One of the solitary most important concepts in organisation is the sales funnel. Sales funnels can boost your revenue online by automating your service. They provide a path of the very least resistance to growing and also scaling your company on auto-pilot. However after spending time with several of the globe's finest online marketers, I can tell you with near assurance, not just exactly how sales funnels will allow you to make even more loan online, but which certain funnels you need to apply.
Currently, if you're anything like me, you might be averse to certain funnels. For example, I'm not at all an ecommerce man, however I do recognize that free-plus-shipping funnels are absolutely squashing it. In fact, simply this previous week, while participating in the Closing Table Mastermind with Perry Belcher and Roland Frasier, I got much more understanding right into the alluring "tripwire" funnel, purportedly coined by Perry Belcher.
However, Belcher didn't create the principle. He drew that from an old Columbia House ad that offered 13 CDs or tapes for the huge rate of $1.00. Remember it? However all of us know that this irresistible offer (also known as tripwire) had way much more to it than just the $1.00 cost. In the background, there was a continuity program at the workplace. In Columbia House's' model, this was called negative choice invoicing. That suggests, you automatically obtain normal month-to-month shipments (together with a bill) unless you expressly state or else.
So why is this so powerful and what does it relate to sales funnels? As a matter of fact, what you'll observe is that Columbia House's sales funnel was rather easy. You simply selected the CDs or tapes you desired for a buck, then received a routine month-to-month shipment each and every single month at a pre-defined rate. They would continuously bill you for those CDs or tapes each and every single month. There were variations of this offer too where you can order 11 CDs or tapes for one cent then obtain the 12th complimentary.
Either way you check out it, these were all tempting deals. This was as well great to miss. But what Columbia House and various other companies recognized was that, although they would certainly lose money out of eviction, they would, usually, in time, generate income hand over initially. And that is the power of the sales funnel. Prior to automation, this is how sales funnels functioned. And also, if you hired, you would get a real-time individual successfully walking you with the funnel.
The Columbia House example uses deep insight right into the psychology of a deal that's alluring. By first establishing the life time value of a consumer and also their retention price, Columbia House established that it could spend a certain amount of money obtaining customers and also still be highly rewarding. That's basically what's finished with sales funnels today. And also what really makes those sales funnels so effective are tripwires.
Today, it's the tripwire that develops the irresistible deal. Although Columbia House really did not rather have major up-sells or down-sells in their funnels, they developed a straightforward two action funnel that functioned. It worked due to the fact that the tripwire was so appealing. It appealed deeply to the consumer. After all, exactly how can you stand up to an offer like that for 12 or 13 CDs or tapes for $1 or 1 cent when they were retailing at around $10 each at the time.
One more effective example of this was via Sports Illustrated. In fact, Sports Illustrated was properly on the decrease at the time it presented its innovative tripwire. There's something about tangible products that individuals just connect with. Even when you're offering a digital details item on the back end, by sweetening the take care of a substantial good, you can quite essentially send your conversions through the roof.
In the instance of Sports Illustrated, take on your own back to 1990 when publication registration prices were beginning to leave. Because duration, Sports Illustrated endured a 7% decrease in their flow in the very first half of the year. Now, no matter what they did, they were not able to get the registration prices up. Even by supplying deep discounts on subscriptions, customers weren't getting it. Plus, if they discounted too steeply, it would influence their capacity to get advertisers paying costs prices without showing that consumers were paying close to the full cover price of the magazine.
Sports Illustrated, owned by Time, Inc., had not been the only magazine that was experiencing under the company's umbrella. People magazine had actually also experienced a serious decline of 5%. Time, Inc., understood that it needed to do something fast. So it started to offer a tripwire that included sports slips on VHS. Nonetheless, the expense was excessively high and there were only numerous bloopers it can supply. So, they counted on the football phone as the new tripwire.
Why the football phone? First, it interested the target market. And also, it was one-of-a-kind and interesting. Much more interesting than a boring magazine membership. The football-shaped phone idea was conceived by Sports Illustrated's supervisor of circulation at the time, Michael Loeb. At that time, advertising and marketing on cord was also really low-cost. Plus, the phone, which was sourced from China, only cost a few bucks "landed". So it all made sense.
Loeb worked with the logistics of this offer for numerous months. Nevertheless, that wasn't the only offer. They also cooked up a deal that contained a sneaker phone. If you'll reflect to 1990-1991, it was both uses that were running practically simultaneously. Discuss an early-on split-test, right?
So, what were the outcomes of all this? Over 1 million new clients. That's right. As well as those offers only competed a restricted time. But it effectively conserved the company. That's the power of a tripwire deal. It's a concrete item that gets individuals thrilled about whatever else the core offer is. Actually, some individuals will only acquire what you're offering only for the uniqueness of the concrete tripwire offer.
Sales funnels are one of the solitary most powerful concepts in company today for a really certain factor. It's not just the instance of the tripwire that's powerful. It's the whole kitten play dirty, in a manner of speaking. There are so many parts as well as components to what make a sales funnel work so well that I wanted to simplify as well as offer some more examples to supply a deeper understanding to how you can use them to increase your revenue online.
Now, if you're not making use of a sales funnel today, or if you're just uncovering what a sales funnel is, then there are a few ways you can promptly leverage this powerful concept in your company to produce eruptive results. Primarily, if you don't have a ClickFunnels account, go below as well as register for the 14-day cost-free trial. As soon as you have actually arrangement your account, grab a custom domain name as well as start developing your funnel. If you need help, watch several of the on-boarding video clips included with ClickFunnels.
It matters not if you have an existing business or you're functioning to configuration a brand-new company, funnels are the trick to expanding and also scaling no matter where you're beginning with. Nonetheless, there are 5 certain ways you can make use of sales funnels to raise your revenue now. It matters not what organisation you remain in or what you're selling, you can leverage these today, right now, to develop eruptive outcomes.
At the Inner Circle mastermind this week, Russell Brunson studied the hook-story-offer method that comes before building the funnel. Can you build a sales funnel prior to you have a hook and also a tale? Yes. However you might have problem obtaining grip, particularly if you're completing in a red sea. Red oceans are entrepreneur-infested waters completing for the exact same swimming pool of customers, whereas blue seas are an area where few business owners are swimming in.
What does that tell you? Invest the moment responsible and also the tale. Yes, the offer is likewise crucial. However it's the hook and also the story that's mosting likely to reel leads in. As an example, Brunson used the narrative of fit-to-fat-to-fat creator, Drew Manning. Manning, that was in excellent form, headed out there as well as acquired a bunch of weight over a 6 month duration to much better recognize what it seems like to be fat. Yet then he headed out there as well as shed all the weight.
That right there is an incredible hook as well as tale. It's one-of-a-kind. And, as a result of that, Manning has experienced a meteoric rise, although his offer isn't that great. But when the hook and also the story is so good, the offer is almost worthless. Effectively, you can sell almost anything when the hook and also the tale just squash it. One more example is the tale of Robert Allen who would always claim he could be decreased in any kind of city in the nation and get a home no loan down within 60 days. And that's specifically what he did. His brand has actually done over a billion bucks in sales as a result of it.
Those are all excellent hooks as well as stories. Without that, your deal will struggle. If you can generate an unique way to develop your hook and also tale, the rest will fall into place. Because there is a lot red ocean out there, this is probably one of one of the most crucial points to make before you release any kind of sales funnel.
Tripwires are excellent low-barrier-of-entry items that make leads take out their charge card. Commonly, these are too-good-to-pass-up products that are provided at an amazing rate. Simply consider the tripwire offered by Columbia House or Sports Illustrated, as an example. Tripwires aid make it much easier to obtain brand-new clients, and then to ascend them up your value ladder.
Anything that makes consumer purchase more difficult, such as an expensive service or product out of eviction, is going to make growing and scaling your service more difficult. The truth is that it sets you back 5 times as much to draw in a brand-new client as it does to retain an existing one. That's why tripwires are so effective. They lower the barrier-of-entry right into your service. And anything that can lower the obstacle of entrance is constantly excellent.
An additional excellent means to release a sales funnel as well as easily enhance your revenue regardless of what company you remain in is via a lead magnet. The lead magnet needs to include real value. Yet it can be in various layouts such as a PDF e-book, list, cheat sheet and so forth. After the download, you can provide a single deal. This means a three-step funnel. You can likewise produce an up-sell if they take the one-time offer and even a payment-plan down-sell if they reject it.
Why do a lead magnet with tons of worth? First, you're setting yourself up as an expert. If that content is really workable, as well as it includes a massive amount of value to the prospect's life, after that they're mosting likely to view you as the authority. But it does something far more than that. It refers micro-commitments. The theory? Get somebody to agree to do three tiny points for you as well as the fourth one is instantaneously an of course.
One of one of the most powerful sales funnels you can develop is based around the webinar. Actually, it was the webinar that saved Brunson's company from personal bankruptcy a couple of times. It was a mix and also culmination of knowledge that bring about the ideal webinar manuscript, which produces the basis for the supreme sales funnel. Several of it originated from Jason Fladlien, while other items came from elsewhere in Brunson's journey.
Nevertheless, all that info combined right into the layout of an excellent webinar and funnel, has literally changed business of many entrepreneurs that've taken their understanding and also monetized it with the rapid pressure of webinars. Building a webinar is one of the surest paths to success with a sales funnel. Actually, the webinar funnel is quite possibly one of the most transformative funnel you can launch for any type of organisation, new or old.
An additional way to boost your revenue with a sales funnel is to develop a high-ticket training funnel that goes from application to call to shut.
The application permits you to extract those who aren't serious. And, on the call, you can seal the deal. Now, this type of sales funnel jobs if you have actually already had outcomes with customers. Otherwise, work for complimentary up until you obtain outcomes for individuals. Then, accumulate testimonials as well as make use of those as component of the pitch for the coaching.
Possibly among the greatest and also most preferred sales funnels nowadays is the free-plus-shipping offer funnel. It makes an excellent entry factor into any funnel by creating a single deal or up-sell after the offer, similar to a tripwire funnel. However, the difference here is the power of the word cost-free. Yes, tripwires, which are very low-cost products or services, function well. Yet there is genuine power in the word cost-free.
Actually, individuals will certainly jump up and also down for a cost-free deal, also if they have to cover the delivery as well as handling, in contrast to taking a deal that they also have to pay a little amount of loan for.


