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Tomb Raider and the Problematic Messiah
By Elijah Beahm • April 6th, 2018
Religion in games is something you rarely see. It's even stranger to imagine it utilized as a key aspect of any AAA project. You see some indie titles like Moon Hunters, but for something like Rise of the Tomb Raider, a bold Microsoft exclusive sequel to the well received 2013 reboot, to embed religion in itself is remarkable. Praiseworthy. To its credit, Rise gets far more right than most developers have; however, amid dozens of great details, it flubs one of its core aspects – its messiah figure. This is problematic, especially since Crystal Dynamics uses this character as the crux of their entire discussion in Rise.
Regardless, I want to start with the positives, because I am grateful for the effort put forth here by Rise's developers, and wholeheartedly encourage more studios follow Crystal Dynamics' footsteps in recognizing how religion is so culturally ingrained and that it drives many of us. This is even the basis for one of the game's strongest subthemes when addressing religion.
Rise of the Tomb Raider starts a few years after the events on the island of Yamatai. Lara Croft has come face to face with genuinely supernatural, metaphysical beings, and shot one of them in the face with a pistol. Understandably, as a woman of science, Lara wants to study this discovery and pursue it. Lara stares up at monolithic mountainsides during the opening hour, demonstrating how far she's willing to go to appreciate and understand what the human soul really is, if it does exist. Meanwhile, everyone that she knows is either calling her crazy or saying it's too dangerous. The press are slandering her as being crazier than even her father, who insisted there had to be some sort of afterlife (and died trying to prove it).
This is all very relevant, as our current society paradoxically both prides itself on its secularism and its religious fervor. They're two viewpoints that continually clash with vitriol and aggression, dividing many on the topic. By having Lara stand as an agnostic viewpoint moving towards spirituality, we witness the backlash one can receive for taking any sort of position on this subject.
There's an early cutscene of her searching in the dark while tabloids strewn about. detail her being publicly defamed does a brilliant if brief job of approximating how people typically respond to religion in modern discourse. Lara's sanity is immediately called into question the second she says there's credible evidence that the supernatural exists.
It doesn't matter what Lara (or we, the player) experienced or how rational she is, there will always be someone insisting those experiences were false or attribute what occurred to another answer. Your agency and perspective are dismissed outright; any sort of spiritual belief is called out as either childish nonsense or a sign of ignorance. This alone leads to things taking an unpleasant turn, but the real gut punch? That comes from those closest.
When one arrives to a significant change in life – such as finding a religious belief – not everyone is going to understand or will care to listen to why they believe. If it's not immediately compatible, they'll be cut out or dismissed on the matter entirely. Others will fight it. It can be one of the most unpleasant experiences, no matter how true to oneself this change can be. Bearing yourself like that can be one of the most terrifying experiences, as even those you trust most and hold dear can turn on you.
Lara's step-mother Ana and best friend Jonah, right up until near the game's conclusion, as are sources of doubt, and that's very important. Ana rejects her step-daughter's theories and pleads with her to come home. Later, she's antagonistic and clearly skeptical of everything except extending her own life, but more on that in a moment.
On the other hand, Jonah is terrified of the supernatural now. In the 2013 reboot, he's presented as very spiritual (and possibly neo-pagan if not spiritualist agnostic), and is consistently supportive of Lara. After everything that went down on Yamatai, his own open-minded faith has been shaken and he's recoiling. It's only after a brief encounter with an assassin (we'll get to that in a second) that Jonah is convinced Lara is at least onto something.
It's not long into Lara's investigations that we learn she's going toe to toe with what is obviously a paramilitary branch of the Catholic church, dubbed Trinity (a name with all the subtlety of a hammer to the toe). Their agent sent to hunt Lara down is none other than Konstantin. Despite the name suggesting a cliche PMC baddie, Crystal Dynamics takes the time to explore the dangers of blind, unthinking dogmatic belief. Konstantin rejects all blame, claiming that it's what God "wants" and that He is merely "testing" him. That's some pretty heavy stuff, and by comparison to other religious motivated antagonists (looking at you, Outlast 2), is handled with considerably more care.
Konstantin is a terrible man, and you get the feeling he would be regardless of his beliefs, but they help motivate and focus how he directs his unbridled brutality. It's not any specific agenda other than devotion to a presumed higher calling. He's a monster who thinks himself truly righteous, and even acknowledges his brutality and asks God for forgiveness. That's huge, particularly to see it portrayed with authenticity. A religious person can identify and understand some of Konstantin's thinking, and recognize how warped he's become by Trinity and, as we later learn, by his sister, Lara's stepmother Ana.
Ana is, by all intents and purposes, secular to a T. She doesn't care about if the Divine Source is truly holy or not, she just wants to live. She'll put herself in peril if it means surviving. She comes to represent the political edge that, especially in this day and age, pervades so many churches and leads to curtailing of what's preached. She and Trinity use Konstantin as a weapon for their own devices, manipulating his faith and the faith of his comrades into a convenient excuse to wipe his conscience clean and ensure he stays on mission. There's even a side story about another psychotic underling in the expeditionary force, and how his murderous tendencies are justified so he can be better put to use by Trinity.
This callous mistreatment of someone desperate for meaning in his life almost makes Konstantin pitiable – almost. The game even lets you choose whether or not to shoot him at the end of the game, when he's trapped beneath the wreckage of a room. The context for why you shoot him or leave him to burn alive, when considering all that's said above, has a lot more unspoken weight.
Unfortunately, outside of Konstantin and that brief side-story, the rest of Trinity lacks this nuance. From your first real encounter with them during a brief stop at a tomb in Syria, to the game's main open world of Siberia, they are just generic, faceless bad guys who you can feel fine about shooting and stabbing to your heart's content. The emphasis on gunplay and constant action notably undercuts a survival-adventure game that would have benefitted far more from being quieter and more introspective.
The emphasis on action not only takes away time from the game's various themes, but it forces the mysterious pseudo-Protestant/Islamic faction that Lara aligns with to become Hunger Games cast offs. Even Jacob, an obvious Jesus allegory, throws knives and shoots bad guys as often as he patiently guides Lara towards the truth at the heart of the mystery. It generates some serious dissonance for an otherwise noble and, dare I say it, damn near close interpretation of a Christ-like figure. Except Jacob is also where things break down on a far more critical level.
So many granular notes and aspects of religion are touched upon perfectly, but the game's Christ figure is basically the opposite. That isn't to say Jacob is the devil or anything – it's that he's selfish and his death that brought about his apparent resurrection occurred as he fled an assassination attempt. For those who don't know, Jesus Christ sacrificing Himself to clean away our sins is kind of a big part of Christianity. Now, by the end of the game, Jacob does sacrifice himself for a more noble purpose, but it's only after a lot of people have died and suffered. While that's a nice gesture, he's been lying to people for literally centuries all for his own purposes. Sure, he tries to be wise and kind, but this fundamental misstep completely taints the allegory.
What helped me understand this choice was when I had the chance to speak with one of the game's developers, Cameron Suey, who I sincerely thank again for taking the time to give me some insight into the writing team's side of things. He explained that they approached the subject with an open mind, and that they aimed to offend no one. Their central lens of exploring religion wasn't so much faith, belief, or grappling with the unknown but instead… immortality. When I asked him to elaborate, he answered thusly:
"Initially, the reason for choosing immortality as the focal thread of religious storyline was to provide continuity with Lara's experience on Yamatai in the first game. She had her first experience with something that couldn't materially be explained, and it made sense for her to pursue the thread of survival beyond death, or myths of immortal figures (At one point in development we leaned much more heavily on the Russian myth of Koschei the Deathless)
Additionally, as we fleshed out the story of her relationship to her father and his death, the notion of his pursuit of immortality following his wife's death gave a bittersweet edge to her own journey. It allows us to ask questions about why our loved ones have to die and what that means to lose them forever." — Cameron Suey
The problem with this approach is, immortality is not the point of most religions. While Crystal Dynamics relies heavily on European beliefs for Rise, the idea of how an afterlife works varies wildly within just that region alone. This is a particularly confusing misstep when they captured perfectly how misplaced faith can harm us, yet don't really portray why someone would hold beliefs in a healthy manner. With the Remnant, we're shown that they're good people and that they have good intentions, but what happens with Jacob completely undercuts that and the message the game has been building until that point. It's like writing a thesis, then changing the argument in the last three paragraphs.
Looking at how the Divine Source is just a magic gem hidden underground in a ruined city, you can certainly still see the Koschei myths' inspiration nestled in there. Honestly, those myths fit better for Jacob who, for all his positive points, is an inherently selfish and short-sighted individual. He's a kindly fool, not a messiah. This feeds into the theme of being careful with where you place your beliefs, but also means we never get an answer as to where you should. This gets even more muddied when you really look at how the Divine Source works and see Jacob performing literal miracles.
Rise relies heavily on the "oh, we can explain that away" mentality of Scooby Doo for most of these elements, but we actually see souls flying out of and into the Divine Source. It essentially absorbs your essence when you gaze upon it directly, based on the brief time Ana spends trying to use it. Human bodies touched by it can burn away then reform within a day, based on text logs. Plus, Queen Nariko of Yamatai was very clearly supernatural in origin in the last game. So without getting into the ramifications of Jacob having possibly been alive around the same time as Jesus (Christianity is only given vague references), it's kind of eyebrow-raising that the more antagonistic supernatural stuff is legit supernatural, but a potential positive influence is nothing more than a kindly fool who made some mistakes.
I normally prefer to keep these posts as objective as possible, but I do have to just say, as a Protestant Christian: the idea of a Tomb Raider game where even a grain of Christendom is actually treated as real in that universe is exciting. Not frightening, no – exciting. We've seen Lara go up against Atlanteans and the Egyptian god Set; why not have Lara find out Heaven and Hell exist? That there is some divine entity watching over her and perhaps is even guiding her to counteract a tainting of its religion by Trinity?
It would fit the anti-dogma message without basically shrugging at the notion of a Judeo-Christian God existing in the setting. It's not like the subject matter is horrendously taboo – otherwise Witchblade, Hellraiser, and Constantine would not exist. In fact, Witchblade's a pretty decent example of taking Catholic beliefs and applying them in a manner not unlike Greek Mythology. With Rise of the Tomb Raider we could have had a vastly superior answer to The Da Vinci Code. I could go for that, and I know others that would too.
There's even a more unique and untouched prospect with Jacob and his people. He's a prophet preaching Abrahamic ideals but isn't necessarily Christian or Jewish. The potential for an Islamic leaning story is there, however controversial that might be. The team clearly has an appreciation for religious culture and tried to get a lot of the ideas right – if they just nailed down Jacob (oh my gosh, that is a really terrible, unintended religious pun) to a specific angle that fit the particular culture and religion they were going for, it could work.
