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2015 NFL Week 8 Betting Tips
October 28, 2015 by Sports Betting Tips Posted in Betting Tips, NFL Tips
The 2015-16 NFL season has reached the halfway point and remarkably as we offer up our latest NFL betting tips there are still five undefeated teams in the league. This weekend two of those sides will face off against each other in a huge match with the Green Bay Packers heading to Denver to face the Broncos. Find our Week 8 Betting Tips below.
Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots (Friday 11.25am AEST)
The resurgence of the Dolphins under new coach Dan Campbell is truly remarkable as he has been able to turn this team around in such a short period of time and they have won their past two matches convincingly. Placing quarterback Ryan Tannehill under centre has improved his game and he threw 18/19 and four touchdowns with no interceptions in his last match. However, before we get too excited about the Dolphins we need to realise these wins came against two sides with a combined win total of just three games this season.
They are also up against the undefeated Patriots who have Tom Brady playing close to his best. The quarterback has one hand on the MVP award already and he always plays his best football in a prime time game. Brady is 8-0 when starting in Thursday night games and that will continue as they pick up a comfortable win and remain undefeated.
TIP: Patriots -7.5 @ $1.94 with Crownbet
Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers (Monday 5am AEST)
In huge news for the Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will return from a knee injury this week and it is necessary as they are taking on their undefeated conference rivals. During his absence the Steelers have been able to maintain a positive record but a loss this weekend would essentially put them in a position where they would be fighting for a wildcard berth in the playoffs. The running game of LeVeon Bell will allow for Roethlisberger to open up the play action pass and it will be the first time this season he will be playing with the running back and – Bryant after they were suspended in the opening two games that the quarterback was available before he went down hurt.
However, Andy Dalton and the Bengals are undefeated this season for a reason and it because the side has all the pieces to make a push for the Superbowl. Dalton has three big targets when he is in the red zone with A.J. Green, Marvin Jones and Tyler Eifert. The tight end Eifert has been the standout this season as he has 6 touchdown receptions on just 9 targets in the red zone in their six matches this year. Their offensive potencies will be too much for the Steelers defence.
TIP: Bengals -1.5 @ $1.92 with Palmerbet
New York Giants at New Orleans Saints (Monday 5am AEST)
The Saints have won back-to-back matches and picked up a huge win against the Colts last week. It was more Andrew Luck being horrible than the Saints being good though as he was repeatedly throwing awful passes that would have been picked off by any team. However, they were still able to convert with their opportunities and raced to a 27-0 lead before almost throwing that away towards the end of the match, as Luck got hot.
Meanwhile the Giants have been inconsistent this season and a lot of that is due to Eli Manning. The quarterback has played poorly for the last two matches and since leading his side to an opening touchdown drive against the Eagles he has thrown 2 interceptions, 0 touchdowns and has less than 200 yards in his last two matches. Manning is the type of player who bounces back and I can't see him having this type of a game three matches in a row. The Giants will pick up the win and move into a strong position in their division.
TIP: Giants @ $2.42 with Sportsbet
New York Jets at Oakland Raiders (Monday 8.05am AEST)
The Raiders picked up a huge win last week against the Chargers as they improve to 0.500. They have shown drastic improvement this year, however they have struggled against sides that have a great defence. They are up against the Jets this week who have forced the most turn overs in the league and will be looking to put a lot of pressure on quarterback Derek Carr. The Jets are allowing only 283 yards per game this season compared to the Raiders who let it 388 yards. The Jets offence is also averaging more yards per match, which gives them a huge advantage and they will come away with the victory.
TIP: Jets -1.5 @ $1.87 with WilliamHill
Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos (Monday 12.30am AEST)
The match of the round pits these two undefeated teams against each other. The Broncos have reached this status largely due to their defence, which is a surprise for a team that has Peyton Manning at quarterback. The 39 year old has clearly been affected by father time as his numbers are a career low and he has thrown for only 7 touchdown passes whilst he has 10 interceptions. The key to the Broncos winning will be him limiting those turnovers. Incredibly the Broncos are allowing less than 200 yards per game and if they can restrict Aaron Rodgers and pressure him then they will stand a chance.
However, Rodgers is an elite quarterback and has 15 touchdown passes and only 2 interceptions, which is only behind Tom Brady this season. Their ability to run the ball is also huge as it opens up the play action pass whilst also putting Rodgers in a good position to pick up the first down after a generally a strong run on first down. The Packers will be able to overcome the Broncos defence this weekend as Manning's struggles throwing continue.
TIP: Packers -3 @ $1.95 with MadBookie
Take note: The tips in this article are simply the author's opinion, so bet at your own risk and always gamble responsibly.
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President Lincoln forms two new Army Departments in the South
As the war intensified along the southern and southeast coasts, President Lincoln instituted two new Army commands. One, the Department of the Gulf, included all of the Gulf Coast west of Pensacola, Florida and was placed under the command of Major General Benjamin Butler. The other, named the Department of the South, covered South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida under the supervision of Major General David Hunter. (By John Osborne)
Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1862), IV: 65.
Battles/Soldiers
Butler, Benjamin Franklin
Hunter, David
Stanton, Edwin McMasters
How to Cite This Page: "President Lincoln forms two new Army Departments in the South," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/38922.

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Total: From Joy Division to New Order
In mathematics, a linear order, total order, simple order, or (non-strict) ordering is a binary relation on some set X, which is transitive, antisymmetric, and total (this relation is denoted here by infix ≤). A set paired with a total order is called a totally ordered set, a linearly ordered set, a simply ordered set, or a chain.
If X is totally ordered under ≤, then the following statements hold for all a, b and c in X:
Antisymmetry eliminates uncertain cases when both a precedes b and b precedes a. A relation having the property of "totality" means that any pair of elements in the set of the relation are comparable under the relation. This also means that the set can be diagrammed as a line of elements, giving it the name linear.Totality also implies reflexivity, i.e., a ≤ a. Therefore, a total order is also a partial order. The partial order has a weaker form of the third condition. (It requires only reflexivity, not totality.) An extension of a given partial order to a total order is called a linear extension of that partial order.
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Total S.A. (French pronunciation: [tɔtal]; English /toʊˈtæl/ or /toʊˈtɑːl/) is a French multinational integrated oil and gas company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in La Défense district in Courbevoie, west of Paris. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.
Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP): 1924–1985
The company was founded after World War I, when the then French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré rejected the idea of forming a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell in favour of creating an entirely French oil company. At Poincaré's behest, Col. Ernest Mercier with the support of ninety banks and companies founded Total on 28 March 1924, as the Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP), literally the "French Petroleum Company". Petroleum was seen as vital in the case of a new war with Germany. As per the agreement reached during the San Remo conference of 1920, the French state received the 25% share held by Deutsche Bank in the Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) as part of the compensation for war damages caused by Germany during World War I. The French government's stake in TPC was transferred to CFP, and the Red Line agreement in 1928 rearranged the shareholding of CPF in TPC (later renamed the Iraq Petroleum Company in 1929) to 23.75%. The company from the start was regarded as a private sector company in view of its listing on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1929.
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Total: From Joy Division to New Order is a compilation album of material from Joy Division and New Order. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2011 and is the first album to feature songs from both Joy Division and New Order in one album. It features five Joy Division tracks, including "Love Will Tear Us Apart", and thirteen New Order tracks, including a previously unreleased track, "Hellbent". An online "Deluxe version" also includes music videos.
The record label were unhappy with calling the record a "Best Of", so after brainstorming with the band the title Total was eventually chosen by Bernard Sumner.
The album cover was created by Howard Wakefield who previously served as understudy to Peter Saville. Peter was involved in art direction and told The Guardian: "I realised this was a record that would be sold in supermarkets and advertised on television. So the cover has a 'pile it high, sell it cheap' aesthetic. As you open it out, it says Total, but folded up you just see the 'O's. It says, 'From Joy Division to New Order'. I couldn't bear the words 'Best of'. It's a long way from the independent record shop to Tesco, almost 33 years. At Factory, I had a freedom that was unprecedented in communications design. We lived out an ideal, without business calling the shots. It was a phenomenon."
