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Hero's Best Friend; An Anthology of Animal Companions – book review by Fred Patten.
by kiwiztiger
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry's favorite historian and reviewer.
Hero's Best Friend; An Anthology of Animal Companions, edited by Scott M. Sandridge
Lexington, KY, Seventh Star Press, February 2014, trade paperback $20.95 ([iv] + 447 pages), Kindle $3.99.
Hero's Best Friend; An Anthology of Animal Companions is a fantasy anthology of "twenty stories of heroic action that focuses on the furries and scalies who have long been the unsung heroes pulling their foolish human buddies out of the fire". Superficially, this is not necessarily a furry book. The blurb cites comparisons with Gandalf's horse Shadowfax, the Vault Dweller's dog Dogmeat, and the Beastmaster's "fuzzy allies"; all famously loyal animal companions, but under their human partners' control. Those animals are no more anthropomorphic than the Lone Ranger's horse Silver.
But these are stories by fantasy authors, and they emphasize the animals' conscious partnership or dominance over their human companions. "[T]he unsung heroes pulling their foolish human buddies out of the fire" is the operative m.o.
In "Toby and Steve Save the World" by Joy Ward, Steve is the human and Toby, a Pembroke corgi, appears to be his dumb pet. But the story is told from Toby's view, and it's clear that the dog recognizes the menaces and deliberately maneuvers his clueless human into taking care of them. The story is definitely anthro. It also wallows in self-conscious cuteness.
"Dusk" by Frank Creed is narrated by Dusk, a housecat in the future. Dusk is the partner of a man codenamed Whisp, but here the human is aware of the cat's strengths, and they trust each other. Whisp and Dusk are undercover police agents seeking a criminal gang in 2038 Chicago's Chinatown slums, and Dusk (among others) is bionically enhanced.
"I sniffed the alien scents on the shelves in my aisle – and also the faint charcoal bouquet of expensive whiskey – while Whisp did what the wanted. From the back of the shop I eyeballed inside the stairwell where sat a thin middle-aged yellow-skinned man on a stool. He wore suspenders over a plain white stained tee and held a cup. He looked at me, but it felt wrong.
Other eyes saw through his eyes, and the fur on my spine spiked." (p. 18)
The hunter of "The Hunter's Boy" by Cassie Schau is Teffa, a mother alley cat and the protagonist. Her boy is Grith, a strange kitten ("No cat spent four years a kitten." –p. 32), but Teffa loves him anyway. But Grith is stolen by humans for no obvious reason, despite Teffa's frantic clawing; then Len, one of the humans, returns claiming to be Teffa's friend who will help her get Grith back. Teffa doesn't know what's going on, or trust Len; but what choice does she have? "The Hunter's Boy" is deliberately confusing at first, but all is gradually clarified and revealed. A clever and well-written tale.
"Grit" by Steven Donahue, on the other hand, is one of the worst stories I've ever read. Supposedly every story in an anthology is praised by some readers and panned by others, but "Grit" has so much wrong with it that I can't imagine anyone liking it.
"Hill 142" by Jason Cordova is set in a fantasy World War I where the German Höllenspinne Division rides giant spiders. But the U.S. Marines have their own horse-sized lions. Captain John Thomason's Ghost is more than just a huge feline mount, though. He is a loyal friend all through the bloody action that follows.
"Dook" by Herika R. Raymer features two ferrets. No surprise, with a title like that. What is a surprise is that "Dook" is not a fantasy. Amber, in present-day Tennessee, wants the old brooches that their grandmother left to her; but she was away from home when Gram died, and Amber's dishonest brother Barry took them. So she sends her well-trained pet ferrets, Sitka and Gizmo, to steal them back. The story is well-told despite the lack of fantasy.
"Brothers" by Essel Pratt is told as a flashback as Jakel, an ancient wolf, enters an abandoned cemetery and reminisces about the final battle in which he and his human foster-brother Manfred defeated an evil wizard, but at the cost of Manfred's life. It would be easy to criticize the overly-florid description ("Each squall uplifts loose dust from the forgotten entrance, exciting the specks as they travel along the windy waves. Decaying leaves retreat to dark corners, revealing an unkempt path into the hushed cemetery," – p. 153), but the overall somber mood is surprisingly successful.
"Ezra's Girl" by Lisa Hawkridge is told from the viewpoint of Ezra, a snake, although it is very unusually told in the present subjunctive tense:
"A few hours later, the Ghisic ex-Navy ship comes into view of those on the main deck, and everybody flocks over to the starboard railing to stare at it. You slither your way over and climb up onto the railing to get a glimpse of it because you can't see over the heads of all the humans. You were sure you were just going to dismiss it after one look, just to be on the safe side. Instead, what you see makes you stare. The entire hull of the other ship is glowing and pulsating with magic, which is far from normal." (p. 171)
Ezra's girl is Elena, a young freelance battle mage, and Ezra is her familiar. The two are part of a war that is both physical and magical. They are assigned to smuggle something that will help their side into the enemy nation. Ezra is more of an equal partner than a loyal companion. He can't talk, but he is fully sentient and he and Elena consult each other regularly, This is a rich, complex story.
"Look What the Cat Dragged In" by S. H. Roddey switches between Delilah the human and Miko the cat. Both narrate in the first person. When Miko drags home a human foot, Delilah calls the police and is arrested for murder. The exasperated Miko has to find the real murderer to get her released, so she can resume providing his regular meals! Miko seems more self-centered than a loyal companion, but this is still an enjoyably funny story.
"The Wolf Sentinel" by Steven S. Long is Greylord, an ancient pack leader who has lost a dominance battle and been driven off to die alone. He meets Vorgath, a minor warlock who is being pursued by agents of Lord Elgard, determined to stop him from revealing Elgard's treachery to the king. The old wolf summons enough strength to perform one last fight. Nice, but Greylord's noble death is telegraphed.
"Memorandum" by Laura Anne Ewald is an account of two galactic observers stranded on Earth who pose as locals; a human woman, Dr. Reni Lira, and a feline, Dr. Mroweo Hsstu. They seem just "weird" enough that they are taken by their neighbors to be a witch and her familiar, despite this being modern small-town America rather than medieval Europe. This may be a parable against prejudice, but the contemporary American setting makes the stereotyped torch-waving, "burn the witch!" mob of townsfolk less believable.
"The Hat" by Cindy Koepp has a completely confusing setting. Ingrid, Frank, and Mick are human secret agents trying to catch Gregory Brown stealing information about the castle's defenses to betray the king. Ingrid is posing as an entertainer with six trained cockatiels. The story is from the viewpoint of Cloud, one of the cockatiels. The six birds squabble, but Cloud, who idolizes Ingrid, is trained to fly over and steal Gregory's hat with a map of the castle defenses hidden in it. The story is nicely told, but the contemporary American names and dialogue just don't fit the references to "the castle defenses" and "the king".
"Scarheid in the Glisting" by Ian Hunter has an unnamed setting that is clearly medieval Scotland. A wildcat and its kittens are killed. The wildcat's spirit is saved(?) by a Seer, a wizard who takes it to the Glisting, "the world within the world, the refuge of the Seers." (p. 287) The Seer is the enemy of the Laird who ordered the wildcats killed. He slowly trains the wildcat, Scarheid, in the Glisting before they return to the real world for their vengeance against the Laird.
"The Masterless" by Steven Grassie starts out very much like the previous story, but it's medieval Japan and the characters are Kojima, a rōnin huntsman, and Shiro, his akita companion. Shiro is described on the first page as "the big akita looks uncannily like a wolf." (295) This is one of the longest, best-written (so complex that any summary would give away spoilers), and most exciting tales in Hero's Best Friend.
"Wind of Change" by David Wright seems to be set in a fantasy world like the prehistoric American plains. The main characters are a human native warrior, his coyote-headed warrior opponents, a hawk, and an enigmatic dove. This tale combines excellent writing with so many loose ends that it seems to be an excerpt ripped from a novel-in-progress.
"The Emerald Mage" by Renee Carter Hall has a great opening paragraph:
"We snowcats may be born for swirling blizzards and icy cliffs, but for myself, I'll take a cozy cottage hearth any day. A bellyful of roast rabbit, a fire of crimson embers, the old rug covered with layer on layer of my gray-and-white fur – that's comfort." (p. 353)
Jiro the snowcat has been the companion of Korrinth the emerald mage for decades. Now he's basically the nursemaid of the senile wizard, using magic that he picked up from Korrinth over the years. When Korrinth insists on attending the mages' council meeting, Jiro has misgivings:
"When we were alone, I could help him without him noticing, but the other mages wouldn't be so easily fooled." (p. 357)
This is certainly the most colorful story in this anthology, with a crimson mage, an indigo mage, a yellow mage, and a beige – no, ecru – mage, each with a companion; a scarlet mini-dragon, a falcon, and so on. Jiro tries to keep the secret that Korrinth has become too weak to remain the emerald mage. Hall's writing is simultaneously funny, sad, and touching; I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
In "The Violet Curse" by Nick Bryan, Theo the warrior and his loyal dog Ally go after Venion, the evil wizard who killed Theo's family. But they don't know that Venion has placed a curse on Ally to make her kill Theo. Will Ally be strong enough to resist it?
Laura is "The Restless Armadillo" by Lillian Csernica & Kevin Andrew Murphy; a zombie armadillo reanimated by Nettle, Ivy, and Wasp, three enviro-freaks who use black magic to call back the spirits of roadkill, oil-disaster animals, and similar victims of human carelessness to wreak revenge. The enviro-freaks get more than they planned for.
"Stuck on the Squigglybounce" by Douglas J. Ogurek contains such names as Smackbrat, the Miroom Tummygrowl statue, the esteemed Wiggly Scissors Academy, Daddysmackers, Wedge Medge, and gilpans. I have no idea what the story is about.
"Passage" by Sheila Deeth is narrated by an everybeast:
"You don't know me. I'm a cat, or dog, or bird, or fish. I can look like a human, too, when I want; I'm whatever I wish. But you don't get to choose who I'm going to be." (p. 435)
The narrator, which usually chooses to appear as a cat, follows Sinead. Who is Sinead? You don't want to know.
20 stories. "The Hunter's Boy", "Ezra's Girl", "The Masterless", and "The Emerald Mage" are the best – are my favorites, anyway; you may like others. As usual, this anthology is a mixture of tales that you'll like and some that you won't. On the whole, there are enough other good ones to justify the price. The last few get pretty surrealistic. But I was disappointed that the fine cover by Enggar Adirasa doesn't illustrate any of the stories.
– Fred Patten
Filed Under: Books, Reviews
Tags: anthology : anthropomorphic : fantasy : fred patten : furries : furry : novel : science fiction
3 Responses to "Hero's Best Friend; An Anthology of Animal Companions – book review by Fred Patten."
esselpratt says:
Thank you for the review of my story titled, Brothers! Some may not be aware, but Brothers is a story that never left my mind and the events leading up to the final battle demanded to be told. So, that short story eventually became a full novel, published by J. Ellington Ashton Press. The character names were changed as the story evolved and the title became Final Reverie. I'd be interested to learn how you feel about the full story, if you ever check it out.
http://www.amazon.com/Final-Reverie-Essel-Pratt-ebook/dp/B00LCFLB3M
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Марк Вальтух (; 1830, Одеса — 27 січня 1901, Піза) — італійський драматург, публіцист та перекладач єврейського походження. Брат Адольфа Вальтуха.

