APA Style is a set of conventions and standards for written communications put forth by the American Psychological Association. These standards allow for ease of communication between authors and readers, similar to the way physicists or mathematicians use universal symbols to make communication easier.
APA Style is primarily used in academic settings for research papers among university students and faculty.
Why Should I Use APA Style?
As with anything you write, you must keep you audience in mind. Who will be reading your work? In APA Style, you will find a set of conventions that, when adhered to, allow for the ease of communication. Using one set style type allows readers to navigate their way through your work with ease and follow your arguments, citations, and source materials.
Can you imagine if every researcher in a given discipline used a different method of source citation? Think of all the wasted time the reader would spend just trying to understand the organization of the paper, let alone the arguments being put forth.
The APA Style allows for a consistent, uniform presentation of a paper's findings so that the maximum amount of time can be spent on the content, not the formatting.
APA Style is primarily used in the social sciences but is also used elsewhere.
All major styles have formatting requirements for how the text should appear on your page. This allows for ease of reading and a consistent experience across papers.
Page numbers should be set at one-half inch (1.25 cm) from the upper right hand corner and flush with the right margin.
The running head of the paper should be set one-half inch (1.25 cm) from the upper left hand corner and flush with the left margin.
Except for the running title and pages numbers, the margins on an APA Style papers should be one inch at the top and bottom and on both sides of the text.
The first word of every paragraph should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This can be accomplished in Microsoft Word and other word processors by hitting the "tab" key.
When writing a paper in APA Style or any other style, you should always choose a font that is easy to read. You also want to pick a typeface that has a clear contrast between its regular and italic style. APA Style prefers using Times New Roman, but if your instructor specifies something different, follow his/her guidelines.
Next you will want to pick a standard size to use, 12-point font when using APA. Again, if your academic department or teacher has its own standard, use that.
Your paper should be double-spaced throughout its entirety, including quotations, notes, and onto your references page, and appendix.
Finally, leave one space, not two, after each period or other concluding punctuation mark unless your teacher prefers otherwise.
Unlike MLA Style, which has an optional title page, APA Style requires all research papers to feature a title page. As such, they also have specific formatting requirements for how that title page should look.
The running head is an abbreviated version of your title that will be at the top of every page of your paper. It should be set one-half inch (1.25 cm) from the upper left hand corner and flush with the left margin.
The top of your title page should also include a right-aligned page number, which will always be "1" since this will be your first page.
Your paper's title should be a few spaces down on your paper and centered. Underneath the title, list your name and institutional affiliation.
APA Style recommends that your title be less than 12 words. Do not use a period after your title or after any of the headings in your paper.
The last item to be included on a title page is the author's note. The author's note appears with printed scholarly articles. It identifies the author's departmental affiliation, provides acknowledgements, states any disclaimers or possible conflicts of interest, and provides contact information for the reader. The author's note is different than the abstract and is generally not required on student papers.
If you are an undergraduate student, default not to include an author's note.
The abstract is a concise summary of the entire article. Think of it like an executive summary. A good abstract will identify the problem discussed in the article, indentify the parties involved in the study, briefly mention methodology, and outline the findings and conclusion.
Most scholarly journals require an abstract, but many undergraduate professors do not. Check with each instructor on whether or not they want an abstract included.
Your paper should be double-spaced throughout, and on all text pages, the running head of your paper should appear as seen below.
Place page number on all pages, including cover page.
Page numbers should be one-half inch from top right of paper and flush with the right margin.
Each page on your paper should have an ordered number in the top right hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. This includes your cover page.
Also, appearing flush with your left margin should be the shortened title of your research paper. If you do not have a shortened title, include the first few words or your regular title.
In APA Style, single and one-and-a-half spacing is acceptable in tables.
Any tables or figures mentioned in text should also appear in a separate section following the references page.
Properly documenting your sources is extremely important. Not only does it avoid accidental plagiarism, but it also allows the reader to see whom you are referencing.
In APA Style, you cite your sources with parenthetical citations in your text that reference a chronological list that follows your research paper called a references page.
These parenthetical citations are called "in-text citations" and there are a few ways you can do them.
In APA Style the in-text citations provide at least the author's last name and the year of publication. If you are not directly quoting the material or if you are referencing an entire book, article, or other work, you do not need to include a page number. However, if you are using direct quotes or paraphrasing a material, you should include a page number.
The examples below will include page numbers.
This idea is nothing new and has been talked about for years (Smith, 2005, p. 87).
This idea is nothing new and has been talked about by various authors such as John Smith for years (2005, p. 87).
This idea is nothing new and has been talked about for years (J. Smith, 2005, p. 87).
This idea is nothing new and has been talked about for years (Smith & Colson, 2005, p. 87).
This idea is nothing new and has been talked about for years (Smith, Colson, & Brown, 2005, p. 87).
This idea is nothing new and has been talked about for years (Smith et al., 2005, p. 87).
This idea is nothing new and has been talked about for years (Title of Book, 2005, p. 87).
This idea is nothing new and has been talked about for years (Smith et al., 2005; Johnson et al., 2009).
This idea is nothing new and has been talked about for years (Smith, 2005, 2009, 2011).
Footnotes are minimally used in APA Style to provide additional content or to acknowledge copyright permission status. They are not used for citations.
Entries are in alphabetical order by authors' last name, or by title for sources without authors.
Author's first name is always reduced to initials.
Entries should be double-spaced and have a period at the end.
Use the ampersand "&" instead of "and" for entries with multiple authors.
Use p. or pp. to abbreviate paper number.
The first line of an entry is flush with the left margin. If an entry goes on to two lines, indent it one-half inch.
In APA Style titles of articles in a newspaper or online are treated just like a sentence. Only the first word is capitalized. If there is a colon, the first word after colon is also capitalized. Proper nouns are capitalized too, just like a sentence.
Below are specific examples and guides you can use for creating your own citations from sources in the following mediums.
Author Name. (Year of publication). Title and subtitle. City of publication: Name of publisher.
Lee, H. (1960). To kill a mockingbird. New York: Grand Central Publishing.
If the book was produced by an organization, not an individual, list the organization as the author.
Lee, H. (2009). To kill a mockingbird [Kindle edition]. New York: Grand Central Publishing.
(Original work published in 1960).
Lee, H. (2009). To kill a mockingbird [PDF e-book]. New York: Grand Central Publishing.
If the book you are citied is an updated or revised edition, include this information between the title and the publication facts.
Sowell, T. (2015). Basic of Economics (5th ed.). New York: Basic Books.
If you cite one book from a group of books (called a multivolume work), list only the specific volume that you consulted.
Byrne, M. S. C. (Ed.). (1981). The Lisle letters (Vol. 4). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
If you only need to cite a single chapter in an anthology, use the below method. This basic method works for citing a letter in a collection, a short story in a collection, a single poem in a collection.
with William F. Buckley Jr. (pp. 99-118). University Press of Mississippi.
If you are citing an introduction or preface to a book that was written by someone other than the book's author, cite it separately.
Author's Name. (Date of publication in Parenthesis). Title and subtitle. Journal Title, Volume number, Page number.
If you obtained access to a print journal through an online database, include information for the print edition, followed by the database (in italics). If there are no page numbers, use "n. pag." instead.
Matarrita-Cascante, D. (2010). Beyond growth: Reaching tourism-led development Electronic Version.
Annals of Tourism Research, 37.4, 41-63.
Research, 37.4, 41-63. Retrieved from JSTOR database.
For print magazines, do not include article or issue numbers, even if they are given. If, in the magazine, the article is interrupted by other content, list all pages.
Salam, R. (2013, October 14). Bill de Blasio's New York. National Review. 17-20.
For print, include all pages numbers, with letters identifying sections, if available.
Wei, L. (2015, March 1). China rate cut renews economic concerns. The Wall Street Journal, B1, B2.
Internal Combustion Engine. (2004). The world book encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book.
Websites don't follow the same rules as some of the other traditional sources from above do. Given this fact, you may need to improvise at times, doing your best to still supply the same kind of information that is required of a traditional publication.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition.
A Writers' Reference, 7th Edition by Diana Hacker.
1 What is APA Style?
2 Why Should I Use APA Style?
3 Who Uses APA Style?