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Posted bytheronm4 January 5, 2022 January 13, 2022 Posted inUncategorizedTags:Winter 2022 season
Last Update: 5:20 p.m. p.m. 1/13/22 (All reviews for 1/13 and earlier are done!)
Welcome to my version of the Winter 2022 Preview Guide! I expect to be covering nearly every full-episode series that will be debuting or returning this season which has an official English-subtitled stream. (The exceptions will be the second season of The Case Study of Vanitas and the third season of Teasing Master Takagi-san, as I am not caught up on either.) These will be listed in newest to oldest order, and this post will be updated multiple times per day on busier days.
Note #1: With Arifureta's posting, the regular updates for the Preview Guide are done. I will add Salaryman's Club when it debuts on the 22nd, and Tales of Luminaria on the 20th if it turns out to be a series rather than a special.
Note #2 (updated): How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom s2 will go directly to episode reviews, since I did those for the first season. I am also taking requests for what to do for a second series this season.
So without further ado. . .
Arifureta 2
Streams: Funimation on Thursdays
Rating: 3 (of 5)
I'll be frank: I always thought the first season of Arifureta was a bad show for any number of reasons, but I still watched it anyway because it was so serious about its badness that it came off as corny, and I enjoyed it at that level. The second season's opener suggests that things won't be too much different, aside perhaps from the change of animation studio resulting in slightly better CG monsters. Hajime's still the edgelord traveling with a bunch of girls all keen about jumping his bones and a little girl who calls him "Poppa," and he's leaving most of his classmates in the dust, to the chagrin of at least one in particular. The main difference this season is that Kaori is also along for the ride and in full competition.
The first episode is mostly just about re-establishing everyone's relative position and providing the hook for the next big arc (including who the next enemy to get utterly butt-kicked by Hajime will be), so nothing much special is going on there. And while all of the cattiness in the military vehicle was annoying, it was saved by a few choice lines. One was Yue's pointed assertion that while the other girls just want to bed Hajime, she's actually done it. The other is Kaori's very pointed (and true!) observation about Hajime's current status, as shown in the screencap above. Rarely has the "slam head into table" (or in this case, steering wheel), which immediately follows this shot, felt more warranted. Keep popping off a bit more like this and the second season might hold my interest just like the first did.
Streams: Crunchyroll on Wednesdays
Rating: 3.5 (of 5)
In this manga adaptation, Ryang-ha Son is a veteran hitman so notorious that everyone in the Underworld has a bounty out on him, but for reasons even he doesn't fully understand, he's taken an interest in young, relatively new female bounty hunter Chateau. Actually, "stalking" might be the appropriate word here, as she cannot seem to shake his attention or dissuade him and he even helps her out by killing some of her targets for her and allowing her to take credit. Maybe his interest is romantic, or maybe he just wants a connection that doesn't seem rotten to him. But she has her own baggage to deal with and Ryang-ha as a potential target.
How well this goes over with viewers may come down to how much they can tolerate Ryang-ha's very stalkerish behavior. Though he never gets physical except in self-defense, he can clearly manhandle her if needed, so this isn't an even pairing at all; the power dynamic is all in his favor. This isn't quite as creepy as it could be, though, because the only real menace present here is that he is a legitimate cold-blooded killer; this seems more a case of him trying to feel out a potential relationship he's never really had. Meanwhile, Chateau seems very deadened emotionally beyond her obvious frustration with Ryang-ha. I suspect the plan here is to see them gradually coming to understand each other as more of their sordid pasts are revealed, and I can see that working if it's handled carefully. It's walking a thin line so far, but I am cautiously optimistic.
The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Kingdom out of Debt
Streams: Funimation on Tuesdays
Well, this was a lot more than I was expecting. Rather than being a carbon-copy of How a Realist Hero Rebuild The Kingdom, this one goes at the "rebuild a fantasy kingdom" gimmick from a wholly different angle: the prince is trying to fail, without looking looking like he's doing it deliberately, in order to secure himself an easier life. Unfortunately for him, failing is the one thing he's not good at. His unwanted successes are starting to compound into a reality that's going to require a lot more work for him.
The first episode sells this concept remarkably well. It lets us see quite clearly how much of an ass Prince Wein is internally, but much like Tanya in Saga of Tanya the Evil, he knows that he has to at least keep looking good to secure his desired easy life. Like with that show, the great and amusing irony here is that his attempts to maintain a facade are too good and bought into too fully by everyone around him – well, everyone but close advisor Ninym (who is a different race, I guess?) anyway. This results in some surprisingly effective comedy, though the series isn't entirely light-hearted, even with jaunty music playing during a major battle scene; Ninym's encounter with a defeated enemy general is decidedly more serious, for instance. I like that balance so far, and also the rapport that exists between Wein and Ninym. Not sure how well the series maintain the premise, but it is off to a rousing start.
To be clear, the low rating for this one should be taken less as an indication that the concept or series as a whole is bad and more as in indication of how unsatisfactorily the first episode is executed. The basic premise is the Danblf is one of the top wizards (aka Wise Men) in a wizard-focused kingdom of an open-format online game, and entirely too much of the first episode is spent establishing that. I don't mind a bit of exposition as a stage-setting technique, but this series then rambles on showing an utterly run-of-the-mill big battle scene and partly introducing numerous characters who won't be important immediately, before finally getting to the big twist near the end of the episode: that somehow the classic white-bearded wizard has become a cute white-haired girl. Maybe the episode could have explained a bit more here – did the character just change, or is the player now stuck inside the game in this form – but instead it shows a wordless montage of here wandering around, giving cameos to various characters already introduced and/or important later, before declaring herself cute. In other words, the first episode does not even fully complete the basic premise.
I have to think that there's a better series afoot here, as there are some interesting concepts shown concerning fantasy RPG play, but this first episode does nothing to promote the series. I will probably give it at least one more episode to prove itself, but it faces a lot of genre competition this season, so it cannot afford too slow a start.
Life With an Ordinary Guy Who Turned into a Total Fantasy Knock-Out
Streams: Crunchyroll on Tuesdays
A 32-year-old stud who's never had any problem attracting women but is more comfortable around guys and his longtime friend, who's so average that he drunkenly wishes to be a petite hottie, get transported to a fantasy world by a goddess of beauty, who grants the second man's apparent wish and reincarnates him as a petite blonde girl, all as part of a scheme for them to become heroes and defeat the Demon Lord. Uncomfortably, they both immediately start to find themselves attracted to each other, but whether that's the result of the curse of the Goddess of Beauty (whom they managed to tick off) or a pre-existing attraction is unclear. What is clear is that both have special abilities: he has a high starting level, she has a plethora of skill that make her irresistible.
I was expecting something at least a little crazy and very trashy out of this, but I was surprised by how fun and well-thought-out it turned out to be. Each of the two leads is well-established and gets a lot of play out of adjusting to the other one now being the opposite gender and trying to sort out how that changes his/her feelings about the other. The irony here, of course, is that both see the other as ideal now that they are opposite genders, and I hope the series goes a long time before clarifying if the goddess's curse is responsible for that or not. The series even proclaims itself as a "romantic comedy" rather than an isekai title, and it should be entertaining if it keeps that up.
Princess Connect! Re:Dive s2
Streams: Crunchyroll on Mondays