However, by not having Jacob's sacrifice be for the betterment of others, he's at best, an AU fanfic of if Jesus abandoned His followers right before Judas would betray Him. It completely undercuts the meaning there. Immortality is not why Jesus was important – it's why He dies and rises from the grave that matters. The living forever in Paradise bit is just a nice thing you're supposed to look forward to. The core point of Christianity is to "Do unto others, as you would yourself," and… Jacob doesn't do that. He manipulates, lies, and hides while he lets others die for him; which is highlighted by the sheer number of gunfights that cut through the introspective moments like an airhorn in the middle of an opera house.
I understand what people expect from a Tomb Raider game, but take away the shootouts and Rise would be far more focused on Lara coming to grips with her father's own beliefs, discovering the truth to explain what she's seen, and witnessing the dangers of faith without reason, logic, or morality. Much like Bioshock Infinite before it, while the gameplay is certainly satisfying, it undercuts rather than reinforces the journey. This could have been incorporated into the narrative and addressed, or cut from the experience with a greater focus on surviving the wilderness, but instead is just accepted as a given, grenade launchers and all.
All this aside, it's not that I'm upset at Rise of the Tomb Raider. Talking to Cameron and witnessing such loving care demonstrates that Crystal Dynamics worked very hard to do their utmost. I'm not saying they shouldn't touch on this theme again. I do think that leaning on immortality as a core way of exploring things is considerably limiting. At best, immortality is a reward long after this world has passed on. Belief should never be about, to quote The Good Place, "moral dessert". If you're following a religion for just a reward, then you're not really faithful.
Faith, belief – these are things inherent to not only at the core of religion, but are how we function. As Terry Pratchett's Hogfather puts it, without belief, concepts like justice and hope cease to exist. Belief is how we make sense of the world, regardless of our individual perspectives. That's a fundamentally human thing, and far more tangible than some end goal that could exist without any religious foundations.
Lara doesn't need to start keeping a devotional diary, but she's discovering herself and what she believes. That's a personal journey can take years with dozens of unexpected turns as you refine yourself over time. It's something that's worth exploring, and in some cases can feel far more harrowing than raiding tombs, but begs for a refocused perspective.
Even if we, the player, disagree – it's better to disagree than to have nothing to say; which Rise ends up doing by its conclusion. Watching Rise awkwardly sidestep what it could have been was one of the most heartbreaking moments for me back when it released. Plus, the ancient astronaut statue hinting at a Chariots of Fire situation… Please, don't take things in that direction. We've already seen it with Assassin's Creed and religious geeks and nerds are beyond tired of that trope.
I applaud Crystal Dynamics for what they've done here. They succeeded far better than a number of developers in the past. As a religious gamer who rarely sees such earnest efforts, I'm relieved to know the developers cared about this aspect in their game. I won't pretend I'm not worried about how the game hints at the finale being about Lara taking down Trinity, but that could also work, like how I described with her finding faith while pushing back against dogma. That would be awesome. I suppose we'll know in a year or so.
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Will Cockroaches Ever Become Extinct?
Many wonder hopefully the question, will cockroaches ever become extinct? Maybe this was prompted by the site of one too many of these creatures or the discovery of one after you just worked to remove them.
No, cockroaches will never become extinct. They were able to survive the mass extinction of dinosaurs millions of years ago because of their ability to adapt to changes, and they continuously resist any eradication efforts from humans.
Why Can't Cockroaches Become Extinct?
It has been proven that cockroaches are one of the oldest groups of insects in the world due to fossil evidence dating over 300 million years. They even predated the existence of dinosaurs by almost 70 million years. Because of their longevity, they are considered as one of the most resilient living organisms. This will make it hard for anyone or any circumstance to eliminate them entirely on Earth. Some of the reasons why it is easy for cockroaches to survive includes:
Adaptability – Cockroaches are highly adaptive species. They've managed to adjust to any changes happening on the planet. In fact, a team from the Discovery Channel proved that they could withstand up to 100,000 radon units (rads) of cobalt-60 radioactive gamma rays exposure. That is 1,000 times stronger than the radiation released by the atomic bomb that was dropped in Hiroshima, Japan that killed as much as 355,000 people. They were able to survive that amount of extreme radiation exposure because they have slower cell cycles and simpler genetic makeup.
Size – The majority of cockroach species are small, particularly the Blattella germanica or more commonly known as German cockroaches that you can normally see at home. They can hide within the smallest cracks in the wall where they can multiply and build a colony. They can also live under the kitchen cabinets, stoves, refrigerators, and the spaces between the floors, baseboards, and cupboards. They love spots with moisture. Because of this, they can easily hide whenever humans try any means to eradicate them.
Variety – The number of cockroach species all over the world is somewhere between 5,000 to 10,000, but only about 1% of them are considered household pests. Aside from the German cockroach, other pesky cockroach species include the Periplanet americana or the American cockroach, the Supella longipalpa or the brown-banded cockroach, and the Blatta orientalis or the Oriental cockroach. You can try getting rid of them at home, but it does not mean you can eliminate the entire colony completely. Some of them can be found in all sorts of environments like the forests, matted vegetation, and near the shores of water bodies.
Reproduction – Some species of female cockroaches can produce as much as 400 offsprings in a span of one year. They usually carry their capsule-like egg cases called ootheca at the end of their abdomens. These may contain around 40 eggs at a time. Once the eggs hatch, the cockroach nymphs only need a short amount of time before they become adult cockroaches and have the ability to reproduce.
Diet – Cockroaches are omnivores, which means they can eat whatever is available. Most of the time, they prefer to eat sweets, starches, and meat. They can also consume other items like human hair, toothpaste, books, and any rotting organism. Even without a food source, they can still survive for a month without consuming anything.
Because of these factors, it is less likely that cockroaches will become extinct. They may just be the sole survivors if anything catastrophic happens to the world we live in.
What Will Happen If Cockroaches Become Extinct?
Even if you despise these creatures, the ecosystem will be disrupted if there are no cockroaches left in the world. According to a study by Srini Kambhampati, a professor and chairman of the University of Texas at Tyler's Biology Department, there will be repercussions in case cockroaches suddenly disappeared in the world. One of them is its effects on the diet of other creatures.
Kambhampati explained that there are animals that feed on cockroaches, including rats, cats, reptiles, and big birds like eagles. While these animals do not rely entirely on cockroaches for their diets, and other insects like parasitic wasps need cockroach eggs to survive. Without cockroaches, these wasps will also become extinct.
Also, Kambhampati revealed that most cockroach species help the forests by eating the decaying organic matters like wood and leaves that trap the atmospheric nitrogen. Once the cockroach excretes its wastes, the nitrogen released will be mixed with the soil. Since nitrogen is an important gas that contributes to the growth of trees, cockroach wastes are very essential to the health of forests.
Humans also benefit from the existence of cockroaches. In Havana, people are keeping the local bright green Cuban cockroach as pets. Others use these insects as inspiration for further studies. For example, Professor Robert Full from the University of California, Berkley was able to come up with a six-legged robot based on the movements of a cockroach. It moves faster with more fluid motions compared to the other robots made at that time.
Medical research was also done based on the characteristics of the cockroach. The experts from the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science found out that these insects can produce very potent antibiotics on their own, that is why they can survive living in filthy environments without getting sick. This may pave the way for researchers to finally develop the cures for some of the most dangerous illnesses caused by bacteria.
There are also other countries that use cockroaches as medicine. In some parts of China, hospitals treat burns using a cream made with powdered cockroaches, while those suffering from gastroenteritis were sometimes asked to drink cockroach syrup. These practices will have to stop if cockroaches become extinct.
How Long Do Cockroaches Live?
The average life cycle of cockroaches differs depending on the species. But basically, all cockroaches start out as an egg stored inside the ootheca. The moment the egg hatches, the baby cockroaches will go through a variety of developmental stages known as instars, then they mature into adults.
In most cockroach species, the female cockroaches live longer than males. Some can even live for at least two years. To further understand a cockroach's life cycle, here are the average life cycles of some of the most common cockroach species:
German Cockroach: The typical female German cockroach can lay about 20 to 40 eggs at a time. She is also expected to produce as many as five oothecae during her lifespan. The eggs that come out from a female roach will have an average incubation rate of 28 days. Also, German cockroaches pass through six or seven instars before becoming an adult. This happens within 103 days, but the usual adult lifespan for both male and female German cockroaches is less than 200 days.
Oriental Cockroach: The female members of this species can only lay at least 16 eggs at a time and produce eight oothecae during their entire lifespan. That means a female cockroach can only have at least 128 offsprings. Also, the Oriental cockroaches can go through seven to 10 instars in approximately 589 days. The average lifespan of the females can last up to 180 days, while the males can only last for 160 days.
American Cockroach: Aside from the biggest house-infesting cockroach species in the world, the American cockroach also has the longest lifespan among all the pests that invade your property. The females can lay at least 16 eggs at a time and release about six to 14 oothecae during her 700 days of existence. On the other hand, males can exist for as long as 362 days.
How Do Cockroaches Survive Different Weather Conditions?
Because they know how to adjust to different environments, cockroaches have their own ways of surviving any season and weather. Since they are cold-blooded microorganisms, they cannot regulate their internal temperatures. That is why it will be hard for them to survive when the weather becomes too cold. However, they can easily find a place with the right temperature and adequate source of water. Most of the time, their preferred temperature is somewhere between 25 to 30 degrees Celsius. If the weather drops below 25 degrees, they would rather move out to find a warmer place.
During the winter, most cockroaches go through a hibernation state referred to as the diapause. At this time, they would stop doing their usual activities like growing or breeding. But, you may notice that you have an infestation in your home during this time, too. It is possible that the cockroaches are looking for a warm place to stay in with a stable food source.
On the other hand, they are more active in the summer. This is the time when they grow more and perform other activities that they do not normally do like flying. This is also the perfect time for them to go hunting for food, so you can expect to see more of them around your home in the warmer months.
Since it was proven that it is impossible to wipe them off the face of the planet, you need to learn to co-exist with them. As long as they serve an important purpose of keeping the balance of the ecosystem as a food source to other animals and maintaining the health of the forest, you have to accept the fact that these pesky insects will be part of this world for a very long time.
1. Why Can't Cockroaches Become Extinct?
2. What Will Happen If Cockroaches Become Extinct?
3. How Long Do Cockroaches Live?
4. How Do Cockroaches Survive Different Weather Conditions?