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Share this Story: With B.C.'s rejection of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Canada's diversification strategy is unravelling
With B.C.'s rejection of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Canada's diversification strategy is unravelling
Claudia Cattaneo: Of the 4 major export pipeline projects proposed to open new markets for Canadian oil, Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion should have been the easiest to pull off
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Just as the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion seemed to be within striking distance of winning a regulatory permit, the British Columbia government formally requested its rejection Monday in a submission to the National Energy Board (NEB).
The takeaway: Alberta's – and Canada's – oil market diversification strategy is unraveling.
With B.C.'s rejection of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Canada's diversification strategy is unravelling Back to video
The other takeaway: The climate change policy implemented by Alberta's NDP government to secure pipeline approvals, with much encouragement from Justin Trudeau's federal Liberal government, is looking more and more like a lot of pain for zero gain.
Of the four major export pipeline projects proposed to open new markets for Canadian oil production, the TMX expansion should have been the easiest to pull off because it twins a pipeline that has been safely transporting oil from Alberta to the B.C. coast for 60 years.
But in its final argument to the NEB, which is in the last days of a two-year review, B.C. threw the book at the project, claiming: "the company has not provided enough information around its proposed spill prevention and response for the province to determine if it would use a world leading spills regime."
B.C. opposes Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion plan
TransCanada's Keystone XL lawsuit is just the beginning of corporate pushback against government pandering to environmentalists
Trans Mountain review looks for closure as pipeline expansion becomes increasingly difficult in Canada
This after a review that, according to TMX proponent Kinder Morgan, was one of the most comprehensive in the board's history and involved the filing of a 16,000-page application, answering 17,000 questions, participation of more than 400 intervenors and of 1,250 commenters, not to mention more than $300 million in costs.
Mary Polak, B.C.'s environment minister, didn't seem to be too concerned Monday that the hard line would scare away investment.
"Companies around the world … know and have known for a long time that British Columbia has very high environmental standards," she said to reporters.
"These five conditions we have had in place since 2012 reflect that. They are no surprise. Kinder Morgan has made it clear that they are supportive of the five conditions and that they wish to meet them. We have not seen evidence of that in the NEB hearing, but the fact is that we don't … trade the idea of jobs and the environment."
With U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures falling US$1.75 to settle at US$31.41 a barrel, the lowest since December 2003, and Canada bleeding energy jobs and investment, it's an overconfident view for a province that hasn't yet secured a single liquefied natural gas project, also required to meet B.C.'s world leading environmental standards, despite more than 20 proposed in the past five years.
The $6.8 billion Trans Mountain project involves twinning its existing 1,150-kilometre pipeline from the Alberta oilsands to its terminal in Burnaby to increase pipeline capacity to 890,000 barrels a day from 300,000. The NEB is expected to recommend in May whether the project is in the national interest, and the federal cabinet is due to rule this summer.
B.C.'s five conditions for heavy oil pipelines, announced in 2012, are: that they successfully complete the NEB process; that they have "world-leading" marine oil spill response, prevention and recovery; that they have "world-leading" practices for land oil spill prevention, response and recovery systems; that they meet legal requirements on Aboriginal and treaty rights; that B.C. receives its "fair share" of the fiscal and economic benefits.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Polak said the conditions don't close the door on pipelines through B.C., but at this time TMX hasn't met them.
Still, they raise questions about whether they are actually attainable, or why Canada has a federal process to approve cross-border pipelines when B.C. effectively claims it has final say.
B.C. pulled the same stunt on Northern Gateway, using the same argument to oppose the project at the NEB. Its stand energized environmental and aboriginal opponents. Eager to win votes, the federal Liberal government formalized a tanker ban in November and Northern Gateway is now adrift.
Similarly, it's unlikely Ottawa will take the political heat for the TMX expansion if B.C. isn't willing to support it. Polak said Ottawa supports B.C.'s conditions.
In a statement, Trans Mountain said it has been working closely with the B.C. government and that it's confident it will be able to satisfy the conditions once the regulatory process is complete.
But it adds: "The conditions related to world-leading marine oil spill response, recovery and prevention, addressing Aboriginal treaty rights and B.C. receiving its 'fair share' are all conditions that require multiple parties to come to the table and work together."
Since B.C.'s conditions were announced, there have been multiple meetings between B.C. and Alberta to discuss benefit sharing, a new national energy strategy that promised lots of inter-provincial cooperation, initiatives by the previous Conservative government to improve oil spill prevention and response as well as initiatives to resolve aboriginal concerns and increase their benefits, yet B.C.'s palm remains wide open.
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EDCTP-AREF Preparatory Fellowships
Type of action: Training & Mobility Actions (TMAs)
Call budget: €800,000
Maximum funding: €70,000
Funding level: Up to 100% of eligible costs
Stage 1 Open date: 14 July 2017, 17:00
Stage 1 Close date: 13 October 2017, 17:00
Stage 2 Open date: 21 June 2018, 17:00
Stage 2 Close date: 20 September 2018, 17:00
Go to EDCTPgrants
Joint call with the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF)
Call identifier: TMA2017PF
Please note: On 22 June 2018, the opening and closing dates of the second stage of this call were updated from 12 January to 21 June 2018 and from 14 March to 20 September 2018, respectively. All relevant applicants were informed.
Many aspiring African researchers lack the mentorship, intellectual challenge and rigour that well-funded established institutions in the North can offer to their early postdoctoral researchers. Africa accounts for 15-20% of the world's population and a disproportionately large share of disease burden, yet scientific publications by African researchers account for less than 2% of the total academic journal output. The challenge is therefore to enable African researchers to enhance their competitiveness for international funding opportunities early in their careers while retaining them in Africa, working on Africa's health challenges and priorities.
Capacity strengthening needs for health research in Africa have been documented by EDCTP, the World Bank and others. Lack of funding and systematic career development for researchers are two significant gaps. In general, health research capacity building programmes in Africa and other low-income regions are more tailored to PhD candidates than to early-career postdoctoral scientists. Furthermore, international fellowship programmes typically focus on people showing exceptional talent and promise. The experience of global health research funders is that Africans are under-represented and less competitive in their funding schemes: their science may be promising but the framing of research questions; the research design; the proposed analyses and mentoring are often not well developed.
The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) aims to bridge the critical gap early in the career path from research experience to research leadership. AREF is an independent charity, legally registered in the UK under the umbrella of the Medical Research Foundation. The Medical Research Foundation is a company limited by guarantee and a charity registered in UK whose registered office is at MRC Head office (Swindon), Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon SN2 1FL.
The purpose of the EDCTP-AREF Preparatory Fellowships is to enhance the competitiveness of up and coming post-doctoral African scientists and clinicians aspiring to win international /regional /national fellowships or grant support, such as the EDCTP Career Development Fellowships, through short-term placements at a host organisation in EU Members States, in countries associated to Horizon 2020 or in Sub-Saharan Africa which will be contracted by the home organisation to host the fellow.
The objectives of this call are to:
Enable outstanding African researchers (0 to 3-year post-PhD or MD) to (a) Further advance their research skills, through short-course(s) and hands-on training, especially using biological samples and/or data they or their home organisations have generated; (b) strengthen their competencies in project and proposal design; and (c) enhance essential "generic/transferable researcher skills" that have the outcomes of secure research relationships, and effective use of fellowship/grant opportunities and funding; and (d) contribute to creating a critical mass of researchers optimally equipped with knowledge and skills to address local research needs
Enable individuals to deploy their own resourcefulness and research relationships to best effect in competing for early/mid-career Fellowships, such as (but not only) the EDCTP Career Development Fellowships
Enhance career development and early retention of postdoctoral researchers and postgraduate medical researchers in research in and for sub-Saharan Africa
To provide a firm foundation and increase the quality, efficiency and impact of fellowship projects funded by organisations such as EDCTP.
Application for an EDCTP-AREF Preparatory Fellowship must be submitted by an organisation with an established legal entity in sub-Saharan Africa ('the applicant legal entity') on behalf of the prospective fellow employed by that organisation. The Joint Call will include a joint evaluation by independent experts selected by both EDCTP and AREF, and a selection process in compliance with the provisions set in the Rules for Participation of Horizon 2020 and the EDCTP2 basic act. However, grant awarding and budget management will remain separate under the management of each organisation.
The grants will be awarded to the applicant legal entity employing the fellow (the home organisation in sub-Saharan Africa) with the explicit commitment that this organisation offers appropriate conditions for the fellow to direct and manage its funding for the duration of the fellowship.