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@wmscottlee @cecilieblee Scott, that extra day of age/maturity you have on Cecilie is certainly not evident in this photo.
First bowl of oatmeal! I think he liked it, although most of it ended up on his bib. Time to practice swallowing.
Pretending to be shy while his preschool class sings happy birthday.
"Wook, I made an action wobot! It's perpect!"


Have you been on I-75, I-20, or I-285 and watched as some motorist zips by with no regard for other drivers on the road? His behavior could cause trouble for an unsuspecting commuter, but with any luck, he'll be prevented from hurting anyone by the police. If a reckless driver has injured you, call your Marietta, GA Attorney immediately.
Georgia's code, O.C.G.A. § 40-6-390, defines a reckless driver as "any person who drives any vehicle in reckless disregard for the safety of persons or property […]." If you've been involved in an accident or were hit by a reckless driver, you deserve to be compensated for his or her carelessness.
Dean Phillips is a skilled personal injury attorney who will negotiate aggressively for you, directly with the reckless driver's insurance company or in court if necessary. He will gather your medical records, radiology reports, and prescription costs. He will obtain the wrongdoer's insurance information, the accident report from the police, and any evidence that can support your case. He can order depositions from the wrongdoer and secure testimony from expert witnesses. If you were forced to miss work, Dean Phillips will calculate your lost wages. He will determine what damages are owed to you and will work relentlessly to help you cover your medical bills, car repair costs, and missed earnings. Dean Phillips will pursue your best interests aggressively and with integrity.
Mr. Phillips represents clients injured by reckless drivers in Marietta, Cobb County, Paulding County, Bartow County, Acworth, Austell, Powder Springs, Smyrna, Kennesaw and Woodstock. For a free consultation on your personal injury case resulting from a reckless driver, call 770-415-0933.


The Oregon Administrative Rules Compilation 2018, is available in the OARD (Oregon Administrative Rules Database) System.
With the launch of the system last October, the way we publish the Annual Compilation has changed. We no longer print hard-copy versions, but provide the Annual Compilation online to be downloaded as needed.
No need to wait for mailing from the State Archives.
Save chapters to your computer, or send them to others.
Click on "Access the Annual Compilation" in the left menu.
Click "View PDF" from the right column for just the chapters you need.
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Dr. Krishanu Maulik of Theoretical Stat-Math Unit, Kolkata has become an elected Member of the International Statistical Institute
Dr. Ashis Kumar Chakraborty of SQC&OR unit Kolkata has been selected for Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis Award as Distinguished Educator in "Mathematics, Statistics and other Science Disciplines" for the year 2020 by the Operational Research Society of India
Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Director, Indian Statistical Institute, has been selected for Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis Award as Distinguished Educator in "Engineering Disciplines" for the year 2019 by the Operational Research Society of India
Professor Ritabrata Munshi, Statistics & Mathematics Unit, Kolkata has been elected as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 2017
Professor B.V. Rajarama Bhat of Statistics & Mathematics Unit, Bangalore Centre of the Institute has been elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, with effect from January 01, 2016
"Moments Discriminant Analysis for Supervised Dimensionality Reduction" in the Fifth Institute of Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT)
Mr. K. Ramachandra Murthy, Research Associate of the Machine Intelligence Unit has won the first prize for the work "Moments Discriminant Analysis for Supervised Dimensionality Reduction" in the Fifth Institute of Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) Doctoral Colloquium held on December 10-11, 2015.
Professor Debashish Goswami of Statistics & Mathematics Unit, Kolkata has been elected the Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2015)
Swarnendu Chakraborty and Debjyoti Paul participated in the IKDD CODS 2016
Masters of Technology (Computer Science) second year students [Swarnendu Chakraborty and Debjyoti Paul] participated in the IKDD CODS 2016 Data Challenge and secured SECOND position among the five teams short listed from all over India
Library, Documentation and Information Science Division, Indian Statistical Institute, in collaboration with Elsevier organizes a webinar for the research community of ISI on _"STRENGTHENING RESEARCH PLANNING SKILLS USING ELSEVIER'S SCIENCEDIRECT & SCOPUS
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I...I...I don't know what to do. I'm torn between doing the Happy Dance To End All Happy Dances, and rushing her to the hospital.
Do you think she knew it was our anniversary?
Mazel Tov! May you have many more nights like last night! (In both ways - her sleeping, and it being your anniversary and all).
Your anniversary surprise gift! from such a sweet daughter.
Of course she knows - she knows when you're eating something and she's in the next room, right? She's psychic.
BTW, I don't remember if we discussed this before, but today is our anniversary - our 20th!
GO ALEX!!! Let me guess though, you didn't get that much sleep. Glad to hear that she did it finally and I hope that it is a continuing trend. Your baby is growing up!
Are you kidding? I slept like a LOG.
FUNNY AND CUTE PIC btw. Love your blog!
Here's hoping that this is the beginning of many more long happy nights in her own bed! She's absolutely adorable.
Hot damn! Congrats on the sleep and any, ahem, not sleeping.
So, it's Thursday now. How did she do last night?
Happy Anniversary guys....you're the best...from your Maid of Honor....you guys are the epitomy of everything I wish for....give Marcus a kiss for me...and as Granny the Great says....it's just a kiss!


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Models in bathing attire were a favorite subject of Vogue regular George Hoyningen-Huene, below we discover more of his photography from the late 1920's and early 1930's in black and white.
George Hoyningen-Huene captures a model on the brink of a dive in this photograph, which appeared in the July 6, 1929, Vogue. She wears a white belted jersey tunic over black swim trunks by Jean Patou, a signature two-piece style of the era.
This image of model Agneta Fischer by Hoyningen-Huene appeared in the July 1, 1931 Vogue. She is wearing a hand-knit bathing suit by Elsa Schiaparelli.
The model wears a polka dot wool jersey bathing suit over navy shorts with a swim cap and striped beach shoes, all designed by Jeanne Lanvin. The image by Hoyningen-Huene appeared in Vogue on July 1, 1928.


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Technology Tesla Shares Fall on Reports of Second Fiery Crash
Tesla Shares Fall on Reports of Second Fiery Crash
Monday, October 28, 2013 at 9:24 pm | כ"ד חשון תשע"ד
DETROIT (AP) -
Tesla Motors shares dropped Monday after reports of a second fiery crash involving the company's Model S electric car.
On Oct. 17 in Merida, Mexico, a Model S sped into a roundabout, crashed through a concrete wall and hit a tree. The driver fled the scene before the car went up in flames. The U.S. automotive website Jalopnik reported the story Monday, citing the Mexican newspaper Progreso Hoy.
Tesla responded that the Model S protected the driver despite the severe, high-speed crash.
"He is appreciative of the safety and performance of the car, and has asked if we can expedite delivery of his next Model S," a Tesla spokeswoman said.
It was the second time this month that a Model S — Tesla's only vehicle on the market right now — was in a fiery crash. On Oct. 2, a Model S burned after hitting road debris in Kent, Wash.
In that case, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the fire started when a curved metal object punched a 3-inch hole through the armored plate that protects the battery. The car contained the blaze to one section of the battery, and the driver was able to get out before flames engulfed the front of the car.
Musk added that fires are much more common in vehicles with conventional gas engines.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said last week that it doesn't plan to investigate the Oct. 2 incident, because there is no indication that it was caused by a safety defect or that the Model S is violating federal safety standards.
The agency doesn't investigate accidents outside the U.S., but does collect information on foreign crashes from automakers or from police in those locations.
Tesla shares fell 4 percent to close at $162.86. They have fallen 16 percent since the Oct. 2 crash.
Amazon Ties New 4.7-Inch Phone to Its Services
Q&A: Bezos Believes Amazon's Phone Sets Itself Apart From Crowd
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ATO focuses on dodgy financial products
The ATO has highlighted areas of concern in relation to certain financial products, particularly a small number of financial products that may offer the promise of tax benefits that may not actually be available to some or all investors who invest in the product.
Key factors that draw the ATO's attention include suggestions that the investor could obtain tax advantages (that most taxpayers would not in fact receive in their individual circumstances), or that the tax law's anti-avoidance provisions may not apply.