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General Catalyst pushes further into Europe/Israel, hiring Chris Bischoff for London office
Mike ButcherFebruary 4, 20216min6022
Until now General Catalyst has been better known as a US VC which makes occasional forays into European territory. But that changes with the news today that Chris Bischoff, an experienced London-based investor, joins as Managing Director of its new London office.
Bischoff brings with him an extensive track record of investment across the US and Europe, participating in the fund-raising for Avito, Babylon, Betterment, Cedar, VillageMD, Livongo and Cityblock Health, among others. He joins from the role of senior investment director at venture and growth fund Kinnevik AB where he led several investments most notably in the healthcare realm but also participated in deals alongside General Catalyst in companies such as Livongo (now Teladoc, NYSE: TDOC) and Cityblock.
In a statement, Bischoff said: "I've known and greatly admired GC for many years and have successfully partnered with the team on multiple occasions. I am strongly aligned with their purpose, approach, and culture, so this is a natural step."
General Catalyst is no stranger to Europe, having invested most recently in British used-car startup Cazoo, FinTech as a Service company Rapyd, and Collective, an online back office platform. It's also an investor in Bloom & Wild, and most recently it led a $44M Series B funding into Multiverse, founded by Euan Blair (former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's eldest son). It's also a long-time investor in food delivery startup Deliveroo.
Last year it secured $2.3 billion in capital commitments across three funds: a $600 million early-stage fund, a $1 billion growth fund for companies with $10 million-plus in annual revenue and a $700 million "endurance fund" to back large companies doing more than $100 million in sales.
In a statement Hemant Taneja, managing partner, General Catalyst said: "Having invested alongside and worked with Chris as a fellow director, I know firsthand that he shares our commitment to backing and building enduring companies with the potential to materially improve the lives of many."
Bischoff will be adding to the firm's bench of healthcare investors given its involvement in Livongo, Cityblock, Oscar, Color and Ro Health, among others.
General Catalyst accelerated its interest in European and Israeli tech companies when managing director Adam Valkin joined from Accel Partners in London, bringing with him plenty of European savvy.
Valkin and Bischoff will run the deals in Europe and Israel, and no doubt more efficiently, now that GC has Bischoff with his feet under a desk in London, even if for the time being that will be a home office desk.
Valkin said: "Europe and Israel have unequivocally become major centers for global-scale innovation, and having Chris on the ground here is a huge asset for our firm. I have known Chris for many years and have observed his talent as an investor, his outstanding portfolio, and importantly, his reputation as a trusted partner for ambitious founders."
At Accel, Valkin led investments in Gocardless, Flywire, and Spotify, and then joined General Catalyst in 2013 to build out the New York office.
In an interview, he told me: "In 2015 GC started looking into Europe in a more serious way… perhaps a little bit more opportunistically at that point. We invested in a number of European companies like Brainly in Poland and Fiverr in Israel. And then 2016 was sort of a big year for us because we led both a series A of Lemonade out in Israel, and a growth round and Deliveroo in the UK."
He said GC decided to get a little bit more organised about Europe, and spent a lot more time with founders there, gradually ramping up its activity. "So, our European journey essentially began, five, six years ago. And we've become very active there, both in the UK in Europe as well as Israel. The big question for us was when would it make sense to have a team on the ground. And we actually got to know Chris about five years ago, in the context of what we were doing in Europe, and also just as a really important growth stage investor in Europe."
Bischoff added: " If you look at what GC has done in Europe, it really is across both consumer and enterprise, and across the sector. I've done quite a bit in healthcare, obviously, a bit in FinTech and consumer which are pretty large sectors in Europe… it's not narrowly focused in Europe. The intention is to bring the full set of GC's capabilities to Europe, and across sectors."
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Q: Powershell GUI application, richtextbox doesn't update content when it's supposed to I have a created a powershell gui application packaged as an .exe. The script calls other scripts and it informs the user through a read-only richtextbox when the called script has started and finished.
The problem is that it will only display the message indicating the start of the first script and then it will not show anything, until all the scripts have finished executing.
Here is my code:
foreach ($item in $checkedlistbox1.CheckedItems) {
        $richtextbox1.AppendText("Installing " + [IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($item) + "...")
        $richtextbox1.Update()
        $path = $scriptdir+ "\" + $item + ".exe"
        [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($path)
        $Process = (Get-Process | `
                        Where-Object { $_.ProcessName -ieq [IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($item) })
        $Process.WaitForExit()
        $richtextbox1.AppendText("Done."+[char]13+[char]10)
        $richtextbox1.Update()
    }