Кар'єра
Вивчивши італійську мову, більшу частину життя прожив в Італії — в Анконі, Неаполі, Флоренції, Ліворно та Пізі. Літературну діяльність почав із публікації в Одесі збірки поезій Олександра Пушкіна у своєму перекладі італійською — «Поезія О. Пушкіна» (; 1855).

Опублікував серію віршованих драм італійською мовою на біблійні теми: «Авесалом» (; 1857), «Самсон» (; 1859), «Їфтах» (; 1862) та «Іов» (; 1872).

Одночасно захопився спіритуалізмом, випустив кілька книг відповідного змісту:

 «Психографія, або Опис душі на розумних підставах, якому передує новий погляд на деякі основні моменти об'єктивної філософії» (; 1870)
 «Людська душа в її східній, земній та майбутній стадіях» (; 1875)
 «Загальна антропобіотика: життя тіла і душі в здоровому, нездоровому та одужаному стані» (; 1879)
 «Психографічна символіка» (; 1892)

Надрукував також памфлет «Незаперечні свідчення дурниць одного новоявленого псевдодушознавця» (; 1887), спрямований проти Чезаре Ломброзо.

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Посилання

 Isidore Singer, Umberto Cassuto. Wahltuch, Mark  // Jewish Encyclopedia (1906), V. 12, P. 457.
 Книги М. Вальтуха
Італійські публіцисти
Італійські драматурги
Померли в Пізі
Померли 1901
Померли 9 лютого
Уродженці Одеси
Народились 1830

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What Are Intermolecular Forces?
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By Lucy Bell-Young
Intermolecular forces (IMFs) are one of two kinds of forces that take place in and around a molecule. They come in many forms, giving us insight into how molecules interact with each other as well as what chemical properties a substance may have.
What Are IMFs?
Molecules are operated by two forces of attractions:
Intramolecular Forces: These are the forces that happen inside a single molecule. They operate between atoms, binding them to hold the molecule together.
Intermolecular Forces: These are the forces that happen between molecules. They mediate how molecules interact with each other.
Intramolecular forces are more easily recognised as chemical bonds. Ionic bonds, covalent bonds and metallic bonds are all examples of intramolecular forces at work within a molecule.
Intermolecular forces are much weaker than the forces inside a molecule because they aren't involved in the transfer or sharing of electrons. Intramolecular forces, on the other hand, create their bonds by sharing electrons. As a result, each element in the bond has an octet of electrons in the valence shell, forming an incredibly stable arrangement. Without this configuration, intermolecular forces are much weaker as less energy is required to break them apart.
While the intermolecular forces between molecules may be comparatively weak, they are still very important. They help to determine the properties of a substance, most commonly the melting and boiling points. IMFs can also shed light on how molecules interact with each other.
Intermolecular forces are the forces that take place between molecules. They are much weaker that intramolecular forces, which operate inside the molecule.
Types of Intermolecular Forces
There are several different types of intermolecular forces that operate between molecules. The five main ones covered in this article can be categorised into dipole-dipole interactions and Van der Waals forces.
Dipole-Dipole Interactions
As one of the strongest intermolecular forces of attraction, these occur between molecules that have partially charged ions. When two polar molecules are close together, the positive molecule interacts with its negative neighbour and a dipole-dipole interaction takes place.
Hydrogen chloride (HCl) experiences a dipole-dipole interaction because its polar covalent bonds contain atoms with different electronegativities. The unequal sharing of electrons between these atoms results in the chlorine atom having a partial negative charge and the hydrogen atom having a partial positive charge.
In this dipole-dipole interaction, the positively charged hydrogen atom of one molecule is attracted to the negatively charged chlorine atom in the neighbouring molecule.
Since most molecules are polar, a dipole-dipole interaction is the most common type of intermolecular force. It also appears in compounds like sulphur dioxide (SO2) and chloroform (CHCl3).
This is a strong, electrostatic form of a dipole-dipole interaction. It happens when a hydrogen atom in one molecule binds to one of three highly electronegative atoms in another molecule: nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.
Hydrogen bonding is just as strong as a dipole-dipole interaction and a considerable amount of energy is required to break the attraction force between molecules. In fact, hydrogen bonds are what hold DNA together.
The strength of these bonds is also why substances that undergo hydrogen bonding, like water (H2O) or hydrogen fluoride (HF), have extremely high melting and boiling points. This tells us how the behaviour of different intermolecular forces impacts the properties of a compound.
Hydrogen bonding is one of the strongest intermolecular forces, and it even holds DNA together.
Ion-Dipole Interaction
When an ion encounters a polar molecule, it is called an ion-dipole interaction. This IMF is a form of dipole-dipole interaction that involves ions instead of polar molecules. This makes it the strongest intermolecular force because the charge of an ion is always much greater than the charge of a dipole.
The part of the molecule that attracts or repels the ion is determined by the charge of the ion. For example, a cation is a positively charged ion and so would be attracted to the negative portion of a molecule while being repelled by the positive portion. The opposite process happens with anions, which are negatively charged ions.
An ion-dipole interaction can be seen when sodium chloride (NaCl) is dissolved in water. When this happens, the compound separates into Na+ cations and Cl- anions. While the Na+ ions are attracted to the negative dipole of the oxygen atom in water, the Cl- ions have an ion-dipole interaction with the positive dipole of the hydrogen atom. Ion-dipole interactions also help to trigger the deionisation process.
Van de Waals Intermolecular Forces
Some of the weakest IMFs are the Van der Waals forces. Named after Johannes Diderik van de Waals, a Dutch scientist, these are distant-dependent intermolecular forces that take place between uncharged atoms or molecules.
The Van der Waals forces are only significant in atoms and molecules that have no other types of attractions, like non-polar molecules or Group 0 elements. This form of IMF is used to explain:
The universal attraction between bodies
The physical absorption of gases
The cohesion of condensed phases
Van der Waals forces include the Keesom interaction, the Debye force and, most notably, the London Dispersion forces.
Johannes Van de Waals was the Dutch scientist who classified several different IMFs, known now as the Van der Waals forces.
London Dispersion Forces
London dispersion forces (LDFs) may belong to the Van der Waals category of intermolecular forces, but it was actually Fritz London who first suggested how these types of IMFs may arise. This is where the LDF gets its name from.
LDFs are the only intermolecular forces present in materials that are entirely made up of neutral molecules, i.e. materials without polar dipole molecules. These include the noble gases, like helium, xenon, argon and neon.
While London dispersion forces are the weakest of all IMFs, they are the only forces capable of holding gas molecules together. Therefore, LDFs are responsible for condensing gases into liquids and play an important role in the physical properties of these materials.
London dispersion forces occur when the electrons in two neighbouring molecules form a temporary dipole. This happens when the electrons in a neutral molecule have an uneven distribution and gather on one side. This forms a temporary dipole and the molecule can now induce another temporary dipole in a nearby molecule.
The formation of dipoles between two neutral molecules results in a temporary attractive force, known as the London dispersion force, which continuously forms and disappears.
In helium, the London dispersion forces are particularly weak. This is shown by the fact that it has a very low boiling point (-270°C). This is the temperature at which its molecules will have enough strength to stick together and condense into a liquid.
LDFs get stronger as the size of an atom increases, and so its forces are more significant in materials with large, heavy atoms. Xenon is a good example of this as its heavier atoms allow the London dispersion forces to pull its molecules together at a higher temperature. This is reflected in the high boiling point (-108°C) that xenon has in comparison to helium, and shows how LDFs affect the physical properties of many substances.
Helium, the noble gas famous for its floating balloons, contains weak London dispersion forces. This is shown by its low boiling point.
Intermolecular forces are crucial to how molecules interact with each other and how chemical properties are determined. Every substance is experiencing IMFs, even the chemicals in our online store!
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  {
            "id": "e03e8b6b-725a-44aa-8181-56cdcebe9a45",
            "created_at": "2023-02-02T21:38:22.633Z",
            "conversation_name": "My Conversation",
            "is_group": true,
            "created_by": {
                "id": "123",
                "name": "John Doe"
            },
            "conversation_members": [
                {
                    "id": "123",
                    "name": "John Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "456",
                    "name": "Jane Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "789",
                    "name": "Jane Doe"
                }
            ]
        },
  {
            "id": "e03e8b6b-725a-44aa-8181-56cdcebe9a45",
            "created_at": "2023-02-02T21:38:22.633Z",
            "conversation_name": "My Conversation",
            "is_group": true,
            "created_by": {
                "id": "123",
                "name": "John Doe"
            },
            "conversation_members": [
                {
                    "id": "123",
                    "name": "John Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "456",
                    "name": "Jane Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "7891",
                    "name": "Jane Doe"
                }
            ]
        },
  {
            "id": "e03e8b6b-725a-44aa-8181-56cdcebe9a45",
            "created_at": "2023-02-02T21:38:22.633Z",
            "conversation_name": "My Conversation",
            "is_group": true,
            "created_by": {
                "id": "123",
                "name": "John Doe"
            },
            "conversation_members": [
                {
                    "id": "123",
                    "name": "John Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "456",
                    "name": "Jane Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "789",
                    "name": "Jane Doe1"
                }
            ]
        },
]

