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Runic magic
By Puck
June 7, 2008 in Basic Roleplaying
I am trying to put together a slightly different magic system that will work for the various traditions in the Green. It kind of incorporates a little of BRP's "magic" and "Sorcery". I am a little afraid that the description is a little convoluted and unclear. I am also concerned that it is a little to much like MRQ's rune magic. I would appreciate any comments or advice.
(note: each runic realm will have roughly 10 individual spells associated with it, but those would be described later).
Runic magic is the prevalent magic that is used in the Green. It incorporates elements of both Magic and Sorcery. In order to cast spells a character must be spiritually or psychically bound or attuned to a particular rune. Characters who are attuned to a rune are often called talented. The binding ceremony often must be accomplished in a location that is particularly strong or infused with the particular rune and often during portentous times. To become talented a character generally needs the guidance of a teacher or spiritual guide who is already talented and skilled in the use of the rune. The process of binding a rune costs the recipient a point of permanent Pow. Once a character is talented they gain the runic skill of the particular rune they sacrificed for at a level equal to their intelligence. Attunement with a rune assumes a character has a deeper mystical understanding and belief in the tenants and primacy of the particular rune.
Once a character is talented in a rune they may begin to learn spells and enchantments associated with that rune. All spells within a rune realm are cast using the Runic Skill from that particular rune. In order to successfully wield spells a character must have a rune matrix or focus for that particular spell within his vision as well as be able to make the particular gestures and utterances to bring about the effects of the spell. As with other forms of magic, characters may only know as many spell levels as they have points in Int.
What are Runes?
Runes are pictograph symbols containing the essence of a particular power, concept, or force in the physical world. Each rune represents a spoken sound as well as a hand or body motion, that when combined with particular thoughts, images, or beliefs can bring about magical and physical manifestations in the material world.
The runes themselves represent the particular concept or idea and alone are simply a form of writing or symbol. The pictograph can then be combined with other runes or prefixes, suffixes and accents to add verbal action, meaning, and manipulation to the rune. Visually speaking the rune and the prefix intersect forming essentially a new spell rune called a matrix. For instance the rune Fire incorporating the prefix "inception", to ignite, and suffix "throw" would denote the matrix to magically hurl flaming missiles at an enemy. Each spell tied to a particular rune has a pictograph symbol or matrix depicting the rune, incorporating the particular suffixes, prefixes and accents to affect the spell. Spell matrices are usually inscribed on weapons, jewelry, staffs, rods, or as tattoos on hands and arms.
When characters learn spells it is assumed that they learn the required accents, prefixes and suffixes, as well as the gestures and utterances that when added to the rune will bring about the spell effects.
Many traditions combine multiple runes into a common idea. These are called compound runes and essentially work the same as singular runes but tend to be less powerful magically speaking.
There are also several very powerful suffixes that are runes in their own right and must be attuned like any other rune. When combined with other runes to cast spells suffixes can be very powerful.
Stasis/Permanence :
Casters who are attuned to the stasis rune may double the duration of many spells by rolling under both the runic skill of the base spell as well as the runic skill of the Stasis Rune. In order to double the duration of the spell an additional point of power must be spent; In order to triple the length of the spell two point must be spent etc.
The Stasis rune also allows effects of some spells to become permanent. This rune is necessary to infuse items with permanent magical powers. The use of the Stasis rune in this way generally cost permanent Pow.
Mastery:
The mastery rune allows magicians to cast spells at a greater level than may normally be possible. The rune of mastery may be added to any Spell allows variable spells to be cast at any level as long as the caster knows the spell at its basic level. The spell still requires the allotted Pow expense.
For instance: If a Spell user knows Sorcerers Sharp Flame at a level of "one" they may cast it as if they knew it at a level of five as long as they rolled under both their Fire Rune skill and their Mastery Rune Skill. The spell would require the expense of five points of power to cast.
I think it's an interesting idea, but could use some clarification. As you note, at times it does get convoluted... That being said, I'm not familiar with Mongoose's product, so I can't say how close it is to that.
The process of binding a rune costs the recipient a point of permanent Pow. Once a character is talented they gain the runic skill of the particular rune they sacrificed for at a level equal to their intelligence.
Since characters can learn to use more than Runic Realm, shouldn't one have primacy? If so, would it make more sense to have the starting score based on POW? For two reasons... 1. This doesn't seem like the scholarly magic a book-schooled wizard will have, it seems more primal and atavistic. 2. It forces them to decide which Rune will be their 'primary' Rune, so to speak. Since they lose a permanent point of POW when they learn one Rune, the second Rune they learn will be at a lower base chance and so and so forth. The first Rune has a primacy in their life that others won't be able to match, at least at first.
For instance the rune Fire incorporating the prefix "inception", to ignite, and suffix "throw" would denote the matrix to magically hurl flaming missiles at an enemy.
Are you going to predifine the available and prefixes and suffixes? If not, can players create a 'word' on the fly to cast a spontaneous spell? For example, if a character finds himself facing a fire element and happens to be part of the Runic Realm of Water, can he toss together the prefix 'frigid' and suffix 'throw' to create ice bolts to throw, even if he never knew the ice bolt spell (or, if an icebolt spell doesn't even exist)? Personally, I like the idea of spontaneous casting. It adds something of a shamanistic feel to the system.
Who/what do they learn spells from? Other Runic masters, books, themeselves through trial and error?
Can I get an example of combining Runes?
I imagine they should either be suffixes or Runes. If the suffix is that powerful, maybe it should just ascend to Runic status.
What happens if the Statis roll succeeds and the other fails? Is there some lingering effect such as they can't recast the spell for the time the Statis is in effect or some other temporal issue?
Is is possible to permanently expend POW to permanently augment the power of a spell? Or maybe with a critical roll of the mastery the spell is permantly increased by a level?
All in all, I think the idea is interesting and would use it. I definitely think it needs some fleshing out and clarificiation. Those were just some of the questions I had.
As I think of more, I'll post them.
Chaot
Out of curiosity Puck, have you seen The Bronze Grimoire? It seems to come close to what you're doing. Also, have you seen Melds from Darcsyde's Corum and the Magic System from Unknown East? Both have an interesting system for combining effects.
Anyway, I like what you're doing. Looking forward to how it develops.
Thank You. Your insights and questions are very helpful.
Yep, this makes sense. I will seriously take it into consideration. The reasons I went with Int are:
1.That seems to be the formula in BRP(not a particularly great reason).
2. It helps with balance making the Int characteristic somewhat more important.
3. Int could represent the concentration and memory and learning it takes to affect runic spells.
I seriously contemplated using Int+Pow and may still do this. Once a character is attuned, casting spells should not be too difficult. This would make newer characters more able. Combining two characteristic is very MRQ and I always feel a little like a copycat when things get too close( I probably shouldn't let that bother me though).
Are you going to predefine the available and prefixes and suffixes? If not, can players create a 'word' on the fly to cast a spontaneous spell? For example, if a character finds himself facing a fire element and happens to be part of the Runic Realm of Water, can he toss together the prefix 'frigid' and suffix 'throw' to create ice bolts to throw, even if he never knew the ice bolt spell (or, if an icebolt spell doesn't even exist)? Personally, I like the idea of spontaneous casting. It adds something of a shamanistic feel to the system.
Whew! This is a wonderful idea! The problem is that is makes it even more messy. I like the idea of set spells for simplicity sake but I also like the idea of malleability. Creative players and Gm's could come up with new spells based on accents prefixes and suffixes. Furthermore characters could come by old runes inscribed on weapons, items and ruins that contain the knowledge for lost spells.
That said I had not planned on detailing all the prefixes and suffixes except for the powerful ones that are runes in their own right. I added this section not as statistics or hard rules, but rather for flavor and an explanation of what was going on when characters cast spells.
Who/what do they learn spells from? Other Runic masters, books, themselves through trial and error?
Whoops, I need to make this clearer. Other Runic masters and teachers in their tradition.
I was really just playing with this idea to try to make certain runic traditions or cults to work. It is driving me nuts. Every idea seems to make things horribly more complicated. I have a cult of Neraydian Arrowdancers. They teach a compound Arrowdancing rune incorporating the Runes of Air, Wealding (tree), and death. All of these runes interlock in an arrow shaped triangle to form the arrowdancing rune that allows spells that incorporate each of the runes.
I also have the Brotherhood of Dauchiet which uses the separate runes of Man, Mente, and Spirit to represent the physical, mental and spiritual abilities of their philosophy.
I am still trying to work all this out myself and make it relatively simple and playable and yet sort of unique and esoteric.
Originally Posted by Puck
This is true. The problem I was trying to figure out was whether someone who gains a Stasis rune within their studies of the Wealding (tree magic) rune could then use it with any other rune that they may have just learned. For simplicities sake I may just do it as you suggest.
Probably nothing, the spell just fails. That keeps things simpler. Cool idea though.
Is is possible to permanently expend POW to permanently augment the power of a spell? Or maybe with a critical roll of the mastery the spell is permanently increased by a level?
No, but with the stasis/permanence rune spell effects could be made permanent.
Within certain traditions something similar is possible.
The idea of the Mastery rune would be to allow Rune mages to keep a large array of spells for a low Int expenditure and to cast more powerful spells than otherwise possible.
Thanks again your questions are very helpful.
I have not seen the Bronze Grimoire or Melds, but I have seen the spheres and runes from the Unknown East and it is brilliant. (I just noticed it was written by Loz. I have learned that just about anything he writes is a must buy). Just the same, I hope the stuff I am doing here is not a direct copy of other peoples work and maintains some originality.
What is killing me is the need to make the system relatively simple for playing and newcomers, but allows for more complexity and growth for storytelling purposes.
Anyway, I like what you're doing. Looking forward to how it develops
Thanks, Lets me know I am on the right track.
Thanks for answering the questions.It's helping to clear things up. I have a few followup questions/comments.
I wouldn't let the fact that BRP traditionally uses INT or that combining INT+POW is very MRQ dissuade you. It's your game and you'll end up with something different in the long run.
Since the magic strikes me as a more 'primitive' magic, POW just makes more sense than INT. I've always viewed INT as the stat for scholarly magic and sorcery. I'm not sure on combining the two for the base starting score, but that may work.
Will you just be outlining the available spells and what Runic Realm is required to cast them?
Do you mind if I take this and work on it for a primitive magic system in my setting? Magic or sorcery are much to 'learned' for my setting.
Yep, in addition to the required "Components". Totemists need ritually prepared pelts and bone weapons as foci to make their spells work. Arrowdancers have to make their arrows in advance and inscribe them with the proper runes etc. Again no real change in the hard "rules", but a lot of "story" based requirements. There are some invading magics as well that have crept into the Green from the outside world. These are less component heavy (maybe based more on Int than Pow). Most traditions also have some special ability magics that require permanent pow costs or special training.
Not at all, I would be flattered. I would love to hear what you come up with.
I don't think there's any need to worry about it being too close to MRQ's rune magic in substance, but the with the same name, there could be some confusion. What about calling it "elemental magic" or something like that, which required the use of poweful magic "symbols" or items linked to the particular "element"?
To me, the word "runes" gives assosiations to old northern mythology and somewhat to Glorantha, but not much else. Also, with MRQ spreading the use of "Rune Magic" into several other setting, the name is getting a bit used up. (This opinion might just be coming from my cultural bias though.)
I certainly see your point. I wish there were another appropriate word. Runes fit the bill so well though. I was hoping I could Make the distinction in the runes themselves, like totems for different beasts rather than one beast rune and such. I could possibly use terminology different like "Domains" or "realms", all incorporating the basic idea or power.
To me, the word "runes" gives associations to old northern mythology and somewhat to Glorantha, but not much else.
Both LotR's and the Elric stuff use variations of runes. To me they seem as ubiquitous in fantasy as magic wands, crystal balls, or spells themselves, but I do not live in a Scandinavian country and may have a slightly different perception. Of course in my youth I was suckled on runequest as well, which may have skewed my view even more.
What about calling it "elemental magic" or something like that, which required the use of powerful magic "symbols" or items linked to the particular "element"?
"Elemental magic" would not work with most of the Magic in the Green as it is often based on forms, totems, and Ideas rather than elements. Symbolic magic may sort of fit the bill, but it seems way weaker of a term than runes.
I think it would be hard to remove runic magic now without some clear and solid synonym to replace it with. I think the Key is in making runic magic somehow conceptually different than what has come before. I do not know if I totally pull this off, but I can try.
In the mean time I will be on the lookout for other terminology that may be able to swap in.
Thanks, Great observation. You certainly have me re-thinking things.
GerallKahla
Have you considered using the word "Glyph" to describe this character-based magic system?
That might focus things a little differently, and provide an alternate description than "rune".
Emerging from my Dark Age...
No, I had not considered glyph. I don't know how it had passed me by but it may be just the word I am looking for. :thumb: Thanks!
I had reconsdered the whole foundation of the magic system for a brief span of time and then went on to something else hoping things would resove themselves. It looks as if they have just done so. "Glyph"... has a Greeny, treelike sound to it as well. I'll have to think about it some, but right now it seems great. Thanks again.
:thumb: to glyphs! Anything to make it a bit more unique!
Not used often enough to be obscure, not used little enough to still be on the tongues of most English-speakers.
Naming things is terribly important - it can take some real effort to find the "right" name.
Glad the word suits your purpose! It's a good word, too...
I'll have to get back up to speed on reading the wiki about The Green.
-pax-
Puck's The Green articles are no longer there. It was a requirement from Chaosium's side that it was taken down if it was to be made into monograph.
So where does that leave SharedWorld? Do we continue, assuming the Green is still there, or does it now have to be written-out? I thought a founding principle of the SharedWorld project was that the stuff would remain there and could be modified/extended by all. Doesn't that contravene the 'license'? (I guess this is really a topic for the sub-forum...)
It did not seem like a lot was happening there. The thing that really made me think about submitting this to Chaosium was actually a couple of posts you made a while back about making the Shared-world a new fantasy setting for BRP. The Green still has all the bits that can connect it to the shared world: Gates are still there. I hope submitting the Green to Chaosium has not caused any bad feelings.
By the way Check your PM's Frogspawner.
So where does that leave SharedWorld? Do we continue, assuming the Green is still there, or does it now have to be written-out?
I think we should assume that a great forrest is still there, and use soltakks article as guidelines.
I thought a founding principle of the SharedWorld project was that the stuff would remain there and could be modified/extended by all.
Only Puck's articles concerning the Green have been removed, soltakks' and Rust's are still there. Doesn't that contravene the 'license'? (I guess this is really a topic for the sub-forum...)
The CC-Wiki license basically states that you are free to:
to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix — to adapt the work
As long as you follow the following conditions:
Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
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Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.
Nothing in this license impairs or restricts the author's moral rights.
As the articles were Pucks work, and weren't modified by anyone, Puck has the right to do whatever he wants with his work. Because of the license, I could have chosen not to remove the articles. And if you have a copy of them, you are free to share and remix them as outlined above. However, as Chaosium demanded this as a requirement for it to be published, and the ShareWorld project have been in a bit of stasis, I chose to go along with Puck's request so that it could be made into a monograph.
I have continued to mess around with a now "Glyphic" system of magic that can work as the basis or core for several magic traditions in the Green. It is still in a rough form, but it is starting to come together bit by bit. I would love any suggestions, ideas or comments.
What are Glyphs?
Glyphs are pictographic symbols or ideograms representing the essence of a particular power, concept, or force in the physical world. The glyphs themselves do not contain any power, and by themselves are only a symbol or type of writing but to those talented in their use glyphs become much more. They are a mystical focus representing a spoken sound as well as a hand or body motion. These gestures and utterances used in concert with particular thoughts, images, and beliefs, may bring about magical and physical manifestations in the material world.
Glyphic Magic
Glyphic magic is the prevalent magic that is used in the Green. It incorporates elements of both Magic and Sorcery. In order to use glyphic magic a character must be spiritually or psychically bound or attuned to a particular Glyph. Characters who are attuned to a Glyph are often called talented. The binding ceremony often must be accomplished in a location that is particularly strong or infused with the power of the particular glyph and often during portentous times. To become talented a character generally needs the guidance of a teacher or spiritual guide who is already talented and skilled in the use of the Glyph. The process of binding a glyph costs the recipient a point of permanent Pow. Once a character is talented they gain the Glyphic Skill of the particular glyph at a level equal to their Int + Pow. Attunement with a glyph assumes a character has a deeper mystical understanding and belief in the tenants and primacy of the particular glyph and the power it represents.
Once a character is talented they may begin to learn spells and enchantments associated with that glyph. All spells within a glyphic realm are cast using the pertaining Glyphic Skill. In order to successfully wield spells a character must have a matrix for that particular spell within his vision as well as be able to make the particular gestures and utterances to bring about the effects of the spell. Spells may also require certain components to be cast successfully. As with other forms of magic, characters may only know as many spell levels as they have points in Int.
The glyphs themselves represent the particular concept or idea and alone are simply a form of writing or symbol. The pictograph can then be combined with accent marks to add verbal action, meaning, and manipulation to the glyph. Visually speaking the glyph and the accents intersect forming essentially a new spell glyph called a matrix. For instance the glyph Fire incorporating the accent "inception", to ignite, and accent "throw" would denote the matrix to magically hurl flaming missiles at an enemy. Each spell tied to a particular glyph has a pictographic symbol or matrix depicting the glyph itself modified by the accents necessary to affect the spell. Spell matrices are usually inscribed on weapons, jewelry, staffs, rods, or as tattoos on hands and arms.
When characters learn spells it is assumed that they learn the required accents, as well as the gestures and utterances that when added to the glyph will bring about the spell effects.
Many traditions combine multiple glyphs into a common idea. These are called compound glyphs and essentially work the same as singular glyphs but tend to be less powerful but magically speaking but have a wider variation of effects.
There are also several very powerful accents called suffixes that are glyphs in their own right and must be attuned like any other Glyphs. When combined with other "core" glyphs to cast spells suffixes can be very powerful. The use of Suffixes and how they interact with the core glyph are usually closely guarded secrets and only taught to highly trusted individuals within magical traditions.
Durative Suffix :
Casters who are attuned to the Durative glyph may double the duration of many spells by rolling under both the Glyphic skill of the base spell as well as the glyphic skill of the durative glyph. In order to double the duration of the spell an additional point of power must be spent; In order to triple the length of the spell two point must be spent etc.
The durative suffix also allows effects of some spells to become permanent. This Suffix is necessary to infuse items with permanent magical powers. The use of the durative glyph in this way generally cost permanent Pow.
In order to permanently endow spell effects onto an item a magician must first know the spell in question to at least the level they intend to enchant the item with. They must then prepare the object to be endowed with the enchantment with the proper glyphs. An enchanter must expend the permanent Pow necessary to fuel the enchantment and roll below both the core glyphic skill as well as the durative glyphic skill to enchant the item.
A success will permanently bestow the enchantment upon the item. A failure requires the Enchanter to begin the process anew. If the Enchanter rolls a fumble they loose the expended Pow and the enchantment fails. On a critical success the item may be endowed with greater effects as if the enchanter has spent one extra Pow when casting the spell.
Spells commonly used in enchantments are weapon and armor enhancements of various kinds as well as the enchantment for magic staffs. Enchantments may also infuse an item with the knowledge and ability to cast particular spells.
In the case of magic staffs this magic works slightly different. The enchantment of magic staffs is a cooperative effort between the enchanter and an initiate or applicant to a particular tradition. The spell is cast using the enchanters skill, but the permanent Pow necessary to enchant the staff is expended by the applicant.
The durative glyph appears as a circle surrounding the core glyph and represents the unending or infinite cycle of the glyphs power.
Mastery Suffix:
The mastery suffix allows magicians to cast spells at a greater level than may normally be possible. The glyph of mastery may be added to any spell allows variable spells to be cast at any level as long as the caster knows the spell at its basic level. The spell still requires the allotted Pow expense.
For instance: If a Spell user knows Sorcerers Sharp Flame at a level of "one" they may cast it as if they knew it at a level of five as long as they rolled under both their Fire Rune skill and their Integral Rune Skill. The spell would require the expense of five points of power to cast.
Casters talented in the mastery suffix no longer need matrices or components to cast spells as they have infused the essence of the core glyph into their bodies and minds. A magician casting spells without components or matrixes must roll under both the core Glyphic Skill and the Integral Suffix Skill.
Those who would become talented in the mastery suffix must know the core Glyph at a skill of at least 90%.
The mastery suffix is required by those who would teach or bind others to the core glyph.
The mastery suffix appears as a enclosed arch surrounding the core Glyph with the pediment beneath and the arching crown above.
Alteration Suffix
Some glyphs may allow the use of the alteration suffix. It is sometimes called the Glyph of forms. This glyphic suffix allows talented to take on a slightly different shape or form based on the glyph in question. Not all glyphic traditions teach the alteration suffix. It is particularly common among the totemic and wealding glyphs. The effects differ from practice to practice and is discussed in the individual selections.
The alteration suffix appears as a stick figure transposed by the core glyph.
Puck - thanks so much for the write up about your Glyphs!
Very much looking forward to this system / setting.
I'll need to go over this closely - too much going on at work today to idly read the brp.com forums...