I wonder what could be wrong here :(

A: Well found a dirty way to fix this:
[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents()

Just after appending the richtextbox.

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Williams F1 - Formula E . Round 2. Marrakech.
Formula E . Round 2. Marrakech.
Round 2. Jan 12. Marrakech.
Well, it helps to pass the winter for me and Round 1 wasn't bad.
I hope they've sorted out the penalty sillies - that's what's wrong with F1. Certainly Massa's promising debut was pretty much spoiled.
Practise was largely rained off in Riyadh so the cars may be better sorted for this round and the pecking order could change.
Olly Rowland was a star in Saudi - interesting to see if this continues. Pascal Wehrlein joins the series. Williams will hope for better things from Jaguar.
In Germany, all the championship will be shown on RTD & ZDF.
In Italy, all the championship will be shown on Mediaset Italia 1/2.
Watched practice and Q and getting up to speed a little on technology and drivers. It does reward a little more study.
The extra running this weekend has clearly helped a few teams and you see the advantage of the experienced E-guys like Vergne, Buemi, Bird and so on. Rookie Massa not so composed this weekend, Werhlein quick straight away. Paffet still struggling and Vandoorne still without any luck.
The coverage is good - very easy to follow the guys through the turns in Q.
Not a pretty track but some shots of Marrakech where I'm going for my Easter hols.
Having just watched the Marrakech race it's got to be said Formula E really wipes the floor with Formula 1 in terms of racing, and the whole fan experience. I was following qualifying on Facebook, and to have Jean-Eric Vergne join the online chat about a minute after finishing his run was pretty awesome.
'Custard' a popular winner after both BMWs take themselves out of a certain 1 - 2.
Toto and Suzie both enjoying the desert sun this weekend, but both their teams disappointing.
Interesting facts: It takes 13 secs to change 4 wheels on an e-car. No one in Marrakech is allowed to build anything taller than a palm tree.
Sure, the drivers can and do make more of a difference here. I'm not impressed by Piquet Jnr . . . as quali shows the Jag is one of the faster cars. The podium guys, 1,2 & 3 started 10th, 8th and pole. And Vergne finished 5th after being dead last on lap one. You have to be able to race wheel to wheel and nose to tail.
It's getting good. No longer so much Mickey Mouse tracks. It's almost like all the guys who should be in F1 but didn't have the money.
I enjoyed it. I always thought Sam Bird deserved a season in F1.
For the last couple of years FE had been available to me in the UK on a Freeview channel, ITV 4.
This year I can't get it; I don't have the capacity to view TV via streaming and the BBC Red Button as an over the air broadcast is just a blank screen.
So why the step backwards?
Am I just an old fogey or are the rights owners just as much out of touch as the F1 owners?
F1 wants too much money and FE thinks that we will pay to stream, pay someone to provide the capability to stream and someone to connect out streaming device to our display device.
The stupid thing about it is 24hrs has gone and they prevent any replay of the race anywhere on the internet (unlike last race)...Getting tired of stopping myself from reading the results!
Thanks for trying Gunk but it says "the uploader has not made this video available in your country"
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 14/01/2019 14:03 by Gunk.
Am I just an old fogey . . .
Maybe your PC or TV is slightly ancient?
Years ago there was talk of split double rear wings in F1. The solution was balked at by everyone. FE seems to have done a fairly good job with it. Gen 2 cars appear much better & car swaps are also gone. I think fan following will increase fairly rapidly.
They are doing an excellent job of building a fanbase. But most of all, there's a lot of teams and drivers that can compete for the win. It's not hard to see what they are doing right.
The whole Liberty initiative of simplifying engine regs and lowering costs has stalled . . . Steiner at Haas says he won't bother unless Liberty get this sorted. An F1 team defection to FE is not unthinkable. . .
Yeah. I can see that. F1 is already out of date. Big time. Why would Williams not head over to FE? We are getting shat upon on F1. People are generally not buying ICE cars any more. Why would they? F1 is fast becoming a dinosaur.
Currently I have 15GB/month data allowance on a mobile wifi dongle.
This is mobile data, I don't have a landline/fibre and 15GB barely covers Windows update/oracle update/Linux update etc.
Watching anything over mobile data does seem to mean record and watch later and pay a heavy premium!
I think that I get your point, but I am not into streaming, FE took the event away from an easy to use/record channel and assumed that the audience is "connected".
Way back in the UK a massive amount of effort was put into the changing from black and white T.V. to colour T.V. because it was understood that the change was big.
Before digital, in the U.K. colour T.V. was broadcast as intensity (which would drive a black and white T.V.), red and blue every over line, a PAL delay line would simulate the colour info by passing the signal through a very long piece of wire and green was assumed from the difference.
Now broadcasters assume that the consumer will pay for new hardware, expletive deleted off!
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 15/01/2019 19:01 by IanSmithISA.
For me, FE is like riding a electric trolley. The whizzing sound of and FE car and that of an electic trolley sound so similar. As an old fart growing up during the ICE era, I would try to convince Claire to pack her bags and head over to FE and build her own history.
The whizzing sound of and FE car and that of an electic trolley sound so similar.
You get used to the lack of sound after a while . . . but I think the cars should make some electronic sounds at times . . . maybe for attack activation or low power warning, whatever.They have the coloured light gimmicks, why not?
- gimmicks like fan boost which doesnt matter in the end but is still there and is being looked upon by a lot of people as some kind of a joke.
And why should Williams even consider going to Formula E when things like the new aero rules are in place and the budget cap will be there soon enough? Because we've had one insanely unlucky season?