And the following LoopBack remoteMethod:
Conversation.remoteMethod('getConversationsByMembers', {
        accepts: { arg: 'membersId', type: 'array', required: true },
        returns: { arg: 'conversations', type: 'array' },
        http: { path: '/getConversationsByMembers', verb: 'post' },
    });

With function:
Conversation.getConversationsByMembers = function (membersId, cb) {
  Conversation.find(
    {
      where: {
        conversation_members: {
          [...]
        },
      },
    },
    function (err, conversations) {
      if (err) {
        cb(err);
      } else {
        cb(null, conversations);
      }
    },
  );
};

I want to write the where clause so that I can get the conversations where the "conversation_members" array contains exact ids, for example, [123, 456, 789]. How can I do this?
I tried both
 Conversation.getConversationsByMembers = function (membersId, cb) {
        Conversation.find(
            {
                where: {
                    conversation_members: {
                        all: [
                            {
                                id: {
                                    inq: membersId.map((id) => id.toString()),
                                },
                            },
                        ],
                    },
                },
            },
            function (err, conversations) {
                if (err) {
                    cb(err);
                } else {
                    cb(null, conversations);
                }
            },
        );
    };

and
Conversation.getConversationsByMembers = function (membersId, cb) {
        Conversation.find(
            {
                where: {
                    conversation_members: {
                        elemMatch: {
                            id: {
                                inq: membersId.map((id) => id.toString()),
                            },
                        },
                    },
                },
            },
            function (err, conversations) {
                if (err) {
                    cb(err);
                } else {
                    cb(null, conversations);
                }
            },
        );
    };

with request body {"membersId": [123,456, 789]}.
I was expecting
"conversation" : [
  {
            "id": "e03e8b6b-725a-44aa-8181-56cdcebe9a45",
            "created_at": "2023-02-02T21:38:22.633Z",
            "conversation_name": "My Conversation",
            "is_group": true,
            "created_by": {
                "id": "123",
                "name": "John Doe"
            },
            "conversation_members": [
                {
                    "id": "123",
                    "name": "John Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "456",
                    "name": "Jane Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "789",
                    "name": "Jane Doe"
                }
            ]
        },
  {
            "id": "e03e8b6b-725a-44aa-8181-56cdcebe9a45",
            "created_at": "2023-02-02T21:38:22.633Z",
            "conversation_name": "My Conversation",
            "is_group": true,
            "created_by": {
                "id": "123",
                "name": "John Doe"
            },
            "conversation_members": [
                {
                    "id": "123",
                    "name": "John Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "456",
                    "name": "Jane Doe"
                },
                {
                    "id": "789",
                    "name": "Jane Doe1"
                }
            ]
        },
]

But the answer was empty array

A: I'm not familiar with loopback, but the query you're looking for in vanilla mongo is:
db.collection.find({
  "conversation_members": {
    "$all": [
      {
        "$elemMatch": {
          "id": "123"
        }
      },
      {
        "$elemMatch": {
          "id": "456"
        }
      },
      {
        "$elemMatch": {
          "id": "789"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
})

so I imagine that would be translated like so:
 Conversation.getConversationsByMembers = function (membersId, cb) {
        Conversation.find(
            {
                where: {
                    conversation_members: {
                        all: membersId.map((id) => {
                            elemMatch: {
                                id: id.toString()
                            }
                        }),
                    },
                },
            },
            function (err, conversations) {
                if (err) {
                    cb(err);
                } else {
                    cb(null, conversations);
                }
            },
        );
    };

A: @Jacob's answer can be further simplified to,
db.collection.find({
  "conversation_members.id": {
    "$all": [
      "123","456","789"
    ]
  }
})

Demo

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SINGAPORE - NYSE-listed brokerage powerhouse Charles Schwab announced on Wednesday (Nov 8) the launch of its Singapore office aimed at providing Singapore and Asian investors greater access to the US market, which has been hindered by high transaction fees and unfamiliarity.
The brokerage is hoping to achieve this through its proprietary tools and research, quality service and competitive pricing.
The launch of Charles Schwab Singapore follows a successful system integration and accounts migration in Singapore from optionsXpress, a derivatives trading platform Charles Schwab acquired in 2011.
The Singapore office of Charles Schwab - a leading global wealth manager and brokerage firm with more than 10.6 million active brokerage accounts and US$3.18 trillion in client assets globally - will be led by managing director, Greg Baker.
"Singapore investors are sophisticated but are often underexposed to the US market due to high transaction fees," Mr Baker said, adding "often we find that investors do not sufficiently diversify their investments and their exposure to international markets is predominantly through foreign exchange (forex), when there is an opportunity to maximise their investment return by exploring other vehicles such as options, stocks and ETFs (exchange-traded funds)."
He added that with the Singapore office, an investor no longer needs to be a private banking client to access quality service and a comprehensive platform.
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The Singapore office holds a capital markets services licence issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and an Exempt Financial Adviser as defined in the Financial Advisers Act.


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Trekking group at Munnar
Tourists celebrate Holi festival at Jaipur
Yoga Classes at Rishikesh
Tourists spot at Qutub Minar in Delhi
Local street food of India
Sadhu at Varanasi
woman at Tea plantation - Munnar
Local People enjoy huka at Rajasthan village
Local village woman cooking food at Rajasthan
The tribal woman at North East region of India
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Namaste from incredible India!!!
My name is Naveen I come from the Himalayan region of India, so a love of trekking was natural. I have done a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Tourism and Travel College, an Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Tourism. I have around 01-decade of experience in this travel industry.
Meeting with new people in the world has been passionate to me for the cultural exchange. My love is designing the ideal itinerary for each of my guests.
It always makes me grin when they tell me how much they liked their holiday. I'm looking forward to creating a one-of-a-kind itinerary for my guests.
My team will be available to provide you with services throughout the year. I have a strong network in all the destinations of India.
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Kerala, the gods' favorite land, is a genuine haven for India's living traditions. We'll start your journey in Cochin, a colonial city rich in history, tales, and charm. Then we'll head inland to Periyar National Park in the hope of seeing some of the species that live in the region's deep woods. Then it's on to Munnar, where there are tea estates as far as the eye can see. After that, we'll join the backwaters for a relaxing finale to your visit.
Tiger Trails Tour
You set out to encounter wilder Indian tiger trails in the heart of an untouched environment, outside of the major congested towns. Tigers may be found in 48 of India's wildlife reserves. These reserves exist to protect and conserve tigers. Some reserves, therefore, conduct safaris to watch them as well as other animal species. You board a jeep for a day or half a day, armed with a camera. If you want to get a great photo of a tiger, you must be patient and know how to be calm!
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In this tour, we are total immersion in North India, particularly Rajasthan. The key cities of Jodhpur, Udaipur, Jaipur, and Agra are alternately explored. We visit the strongholds of Chittorgarh and Bundi, which are proudly perched atop their rocky summits, and meet the locals. The trip's highlight is a visit to the legendary Taj Mahal before concluding on the banks of the Ganges in the holy city of Benares.
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This enthralling excursion takes place in the heart of Rajasthan. These amazing people's spirit has been shaped by their independence and elegance. Its nobility may be seen in its appearance, the grandeur of its clothing, adornments, and turbans, and the Rajput architectural history. We explore desert settlements and lonely strongholds, Havelis, lost tribes in the Thar desert, sacred locations where pilgrims throng in pursuit of the divine, and secret communities.


