelibly makes his mark on each and every broadcast," added John Wildhack, ESPN executive vice president, production and programming. "I know our entire team is delighted to work with Craig for Game 6. We all agree his professional reputation is second-to-none, though it's his personal reputation — that of class, selflessness and respect — which makes this even more special for our team. We hope that this will be a special night for Craig and for NBA fans. We are grateful for his interest and for the continued collaboration with our friends at Turner."
On July 13, ESPN will present Sager with the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at The 2016 ESPYS on ABC. Sager, who has been with Turner Sports since 1982, was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2014.
Thursday's Game 6 coverage begins at 8:30 p.m. with "NBA Countdown" on ABC.
9 NBA Stars Who Took a Shot at Hollywood (Photos)
It's only fitting that the greatest basketball player in history would star in the biggest basketball film of all time. His Airness plays himself in "Space Jam" as he comes out of retirement to save the Looney Tunes from being kidnapped by giant aliens.
After pretending to just be an airline pilot named Roger Murdock in "Airplane!," the famous basketball player angrily responds to one of his critics in the form of a young boy in one of the film's many zany moments.
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For 1998's "My Giant," Billy Crystal cast NBA center Gheorghe Muresan for the role of Maximus, the titular big man. Crystal plays a huckster who tries to use Maximus' height for his personal advantage. Crystal based the film on the relationship he developed with Andre the Giant while filming "The Princess Bride."
Just two years into a record-breaking career, Ray Allen turned in a critically-praised performance in "He Got Game" as Jesus Shuttleworth, a high school senior who is pressured by his father (Denzel Washington) into playing for a certain college that can pull some strings and get him out of prison.
Shaquille O'Neal has played a genie ("Kazaam") and a superhero ("Steel") as well as cameoing in many of Adam Sandler's comedies. But he got his start by playing a college basketball player in 1994's "Blue Chips," acting opposite Nick Nolte as his coach. O'Neal was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst New Star for his performance.
Hollywood took one glance at Dennis Rodman and decided, "There's a star." The Chicago Bulls forward starred with Jean-Claude Van Damme in 1997's "Double Team." The acting may have been subpar, but the writers were able to mix it in with some truly awful one-liners. Rodman won three Razzie Awards for his performance in the film.
One of the NBA's all-time greats appeared as himself in "Space Jam," wisely telling Bill Murray that he should stick with acting and give up his basketball dreams. Bird also cameoed in "Celtic Pride," which starred Daniel Stern and Dan Aykroyd as die-hard Celtic fans who kidnap an opposing player to help their team.
Rick Fox
Arguably the player with the most successful transition from the court to the big screen, Rick Fox has participated in films ranging from "He Got Game" to "Meet the Browns," as well as playing a baseball player in a memorable cameo from "Holes."
Drafted out of high school, Darius Miles rode his early NBA stardom to a role in "The Perfect Score." Acting alongside Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, he played a high school basketball player who was desperate enough for a high SAT to join a band of students intent on stealing the answers.
From the hardwood to Hollywood: TheWrap takes a look at some of basketball's finest who have dabbled in acting
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Dutch prisoners given more freedom in experiment; prison staff worried
By Janene Pieters on July 12, 2017 - 09:13
An increasing number of Dutch prisons are taking part in an experiment in which certain prisoners are given more freedom of movement and responsibility. The idea is to prod prisoners into becoming more self-sufficient. But the prison guards are worried that the experiment is only giving the detainees more freedom to conduct their criminal business within the prison walls, they said to newspaper AD.
The experiment entails giving prisoners the keys to their own cells. They are allowed to move around freely in certain parts of the prison until 9:30 p.m. They have to make sure that they get to their day programs and work details on time. And they have a digital screen on which they can order their own groceries and make appointments with other prisoners or prison staff. The experiment was first done in Dordrecht, Heerhugowaard and Zaandam, and has now been extended to include 60 prisoners in Arnhem.
"There is too little supervision on these guys", Rob Minkes, chairman of the Judicial Institutions Department's central works council, said to AD. "These prisoners can do everything themselves, without supervision. The risk is therefore that they continue with their criminal business because they can chat with each other for long periods and without interruption. It is also easier to trade drugs, for example."
According to Minkes, there is too little sight on the effects of this experiment. "This experiment is expanding across the Netherlands like an oil spill, but it still hasn't been properly investigated whether it has a positive effect on the behavior of detainees. We also owe it to the victims of crimes to first make sure that it benefits society."
The experiment is also intended to give prison guards more time to have conversations with detainees. "But I highly doubt that happens", Minkens said to the newspaper. "Guards see this experiment as an ordinary cut on prison staff."
The Ministry of Security and Justice hopes that helping prisoners become more self-sufficient will also help them rejoin society when they leave prison. "The policy is aimed at activating detainees and giving them more responsibility", a Ministry spokesperson said to the newspaper. "It is linked to conditions to ensure safety. Detainees can't just move about freely, and their internet is also limited."
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Even property billionaires are not immune from the effects of the economic downturn.
Topland Group, run by Israeli-born brothers Sol and Eddie Zakay, has posted losses of £29m on a turnover of just £30.6m in its accounts, almost doubling last year's £16.7m deficit.
Topland, understood to be majority-owned by the Zakays, though there are other investors, is one of the UK's largest property companies, with a portfolio worth almost £4bn.
The brothers launched their business during the property boom in the Eighties before expanding into the American and Middle Eastern markets.
They made much of their fortune in the UK in a series of multi-million pound saleandleaseback deals with chains such as Marks & Spencer and Tesco.
The Zakays, most recently linked with a bid for the £800m portfolio put up for sale by troubled property-to-banking company Dawnay Day, have also recently begun expanding into India.
According to accounts for the year to May filed at Companies House, a slight rise in turnover was offset by higher staff costs, a provision of £11.4m against investments and losses on financial derivatives.
The £377.6m property portfolio, which includes 78 M&S stores, several Thistle hotels, offices in the City and other commercial premises throughout the UK, was revalued down by £20.09m over book value.