While Spring 2020's edition of this mobile game-related title was never a favorite, it was always a series that I enjoyed and appreciated for its goofy fun mixed with occasional touches of strong sentimentality. No doubt this had a lot to do with being directed by Takaomi Kanasaki, the same person behind the anime sides of the Is This a Zombie? and KONOSUBA franchises, and with it just focusing on side stories for its affiliated game rather than trying to shoehorn in too much of the game's main plot. The first episode of this season beautifully reminded me of why I liked the first.
There's nothing extraordinary about any of the characters or what they're doing here, but they make for a cute, fun mix and look like they are genuinely having fun together while out on a silly quest for a legendary ingredient. The series' trademark humor style is well in evidence, but it also finds a surprisingly affecting place for a story about an old man and his former adventuring party before finishing the episode with a devious twist. It still looks pretty good, too, even if it does tend to have a KONOSUBA-like affinity for not staying tightly on model. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode and will absolutely be following it again.
Streams: Funimation on Mondays
In a post-apocalyptic Japan, a condition called the Rusting is ravaging metal and people alike and turning the land outside of cities into desert wastelands. While young doctor Milo does his best to make his home city a better place (and find a cure for his elder sister's advanced Rusting condition), including using illegal mushrooms to try to concoct new medicines, an archer is on his own mission, one which causes mushrooms to sprout everywhere and gets him regarded as a terrorist.
This light novel adaptation was widely-considered one of the most anticipated new titles of the season, but its first episode feels like it's not quite living up to the series' full potential. Much of this is because too little that has been shown so far makes much sense, but it also suffers from some minor pacing problems; conversations often go on just a little too long, apparently intent on stuffing little extra background tidbits into the story in a not-too-graceful fashion. Honestly, a lot of the problems could have been alleviated by just making this an extra-length premiere. Even so, it has enough style points and neat ideas to feel like the series is capable of quite a bit more than it has shown so far. The score I am giving this episode indicates cautious optimism, as this could eventually be one of the big shows to watch this season. I will definitely give it at least a couple more episodes.
Fantasia Sango – Realm of Legends
This one has a somewhat unusual pedigree, in that it's based on a Taiwanese RPG which adds supernatural elements to the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Hence it uses Chinese naming conventions even though it is fully a Japanese production. (The title was originally advertised with Japanese character names, but the subtitles use the Chinese equivalents.) The set-up is a fairly standard "gather a team of unique individuals to fight the miasma causing humans to turn monstrously evil" scenario, only with the godlike sponsors seemingly more directly involved here.
Don't expect any more from the series than that and it actually works pretty well. The character designs are decent (if a little generic and obsessed with buxom figures for adult women) and the content delivers better-than-average action execution and battle flow, with solid musical and at least competent animation support. I cannot see this getting too deep, but it should be at least passable as a pure actioner.
Baseball gets taken to ridiculous extremes? Okay, I can buy that, as this is hardly the only title over the years to pull that stunt. Sports used as a matter of settling conflicts is also a time-honored tradition, one that is known to date back several hundred (if not several thousand) years in certain parts of the world. Youths in Japan becoming so uncontrollable that they break down into tribalism is also an idea that's been used to some degree in many other series. However, combining all three just creates an excuse for a shonen action series that is over-the-top ridiculous, and not in a good way.
I will give the series credit for trying hard to promote its cool factor with a funky musical score and outlandish visuals. However, I have to give this a low score for two reasons: the very disconcerting eyes of characters in the protagonist group and hair styles which suggest that the characters either never wash their hair or use way, way too much product on horrible notions of what good hair looks like. The series does have some energy going for it, but that isn't enough.
Streams: Funimation on Sundays
Futsal is an actual sport which has an international following, though it's practically unknown in the States. It is played in teams of five and uses rules similar to indoor soccer, which makes it ideal for adaptation into anime form. The first episode here makes the wise decision to move along quickly, only briefly introducing its core cast as two impromptu matches get played out. The personality mix so far seems typical for series about boys' sports teams, as do the problems the team faces (attitudes not conducive to teamwork, etc), so this is a run-of-the-mill sports series in most regards.
The problem – and the reason why I'm rating this below average – is that it's really stretching to create some antagonism here. Delinquents who settle things with futsal? Really? The series lost all credibility with me over that, and the animation isn't and choreographer are not that great, either. Don't see much promise here.
I'll be frank: BL is absolutely not my thing, and I don't care for the heavily shoujo-influenced character design style here on on top of that. Even so, I have to acknowledge that this is a pretty solid start for a light, fluffy romantic comedy that will no doubt charm audiences less averse to BL. The series is refreshingly not coy at all about whether Sasaki's genuinely attracted to Miyano, and while Miyano does not seem to reciprocate (yet), it's not hard to see that developing. I might quibble about the somewhat confusing way that the episode bounces around its timeline with little to no hints of transitions, but the series' easy flow and gentle humor more than make up for that. In other words, this is shaping up more and more to be one of the better seasons for romcoms in quite some time.
Attack on Titan Final Season (ep 76 overall)
Streams: Crunchyroll and Funimation on Fridays
Nine months ago, the first half of the final season left viewers on a major cliffhanger. So what do we get for the wait?
One hell of a spectacle, but also one of the franchise's more graphic episodes.
Oh, and Levi is maybe dead, but maybe not, and Zeke is still alive but with a weird experience, and Yelena's plans are falling apart in the face of the Marley attack (which Eren thinks is risky, based on Marley's "limited knowledge" of something, and not everyone from Yelena's faction is on board with the sterilization plan, and Eren may be up to something beyond what the others are. . . Yeah, there's a lot going on here to sort out, but what's most important is the return to good ol'-fashioned Titan-on-Titan bashing, including Eren using the War Hammer Titan's abilities. It's messy, and Yelena's people are getting their butts kicked, but too much time is left in the series for a major reversal to not be coming.
Yeah, Attack on Titan is back, and it's great. This should be a fun run to the finish.
Streams: Crunchyroll on Sundays
This is the anime branch of a mixed media project with an unusual progression: it started out as a stage play first, then got animated.
Or perhaps I should say it got the semblance of animation? This is an all-CG production that, frankly, features the weakest artistic and animation efforts at least since last year's epically bad EX-ARM. The story isn't much better; it features an array of colorful guys using special Armors (some of which feature tech way beyond the time period) to defend their home village of Saika during the Warring States era. This involves fighting off faceless enemy forces wearing full plate armor of a style never seen in Japan (or anywhere else, for that matter) and using all sorts of annoying verbal quirks. There's an amnesiac member to provide a semblance of mystery, too, but in general this is the most half-baked production I've seen since EX-ARM. The live-action bit at the end, where two of the actors visit actual sites which correspond to the series, is actually the most interesting part, and that should never happen.