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1 November 2009 | Postcards from the Road
Track Town USA: Thank goodness we had an extra hour of sleep this morning - due to that wonderful Daylight Savings Time. I needed my rest. Yesterday was a very long day. DT and I were quite lazy this morning... drinking coffee, checking our emails on the interweb, tidying up a bit, watching the New York Marathon - YEAH MEB!!! Fog surrounded our motorhome. It was cold. Neither one of us were very excited about exercising. Cheesy hash browns sounded better.
However, by the afternoon it became quite apparent if we stayed inside our RV eating cheesy potatoes we would eventually explode... so we laced up our NIKEs and hit the road. If you saw my photo of the cows in the pasture a few days ago, you saw the hill I ran up today. It was killer. I had to stop and walk THREE TIMES on the way up. Unfortunately, I ran all the way back down the hill, which I will undoubtedly regret in the morning.
But, enough about my creaky knees. Today's post is about History. University of Oregon history. The history of the Oregon basketball arena - McArthur Court, aka "The Pit".
Oregon became a State in 1859. The University of Oregon was founded in 1876. McArthur Court was built in 1927. Only Rose Hill Gymnasium at Fordham University in New York is older in the NCAA.
As I have written before, this season is the last for Mac Court. A new basketball arena is being built on campus - the Matt Knight Arena. Tonight was the "final home opener" for the Ducks in "The Pit". History.
History hangs from the dusty rafters of McArthur Court. In 1939 the "Tall Firs" of Oregon won the NCAA Championship. This Championship was the first - and only - NCAA basketball title won by the Ducks.
So far.
Older than old, but still magical.
The Concourse is positively ancient.
Do you like the pipes hanging from the ceiling?
Speaking of logistics... here is a photo of my new NIKE ID shoes... resting on part of the wiring puzzle inside MacArthur Court. I can't believe the joint hasn't burned down. I noticed sixteen OSHA violations from my seat this evening.
Our seats are behind the student section. This place can really rock. Maybe not so much tonight... with the home opener against a very small private college in Portland, Oregon.
Oregon students really love their basketball team.
Still, the joint can be intimidating. While we were in college, students camped outside for days to secure seats to watch the Ducks against serious rivals (such as the Bill Walton Bruins). Opponents loathe playing in The Pit. The noise is deafening. The locker rooms are awful.
Tonight? Not so much. Not a full house. Mid-terms. Everyone is exhausted after the HUGE football game yesterday.
More History: Oregon head coach, Ernie Kent (far left), was on the Oregon basketball team when we were in college about 90 years ago.
I feel bad for these poor girls/guys. They must have spent all day at the football game yesterday and had to cheer at the basketball game tonight... in the middle of mid-terms. Poor things.
How many crunches do you have to complete to get abs like that???
Okay... enough gratuitous photos of fit young girls... back to our history lesson.
Walt Disney hisownself sanctioned the use of Donald Duck as the official mascot of the University of Oregon. This the only use of a Disney-sanctioned character outside of Disney.
The Duck is a very popular mascot. Kids love him. Students love him. The press love him.
This photo could have been taken today... or when I was a student. (Nope. If taken while I was a student, the photo would be black and white.)
This is what The Duck looked like in 1975.
The Duck is very entertaining. Just as well, as the game was not. Ducks 99, Concordia 61.
This completes your history lesson for the day. I hope you do well in your mid-term.
Until my next update, I remain, your historical correspondent.
« Ducks beat USC Monday »


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Бруно Либрукс (; 12 октября 1911, Будупёнен (Восточная Пруссия) — 15 января 1986, Франкфурт-на-Майне) — немецкий .

Биография
Либрукс был сыном учителя начальной школы. Он обучался в гимназии в Тильзите (королевской провинциальной школе Тильзита) и Инстербурге. Затем он учился истории, богословию и философии в Кенигсбергском университете. Во время учёбы он провел один семестр в Мюнхене, где слушал лекции о Томасе Манне и Иммануиле Канте. После этого совершил поездку по Италии.

В июле 1933 году Либрукс получил ученую степень кандидата наук, защитившись по вопросу соотношения объекта и субъекта в кантовской философии. С мая 1933 по 1936 год Либрукс был помощником Ханса Хейса в Кёнигсбергском университете, там же работал ассистентом в организованном научном лагере. В мае 1937 года стал членом НСДАП, хотя до этого между национал-социалистами и философом были противоречия, он даже был лишён в 1936 году стипендии. В 1937 году он последовал в Гёттинген за своим наставником. В 1938 году Либрукс переехал в Берлин, где зарабатывал себе на жизнь уроками латыни. О причинах такого резкого поворота в своей жизни нет никакой информации. Здесь он написал работу по исследованию различия в античном и современном понимании реальности сознания под названием «Проблема души от Платона до Августина Блаженного». Однако затем в угоду национал-социалистам название темы было изменено — в заголовке должно было быть отражено расовое различие, способствующее укреплению государства. Эти идеи получили поддержку в научном сообществе, так, например, историк Уильям Вебер признавал, что «молодой философ интересуется антропологически-расовым обоснованием его мыслей». Тем не менее, несмотря на ходатайства учёных, в стипендии Либруксу было отказано. С началом войны 1939 года он был призван на военную службу, таким образом работа над интерпретацией Платона остановилась. К тому же, во время войны Либрукс полностью потерял все свои научные документы, в том числе и обширные переводы диалогов Платона. В 1943 году, получив три месяца на защиту докторского звания, он существенно укоротил первоначальную формулировку своей работы и назвал её «О проблеме философии элеатов у Платона». Первым руководителем диссертации стал Николай Гартман, к которому Либрукс быстро нашел хороший подход. После серьёзного ранения в мае 1944 года Бруно завершил военную службу. С 1945 по 1950 годы Либрукс преподавал в Гёттингене, с 1950 года — профессор Кёльнского университета. В 1959 году получил место профессора философии в Университете Гёте во Франкфурте-на-Майне, где и работал до своего ухода на пенсию. Там же возглавлял философский семинар. Среди его учеников — известный в Бонне философ Йозеф Симон и специалист по эстетике Бриджит Шеер.

Его сын Эдгар Либрукс — довольно известный во Франкфурте-на-Майне адвокат.

Философия
Занимался вопросами диалектической логики. В своей послевоенной философии выдвинул важный методологический метод, построенный в значительной степени на идеях Гегеля. Сфера его исследований и интересов колеблется от мифа до современной аналитической философии. В своем многотомном труде «Язык и сознание» он исследовал проблему соотношения языка и диалектической логики в историческом аспекте. В первом томе внимание уделено философам Гердеру, Гаману, Кассиреру и т. д. В последующих книгах подробно рассматриваются и обсуждаются кантовские «Критика практического разума» и «Критика способности суждения», а также философия Гегеля. Язык является средством связи человека с миром, без посредника — языка невозможно столкновение человека с реальностью. Язык является, по мнению Либрукса, диалектическим феноменом, который влияет на характер человека и даже целой нации. Опосредованный доступ к реальности через язык означает, что человеческое знание определяется языком.