ATO warns of schemes to access additional franking credits
The ATO has cautioned taxpayers against trading shares on a special market operated by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) with the sole purpose of obtaining additional franking credits. The ATO says these arrangements involve a taxpayer selling shares in a company on the ordinary market after a franked dividend has been announced, and retaining the franked dividends. Then, within days, the taxpayer buys back a similar parcel of shares in the same company on the special market, which also has franked dividends. The ATO says the transactions could constitute "dividend washing" and that the taxpayer could face penalties under the law.
TIP: Dividend washing occurs where shareholders seek to claim two sets of franking credits on what is effectively the same parcel of shares. Taxpayers who are unsure about their own circumstances should seek independent advice or apply for an ATO private ruling.
Plumbers were full-time casuals, not contractors
The AAT has found that individuals working for a plumbing business were employees of the business and that the business was required to provide superannuation contributions for them. The business argued that the workers were independent contractors and that there was no superannuation requirement.
After reviewing the individuals' relationship with the business, the AAT was of the view that, effectively, the workers were full-time casuals paid on an hourly rate and not eligible for holiday or sick leave. The AAT considered various factors, including that the individuals all had the same contract (with the same terms) with the business. The AAT said one would expect independent contractors to have differing terms, but the fact that their contracts were the same was "extraordinary". Another key factor was that the hourly rates charged by the workers to customers were largely set by the business. Overall, the AAT concluded that the workers were employees and affirmed the requirement to pay superannuation.
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Special GST clause in contract unclear
A company (a trustee of a family trust) that had sold a property to an individual has been unsuccessful before the Victorian Supreme Court in a matter concerning whether the individual was required to pay GST in addition to the purchase price on the property.
The purchase price was set out in the Particulars of Sale in the contract as $2,250,000. The Supreme Court reviewed the contract, and in particular, a "special condition" dealing with GST. While the Court accepted that the commercial aim of the special clause may have been to allocate responsibility for any GST liability attached to the sale of the property, it considered that the contract said nothing about whether the purchase price in the Particulars of Sale was actually intended to include GST. Further, it could not discern from the special clause any particular contractual intention of the parties. In conclusion, the Court held that the special clause should be removed from the contract. As a result, it said the $2,250,000 amount in the Particulars of Sale should be understood to be inclusive of any GST payable on the sale.
TIP: This case highlights the importance of ensuring that a contract for the sale of property clearly specifies whether the sale is subject to GST and whether the price is GST-inclusive or GST-exclusive.
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GST credits refused, found not carrying on an enterprise
The AAT has refused an individual's claim for input tax credits as it found no evidence that the individual was carrying on an "enterprise". The individual claimed that before she was required to serve a term of imprisonment, she had tried to start a "services business". She claimed that she had purchased, among other things, two motor vehicles, various office equipment, and business promotional materials. The individual made claims for input tax credits totalling almost $74,000 in respect of the various purchases over four years. However, the individual said the attempts to start the business did not succeed and straddled her term of imprisonment. The individual also claimed that any records she had of the purchases were lost or destroyed, or that she had not been asked to produce documentation by the Tax Commissioner.
The AAT said the individual was given various opportunities to produce documents to back her claims before the hearing; however, it noted that her evidence, being mostly personal testimony, did not satisfy the burden of proof that the Commissioner's assessment denying the input tax credits was excessive. The AAT found that there was no "enterprise" for the purposes of the GST law and that the decision to deny the input tax credits was correct.
Penalty for unsubstantiated work-related deduction claims
The AAT has recently affirmed a decision of the Tax Commissioner to impose a penalty on an individual equal to 50 per cent of the tax shortfall amount arising from deduction claims for work-related expenses that were unsubstantiated.
The individual worked as a cars salesman and in his 2011–2012 tax return made various claims for work-related expenses amounting to around $34,300. The Tax Commissioner determined that most of the claims were unsubstantiated and imposed a penalty of around $6,100, representing 50 per cent of the tax shortfall. The Commissioner also told the AAT that the individual had made similar claims in previous years.
The individual did not dispute that the claims were unsubstantiated, but argued that the penalty was severe and that he was unable to pay an outstanding portion of the penalty of $1,400. The AAT noted, among other things, that the individual did not retain invoices or receipts, or provide satisfactory evidence to substantiate the claims. The AAT was of the view that the individual's conduct was more serious than mere failure to take reasonable care, and held that the penalty imposed was appropriate.
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Parent liable to CGT on half-share of townhouse
An individual has been unsuccessful before the AAT in arguing that he should not have to pay CGT on the sale of a townhouse he owned jointly with his son because, he argued, he was only holding his interest in the property to protect his inexperienced son from selling it on a whim.
The individual had purchased the property for his adult son to live in and transferred the property to himself and his son as joint tenants. After living in the townhouse for a few years, the son moved out to another property. The townhouse was then sold and all of the funds were used to pay down the mortgage on a new property. The individual argued that he received no proceeds from the sale and that he held his interest in the property in trust for his son, or alternatively, that an exemption under the CGT law should apply. The AAT did not accept the arguments and held that as a joint tenant, the individual was liable to CGT on 50 per cent of the net capital gain on the sale.
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Residency requirement for CGT home exemption failed
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has denied an individual's claim that an exemption from capital gains tax (CGT) should apply to a property that he and his ex-de facto partner had sold. The individual had purchased land in 2002 with his then partner, and construction of a house on the land commenced in April 2004. However, the couple ended their relationship in September 2004.
Despite this, the individual argued that they had moved into the house in around May or June 2005 to meet the requirements under the law to sell the property without being subject to CGT. The AAT found that the evidence before it failed to establish that the house became the individual's main residence "as soon as practicable" after construction was completed, and failed to establish that the house continued to be his main residence for at least three months after that. In this case, both requirements had to be met in order for the exemption to apply.
GST bill following hotel apartment purchases
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
The AAT has confirmed a decision of the Tax Commissioner that a husband and wife partnership (which was registered for GST) had an increasing adjustment resulting in a GST payable amount following the purchase of two apartments in a hotel complex.
The original owner of the apartments had previously granted leases in respect of each apartment to a hotel management company that was obliged to operate a serviced apartment business. The partnership had also elected to participate in a scheme that allowed the hotel management company to let the apartments as part of its serviced apartment business in return for income generated by the business. The supply of each apartment was treated as GST-free under the "going concern" concessions in the GST law. Since their purchase, the apartments were operated as part of the serviced apartment business.
The AAT essentially agreed with the Commissioner that the partnership had an increasing adjustment because of continuing input taxed supplies made in relation to the apartments.
Beware of artificial trust arrangements to avoid tax
The ATO has issued an alert to warn taxpayers that it is aware of arrangements where a discretionary trust is used to effectively funnel large capital gains to a newly incorporated company that is then wound up to avoid paying taxes.
The ATO says these arrangements concern situations where a trust has generated a small amount of income and a large capital gain during the year. The trust then distributes funds generated by the capital gain, tax free, to one beneficiary, while the newly incorporated company receives the tax liability, but does not have the funds to pay the tax. A liquidator is then appointed to wind up the company.
The ATO says such arrangements may be shams and those involved could face serious consequences under the tax law.


That's right people! We're very proud to announce the release of our 3rd Compilation Release via our Bandcamp website. Every few months, we put together a list of artists who's music stands out to our writers and staff. The compilation was assembled by Sean Pritchard after listening through dozens of artists in the past few months. As always, this compilation is available to your for FREE from our Bandcamp website. All we ask is your continued support of these amazing artists and the work that we do here at TheBlueIndian.com. Check out the track listing below and head to our Bandcamp to get 25 FREE SONGS from some of the best up-and-coming artists in indie music!