This series adapts a manga, which itself was inspired by Shakespeare's historical plays, in particular the Henry VI trilogy and Richard III. It does not seem to begin at the start of the manga (Richard III's birth), but rather at some later point, and depicts events and characters involved in the War of the Roses, the period of on-and-off civil war in England from 1455 to 1487. While the first episode does depict some actual historical events, to say that it is a fantastical interpretation might be a bit of an understatement. Richard III generally doesn't come off well in historical accounts, with various minor deformities attributed to him, but the only one retained in this case is that he was slight of stature. Here, instead, he's both hetorochromatic and not fully a "he" – in other words, intersex. This is used to reinforce in Richard's mind that he is a demon child, and significantly, he is always depicted wearing black and whispering into his father's ear to push him to take the English crown. The scene shown in the screen cap, which involves the all-white Henry VI (though Richard doesn't know that), also carries homoerotic undertones. (The story is at least consistent on the point that Henry VI was not regarded as a mentally strong individual.)
As much of a history buff as I am, that angle doesn't work for me. I will acknowledge that the very limited animation uses some very interesting visual styles, so I could see it finding an audience, and the actual story of Richard III has no shortage of twists and turns beyond that. The depiction of Richard III as a generally tortured soul is also somewhat interesting, but I doubt I'll watch the series further. Pass here.
Streams: Crunchyroll on Saturdays
Kuroitsu works for the Monster Development Department of secret organization Agatsya, whose ultimate goal is world domination. The barrier to this is assorted Super Sentai heroes, including local hero Divine Swordsman Blader. Hers is a taxing job, which can include making proposal on the fly before the organization's leadership, dealing with the whims of its absolute leader, and managing the situation when new ace monster Wolf Bete doesn't turn out quite like the monster's mind expects.
This manga adaptation was one of my most-anticipated titles based on its premises, and despite an unpromising start, it winds up shining as a silly mix of workplace comedy and Super Sentai parody. It deftly recovers from its weaker initial gag about a mascot-like monster which Kuroitsu has to pitch as a real threat due to a slapdash presentation her boss provides her, with the pivot point being the chief strategist's unexpectedly accommodating attitude. From there, it presents a much more inspired bit about a wolf warrior who winds up female instead of male, much to his dismay, and how that ironically proves to make him much more effective against the hero. I laughed at the episode several times, and even the way fan service and censoring is handled is both funnier and sexier than in World End Harem (whose rating I might drop further after seeing this). The lengthy episode titles are a hoot, too, and the regional Sentai heroes shown early in the episode are apparently actual regional mascots – another clever twist.
This is one that I'll definitely be watching and specifically recommend checking out, though you have to stay for the whole episode if you do.
Akebi's Sailor Uniform
In this manga adaptation from CloverWorks, Komichi Akebi is a junior high girl eagerly looking forward to attending the same school as her mother and wearing a sailor uniform, just like her mother did. However, they somehow both fail to notice that the school has moved on to wearing blazers in the time since the elder Akebi attended. (Really, how could they not notice this?) The sailor uniform is allowed since it is part of the school's history, but that still leaves Akebi nervous about sticking out in a bad way.
I can see this series going over well, but the first episode did not work for me for one superficial reason: I do not care for the character design aesthetic. There's just something about the shape of the heads and neck that I find distracting, and after looking at some of the manga art, the blame at least partly goes to the source material. Otherwise this looks like a sweet little story about an athletic girl from the countryside being herself around peers that don't share her background as she navigates high school life. Fair warning that the first episode at least is a bit more fan service-y than might be expected, and I could maybe see that making some people uncomfortable.
In this manga adaptation, Wakana is a social recluse because he find himself unable to find common ground with other students, given his passion for (obsession with?) traditional Japanese hina dolls. That may be starting to change due to fateful encounters with class popular girl Marin, who, upon discovering that Wakana can sew, practically begs him to help her with her effort to make a cosplay outfit for a favorite character.
This was maybe the most widely-anticipated non-sequel of the season, and after the first episode, I can sort of understand why. It is, at heart, a classic story about the Social Outcast finding common ground with the Popular Girl, and naturally the Popular Girl seems to have some hidden otaku-friendly hobbies. However, this one feels like it might show at least a little more depth. Marin is a more genuine character than normal for this role, one who does not let her image get in the way of her convictions. (She detests people who don't respect another person's interests, and I'm presuming that's because she will be revealed to have had problems with that in her past.) And the twist at the end about who, exactly, she wants to cosplay was pretty funny. The series looks pretty sharp and has a scattering of mild doses of fan service, but I'm a little hesitant to fully commit until I see if the series avoids common genre traps. Will certainly check out more of it, though.
In this light novel adaptation, Gaius the Sage was a menace against demons in his time, but he felt that he had maxed out his power with his first of the four Crests granted by the gods. Hence he apparently chose to reincarnate in a later age with a different Crest that wasn't as strong but had more growth potential. (I say "apparently" because a sizable time gap is implied rather than spelled out.) That just means that, as an incoming student at Second Academy, he's vastly stronger than anyone else, and his familiarity with older magical means allows him to ferret out a plot by demons to weaken the magical strength of humans overall. Oh, and he's getting a girlfriend this time, too, which he apparently didn't have the first time.
This series isn't going to avoid comparisons to The Misfit of Demon King Academy even though the story circumstances are significantly different, and the comparisons won't be favorable ones. The thing about the potential girlfriend has some cute potential, but Matthius is not that interesting a character and events in the first episode feel like they're moving way too fast. (I would be interested to see commentary on this from someone who has read the first novel.) The plot about demons infiltrating to sabotage human power by promoting inefficient spellcasting styles is a little interesting, but this is too much of a naked power fantasy with not enough other attracting factors to compensate.
Streams: Crunchyroll on Fridays
15 girls/young women join new agency AiRBLUE with the aim of becoming seiyuu (i.e., Japanese voice actresses). As a first exercise, they must read a famous scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
And that's the entirety of the plot so far from this mobile game adaptation. It briefly introduces a whopping 15 girls (not counting the agency staff), with the greatest focus on Haruna (the one on the right in the screenshot). The only real gimmick here is the way that the voice acting can cause characters to visualize the scene, and frankly, that didn't work so well in this case; much of the problem, I think, is that Shakespeare doesn't sound right to my ear in Japanese, no matter how it's interpreted. The cast seems like it's going to offer just about every standard body and personality type from idol shows, but overall, it's a pretty bland start, hence the middling grade.
World's End Harem
Rating: 3 as a fan service title, 2 otherwise
In anime and its associated works, going into cold sleep for whatever reason inevitably results in the subject being ensnared in the after-effects of calamities which happen while the subject is sleeping. That's exactly the case here, with nearly all of the men in the world dying off to the MK (Male Killer) Virus while protagonist Reito is sleeping until AIs come up with a cure for his disease – which, ironically, is likely the reason why he comes out immune. As one of only a handful of men left, he's faced with an intimidating responsibility: impregnate as many women as possible in an effort to pass his immunity on to male children. And it has to be done the natural way, too! The problem is that Reito is still completely hung up on long-time girlfriend Erisa, who has since disappeared. How tolerant can The Powers That Be afford to be with him?
Okay, so the premise is sleazy as hell, and clearly tricked out to force a harem situation. Even so, the premise raises some interesting ideas: could society survive (and maintain its existing technical level) if half its population quickly died off? And while Reito's devotion would be commendable in other circumstances, does his obligation to humanity as whole override what he wants? Somehow, I don't think this series cares too much about exploring these details, as the sex potential here is far greater. The first episode doesn't have any sex scenes, but they are likely coming, and (as the screen shot shows) it certainly has select censoring. Artistry isn't bad, either, though it does appear that very large-breasted women will be favored.