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Vidaza receives positve opinion from European CHMP
The Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation is pleased to inform patients that the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has awarded Vidaza (azacitidine) a positive opinion for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) patients who are not eligible for stem cell transplants.
The CHMP's positive opinion is based on data from the AZA-001 trial, which demonstrated an overall, unprecedented survival benefit for higher-risk MDS patients. The positive opinion will be forwarded to the European Commission that generally follows the recommendation of the CHMP and issues final marketing approval.
"We are excited by Vidaza's positive CHMP opinion because there are few treatment options for patients in Europe with this disease," said John Huber, Executive Director of the Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation, "Vidaza not only extends patients' lives, but also improves their quality of life. We are hopeful that Vidaza will receive marketing approval shortly and quickly be available for patients across Europe."
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) occur when the bone marrow stem cells malfunction. This results in the production of too many defective blood cells and not enough normal cells. Diagnosis is made through blood tests and a bone marrow biopsy. Once diagnosed, treatment and evaluation should occur under the care of a hematologist or hematologists/oncologist. There are many subtypes of MDS classified according to how the disease manifests itself in the blood and marrow of the patient. Treatments include blood transfusions, growth factors, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant.
About the Aplastic Anemia and MDS Foundation
Founded in 1983, the Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to serving as a resource for patient assistance, advocacy, and support. AA&MDSIF provides patients and their families with support as well as the latest medical information and funds research to find cures for aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), paroxysmal nocturnal hemogloburina (PNH), and other bone marrow failure diseases. Educational and support resources are free to patients and families, the media and the general public at www.aamds.org or by calling the Foundation.
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Q: Wi-Fi RT3290 device not ready on Ubuntu 16.04 The Wi-Fi menu shows "device not ready" instead of available networks, I tried various solutions but none worked for me, I did a run with the wireless info script here: wirless-info

A: Run ifconfig wlan0 up as root:
sudo su
ifconfig wlan0 up

Note: wlan0 is the logical name for my wireless card, to find yours run: sudo lshw -C network

A: In your logs, please see:
ieee80211 phy0: rt2800_wait_csr_ready: Error - Unstable hardware

See also here: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2309044 Especially, my post #4 and following.
Before you proceed, I'd download and try a live session for both a newer and later Ubuntu version to see if it helps. Also, I suggest that you turn off 802.11N and AC, if you have it, in the router to see if it helps.
If your device is intermittent, then I suggest that you first reseat the device in its PCI slot. Second, reset the computer's BIOS to defaults. Finally, we might get some additional information by checking the logs related to the PCI bus. In your wireless info we see:
09:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp.<snip>

When the device is not working, check the log:
dmesg | grep 09:00

I wonder if the device is defective.

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Ruff&Cut is an American fine jewelry company founded by Wade Watson in 2008. The company sells ethically sourced jewelry items that contain conflict-free diamonds and gem stones and recycled metals. The company's headquarters are in New York City and its products are sold via e-commerce, retail and wholesale. The name "Ruff&Cut" refers to the ruff sandpiper bird, which inhabits southern Africa, and to cut diamonds; as a whole, "ruff and cut" is a play on words referring to rough and cut diamonds, as well as the ruff sandpiper.

History
Although the company was officially launched in September 2008, founder Wade Watson started formulating Ruff&Cut in January 2007 when he became inspired to create a company that "gives back" after the attacks on September 11. He was already involved in the diamond mining trade, and decided to create a jewelry company with only conflict-free diamonds and recycled metals of 18k gold and sterling silver. Watson put together a team of designers interested in creating environmentally and socially conscious jewelry designs such as Todd Reed and Me&Ro and launched the official website containing all of the designs in September 2008.

Social responsibility
The company "gives back" by donating 10% of proceeds to affiliated non-profit organizations such as Shine on Sierra Leone (SOSL)  and the St. George Foundation. Watson's mining company Target Resources, on which he serves as executive vice president, has built schools, roads and bridges in the impoverished mining communities in Sierra Leone, Africa. Watson used funds and diamonds from Target to create jewelry for Ruff&Cut, ensuring that the diamonds used were indeed fair trade. On November 20, 2008, Watson attended Selita Ebanks event for her NGO, Women's Coalition for Empowerment and Opportunities fund-raiser in New York City, along with SOSL, and Watson has also spoken at several events regarding sustainability, such as UNICEF Fundraisers and on the Julie Watts special "From Sacramento to Sierra Leone" which aired December 2008.