Sharlyn – Texas: My hubby and I are going to start full-time RVing. We have basic Medicare and drug coverage but wonder what would happen if we get sick on the road? Do we go to an urgent care clinic, an emergency room, or what? I looked at a lot of RV websites and found nothing to answer these questions.
Phil Moeller: Basic Medicare covers you with any doctor or hospital in the country that accepts Medicare, and nearly all do.
How do you find a good doctor, with no advance notice, who is accepting new Medicare patients and is actually available when an unpredictable emergency occurs?
The trick, obviously, is how do you find a good doctor, with no advance notice, who is accepting new Medicare patients and is actually available when an unpredictable emergency occurs? Eliminating global warming might be easier!
For this reason, walk-in clinics are your best bet for routine matters, and hospital emergency rooms might be the first step for serious ones.
I know that you might want to just hit the open road and take it wherever the mood strikes you. But doing some trip planning would be a good idea. This planning should include a contact list of people you know near where you plan to travel. They can be invaluable sources for medical help, including providing names of good doctors.
Best of luck on your adventures. I am jealous!
Steve – Ill.: I got in a bad work accident five years ago and am now disabled. I receive Social Security disability benefits and have Medicare Parts A and B. I will be 57 next year and eligible for my pension, so I plan to retire. I will also be able to keep my work insurance, so I am wondering if I can drop Medicare? I was thinking that it doesn't make sense paying for two medical insurance programs.
Phil Moeller: You always can drop Medicare. The questions are whether you want to, and whether you'd face late-enrollment penalties when you later re-enroll.
Part B does charge premiums, which are deducted from your monthly Social Security payment. Medicare has a formal process for terminating Part B coverage, including this termination form.
Most likely, your work insurance will be your primary health insurer until you turn 65. At that time, most employer retiree plans require people to get Medicare as their primary insurance. The employer program would then become the secondary insurer, and would help pay covered expenses not fully paid by Medicare. You should confirm this with your work insurer.
Even though you now have Medicare, you can drop it and, when you turn 65, you will receive a new Medicare initial enrollment period and will not face any penalties for not having Medicare the previous eight years.
Paul – Calif.: My best friend had Medicare but was recently told that his Medicare is being discontinued because he is making a lot of money from his Social Security disability benefits. He is going to appeal the decision, but what happens if he loses? What would it mean for his health coverage and prescriptions?
Phil Moeller: My guess is that what is being discontinued for your friend is not his Medicare but the Medicaid support he receives that helps pay for his Medicare. One in five people with Medicare have incomes low enough for them to also qualify for Medicaid.
If he loses his appeal, he would have to pay for his Medicare, as do the other 80 percent of people on Medicare. His coverage wouldn't necessarily change, just the way he pays for it. However, there are some things that Medicaid covers that Medicare does not, so he will need to find out those details about Medicaid benefits in his state.
The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) provides free Medicare counseling. Your friend should call SHIP and find out if there are other Medicare support programs that can help pay some of his costs.
Mike – Texas: I am 62, and plan to file soon for Social Security. I understand that my son, who is 12, can get benefits based on my earnings record. My wife would also like to apply for a spousal benefit. Will there be any limits on their benefits?
Phil Moeller: Your son and wife cannot both receive their full Social Security benefits based on your earnings record. That's because their filings are likely to exceed what's called the family maximum benefit (FMB). This is the amount of money that can be paid out on based on a single worker's earnings record. If both of them file, the odds are their benefits would be proportionally reduced to avoid exceeding your FMB.
If you haven't already done so, open an online My Social Security account. It displays your formal earnings record and includes estimates of your various benefits, including your FMB. You then should be able to approximate the size of their respective benefits, and the extent to which they would be reduced by the FMB.
Brian –Texas: My mother fell and broke her hip, requiring an operation and then 30 days in a retirement facility that was covered by Medicare. Before she could be released from the retirement facility she fell and broke her other hip, which required another operation to fix. Would Medicare pay for another 30 days in the retirement facility, and would she be eligible for in-home health care paid for by Medicare?
Phil Moeller: What are the odds? I am so sorry your mother had such an unfortunate run of bad luck. Medicare covers more than 30 days of institutional care following a hospital stay, so she should be covered for more days in the facility. However, I always advise people to confirm this ahead of time, with the facility and Medicare.
In terms of home health care, Medicare does cover medically necessary care but does not cover so-called custodial care. Her doctor would need to prescribe the home care, and the requirements to qualify can be stringent.
Sandra – Md.: I've paid into the Medicare tax system for more than 40 years. Why is that I have to pay for Part B when I retire?
Phil Moeller: Your Medicare taxes pay for Part A of Medicare, which covers hospital expenses. Your Part B premium pays only 25 percent of the cost of that part of Medicare, which covers doctors, outpatient expenses, and durable medical equipment. The government pays the other 75 percent, which means that taxpayers (including you) are paying this tab.
Senior groups and other advocates for senior benefits have long said that people deserve their Medicare because they paid for it. That's an effective rallying cry, but it's never been completely true. On the other hand, I would say what we hear from Republicans and the White House about the merits of their new tax law is no less dubious.