Работы
 Probleme der Subjekt-Objektrelation, (Phil. Diss.). — Königsberg, 1933.
 Platons Entwicklung zur Dialektik. Untersuchungen zum Problem des Eleatismus. — Frankfurt a. M.: Klostermann, 1949 (Habil.-Schr., Berlin 1943).
 Sprache und Bewußtsein, Bde. 1 bis 5, 6,1-6,3 u. 7, Akad. Verl.-Ges., Frankfurt (Bände 1-5) und Lang, Bände 6 und 7, 1964 bis 1979.
 Erkenntnis und Dialektik. — Den Haag: Nijhoff, 1972. (Aufsatzsammlung)
 Bruno Liebrucks. // Ludwig Pongratz (Hrsg.) Philosophie in Selbstdarstellungen (3 Bde.). — Bd. 2. — Hamburg: Meiner, 1975-77.
 Irrationaler Logos und rationaler Mythos. — Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann, 1982. (Aufsatzsammlung)

Литература
 Bruno Liebrucks: Selbstdarstellung. // Philosophie in Selbstdarstellungen II, hrsg. Von Ludwig Pongratz. — Hamburg: Meiner, 1975. — S. 170—223.
 Heinz Röttges, Brigitte Scheer und Josef Simon (Hrsg.): Sprache und Begriff. Festschrift für Bruno Liebrucks. Meisenheim am Glan: Anton Hain, 1974.
 Brigitte Scheer, Günter Wohlfahrt (Hrsg.): Dimensionen der Sprache in der Philosophie des Deutschen Idealismus. Festschrift für Bruno Liebrucks. — Würzuburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 1982.
 Christian Tilitzki. Die deutsche Universitätsphilosophie in der Weimarer Republik und im Dritten Reich. — : Akademie, 2002.

Ссылки
 Nachlass Bruno Liebrucks an der Uni Frankfurt
 Bruno-Liebrucks-de Webseite

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Uthgard • View topic - Best 2nd line for Ice Wizard?
Best 2nd line for Ice Wizard?
None of the spells in Earth or Fire specs are great at low level, but there are arguments to be made for both lines. In Fire, you don't get any useful new spells, but you will reduce the variance on your baseline fire bolt's damage. In Earth, you get a 26 seconds AoE root, which, due to resists, will be a very short duration, it could still be worth it.
For keep sieges, I would go for the Fire line. You'll be using that bolt very often, and your single target Ice root should be sufficient for other purposes.


Shakespeare Bootcamp Institute is a 1-week intensive designed to immerse young actors in the works of William Shakespeare. Participants will discover techniques to unlock the text and bring the Bard's words to life. All students will actively participate in a mix of sonnets, monologues and scenes selected to highlight the wide range of possibilities within Shakespeare's work. The session will culminate with a workshop presentation that will demonstrate increased understanding of classical text. Students will also have the opportunity to interact with members of the Interlochen Shakespeare Festival.
Video file #1: One monologue in verse and less than two minutes in length from a Shakespeare play.
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Although the Trump administration's recent budget proposal offers only a look at expenses, with no numbers on revenue, it won't be long before massive cuts to corporate taxes are on the agenda, as Trump has promised. Before the noise machine ramps up on that issue, it's an apt time to stop and consider the unintended consequences such tax breaks could have. The hidden danger in broad cuts to the corporate tax rate is this: these cuts would blunt the effectiveness of key policies designed to support communities and an inclusive economy.
Consider the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). It was created under Ronald Reagan, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development has called it "the most important resource for creating affordable housing" in the U.S. today. The program generates nearly $8 billion annually in much-needed affordable housing across the country, without direct government expenditure. Instead, tax credits are allocated to developers building housing for lower-income Americans, and these credits are passed on to investors who provide billions of dollars for inclusive housing development. What happens when the corporate tax rate is slashed? The value of those credits evaporates. Why should investors chase credits to reduce their tax bill when Trump will cut it for them? An article in Next City indicated that affordable housing developers are already feeling the pinch, with LIHTC credit values falling even as the tax cuts remain vague proposals.
Other key programs will face similar fates. The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) uses a similar mechanism to move billions of dollars of investment into struggling communities—generating, according to the Treasury's CDFI Fund, $8 of private investment for every $1 supplied by the government. There is a bipartisan effort underway to make the NMTC permanent; but even if that effort succeeds, the program will be hobbled by the reduction in value of the credits, as a result of tax cuts.
A key reason for the growth of employee ownership is tax savings. When an S Corp company becomes 100 percent employee owned, it pays no corporate federal income taxes. If such a company is 50 percent employee owned, it pays half of corporate taxes. And so on. But the more that tax rates are cut in general, the less effective this enticement becomes. The growth of employee ownership could stop.
Simply put, when corporate tax rates are cut across the board, we also cut our ability to cultivate the kind of economy we want. Tax policy is one of the most effective ways we have to grow an inclusive economy that invests in affordable housing and distressed communities, and that puts the benefits of ownership in the hands of working people. Ideally we shouldn't cut corporate taxes at all. But if we're going to, let's preserve enticements for companies to move to employee ownership. Let's cut taxes for community-based banks, cooperatives, B Corps, and Main Street small businesses. These are the companies and lenders creating an economy where all can thrive. By contrast, let's not cut taxes for multinationals sending jobs abroad, paying poverty-level wages, or making massive layoffs, or for predatory lenders.
If Trump is serious about creating jobs, let's remind him that small- and medium-sized, fast-growing businesses are the real source of job creation. Supporting the right kinds of businesses is the way to build the family supporting economy we need. If we're going to cut corporate taxes, let's use a scalpel, not a cleaver.