Product
All jewelry is made in America and all diamonds and gem stones are ethically sourced. Each piece is accompanied by a certificate of authentication which provides details on the style itself, as well as the diamond or diamonds contained in it. The rough diamonds are uncut and unpolished and many pieces are accompanied by cut and polished diamonds as well.

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Melee nominated for World Video Game Hall of Fame induction
Super Smash Bros. Melee, arguably the best entry in the series, is possibly headed to the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
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Nintendo's brawler series has a new entry that is a fresh experience on the Nintendo Switch, but also pays homage to the history of the game and all the characters featured. As a possible cherry on top for the celebration of all things Super Smash Bros., Melee is a finalist for the 2019 World Video Game Hall of Fame and you can vote via the Player's Choice ballot.
Super Smash Bros. Melee has been nominated to be inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. This marks the first time a Super Smash Bros. game has been nominated for this title.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee is the entry that launched on Gamecube and is often regarded as the best of the bunch in the Super Smash Bros franchise. If you're unfamiliar with the game, here's the synopsis taken from the World Video Game Hall of Fame website:
"Super Smash Bros. Melee built on the success of its predecessor, Super Mash Bros., becoming the epitome of the casual fighting game. Combing popular Nintendo characters with polished, multi-player gameplay, Melee encouraged people to gather together to play. With more than seven million copies sold, Melee ranks as the best-selling game for the Nintendo GameCube, and it inspired many sequels that remain popular today, including in eSports tournaments around the world."
Here's the full list of games that are on the finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame:
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Though it has been a long time since the launch of Super Smash Bros. Melee, the game continued to get regular shine as a part of the Evolution Championship Series (EVO). Sadly, as we previously reported, Melee isn't a part of the EVO 2019 lineup. It's sad news, but locking in this spot in the World Video Game Hall of Fame could be a quality send-off for the fighter. For now, relive some of the best Super Smash Bros. Melee moments in EVO history.
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Who (and What) is a Missiologist?
Missiologist Ed Stetzer defines and discusses the key indicators of missiology — and how it applies to your church.
As I have said before, definitions are dangerous because they can either confuse or clarify. However, I think it's important to define what a missiologist is. At the most basic level, a missiologist is a specialist who studies and is trained in the science of missions. However, this definition may oversimplify the task of a missiologist. Missiology is accomplished at the intersection of gospel, culture and the church. It is a multidisciplinary study that incorporates theology, anthropology/sociology and ecclesiology. That seems rather complex, doesn't it? Well for this reason, missiology constitutes its own discipline.
My Ph.D. is in missions, and as a missiologist, I do a lot of cultural analysis and things of that sort. I often talk to churches about their need to join God on His mission by understanding their context and by being faithful to the mission He has given them. I do a lot of research on church planting. I write often on missiological issues. I have written extensively on the subject of missiology and have a book called MissionShift, which examines the shifts in missions during the past 100 years, how those shifts shape how we define mission, discussions on contextualization, and the nature of the church's mission.
All this is to say, I am a missiologist by training. I'm focused on being a missiologist for the church, helping the church think missionally in her context.
What drives the missiologist? Foundational to missiology is knowing the God who is on mission. According to the Bible, God "desires all people to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim 2:4) and we are assured that people from "every tribe and language and people and nation" will be present in heaven (Rev 5:9). As a missiologist, I am driven by this gospel mission. Moreover, God's redemption extends beyond the personal to the cosmic. In the end, God will give us a new heavens and a new earth (Isa 65:17; Rev 21:2). Why does this matter?
God's mission is one of restoring humanity to all levels of being. In other words, God will not only restore man's relationship to Himself, but also his relationship with others and with creation. While affirming the goodness of God's creation, we must also affirm that it is broken. Our interaction with culture should point others towards the restoration that is offered in Christ.
In other words, the missiologist must think about salvation and mission in a biblical way and a holistic way. Understanding the purposes of the creator God allows us to gain deeper insight into the longings of men and women as beings created in His image. Missiology is practical theology at its best.
Ed Stetzer is President of LifeWay Research and LifeWay's Missiologist in Residence. He has trained pastors and church planters on five continents, holds two masters degrees and two doctorates, and has written dozens of articles and books. Ed is a contributing editor for Christianity Today, a columnist for Outreach Magazine and Catalyst Monthly, serves on the advisory council of Sermon Central and Christianity Today's Building Church Leaders, and is frequently cited or interviewed in news outlets such as USAToday and CNN.
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Remove most of the large debris from the pool floor with a large leaf net (not a hand skimmer!). This will stir up the water, and may make your pool look much worse temporarily, but the stirred-up debris will settle within a few hours. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO VACUUM THE POOL IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE BOTTOM OF IT OR IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF DEBRIS ON THE BOTTOM. YOU MAY CLOG YOUR SKIMMER, FILTER OR UNDERGROUND PIPES!
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WSJ: Apple to launch original scripted TV shows and premium movies on Apple Music this year
Christian Zibreg ∙ January 12, 2017
A new report by The Wall Street Journal claims that Apple will push deeper into premium entertainment with original movies and scripted television shows by the end of the year, including serialized drama and feature-length pieces. The plan calls for premium shows along the lines of HBO's "Westworld" and Netflix's "Stranger Things" that don't have any particular relationship to music.
Unlike existing Apple-produced video content offered on Apple Music like music videos, a documentary about Roland's famous drum machine, a scripted drama starring Dr. Dre or the upcoming shows such as Planet of the Apps and Carpool Karaoke, Apple is aiming to buy rights to scripted television programs, not produce them on its own.
"Executives at Apple have told people in Hollywood they hope to start offering original scripted content by the end of 2017," according to people familiar with the matter who spoke with the newspaper. The iPhone maker allegedly told producers that it would even share details on how many people are watching the content.
Here's an excerpt from the report:
Because it is looking at just a handful of carefully selected shows, and potentially films, it doesn't appear Apple is preparing to spend the hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars it would need to spend annually to become a direct competitor to Netflix Inc., Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Video or premium cable networks.
The report states that Apple approached veteran producers in recent months about buying rights to scripted television programs and has talked with marketing executives at studios and networks to discuss hiring them to promote its content.
The Cupertino company is reportedly serious about building "a significant new business" in original programming.
By offering unique scripted content, Apple aims to attract users to its ecosystem and boost Apple Music subscriptions because this rumored new content would be allegedly made available to Apple Music subscribers.
Source: The Wall Street Journal