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BOSTON—New England's college presidents strike a delicate balance as they attempt to weigh in on major issues without alienating big financial donors or other campus constituencies, according to the Fall 2004 issue of Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education.
The Fall issue of Connection features hard-hitting articles by New England college presidents and others about the college presidency with a particular focus on the college president as a public leader.
Authors include presidents Margaret McKenna of Lesley University, Richard Pattenaude of the University of Southern Maine, Robert Carothers of the University of Rhode Island, and Elizabeth Coleman of Bennington.
"One of the great unheralded advantages of New England's concentration of colleges and universities is the potential public leadership of its 270 or so college presidents," writes Connection Executive Editor John O. Harney. "The challenge they face is not that there are so many risks to speaking out, but rather, that there's so much to speak out about."
Connection is the journal of the nonprofit New England Board of Higher Education—and America's only regional journal on higher education and the economy.
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Balance Wheel • College presidents possess powerful bully pulpits—but how they use those perches trips alarm bells in and out of higher education. Stephen J. Nelson, a Brown University expert on the college presidency and author of the book, Leaders in the Crucible: The Moral Voice of College Presidents, urges presidents to use their moral authority to shield their campuses from becoming ideological battlegrounds.
Profiles in Caution • "It's one thing to speak out on 'safe' topics like proposed changes to the federal Higher Education Act and the attendant dangers of government intrusions into the academic sphere," observes Lesley University President Margaret A. McKenna. "But what voice should we give to the abridgement of individual civil liberties under the USA Patriot Act? What about gay marriage, abortion, Enron, tax policy and health reform?" McKenna answers with two compelling questions: "If college presidents don't ask questions about war and civil liberties, who will?"
It's Not About Me • University of Southern Maine President Richard Pattenaude argues that public university presidents owe it to their institutions not to let too much controversy sap energy, create resistance to change, or generate hostile opposition. "The presidency is not about me, my opinions and my view of the new world order," he writes. "I consider it inappropriate to think I might somehow represent the political views of all the people who work and learn on our campus."
Declaring Independence • University of Rhode Island President Robert L. Carothers offers a new model for public college and university presidents. Writes Carothers: "Today's leaders in higher education will have to abandon, however grudgingly, the defense of financial entitlement and instead shift their focus on gaining the financial and management independence required to maintain the viability of their institutions."
Connecting Thought and Action • Bennington College President Elizabeth Coleman describes a key challenge facing liberal arts colleges and their leaders: to accommodate a reciprocal relationship between thinking and doing. "Achieving a continuum between thought and action has never been easy—on the academic side is the fear of diluting intellectual rigor matched on the practical side by the fear of paralysis," she writes. "If anything, the increasing specialization and narrowing of academic disciplines over the past decades has deepened the divide. … Academic rigor is increasingly reduced to technical competence, narrowness of focus and perpetuation of the status quo, while action is equated with mindless activity."
Why New Presidents Can't Sleep • The fierce pressures on new college presidents begin before the new leaders even arrive on campus. Massachusetts higher education consultants James E. Samels and James Martin explain why many new campus chiefs are leaving the job earlier than their predecessors.
World Class • The nearly 45,000 foreign students attending New England colleges and universities contribute $1.2 billion to the region's economy each year in tuition payments, living expenses and discretionary spending. But New England's historical leadership in attracting foreign talent faces serious new threats ranging from post-9/11 visa restrictions to stepped-up global competition for students. John F. Ebersole, associate provost and dean of extended education at Boston University, explains how New England could keep its edge.
Old and Cold? • That's how outsiders view New England, according to the results of four national surveys conducted by the University of Connecticut's Center for Survey Research and Analysis.Douglas G. Fisher , director of Economic & Business Development at Northeast Utilities, explains how a group of business leaders are using the findings to heat up the region's image.
Advice for Regionalists • Charles H.W. Foster shares more than 50 years of regional experience with a primer on making regional institutions work.
Excerpts • Boston College higher education scholar Philip G. Altbach warns in the quarterly International Higher Education that universities can no longer attract the "best and the brightest" due to deteriorating working conditions in academia. The National Retail Federation publicizes the back-to-school buying habits of U.S. college students and their parents.
Books • Tufts University Admissions Director Lee Coffin reviews Leveling the Playing Field: Justice, Politics and College Admissions. Freelance writer Alan R. Earls reviews A Century of Honesty, Energy, Economy, System: Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1904-2004.
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#ifndef _IB_TRANSFORMATION_H_
#define _IB_TRANSFORMATION_H_