I'm giving this episode the rating I am because this is an okay set-up for a fan service scenario, but this series has the very real potential to be one of the season's worst.
Streams: Funimation on Fridays
This series is based on a mobile game, so contemplating the foundational logic in anything beyond a meta sense is probably pointless. Even so, I have to ask: if you're going to make AI-driven combat androids, why make the generic ones look like female S&M enthusiasts, the elite ones look like maids, and the rest look like Japanese school girls, complete with mini-skirts? I also have to question the stability of a unit firing four auto-fire weapons attached to their legs in continuous barrages, but whatever. Logic clearly isn't a core element of this one, no matter how much it tries to play up its technical side.
The actual episode here – which involves "T-Dolls" fighting each other post-WWIII – feels more like a prelude than an actual first episode, with the woman who will presumably be the Commander arriving at the end of the episode. Hence it's hard to see how this might play out at this point. The visuals look decent, but this does not feel like a title that is going to be plot-heavy. The series should work for Girls With Guns fans, but I question its staying power otherwise.
Introverted, boyish Hiyori learned fly fishing from her father, and still does it even though he passed away three years ago. Her soon-to-be high school life gets upended when bubbly, ditzy Koharu arrives on the scene and immediately expresses enthusiasm for fishing, since she's never gotten to do it for real before. Oh, and Koharu is also to be Hiyori's new stepsister, too.
I wasn't expecting anything more than "cute girls do fishing" out of this, and that looks like it will, indeed, be a major component of this light-hearted series. However, the first episode impressed by adding in the context of having to adjust to a new family situation, and how she's not the only one who needs to adjust. There also looks to be a cooking component as well, though whether or not that will be a regular thing remains to be seen. This isn't quite as laid back as Laid-Back Camp, but it has some legitimate charm in that vein. I might actually watch more.
Streams: Crunchyroll and Funi on Wed.
Rating: 3.5, I guess?
A year ago, friends Ran, Koki, and Shuta attempted and failed to save mutual friend (and Koki's sister) Asumi during a fire. A year later, they are drifting apart when a memorial for that fire is held. Shortly thereafter, all three get a mysterious phone call which seems to be from Asumi and experience some kind of brain hacking which gives them abilities beyond what they had before – abilities which might be used to stop an impending calamity in Tokyo's 24th ward.
And that is all that really makes sense about the double-length debut of this original anime series, which comes from the director of planetarian, Inu X Boku Secret Service, and most of the 2010s Jojo's Bizarre Adventure titles. I'm giving this an above-average rating because it is animated well and the climactic scene involving the train is suitably thrilling, but so much else is going on here that another episode or two may be necessary for everything to settle in. Certainly this is an ambitious-looking series, with the first episode dangling all kinds of potential plot threads and character developments in addition to the central mystery about Asumi and the boys' new abilities, and I can appreciate how the character development is already firming up, but I'm cautious in my optimism here for now.
Ranking: 3 (out of 5)
This new series is based on a comedy manga, and comedy is, indeed, an element present throughout the first episode. The premise features a rookie female cop (the one on the right in the picture) who is being discouraged to the point of considering quitting by the abuse heaped upon her while doing her her job, but a beautiful new trainer (the woman on the left) convinces her to give the job a second chance. While this can result in some somewhat serious parts – such as a career burglar's commentary on what signs he looks for in good targets – and some sincere moments, more often than not the encounters are a vehicle for light humor.
Whether that humor works sufficiently enough to drive the series is another story. I did get a couple of chuckles out of the swearing the more experienced female officer does under her breath in response to angry traffic stops, and the funniest moment involves her reaction to realizing that she had just posed like a poster she hates. However, this is by no means a slapstick series, and I just didn't find enough going on here – or things coming together well enough – to sustain the episode. Still, it might be worth watching just for the gorgeous character designs. (And, notably, its lack of fan service despite that.) The manga it's based on is an award-winner, so I will probably give it another episode or two to prove itself.
The first episode only hints at the background involved (so it may be elaborated on more in ep 2), but the basic premise is that a young woman was critically injured in an auto accident, to the point of being perpetually dependent on life support. While in that state she became a top player in a VR game called Leadale, presumably in part because it allowed her the semblance of physical activity that she was unable to do in the real world. After a power outage knocks out her life support, she wakes up in a setting resembling Leadale, complete with her stats, equipment, and even menu controls all intact. However, 200 years seems to have passed since the time of the game. Her early encounters in a border village she once visited and at her former tower indicate that what happened in the game seems to be part of the lore of this setting, but also that a lot has changed over time, including her (self-admittedly) OP abilities and resources being even more out of whack with the current power scale.
In other words, this is a set-up somewhat like Overlord, where a lot of uncertainty exists about both whether this is more a "transported to another world" or a "trapped in a game" scenario and whether other former players are present or not. The added mystery in this case is the time gap, and presumably that will be an underlying plot thread for the duration of the series. Beyond that, this is setting up as a typical power fantasy, albeit with a female instead of male protagonist, but it does have one saving grace: the production team made the wise choice to play up the cheesier aspects of the source novel by using a goofy tone. That helps compensate for mediocre technical merits and turns the way the episode plays out into a lot of fun. I wasn't impressed by the first novel, but I like the approach taken here well enough that I may follow this one.
The arrival of oni put an early end to the Warring States era in this shonen action series set-up. 150 years later, the oni control everything, with only the Bushi (i.e. descendants of samurai) remaining to resist them, and those that do remain are mocked and looked down upon for it. The hot-headed redhead naturally cannot accept the order of things, so he plans for a rebellion at the right time, while his childhood friend/sparring partner becomes disillusioned over time. That is, until push comes to shove.
As shonen action series go, this one is as formulaic as they come, with only the time period differentiating it at all. (And yet motorcycles exist in a time period that should be equivalent to the mid-1700s?) For all of its generic procedurals and uninspired action scenes, though, it does come together pretty well near the end of the episode, enough so to have at least some hope that the series might amount to something.
3 thoughts on "Winter 2022 Preview Guide"
Gotta admit, I'm not seeing a lot for me to watch this season – My Dress-Up Darling, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Part 2, and The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt are the only things on my radar right now.
Hopefully, I can find a few other gems to watch based on your reviews.
How about doing reviews of Genius Prince as a compare/contrast with Realist Hero?
I am not going to bother with the 2nd season of Realist Hero (not a bad show overall, but fell way short of my expectations, too many gimmes, too stupid, and too childish in its harem aspects – to provide context, my expectation was something in the same vein as Spice & Wolf/Demon King & Hero) so your reviews are the closest I will get to it.
I found this season interesting overall, I have nine shows lined up for the "three episode test" which is more than I normally do.
Based on your reviews I'm going to give Princess Connect! Re:Dive s2 and Miss Kuroitsu From the Monster Development Department a shot. It's still a lean season for me, but I appreciate all your work putting these reviews together.