Successful applicants must use the funding for a 3 to 9 months placement at a host organisation legally established in an EU Member State, a country associated to Horizon 2020 or in a Sub-Saharan African country which will be contracted by the home organisation to host the fellow. The fellow will spend a re-entry period of up to 3-months at their home organisation, making a total training period of up to 12 months.(1)
The fellow's host organisation will have to sign a good practice charter prepared by EDCTP for EDCTP-funded fellows and by AREF for AREF-funded fellows. Host organisations need to meet a set of minimum requirements in order to qualify as prospective hosts: they should have some clinical research capacity, including staff who are GCP qualified or experienced, demonstrable ability to follow-up community involvement in clinical research, availability of institutional review board or national guidelines for conducting clinical research, GCLP compliant laboratories, adequate facilities with qualified staff, sufficient biostatistics capacity including its relevant computer technologies, experienced data management staff, ability to store some or all of samples locally and excellent IT platform. AREF requirements will be similar and appropriate to its remit, which includes non-clinical trial methods e.g. in laboratory and in social and behavioural sciences. Fellows can only be funded once under this grant scheme.
Expected impact
The Action will specifically:
Enhance the ability of fellows to design, plan and execute clinical biomedical and/or social science/ethics research proposals, and manage research relationships, within the scope of the EDCTP2 programme; and to generate competitive proposals into effective projects;
Promote and enhance competitiveness for the next tier of fellowships and grants, such as (but not limited to) the EDCTP Career Development Fellowships;
Lead to high impact research outputs by junior African scientists who have not been supported by major funders previously;
Foster new collaborations and mentorship;
Equip the next generation of African researchers to sustain excellent and relevant research in sub-Saharan Africa, and engage as African citizens with African leaders, policy-makers and industries to drive forward evidence-based health improvement.
The applicant must be an organisation with an established legal entity in sub-Saharan Africa (the applicant legal entity).(2)
The fellow must be employed or have guaranteed employment by the applicant legal entity (the home organisation) where they intend to remain working for a minimum of two years after the expiration of the grant.(2)
Fellows must:(2)
be a post-doctoral scientist;
have been awarded their doctorate within 3 years before submission deadline of the AREF-EDCTP Preparatory Fellowship application;
have been either a PhD student or MD, and have been active researchers for up to three years following award of their doctorate;
be resident of or be willing to relocate to a sub-Saharan African country;
not have been funded under this fellowship scheme before.(3)
The requested EDCTP contribution per action shall not exceed €70, 000
Placements sought shall be for a period of at least 3 and up to 9 months, following which there will be a re-integration period of up to 3 months. The maximum fellowship duration shall be 12 months.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation will support the EDCTP2 programme with a total contribution of up to € 265,000 to this Call for Proposals. This cash contribution is restricted in use by the EDCTP Association for funding participants in actions resulting from this Call for Proposals, which are legally established in Portuguese-speaking sub-Saharan African countries. The call evaluation and grant management is centrally managed by the EDCTP Association in line with the Rules for Participation of Horizon 2020.
Explanatory note: This additional condition for participation according to RfP Art. 9.5 is required due to the objectives of this Training & Mobility Action. It aims to support junior fellows in sub-Saharan Africa in line with the activities called for by the EU legislator (EDCTP2 basic act, Annex II, activity 1c). It contributes to the specific objectives of the EDCTP2 programme which calls, e.g., for cooperation with sub-Saharan Africa on building their capacity for conducting clinical trials in compliance with fundamental ethical principles, relevant legislations and international standards, and for extended cooperation with private partners (EDCTP2 basic act, Annex I, objectives 2b).
Explanatory note: This additional condition for participation according to RfP Art. 9.5 is required due to the objectives of the EDCTP2 programme which requires that the capacity for conducting clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa are built and strengthened (EDCTP2 basic act, Annex II). Allowing fellows in sub-Saharan Africa to only receive once a specific EDCTP2 fellowship will increase the number of different fellows supported and promoted under the EDCTP2 programme, and in turn strengthen more broadly the corresponding clinical research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa.
Procedure and application process
Submission and evaluation procedure
This is a two-stage application procedure. For the first stage, a letter of intent must be submitted by the fellow with a letter of support from the applicant legal entity (home organisation employing the fellow) by 13 October 2017 via EDCTPgrants.
The letters of intent will be reviewed by an independent evaluation committee comprising experts jointly identified by the EDCTP and AREF. Up to 36 successful candidate fellows will be shortlisted in the first stage and invited to a preparatory workshop led, organised and financed by AREF. Evaluation results of the first stage are expected to be made available by 12 January 2018.
For the second stage, the fellow and his/her home organisation (applicant legal entity) must submit a comprehensive training and development plan (including a draft re-integration plan) by 14 March 2018, taking into account guidance provided in the workshop that will be evaluated by a panel of independent experts to select the 12 best proposals. Evaluation results of the second stage are expected to be made available by 4 August 2018.
Evaluation, scoring and thresholds
Following an admissibility and eligibility check, letters of intent and full proposals are evaluated by external, independent experts. Proposals are evaluated according to the criteria Excellence, Impact and Implementation. Each criterion is scored between 0 and 5.
The following aspects are considered under the evaluation criteria:
Fit with the scope and objectives of the EDCTP2 Programme, the EDCTP strategic research agenda and the call topic description.
Importance, relevance/pertinence and clarity of the objectives.
Soundness of the concept and credibility of the proposed approach/methodology.
Suitability of the candidate, considering their track record, degree of independence and/or potential, and how the fellowship will further the individual's career.
Quality of the project and its fit with the fellow's expertise and career development plan, including acquired competencies and skills to be developed further.
The extent to which the outputs of the proposed work would contribute, at the European, African and/or International level, to each of the expected impacts listed in the work plan under the relevant topic.
Likelihood to result in major advances in the field.
Contribution of the fellowship to the fellow's clinical research skills and career development.
Contribution to strengthening clinical research capacity at the home or host organisation.
Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate results generated during the fellowship (including management of IPR), to communicate the fellowship activities, and, where relevant, to manage clinical data.
Sustainability and retention of capacity post-award.
Quality and efficiency of the implementation
Quality and effectiveness of the work plan, including extent to which the resources assigned to work packages are in line with their objectives and deliverables;
Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk and innovation management, and how responsibilities for research data quality and sharing, and security will be met.
Complementarity of the participants within the consortium, and the extent to which the consortium as whole brings together the necessary expertise.
Appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources, ensuring that all participants have a valid role and adequate resources in the project to fulfil that role.
Feasibility and appropriateness of the methods and project management to achieve the objectives within the timeframe of the grant.
Compliance with national and international standards of research, Good Clinical Practice, ethics and safety related issues.
Participants have the operational capacity, to carry out the proposed work, based on the competence and experience of the individual participant(s).
Suitability of the fellow's home organisation to support the fellowship project.
Intention of the fellow's home organisation to develop and commit to a career post-fellowship or re-integration plan.
Financial provisions
The call budget is €800,000.
The requested EDCTP contribution per project should not exceed €70,000. The funding level is up to 100% of eligible costs.
Grant agreement
The legal entity employing the successful fellow ('host organisation') is required to sign a grant agreement with EDCTP (EDCTP2 mono-beneficiary grant agreement with options for fellowships) or with AREF within three months of receipt of the evaluation outcome letter.
The application must be submitted online via EDCTPgrants
Only registered users of EDCTPgrants system can apply for grants and therefore you are advised to register on the system as soon as possible
Documents and more information
Call text (PDF)
Template of application form – Letter of Intent (Word)
For questions related to this call for proposals, please contact:
EDCTP: Dr Michelle Singh at singh[at]edctp.org
AREF: Mr Sulayman Janneh at aref[at]mrf.mrc.ac.uk
For questions and issues about EDCTPgrants and the online application submission please contact EDCTP via edctpgrants[at]edctp.org or +31 (0) 70 344 08 80
For guidance on online application procedure, please refer to the Guidelines for applicants (PDF)
For more information about EDCTP2 procedures, please refer to the EDCTP2 Grants Manual (PDF) and EDCTP2 FAQs
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Q: Projection Maps aren't always PL I'm reading Rourke and Sanderson's intro to PL topology and I'm having a hard time. There's a counterexample as to why projection maps aren't necessarily PL. It says that the projection of an arc on to another has a graph that is part of a hyperbola. In the book we have established that a map between polyhedra is pl if and only if the graph is itself a polyhedron. I have tried to find explicit map formulas for such a projection but they all appear to be straight lines. Can you help me see it?