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package org.elasticsearch.action.delete;

import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
import org.elasticsearch.action.support.replication.ShardReplicationOperationRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
import org.elasticsearch.common.Required;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
import org.elasticsearch.index.VersionType;

import java.io.IOException;

import static org.elasticsearch.action.ValidateActions.addValidationError;

/**
 * A request to delete a document from an index based on its type and id. Best created using
 * {@link org.elasticsearch.client.Requests#deleteRequest(String)}.
 *

 *
The operation requires the {@link #index()}, {@link #type(String)} and {@link #id(String)} to
 * be set.
 *
 * @see DeleteResponse
 * @see org.elasticsearch.client.Client#delete(DeleteRequest)
 * @see org.elasticsearch.client.Requests#deleteRequest(String)
 */
public class DeleteRequest extends ShardReplicationOperationRequest<DeleteRequest> {

    private String type;
    private String id;
    @Nullable
    private String routing;
    @Nullable
    private String parent;
    private boolean refresh;
    private long version;
    private VersionType versionType = VersionType.INTERNAL;

    /**
     * Constructs a new delete request against the specified index. The {@link #type(String)} and {@link #id(String)}
     * must be set.
     */
    public DeleteRequest(String index) {
        this.index = index;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new delete request against the specified index with the type and id.
     *
     * @param index The index to get the document from
     * @param type  The type of the document
     * @param id    The id of the document
     */
    public DeleteRequest(String index, String type, String id) {
        this.index = index;
        this.type = type;
        this.id = id;
    }

    public DeleteRequest(DeleteRequest request) {
        super(request);
        this.type = request.type();
        this.id = request.id();
        this.routing = request.routing();
        this.refresh = request.refresh();
        this.version = request.version();
        this.versionType = request.versionType();
    }

    public DeleteRequest() {
    }

    @Override
    public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
        ActionRequestValidationException validationException = super.validate();
        if (type == null) {
            validationException = addValidationError("type is missing", validationException);
        }
        if (id == null) {
            validationException = addValidationError("id is missing", validationException);
        }
        return validationException;
    }

    /**
     * The type of the document to delete.
     */
    public String type() {
        return type;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the type of the document to delete.
     */
    @Required
    public DeleteRequest type(String type) {
        this.type = type;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * The id of the document to delete.
     */
    public String id() {
        return id;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the id of the document to delete.
     */
    @Required
    public DeleteRequest id(String id) {
        this.id = id;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the parent id of this document. Will simply set the routing to this value, as it is only
     * used for routing with delete requests.
     */
    public DeleteRequest parent(String parent) {
        this.parent = parent;
        if (routing == null) {
            routing = parent;
        }
        return this;
    }

    public String parent() {
        return parent;
    }

    /**
     * Controls the shard routing of the request. Using this value to hash the shard
     * and not the id.
     */
    public DeleteRequest routing(String routing) {
        if (routing != null && routing.length() == 0) {
            this.routing = null;
        } else {
            this.routing = routing;
        }
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Controls the shard routing of the delete request. Using this value to hash the shard
     * and not the id.
     */
    public String routing() {
        return this.routing;
    }

    /**
     * Should a refresh be executed post this index operation causing the operation to
     * be searchable. Note, heavy indexing should not set this to <tt>true</tt>. Defaults
     * to <tt>false</tt>.
     */
    public DeleteRequest refresh(boolean refresh) {
        this.refresh = refresh;
        return this;
    }

    public boolean refresh() {
        return this.refresh;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the version, which will cause the delete operation to only be performed if a matching
     * version exists and no changes happened on the doc since then.
     */
    public DeleteRequest version(long version) {
        this.version = version;
        return this;
    }

    public long version() {
        return this.version;
    }

    public DeleteRequest versionType(VersionType versionType) {
        this.versionType = versionType;
        return this;
    }

    public VersionType versionType() {
        return this.versionType;
    }

    @Override
    public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
        super.readFrom(in);
        type = in.readString();
        id = in.readString();
        routing = in.readOptionalString();
        refresh = in.readBoolean();
        version = in.readLong();
        versionType = VersionType.fromValue(in.readByte());
    }

    @Override
    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
        super.writeTo(out);
        out.writeString(type);
        out.writeString(id);
        out.writeOptionalString(routing());
        out.writeBoolean(refresh);
        out.writeLong(version);
        out.writeByte(versionType.getValue());
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "delete {[" + index + "][" + type + "][" + id + "]}";
    }
}