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There are not so many hotel rooms in Siemczyno, just 5, still everyone can find an offer to suit his choice. The most common offers in this city are farm, they count 2 out of 5, and their prevalent location is central district. According to our practice, it is the most profitable to book a hotel in the east of Siemczyno, as it is the location of the hotels with optimal cost and quality offers along with the cheap hotels. Taking into account the small size of the city, there is no need to dwell hotel reservation on the location: the road to the city center would take less then half an hour, so one can book a hotel in any district of Siemczyno. The most populated with hotels district of Siemczyno is the north, 60% of cheap hotel rooms are concentrated here. However, even those who want to live in the center can choose from 1 variants of hotel rooms. Siemczyno is a truly multifaceted city, here everyone can find a hotel of his choice: a business person, a young couple or a family with little children. Apart from all these, hotels in Siemczyno offer their customers laundry service. The staff of the most hotels is multilingual: it speaks english. Take a look at our selection of the cheap hotel rooms in Siemczyno to make a well-informed choice for your reservation!
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Hotels in Siemczyno are spread around the city within the distance of 10.8 kilometers, while 1 hotels are located directly in the city center. The most popular accommodations in Siemczyno is Apartment Głęboczek 1 located in a 3.8 kilometers from the city center.


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The beginning of the Second World War
The Second World War or World War II began on 1 September 1939 by the German attack of Poland. In Europe, the war ended on 8 May 1945 with the surrender of the German army; in Asia, the war ended on 2 September 1945 with the Japanese army's surrender. It was almost exactly six years long.
Over 60 million people died as a result, making it the deadliest war in human history. Many countries fought in this war. Germany, Italy, Japan and other countries were known as the "Axis". The United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, Republic of China, and the United States were known as the "Allies". Italy (and some other countries) switched sides part way through the war.
1 Leadup to the war
2 German invasion of Poland
3 Western Front
4 Eastern Front
5 USA enters the war
Leadup to the war[edit | edit source]
After the German Empire and its allies lost World War I, Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. In the treaty, Germany give up its colonies and much of its land in Europe, and limits were put on the Germany military. Germany also had to pay reparations (money as compensation for the destruction World War I had caused) to the Allies. All of this was very unpopular in Germany, and led to an increase in antisemitism and other far-right views among German people.
The Nazi Party, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, came into power in Germany in 1933. Hitler wanted to revise the Treaty of Versailles, for example by getting back some of the European land Germany had lost. The Nazis also believes in pan-Germanism, meaning that they wanted to unite Germany with Austria and other German-speaking parts of Central Europe. They wanted German people to be seen as more important or valuable as people than other people, and Jews and Slavic people to be seen as less valuable.
In 1938, Austria became part of Germany, and later the same year the mostly German-speaking Sudetenland, which was part of Czechoslovakia, was also given to Germany. In 1939, Hitler tried again to take more land for Germany, asking Poland to give back the land that it had gotten from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles. Poland refused, and on 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.
German invasion of Poland[edit | edit source]
On the 1 of September 1939 the German army invaded the Polish Republic for control of the Danzig region because prior to the end of World War I the German Empire controlled this area. In the agreement between the Soviet union and Germany, they agreed to split Poland between the two nations. This moment started WW2 as on September 3 the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany
Western Front[edit | edit source]
In the spring of 1940, Germany invaded France, the Benelux countries, Denmark, and Norway.
Eastern Front[edit | edit source]
In 1941, Germany began Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
USA enters the war[edit | edit source]
On 7 December 1941, Germany's allies Japan attacked the American navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, where much of the fleet was stationed. The United States had been neutral until then, and Japan made the attack without a formal declaration of war. The day after this, American president Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech before Congress where he urged it to go to war with Japan and its allies, and Congress agreed to declare war.
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When Undomestic Diva, who is one of the most fearless broads I know, threw down a challenge to face your fears for 30 days called Operation Eleanor, first I was like Operation ELEANOR? REALLY? But hey, maybe she's had a life long fear of the name Eleanor. MAYBE THAT'S THE FIRST FEAR SHE FACED.
Whatever. I suppose it doesn't really matter what it's called. It's about putting on your big girl draws and doing something that scares you. Me? I've got big fears and small fears. Things that I've been wanting do but didn't, because sometimes I CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK. SOMETIMES.
Some I'll post here, and some I won't. Let just call those PERSONAL VICTORIES. But I promise to take you along for most of the ride. Deal?
Happy November boys & girls. Let the fear facing begin!
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Seriously, I didn't know about that name either. Weird friend we love huh?
But. Birds of a feather and all that jazz.
Honestly,even after reading her posts I thought "Eleanor" was a reference to Gone in 60 Seconds.


ebookers has announced the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer, previously with Priceline.com and First Choice.
Nigel Addison Smith has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and a member of the company`s Board of Directors. He has eight years of senior financial management experience within the travel industry, most recently with First Choice Holidays plc, where he was Finance Director of Air 2000 and Viking Aviation, the company`s charter airline division. Previously he was Group Financial Controller of First Choice.
Following the completion of the financial year, eBookers said Navneet Bali, previous CFO, is leaving ebookers plc by mutual consent, to pursue other business interests.
Philip Dale has been appointed as Chief Information Officer, having most recently been employed by Priceline.com where he served as Chief Technology Officer in Europe and Vice President Development in the United States. Prior to joining Priceline.com in 1999, Mr. Dale worked in senior roles for Sabre within their operational research and yield management group.
Commenting on the two appointments, Dinesh Dhamija , Chief Executive Officer ebookers said: "The appointment of Mr Addison Smith and Mr Dale are two very significant appointments for ebookers, further strengthening the travel expertise of our senior management. ebookers is experiencing very high organic growth and these appointments provide ebookers with more of the seasoned management required to take the company through to its next stage of rapid development and beyond.
"Philip Dale`s experience with high volume bookings at Priceline will ensure that our technology continues to remain robust and scaleable. His expertise will also be important in technology development to further broaden our non-air product sales including hotels, car hire and package holidays.


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WCL Releases ASG Home Run Derby Lineup
With beautiful weather expected in Yakima for the two days covering this year's West Coast League All-Star Game events, there's no doubt the 10 players who will participate in Monday's Home Run Derby will heat things up.
The Home Run Derby, presented by Wildhorse Casino, begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Yakima County Stadium, with gates opening at 5:30 p.m.
Players participating in the Home Run Derby are Lucas Denney (Yakima Valley Pippins), Nick Nyquist (Walla Walla Sweets), Evan Johnson (Wenatchee), Taylor Wright (Kelowna Falcons), Chase Illig (Bellingham Bells), Ian Nowak (Port Angeles Lefties), Hunter Vansau (Victoria HarbourCats), Collin Runge (Bend Elks), Devlin Granberg (Cowlitz Black Bears) and WCL home run leader Jordan Qsar (Corvallis Knights).
Qsar of Pepperdine leads the league in homers with 11 while Granberg of Dallas Baptist and Wright of Maryland are second in the WCL with 8 roundtrippers each.
The Derby will consist of three rounds. In Round 1, each batter will receive 10 "free pitches" to attempt to hit home runs. After that, each batter will receive 10 "strikes" to pad his home run total. A "strike" will be a hit ball or an umpire-called strike if a batter takes a pitch. The top three batters will advance to the second round, with the same parameters as the first round. The third (championship) round will feature the top scores from the first and second rounds.
The top three finishers will receive trophy bats provided by DeVo Bats.
Following the Derby, which is part of the All-Star Fan Fest, is the All-Star Concert featuring performer Aaron Crawford, who will entertain the crowed with two 45-minute sets. All 43 All-Stars will be introduced on stage between sets.
The Fan Fest is co-presented by Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences and Regional Health. Tickets cost $20 each for both events and can be purchased by calling the Yakima Valley Pippins office at 509-575-4487 or at the stadium box office on Monday.
To check out the North and South All-Star Game rosters, click here.
WCL All-Star Game News:
As announced by league president Brian Sloan yesterday, pitcher Travis Kuhn of the Victoria HarbourCats has been added to the North roster. Kuhn, a redshirt freshman-to-be at University of San Diego, has made 15 relief appearances, recorded 7 saves and posted a 2.10 ERA while striking out 29 over 21.1 innings pitched for the Cats.