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Isobar Public Sector hires three executives
29 July 2021 Consulting.us 2 min. read
Isobar Public Sector, a digital and IT consulting practice focusing on government clients, has added three executives based in the Washington, DC area: Yancey Hall, John Sandoval, and Jon Clayton.
The new hires arrive at a moment when government agencies are ramping up their IT modernization efforts. The Biden administration's May executive order on cybersecurity has placed even greater pressure on upgrading federal systems and security.
Yancey Hall joins Isobar (a Dentsu company) as chief growth officer, where he will oversee growth of digital service offerings across civilian, defense, state, and local sectors. He will also support the firm's capabilities in experience design, application modernization, cloud services, emerging technology, data transformation, and cybersecurity.
Hall brings over 20 years of experience working on digital transformation in the public and private sector. He previously spent four years at EY's DC office, where he was a senior manager focusing on digital strategy, customer experience, and organization design. He was also digital and emerging technology lead for government and public sector clients.
Before EY, Hall spent five years at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he was chief technologist for the firm's strategic innovation group, overseeing enterprise mobility and Agile software development using DevOps approaches and tools.
"Yancey's background with all phases of strategic capture as well as his deep domain expertise with digital transformation for government agencies make him a welcome addition to the Isobar Public Sector team," said Larry Gillespie, president, Isobar Public Sector. "His focus on integrating secure agile engineering with experience design aligns exactly with Isobar's strategic focus and can help our clients transform and improve mission and service delivery."
John Sandoval joins Isobar as VP of client services, bringing over 15 years of experience leading digital transformation programs for public sector clients. He joins from IT consultancy ISG, where he was a principal in the digital strategy & solutions practice. Before that, he was lead associate for digital and open data strategy at Booz Allen and a senior IT consultant at Gartner.
Jon Clayton joins Isobar as VP of business development, and brings 20 years of IT industry experience with a focus on business development and capture management for the public sector. A Navy veteran, Clayton was previously a business development executive at IT consultancy Oasys International, director of IT solutions and programs at Akima, and a technical director at CSRA.
Headquartered in London, Isobar delivers services in strategy and innovation, product and experience, brand design and systems, and communications and content. It is part of Tokyo-based Dentsu, the largest advertising agency in the world.
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Cassie Prugh joins Manatt as government and regulatory partner Cassie Prugh has joined Manatt, a law and consulting firm, as a government and regulatory partner based in Albany, NY.
DCI Consulting buys affirmative action specialist Gerstco DCI Consulting, a human resources risk management consultancy, has acquired Gerstco, a boutique firm specializing in affirmative action software and consulting.
Deep Water Point buys Wolf Den Associates Deep Water Point, a management consultancy focusing on the federal market, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wolf Den, a McLean, VA-based federal contractor consulting firm.
Tom Comfort joins Liberty Advisor Group as partner Tom Comfort has joined Liberty Advisor Group, a Chicago-based management consulting firm, as a partner and leader of the manufacturing and supply chain practice.
Booz Allen adds Vonage CEO Rory Read to board Booz Allen, a public-sector-focused technology consulting firm, has appointed Rory Read to its board of directors, effective January 18, 2023.
AlixPartners adds veteran retail consultant Justin MacFarlane AlixPartners has hired Justin MacFarlane as a partner and managing director in its global retail practice.