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Profile of Prenz »
Messages - Prenz
Dodgy Records / Re: Warioware Gold
Is there a moderator on CS who will take this on? The three records at the top of the chart should be un-approved and marked under investigation. The only way to justify those scores would be video proof without pause abuse (impossible!).
Quote from: Demolition1414 on April 13, 2019, 12:47:33 pm
Yeah it's not fake it's following the current set of rules, I didn't pause during any of the minigames and some other people did the same thing for their scores.
It's not following the current set of rules. Two players broke the no-pausing rule before you - that's what you meant to say.
The point of this thread is that all 3 scores better than 54.01 in the chart be investigated for video proof, reverted, or deleted. This chart has upset some of the players when this get was just getting off the ground, because those scores that can't be achieved without using the pause bug over and over.
To be fair I think he submitted his saved on-cartridge score so 'fake' may be off base
I should clarify here -
I'm using the term 'pause abuse' above to mean breaking the game with a bug, via pausing. There is a bug that gives you a better time with each pause, in this scenario.
Generally pause abuse means using the pause button to get around reliance on human reaction time. That's not what's going on in this microgame, which is a timed racing course that suffers from a bug.
Thank you for bringing this up and investigating, man. It's a crucial find.
All scores better than 54.01 need to be investigated for video proof, and then deleted when none is provided (without pause abuse).
That or delete the chart? Pause abuse can never be okay in a WarioWare microgame, not even for 'Arcade'.
Feature Requests / Re: New Super Mario Bros U - Deluxe for Nintendo Switch
Quote from: brett6 on February 21, 2019, 07:04:30 am
The current New Super Mario Bros. U page should be renamed to "New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U)". Likewise, the current New Super Luigi U page should be renamed to "New Super Luigi U (Wii U)", or perhaps the two pages should be combined into one.
For the Wii U only, the two titles (Mario and Luigi U) should be kept separate on CS as they are already. That's because New Super Luigi U could be bought and played separately without owning the Mario game at all.
For the Switch they should be combined on CS since they are packaged on the same disc, and there's no option to buy just one or the other like for the Wii U.
Quote from: Snowy on February 07, 2019, 10:46:41 pm
I beat the 1st place on all of the Boost Rush / no boost blocks allowed.
I misinterpreted that part. Beat usually means gave someone a beating, made a number one into a number two, etc. Still, it was an assumption without digging up your stats. My bad.
No fight from me Snowy. My mood was calm as ever typing that up... imagine me in my robe by the fireplace smoking a pipe.
It's a different game, the Deluxe version of an older game with new characters and on a new processor. The argument for competition has never been used on CS, it's a bad argument. It blinds the proper course of action in cases.
I just think no one would submit to switch if it split then you can't get gold or platinum there anyway which makes it less fun to compete.
It's a different game, different title, and different characters added with new abilities. It's simply a different game, lol. When there is a motivation such as above blinding the proper course of action, it's important to remove that motivation and do what's right.
It'll be put up eventually, but I would refrain from posting Switch scores to a game that clearly states Wii U exclusively. Pushing through records before it's discussed doesn't help the argument either, man.
Graphics Requests / Re: Prenz's Cool RB Projects
X-MAS 2018
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Wonder Boy Returns
Dodgy Records / Re: Captain Toad Switch Scores submitted to Wii U version
Ugh, I couldn't resist answering your other open queries, Undead.
NSMBU. Okayyy. You can't tell with a saved high score photo if you started a level WITH OR WITHOUT a suit. So we allow the frickin' suits; it's a photo proof site primarily to allow greatest accessibility.
Captain Toad Switch / 3DS. Here we go. You can't tell with a saved high score photo whether the (cheap as it may be) invincibility mushroom was used or not. These games came out YEARS LATER and were not part of the picture for as long. As such, being a photo proof site primarily to allow greatest accessibility, the mushroom is allowed on these games. A Captain Toad amiibo can trigger it and you don't need to die over and over again, which is at least a nice touch.
Alright that's it.
Undead:
This will be my last post of the thread.
NSMB2. Okay. The rule there, which you quote above, is to allow the game to be playable and allowed on CS. Because 2P scores SADLY overwrite 1P scores, and this was clearly designed as a 1P game (and would be for CS). We found a way to conclusively prove 1P, and made it a rule.
IN THIS CASE, IT WAS TO ALLOW THE GAME ON CS AS RANKED, DO YOU UNDERSTAND, KNOCK KNOCK
Captain Toad Wii U. Here we go again. There was never a 1P / 2P issue, so none of your comparison is valid or matters. If you die like a loser over and over again the game lets you do the level invincible. IT BECOMES A TOTALLY PATHETIC GAME. NOT THE SAME GAME WE'VE BEEN SUBMITTING TO FOR YEARS ON CS. It becomes a crappy game, that doesn't even save scores. The game itself banned the mushroom for highscores on the game, dude! As brett6 said, this is a case of not putting unsaved and valid saved scores in the same chart. It invalidates the way everyone else played, and it was cheap as hell.
Your comparisons are garbage, Undead. Either you are mentally challenged in some way, or you're hoping we are and you want to fool us with your sleight of hand crap arguments. So either way, I'm done here. Your easy mode crap that doesn't save because the game didn't want it to, is not like any of your cheap comparisons... AT ALL!
Quote from: Undead on November 10, 2018, 06:37:26 pm
First i get forced to proof an easy missing coin.
That wasn't right. It was pathetic on everyone who participated against you.
You're not a bad guy. You used a mechanic from the instruction manual that nobody for years used, because it doesn't even save your score. Brett6 told you it was unfair because you started stages with completely different parameters than everyone else, and you threatened to get angry. Well, wait, maybe you are a...
Just kidding. All is well bud
PS - Next time you are asked for a video proof because of others' insecurities and inabilities, show ONLY one single mod/admin who isn't a competitor, and ask that it be kept private. After the viewing delete the video. Simple.
Thank you and best wishes on the hospital situation.
Quote from: Grace on October 28, 2018, 04:12:48 am
In 7 days, I'll look into manually reverting any scores that remain.
Just a note that this time has come. There are `illegal` scores posted from just 1 user.