ABOUT THE WEST COAST LEAGUE
The West Coast League is the premier summer collegiate baseball league west of the Mississippi. The 13-year-old, 11-team, professionally operated wood-bat league located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest features pro prospects from major conferences across the nation and an unparalleled history out west of great fan and player experiences in addition to the best summer weather in North America. 82 players with WCL experience were selected in the MLB 2017 June draft. In 2016, more than 230 WCL alums appeared in affiliated professional baseball including 28 in the major leagues, such as 2015 home-run leader Chris Davis (Baltimore), 2015 NL Rookie of the Year runner-up Matt Duffy (Tampa Bay) and rising star pitchers Matt Andriese (Tampa Bay), Matt Boyd (Detroit) and James Paxton (Seattle); and outfielder Mitch Haniger (Arizona, now Seattle). Overall member attendance was 379,611 in 2016.


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A passion for sports – and coaching
Mallory Dixon excels in the classroom and on the volleyball court
Posted on: December 6, 2021; Updated on: December 6, 2021
By Megan Sexton, msexton@mailbox.sc.edu, 803-777-1421
Mallory Dixon played volleyball during her four years at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where she was a member of the team that played for the national championship.
She earned Academic All-Big 10 honors and graduated with a degree in kinesiology. But with a year of athletic eligibility remaining, Dixon wanted to keep playing volleyball. She put her name in the transfer portal and let schools reach out if they were interested in recruiting her.
"I grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and I went to school in Wisconsin. I wanted a different experience," she says. "I looked for a school that had good volleyball and a either a public health degree or an exercise science degree. And obviously, South Carolina has a really good exercise science program and also good volleyball. So the worlds kind of collided."
She visited the University of South Carolina in January 2020, and found she liked the campus, the exercise science program and the volleyball team. She committed to South Carolina, where she would pursue a master's degree in exercise science in the Arnold School of Public Health and play volleyball.
Then COVID-19 turned everything upside down. She arrived on campus in the summer of 2020, when the university was partly closed and athletes were some of the only students on campus.
"We weren't even allowed to hang out with each other to start out with because of how strict COVID stuff still was," she says. "We were in groups of four and those were the only people we were really allowed to hang out with. My group of four was actually one other graduate student and then two freshmen. I was going into my fifth year and these freshmen were coming in as freshmen. But it was very interesting."
I've had some really good people walk alongside me in my journey, and I think it would be so cool to return that and be able to be that for someone else.
Mallory Dixon, December graduate, master's in exercise science
Because of COVID, volleyball had its 2020 season shortened and split between fall and spring. This fall, Dixon was one of three Gamecocks to play in all 84 sets for the season. She also excelled in the classroom, and will graduate this month with a master's degree in exercise science.
"I've really liked the program. There are a couple of core classes that everyone takes, but you get the freedom to choose different elective classes that will align with whatever you think you might do next or let you just explore to see what you are interested in. So I've really, really liked that. And the professors have been super awesome. All of seem to really love what they do and are all very willing to help."
After graduation, Dixon will move back to Madison, Wisconsin and coach club volleyball, and hopes to pursue a college coaching position. She also is considering eventually returning to school to work in a clinical profession such as a physical therapist or physician's assistant.
"I grew up with two parents as coaches and teachers. My mom was a volleyball coach at my high school and my dad was a football coach. And now actually, my sister is a coach and one of my brothers is a coach, too," she says. "It kind of rubbed off on us pretty well."
Dixon says she is drawn to the college setting, where she believes she could have a big impact on student athletes' college experiences.
"I really like volleyball and I love the team aspect of things. I love being able to have a group going in the same direction and problem-solving with them. So that really excites me. That's something I've loved about being on a team and being a leader on a team. And I just really get fired up about the path of people's lives and being able to influence and help people along in some of their hardest times. I've had some really good people walk alongside me in my journey, and I think it would be so cool to return that and be able to be that for someone else."
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Spain Is Latest To Announce Billions In "Inflation-Relief" Stimmies
First, it was that world-renowned incubator of policy idiocy, California, that decided that the best way to fight stimulus-driven inflation was with more stimulus, announcing this summer that it would send out up to $1,050 in "inflation relief" checks in the process of course making inflation even worse.
Then, it was Italy's turn to announce in August that it would also inject billions in fresh stimulus to – wait for it – fight inflation (the same inflation that was the result of billions in fresh stimulus during the covid pandemic and which has led to the worst global recession and bear market since Lehman).
And since stupidity is contagious, today Spain became the latest country to unveil some €10 billion ($10.65 billion) worth of measures to "ease the pain of inflation" in its third major package this year, bringing total aid to 45 billion euros since early 2022.
Spain, like all other European countries, has been grappling with a cost-of-living crisis exacerbated by the impact of the war in Ukraine on energy prices. The package includes a one-off bonus of 200 euros for about 4.2 million households with annual incomes up to 27,000 euros and the extension of tax cuts for energy bills into the first half of next year, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters.
And since the bonus does nothing to alleviate the supply-driven constraints that have pushed the price of energy in Europe to the limit, all Spain – and every other European country – have done is boost the coffers of LNG/Oil exporters like Russia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and re-exporters such as China and India.
The package follows similar announcements in March and June that included direct aid, tax cuts, soft loans and rental controls.
Amusingly, Reuters says that Europe's desperate measures coupled with an agreement negotiated with the European Union to place a limit on gas prices for electricity production " have had some success" and cites that "inflation for the past 12 months slowed to 6.7% in November, the lowest rate in the 27-country EU bloc." What Reuters should be saying is that having hiked rates to the highest level in almost two decades, the ECB has assured that Europe is facing a brutal recession – if not depression – all just to own Vladimir Putin.
And while slowing inflation has indeed been aided by a fall in electricity prices, which decreased by 22.4% from a year earlier in November, largely as a result of mass hoarding of natural gas this winter, a feat that Europe will find very difficult to repeat next year, food prices have continued to hit Spaniards' wallets, climbing 15% during October and November from a year earlier.
And yes, injecting even more "inflation-fighting" stimmies means that food (and energy) prices will only go higher unless of course those stimmies are used to boost the supply of rare commodities, which they won't be.
Meanwhile, to deflect attention from its latest stupidity (because in one year the magicians at the ECB will be so very confused why inflation remains so sticky and why it has to keep hiking even more as the recession transforms into a depression) the government said it will cut value added tax on essential foods such as bread, cheese, milk, fruit and vegetables and cereals to 0% from 4%, while pasta and cooking oils will have VAT slashed by half to 5%.
The funniest part: according to Pedro Sanchez, the billions in aid provided so far had helped Spain register strong economic growth this year, which he put at over 5%, above the government's previous forecast of 4.4%, once again confirming that growth is nothing more than a measure of how much credit and/or liquidity enters the economy, either via monetary or fiscal channels; as for Spain's real economy, it is slumping into a brutal recession along with the rest of Europe.


A new version of Google Play is rolling out like molasses this week as v4.6.16 (staged rollouts, so fun!). The update isn't major by any means, not like when we first exclusively showed you version 4.0, but does include a bunch of tweaks that will satisfy the geekiest of Android elitists. We're talking the little things that annoy you as you use the Play store.
We also have it available for download below, so feel free to sideload away.
Settings and Help menus have moved into the side navigation menu.
There is a new option in Settings that you can set to require passwords for all purchases.
You can force check for updates of Google Play by going into Settings and tapping on the build version.
Batch multi-select installs from the "All" page in My Apps.
If you remove an app from the "All" list, it no longer jumps to the top.
The rest is all incredibly minor stuff.


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Vintage vehicles, tractors and steam engines fetch £1.4m at auction
Published: 9:52 AM April 25, 2018 Updated: 7:46 PM October 9, 2020
One of the 3,000 lots sold at Cheffins' vintage machinery sale at Sutton, near Ely, on April 21, which fetched a total of £1.4m. Picture: Cheffins. - Credit: Cheffins
Records tumbled as a huge collection of vintage vehicles, tractors and steam engines fetched a total of £1.4m at an East Anglian auction.
More than 3,000 lots went under the hammer at Cheffins' Cambridge Vintage Sale at Sutton, near Ely, which attracted classic machinery collectors and enthusiasts from across the country.