In addition to these AFDC requirements, the child must meet all other applicable eligibility requirements in 1530 Foster Care Assistance Eligibility Requirements for Children and Youth Who Are in DFPS Conservatorship.
The home of removal is the home used to make the AFDC financial determination. The home of removal is the home that the child is legally removed from, which is the home of the person who is entitled to legal custody of the child. This is usually the parent or managing conservator.
The removal order may name the adult from whom the child was legally removed, or may name that person as the adult who is the subject of the finding that remaining in the home would be contrary to the welfare of the child. Staff can also look to the petition to help determine the home of removal.
If the child is living with an interim caregiver at the time the child is judicially removed from the parent, the eligibility determination of financial need is based on the parent's home, even when the child is physically removed from the interim caregiver.
• the child was judicially removed from a specified relative with whom the child lived with in the past six months before the removal.
If the child was removed from a specified relative but allowed to remain in that relative's home this is not a removal for Title IV-E purposes and the child cannot be certified IV-E. There must be a physical removal of the child from a home, unless a constructive removal as described below occurs.
In a constructive removal DFPS files suit against the parents or the person with legal responsibility for the child. The child is currently living with a person who provides a stable environment and the decision is made to leave the child in this caretaker's home. The home of removal would be that of the parents or the person with legal responsibility for the child. However, the child must have lived with the parents or person with the legal responsibility within the past six months before removal to be AFDC eligible.
• A child is placed in a residential treatment facility or medical or psychiatric hospital by his parents without DFPS involvement and the child remains there for more than six months while his or her parents maintain responsibility for the child. If DFPS files for conservatorship while the child is living in the facility, the child is considered to be living with and removed from his or her parents because the parents chose to place the child in the facility and maintained parental responsibility. The eligibility specialist determines AFDC eligibility based on the parents' home as if the child had been living in their home in the month the removal took place.
• A woman gives birth while in prison or in a hospital so the child is placed into foster care. The child is considered to be living with and removed from the mother because the prison or hospital is considered to be a home under §45 CFR 233.90 (c)(1)(v)(B).
• the degree of "great-great-great" for grandfather and grandmother.
• age 18, attending high school, and expected to graduate by the end of the month of the child's 19th birthday.
One element of the definition of "dependent child" under the AFDC program is parental deprivation, which means the child must be deprived of the support and care of at least one parent. The determination of whether a child has been deprived of parental support in the home of removal is made in relation to the child's natural or adoptive parents.
• the absence of a parent from the home.
• underemployment of the primary wage earner.
Who are the child's parents?
• the father by legal presumption, proof of relationship, court adjudication, or acknowledgment of paternity.
When is a man legally presumed to be the child's father?
1. He and the child's mother were married in apparent compliance with the law (even if the marriage is or could be voided), BEFORE the child's birth and the child was born while they were married or before the 301st day after the marriage ended.
• he promised in a record to support the child as his own.
3. He continuously resided in the same household where the child resided during the first two years of the child's life, and he represented to others that the child was his own.
4. He is adjudicated, or determined by a court order, to be the child's father.
5. He executes an acknowledgment of paternity, in accordance with Texas Family Code §160.302, which must be signed under penalty of perjury by both him and the child's mother. An acknowledgment of paternity is void when another presumed father, who meets one of the presumed father criteria above, exists, unless the presumed father has signed a denial of his paternity.
• hold out to the public that they are husband and wife.
If the common law couple separates and ceases living together, there must be a suit for proof of marriage filed within two years after the separation or the law presumes that the common law marriage never existed.
Stepparents include men who marry the child's mother but do not assert paternity or promise financial responsibility for the child. A stepparent is not a legal parent to the child without adoption.
What is continued absence from the home?
• the known or indefinite duration of the absence precludes counting on a parent's performance of the function of planning for the present support or care of the child.
As long as these two conditions are met, the parent may be absent for any reason and may have only left recently. Deprivation includes any absence that prevents the family from relying on the missing parent's support or care of the child. This can occur for many reasons, including divorce, separation, desertion, incarceration, deportation, or hospitalization. Absence for active military duty does not constitute continued absence from the home.
A parent who is absent solely by reason of the performance of active duty in the uniformed services of the United States is not considered continually absent from the home.
How is physical or mental incapacity established?
For a parent to be considered incapacitated, the existence of a physical or mental defect, illness, or impairment must be supported by a medical diagnosis that is verified by a physician's statement. The incapacity must be so debilitating as to reduce substantially or eliminate the parent's ability to support or care for child. The incapacity must be expected to last for at least 30 days. The parent's receipt of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI) based on a disability or blindness is also acceptable proof of incapacity.
How is underemployment of the primary wage earner established?
• the PWE's monthly gross income does not exceed the income limit for the size of the certified group, as listed in Appendix 1530-D: Income Guidelines for Underemployed Parent for Parental Deprivation.
• If mother is or was married (other than by common law) to another man whom the law presumes to be the child's legal father, then the child is deprived based on absence from the home of the man whom the law recognizes as the child's father.
• If the mother was married by common law to another man at the time the child was conceived, but at least two years have passed without the filing of suit for proof of their marriage after the common law couple separated and ceased living together, there is no presumed father and deprivation does not exist.
• underemployment of either the mother or biological father who are living together, whichever is the primary wage earner (PWE).
• If a child is living with the mother and a man who may be the child's natural father, but the couple disagrees about paternity, and there is no legally presumed father, then there is insufficient basis upon which to reach a conclusion regarding deprivation based on absence from the home. If deprivation cannot be established by incapacity or underemployment, the case would be certified state-paid and monitored for the court determination regarding paternity. Once there is an adjudication of paternity, the case must be reviewed again for deprivation now that the legal father has been established. If the man that was living in the home at the time of the child's removal is adjudicated to be the child's father, then deprivation cannot exist by reason of absence from the home.
• If a child is living with the mother and a man who both agree is NOT child's natural parent, and there is no legally presumed father, then child is deprived.
• If a child is living only with the mother, but the father would be present in the home if he were not on active military service overseas, then the child is not deprived because of parental absence. When the sole reason why a mother or father is not in the home is because of active military service, then that parent is not considered absent.
• If child is living with mother and biological father, but the mother is married to a man who is in military service, there is no deprivation.
the child is deprived because the mother's husband is considered the child's father, and is absent from the home.
the child does not meet deprivation based on absence from the home.
The foster care eligibility specialist must determine whether the parents meet deprivation based on the criteria for disability. If the parents do not meet the criteria for disability, the foster care eligibility specialist must determine whether the parents meet criteria for underemployed parent.
In this appendix under the subheading Parental Deprivation, see "When is a man legally presumed to be the child's father?
the child is deprived based on absence from the home.
The child must be certified state-paid until a legal father is determined by court order or proper Acknowledgement of Paternity. When the legal father determination is made, the foster care eligibility specialist must determine deprivation based on who the father is. If deprivation is met, the foster care eligibility specialist must then re-review the case for other IV-E eligibility criteria.
If the child meets all IV-E eligibility criteria, the foster care eligibility specialist may change the child's eligibility to the date the child entered foster care.
Who is included in the certified group?
The spouse of the specified relative with managing conservatorship is also included in the certified group if the spouse has managing conservatorship of the child. If the spouse is not a managing conservator then he or she is not included in the certified group.
Who is not included in the certified group?
If a parent does is not a U.S. citizen or does not have a valid immigration status the parent is considered disqualified for the AFDC-certified group. A disqualified parent's income and resources must be counted as specified in section G below Stepparent Budgeting Procedures.
A minor parent and child can be a separate certified group, even when they are living with the parent of the minor parent. However, if the minor parent is eligible for AFDC as part of a certified group with his or her parent, then the minor parent's child is included in that same group.
When a minor parent and child are living in the same household with the minor's own parents, but are their own separate certified group, the income of the minor's own parents is still considered available to the certified group in the same way as that of a stepparent. The income of the minor's parents is subjected to the stepparent budgeting procedures in section F, below.
What is the resource monetary limit?
For a child to meet the AFDC resources requirement and be determined eligible for Title IV-E, the total countable resources of the persons included in the certified group, regardless of the number of persons in the group, must not exceed $10,000. If the countable resources of the certified group exceeds $10,000, the child cannot be determined eligible for AFDC nor can the child be determined eligible for Title IV-E foster care.
Examples of resources that are counted in their entirety include cash, bank accounts, stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, 401(k) accounts, retirement accounts, boats, campers, buildings, and land and mineral rights.
Exception: When a child's legal parent and stepparent jointly own a non-exempt resource, only one-half the value of the resource is counted.
What is the income monetary limit?
For a child to meet the AFDC income requirement and be determined eligible for Title IV-E, the countable income available to the certified group must not exceed the allowable limits for the 185% and 100% AFDC Needs Standards found in Appendix 1530-C: AFDC Needs Standard Income Limits. If the countable income of the certified group exceeds the applicable limits, the child is not considered to be eligible for AFDC and cannot be eligible for Title IV-E for the duration of his or her foster care episode.
Under the 100% AFDC Needs Standard test, two Earned Income Deductions are allowed.
1. A maximum of $90 Earned Income deduction for each person in the certified group with countable earned income. The deduction amount cannot exceed the person's monthly earned income amount. For example, if a person only had $45 of earned income, then the deduction would only be $45.
2. A Dependent Care Cost Deduction is allowed for the actual cost of day care a parent or managing conservator with earned income who is included the certified group pays on behalf of a dependent child or incapacitated adult who is also included in the certified group.
• The maximum allowed deduction is $200.00 for each child under age 2 and $175.00 for each dependent child age 2 and older and each incapacitated adult.
• Actual day care costs are the unreimbursed payments made for a child or incapacitated adult that are necessary to allow for the parent or managing conservator to work.
Appendix 1530-A: AFDC Income Determination Worksheet provides detailed instructions for determining whether the AFDC certified group's allowable income meets both the 185% and 100% AFDC Needs Standards tests.
• The income of a minor living with her parents when the minor is also a parent, subject to the stepparent budgeting procedures in section G, below.
What types of income are exempt?
What types of income are countable?
• a part-time student working less than 30 hours per week.
When a stepparent or a parent is disqualified because of his or her lack of U.S. Citizenship or valid immigration status but lives in the home of removal, this person is not considered a member of the AFDC certified group. A portion of the stepparent or a disqualified parent's income, as described below, and all of his or her countable resources are considered when determining whether the child would have qualified for AFDC during the month in which court proceedings were initiated.
The following budgeting process is used to determine the amount of the disqualified parent's income that is considered countable to the AFDC certified group. The budgeting process is used when completing both the 185% and 100% AFDC Needs Standards income tests.
1. Determine the disqualified parent's countable monthly gross earned income.
2. Subtract up to the standard $90 work-related expense deduction from the earned income.
3. Add the disqualified parent's unearned income to the net earned income.