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Argument: I tend to eat healthy, do a moderate amount of exercise, and reduce Stress.
Support 1: Eating healthy is a very important way to keep yourself healthy.
Support 2: Regular exercise is very Important to keep healthy.
Support 3: I keep my mind and body healthy by doing activities that help me relieve Stress.
Thesis: All in all, I have three ways to keep my body healthy. The first way is to eat healthy and balanced meals throughout the day. I also like to keep my body moving by walking everywhere. Lastly, I think it's very important to do activities that relive stress.
There are a number of ways to keep your body healthy; dieting exercising, and pills are just a few. Out of all of these ways, I tend to eat healthy, do a moderate amount of exercise, and relieve stress. First, eating healthy is better for our bodies in the long run. Second, a moderate amount of exercise helps. Third, doing things that relieve stress, such as going to the spa or reading a good book is important. Therefore, my favorite ways to keep myself healthy is eating healthy, exercising and doing stress free activities.
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A Folk Song A Day
« The Gaol Song
The Port Of Amsterdam »
The Roman Centurion's Song
http://www.afolksongaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/11-04-07-Roman-Centurions-Song.mp3
I think Jon hits the nail on the head saying, "Kipling is often thought of as an imperialist snob, which indeed he was to some degree. But he was a very complicated, contradictory man who was also fascinated by the idea of the outsider becoming naturalised. He was himself always something of an outsider as an Anglo-Indian, never quite fitting in anywhere. This song, very much like Sir Richard's Song, sums up that process and makes a strong case for home being where the heart is, not where the birth certificate or passport designates it."
It would be easy to wade into Kipling's association between the Roman Empire and the British Empire with the latter taking the place of the former at the heart of things. But it's the little details that make this more human and actually rather moving. Bellamy did a great job of setting these poems, but I've said before they have a natural fit as lyrics, albeit very smart ones, for songs.
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16 Responses to "The Roman Centurion's Song"
muzza(s.e.England) says:
Loved it!…………..Where to settle…an emotional problem for all those that move around the world for various reasons………..A stick -in -the mud Brit am I.
Gail Duff says:
On a sunny morning, coming up to May Time, what could be better than this?
the_otter says:
Nice singing from Jon.
People may also like to check out Roman Wall Blues (http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/roman-wall-blues-2/) by Auden. It was interesting for me to go back to it after reading the Kipling.
edith lewis says:
John Phipps says:
This calls to mind the Cardwell reforms that did away with the 21 year enlistment.
Jane Ramsden says:
This one didn't float my boat, but then I'm a stick-in-the-mud Brit too. Well, you've not got a lot of choice when you have 12 cats & rescue others into the bargain. Volunteer minders are thin on the ground!
Thanks, Otter, for the poem and link to the Poemhunter site – one worth knowing about!
Good old Rudyard! He certainly always tells a good tale. His range of speech varies so much too – from "Tommy" to this precise english I really enjoyed this one, his description of Britain and its' weather is spot on.
@John: Hope you make it to the top of The Black Hill tomorrow at dawn – hope there is not too much snow there and it isn't too cold.
Always enjoy a Kipling.
Muzza(N.W.Surrey. UK) says:
@Linda…..lucky old you………I never did learn to Kipple!
@ Muzza: I do not believe you never learnt to Kipple… I bet you're exceedingly good! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
@Jane…………………….Dickens………now you're talking!
@ Muzza: Not sure what you're thinking of… I was only thinking 'exceedingly good cakes…' Mr Kipling? Oh, never mind!
Not sure if I'm ploughing a lone furrow here, but this one still doesn't really float my boat!
However, I'll continue on the lone furrow with a pointer to some music that does float my boat (courtesy of a 'heads-up' from Pierre Walsh) from the aptly named Furrow Collective, who are Alasdair Roberts, Emily Portman, Lucy Farrell and Rachel Newton. They are described on their website thus:
"The Furrow Collective delves into an obscure world of balladry at its darkest and quirkiest. [Their album] 'At Our Next Meeting' brings gems from the traditional repertoires of four of the finest folk musicians from both sides of the English/Scottish border. Daringly exposed, unaffected voices are accompanied by harp, guitar, viola, concertina, banjo, fiddle and musical saw. With a bold, improvisatory approach, their focus is to capture the raw edges and fleeting magic of narrative song, with storytelling at the centre.
Emily and Alasdair are both celebrated for their original, folklore-influenced song-writing and have collaborated on several previous albums. Lucy and Rachel are bewitching solo artists, sought-after session players and long-time members of The Emily Portman Trio.
Warmly accessible, yet raw and uncompromising, 'At Our Next Meeting' shows a breadth of Scottish and English folk traditions with four artists at the height of their powers."
See here for more: http://www.thefurrowcollective.co.uk/
So, if we're doing sad soldiers, here's a beautiful 'woollen sampler' of their not-at-all-woolly singing of 'I'd Rather Be Tending My Sheep.' (Well, I would like this one, wouldn't I? Lol.) Watch this wonderfully-constructed film uploaded to YouTube by Marry Waterson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utHPUSvUJNw
The next Jon-song is 'Port of Amsterdam' so, if we are doing sailors, my next 'boat-floater' will be Gill Sandell's 'Light The Boats.' See the next exciting instalment!
Old Muzza(N.W surrey.UK) says:
Hi Jane….thanks for the link………..loved the little video that accompanies Marry Waterson
I knew a shepherd ..he had two children .Baaasil and BaaBara
Hi Muzzy! The video is Ramtastic! Admin Skyman will love it, as he really liked a similarly quirky one by Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies. I might just repeat it here! It has wellies and waves enough to lead us into the Port of Amsterdam!
"We Ain't Got Far to Go" – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh6LNv_gzjE
I am now going to do my review of Gill Sandell as promised. Did it all last night/early morning and lost it putting the finishing touches at the last push! Aaaaaaaargh! Still, none of the song links were playing early morning due to some techie whizz glitsch, so I'd have had to add in later anyway… *sigh*… It's hard being a researcher! Lol.
Simon knows this, as I know he's really busy… bit of spam creeping in here that needs zapping. Skyman, I will let you know if we get anything 'fruity'… after we've all read it, of course! Hahahahahaha!
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No apologies necessary Lina, they are lovely photos and impressive considering you took them from a moving vehicle. Such pretty flowers are always welcome. Thank you so much for once again sharing with Today's Flowers and I wish you a happy week ahead.