/**
 * @file
 * @brief IronBee --- Transformation interface
 *
 * @author Nick LeRoy <nleroy@qualys.com>
 * @author Sam Baskinger <sbaskinger@qualys.com>
 * @author Christopher Alfeld <calfeld@qualys.com>
 */

/**
 * @defgroup IronBeeTransformations Transformations
 * @ingroup IronBee
 *
 * Transformations modify data.
 *
 * @{
 */

#include <ironbee/build.h>
#include <ironbee/engine.h>
#include <ironbee/mm.h>
#include <ironbee/types.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/** Transformation */
typedef struct ib_transformation_t ib_transformation_t;
/** Transformation Instance */
typedef struct ib_transformation_inst_t ib_transformation_inst_t;

/**
 * Transformation instance creation callback.
 *
 * This callback is responsible for doing any calculations needed to
 * instantiate the transformation, and writing a pointer to any transformation
 * specific data to @a instance_data.
 *
 * @param[in]  mm            Memory manager.
 * @param[in]  parameters    Parameters.
 * @param[out] instance_data Instance data to pass to execute.  Treat as
 *                           `void **`.
 * @param[in]  cbdata        Callback data.
 *
 * @return
 * - IB_OK On success.
 * - Other on failure.
 */
typedef ib_status_t (* ib_transformation_create_fn_t)(
    ib_mm_t     mm,
    const char *parameters,
    void       *instance_data,
    void       *cbdata
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(3);