Apple Music was released on June 30, alongside Apple iOS 8.4 and iTunes 12.2 for Mac and Windows. It has been subscribed by more than 15 million users: 6.5 million paid users and 8.3 million people on trial. It's said by Tim Cook during an onstage interview at WSJD conference. Tim Cook didn't explain in detail how many users use iOS, Mac, and Windows to access the Apple Music. However, the amount of 6.5 million paid users is smaller if it's compared to Spotify paid users, which has reached more than 20 million. Perhaps the number of Apple Music subscribers will increase if the plan to release Apple Music app for Android at the end of this year runs well. This will be the second application from Apple after the "move to iOS" app, available on the Google Play Store.
This week, we got the leaked image of Apple Music app for Android according to the Mobilegeeks report, but it's still in beta version. This leaked image is seen as a smartphone version with the Android design in German language. There's a Hamburger menu to access the Apple Music feature like For You, New, Radio, Connect, and more. Interestingly, you can manually set the cache size for offline music on Settings, something that is set automatically by Apple on iOS.
We are not sure yet when the Apple Music for Android will be officially presented. Will it be in November or December? And whether Apple will also make the Apple Music app for the Android tablet? We'll see!
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Not the same person as OTL, but I would expect his parents (who were both born pre-POD) to choose the same name.
 Actually, a resident of the Cape, and he would be considered a South African, if that existed as a united name then.
 The ruling family of Madagascar.
 Titan is roughly equivalent to the Colossus class of OTL, with slightly better armour but lower speed, but launched four years earlier. The increased competition with the USA, France and, to a lesser degree Russia, has pushed naval development faster than in our history. The Titan class has been superseded by Marlborough class ships (roughly equivalent to the Victoria class), the first of which was launched in 1882, and also took part in this naval battle.
 French battleship of a class similar to the Hoche class, but with less of a top-heavy design.
 The coffee blight never struck Ceylon/Sri Lanka ITTL, and thus Ceylon remains a large producer of coffee rather than tea, which never became more than an experimental crop, and was largely abandoned in the late 19th century.
 The Bundesabteilungwissen, the German Federal Department of Information, which is the country's main espionage agency.
 "The States", in ATL American terms, generally refers to the long-established states within the USA, not the Territories or recently acquired areas, even when states, where there is some potential for conflict. By 1882, in the time Fisher referred to, "the States" referred more or less to the all of OTL USA which remained in American hands, plus the "first tier" of Mexican states from Sonora to Tamaulipas, and the Cubas and the more long-held Caribbean islands.
 The "Little Argument"; an undeclared border war between Venezuela and Brazil over the disputed border territories during the mid-1870s. It came to an abrupt end in 1877 when Venezuela signed the Bogotá Pact with Colombia, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom.
 The difference between the Jaguar's "First" regiment and the others would persist for a long time; even in the 1950s the First Jaguars called itself the "best of the best".
 The former Mexican president and general, Manuel Diaz.
 Fisher would have no problems saying that Mexicans could produce people of quality, despite the current racial theories in the USA, because he could just assume that this general had white blood.
 The USA leaves a lot of names the same when it annexes Mexico, not wanting to antagonise the upper classes, but keeping something called the "National Palace" is not going to happen.
 "Anguila" is Spanish for eel.
 This is not strictly correct. The Italians were aware of the importance of the railways but assumed that they could seize Milan more rapidly and thus obtain defensible positions further into the Alps.
 The Italian experimental mortars require some conceptual leaps, and they haven't got everything quite right, but I understand that mortars were readily manufacturable with approximately OTL 1885-90 metallurgical technology.
 Sometimes-used Italian name for their front during the Second Napoleonic Wars.
 Although TTL's nationalism is not quite the same as OTL's.
 Liberian name for the movement of former Spanish-speaking freed slaves and mulattos to Liberia from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and a few from Trinidad during the third quarter of the nineteenth century.
 Sometimes-used Spanish/Liberian name for the Second Napoleonic Wars.
 Perhaps not the world's brightest move, but the Spanish government was not directly threatening war, just seeking to open negotiations.
 Britain was of course even more eager to support Portugal, but they were already at war with Spain. This brought two additional powers into the war.
 Although the telephone is invented considerably post-POD, the fact that the same or similar names were devised for it independently in OTL means that I think it's plausible that it will still be called a telephone ATL.
 ATL brother of Jay Gould, the American railroad baron.
 Until the outbreak of the Second Napoleonic Wars, there was a separate General Staff for the Deutschleger, Prussia and the Netherlands. (Austria has merged its Army, but not that of Hungary or Galicia or Croatia, with the Deutschleger.) Lack of coordination between these offices was blamed for the fall of Frankfurt, and a new integrated office has been established, which is Prussian-dominated, and based in Berlin for the time being, since Frankfurt is no longer practical (although it has been liberated from French occupation).
 The Russians consider the Turkish War a draw.
 More precisely, he had realised that Russia would continue fighting rather than abandon Moldavia and Walachia, which they still mostly held.
 Serbia didn't actually declare war on Britain immediately given the common border with Turkey and a desire to avoid a war on two fronts. After the unofficial start to fighting between these powers a few days later, Britain made the official declaration of war.
 "White China" was commonly applied to those parts of China under the rule of the Taiping First Son of Christ.
 In OTL, this regiment was renamed the Grenadier Guards after Waterloo, but the different outcome to that battle ITL prevented that name change. They remain one of the oldest and most honoured British regiments.
 There had been arms shipments and military advisers sent to Aragon since very early in the war, but the pressing commitments elsewhere prevented major troop movements until they had a convenient base of operations from Portugal.
 American Jaguar doctrine, emulated by the Flechas, is that irregular units such as theirs should be commanded at the sergeant or even corporal level, and that officers should keep somewhere out of the front line to coordinate the relatively uncommon requests for guidance. Hence, Harman and Lavrador don't need to do all that commanding of their units.
 Grenade. The term comes from a shortening of the Portuguese "abacaxi" - pineapple. Abaca is also the Spanish name for a type of hemp, but English-speakers like Friedman don't particularly care about that.
 Peter appears to have desired the Turkish Balkans and modern Turkey, not the more distant Ottoman possessions of Egypt, Palestine and Mesopotamia.
 The OTL October Manifesto, on which this is roughly based, differed in several key ways, not least that the Tsar established an upper house (State Council) appointed by him. There is no equivalent upper house here. There was also no request for formal freedom of religion here. Russia ITTL has shown some censorship and willingness to break apart "troublesome" political organisations, but has not adopted any practices of "Russification" and promotion of Orthodox religion which were instituted under Alexander III in OTL. The 1885 revolution was based on disaffection over poor economic conditions, military failure and a hope for a better life, rather than the more desperate OTL 1905 revolution.
 Russia's population ITTL is over 100 million people, and all males above 21 were eligible to vote – the largest electorate in the world at the time, although the power of the body they elected was more limited than most. None of the close rivals in overall population had a universal male franchise. The USA excluded slaves and noncitizens and had a smaller population. The United Kingdom had only a little over third of the population and only roughly 60% of the male population could vote. France had a universal male franchise but only around 38 million people. Germany had a roughly comparable population (90 million in the main German areas, with Hungary, Galicia-Poland and Croatia having their own elections and own parliamentary bodies) but with substantial restrictions on voting, which vary by individual German state.
 This includes Empire troops from Canada, Australia and South Africa.
 It will take the Aragonese some time to establish control of this region, but Britain and Germany have guaranteed that no other power will be permitted to take over the area. Of course, this will not stop the British themselves nibbling at the edges if Aragon takes too long to establish itself.
 "Hansom" is an early version of a stretched limousine. There were still Hansom cabs ITTL (Joseph Hansom, who invented them, was born before the POD), but the name was applied to more upmarket stretched limousines. In North America, Hansoms are usually called "strets" or "strethorsts" (short for stretched horsts).
 The Reich (and hence most of Europe) ITTL drives on the left, as that was Austria's practice in both our history and TTL, and the Holy Roman Emperor imposed that practice on the entire country when transportation was being standardised.
 Michelle has published various books and lectures on slavery and property rights, under her maiden name of Michelle Davies. See posts #23b, #32, and #56.
 More precisely, where the man who is already Austrian Emperor is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor as well.
 Yes, I know this is the wrong word in English. The chauffeur doesn't, however.
 Portuguese for "the little flower".
 This is not the Dom Pedro II of OTL, but an ATL "brother" who has a distinctly different character.
 Uruguay still obtained separation from Brazil ITTL, despite the intervention of the Holy Alliance, although it separated from Brazil a couple of years later. Brazil's military in the early years of its independence was not yet well-organised, and it would have had substantial difficulty conquering Uruguay, especially with Argentina defending it.
 USS Iowa is the third ship of the Jefferson-class, a four-gun mastless ironclad roughly equivalent to the OTL British Colossus-class, although with slightly better engines.
 See http://flagspot.net/flags/br_emp.html for an image of the Brazilian imperial flag.
 Machine gun. The name arose from the first Hoovers (*Gatling guns), and machine guns are often colloquially called Hoovers in North America, but usually cylinder guns in South America and Europe.
 Self-acting machine gun similar in principle to the OTL Maxim gun.
 Not a large navy, consisting of a few obsolete ships bought off Peru and New England.
 The increased Australian population is the result of overall higher levels of immigration, but particularly the demographic boost of having a further generation of rapid population growth with an earlier gold rush.
 The figure for slaves is sometimes inaccurate, particularly in the northern-tier states such as Maryland and Delaware, who tend to mark some of the de facto free blacks as slaves, or just discount them from the census altogether. Legally, of course, blacks cannot be classed as free, although some still have de facto freedom in 1890.
 Non-citizens, which includes peons, debt-slaves, and others not classified.
 The population figures for the Mexican region, i.e. the rump state of Mexico annexed after the Third Mexican War, are not always considered to be reliable. For example, it is recognised that there were slaves within the region by 1890 (albeit quite few), but none of them were recorded on the census.
 The Cromwell gun is similar to OTL's Maxim gun.
 This class of ships is somewhat superior to the OTL Victoria-class ships, not the OTL Admiral class, using triple-expansion engines.
 Nevada and Wyoming (in 1884) and Idaho (in 1888) were admitted as states despite extremely low populations, with only a few weeks before rolls closed for the 1884 and 1888 presidential and congressional elections. This formed one of the USA's more blatant cases of gerrymandering, according to the Democrats, and a partial compensation for the larger number of small states in the Democrat-dominated parts of the USA, according to the Patriots.
 These states were combined because President Corbin, unlike most U.S. Presidents, cared very little as to whether he added more stars to the flag, and because without some mergers the smaller states would not have a sufficient 'white' population.
 This ship is similar to the British Royal Sovereign-class battleships of OTL, although with somewhat inferior gunnery.
 The Redoubtable is roughly equivalent to HMS Hood of OTL (the Royal Sovereign-class ship, not the later Admiral-class battlecruiser of the same name), although with marginally superior engines.
 The Nebraska-class is roughly equivalent to the French Brennus, although it retained a third turret where the French vessel did not.
 In OTL, Patrick Matthew published an obscure and largely unnoticed precursor to Darwin and Wallace's theory of natural selection. Matthew's theory of natural selection had much in common with Darwin's and Wallace's, including the idea of a struggle for existence, but it also had some important differences. In particular, he emphasised the action of natural selection as an agent of stasis, viewed extinctions as happening only during catastrophes, and thus keeping populations where they are now. He also remained convinced for the importance of keeping a divine being in the process. His theory of natural selection is thus more acceptable to the religious sections of the United States, and can be readily converted to an ideology of being a God-favoured race which deserves to dominate the other, fixed inferior races of humanity.
 Even in OTL, Patrick Matthew became a social reformer who advocated emigration as a means of avoiding what he saw as a Malthusian population catastrophe. He saw this as a positive step, i.e. that it would prevent human misery. However, this doesn't stop other people taking his concepts and taking them in directions he would never have approved of.
 In OTL, William Grayson published an account of slavery titled "The Hireling and the Slave", justifying slavery in terms of it being a good system when dealing with people of different races. ITTL, I have him expanding such views to take into account some of the pseudo-scientific aspects of Matthism (the social proponents of the theory, not the scientific aspects, much like Social Darwinism arose in OTL).
 There are several flaws in this pseudoscientific babble, of course, but Graydon has not forgotten the Egyptians or other civilizations which arose within Africa. He just defines "African" to mean those residents of Africa with darker skin, and he would regard Egyptians as closer to Europeans than to "Africans".
 This book was written at a time when the United States had just conquered much of Mexico, and was trying to sort out what to do with Cuba and Puerto Rico. This required some adjustments to their old views of a simple racial hierarchy (i.e. you're white or you're black).
 An ATL "brother" of William Lowndes Yancey (born in Georgia but an Alabama legislator). This TL's Yancey is even more pro-slavery than our history.
 In the first OTL Olympics, it was possible to have teams of athletes which did not represent a particular nation. This was not initially the case in TTL's Olympiad, although some later exceptions would be made.
 This is not exactly OTL's lawn tennis, but a similar game derived from royal tennis.
 Not quite the same as OTL's game, but a similar fast-paced sport involving a pool and some very busy athletes.
 Although as some pundits are fond of asking, if baseball is New England's national pastime, why does New England have more babies than baseballs?
 Culiacán is the capital of the American state of Sinaloa.
 This timeline's version of the Vienna Opera House is celebrated for its dome shape ending in a central pinnacle.
 "The Union", referring to the combined territories of the Reich and its satellites, Hungary, Croatia, Poland, and sometimes Courland, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania as well.
 Yellow's Notes are an ATL literature study guide, somewhat reminiscent of Cliff's Notes in OTL.
 Think "The Island of Dr. Moreau" meets "Jurassic Park".
 The "science fantasy" genre includes roughly the OTL concept of speculative fiction, including most of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
 The Upper House of the German Diet receives representatives per state, and most of these representatives are noble. This means that reducing the number of states within Germany will weaken the merged state's influence in the Upper House.
 The term 'pub' has become dominant in both New England and Canada, rather than 'bar' or 'saloon'.
 In U.S. legal parlance, peons are bound to particular land (usually a local hacienda) and owe a portion of their produce, but can sell any surplus. (The landlord, however, can set the quota). The preference for the term peon over debt-slave is a Nicaraguan reaction, due to dislike of being called slaves. They are also sometimes referred to as indentured labourers or subcontractors.
 Due to the more Southern leaning nature of the *USA in this TL, the state of Wilkinson and the surrounding region is often viewed as very far to the north. As such, the area has gained the designation of "The Northwest". The OTL Washington and Oregon region is referred to as "The Pacific Coast" in this ATL by the inhabitants on both sides of the border and in the American North throughout the nineteenth century. Inhabitants from further afield, particularly in the twentieth century, tend to refer instead to the "Northwest Coast", which includes the ATL states of Oregon, North California and South California.