Your vote for Band Most Likely To Make It Big (and runner-up for Best Band, among others), knows how to make big power-pop sounds, and they have some huge friends, too. "It was great to tour and hang out with Eric's Trip last summer," says vocalist/guitarist Seth Smith. "Bumming around with them at the Sub Pop 20th anniversary party, meeting grunge celebrities." In fact, Rick White is currently recording two new tracks for a upcoming Dog Day seven-inch platter. And Dog Day's upcoming full-length, Concentration, was mixed with John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.) in New Jersey. "It was a really fun experience, too." Smith says that the band's fresh new album "turned out kinda watery and dreamy. I would say it's a little more patient than Night Group. A little more exploratory with sounds and structures. There were a few things we wanted to try that didn't really fit last time." The sound may more be patient, but we're impatiently and excitedly waiting for Concentration, which is due out sometime in late April.


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import github3
import requests
import urllib
import urlparse
from flask import session

import ob2.config as config
from ob2.util.security import generate_shitty_random_string

github_oauth_url = "https://github.com/login/oauth"
access_token_url = github_oauth_url + "/access_token"
authorize_url = github_oauth_url + "/authorize"
user_url = "https://github.com"

class AuthenticationError(Exception):
    pass

class AuthenticationTemporaryError(AuthenticationError):
    pass

class AuthenticationIntegrityError(AuthenticationError):
    pass

def get_authentication_provider_url(redirect_uri):
    if config.github_oauth_consumer_key:
        state = generate_shitty_random_string()
        session["authentication_oauth_state"] = state

        return "%s?%s" % (authorize_url, urllib.urlencode({
            "client_id": config.github_oauth_consumer_key,
            "redirect_uri": redirect_uri,
            "state": state}))

def authentication_provider_get_token(code, state):
    if not state or session.get("authentication_oauth_state") != state:
        raise AuthenticationIntegrityError("OAuth state parameter does not match")
    response = requests.post(access_token_url,
                             data={"client_id": config.github_oauth_consumer_key,
                                   "client_secret": config.github_oauth_consumer_secret,
                                   "code": code})
    if response.status_code != 200:
        raise AuthenticationTemporaryError("Failed to get OAuth api token from GitHub")
    response_dict = dict(urlparse.parse_qsl(response.text))
    if "access_token" not in response_dict:
        raise AuthenticationTemporaryError("GitHub OAuth response did not contain access_token")

    return response_dict["access_token"]

def get_username_from_token(token):
    github = github3.login(token=token)
    github_user = github.user()
    return github_user.login

def github_username():
    return session.get("github_username")

def authenticate_as_github_username(username):
    if username:
        session["github_username"] = username
    elif "github_username" in session:
        del session["github_username"]

def is_ta():
    username = github_username()
    return username and username in config.github_ta_usernames