/**
 * Transformation instance destruction callback.
 *
 * This callback is responsible for interpreting @a instance_data and freeing
 * any resources the create function acquired.
 *
 * @param[in] instance_data Instance data produced by create.
 * @param[in] cbdata        Callback data.
 */
typedef void (* ib_transformation_destroy_fn_t)(
    void *instance_data,
    void *cbdata
);

/**
 * Transformation instance creation callback type.
 *
 * This callback is responsible for executing an transformation given the
 * instance data create by the create callback.
 *
 * Implementations of this type should follow some basic rules:
 *
 * -# Do not log, unless absolutely necessary. The caller should log.
 * -# All input types should have well defined behavior, even if that
 *    behavior is to return IB_EINVAL.
 * -# Fields may have null names with the length set to 0. Do
 *    not assume that all fields come from vars.
 * -# @a fout Should not be changed unless you are returning IB_OK.
 * -# @a fout May be assigned @a fin if no transformation is
 *    necessary. Fields are immutable.
 * -# Allocate out of the given @a mm so that if you do assign to @a fout
 *    the lifetime will be appropriate.
 *
 * @param[in]  mm       Memory manager.
 * @param[in]  fin      Input field. This may be assigned to @a fout.
 * @param[out] fout     Output field. This may point to @a fin.
 * @param[in]  instance_data Instance data.
 * @param[in]  cbdata   Callback data.
 *
 * @return
 * - IB_OK on success.
 * - IB_EALLOC on memory allocation errors.
 * - IB_EINVAL if input field type is incompatible.
 * - IB_EOTHER something unexpected happened.
 */
typedef ib_status_t (* ib_transformation_execute_fn_t)(
    ib_mm_t            mm,
    const ib_field_t  *fin,
    const ib_field_t **fout,
    void              *instance_data,
    void              *cbdata
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(3, 4);

/**
 * Create a transformation.
 *
 * The create and destroy callbacks may be NULL.
 *
 * @param[out] tfn             Created transformation.
 * @param[in]  mm             Memory manager.
 * @param[in]  name           Name.
 * @param[in]  handle_list    If true, list values will be passed in whole.
 *                            If false, list values will be passed in element
 *                            by element.
 * @param[in]  create_fn      Create function.
 * @param[in]  create_cbdata  Create callback data.
 * @param[in]  execute_fn     Execute function.
 * @param[in]  execute_cbdata Execute callback data.
 * @param[in]  destroy_fn     Destroy function.
 * @param[in]  destroy_cbdata Destroy callback data.
 *
 * @return
 * - IB_OK on success.
 * - IB_EALLOC on allocation failure.
 */
ib_status_t DLL_PUBLIC ib_transformation_create(
    ib_transformation_t            **tfn,
    ib_mm_t                          mm,
    const char                      *name,
    bool                             handle_list,
    ib_transformation_create_fn_t    create_fn,
    void                            *create_cbdata,
    ib_transformation_destroy_fn_t   destroy_fn,
    void                            *destroy_cbdata,
    ib_transformation_execute_fn_t   execute_fn,
    void                            *execute_cbdata
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(1, 3, 9);

/**
 * Register a transformation with engine.
 *
 * @param[in] ib  IronBee engine.
 * @param[in] tfn Transformation to register.
 *
 * @return
 * - IB_OK on success.
 * - IB_EINVAL if a transformation with same name exists.
 * - IB_EALLOC on memory allocation errors.
 */
ib_status_t DLL_PUBLIC ib_transformation_register(
    ib_engine_t               *ib,
    const ib_transformation_t *tfn
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(1, 2);

/**
 * Create and register a transformation.
 *
 * @sa ib_transformation_create()
 * @sa ib_transformation_register()
 *
 * @param[out] tfn            Created transformation.  May be NULL.
 * @param[in]  ib             IronBee engine.
 * @param[in]  name           Name.
 * @param[in]  handle_list    If true, list values will be passed in whole.
 *                            If false, list values will be passed in element
 *                            by element.
 * @param[in] create_fn       Create function.
 * @param[in] create_cbdata   Create callback data.
 * @param[in] destroy_fn      Destroy function.
 * @param[in] destroy_cbdata  Destroy callback data.
 * @param[in] execute_fn      Execute function.
 * @param[in] execute_cbdata  Execute callback data.
 *
 * @return
 * - IB_OK on success.
 * - IB_EALLOC on memory allocation errors.
 * - IB_EINVAL if a transformation with same name exists.
 */
ib_status_t DLL_PUBLIC ib_transformation_create_and_register(
    const ib_transformation_t      **tfn,
    ib_engine_t                     *ib,
    const char                      *name,
    bool                             handle_list,
    ib_transformation_create_fn_t    create_fn,
    void                            *create_cbdata,
    ib_transformation_destroy_fn_t   destroy_fn,
    void                            *destroy_cbdata,
    ib_transformation_execute_fn_t   execute_fn,
    void                            *execute_cbdata
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(2, 3, 9);

/**
 * Lookup a transformation by name.
 *
 * @param[in]  ib          IronBee engine.
 * @param[in]  name        Name of transformation.
 * @param[in]  name_length Length of @a name.
 * @param[out] tfn         Transformation if found.
 *
 * @return
 * - IB_OK on success.
 * - IB_ENOENT if no such transformation.
 */
ib_status_t DLL_PUBLIC ib_transformation_lookup(
    ib_engine_t                *ib,
    const char                 *name,
    size_t                      name_length,
    const ib_transformation_t **tfn
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(1, 2);

/**
 * Name accessor.
 *
 * @param[in] tfn Transformation.
 *
 * @return Name.
 */
const char DLL_PUBLIC *ib_transformation_name(
    const ib_transformation_t *tfn
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(1);

/**
 * Handle list accessor.
 *
 * @sa ib_transformation_create().
 *
 * @param[in] tfn Transformation.
 *
 * @return
 * - Return true if @a tfn should receive the entire list of elements.
 * - Return false if @a tfn should receive each list element, one at a time.
 */
bool DLL_PUBLIC ib_transformation_handle_list(
    const ib_transformation_t *tfn
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(1);

/**
 * Create a transformation instance.
 *
 * The destroy function will be register to be called when @a mm is cleaned
 * up.
 *
 * @param[out] tfn_inst   The transformation instance.
 * @param[in]  mm         Memory manager.
 * @param[in]  tfn        Transformation to create an instance of.
 * @param[in]  parameters Parameters used to create the instance.
 *
 * @return
 * - IB_OK On success.
 * - IB_EALLOC On allocation failure.
 * - Other if create callback fails.
 */
ib_status_t DLL_PUBLIC ib_transformation_inst_create(
    ib_transformation_inst_t  **tfn_inst,
    ib_mm_t                     mm,
    const ib_transformation_t  *tfn,
    const char                 *parameters
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(1, 3);

/**
 * Transformation accessor.
 *
 * @param[in] tfn_inst Transformation instance.
 *
 * @return Transformation.
 **/
const ib_transformation_t DLL_PUBLIC *ib_transformation_inst_transformation(
    const ib_transformation_inst_t *tfn_inst
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(1);

/**
 * Parameters accessor.
 *
 * @param[in] tfn_inst Transformation instance.
 *
 * @return Parameters.
 */
const char DLL_PUBLIC *ib_transformation_inst_parameters(
    const ib_transformation_inst_t *tfn_inst
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(1);

/**
 * Instance data accessor.
 *
 * @param[in] tfn_inst Transformation instance.
 *
 * @return Instance data.
 */
void DLL_PUBLIC *ib_transformation_inst_data(
    const ib_transformation_inst_t *tfn_inst
);