A: Your mistake is to consider the orthogonal projection. Instead, you should consider the central projection. For instance, the formula for the central projection with the center $(0,0)$ to the line $x+y=1$ is given by the formula
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p(x,y)= \left(\frac{x}{x+y}, \frac{y}{x+y}\right).
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I will leave it to you to verify that the restriction of this map to generic vertical (or horizontal) lines is not PL.

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JETP, Vol. 67, 1988
(Russian original - ZhETF, Vol. 94 , 1988)
No. 6(12), December 1988
No. 5(11), November 1988
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All events for Rabbi Daniel Freelander – Scholar in Residence at The Temple & Temple Shalom
Rabbi Daniel Freelander – Scholar in Residence at The Temple & Temple Shalom
April 5 @ 6:30 pm - April 7 @ 7:30 pm
One event on April 6, 2019 at 12:00 pm
The Temple, 5101 US Hwy 42
Rabbi Daniel Freelander - Scholar in Residence at The Temple & Temple Shalom Rabbi Daniel Freelander serves as president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. With offices in New York and Jerusalem, Rabbi Freelander leads the coordinating body of over 1.8 million Jews, representing almost 1000 congregations and seven regional bodies. A gifted musician and keen observer of the North American Jewish scene, Freelander is well known for lecturing on trends in Reform synagogue life. Together with Cantor Jeff Klepper,…
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Regulation of EKAER
REGULATION BY THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL ECONOMY NO. 50/2014. (XII. 31.) ON THE OPERATION OF THE ELECTRONIC PUBLIC ROAD TRADE CONTROL SYSTEM
On the basis of the authorization of Paragraph (32) of Section 175 of the Act XCII of 2013 on the Rules of Taxation, and acting in my sphere of competence defined in Point 1 of Section 90 of the Government Regulation no. 152/2014 (VI. 6.) on the sphere of competence and authority of the members of the Government, I proceed to provide for the following rules:
1. § The effect of this regulation includes
a) compliance with the obligation to make data submissions on the electronic surface of EKAER and the obligation to submit changes there,
b) the order of generating EKAER numbers,
c) rules regarding the continuous establishment of the amount of risk guarantees,
d) rules regarding the guarantee contracts undertaken by financial institutions, payment institutions, investment firms.
2. § In the context of this regulation
1. transfer: Such a money circulation service in which the account of the paying party is debited and credited to the beneficiary on the basis of the authorization by the paying party,
2. bank working day: the day on which the client's money circulation service provider is open and executes payment operations,
3. closing hours of a bank working day: the hours determined by the money circulation service provider until which payment orders are accepted,
4. EKAER electronic surface: the surface directly accessible for data through the Internet to persons defined in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Section 3 and by the use of which
a) the legal representative, permanent trustee of the taxpayer undertaking to pursue activities involving road transport and the persons authorized by them to report or modify data comply with their obligation to submit data defined in Paragraph (8) of Section 22/E of the Act XCII of 2003 on the Rules of Taxation (henceforward: Act on RoT),
b) the legal representative, permanent trustee of the taxpayer undertaking to pursue activities involving road transport can – in regard their own activities – authorize persons appointed them to perform data submissions,
c) the legal representative, permanent trustee of the taxpayer undertaking to pursue activities involving road transport and the persons authorized by them can continuously keep track of the amount of available risk guarantee in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph (3) of Section 5,
5. payment order: the order given to the financial institution providing service to the paying party or the beneficiary to execute a payment operation,
6. guarantor: Financial institution, payment institution or investment firm seated in a Member State of the European Union or in a country party to the agreement on the European Economic Area.
2. Rules of making and modifying a submission
3. § The legal representative, permanent trustee of the taxpayer undertaking to pursue activities involving road transport in accordance with Section 22/E of the Act on RoT submits the data defined in Paragraph (8) of Section 22/E on the electronic surface of EKAER following their application for a user name and password through the Client Gateway, unless they are exempted from the submission of data on the basis of Section 22/E of the Act on RoT.
(2) The submission of data may also be performed by the person for whom a user name and password had been applied for by the legal representative, permanent trustee of the taxpayer undertaking to pursue activities involving road transport to submit data on the EKAER electronic surface in accordance with the rules of the Act on RoT. The taxpayer may also appoint such persons who are only authorized to modify data defined in Point 4 of Subheading I, Point 4 of Subheading II and Point 3 of Subheading III of Schedule No. 11 of the Act on RoT, and are only authorized to submit or modify data defined in Point k) of Paragraph (8) of Section 22/E.
3. The order of establishing an EKAER number
4. § (1) The EKAER number relates to the consignment transported by the same vehicle in such a way, that it is expressed in terms of the unit of goods that is transported to one customer (if an own product is being moved, to the owner of the product, and in case of lease work: to the recipient of the product) by means of one vehicle on the basis of the data submitted in accordance with Paragraph (8) of Section 22/E and Schedule 11 of the Act on RoT – when the transport destination is in Hungary, the products are transported to one particular location of receipt by means of moving the products once in this route. In case the product is transported by several vehicles (for instance, with a vehicle and a trailer it tows), each of the registration numbers are to be registered for one given EKAER number. One unit of products may contain several types of products identified by a customs tariff number.
(2) On the basis of a submission by the taxpayer, their legal representative, permanent trustee or persons appointed by them the EKAER number is generated on the electronic EKAER surface.
(3) In case of an abortive order, the EKAER number – within its 15 days of validity – may be invalidated by the taxpayer's legal representative, permanent trustee, or the person appointed by them on the basis of Paragraph (2) of Section 3.
4. Handling risk security and defining its amount
5. § (1) The taxpayer obliged to provide a risk security on the basis of Subheading IV of Schedule 11 of the Act on RoT complies with their obligation according to Paragraph (5) of Section 22/E. § of the Act on RoT by payment to a separate escrow account or by providing a guarantee.
(2) The taxpayer is obliged to provide security under several legal titles on the basis of Point 4) of Subheading IV of Schedule No. 11 of the Act on RoT if it pursues activities in accordance with both Subheadings I and III of Schedule No. 11 of the Act on RoT. In this case the electronic EKAER surface determines the sphere of activity in connection which the amount of security is higher on the basis of the submissions made in the 60 days preceding the submission.
(3) The state tax authority registers the guarantee provided in accordance with the conditions given in Paragraph (3) of Section 6 as well as the guarantee paid to the separate escrow account. The deposited amount and the amount of guarantee complement each other; the amounts paid to the separate escrow account together with the amount in the guarantee contract must be equal to or more than the amount calculated on the basis of points 3-4 of Chapter IV of the Schedule No. 11 of the Act on RoT.
(4) If the taxpayer complies by transferring the amount of security to the separate escrow account, the state tax and customs authority acknowledges the amount of the payment order submitted before the closing hours of the bank working day on the next bank working day at the latest. In case the taxpayer indicates a settlement date different from the date of the bank working day of the payment order, the amount of the payment order is acknowledged by the state tax and customs authority on the bank working day following the day indicated.
(5) The amount of the security deposit may be continuously tracked on the EKAER electronic surface by the taxpayer, their legal representative, permanent trustee or the person authorized for submitting data. The current balance of guarantee, the 15% of the non-taxed value of the already reported risky products in the 60 days (including the day of the query) preceding the query can be queried on the electronic surface; besides, on the basis of these two data, the 15% of the non-taxed value of risky products that can still be reported without raising the amount of the guarantee. In case the authorized person attempts to submit data of risky products by surpassing this amount, the electronic surface sends an error message with the instruction to complete the amount of the guarantee, the EKAER number is not established and a new submission cannot be made.
(6) If the value of the goods was not originally determined in terms of Hungarian Forints, the person obliged to make the submission indicates the value on the electronic surface in Hungarian Forints and the conversion is made on the basis of the official exchange rate of the Central Bank of Hungary valid on the last day of the year preceding the year in subject. In case of a foreign currency not listed on the official currency rate chart of the Central Bank of Hungary, the conversion to Hungarian Forints takes place with the exchange rate published by the CBH in euros.
(7) The risk security qualifies as paid when the amount paid to the separate escrow account is credited, or the guarantee contract was registered by the state tax authority, but at the earliest when the guarantee comes to be valid.
(8) In case the state tax authority accounts the amount or a part of the amount provided as guarantee on the basis of point 10 of Subheading IV of Schedule No. 11 of the Act on RoT to compensate for the taxpayer's outstanding tax debts, the taxpayer is notified about the carryover from the separate escrow account. The state tax authority also informs the taxpayer about the realization of a claim on the basis of the guarantee contract.
(9) In case of accounting risk guarantee for a tax debt, the date of settlement of the tax debt is the date of crediting the amount on the tax current account.
5. Security provided in the form of guarantee
6. § (1) The state taxation authority accepts only such guarantees which are provided by a guarantor that at the time of issuing the document on the guarantee
a) is not under a bankruptcy, liquidation, forced liquidation or forced de-registration procedure,
b) the tax number of whom has not been suspended in a legally binding way,
c) the operation of which has not been suspended by its supervising authority,
d) has a valid license to undertake guarantees.
(2) The taxpayer certifies the existence of conditions given in points c)-d) of Paragraph (1) by a declaration made by the guarantor.
(3) The guarantee
a) covers a pre-determined amount, this amount features on the document,
b) is valid until a specific deadline but for at least 60 days, but the document contains the starting and finishing date of validity,
c) is an original guarantee by means of which the guarantor undertakes the obligation to unconditionally pay its client's debt defined in Point 10 of Subheading IV of Schedule 11 of the Act on RoT on the basis of a claim made by the tax authority and in accordance with the regulations on bank turnover, but within three banking days at the latest to the public revenue account(s) indicated in the application,
d) identifies the state tax authority as the exclusive beneficiary of a payment demand,
e) is not retractable within the period of its validity or can only be retracted with the consent of the state tax authority,
f) contains the name of the guarantor providing the guarantee, its bank account number abd the name, address, payment account number and the tax number of the mandatory.
(4) In case the amount defined in point a) of Paragraph (3) is expressed in a currency different from Hungarian Forints, its conversion takes place with the official exchange rate of the Central Bank of Hungary (CBH) valid on the last day of the year preceding the year in subject. In case of a foreign currency not listed on the official currency rate chart of the Central Bank of Hungary, the conversion to Hungarian Forints takes place with the exchange rate published by the CBH in euros.
(5) No guarantee is acceptable if a special measure in accordance with Section 189 of the Act CCXXXVII of 2013 on Credit Institutions and Financial Enterprises is being taken against the credit institution providing the guarantee.
(6) A guarantee issued in a language different from Hungarian is only acceptable with a certified Hungarian translation.
(7) If the guarantor organization no longer meets the conditions given in Paragraphs (1) and (3) within the timeframe of the validity of the guarantee, or if the state tax authority has executed the amount or part of the amount of the guarantee, the taxpayer is obliged to submit a new guarantee meeting the conditions, or obliged to make a payment to the separate escrow account.
(8) If the state tax authority receives information regarding the lack of pre-conditions regarding the guarantee organization, it electronically informs the taxpayer and simultaneously calls upon them to submit a document within 8 days to certify that the conclusion of a guarantee contract has been initiated with a guarantor meeting the conditions, and that the procedure is in progress, or to complete the amount by a payment to a separate escrow account. In case of a notification, the taxpayer is authorized to make submissions up to the amount of the previously registered guarantee for a period of eight days from the receipt of the notification.
(9) In case the taxpayer fails to comply with the contents of the notification given in Paragraph (8), they may not continue to make submissions on the EKAER electronic surface after eight days from receipt. If the taxpayer does submit the certification document on the basis of the notification, but fails to register the new guarantee contract with the state tax authority, or fails to complete the amount of guarantee by a payment to the separate escrow account until the 60th day from the day of delivery, no EKAER number can be established for them after the 60th day following the delivery of the notification.
(10) In case the retransfer of security is due on the basis of point 11 of Subheading IV of Schedule No. 11 of the Act on RoT, the transfer is made to the taxpayer's current account in case of a taxpayer obliged to open such an account. In case of a taxpayer that has ceased to exist (private entrepreneur ceasing their operation), the retransfer is made by the state tax and customs authority to the account indicated in the request or to a postal delivery address.
6. Data security and information
7. § (1) In case of a system breakdown in the EKAER electronic system, the state tax and customs authority immediately publishes a notification on its website on the system breakdown, and its starting and end time following the end of the breakdown.
(2) Before a cease of operation of the electronic system of the state tax authority due to system maintenance, and simultaneously with the occurrence of a maintenance demand, the state tax authority publishes a notification on the expected starting date and planned duration of the cease of operation due to maintenance and the range of temporarily unavailable services.