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Trona, CA
The Searles Valley
Trona, home to Searles Lake playa, is located in the Searles Valley on Hwy 178 in the Greater Mojave Desert. Searles Lake is one of a chain of pleistocene lakes which were formed during the Ice Ages. The dry lake bed contains a plethora of sodium and potassium minerals of the carbonate, sulfate, borate and halide classes, due to long sedimentation and evaporation processes which occurred over a period of about 150,000 years.
The dry lake also contains the Trona Pinnacles National Natural Landmark which consists of more then 500 tufa spires. Trona Pinnacles has been the site of many movies and commercials because of its prehistoric mystical appeal. Star Trek 5, Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, and Disney's Dinosaur all contain scenes filmed at the Trona Pinnacles tufas.
The Trona area offers hiking and sightseeing, or viewing historical sites around town such as the History House (one of the oldest residential houses in Trona) built around 1920. You can also go see the Trona Railway Museum and Caboose, the Old Guest House Museum, and the 1924 Struz Fire Truck and 1938 Ahrens-Fox Fire Truck, both housed at the Argus Fire Station.
Trona can be a starting location for those that plan on seeing some of the other points of interest that Searles Valley has to offer, with gas, food and lodging available in town. It It has valley views of the Slate and Argus Mountains.
ANNUAL GEM-O-RAMA October - Sponsored by the Searles Lake Gem & Mineral Society
Video on the Trona Pinnacles
Population / Elevation
Population 1885 as of 2001 census Elev 1675
Weather / Climate
The climate is characterized by hot days and cool nights, with extreme arid conditions prevailing throughout the summer months.
Trona, California - Monthly Climate Normals
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High °F 58 65 71 79 88 98 105 103 95 84 69 58
Low °F 32 37 43 49 58 66 73 72 64 52 40 32
Rain 3.28 .71 .15 .23 .17
There are hotels and motels in Ridgecrest, with something for every taste and price range.
Death Valley National Park: There are 9 campgrounds within Death Valley NP.
Trona offers many services to visitors and residents alike
Lodging : Pinnacle Inn which also has dining
Dining: Pinnacle Inn, Finish Line, Trails Drive Inn, Deb's Fine Dining
Gas: Texaco (which also has a store)
Rest area resides inside the town of Trona which offers modern facilities, tables, water, trash collection.
In 1862 John W. Searles discovered Borax on the dry barren surface of Searles Lake while prospecting for gold and silver with three other people in the slate mountain range. But his discovery went unrecognized.
After seeing Francis (Borax) Smith's operation of Borax recovery in Nevada in 1872, Mr. Searles realized the value of what he had discovered at Searles Lake. In 1873 John W. Searles staked a claim to 640 acres of lake and formed The San Bernardino Borax Mining Company. Mules were used to haul the Borax to San Pedro.
In 1897 soon after John Searles' death The San Bernardino Borax Mining Company was sold to Pacific Borax Company which was owned by Francis (Borax) Smith. Pacific Borax shut down the Searles Lake operation.
Searles Lake and Trona have seen many changes.
In 1914 Trona Railway Company completed 31 miles of track to Trona from the Searles Station junction with the Southern Pacific Railroad. American Trona Corp. established the company owned town of Trona.
A main residential street existed for a while, called "Tent City" because of the tent type houses that the residents lived in back then. Around 1916 a few houses were built for the upper management employees and their families. Some of these houses are still standing and some are still being lived in on Panamint and Magnolia streets. The History House, which is open to the public at 83001 Panamint St., is one of the first houses built in Trona.
Today one of Trona's main sources of income is still mining operations. On March 18, 2004, all operations of IMC Chemicals were sold to Sun Capital Investments and the operations in Searles Valley was renamed "Searles Valley Minerals, Inc." The small desert town of Trona holds a lot of history and offers modern living at an affordable price. Over the years not only has Trona preserved its history, it has also grown and changed with the times.
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Salt Wells Canyon - Commonly called "Poison Canyon." This canyon was the route of the 20-mule teams that hauled borax from Searles Lake to San Pedro. On the north side of the canyon near the east end is "Fish Head Rocks". Originally called "Whale Heads."
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INSIGHTS | Colorado politics is Halloween all year long
By JOEY BUNCH joey.bunch@coloradopolitics.com
Joey Bunch, Colorado Politics
Oct 25, 2021 Updated Dec 2, 2021
Maybe it's fitting that election day always falls a week after Halloween. Tricks and treats are the peas and carrots of the political process, and that's just the obvious fact.
There's a lot more to be told about our state by what we're afraid of more than what we aspire to, so if ever there was a time to plunge the depths of our souls, the season of Colorado's first snow and the Rockies' disappointment is as good at time as there could be.
Halloween represents the witching hours before a holy occurrence, like, say an election. See, there used to be a holiday we've lost called All Saints Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls Day on Nov. 2, two of the biggest feasts of the year to honor loved ones who have gone before.
The eve of those hallowed occasions, All Hallows' Eve, was the last opportunity for the less holy to romp about.
"They were the enemies of all good, the ministers of Satan," the Littleton Independent reported on Oct. 29, 1920. "They could take hideous forms and make themselves visible to man." That's how I feel when a petition-circulator knocks on my door on Saturday morning.
Gov. Jared Polis prefers his Halloween glass half full. He said on Facebook Oct. 10 that Colorado has no recorded shark attacks — like every other landlocked state — posting, "Colorado is tied for (the) best state to avoid shark attacks!"