The headline lot of the day was a 1919 Albion Anglo-American Oil Company delivery lorry which sold for £60,900, which auctioneers said is the highest price paid for a vintage commercial vehicle in the UK for 'some considerable time'.
The lorry only had two owners from new, and was bought by the vendor in 1985, still in the Anglo American Oil Co livery. It was fully restored in 2011, including over £1,500 worth of gold leaf used to recreate the sign writing.
Another 'exceptional' lot was a 1907 Davey Paxman steam engine, which was ready to show and rally and sold for £98,700 – one of only a handful of traction engines of its kind known to still be in existence.
Cheffins' vintage machinery sale at Sutton, near Ely, on April 21, made a total of £1.4m across 3,000 lots. Picture: Cheffins. - Credit: Cheffins
Of the 212 tractors available on the day, the top price went to a fully-restored 1966 Doe-130 which sold for £72,975. Ford and Fordson conversions were also popular with buyers with two restored Roadless examples selling for £53,550 for a 118 version and £31,500 for a 980 version.
Similarly, a 1979 County 7700-FOUR tractor which was consigned directly from a local farm sold for a record £25,725.
Also sold was a collection of six working models of tractors, balers and a combine harvester from constructor Roger Townshend. These took a combined total of £52,800, with the top price going to the Nuffield 10/60 model which achieved £16,500 – described as a 'stunning' result, as a life-sized example would have cost a sixth of that amount.
The automotive and motorcycle section also saw strong prices including a 1960 BMW R60 motorcycle and sidecar selling for £11,016, while a 1977 Ducati 900SS Special made £9,720.
Cheffins chairman Bill King said: 'Over 3,000 lots went under the hammer in the April heatwave and drew crowds of biblical proportions to what must be the busiest vintage sale hosted by Cheffins to date.
'There was a superb line up of tractors as well as classic cars, motorbikes, models and various other memorabilia items. Prices achieved were spectacular with a number of records broken for various items.'


I bet many of use have purchased physical optical media in recent years but been a bit annoyed that the digital copies offered were generally either iTunes or an UltraViolet copy.
In the last couple of years I never really bothered to redeem many of the UV copies - either forgot or couldn't be bothered - the biggest problem seemed to be that playing UV copies wasn't very simple depending on what devices you had.
It now seems UV have announced they are closing in the summer. I can't say I'm surprised given the popularity of streaming services, but it does show it's important to download the digital copies and not rely on cloud based access, though even if you have the download presumably DRM could scupper playback if the authenticating servers for the format close too.
I bought several dozen movies on iTunes the other day when they had loads on offer at £2.99, many including 4k copies (though you can only download in up to 1080p which is a real shame).
I guess the concern is that we could see all the major digital copy suppliers shut down or change their business model to streaming only. The liked of Apple and Amazon are probably more resistant to market changes, but they might still change their policies.
The only safe option seems to be buying physical media and format shifting to a non-DRM copy for your own personal use in case your media or optical disc player fails.
In reality, how many of us believe that optical disc players and physical media have a rosy future?
Seems this Disney company may have been a factor in UVs demise, but I think it's US only - thanks again movie studios and your regional coding/licensing antics!
In the past, I have tried to download movies from the sites you link to with the download codes, but I've given up - it's very flakey. I did manage to download the latest Mama Mia film to an iPad for SWMBO to watch on a recent long flight, but when I tried to use the Apple thingamy to mirror to our Apple TV at home, I couldn't get it to work. I really can't be bothered with it all! Give me the disc every time.
I've got a small collection of streaming 4K movies from Apple, but I'm not confident they'll always be available to watch.
Most of the 4K Blu-Ray movies seem to come with both a standard Blu-Ray and a digital download. I've never bothered with the latter - preferring just to rip the former - removing the copy protection- on my Mac.
The long term availability is certainly a concern or digital purchases, plus some movies can get remastered it seems with a modern makeover which may not be to everyone's liking, at least you have the one you bought with a physical copy.
Yes, that's probably the best approach if we put convenience aside. I assume you use M@keMKV or similar on the Mac?
I do fing it quite annoying that they rarely seem to bundle 4k with a 3D BluRay - appreciate it's lost popularity but they still sell 3D BluRay/BluRay/code combos but expect you to spend more again if you the 4k copy with duplicate BluRay discs/codes.
For some odd reason I take far more care of DVD/BluRay discs than I ever did with CD, probably as I never really enjoyed CDs.
Yep to Make MKV, plus I usually transcode an MP4 copy (using Handbrake) for portability.
Thanks, they have been my 'go to' tools for many years but have not used them much recently - good to know they're still sound options.
I know what you mean Tony - it's all a bit of a chore these days compared to simply shoving in the physical disc.
It's called Vortexbox is, all you need is a pc with a Blu-ray drive install Vortexbox os and purchase makemkv full license. Done.
It's called Vortexbox is, all you need is a pc with a Blu-ray drive install Vortexbox os and purchase makemkv full license.
@CrystalGipsy, how does this vary from DVDfab ripping software which rips BluRays and DVDs on a PC or Mac equipped with an optical disc reader? Using a music analogy I guess VortexBox for movies is akin to using DBPoweramp (software solution with some manual intervention needed) vs. Naim Core (all-in-one hardware & software solution).
Nope. Once setup its all automatic on disc insertion. It's a Linux based os so some knowledge is helpful in setting it up, but the docs are pretty good. It's what I use to automatically rip CDs . I use it as VM running on my Qnap Nas in VirtualisationStation rather than have another pc. The usb cd drive is plugged in to the Nas and I can then tell it to be available to VortexBox via the VirtualisationStation app on the Qnap. Same could be done for a BluRay drive. To rip blurays you do need a full license of makemkv once that's done its choose a location to rip them to in the config file.
Many thanks @CrystalGipsy - I'll Check it out!
Or if you are especially thrifty, just get the updated beta license key every few months.
Cool, you will need to install a few extra repositories if you want to rip to external sources or the nases own folders if running as a VM. I can help with this if you need any pointers.
Can't say I've even tried to download one the films using the UV code. We only watch movies at home/cinema and if I'm on the road then it's music. As you say, it's too much faff and I'd probably pony up a few pounds to Apple to download a film to watch on a long flight if I was really desperate.


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Thumpity-thump-thump, thumpity-thump-thump went the loud music coming from a car parked nearby. I was assaulted by variations or combinations of Electro-Lounge, Hip-Hop, Rap, Gangsta Rap, Caribbean, and African music, most everywhere I went at the marina. Most all were alien to my soul, an ice pick in my ear and a full frontal assault on any inner peace that might've been occupying my brain. As I continued walking I noticed a smartly-designed sepia-toned poster for an upcoming Marina Bai des Anges Festival de Musique. It announced Retro Rock: A Night of Vintage 60's Hits.
That was curious since the annual music festival, with its typically bland offerings, was already held back in June. I assumed that this concert would also be held near the stairs of the Commodore and Ducal1. The poster didn't indicate where only that the gig would be on the tenth of September. The band was called Strange Brew. Three band members were from England, and one each from Ireland, France, and the USA. Authentic mid-sixties instruments used on all songs appeared at the bottom of the poster. 'Maybe some real music at last' I said to myself.
The festival was to be held on our favorite beach and our regular spot would be hijacked for three days. Lieve and I were disappointed and delighted all at once and soon witnessed a crew of about a dozen workers assembling a series of tribune-bleacher sections, right on the beach. The parking area was blocked for half a day as the crew unloaded a massive pile of hardware from a convoy of flatbeds. Three bleacher sections, each with a capacity to seat about two-hundred spectators, was completed in less than two days. It stretched from the beach jet ski rental to mid-way past the marina side of the Amiral condominium complex.
A clever construction of scaffold-like pipe sections was mounted on PVC pilings. The latter were punched into the ground with a jack-hammer vertical gun, the size of a drill press on steroids. Thwap! and the anchor was a meter below grade. Amazing. I wanted to borrow it, but was afraid to ask. PVC planks were then snapped into place. While this was going on, a big black boat was hauling in monster-thick sections of material that would serve as the stage platform. The whole business was then assembled, and presto! a stage big enough for two bands, the entourage of a major political figure announcing victory or a juiced-up Southern Baptist choir, was anchored just inside the swimming area and yellow buoys.