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Apple May Have To Reveal iPad Sales Figures In Australian Galaxy Tab Case
1:53 pm September 6, 2011 By Roland Hutchinson
Apple and Samsung have been fighting it out over the iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablets, the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 01.1 is already banned in Germany, and Apple has been trying to stop Samsung selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia as well.
Yesterday we heard that Samsung had removed their new Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet from their IFA stand due to the court case between them and Apple, and now a Judge in Australia has said that Apple will have to release sales figures of the iPad 2 for the UK and the US.
Apple has claimed that Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet has impacted on sales of the iPad 2, as well as accusing Samsung of a number of patent infringements. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 was scheduled to launch in Australia last month, but the launch was delayed due to the pending court case.
'Unless Apple puts on evidence showing the impact in the U.S. or U.K., I can't draw any positive assumptions,' Bennett said.
Samsung has asked for Apple to provide sales figures of the iPad 2 to back up their claims that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has impacted their sales, and Samsung's legal counsel told the judge that 'People want an Android product, so they will buy an Android product,this is not impacting the sales of Apple'.
It will be interesting to see what the outcome of this is, whether Apple will be able to prove that the Galaxy Tab has reduced sales of the iPad 2, as we suspect this wont be the case as Apple are probably selling more iPad 2 units than they did with the original iPad.
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Ocean acreage release demonstrates why Labor cannot be trusted to meet its own weak climate target
Peter Whish-Wilson 24 Aug 2022
Labor has made a mockery of its own weak climate target by offering up 46,758 square kilometres of new ocean acreage for fossil fuel companies to exploit in a time of climate emergency.
Lines attributable to Greens spokesperson for healthy oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson:
"It's Christmas Day for fossil fuel companies who have just been handed a big dirty gift: more of our oceans for them to run roughshod in.
"Labor has made a mockery of its own weak climate target by offering up new areas of ocean acreage for fossil fuel companies to plunder, pollute and profit from in a time of climate emergency.
"We already have enough oil and gas in reserves to trigger catastrophic climate change to our planet. There's no plausible excuse for Labor to put our marine ecosystems in jeopardy for the sake of a few profit-driven interests to drill for the exact same product that is killing our oceans.
"The Morrison Government stopped fossil fuel exploration project Pep-11 due to significant community opposition over it risking NSW coastlines and beaches. In opposition, Anthony Albanese also agreed that this project should be stopped.
"If opposing fossil fuel exploration due to community and environmental concerns was good enough for NSW, then it's sheer hypocrisy not to do the same for coastlines right around Australia.
"When parliament was last in session I introduced the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Fight for Australia's Coastline) Bill to the Senate. If passed, this legislation would set a precedent for permanently stopping destructive offshore oil and gas exploration in our oceans.
"New Zealand, Ireland, Greenland, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Costa Rica, France, Belize, Wales, and Portugal have all implemented bans on new oil and gas exploration – there is no reason Australia shouldn't do the same."
Lines attributable to Greens spokesperson for resources, Senator Dorinda Cox:
"Aboriginal people never ceded sovereignty to our lands, waters and sky. Like other nations, First Nations borders don't begin and end at sea level. Sea Country does not belong to Labor, to sell to the highest bidder.
"The Greens demand that the Traditional Custodians of these waters be consulted and that any corporation or Government obtain their free, prior and informed consent before they proceed with their operations.
"Under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People: free, prior and informed consent is a human right. If Labor wants to hear the voices of First Nations people, they can start by listening to Traditional Owners fighting for the survival of their communities, culture and country."


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Writing about teenage boys: Body image, bullying, big feelings and more
Published on: 05 July 2021
Brian Conaghan is well known for his brilliant books for older teenagers and his most recent, Cardboard Cowboys, tackles some moving and sensitive themes through the eyes of 12-year-old Lenny – as well as celebrating friendship and community. He tells us more.
In Cardboard Cowboys, your main character Lenny is bullied for being overweight. What inspired you to write about weight and body image in this way?
Among other things Lenny is loosely based on a friend of mine who was mercilessly bullied when we were kids because of his size. He dealt with the torments and taunts with such dignity and humour that I knew I wanted to tell his – somewhat – story. Sadly, he is no longer with us, which makes Lenny's character so much more poignant for me.
Lenny even uses bad words to talk about himself – jelly, fat, blubber. How hard is it to represent that kind of internalised bullying in a character, where they start to believe what everyone says?
It's very difficult, but it's about survival for people like Lenny. I don't believe that he does believe what people actually say to him is true, however it is a constant battle to fend-off that notion. Lenny's survival technique is self-deprecation.
It's interesting to look at body image from a 12-year-old boy's perspective – how has the pressure to look a certain way changed for boys, do you think? How do boys respond to this kind of pressure?
The very idea that kids so young are acutely aware of body image is something we, as adults and as a society, should hang our heads in shame about. The pressure for all children, not just boys, nowadays is insurmountable.
Around that age of 12, so many things can change: your body changes, you move to secondary school – friendship groups can change and the way we see the world can suddenly be very different. What was it like for you writing a younger protagonist than you have before and keeping all these things in mind?
It was pretty straightforward to be honest. I just delved back into my 12-year-old-self, which is a really enjoyable thing to do. That emotional memory has never left me.
Do you think we see enough books for teenage boy readers that deal with complex emotions and daily life?
I actually believe that there are many books that deal with 'complex emotions and daily life', and you could argue that ALL books deal with this topic in one way or another. However, writers such as Will Sutcliffe, Anthony McGowan, Patrick Ness and Des Dillon deal with youthful male emotions – among other things – very successfully indeed.
Nevertheless, if we really wish to engage teen boys, who are notoriously reluctant readers, it's vital that they see themselves, their experience(s) and their voice reflected back to them in novels.
Why is it important for boys to read books that are about feelings and our relationships with others?
It's important for everyone to read about feelings and relationships. Books can unlock doors, answer awkward questions, enlighten, educate and aid understanding. At that tender age, these things are important...
Read our review of Cardboard Cowboys
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Is It Legal to Ask an Applicant if They Are Planning to Be Long-Term?
By: Ruth Mayhew
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When you're contemplating bringing someone on your staff, it's reasonable to be concerned if you're hiring someone who intends to stay long-term vs. an employee whose commitment falls short of your expectations. Asking a candidate whether she's planning to stick with the job is legal, but be careful that you don't promise permanent employment or imply a contractual agreement if you want to reserve your company's rights under the employment-at-will doctrine.
Employment-at-Will Exception
If you're like most private-sector employers, you're diligent about informing employees about at-will status. At-will employment means you or the employee can end the working relationship at any time, for any reason, and even without advance notice. Probing whether an applicant wants to stay with the company long-term could lead you down that dangerous path of implying there could be an employment agreement. In some jurisdictions, an implied employment agreement can nullify your rights under the employment-at-will doctrine.
Appropriate Questions
Instead of confusing, point-blank questions such as, "Do you intend to stay here permanently?" ask the applicant about her career aspirations. You could ask, "Where do you see yourself in two to five years?" or "Have you given thought to pursuing an advanced degree to improve your marketability?" There are myriad ways to separate applicants who have defined their professional goals from applicants who are merely looking for a job to pay the bills for awhile. Avoid asking "Are you looking for permanent employment?"
Examine Work History
Also, ask about her employment history to detect patterns that suggest whether she's prone to job hopping or if she's a relatively stable worker. You'll get the details from her resume before the interview, but the applicant can flesh it out. For every previous job, ask why she resigned or left the company. If her answers suggest that she's continually in search of greener pastures, you might be wise to reconsider her long-term goals and whether the job you're interviewing her for is a good fit. Workers whose employment history shows them leaving job after job for better opportunities often are restless and might not be good candidates for long-term employment.
Applicant Reaction
Another way to discern whether you're interviewing an applicant who's interested in long-term employment is to gauge her reaction to your description of the job. Explain the company's promotion and transfer policies, as well as the potential for advancement. Applicants who are interested in long-term employment typically will be encouraged by an employer's commitment to helping employees reach their career goals. The applicant's follow-up questions should also clue you in as to whether she's interested in a career vs. a job.
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Ruth Mayhew has been writing since the mid-1980s, and she has been an HR subject matter expert since 1995. Her work appears in "The Multi-Generational Workforce in the Health Care Industry," and she has been cited in numerous publications, including journals and textbooks that focus on human resources management practices. She holds a Master of Arts in sociology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Ruth resides in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C.