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Gitana leaves Doldrums behind
But headwinds will slow progress on final stretch
Gitana 13 is entering the final stages of her attempt on the Route d'Or record (fully crewed from New York to San Francisco).
In her fifth week at sea, the maxi-catamaran has finally left the doldrums behind her. Having set out from New York on 16th January, they are currently positioned less than 2, 000 miles from the final destination of San Francisco, after 35 days sailing. However, these last few miles are likely to cause the men no end of trouble.
In the next few hours the ten sailors will encounter moderate Northerly headwinds – a point of sail which is not the 33 metre catamaran's best: "Our last few miles upwind will be very uncomfortable both for the boat and for the men. And the perspective of over 1,500 miles in a headwind is slightly clouding the joy of the imminent finish" announced the skipper of Gitana 13 before concluding: "On this record, we really haven't had much of an opportunity to slip along, apart from on the first quarter of the course as far as the equator. We've either had the wind three quarters aft, forced to make some tack changes, or we've been upwind, which is a long way off Gitana 13's preferred point of sail!"
More information – history of the race and position updates here


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Voxnest measures top revenue-generating podcast categories
Posted on October 1, 2019 by Brad Hill
In the latest of its analyses of the Voxnest Audience Network, Voxnest has laid out a snapshot of top-earning podcast categories. The Voxnest Audience Network (VAN) represents 138-million monthly plays (streams and downloads).
In this lens, the top money-making podcast category is Sports. Interestingly, Voxnest says the top earnings hour for the Sports category is 7:00am in the U.S.
Here is the entire list with Voxnest commentary:
Sports (Ads in this category generate most revenue at 7 a.m.)
It's not a huge surprise to see this category at the top of the list. While Ad Age reports a decrease in the cost to advertise during NFL games on TV last year, Sunday Night Football remains the most popular show to buy at ad spot on at "over $700,000 a pop." Seeing the carryover to podcasting is natural for our sports-obsessed culture. Although, it's interesting to see that ads are most valuable during the morning, when intuition says otherwise.
Culture (Ads in this category generate the most revenue at 8 a.m.)
As mentioned in our last report, Culture is a vague category, but once you understand that true crime shows are categorized under this umbrella, it's easy to understand why this category grabbed the number two spot on our list.
History (Ads in this category generate the most revenue at 10 p.m.)
It's no secret that people listen to podcasts to learn, and the history category continues to top the list as most listened to, so it's no surprise that this category finds itself a top ad earner. As we've reported on before, history podcast consumers love to listen late at night, which is why 10 p.m. is the most valuable ad time.
Politics (Ads in this category generate the most revenue at 5 p.m.)
With the increasingly interesting political day-to-day that we live in, this category has shot up in revenue earnings recently. We anticipate the number of ad dollars to only increase as the 2020 presidential election approaches.
Comedy (Ads in this category generate the most revenue at 7 a.m.)
Amongst some heavier topics in the list, it's nice to see that light-heartedness is getting some love, too. PodcastingInsights.com reports that comedy is the most popular category of 2019, so while it's in our top five list here, it's interesting to see that the potential top category is only in the fifth spot regarding revenue.
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Y'all know how much I love discovering and introducing little and local businesses to you.
I am super excited about this one because with Christmas and Summer just around the corner I know you will love it!
I found Coastalstyle Australia on Instagram recently and fell in love with their range of pure silver jewellery.
Their pieces evoke memories of days at the beach searching for the perfect shell, and the glistening sparkle from the ocean that always makes me feel so relaxed.
I was lucky enough to be gifted a few pieces from the Coastalstyle range and have been diligently testing them out so I can report back to you all.
I know, it's a tough life, but somebody has to do it … right?
I have been wearing the Silver Droplets bracelet pretty much permanently for a few weeks. It is my favourite piece from the range because it is so versatile. It has a special clasp that allows you to change out the charms to match your mood or outfit. I have a lustrous pearl drop and a silver charm (organic sea stars) that I think looks like a fingerprint from the ocean. I can't even begin to tell you haw many comments I have had on this piece, It really is special.
I have also been trying out a the convertible charm necklace which has the same clasp as the bracelet so I can swap my charms between the two pieces.
What I also love is that you can choose your necklace length when you buy this piece, I don't know how many times I've bought a necklace online and it's not the right length for me.
These precious little earrings are made from a real shell found on Scawfell Island in the Whitsundays on the Great Barrier Reef, a beautiful tiny island only accessible by the occasional sailboat passing through. They really are one of a kind, Pippa carefully collected the shell herself. They are handmade using pure silver and then hand sanded and polished.
The entire Coastalstyle range is fresh, unique and beautiful. It is all meticulously handcrafted on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
These pieces are made to treasure for a lifetime.
Pippa can also work with you on a custom piece. I think it is so special to have something that nobody else does, that was handcrafted just for you!
I am always interested in the back story about these fabulous little businesses so I grabbed half an hour with Pippa from Coastalstyle to learn a little bit about Coastalstyle.
Born in Rhodesia, then raised in the UK, I longed to return to the southern hemisphere. I went to visit friends in South Africa and ended up settling there. A few years on I met my amazing husband. His job led us to travel extensively, living in different parts of the world, Australia being one of them. After 8 years in Sydney, we moved to the Sunshine Coast where we now live with our 2 beautiful Border Collies. We have family in the UK, Melbourne and Brisbane, but the lifestyle, sailing and weather have kept us happily here for the past 22 years!
2. Clearly you are a coastal gal at heart, when did you develop such a love of the ocean?
We have always lived near water so always owned a boat of some sort, whether it was a canoe, a tinny, or a sail boat. On the Sunshine Coast, we had 10 incredible years sailing and exploring the Great Barrier Reef in our Perry43 Catamaran. We would leave Mooloolaba and head up as far north as Lizard Island, visiting different reefs, diving and exploring. That's when I really fell in love with the ocean.
The azure expanses of crystal clear water, deserted islands and sand quays, inhabited by the most beautiful colourful sea life, not to mention the amazing friends we made along the way, gave us memories to last a lifetime.
3.What made you decide to bring your love of the ocean into the creative outlet of jewellery design?
I wanted to capture my love of the ocean to remind me of the places we loved to sail. So many of us have treasured memories of the Ocean and fun holidays in the sun.
I first started with glass designs for colour, and loved creating little underwater scenes in large focal beads. Miniature clown fish, crabs and shells with little jelly fish being my biggest challenge! They were treasured reminders of our cruising life and also became my best sellers. My latest silver shell collections are from different islands that we visited and beautiful deserted beaches that we explored. I carried moulding putty with me wherever we went!
4.Do you remember the first piece you made?
Yes! My first piece ever was a lampwork bead which looked more like a weapon than a piece of jewellery.That was 8 years ago, I still have it and am so very proud of it!
5. I understand you custom make pieces, tell us about this process?
From Start to finish, I create each piece with love and attention to every detail. No two pieces are ever the same, not even the designs on a pair of earrings. I like to personalise it for each and every one of my customers. I work in both fine, Argentium and sterling silver, with little gold accents using different metalsmithing techniques.
6.Do you have a favourite piece? Or is that like asking a mother about her favourite child?
Yes, that's a hard one! I love pieces that evoke a memory or story, something that can be personalised. I love the fine silver charms, and have fun making custom shapes and patterns, personalising them or hiding a secret message inside a ring or cuff bracelet. Anything to make it yours and personal.
7.How do you feel when you see others wearing your beautiful designs?
Happy and proud and flattered! I remember when I was picking up my niece from the airport, and was sure that a lady just walked past me wearing Coastalstyle Australia earrings. I tried to peek a few times just to make sure, and introduced myself before stalking charges were laid!
There is nothing like seeing a special smile on a customer's face, when you have not only created something that has come from your heart, but when you have also touched theirs.
8. What is next for Coastalstyle?
I will be adding new styles next year, using new techniques to create different designs. Social media has been a wonderful way to make new connections, and I am really looking forward to also showcasing the collection in person at different venues. Or we might just arrange a "Shells and Champagne" get to-gether on the deck!
I just want to make beautiful pieces that people love and that mean something to them.
Oh, and buy more tools!
Coastalstyle pieces come beautifully gift boxed and with Christmas coming I think these pieces are just the most gorgeous gift for girls of all ages, my teenage daughters (and wannabe mermaids) love them as much as I do!
My girls have the Mini Shells stacking rings on their Christmas list, and I'm dreaming up a custom made round charm with the Birdsnest Coral design and my initials on the back.
You can shop with Coastalstyle Australia here.
You can find Coastalstyle on Instagram here and Facebook here.
Pippa I love my puppy paw print are you still doing those ?
Love love your Jewelry ?
Hi Toni! So lovely to hear from you again. I will make contact re the puppy paws!