"I felt like Charlie in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," he added, "except everything was made of shiny aluminum instead of candy. And there were no oompa loompas."
Hustwit is working on a documentary called Objectified that will examine industrial design. The film is described as "a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets."
Hustwit's other credits include a documentary about the band Wilco, one filmed during a Death Cab for Cutie tour, and another documentary about electronic music pioneer Robert Moog.
His documentary about graphic design and typography, Helvetica, premiered in 2007.


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Poem: You Are A Woman
"Olivera Stankovska was born in 1963. in Skopje, R.Macedonia She is author of the poetry collections: "DEBATING WITH LIFE" " IN THE GAME WITH LIFE…
Poem: LA-PI-TA
"Nizar Sartawi is a Palestinian poet and translator committed to building bridges between nations of the globe through poetry and poetry translation. He believes that…
Poem: Walker
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Poem: Moon Chant
"Alicia Minjarez Ramírez is an internationally renowned Mexican poetess and author who has won numerous awards including: the Excellence Prize World Poetry Championship Romania 2019….
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"Rasha Al-Hussaini, an Arts graduate by qualification has been a faculty at Al-Azhar University of Cairo. Her artistic quotient has been quite evident in the…


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Home TV Paras Girlfriend Akanksha Is Deeply Hurt With His Tattoo Remark Inside BB...
Paras Girlfriend Akanksha Is Deeply Hurt With His Tattoo Remark Inside BB House
When Paras was in the BB house, he made a startling revelation that Akanksha forced him to get a tattoo of her name. She recently talked to a publication house and opened up on many things including struggles of Paras and how she and Paras' mother are hurt by the statements made by him.
Akanksha Puri with Paras Chhabra
Akanksha is deeply hurt:
Akanksha says that she has been receiving many negative messages and hate comments and she was keeping a mum just because she did not want their relation to be a part of BB game. However, she is deeply hurt with Paras' remarks as they both had a beautiful relation and even after ups and downs in each other's lives, they were always together and supported one another. As per her, they did talk about strategies for his stay on BB house but she never expected him to use her name in a way to make her look so weak.
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Paras made the tattoo first:
Akanksha reveals that Paras wished to surprise her by getting the tattoo of her name on his hand and it was she who got his name tattooed after him. She never compelled the actor for anything and he did it for making her happy. They both were interacting through messages till the time he went in the BB house. He consoled her and asked her not to cry and now she is taking care of all his belongings. She sends him clothes inside the house, handles his bank accounts, phone and has the keys of his home too.
Paras Chhabra and Akanksha Puri
Paras has struggled a lot:
Akanksha says that Paras has struggled a lot and knows the value of money as his mother has raised him alone. Bigg Boss is the biggest platform of the career of Paras and he waited for a long time for it.
She also revealed that even Paras' mother is very much upset with what he said about her as she is quite close to Akanksha. The Vighnaharta Ganesh actress also discloses that she ended her friendship with Sidharth Shukla because Paras is possessive and didn't want her to talk to her male friends.


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This was a collaboration between the Coalition for the Upper South Platte (CUSP), CMCTU and the Denver Cutthroat chapter of TU. Cheers to the Denver Cutthroat chapter for having 12 Volunteers! (CMCTU had only 2).
The site was the site of a beryllium processing facility located about 8 miles NW of Lake George. This site processed the ore from a number of beryllium mines in the area.
When CUSP identified the site for cleanup, soil samples were taken from the settle pond (dry) of the processing plant.
The samples showed concentrations of lead (25 times the industrial limit) and uranium.
People had been camping and riding ATVs and motorcycles at the site.
To mitigate the site a thick layer of top soil was brought in to cover the settling pond. The soil was then seeded with native grasses.
There had been a fair amount of work done on the site last year by the USFS, but it was discovered that a significant part of the settling pond had not been treated.
So this year CUSP brought in much more soil.
Our job was to spread out the soil, seed it, place weed free hay over the area then fence off the area to keep out cows grazing in the area.
We were able to accomplish all of this and knock off a half hour early.


Paulette made me laugh, somewhat hysterically, the other day when she asked her readers if we were ahead of schedule on any of our projects. We all know I am not good with schedules!
But my one successful schedule so far was completing all the individual stars for this project, Texas Star. Since then I have been sewing them together, on and off, and I have a good sense now of what is involved. So, a couple of weeks ago I did set up another schedule to get them all sewn together.
My plan is to add 12 stars per week, which should see them all joined by the second week of July. It seems far away now, here in the deep freeze, but the key to success is to make the schedule really easy. A few stars here and there in my spare time at the end of the day.
English paper piecing is definitely much slower than regular hand piecing, but I am so impressed with the result! I had been thinking that Best Friends Forever, which will also be English paper pieced, would be my last project using that technique. But now I think the door is open to another one, down the road!
You've done a GREAT job photographing softness. I also really like the perspective in the first photo. This is looking fabulous. The white works so well - as does the yellow. The white fabric looks slightly fluffy. Is it a brushed cotton? Good luck with your schedule!
Good eye, Jillian, and thanks! The white fabric has a smooth side and a slightly fuzzy side. I was not consistent about which side went where, so some of the diamonds are a little fluffy. I'm hoping it won't make a difference in how the quilt will wear.
Love that little pop of gold in the centers! Your entire quilt just glows.:) I have to 'schedule' my hand work sometimes or it seems like I never get through it all!
Your quilt is beautiful Monica! It already looks as if there is a very soft batting behind it. Excellent job on the photographs. You did manage to convey the softness; very well.
Thank you! Yes, it does look puffy already, doesn't it? I know EPP is sometimes just backed, and not quilted at all, but I think I will still go ahead with quilting when it's done. I think a wool batting will be nice for it. You know, down the road!
This magnificent quilt doesn't need a schedule...it's gorgeous from the first block to the last! And yes, it LOOKS soft to the touch! I love this quilt...keep going!! This is an heirloom in the making!
I love your Texas Star quilt! This one is on my " I will make it one day" list.