The security company ADT does an annual report on the most searched terms related to fear from each state.
Google trends the past year showed that in Wyoming, a lot of people fear clowns. In Colorado we elect them to Congress.
New Mexicans fear holes, which is odd as most of them are.
In 2017, Colorado's biggest phobia was xenophobia, the fear of the unknown, namely unknowns from other countries. New Mexico feared holes back then, too, and it appears the Cowboy State to the north has been hung up on clowns for sometime.
Coloradans' collective search history the last year reveals our deepest, darkest fear is failure.
I have a hard time buying that Coloradans fear failure. The Colorado Rockies finished 32.5 games back in the National League West. That's a lot of failure.
Coloradans have never been afraid of failure. Do you think Rufus T. Owens was afraid of failure when he launched the submarine he built in a lake outside Central City in 1898?
Either way, the sub sank and didn't come up again until it was raised by the people of the town on Jan. 28, 1944.
Central City schools let out for the day and the high school band played "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean'' as the Mountain Nautilus rose from its freshwater tomb. It resides in the Gilpin County Museum as a monument to Colorado ideas that didn't pan out.
Fear failure? Colorado chugs it like craft brew.
Our state's loyal Republican voters sneer at failure. In a small handful of years, they've lost all the state executive offices, both chambers of the General Assembly, a U.S. Senate seat, a House seat, the White House and both chambers of Congress.
What are Colorado Democrats afraid of? How about Joe Biden's inflation and our shared national crime problems that are improved by politics? Other than through brute majority force, there's little chance Democrats can make substantive change on crime because there's no room negotiations in a polarized statehouse if crime, policing and punishment are existential politics on both sides.
Here's another thing: complacency. The winds of fortune are at Democrats' back in Colorado, where Trump has proven in two elections he's very unpopular and there are no signs he was going away. Shoot, before the 2016 election, Colorado's establishment Republicans were afraid of Trump.
He lambasted the state party after he didn't receive a single one of Colorado's 34 elected delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. They all went to Ted Cruz, the only candidate to speak at the convention in Colorado Springs.
Trump alleged the vote was rigged and his delegates were stolen and he fired off an op-ed about Colorado GOP to The Wall Street Journal, because Colorado chose its delegates at the state party convention rather than in a statewide vote of the people.
"Responsible leaders should be shocked by the idea that party officials can simply cancel elections in America if they don't like what the voters may decide," Trump charged.
"The only antidote to decades of ruinous rule by a small handful of elites is a bold infusion of popular will. On every major issue affecting this country, the people are right and the governing elite are wrong. The elites are wrong on taxes, on the size of government, on trade, on immigration, on foreign policy.
"Why should we trust the people who have made every wrong decision to substitute their will for America's will in this presidential election?"
At the convention, most of the Colorado delegation walked out in protest of Trump's nomination. You won't find any Republican walkers this Halloween.
Meanwhile, costume retailers told The Hill that Trump getups are gone, as in no longer sellers.
People maybe are tired of being scared by politics, which is probably why nobody ever gets my Lady Bird Johnson costume.
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Oct. 16, 2016 05:21 am JST Oct. 16, 2016 | 06:38 am JST
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Oct. 16, 2016 10:25 am JST
"In two to four years, the stain on our party's soul won't be washed away."
Well, Trump isn't interesting enough to be the Antichrist, but he might be one of the four bozos of the apocalypse or something....
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If Trump loses the Nov. 8 presidential election to Democrat Hillary Clinton, his polarizing candidacy may reverberate well past 2016, tarring future Republican White House hopefuls,
The opposite is true. The main reason those repubs are slamming Trump is so he'll lose, making it easier for them to run in 2020.
They figure it will be easier to run against Hillary, whom everybody will REALLY hate by then, than trump, AND another dem that would run as well.
Repubs only have downhill open to them. Now maybe an serial ax murderer would draw some interest for the next election... Or perhaps a Nazi stormtrooper complete with authentic outfit (dolls would bring in some income, I suppose).
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Or maybe we can get the corrupt Democrats out...if we only knew how....
Strangerland
if we only knew how....
Start by dropping the racism, bigotry, misogyny, class-discrimination and hatred, and shift to basing your platform on realistic economic policies, and you could even sway me, who is as liberal as anyone.
Interestingly enough, in the extremely short period of self-reflection by the Republicans after the last election, these very things were suggested. Yet four years later you guys tripled-down and choose a candidate more extreme than any in history.
America needs a third major party as a viable alternative to Tweedledum and Tweedledee. And Americans need to start thinking about elections in terms of policies and character rather than tribal affiliations.
Oct. 16, 2016 01:58 pm JST
More broadly, they may ask: What's the right side of history?
It's sad that this was written as an afterthought- and even sadder that for so many Republicans it actually is an afterthought.