/**
 * Execute transformation.
 *
 * @param[in]  tfn_inst Transformation instance.
 * @param[in]  mm       Memory manager.
 * @param[in]  fin      Input data field.
 * @param[out] fout     Output data field; may be set to @a fin.
 *
 * @return
 * - IB_OK on success.
 * - IB_EALLOC on allocation failure.
 * - Other on other failure.
 */
ib_status_t DLL_PUBLIC ib_transformation_inst_execute(
    const ib_transformation_inst_t  *tfn_inst,
    ib_mm_t                          mm,
    const ib_field_t                *fin,
    const ib_field_t               **fout
)
NONNULL_ATTRIBUTE(1, 3, 4);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

/**
 * @} IronBeeTransformations
 */

#endif /* _IB_TRANSFORMATION_H_ */

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Q: convert a PDF to a jpg? In a Flex/AIR application, I need to create snapshots (like big thumbnails) of local PDF files (one per page, if indicated).
Ideally, I would like to do it all on the client side (PDF is a public specification, albeit a REALLY COMPLICATED one).
I have read about an "Adobe plug-in" but I cannot find a specific piece of software that makes the HTMLLoader.pdfCapability report anything but ERROR_CANNOT_LOAD_READER. I hope to load the PDF and then move the bitmap data to an Image in order to save it.
Second choice is sending it off to a web service and getting a set of jpg files back.
Thanks

A: I would suggest generating the previews on the server side (as the HTMLLoader relies on the client having Adobe Reader installed), unless you can find a component that is capable of generating thumbnails and that does not introduce requirements for specific software to be installed on client machines.
If you're developing an in-house solution for use in your company and you control or can impose requirements for the applications installed on user machines, I guess it won't be that bad. But if you're targeting consumers, there's nothing more annoying than introducing dependencies. And it could turn your customers away from your application.
Also having it server-side is usually the preferred option, since you could persist your thumbnails and not have to generate them every single time (if that makes sense for your application) and you unload heavy processing tasks from your client application. Processing PDFs with large number of pages can be a heavy processing task.

A: Doing this client-side probably isn't the best idea. It seems overly complicated, could be quite slow, and will require a few unnecessary dependencies. If you do it server-side you can convert the PDFs to images and then send down the image to the client-side. Converting PDFs to images is a relatively simple process if you use a third-party PDF library.

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Yanks' Cole evasive about foreign substance use
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New York Yankees' Gerrit Cole on whether he ever used Spider Tack while pitching: 'I don't quite know how to answer that'
Amid a Major League Baseball crackdown on pitcher-friendly foreign substances, New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole struggled to give an answer when asked Tuesday whether he has ever used a particular sticky paste called Spider Tack while on the mound.
"I don't [long pause] ... I don't know ... I don't quite know how to answer that, to be honest," Cole said during his videoconference with reporters before the Yankees began a three-game series at Minnesota.
He then paused again before continuing, "There are customs and practices that have been passed down from older players to younger players, from the last generation of players to this generation of players, and I think there are some things that are certainly out of bounds in that regard.
"This is important to a lot of people who love the game, including the players in this room, including fans, including teams, so if MLB wants to legislate some more stuff, that's a conversation that we can have. Because ultimately we should all be pulling in the same direction on this."
Sources: MLB foreign-substance action plan afoot
2yBuster Olney
Spider Tack, goo cops and an open secret: Answering 20 questions about MLB's foreign-substance mess
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ESPN's Buster Olney reported over the weekend that under a plan being swiftly advanced by the league, all MLB pitchers will be checked repeatedly and randomly by umpires for foreign substances, with every starting pitcher likely to be checked at least two times per start. With officials cognizant of having equipment checks slow a sport in which the pace of play is already thought to be too deliberate, pitchers might be checked as they walk off the field at the conclusion of an outing. One management source estimated that there will be eight to 10 random foreign-substance checks per game.
As part of wide-ranging comments last week about the presence of pitcher-friendly sticky stuff, Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson casually wondered aloud whether Cole -- whose pitches in his last start weren't rotating as much -- was suddenly trying to hide usage of grip aids -- typically a mix of rosin and sunscreen -- to avoid being caught amid MLB's crackdown.
Sidestepping the accusation on Tuesday, Cole said his spin rate dropoff was due to mechanical flaws.
"I attribute it to just not being as good or as sharp as I wanted to be. It's as simple as that," Cole said.
According to MLB Statcast data on the website Baseball Savant, Cole had a decrease of 125 rotations per minute on his four-seam fastball last week when he allowed five runs in five innings in a loss to Tampa Bay. Cole, not quite halfway into the second season of a $324 million, nine-year contract, is third in MLB with 104 strikeouts. The three-time All-Star has a 2.26 ERA over 75 2/3 innings and 12 starts this season.
"I'm just not quite bringing out my best delivery. Of course it's something that we monitor. Of course there are other variables that we monitor as well when we're evaluating our performance from every game. You try to take as much information as you can as a player, and certainly that's one of them," Cole said. "We're trying to get better this week and put in the work, and I'll be as prepared as I possibly can for my next start."
Cole is next scheduled to pitch Wednesday against Donaldson and the Twins.
Four minor league pitchers have been suspended this season by Major League Baseball after being caught using banned foreign substances to doctor baseballs, evidence of a stronger crackdown in the game's feeder system than in the big leagues during this historically dominant stretch of pitching. The use of homebrewed sticky substances is suspected to have spiked in recent seasons as grip aid to increase the spin rates on fastballs and make those pitches harder to hit.
Donaldson suggested the timing of the news of the minor league suspensions was related to the changes in Cole's spin rate. Cole called the criticism "undesirable" but declined to respond specifically to the allegation.
"I understand this topic is important to everybody that cares about the game. In regards to Josh, I kind of felt like it was a bit of a low-hanging fruit, but he's entitled to his opinion and to voice his opinion, so I just have other things that I need to keep my focus on," Cole said.
Donaldson said Friday that the sticky substance situation is going to be "the next steroids of baseball ordeal" for its performance-enhancing effect on the game.
"Hitters have never really cared about sunscreen, rosin and pine tar. We haven't cared about that because it's not a performance enhancement. What these guys are doing now are performance-enhancing, to where it is an actual super glue-type of ordeal, to where it's not about command anymore," Donaldson said. "Now, it's about who's throwing the nastiest pitches, the more unhittable pitches."
Said Yankees manager Aaron Boone: "In the end, all that anyone really wants -- pitchers, position players, managers -- is the best possible product and the most level of playing field that we can create."