What does it take for an artist to be successful? How difficult is it to create and grow a name amongst the artist community? Current Broadway actor James Barbour of the Phantom of the Opera weighs in on what it takes for an artist to be successful.


Jessica doesn't just want to act, she is determined to campaign for real change in our industry too. Having worked from a very young age as a supporting artist on CiTV shows, and then landing a major role in Coronation Street at 14, Jessica has grown up in the business. She reflects that this is a competitive industry in general, but especially tough for women who don't want to play a Queen or a victim, saying there's a long way to go until there's satisfactory representation of women on screen.
This is why she was so excited to play Alyssa in BAFTA-nominated C4 drama series The End of the F***ing World. Originally written as a film, it took a long time to come to the screen as a TV series, but the story of two rebellious teenagers looking to escape the world was worth the wait for Jessica, and was released to huge critical acclaim. She says it was exactly the kind of script she had been looking for, and represents the work she wishes to be part of.
Jessica is interested in moving into producing in the future, and is thrilled to receive encouragement from BAFTA. She says she wants to use her opportunities to build a considered career and to be an intelligent person in the industry.


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New Judgment: R v Rollins [2010] UKSC 39
On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Crim 1941
The appellant appealed against a decision that the Financial Services Authority had the power to prosecute offences of money laundering contrary to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, ss 327 and 328. Appeal dismissed. The Court found that the FSA's powers to prosecute criminal offences were not limited to the offences referred to in Financial Services and Markets Act, ss 401 and 402. Therefore, the FSA had the power to prosecute offences of money laundering contrary to POCA, ss 327 and 328. Additionally, the Court found that every person had the right to bring a private prosecution. A corporation could bring a prosecution, provided that it was permitted to do so by the instrument that gave it the power to act. The FSA had always been able to bring any prosecution subject to statutory restrictions and conditions, and provided that it was permitted to do so by its memorandum and articles of association. Before the enactment of the 2000 Act, the FSA could have prosecuted the appellant for offences contrary to the 2002 Act, if the 2002 Act had been in force at that time.
For judgment, please download:[2010] UKSC 39
For the Court's press summary, please download: Press Summary
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Allen & Heath ZEDi-10FX mixing console/desktop interface review
Christian de Looper December 14, 2016 1 Comment	Allen & Heath, Featured, Live Sound, Recording, Reviews
Design - 7.5/10
Build - 9.5/10
Features - 9.5/10
Sound - 9/10
Value - 9.5/10
Finding a low-cost mixing console that's durable and sounds great isn't always an easy task. Mackie has come out with a few excellent ones over the years, but apart from that, you used to be out of luck. These days, however, there are a few more options. Like the Allen & Heath ZED and ZEDi series, for example. Well folks, we're putting those two mixers to the test, starting with the Allen & Heath ZEDi-10FX.
The Allen & Heath ZEDi-10FX isn't your average mixing console — it's also a recording interface with 4 inputs and 4 outputs, making it a very solid choice for those that tend to work live but want the option to record too.
Allen & Heath has never been known for its design, but its gear has never looked bad either. That tradition seems to continue a little with the ZEDi-10FX, which most certainly looks more functional than beautiful.
As would be expected from a console of this kind, the left side is dedicated to your channels. You'll get four mono mic/line inputs, as well as three stereo inputs and the built-in FX inputs. All of the four mono inputs offer XLR and balanced/unbalanced TRS inputs, while the stereo inputs stick to TRS.
The first two channels also offer a "guitar mode," which basically engages high impedance inputs, which cuts out the need to bring your own DIs on the road. The other two channels replace the guitar mode button with a Line/Pad button — one that cuts the input level by a handy 20dB. Directly under those buttons, on all four channels, you'll get a low cut filter, which sits at around 100Hz.
Next up are the EQs, and you'll get a high, mid, and low knob on all four of the mono channels, while the first stereo channel is decidedly less equipped with only high and low knobs. The remaining knobs include an aux send, FX send, panning, and an overall mix level. The aux send is pre-fader, while the FX send is post-fader — just something to keep in mind while in use. The second stereo channel can serve as either another stereo input, an FX return, a USB return from your DAW, or a source for the FX built in to the console. The third and final stereo input can only be taken from USB, and used to blend with the aux bus or mix bus with PFL.
In the middle of the console are the FX controls. On the right side of the console you'll find the master section, which has a long-throw fader, headphone controls, aux and monitor controls, and a phantom power switch — which is global.
In general we kind of liked how the console looks, and it definitely grew on us. Sure, like we said, it's not a design masterpiece, but its laid out to work well, and work well it does.
Using the Allen & Heath Zedi-10FX is just as simple as you might expect. All you need to do is plug it into your computer and get recording if you're using it in a studio setting — and once you plug it in your DAW should pick it up very quickly. We used it with Pro Tools with no problems at all. Simply plug it in, boot up your DAW, and it should be picked up and good to go.
There are a few things to keep in mind while using this console. For example, plugging in to the second stereo input cuts the mixer's USB signal — so remember to avoid doing that if you want to keep your mixer connected to your DAW. Allen & Heath told us that users can also configure the DAW return to be on ST3 instead of ST2 through a firmware update.
Apart from little things like that, however, the Allen & Heath ZEDi-10FX is a very capable and useful little mixer. We tried recording a range of different instruments on the console, and while we'll go into how that sounded later on, the experience was very fluid and easy. The GSPre micr pres have a ton of headroom for almost all situations, and the EQ's, which have a smart Q that's automatically controlled by the console, are absolutely simple.
The monitor system on the ZEDi-10FX is also pretty darn easy to use — it gives you a ton of control over the monitors, and while some might need more monitor outputs to have individual control,
Last but not least, the Allen & Heath ZEDi-10FX is built to last. It should be able to handle most of the reasonable abuse you can throw at it, which is good news considering the people who will buy a small-format console like this are probably people who are also on a budget.
It's all well and good that the Allen & Heath ZEDi-10FX is laid out well and looks nice, but none of that matters if it doesn't sound good. Thankfully, it does.
Let's start with the GSPre mic pres, which actually sound pretty nice. They're very clean mic pres — which is a good start for those looking for a budget mixer/interface combo, as it means that you have a little more control over the sound in the box. Not only that, but the pres have a low noise floor — an important thing to consider in both live and studio situations.
The EQ certainly don't give you as much control as you might want, but they sound pretty good nonetheless. There's no denying that in studio situations you may want to rely more on plugins for your EQ needs, as you'll be able to get much more surgical. In live situations, however, the ZEDi-10FX is more than capable — sure, you don't get to set the Q, but the Q the console sets for itself is very musical.
Then, there are the effects. These effects are optimized for send and return use, so they're all time-based — that's to say you'll get reverbs, delays, and some modulation effects. You get a hefty 61 presets, and you can adjust parameters and save presets yourself. Really they're a dream for live engineers working in small settings. Again, in a studio situation you may find yourself relying a little more on in-the-box solutions — but in a live setting, where you don't want to lug around a lot of gear, the effects included are versatile, sound great, and are easy to use.
Nothing's perfect, but for the price the Allen & Heath ZEDi-10FX is pretty damn close. The console isn't the most stylish creation ever, but it more than makes up for that with top functionality, a great sound, and a ton of flexibility. If you're a live sound engineer looking for a small-setting console, a studio guy looking for a solid starting point, or a mixture of both, this is the console for you.
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