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Guadalupe is a town located in the northern part of São Tomé Island, which is part of the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. It is the seat of Lobata District. Its population is 7,604 (2012 census). Guadalupe lies 1.5 km northwest of Agostinho Neto, 10 km east of Neves and 11 km northwest of the capital São Tomé.

Population history

Notable people
William Barbosa, footballer
Olinda Beja, writer

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Populated places in Lobata District

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EDATEs pave way for Studer complex
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Quint Studer anticipates delivering the first apartments at the former site of the News Journal by May of next year after Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday signed a bill clearing up confusion around property tax exemptions for the project.
Scott signed the bill Wednesday morning, paving the way for Studer to secure financing and begin construction on the apartment complex. The bill, House Bill 7099, was sponsored by state Rep. Matt Gaetz and will grandfather in all Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions (EDATEs) approved under the state's Enterprise Zone Program before the start of the new year, when the program expired.
EDATEs for the apartment complex project were approved by Escambia County and the city of Pensacola last year, but came into question when the Enterprise Zone program expired. Gaetz said letting the Enterprise Zone Program expire without providing clear direction to developers with projects that relied upon it was unfair.
"Government shouldn't pull a bait and switch on people and that's what had occurred," Gaetz said. "Government had set out a program to encourage revitalization, and then they pulled the rug out from under people. It was wrong, so we fixed it."
Now secured, the EDATEs from the city and the county will preclude Studer from having to pay $597,025 in annual property taxes until they expire in 2025. Studer will still continue to pay more than $500,000 in taxes to the Escambia County School Board, Downtown Improvement Board and others.
The EDATEs would allow for construction of a necessary parking garage, which will be used by residents, as well as visitors to the new Y and other businesses in the area. Without the EDATEs, the expense of building the parking garage would make the project cost-prohibitive.
Studer said he's never viewed the EDATEs as a tax break, since, after a $50 million investment to build the apartments, his tax bill will go up from the current $40,000 a year to more than $500,000. The EDATEs, he said, make the project financially viable where it otherwise wouldn't have been. Now, EDATEs in hand, Studer said the pieces of the project should begin falling into place soon.
"We believe that we can get the financing done in the next couple of weeks and I believe in 30 days you'll see a lot of activity on that site," Studer said.
Studer said he expects the first of the 260 apartments in the complex to be completed and available by next May, and the final units completed by November. He said the waiting list for units has grown to more than 550 people, though he expects many will be stuck in leases or have moved on to other housing options by the time the apartments become available.
The ground floor of the finished building will house 20,000 square feet of shops and restaurants to "activate the streets" around it. The complex will also include outdoor spaces and a roof deck on the sixth floor.
Studer's intent for the apartment complex was to provide quality housing for young professionals who otherwise could not afford to live downtown. He vowed to keep rent in the range from $750 to $1,000 per month for one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Most units, however, will be one bedroom and less than $1,000 per month.
"You've go to have housing to have a vibrant downtown," Studer said. "Research has shown there's a shortage of 700 housing unit, and the fact that we can come in and start meeting that big gap I think is really exciting."
House Bill 7099 was the final bill passed in the final hours of the Florida Legislative Session. Apart from settling the EDATE issue, the bill also creates or extends several tax exemptions, including a three-day, back-to-school tax holiday set for August 5-7 on clothes less than $60 and school supplies less than $15.
The bill also makes permanent the sales tax exemption for machinery and equipment used in manufacturing, and exempts veterans' service organizations from paying taxes on concessions.
Gaetz said incorporating the EDATE provision into the bill was a no-brainer given the need for workforce housing and the potential of the Studer apartments to encourage similar projects.
"We're just getting started," Gaetz said. "I think that this project could prove the concept that redevelopment workforce housing can happen throughout northwest Florida."


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This web content uses the term gay and bisexual men to represent gay, bisexual, and other men who reported male-to-male sexual contact aged 13 and older. b Includes infections attributed to male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use men who reported both risk factors.
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Sexually transmitted disease surveillance, Originally the syndrome was called the "gay disease" because the overwhelming majority of patients were homosexual men. Inthe Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC website declared:.
In SeptemberReuters reported: "Nearly one in five gay and bisexual men in 21 major U. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them do not know it". As offifty-four percent of all AIDS cases in the United States were homosexual men, and the CDC stated that nearly ninety percent of these men acquired HIV through sexual activity with other men.
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In general, however, it is believed that a high proportion of cases arise from heterosexual activity or from healthcare transmission e. infected needles. i as a gay man have always wondered what make a certain segument of our genration want to go out and get this deseace and promote it like it was postive to be postive ,not saying i would agree with that its a horribable to think that one would go and do such a thing,but where do some think like that.
sorry just confused why. It seemed as if it was a plague to many during the first 2 years. Many who had the virus for some time were being diagnosed.
I was a little girl when it hit the news in We currently have stranger abductions in the U. a year, out of a population of million, 78 million under Crimes rates have been falling since the 90s.
Youth mortality rates are at an all time low but perceived levels of danger are through the roof.
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Not because something happened but because someone could have taken their child. They broke the mantra of hysteria and left their perfectly capable child alone.
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Forget the fact that they have a greater risk of being hit by lightning in their own bathtub. Parents perceive the danger to be much, much greater and law makers many who are terrified parents themselves have been persecuting others due to their hysterical sense of perceived danger.
Magnify that by 20 during the AIDS panic. The information kept changing as researchers discovered more and many took it as a sign that they had no idea what they were talking about.
Fair enough. Just that it was far more complex. Humans are far more complex, and dismissing it all as homophobia is all too simplistic and taking easy way out.
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I once had asam laksa and tomyam every day for two weeks, so much that my mother thought I was pregnant. These are my two must-haves whenever I'm feeling crabby; along with fried chicken. During one of my crabby phases, rif took me for fried laksa in SS14, Subang Jaya.
The Fried Laksa (RM6.50) was created by the lady boss, who fried the noodles with laksa ingredients and dried prawns. While soup is the main reason why I eat asam laksa, this was actually quite good. Like a concentrated version of asam laksa – spicy, sour and fragrant from the prawn paste and fish.
Verdict: Quite good. Try this if you're around the area.
Gosh! I miss this so much. Use to go there when I was working in Sunway. Now you make me wanna go back for it again 🙂 The fried tong fun also quite good. Don't quite like the popiah as its too soft for me.
Wow wow. Its the fried laksa! Awesome. My family likes to dine here. They are super restaurant. Very very clean, food tasty and good service. They have proper waitress, which you can actually communicate in proper Malay language, unlike some restaurant the waitress can't speak Chinese/Malay/English.
Next time you should try fried tang hoon, popiah, fried yee mee hong kong style, tomyam, claypot yee mee, claypot chicken rice and more hehe.
Next week we going again!
Sorry wont go back here. Arrogant bunch of owners.
I cant even ask for additional chillies.
Just tried. Fried laksa and popiah awesome but I think most people missed out other stuff like assam laksa soup based, fried keow teow, prawn mee and fried mee suah. They are equally awesome. Clean and ok service. Waited quite long but is ok for good food and it was really packed at lunch hours. 4/5 rating.