The power structure of the Republican party has been fundamentally authoritarian for decades now. Tom "The Hammer" DeLay forced ideological conformity for years - it worked great for winning legislative votes but in the long run I think it's stifled independent thought in the GOP. Then the Tea Party threatened break that power, but all it really did was substitute an even more stringent demand for ideological purity. Ever since conservative political talk has been dominated by discussion of "RINOs" and "cuckservatives" and general obsession with having the right ideology - and anyone who doesn't has "sold out the party". Ironically, the only real selling out of the party happened back in the 70s, when racist southern Republicans lost the battle on segregation and just decided that abortion was going to be the new thing they'd use to trick Christians into voting for them. Now that authoritarian power structure has been hijacked by a self-serving carnival barker who is flushing the party's chances at election down the toilet.
Hopefully, a few years in the desert will make the GOP establishment realize that getting comfortable with diversity of thought is the only way to long-lasting success for the country. It may mean a few lost legislative votes because the party will be more like the Democrats in that they're individuals harder to wrangle to all go the same direction, but in the long term that diversity will become a crucible in which people with real leadership ability will be able to rise to the top.
StrangerlandOCT. 16, 2016 - 11:50AM JST Start by dropping the racism, bigotry, misogyny, class-discrimination and hatred, and shift to basing your platform on realistic economic policies, and you could even sway me, who is as liberal as anyone.
Yup. These things are the strategies of the authoritarian GOP - eventually all authoritarian groups have to demonize outsiders in order to protect their ideology from alternate opinions. Get rid of this and start presenting policy proposals based on evidence and rational argument and you'll create a solid conservative party. Once Republicans have re-learned how to win debates with their minds, maybe we can even get radical and start looking at de-gerrymandering and fixing our voting system.
They say this every election cycle, and as we can see by the absolute circus that the party has become this time around -- and THEY chose Trump! -- nothing ever changes for them except the threat to their existence growing. Now they are already choosing which of the other scumbags that was vying to be president to line up.
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GO HILLARY ! 1/20/17 - "Madame President" !
But it's perfectly ok for the Dems to maintain their oppressive subliminal government dependency racism, alienate Christians because of their hatred for religion (the party of diversity and tolerance lol) reverse discrimination towards Whites, hidden racism and preferential racism and favortism for one group over another secretly undermining Blacks and Hispanics, but favoring Jews and Indians as a more prosperous group. As for policies, besides copying Obama's radical policies, what are her specific policies besides raising taxes and ignoring the national debt and screwing and crushing the middle class more than they already are.
Hey, when you have the majority of the mainstream media on your side to lie cheat, intimidate, distort, you can move mountains and I have to seriously hand it to the Democrats, they are a lot sneaker than I thought. I knew they were always sneaky, but this bad, even that blew me away.
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We are still waiting for a bigger table but I'm quite enjoying the indoor chairs outdoor look.
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Not the easiest book about the Kabbalah, or better said "Qabalah" since it is the Crowley version. This book has three parts. First part is a collection of Qabalistic writings from Crowley's "Equinox" magazine. Then you get the rather famous "Liber 777" and the last part is the "Sepher Sephiroth".
The first part mostly deals with the Qabalistic wordgame "gematria" and is sometimes very detailed, sometimes not so detailed, but most of all pretty vague and difficult. I suppose that when you dig into it this could be a starter for your own gematrical experiments, but I know a better introduction than Crowley's, even in the Crowley tradition (see "Chicken Qabalah" review).
Then we get the famous "Liber 777". This was originally also more of a book. It contains writings about symbolism in different traditions and religions, but this is rather short. Then we get a lot of tables of correspondences which are undoubtely usefull for a practical magic(k)ian, but personally I don't see too much in all this. The lengthy explanations are sometimes helpfull, sometimes not. The tables are sometimes nice, but often not really. They do show Crowley's rather wide knowlegde of different traditions and religions and it all reminds a bit of H.P. Blavatsky, rather chaotic and a lot of information.
The third part is to me by far the most helpfull part of the book. The "Sepher Sephiroth" is a long list with words in Hebrew catagorised after number-value. So you get the most important words with the value 1, 2, 3, etc. This is of course very convenient when you want to experiment a bit with gematria. You have a word, find out the number value and you can easily look up a word with the same value without having to combine letters and search your dictionary if there is a word with these letters.
So, the books are combined and completed by Israel Regardi, which sometimes makes the layout not too wonderfull (Regardi's few words in a normal font, Crowley's text too small), but it can also be helpfull to try to understand Crowley's chaotic style of writing.
Overall not a good introduction to the Kabbalah or even the Qabalah. Essential for Crowley-followers and eventually also for the more experienced Kabbalist I guess. But especially the "Sepher Sephiroth" makes this book a must-buy for anyone who wants to take gematria to a more practical level.


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