Although there are some people out there who think they are entitled to a bankruptcy once every 8 years, and file every 8 years like clockwork, most people try to avoid bankruptcy. They were taught by their parents to honor contracts, and that if you incur a debt, it's on you to pay it. This is an admirable goal, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't share that sentiment. But my role as your bankruptcy attorney is to ensure that you do what is in your financial best interests, and that you don't have to repeat this again in the future. Sometimes, as distasteful as it may be, bankruptcy is the most fiscally responsible thing you can do for yourself. If you feel really, really bad about bankruptcy, visit a psychologist with all the money you've saved from the bankruptcy. Don't make a bad financial decision based on a bad emotion. Chances are, that's what landed you in financial troubles in the first place. Also, consider this. Say you have $20,000 in debt. You consider bankruptcy, but decide against it because you feel obligated to pay that $20,000 back. Five years later, you have been unable to get caught up. With interest, late fees, and penalties, your debt has now mushroomed to $40,000. You finally give in and file for bankruptcy. Now, instead of discharging $20k, you have to discharge $40k. Did you do the creditors any favors? No. Sometimes, the best advice is to nip a problem in the bud before it swells into something worse.
A lot of people are convinced that if they file for bankruptcy, their family, friends, and neighbors will all find out about it. Generally, this is untrue. Sure, bankruptcy is a matter of public record. Of course, all of your current creditors find out when they receive notice of your case from the bankruptcy court. People who have to pull your credit report, loan officers, landlords, etc. – they will know. Your employer, on the other hand, will not know unless they are a creditor of yours, you have a current wage garnishment, or you will be under payroll deductions for a Chapter 13 Plan. Same goes for family and friends – they'll only know if they are one of your creditors. Bankruptcy is a matter in federal courts, not state courts. Therefore, it is not listed on free, public-access court case databases like CCAP. To find a bankruptcy case, you have to search on PACER, which is a fee and account based search engine. And generally, the only people who execute PACER searches are attorneys engaged in the same kind of work I am involved in. Bankruptcy cases are not published in any newspaper that I am aware of (high-profile celebrity or corporate bankruptcies sometimes make headlines, but we don't do newspaper notices like they do in state court). Just remember that tens of thousands of people file for bankruptcy each year in Wisconsin. Chances are, you know someone who has filed for bankruptcy. You just don't know that they filed for bankruptcy unless they feel like sharing that with you.
Many people fear that by filing bankruptcy, they lose all of their worldly possessions, or some other variation on that theme. I certainly can't promise that you won't lose something in a bankruptcy. However, events like that are relatively rare – usually reserved for the extreme cases where someone is sitting on an oil well or a gold mine. The vast majority of my clients lose nothing, except for their debt. They don't make enough money to need to file Chapter 13, and they don't own anything of sufficient value to pique the trustee's interest. Of course, which category you fall under depends on the specific facts of your case, so talk to an attorney before convincing yourself that you'll lose it all in bankruptcy.
I can't file due to the new bankruptcy laws.
Rubbish. I wouldn't be practicing bankruptcy if the new laws banned new filings. In 2005, Congress attempted to make bankruptcy more difficult to file, and did create laws that force more people into Chapter 13 repayment plans. But really, they weren't very successful. In fact, I have found people qualifying for Chapter 7 who would not have qualified under the old laws. Congress made the process slightly more annoying, but only marginally so. It literally is something to sneeze at.
Obviously, if you're in a position to file for bankruptcy, you're probably not at home, rolling around in Ben Franklins. On the other hand – like everyone else in this world, we don't work for free. Most Chapter 7 debtors average somewhere between $20,000 to $80,000 in unsecured debt. Even on the low end, the benefit to cost ratio is extremely high, especially when you consider the interest rates on most unsecured debts. I encourage you to shop around for the best value attorney. However, I do not recommend jumping at the lowest price tag. Remember – you get what you pay for. Know exactly what you're getting for what price. Be especially careful that you know the full price – many attorneys just quote you their own costs, and leave off the court's filing fees to make their price sound cheapest. Make sure you know about ALL of the fees, including the court's fees, so that you are comparing apples to apples, not apples to oranges.
Why perjury is a bad idea.
Five reasons I give my clients to tell me the truth, no matter how much they don't want to.
It's one thing to get caught lying to your wife about what you think of her new hairstyle. It's quite another thing to lie in federal court. If you get caught, the consequences are MUCH steeper. Lying in federal court can cost you 5 years in prison plus fines.
Your lie might be completely unnecessary, or actually hurt your case more than telling the truth. Many people lie based on mythical beliefs about what happens to them in bankruptcy (see my post below). I can't tell you how many times someone has not disclosed that they own a particular asset. Later I find out, and they're in trouble for lying about it – and all along, the property was of such little value, it would not have made a difference had they just acknowledged they owned it in the first place!
As your attorney, I have MUCH more leverage and bargaining power to deal with "problems" if I know about them before I file your bankruptcy case. You might not get the result you were hoping for, but it's a much better result than what you get if we find out later. Once your case is filed, all bets are off if you neglected to tell me something.
You will probably get caught! Most people lie if they think they can get away with it. But there's a number of different parties in a bankruptcy case who can call you out on your lie. Judges. Trustees. Creditors. Landlords. Vengeful ex-spouses. Any one of them, given an ounce of investigative ambition, can find out all sorts of stuff about you, whether it's from a public records search, a trip to the Register of Deeds, or a visit to your Facebook page. Welcome to the 21st century, where is is getting harder and harder to lie.
Telling one lie usually means you gotta tell a bunch of other lies in order for your story to be consistent. How much do you want to have to try to remember? We're not morons – we can connect the dots.
Additional changes can be found in the February 25, 2010 edition of the Federal Register (Vo. 75, No. 37).


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HarperCollins adds its catalogue to India's Juggernaut app
Posted by Mark Williams | Apr 25, 2018 | Ebooks, Global Publishing, India, Publishing News, South Asia, The global book market | 0 |
HarperCollins will be launching its catalogue on the Juggernaut app this summer as the company seeks to embrace the potential of the India digital books market.
HarperCollins publishes some of the finest and most read books in the world – and we are delighted to be selling these on our platform and working closely with this fantastic company and making publishing magic,
said Juggernaut Books' Chiki Sarkar in a statement on the Juggernaut blog.
According to the press release HarperCollins' Indian authors include Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nikita Singh, Raghuram Rajan, Anuja Chauhan and Aravind Adiga.
But HarperCollins will also be bringing its big name western list to the Juggernaut app, promising Agatha Christie, Paulo Coelho, Cecelia Ahern, George R.R. Martin, Satya Nadella and Mark Manson.
Said Ananth Padmanabhan, CEO, HarperCollins India,
The Juggernaut app is growing strongly and is looking at new, inventive ways to reach out to readers and we are excited to be associating with them. We look forward to finding more readers and fans on this platform.
The India ebook market is very much in its infancy, but has enormous potential, and this strikes me as an exceptionally smart move by HarperCollins, getting its catalogue on to the app of India's most innovative publisher, reducing its reliance on Kindle India for ebook sales (Google Play and Kobo are there, but not yet serious players).
While Juggernaut has previously attracted smaller publishers from outside India in the hope of finding a receptive Indian audience (Australia's Black Inc., for example), this is the first time a major publisher has come on board with Juggernaut.
Chiki Sarkar previously led the India arm of Penguin Random House, so is no stranger to the bigger publishers' machinations.
No sign yet that PRH will be introducing its titles to the Juggernaut catalogue
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Connor to lead AAPA
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has appointed Christopher J. Connor to succeed Kurt Nagle as president and ceo.
Nagle announced his intention to retire from the AAPA in October 2018, after more than 33 years of service. He will step down from his post on October 16, 2019.
Connor, the former ceo of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), will begin transitioning into his new role on September 23. Prior to joining WWL, Connor worked for Crowley Maritime Corporation for seven years.
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Gustav Seeland adds to fleet
July 18 - Hamburg-based Gustav Seeland is expanding its fleet with an MK 88 Plus mobile crane.
CITB readies for Alaska's ice-free season
July 18 - Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), a subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company, has announced that the 2019 ice-free season on Alaska's North Slope are under way.


Do you hear that tapping, that tapping at your chamber door? October is here and that means you need to be ready for all the ghosts, goblins, and things that go bump in the night. Make Frontier Homestead part of your story with a collection of fun and thrilling events providing a perfect lead in to All Hallows Eve.
Are ghosts real? Do spirits walk among us? Most everyone has had some type of experience they can't explain. If you're a believer, or just curious, join us Thursday October 11 as we present More Than Ghost Stories: Paranormal Investigations in Southern Utah.
Can you find all the pieces of our monster at Frontier Homestead. Do so, and a treat awaits!
On October 12 and 13, Haunted Homestead returns. Running from 6-8pm each night, this family friendly event will get you and yours into the Halloween spirit. Not only will we be providing some unique Halloween themed games, we also will have spooky crafts, ghost stories told by local storytellers, and other haunting surprises. Come explore the Homestead and see our spooky decorations. Bring a painted rock to trade at our haunted house fairy door. Admission is $5.00 per family or $1.50 per person. Friends members get in free.
On Monday the 15th join our very popular cemetery tour. This year our tour will be begin at 6:30 pm in the museum parking lot. Come learn about some of the more interesting headstones and stories about the graveyard. You may even hear about the rabid coyote. Please dress for the weather and bring a flashlight. Admission is free to this event.
At our Homestead Halloween events there is sure to be something to make you think, shake, or laugh so come join us.


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A Photoblog by Joel
Leaving the past
Our home was built in 1969, and a good amount of it is still there. Our kitchen cabinets are original, the countertop is a solid surface from sometime in the '90s. The original wall oven is in place, but we have an "updated" gas range as well.
The flooring is wood(ish) and not original. We tried painting the cabinets but nothing stuck, and a few months ago we ripped off the backsplash in anticipation of replacement. Speaking of backsplash – there were 3. The original 1969, and then the new 18″ tall one put over it, and then the most recent countertop 6″ backsplash was put up in front of that one. Layers on layers on layers. 🤷🏻. Oh, and there's a trash compactor that has never worked in there too.
Did I mention the countertop is warped and has bumps right where you do most of your meal prep? That's driven me crazy for the past 5 years.
Anyway, it's time to remodel. All of it. Everything. It's all coming out. The cabinets, the floor, the lights, the appliances… it's all going. And I can't wait.
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Q: Error: Specified cast is not valid Hi coder i have try few things but it doesn't work so i thought i might get my desired answer here
i have a searchuser.aspx page in which i have a textbox, button and gridview when i go to that page i can view details of all users with edit and detele button when i enter name of the user and click on button i get the details of the user and when i click on edit link i can edit the details of the user but when i click on search user page and click on edit link of the gridview i get
Specified cast is not valid. error

this is my where i get error in my gridview
 <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="IsEnable?">
                  <EditItemTemplate>
                        <asp:CheckBox ID="chkIsEnableEdit" runat="server" Checked='<%# Bind("Enable") %>'/>
                    </EditItemTemplate>
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:CheckBox ID="chkIsEnable" runat="server" Checked='<%# Bind("Enable")%>' Enabled="False" />// here i got this error
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:TemplateField>