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Turkish officials say German investments fully guaranteed
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Jul 22, 2017 12:00 am GMT+3
In reply to remarks by German officials that Berlin would not encourage companies to invest in Turkey or provide investments guarantees, Turkish officials said German investments in Turkey were fully guaranteed
Following statements on Thursday from the German foreign minister that Berlin would not encourage German businesses to invest in Turkey or provide investment guarantees to German companies, Turkish officials said German investments in Turkey are fully guaranteed by both the Turkish government and its laws, and denied claims Ankara gave Berlin a list of companies it was targeting for suspected links to last year's coup attempt. Also, a number of German companies indicated that they are still eyeing opportunities in Turkey and that they will sustain their investments in the country.
Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci in an interview with Reuters in Ankara late on Thursday said: "All German investments in Turkey are 100 percent under the guarantee of the Turkish government, the state and law."
Zeybekci also denied reports that Ankara gave Berlin a list of companies it was targeting for suspected links to last year's coup attempt: "The Turkey-Germany crisis is temporary. One must refrain from words that would cause lasting harm to the economies. Germany must reassess comments that are inappropriate."
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday also condemned comments by Germany's economy minister warning companies off investing in Turkey and said the country should "pull itself together" as a dispute between the NATO allies escalates. Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım also made remarks Friday in response to German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel's statement on Thursday.
Speaking to journalists in Ankara, Yıldırım said: "These companies are owned by German individuals, but they are [run by] Turks. Some of them have been in operating in Turkey for over half a century." He also called on people not to make "worrying statements" targeting businesses keen on investing in Turkey.
Yıldırım also denied claims that 68 German firms in Turkey were under investigation.
Ties between Ankara and Berlin have been experiencing turbulence, as the former blames the latter for hosting and supporting terrorist organizations such as the PKK terrorist organization, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) and the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) that perpetrated the July 15 coup attempt last year. Germany accuses Turkey of moving away from democratic norms and values after July 15 and arresting German citizens. Gabriel announced on Thursday a range of steps to be taken against Turkey in response to the detention of Peter Steudtner, a German national who faces terrorism charges by Turkish authorities and who the German government says is a human rights' activist.
Die Zeit newspaper reported last week that Turkish authorities had several weeks ago handed Berlin a list of 68 German companies, including Daimler and BASF, which Ankara claims has links to U.S.-based cleric Fetullah Gülen, who Ankara blames for orchestrating last July's failed coup. "The allegation that Turkish authorities gave Germany the names of German companies linked to Gülen is not true. This is fake news," Zeybekci said.
Press reports that Turkey is investigating Germany's Daimler and chemicals giant BASF are "completely false," Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Twitter on Thursday, adding that Ankara welcomed German investors. Zeybekci said Germany cautioning its citizens over travel to Turkey was "unfortunate," but he did not see it as bringing any harm to the tourism industry.
German consumer electronics retailer Ceconomy and food wholesale and hypermarket company Metro are still eyeing opportunities in Turkey, spokespersons for the companies said on Friday. "Our market share is growing," a spokeswoman for Ceconomy, which has 45 Media Markt and Saturn stores in Turkey, told Reuters. "We are investing in our presence there." A spokesman for Metro, from which Ceconomy was split off this month, said it was monitoring the situation but also saw opportunities to develop.
Bosch to invest $184 million
Meanwhile, the president and senior manager of Bosch Turkey and the Middle East Steven Young has announced that the company will invest TL 650 million ($184.2 million) in Turkey this year, adding that the lion's share of this investment will go to Bursa.
Young said that 2016 was a good year for the Germany-based company, adding that Bosch increased its worldwide turnover rate by 3.6 percent last year to $73.1 billion and increased its number of employees to 390,000. Pointing out that Bosch Turkey also grew last year, increasing its turnover by 14 percent to TL 12 billion, Young said: "We continued our investments and invested TL 750 million in Turkey as a group. Turkey has attracted the fourth largest investment on Bosch's global investment scale. In this sense, Turkey is a very important country for Bosch."
Investments not affected
Regarding a question of whether the problems experienced between Turkey and Germany have affected the investments, Young said investments have not been affected, referring to both this year and the previous year, adding that the current investment environment is conducive for further investments and offers very attractive incentives in Turkey. "We were chosen as the firm to receive the largest number of incentives in the automotive sector last year, which indicates Bosch's trust in operations in Turkey and the entire country," Young said.
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MEANING AND TYPES OF DRAMATIC GENRE
This article introduces you to a detailed study of dramatic genres. You need this background to enable you appreciate different forms of drama in the course of your study. The classification is also necessary for both the playwright and the critics in their appreciation of dramatic composition.
Etymologically, the term genre is taken from the French language and it means type, kind, or form. In simple terms dramatic genre means type or kind of dramatic composition. Drama is grouped into distinct types, kinds or categories because there are qualities that are common to all dramatic compositions. There are also qualities that make each composition unique. It is these similarities and differences that determine each genre.
The dramatic genres include tragedy, comedy, tragic-comedy, melodrama, drame, mime, etc.
We are familiar with the words 'tragedy' and tragic as they are associated with misfortune. Usually, they are used to describe personal misfortunes that do not concern the rest of the society. For example, the breakdown of a marriage or death of a dear one in an accident or even natural causes could be described as tragic. Also, some public events that are unpleasant like the assassination of a head of state or a political leader, natural or human disasters like earthquakes, flood disasters, plane crashes and other such disasters are referred to as tragedies. In this unit we are not concerned with these tragedies or tragic' events in our daily lives but as they relate to dramatic compositions.
Tragedy according to the Oxford English Dictionary is "a play of a serious or solemn kind … a very sad event, action or experience." The last part of the definition explains why the word is used to describe misfortunes, natural and human disasters in everyday life. However, we will be concerned with the aspect of the definition that sees tragedy as a play of a serious or a solemn kind.
Tragedy in drama is believed to have originated from the Greek worship of Dionysius, the god of wine and fertility. During the festival, the dithyramb, a choral lyric in honour of the god is sang and danced around the altar by fifty men dressed in goat-skin (goat was the sacred animal of the god).
This is perhaps from where tragedy got its name because in Greek, "tragoedia" meant goat song. During this song, a story about the god was improvised by the choral leader but later Thepsis stood out and instead of singing in honour of Dionysius, sang as Dionysius. However, the song continued but a minimal part of it was acted by one actor.
As time went on, the spoken part was increased and Aeschylus added a second actor while Sophocles added a third actor. As time went on, the number of chorus decreased gradually as more actors increased. Thus tragedy was born. The scope of the plays increased as they started including myths concerning other gods. The plays became so popular that by 534 BC, the state gave official recognition to tragedy and instituted a prize for the best tragedy presented at the annual Donysian festival.
Tragedy is the most esteemed of all the dramatic genres. It has attracted many definitions and rules, from the days of Aristotle, who is the first person to write on the circumstances of and what tragedy should be, to the present day. According to him in his "Poetics":
Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of acertain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornaments, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the from of action not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting a proper purgation of these emotions.
Aristotle explains all the aspects of this definition and moves further to give the elements of tragedy as plot, character, thought, diction, music and spectacle. Try to read Aristotle's "Poetics". These principles have continued to influence the definition till date. However, some dramatic scholars agree with him while some others disagree with him. In drama, tragedy is a serious play that deals with the misfortunes of man. It presents a man (tragic hero) who is not too virtuous or too vicious but one who aspires for higher ideals. He tries to improve himself and the world around him. In the course of this, he makes a mistake, or commits an error of judgment. This leads to his fall. Traditionally, in classical tragedies, the hero must be of noble birth, suffer and is overwhelmed in the end. Tragedy presents injustice, evil, pain, misfortunes, paradoxes and mysterious aspects of human existence.
Greek tragedy has a set pattern or structure. It starts with the prologue which introduces the play with the episodes of the play and the choral songs in between and finally the exodus. The play contains a "single integral plot" which is presented in a very short period with one setting.
The action could be simple or complex and contains a reversal of fortune or discovery or both. They are very short plays and many of them were presented in trilogies. The tragic hero is drawn from princes and kings. He is a man who is not pre-eminently good, virtuous or vicious but who commits an error of judgment. Oedipus Rex is a good example of classical tragedy. It has a single plot, the story of how Oedipus killed his father and married his mother. The setting is just in front of the palace. Oedipus, the tragic hero is a king who by the end of the play, discovers the truth about himself, his fortune reverses from good to bad. His catastrophe is caused by his tragic flaw which is arrogance.
The plays were based on myth and legends drawn mainly from the legends of the house of Atreus and the events of the Trojan wars. They were presented as a part of a great festival and the state was involved.
Music, songs and dances were important elements of the plays. To maintain a single setting, indoor actions and violence were reported on stage. As part of a religious festival, the plays were used to show how vices like arrogance and pride lead men to destruction. The gods also play important roles in Greek tragedy. However, the dramatists differ in their attitudes to the gods as characters in their plays.
Many critics argue that there are no tragedies in the modern period. The argument is based on the fact that many playwrights do not adhere to the Aristotelian principles of tragedy especially as regards the treatment of the subject matter, tragic hero and the language. Modern playwrights feel that they should not be restricted by any rules.
According to them, drama reflects the society, so they should reflect their society in the works. In the modern society, little or no attention is paid to kings, princes and their exploits so a poor man who is hard working can rise to esteem. The society also encourages him to rise. He also has the capacity to fall into misfortune through an error of judgment and according to Arthur Miller, since kings and monarchs are no longer available, tragedy should be based "… on the heart and spirit of the average man" (Dukore: 897). Contemporary issues and human beings should, therefore, be treated in tragedy.
The important factor is that the tragic hero pursues a particular goal he believes in relentlessly to its logical conclusion even if he loses his life in the pursuit. Tragedy attempts, therefore, to ask some basic questions about human existence like, is there justice in the world?
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The change is essentially meant to frustrate users. Earlier this week, Google and Getty Images and Getty withdrew its charges against Google. Sometimes images button is next to all. Want to stick with Google? The seemingly small change has implications for many users since it makes it more difficult to save high-resolution images straight from image search results. Google has removed the View Image button and the Search by Image feature when viewing an individual image within Google Image Search. Visit to view each original map. Thankfully there's an easy way to restore the button, and if you're looking for pictures, remember that Google's not the only game in town.
Filtering image size, Large Google thinks an image 1280 × 720 is large. Therefore, we've had to temporarily block your access to Yandex Search. Bing also includes filters which you can use to display images that are free to use. So go ahead, click the same button 1000 times, then close the page! A dead one in No. You can still click 'Visit page' to see the picture in its original context on a webpage, but if you've searched for a specific image, having to scroll through a whole page to find it is a real nuisance. Click a thumbnail and you can not only view the image by itself, you can also add it to Pinterest, clip it to OneNote, and play a little slideshow of similar pictures. Now, to download images, the users need to visit the website where the image is hosted, and the process has become somewhat tedious and confusing sometimes.
Note: By submitting this form, you agree to Third Door Media's. If it displays on your screen there will always be a way to download a full sized image. Instead they relocate buttons to get more clicks. Want to look for images on a specific site? This will include removing the View Image button. There are plenty of legitimate and legal uses for copyrighted images. That means that people can no longer easily navigate to the picture they'd searched for — or download it for later use. It's the default in Edge and Internet Explorer, it lurks in Windows 10's search bar, and it's the source for all those pretty lockscreen photos the ones that open in Edge if you accidentally click in the wrong place.
Like Google, Bing also shows you a list of keywords for that picture, which is handy for adjusting your search if it hasn't turned up exactly the results you're looking for. Alternatives to Google Images View Image button 1. Google has from Image Search in an attempt to make it harder for people to download copyrighted images. Simply type a search term and switch to images to use it. Today we're launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites. A deal to show copyright information and improve attribution of Getty photos was and included these changes. Altogether, this is probably a good change for photographers, publishers, and Getty alike.
What tf is up with this??? The Visit button remains, so users can see images in the context of the webpages they're on. In case you're wondering, yes, there is a Bang for Getty Images! At one point, one of my own personal images pic of a fish taken by me with my camera was hit. While this may be annoying for end users looking to download or steal, depending on who you are images from the web, it seems like a necessary move to push users to the full website where images can be found and where copyright and usage information is more readily available. Plenty of sites like that could do the same at this point. The button formerly functioned as a direct link to the image in question, allowing users to bypass the hosting web site itself. Now, Google Images is removing that button, hoping to encourage users to click through to the hosting website if they want to download an image. Hover your mouse over a thumbnail in its search results and click 'Save image' to add it to a temporary dashboard for easy access later.
While the removal of this tool does make it a bit harder to download and potentially abuse copyrighted images, it also makes life a little harder for those who use those images in a fair way. The site owners are often wrongly accused, but even with a low success rate, there are enough owners who pay up exorbitant fees under threat of lawsuit that it seems worthwhile to Getty i. Wonder how their search results will be affected. If you have any questions, make sure to leave them in the comment section below or. These take you straight to results on the site itself.
I have met their new firewall btw. This will include removing the View Image button. It loads the full-size version of the image. Getty Images today that it has come to an agreement with Google that includes a global licensing partnership between the two companies and accompanying changes to Google Images. The photo agency last year with the European Commission accusing Google of promoting piracy because its image search results included large, high-resolution images. Our youth pastor put a simple picture of a young lady smiling he found on the net on our webpage, a small pic.
To check, you can look for the new icon in the Chrome taskbar. Once more, a dialog box will pop up asking you if you actually want to install the extension. Also, have a look on deviantart, it has tons of stuff. The behavior of these corporations on users however is a different kettle of fish. . Getty Image's iStock that Google had agreed to make its image search copyright disclaimer more prominent and remove the View Image button. While it is unclear right now whether the change will affect only Getty Images images on Google Images or all images, it is quite possible that Google will remove the functionality completely from its image search engine.
Google Image Search removes View Image button and Search by Image feature After making a deal with Getty Images, Google has revamped some of their image search features and user experience. The button loads the image that is displayed directly. When business prevails you can be sure vulgarity is around the corner. Users can choose from a menu of options by right-clicking on a photo in Google search. Adhering to copyright law is still the user's responsibility, and a whole lot of images on the Web aren't locked down under copyright law.
Google has long been under fire from photographers and publishers who felt that image search allowed people to steal their pictures, and the removal of the view image button is one of many changes being made in response. Criminals are using Google search to target bank customers with a nasty banking trojan. Google noted that the Search by Image button is also being removed. Can you imagine what would happen if you or I tried to do this with data from big companies? They are ruining the internet. As long as you are not claiming authorship and are using the image for your own personal use there is no breach of copyright. Google Finance is integrated into Search, with recommendations and a new Follow button. It means that people will only be given the option to see the picture on the page that hosts it.