To conform to the age of social media intrusion and to have the admission fee waived, all festival goers had to prove Google, Facebook or Twitter membership. This was easily accomplished with a sensor and scanner. A cute bright yellow 'FM' tattoo was then applied to one hand. I guess the FM meant Festival de Musique, though it might've stood for 'Finally! Music!'. Those without the required connection had to pay twenty-five euro's and prove citizenship, show at least three credit cards, a statement of car ownership and proof of at least two years of post-high-school education.
Our twenty-five euro savings would cover for the outrageous prices that Upper Seb2 would be charging for drinks. Those lucky enough to have gulped down at least five-hundred liters of Coca-Cola or devoured the equivalent of sugar over the past ten years were given a free liter and a half of Coke. Proof of ingestion was achieved with a sophisticated apparatus that tested blood-sugar and chemical toxicity levels. It also determined within seconds the organic ravages that resulted from such ingestions. A few, in their rapacious delirium, later tried to acquire another free Coke.
The night of the fest was spectacular. The fact that it was scheduled later than normal at half-past-nine, made it more so. The bleachers were packed and those who brought chairs sat anywhere they could find a spot, while others just stood. People then began to crowd along the rocks that led up to the red and green lighthouses on either side of the beach. Those in inflatable boats started to find spots in designated areas of the water, beginning about a meter from the stage. We decided to watch from our own inflatable canoe, and had a perfect view of the performance, about as close as one could toss a cannonball(?).
It helped that Upper Seb had the vision and sense to affix a portable stairwell to the outer wall of the Pagode. This act of entrepreneurial savvy allowed patrons to buy price-jacked refreshments and use the restrooms. When I went for drinks, we lost our position on the water, but it all worked out, as we found another good spot. In the midst of all the crowded excitement, some overfed idiot wearing a captain's hat with a light on it actually had the audacity to plant four fishing lines in the beach but was quickly whisked away by five burly and confident-looking event staff. We should've gotten their number.
Large heatless LED lights were mounted high above the stage and their white illumination lent an almost ghostly effect to the players and offered an overall scintillating visual. As the night sky quickly turned a bluish-black, it filled with innumerable glimmering stars, many which seemed to come out especially to witness the show. The twinkling reflections in the water lent a magical and mystical charm. Unfortunately, though predictably, corporate sponsorship banners were everywhere. Some were even on the water, mounted on small buoys made for the purpose. Coca-Cola, Heineken, Microsoft, Google, Starbucks and other corporate giants couldn't pass it up, nor could the promoters. Pavlov had his dogs and we have product inundation hammered into us. We all love being told what to think and what to buy. Don't we?
The band's medley of vintage hits had me riding first-class in a time machine to the halcyon days of a half-century ago. Over ten songs in all.3 The silky-smooth Classics Four rock/jazz hit Spooky was flawlessly done, as the black guy with the braids dropped his tambourine and took the (vintage 1959 Buescher 400, I learned) saxophone between his lips. The highlight of the evening was Strange Brew's intoxicating cover of Strange Brew, the Cream original. The blues-riffing guitar solo was so good I wanted to liquify it and shoot it through my veins.
She's a witch of trouble in electric blue / In her own mad mind she's in love with you / With you/ Now what you gonna do?/ Strange brew, kill what's inside of you.
The band followed with an almost two-hour slew of gems including the high-octane Paul Revere and the Raiders 1966 hit Kicks, with its 'galloping horses' keyboards and guitars, and with the intense 1965 sitar-influenced guitar sound of the Yardbirds rock/soul-lament Heart Full of Soul. This psyche and jazz-fuelled and doubtlessly drug-induced magical band had by then entered into a species of musical Zen where no thought was necessary. They were born to play these songs.
And don't it seem like Kicks just keep gettin' harder to find/ And all your kicks ain't bringin' you peace of mind/ Before you find out it's too late, girl/You better get straight/No, but not with kicks, you just need help, girl
All instruments (the band did a lot of switching), including all three electric guitars, drums (which I later learned were a set of 1965 Ludwig Super Classics) and keyboards & electric organ, (Fender Rhodes, said someone in another boat) was as the poster had indicated, authentic vintage sixties instruments 4. (I learned the following day from an old guy that knew the band that one of the guitars was definitely a 1965 Fender Duo-Sonic, another was most likely an Airline bass guitar, a third a Gibson ES-335 and a fourth Vox Teardrop).
The lead vocalist and guitarist was a tall guy with long blonde hair and mustache, who hailed from the same physiognomic neck of the woods as Keith Relf, former lead singer of The Yardbirds. He was dressed in a black leather vest with a pink fluffed (probably charmeuse silk) shirt that had a collar so large that it seemed to be invading his vest. With his grey striped (probably Harrods Vucana wool) bell-bottoms and his Trotsky-like tortoiseshell pince-nez set midway on the bridge of his nose, he was "where it's at, man"- no probably about it.
The lead guitarist was strangely and one might surmise ridiculously attired. Or was it that he was dressed so uncool that he became the Godfather of Cool? This tall, dark-featured long-haired late-twenties specimen was imposing in an outrageous purplish-grey pin-striped Inverness cape. This was topped off with a yellow snapped-brim pork-pie hat, ruffled silk turquoise shirt, tight-fitting white trousers, and knee-high gold-studded black riding boots with dangling chains. This cat was 'far out' and 'deep'. He was 'gone' He was Haight-Asbury, The Filmore, The Whiskey A Go-Go, The London Palladium and countless other long-gone smoke-filled rock haunts all rolled into one. Straight out King Pest, the hilariously macabre Edgar Allan Poe short story.
The somber-faced bass guitarist and vocalist was in a black suit, white shirt, and mid-60's thin black tie. All this went well with his Roy Orison shades and jazzy, silky voice. With his shock of blue-black combed back hair and an unlit cigarette dangling from his lips half the time, he was five parts jazz, one part rock, and all blues. His solo of the Gershwin classic Summertime was so smooth and deliciously-sounding I wanted it chemically analyzed, quantified, identified, and transformed into something I could spread on my toast for the next twenty years.
Back-beating and back-sticking away on the Ludwig Super Classic drums and cymbals was a swarthy bald-pated Popeye-forearmed guy. This thick-bearded mid-forties vintage was dressed in black slacks and black pinstriped shirt, topped off with a red bow tie. While most all the numbers obviously didn't require his maxed skills, this cat could burn it up with enough energy to light up an entire city. This was evident during a five-minute solo riff at the end of Keep On Running. Rock likely wasn't his thing, jazz no doubt being his bag. This cat was the bomb. A sweet Strange Brew logo, which appeared to be hand painted, graced the vertical twenty-eight-inch bass drum.
The thirty-something all-arms and legs sax and tambourine player (with some guitar) was the sweetest-looking black guy I ever saw. Purplish black, almost like an olive, he was striking in a bright yellow short-sleeve loose-fitting silk shirt with screened floral designs. Wrapped around his forehead and Rastafarian Yellow-jewelled braids was an intensely red bandana. If this guy didn't help write the book of smooth, he was perhaps its chief editor. His sax work for Spooky and for James Brown's Night Train was superb. It was so good, I wanted it pulverized so I could snort it.
The very young keyboard and organ player was a ringer for Robert Crumb, the underground cartoonist of Mister Natural fame of fifty years ago. Even though he was listed on the poster as Johnny Ryan from Bray, Ireland, the thick-rimmed glasses and nerdy college look convinced me it was somehow Crumb. Considering the absurd unreality of this show, why not? Crumb had played keyboards for the Castaways when they recorded their only hit, the organ-heavy Liar Liar in 1966. If it wasn't him, it was a one-hell-of-a coincidence. One hell-of-an incongruity too. Dressed in his off-the-rack plaid shirt and chinos, he was way out of place next to his partners, who appeared from another realm altogether.
Strange Brew then curiously broke with their own program by closing with Ruby by the Kaiser Chiefs. They followed the high-energy mix of vocals, chords, and keyboards as if they had morphed, as they had done with all the other pieces they played, into the actual band whose hit they were doing. Maybe they should rename their band The Chameleons, I had thought.