i use    checked='%#<Convert.ToBoolean(Eval(Enable)%'>
but its not working
this is my code behind code:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!Page.IsPostBack)
    {
        this.GetGridData();
    }
}
protected void BindGrid()
{
    con.Open();
    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("Select * from CreateUser where FirstName like'"+tbSearchUser.Text+"'", con);
    SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
    DataSet ds = new DataSet();
    da.Fill(ds);
    con.Close();
    if (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 0)
    {
        GridView1.DataSource = ds;
        GridView1.DataBind();
    }
    else
    {
        ds.Tables[0].Rows.Add(ds.Tables[0].NewRow());
        GridView1.DataSource = ds;
        GridView1.DataBind();
        int columncount = GridView1.Rows[0].Cells.Count;
        GridView1.Rows[0].Cells.Clear();
        GridView1.Rows[0].Cells.Add(new TableCell());
        GridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0].ColumnSpan = columncount;
        GridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0].Text = "No Records Found";
    }
}
private void GetGridData()
{
    con.Open();
    string query = "Select * from CreateUser";
    da = new SqlDataAdapter(query, con);
    DataSet ds = new DataSet();
    da.Fill(ds);
    GridView1.DataSource = ds;
    GridView1.DataBind();
    con.Close();
}
protected void btnSearchUser_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string query = "Select * from CreateUser where FirstName like'" + tbSearchUser.Text + "'";
    da = new SqlDataAdapter(query, con);
    da.Fill(ds);
    GridView1.DataSource = ds;
    GridView1.DataBind();
    //this.BindGrid();
}
protected void GridView1_PageIndexChanging(object sender, GridViewPageEventArgs e)
{
    GridView1.PageIndex = e.NewPageIndex;
    GetGridData();
}
protected void GridView1_RowEditing(object sender, GridViewEditEventArgs e)
{
    GridView1.EditIndex = e.NewEditIndex;
    BindGrid();
}
protected void GridView1_RowUpdating1(object sender, GridViewUpdateEventArgs e)
{
    string query = string.Empty;
    string userid = GridView1.DataKeys[e.RowIndex].Values["UserID"].ToString();
    TextBox FirstName = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtFirstName") as TextBox;
    TextBox LastName = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtLastName") as TextBox;
    TextBox DomainID = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtDomainID") as TextBox;
    TextBox EmailID = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtEmailID") as TextBox;
    TextBox Password = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtPassword") as TextBox;
    TextBox ConfirmPassword = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("txtConfirmPassword") as TextBox;
    DropDownList RoleType = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("ddlrole") as DropDownList;
    CheckBox IsEnable = GridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].FindControl("chkIsEnableEdit") as CheckBox;

    GridView1.EditIndex = -1;
    con.Open();

    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("update CreateUser set FirstName='" + FirstName.Text + "',LastName='" + LastName.Text + "',DomainID='" + DomainID.Text + "',EmailID='" + EmailID.Text + "',Password='" + Password.Text + "',ConfirmPassword='" + ConfirmPassword.Text + "',RoleType='" + RoleType.Text + "',Enable='" + IsEnable.Checked + "' where UserID='" + userid + "'", con);
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
    con.Close();
    BindGrid();
    //GridView1.DataBind();
}
protected void GridView1_RowCancelingEdit(object sender, GridViewCancelEditEventArgs e)
{
    GridView1.EditIndex = -1;
    BindGrid();
}
protected void DeleteRecord(object sender, GridViewDeleteEventArgs e)
{
    string userid = GridView1.DataKeys[e.RowIndex].Values["UserID"].ToString();
    try
    {
        con.Open();
        cmd.CommandText = "Delete FROM CreateUser where UserID='"+userid+"'";
        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
        con.Close();
        BindGrid();
        lblMessage.Text = "Record Deleted successfully.";
        // Refresh the data
        BindGrid();
    }
    catch (SqlException ee)
    {
        lblMessage.Text = ee.Message;
    }
    finally
    {
        cmd.Dispose();
        con.Close();
        con.Dispose();
      }
   }
}

enable is bit in database. When i change my bit value to bool in my database i won't be able to get that datatype i dont know why
can you guys help me
Thanks in Advance!!!

A: As per your comment, the column can hold null values (which isn't ideal for a true/false condition):
UPDATED
Checked='<%# Eval("Enable").GetType() != typeof(DBNull) ? Convert.ToBoolean(Eval("Enable")) : false %>'


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Discogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish that are found in eastern Asia. So far the 16 species have only been identified from China (11 species) and Vietnam (5 species) wherein each species is endemic to the country in which it is found.

Species
 Discogobio antethoracalis L. P. Zheng & W. Zhou, 2008
 Discogobio bismargaritus X. L. Chu, G. H. Cui & W. Zhou, 1993
 Discogobio brachyphysallidos S. Y. Huang, 1989
 Discogobio caobangi V. H. Nguyễn, 2001
 Discogobio dienbieni V. H. Nguyễn, 2001
 Discogobio elongatus S. Y. Huang, 1989
 Discogobio laticeps X. L. Chu, G. H. Cui & W. Zhou, 1993
 Discogobio longibarbatus H. W. Wu, 1977
 Discogobio macrophysallidos S. Y. Huang, 1989
 Discogobio microstoma (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
 Discogobio multilineatus G. H. Cui, W. Zhou & J. H. Lan, 1993
 Discogobio pacboensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2001
 Discogobio poneventralis L. P. Zheng & W. Zhou, 2008
 Discogobio propeanalis L. P. Zheng & W. Zhou, 2008
 Discogobio tetrabarbatus S. Y. Lin, 1931
 Discogobio yunnanensis (Regan, 1907)