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Why are most construction projects significantly exceeding their budgets?
In the UK, it seems the norm for construction projects to go beyond budget, what are the reasons and can it be prevented?
It is a well-known problem within the construction industry, in the UK and worldwide, that projects often end up costing far more than the original estimate, however advances in technology such as Building Information Technology, is saving billions of pounds. Most projects do always exceed the budget, however, there are still common reasons for projects to shoot up in dramatically cost, some of which are unavoidable, and some which is down to a lack of action taken by project managers and other members of the construction workforce. In the three years to 2015, less than one in three projects (31%) came within 10% of their original plan.
One key example of why construction projects are often experiencing unexpected costs, is a lack of solid foundation with a well-written job specification and budget. If construction project managers fail to create a proper costed plan, there is a risk of mistakes, disputes and confusion, especially considering the ever-changing circumstances over the lifetime of the project. Inconsistencies in reporting can mean that neither subcontractors, contractors now owners are aware of any problems, and a reaction may be delayed leading to overall delay and further cost overruns. Disputes are a common factor in the construction industry, and often stem from poor contract administration.
With the current skills shortage a major problem for the UK, labour costs are continuing to grow year by year. Firms say that supervisors and bricklayers are among the hardest to recruit, with carpenters, joiners and ceiling fixers not far behind. There is extra concern now following the EU referendum. An estimated 12% of the UK construction industry comes from abroad. If construction businesses want a strong and complete workforce, they must ensure sound chain management practise, keeping their skilled subcontractors happy.
Along with this, uncertainty of the great British weather can also cause delays and costs, as construction workers still turn up for work, and still need paying even if the working day is postponed. Too much rain, a particularly windy day or a snap of cold can halt construction for days and leave projects significantly behind schedule. In the case of tools being loaned by companies, there can be extra days for unused equipment.
One colossal example of a construction project that went far beyond the expected budget was the Scottish Parliament Building. In 1997, the government's devolution white paper gave assurances that a new parliament building could cost as little as £10M, but the actual cost of the building ended up reaching £414M, one of the greatest cost overruns in the global construction industry.
There were unusual circumstances during construction, with the death of both the architect and the project's chief political champion. Two project managers also resigned. Another reason for the spiralling costs was the promise of a "modest" building, however an architect was selected who was famous for his highly complex and experimental design. The initial brief and specifications proved inadequate and underestimated greatly in terms of size, accommodation and facilities. A change in the client body, plus major disputes over the historic reservation of a property on the site, delayed the project for months. In falling behind, increased pressure was applied, which led to further increases in cost to quicken the pace.
There are now new methods and technologies which assist in ensuring that projects do not overrun. An example is Building Information Technology, with technology which assists the decision making process, while building proceeds through various stags such as concept, design and construction. BIM simulates the actual physical construction process. By doing this, it identifies problems which may have usually been found later down the line. The simulation can list out possible issues, which then can be dealt with appropriately, saving projects time and money.
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