Not long after this riveting climax, a loud and frantic scream of "Hey! Hey! was heard from a near distance. Two inflatable raft occupants had been fighting over a spot and a pushing and shoving match ensued. A scream went out, and bid-a-bing, somebody landed in the water with a tremendous splash. A sort of bumper boat competition soon followed, with many half-drunk or fully-high combatants heading overboard. We had already started to deflate our own canoe and were not involved in this benign mayhem.
As Helicopters then swirled overhead, for reasons still lost on me, a fireworks show commenced and soon filled the night sky with its own galaxy of lighted gun-powder-filled rockets. This spectacle, which Lieve loved, was an apt finale to a memorable evening of entertainment. Barring any travails of memory impairment that potentially might relegate this fabulous evening to a compartment of the psyche that has no key, I shall savor it until the day I am released from this swirling existence.
The whole extravaganza left me delighted and mesmerized and captivated but confused and bewildered and forlorn. Maybe these musicians were apparitions. Maybe the whole thing was crafted from an over-taxed imagination. Maybe it was a slither of time that I longed for, not a life-event. Maybe I'll play it again in my head. Over and over again. But I can never play it with that crappy ear-splitting thumpity-thump-thumping sound of lounge music that too often surrounds me and takes over my soul.
1 Commodore and Ducal are two 13 story condominium buildings. Normally music festival goers would occupy the massive stairwell that separates the two structures to watch the entertainment.
2 Owner of the Pagode Patio restaurant, a level up from the beach. Referred here as Upper Seb because another Seb referred to as Lower Seb runs the jet ski rental at beach level.
3 List of songs performed: Kicks by Paul Revere and Raiders / Heart Full of Soul by The Yardbirds / The Last Time by The Rolling Stones / Spooky by The Classics Four / Night Train by James Brown / Strange Brew by Cream / Keep on Running By Spenser Davis Group / Dirty Water by The Standells / You Really Got Me by The Kinks / Living on a Thin Line by The Kinks / She's Not There by The Zombies / It Ain't Me Babe by The Turtles / Ruby by The Kaiser Chiefs
4 Vintage instruments:
Vox Teardrop guitar for Stones Last Time and others
1965 Fender Duo-Sonic electric guitar, throughout
Ludwig Super Classic guitars for selected pieces
Airline bass guitar throughout
Martin D-18 Dreadnought acoustic guitar for selected pieces
Vintage 1959 Buescher 400 Saxophone For Night Train and Spooky
Ludwig Super Classic drums throughout
1965 Fender Rhodes keyboard/organ throughout
Twin Fender 65 Delux Reverb Combo Amplifiers
Heart Full of Soul Distinctive neo-sitar-guitar sound originated by Jeff Beck.
She's Not There Bass guitarist did lead vocals on this.
It Ain't Me Babe Bob Dylan original done in Turtle's chord-heavy version.
Night Train Strange Brew had the chops on this one, though a second sax would've
improved last third.
The lead vocalist announced that the band regretted that "some idiot" forgot to ship the mountain dulcimer guitar, preventing the band from doing the Stones Lady Jane.
All costumes, except those worn by the keyboardist, and where otherwise previously indicated, were from Muskrat's Vintage Clothing of Santa Monica, California.
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Why would Rockstar release GTA 6 soon? GTA Online is a gold mine
By Vic Hood
Opinion: GTA Online is a money tree that just keeps growing
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Many of us may be impatiently waiting for Rockstar Games to officially announce GTA 6 is in the works, but a recent earnings call (opens in new tab), Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive hinted that we won't see a new GTA anytime soon. And, to be honest, I'm really not surprised.
During the same earnings call, Take-Two revealed that GTA Online – the online multiplayer mode of GTA 5 – delivered its "best holiday quarter ever for both audience size and net bookings".
Not only that, but third-quarter spending on micro-transactions in Grand Theft Auto Online grew a whopping 54%, partly – no doubt – due to the release of the Diamond Casino and Resort update in July, 2019.
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"We're now on track to deliver a new record for Grand Theft Auto Online recurrent consumer spending in fiscal 2020," Strauss H. Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, said during the earnings call. "Sales of Grand Theft Auto V also exceeded our expectations, and the title has now sold in more than 120 million units."
So, with GTA Online proving to be an ever-growing gold mine, why would Rockstar Games want (or need) to release GTA 6 anytime soon? The simple answer: it doesn't.
To date, 120 million copies of GTA 5 have been sold globally. According to the earnings call, Take-Two Interactive expects GTA Online to be one of its biggest earners for fiscal year 2020, with the publisher expecting "current consumer spending to grow by approximately 10%, driven primarily by growing Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online".
Realistically, there's no financial pressure for Rockstar to release GTA 6 anytime soon, even if fans are waiting with bated breath for an announcement. GTA 5 (and therefore GTA Online) is still a money-earner, with consumer spending continuing to grow year-on-year. Which is why it wouldn't make sense to try and shift these consumers to a new game right now, which is potentially what Rockstar would try and do.
But actually, I think there's three possible options for what Rockstar Games' approach will be for GTA Online and GTA 6 – and one seems more probable than the others.
Move everyone over as quickly as possible
The first approach would potentially be to release GTA 6 in the next few years (likely late 2021 or mid 2022) with an online mode available straight away. Rockstar would then try to transition GTA Online players to the new online mode.
However, with players already settled and comfortable with GTA 5 and GTA Online, moving that player base to a new game is a risky move. As we've seen with Red Dead Online, online gamers aren't always keen on moving elsewhere when they've poured hours into a game. Especially when so many have sank their well-earned cash into in-game transactions that they're very likely to lose in a new iteration of the online multiplayer mode – unless Rockstar finds a way to transfer those transactions to a new game (which may alienate new players straight off the bat).
Practically, though, the studio is more likely to be focusing its efforts on the core GTA 6 game, then release an online mode later.
Waiting game
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The second, and probably more likely option, is that we will see GTA 6 release in that same release window but without an online mode. This would allow players to purchase GTA 6 but still play (and spend money in) GTA Online.
Rockstar could then implement an online mode for GTA 6 a few months or years after launch, slowly transitioning players from GTA Online to the new online mode - although it's likely this could impact the performance of Red Dead Online.
GTA 5's online mode launched within weeks of the base game, but didn't start gathering steam until a few years into the game's lifespan – making this the most likely option.
It's also worth taking into account the extra time that may be required to develop GTA 6's online mode on next-gen consoles. However, Take-Two president, Karl Slatoff, is confident that the transition of the publisher's live service titles will still be successful.
"What exactly the transition is going to be [from game to game] between the console cycles will vary," Slatoff said. "But there's no reason to believe that the success that we're experiencing with those services would be any less in the new generation that is than the old generation."
Not all players may want to move to next-gen consoles as soon as possible, as it doesn't sound like it'll be cheap. Giving them the option to slowly transition is likely to be beneficial in the long term.
Plus, launching an online mode later would allow Rockstar to continue to reap the rewards from GTA Online, while growing a base for GTA 6. Then, when that base is solid enough, try to transition players from the old to the new. It is arguably the most sensible way to do it. Unless...
GTA Online goes independent
The last, but probably least likely, option is that GTA Online goes independent. Instead of simply being a multiplayer mode for GTA 5, it could become a game in its own right, without ties to any of the core Grand Theft Auto titles.
It would be a risky, and more work intensive, move from Rockstar but would mean that players don't need to buy a whole new game to access GTA Online.
Instead, Online could be made available as a free-to-play download on consoles or through Rockstar Games Launcher on PC.
However, this approach would likely impact the sales of the core game. It seems like a big draw of players to GTA 5 is the free online multiplayer mode, which comes free with the paid-for game. I can see the core game sales being affected if that free online mode was no longer available no matter how good it may be – and Rockstar wouldn't want that.
The truth is, we can only speculate right now about what's going to happen with GTA 6 and GTA Online. But Take-Two has said it reveal more about its pipeline plans in the coming months: let's just hope GTA 6 is among them.
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