References

Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


How did you get into DDO? Just curious, everyone keeps talking about how there isn't any advertising efforts on Turbines part so I was curious as to what is bringing in the fresh meat?
Word of mouth? Saw it in a store? Advertisement in a magazine?
Never new the game existed. Was walking through the store and saw it on the shelf. Was very hesitant on buying it since I had no idea what it was about. Just so happens I bought it on the third day of release.
I may have seen a magazine ad once a few months ago for it.
I heard the DDO podcast, thought it sounded fun. I had played DD back in the 80's but hadn't played for years. Thought I have a go and I love it. Haven't figured out how to get in a party yet but I will. It is funny how this game is very much like I used to picture the game when I role played it except I'd rather it be a if you die you die game like we used to play instead of being restored. I know I could play it that way but the game is set up to die and restore.
1. To get in a party, open the Social panel, the rest is pretty natural. To open it, press O.
2. There are Permadeath on Thelanis, where when you die, you must delete the character or leave the game. One of them is called Sublime.
My wife was googling for free to play games, and DDO poped up with their 10-day free trial.
We had never heard of it before, and gave it a go...been playing on and off ever since.
As far as I can remember, we've never seen any adds, or seen a box in the stores.
You're at a good start. The forums are a well of valuable information.
I also like the small close knit comunity with active(and funny!) dev post on the forum. It brings back my old small halflife mod years! It is just the perfect game.
To make it a little shorter I used small FPS then moved to WoW...Decided I hated WoW and would be a little wary with all blizzard games from now on. Searched high and low on wikipedia and other sites for MMOS...Found some bad ones and found DDO...And me huggle DDO now!
Been playing for almost a year now, but I remember seeing this game waaaay back, before beta. I surfed the forums, signed up for the beta, cause me and my friend were looking for a fun D&D game, but online.
Never got the beta invite, and eventually lost the site due to a computer problem. I forgot to bookmark the page again, and it faded from my mind.
After playing WoW for a year, I decided enough was enough, and canceled my account. But I was in love with MMOs by then, and wanted something fresh. I don't remember what game I WAS looking for, but I know DDO ended up on the list of pages for Google. I thought, "Hey, wait a sec. . . Is that. . .?" Clicked, downloaded, played the trial, fell in love.
I had been playing D&D PnP off and on since 1979 but hadn't played in a long time. I introduced my kids to it back in the 80s'. Then one Sunday, about a year ago, my son was over my house and we were talking about D&D and he told me he'd been playing the on-line version of it for 'bout a month. So he showed it to me and I downloaded the free trial version and been hooked ever since.
Now I'd never played a MMO before this so out of curiousity I've tried WOW and Guild Wars in the past year. Even though they're fun I don't think they compare to DDO. The maturity and helpfulness of the people in DDO for the most part is great. I think for a lot of us it falls back on the table top days. Plus those lucky enough to belong to good guilds just amplify the fun and community experience.
But that's just my 2 cp for what it's worth.
We got high speed internet access in house last fall my 12 year old wanted to play a free game their friends recommended, Adventurequest I think. And... they wanted me to try with them. I started and wanted something a little more sophisticated. Got in contact with old PnP friends who were WoW addicts. Tried it but wasnt addicted. While lloking for more fre games for the boys came across the free trial version., took it on laptop for week long work trip that had a lot of down time.
Addicted. Subscribed. (secretly). 3 weeks later boys gave me store version for Xmas present I had to pretend to be happy (which wasnt hard).
I'v played the d20 system for about 6 months with friends and learned about this from them. I'm in the process of downloading the free trial to check it out and plan on buying within a week.
My brother actually introduced me to the paper version of D & D, and I just got into this as a way to play whenever I don't do that. We just moved cross country and I haven't had a chance to meet anyone with similar interests. Plus, online is nice because if I want to play at 3 AM- I play.
Recent changes to another MMO forced my girlfriend and I to start looking for another game. Went to mmorpg.com to research alternatives. Already played EQ, EQ2, WoW, Lotro, CoH, so we were looking for something different. DDO fit that bill nicely. Ive been in game for a couple of days testing the waters, and I like it a lot. She will join me here tommorrow.
I remeber being excited that game was coming since I was a pnp player way back. But when i read about the style of the game, the heavy emphasis on groups and near total instancing, I decided to stick with WoW. Now after playing way too much WoW and dealing with far too much guild drama, instead to quitting the guild I had formed over 2 years ago, I decided to play something different and the free trial made it a no-brainer to try. I am having fun playing, but am slightly more impressed with the community than the game, especially having come from WoW. I have found people to be very helpful.
I was/am a console gamer. I had a few friends who were playing and I heard about one of them going overboard (been around since day one and still floating around nightly on Khyber). I saw the game being played at his house and was really impressed (never played WoW, but was never impressed with the way it "looked"). I didnt have a pc that would play it at the time, but when I did I gave it a shot. Pretty much hooked now (while I have time).
Most people I talk to have never heard of DDO....but they have heard all about WoW. I dont know the answer to that, but I do see it as reality in my area.
Had been aware of it since the beta release, but my old computer did not have the video processing capibilities to run. When I bought my new computer, I was here with in a week.
Well I was looking for an MMO while trying to avoid my overly hyped up WOW loving friends. I used to play mud games and alot of them converted to the graphics style ones. I was also apart of a large PNP group that I had to leave when I moved after having my son so I was really missing D&D. Tried chat and everything for it (which blows ugh even with a good group of gamers). Went on ebay to look up games and seen DDO got it for a decent price to but put it up in my closet. It sat there for a good 3 months before I realized I had it. Went to different MMO's and hated them almost gave up till the game literally bonked me on the head while searching my closet. I installed it waited a looong time for it to finish lol. And now ive been playing almost 2 months in and loving it.
I played EQ for a looong time. Tried AC2, and really thought that Turbine put out a great product. Unfortionately, server populations were so low that the game wasn't playable, and stopped.
I play PnP DD3.5, and when I saw Turbine's name attatched to the game, I knew I'd eventually give it a shot. I started Jan/2008 after giving the 10 day trial a test drive.
So far, so good. I'm glad I waited a few years before starting, I don't think I'll have content complaints that some of the beta types seem to have.
I do miss EQ, but DDO is a close second.
I'm a LoTR player and have pretty much maxed out my characters there. I love LoTR and plan on staying--fantastic game. I love my kin and I love the game---but lately things have become a tad big stagnent. I've heard quite a bit about DDO in the past but it was always fairly negative---it's not a game that appeals to everyone. Lately, our kin board in LoTRs has been quite active with other games people are playing. DDO has been a big topic of discussion. Then on the LoTR forums, there has been quite a bit of discussion about how games need more depth in terms of customizing your avatar. Again, DDO came up as an example of a robust and very interesting way to truly create a unique avatar. After all of the DDO references, I've been sitting on the fence about actually trying it.
Now I downloaded it and am on the 10 day trial. I'm really enjoying it but it is certainly different. I'm also on quite a steep learning curve but I absolutely love it---need new challenges.
Was in beta, became disenchanted with the lack of content and Troop telling us that it was intended that we run every mission multiple times in order to rank up, so didn't pick it up on release.
Been thinking about how much I missed my sneaky, tumbling halfling rogue after burning out on WoW and almost burning out on CoH, so when the Penny Arcade guys made fun of the recent video, and mentioned that the game had gotten a lot better (TWO years now? Holy ****, would have sworn it's only been six months since beta) I seriously started thinking about it and started reading the boards.
When I stopped by a CompUSA that was closing, looking for a replacement headset for the one I rolled my desk chair over, I saw the game on sale for $7.19. I figured "Hell, 30 days for the price of a Biggie-size Value meal? Why the heck not?"
Just rolled up a halfling rogue, did the tutorial and found out as I was started the dockside quests that they took the gate down! I've totally forgotten which skills and feats to take, so I'm going to save my APs until I hit level 2 and go back to the docks and do the Goodlight(?) quests before tackling those dang robot dogs in the Miller's house.
I started with Dragonrealms. Played some UO. AO for awhile, and then alot of WOW. I also fooled around with many other MMO's but I didnt play them long enough to even mention. After getting burned out on WOW I looked around in desperation for a new MMO. I went to MMORPG.com and just went through their entire MMO list looking for something interesting :P I stumbled across DDO. I always liked Turbine, thought LOTRO was decent and enjoyed playing the D&D RPG's on my PC and reading the books when I was younger so I thought I would give it a try. And here I am.
My hubby has been playing since beta. I've tried it here and there, but I had never gotten further than Wavercrest. I'm VERY casual gamer at best (I think can think of only two or three games I've actually beaten - Kingdom Hearts being one of them). We did try CoH for a while (I loved the costuming) but we didn't stick to it.
One afternoon a couple weekends ago hubby wasn't playing and I decided what the heck and rolled a character (Granuaile Koppercorn on Ghan) I was hooked and now Granuaile is a lvl 3 ranger (soloed the entire time). But now I wanted more play time and the one account/one pc (I have a mac) wasn't cutting it, so hubby dragged out and dusted off his old pc and we broke down and got a second account last night! Woo hoo! So last night rolled a new character on the new account (Gitta Koppercorn another ranger who has an intial splash of rogue - on Argo). And hubby's going to roll a new character (probably Sorc/cleric) and I get to bother him online!
Hubby's old computer had DDO on it already but the mod patches had to be updated - we had a little problem logging in last night on the old computer - but I'm sure hubby will figure it out!
Friend told me he had a beta key and that he wasn't going to use it so he gave it to me. There were only two days or so left before beta servers went down, but once I played I knew I wanted to stay.
I was notified that head start was going to be coming out so I ordered the head start as well and have been playing ever since.
I been playing MMOrpg's since they were invented. You name it I probably played it. I got tired of the sameness of them and gave up trying to find a good one. I knew about this game for quite a while and one day decided what the heck. So here I am and so far I like it.
So far I have tried a Bard, Sorc, fighter and pally. When I decide on the class I like I will then go looking for a guild.
Word of mouth. Friend I play LOTRO with said they had a 10 day free trial. So I gave it a shot. Pretty good game, though I still play LOTRO more. I was interested in the game when it first came out. But I was deployed to the Middle East at the time. So I waited till I got home, talked to a few friends that tried it, they didn't care for it. So I gave up on it until I heard it had improved.
I five-fingered the promotional copy of DDO from my cousin's NWN2 box when he wasn't looking.
I turned my ankle pretty good a few weeks ago playing basketball and my cousin lent me a few games during the downtime. I was interested by the Neverwinter2 game (I remember liking D&D when I was younger), but it game played really poorly on the computer. My ankle's pretty good now, but I think I'll keep playing DDO a little longer.
I was an EQ, then EQ2 player. In the fall of 2005 I did a job change/cross country move so the game went to the back burner. My moderately significant other was chomping at the bit for DDO to come out (what a geek, eh?).
For the first couple of days I sat in the background and taunted. Then I snuck the guest pass.
Still here - both of us.
and thought it might be neat to play again but online seemed the way to go. I am lost though being a newbie and using the free trial. I don't even know where to begin.


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Q: making monsters and hero while monsters affected only by gravity and platforms You see, the monsters in my game will always be on the same positions. But they will affect by gravity and the platforms so they will be on the platform exactly. When the player touches a monster he gets minus life and blinks. But that's not my problem. I want the hero never to actually collide with the monsters, The monsters will never collide with anything but platforms and bullets. Please just tell me what would be the way to do that, what body type should be the monster, etc..
Thanks

A: Take a look b2Filter. And setup monster's fixtures and hero's fixtures using maskBits and categoryBits so they never collide


Guilds, Kinships, Clans, Units, Regiments, call them what you will. I know it might not be the most historic thing, but will there be any groups that anyone knows of?
first just use the search. there are a cupple right now.
I'm hoping to join the CSG, I posted my introduction on the forums there.
I only posted late last night/early this morning, so haven't had a reply back yet.
Yep welcome Sharpe the legend hehe.
we are all rtw players so far about 5 of us csg has what 6?
We have 10 I think.
Well i did not know you had a clan lol. But i have to discuss with other members first.
Lol your about as much use as a colour blind hedgehog in a bag doing a colour painting of Italy.
Hi tenjo clan I used to play total war alot. Say hi to head hunter for me and Arthur Wellsley.
The reason you dont see many of us in RTW is because most Tenjos think the game is not worth it - in the end I dont see how this is relevant in any way to the readers of these forums. Many members of Tenjo have been around from Shogun and some were topplayers in MTW, we would have no problem establishing us in this game should we decide to do so.
And should we decide to do so of course new members will always be welcome (if they know the basics of civil conduct :p ).
But if the game is good I will try to get all totalwar players that I know even beyond the ranks of Tenjo to buy it and that is a lot of players indeed.
But please developers change this and I can guarantee it will make a lot more people intrested.
Well lol if you want to go roger Nimblenota you can personally I don't like him.