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Q: Get the shortest distance from a point I have this table in sqlite
Locations
ID
Lat ( latitude)
Lon ( longitude)
Type
Name
City

I have for example 100 records
what I need is to get (using my own coordinates) the nearest point in my table.
What I did is to get the shortest distance between my current point and each one in the table, and return the shortest one, but I am searching for a better solution
Thanks

A: A possible solution is to use a grid for the whole map your are interested in and pre-assign points to a particular row/column. Then:

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*Calculate the grid location of your new point - add a column to the database for this.

*Calculate the distance of all coordinates in the current grid - if one exists

*You still need to calculate all the distances in the next grid out (you are unlikely to be perfectly centered in your current square, you always need to check one grid distance out from the one your best match was in.)

Should cut down a lot on the number of calculations you need to do.
If you expect to always find a location within X distance you could query for x/y coords that would fall within that range your coords +/- x KM (a square), calculate if they then fall within the xKM circle from your point, and then choose the shortest.
UPDATE - Grid option
I am assuming you already are doing the distance between two points calculation and will not describe that.
If you have an atlas handy you can see an example by looking a place up in the index. It will give you a page and a grid location like M5. If you go to that page it will have rows and columns labeled with numbers and letters and if you look in the square where row M and column 5 intersect you will find the city there. To do it for your system you need to:

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*determine how big your grid should be (how dense are your points - would be no good to have a big grid and all your points land in one square).

*For each point calculate which grid it is in. If your polygons are complex there is tons of point in polygon code out there to copy. If (as my example is) you just use squares, you just need to determine which row/column each point is between.

*See map for user location and closest points example:

So if the user is the green marker, he would be in C4. You would search all other points in C4 and determine that the closest is #2. Then you would also have to check one grid out all the way around to make sure there wasn't a closer item than the one you found, so this includes squares: B3,B4,B5,C3,C5,D3,D4,D5. When you do you will pick #3 from C3 and you are finished.
If the user had been in square D2 where there are no other points your would have found your first match in say C2. When checking C1,C2,C3,D1,D3,E1,E2,E3. Once found you would then again need to check another radius out, which would have be: B0-4, C0,C4,D0,D4,E0,E4,F0-4. etc. You can see that grid selection will be important to make this as efficient as possible.
Also Note this assumes your grids are equal unlike my hand drawn example.
Option 2:
If you expect a result within X km, and you want something your DB will calculate quickly you can do this:
LatMin = currentLatCoord-radiusValInDegrees
LatMax = currentLatCoord+radiusValInDegrees
LonMin = currentLonCoord-radiusValInDegrees
LonMax = currentLonCoord+radiusValInDegrees

SELECT *
From Locations
WHERE Lat BETWEEN LatMin AND LatMax
  AND Lon BETWEEN LonMin AND LonMax

Now this gives you all results in a square. It is important that you then check they are actually in the circle - you need to drop any in the corners as there may actually be closer coordinates than those on the edge of the circle. So for each point check if it is inside the circle first (Equation for testing if a point is inside a circle) then calculate the distance and keep the closest one. If you do not get a result, widen the circle.
Again, selecting a good radius will depend on your data.

A: Have you check this Site of how to count for the distance between two points on Earth?
But just keep in mind that it give the Distance based on Earth Surface not based on the actual path to reach at that position. So if you want to count distance based on the Actual Path to reach that position then you can get it by using Google MAP API.
Google Maps API gives the distance between two point based on the actual path.
Hope this information surly help you.
Enjoy Coding... :)

A: Distance between two points: ((x1 - x2) ^ 2 + (y1 - y2) ^ 2) ^ 0.5. However, distance between these points are straight lines. Most likely, there are variables like local vs highway, not to mention one-way streets and waterways, where you need to find the nearest bridge. Therefore, I suggest using Google and Bing maps api. The are free for a limited number of searches.

A: There's a rather clever solution over at Query to get records based on Radius in SQLite?
based on precalculating some trigonometric values for each position when inserting the rows which then lets you calculate the distance in your query only using arithmetic functions.
I've used it very successfully in my own code

A: Let me make sure this is right: You have point a, and a table of points a[]. Currently, you do something like:

*

*loop over b[]

*

*get distance from b[i] to a

*if distance is less than minimumDistance

*

*set minimumDistance = distance

*set closestPoint = i

*return closestPoint

If so, you're finding it in O(n) time, which can't really be improved upon much. You have to check all the points to see which are the closest.
However, as Matthew points out, you can prune n by assigning points to a grid. This can drastically reduce the amount of points needed to compare. The expense is a bit of time preprocessing, and slightly more complicated logic. If you have a long list of points(or the distance() function takes a long time), you'll definitely want to do something like this.

A: Depends how much you care about being correct when near the poles
if closest by pythagorean distance is good enough you can use this in the orderby of the sql
eg. SELECT * FROM locations ORDERBY (Lat-myLat)*(Lat-myLat) + (Lon-myLon)*(Lon-myLon) LIMIT 1
Not technically the most correct, but saves getting all locations from the database and looping over them, let sqlite do that for you

A: You can use my php class hilbert curve @ phpclasses.org. It uses a monster curve and a quadkey to find the shortest distance. To search the quadkey you can use any depth.

A: Though this is not a best option.
Let you are trying to figure out shortest distance within N mile/km radious for fixed no of locations/your location table data are not changing regularly.
 Add another column Distance_Index (DI) a self multi reference key ArrayType. Once run a procedure and update the DI with ID in ascending order accoording to distance from this DI.
 Now from next time onwords distance is with you. just make a query to the database and use it.

Now, in your problem no of location are less within N, then DI will not be too much long.Just as an opinion.

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Andrew Fryberg, 15, died Friday after being in critical condition in the Harborview Medical Center intensive care unit for two weeks.
The fourth victim shot by a classmate at Marysville-Pilchuck High School has died at Harborview Medical Center.
Andrew Fryberg, 15, died Friday night. He had been in critical condition in the intensive-care unit at Harborview Medical Center since the day of the shooting.
Andrew Fryberg, 15, is the fifth student to die, including Jaylen Fryberg, who shot his friends Oct. 24 in the school cafeteria before fatally shooting himself. Zoe Galasso, 14, died in the shooting. Gia Soriano, 14, and Shaylee Chuckulnaskit, 14, died later at Everett's Providence Regional Medical Center.
Nate Hatch, the fifth person shot, was released from Harborview on Thursday after undergoing surgery to repair his jaw. The three boys were cousins and enrolled members of the Tulalip Tribes.


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Preliminary US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates for 2022
Alfredo Rivera, Ben King, John Larsen, and Kate Larsen January 10, 2023
The year 2022 was marked by the emergence of longer-term economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and an unexpected war in Eastern Europe that caused turmoil in energy markets. Despite efforts to continue stimulating the US economy in the wake of the pandemic, high inflation put a damper on economic growth, which was exacerbated by a spike in oil prices as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Consequently, the US economy grew 1.9% in 2022, down from a 5.7% GDP increase in 2021.
Based on preliminary economic activity and energy data, Rhodium Group estimates that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US slightly increased in 2022, rising 1.3% compared to the previous year. While this is the second year in a row that emissions have increased, it nonetheless marks a change from 2021, when emissions rebounded faster than the economic growth rate. This reversal in 2022 was largely due to the substitution of coal with natural gas—a less carbon-intensive fuel—and a rise in renewable energy generation.
Economic and energy market turmoil in 2022
The year 2022 was characterized by economic challenges and uncertainty, with inflation emerging as a key source of concern for the US economy. The rising prices of goods and services, initially caused by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic on global supply chains, were further exacerbated by a spike in oil prices due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Natural gas prices were also up in 2022 relative to 2021, owing to increased demand for gas from Europe due to reductions in Russian gas supply, as well as a colder-than-normal first quarter in the US. As actions to mitigate inflation were put in place, the outlook for US GDP growth dimmed considerably over the past year, with the consensus now forecasting a 1.9% increase in 2022.
Although we won't have official GDP data for 2022 until September, preliminary activity data suggests that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US slightly increased in 2022, rising 1.3% compared to the previous year (Figure 1). Even with the slight increase, this indicates that the GHG intensity of the US economy declined in 2022, a turnaround from the more carbon-intensive rebound experienced in 2021.
Over the past few years, the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the underlying forces that shape the carbon intensity of the economy. In 2019, the downward trend in coal consumption helped to reduce GHG emissions, despite GDP growth. In 2020, the pandemic had a significant impact on the economy, causing GDP to decline by 5.9% and emissions to drop by 10.6% compared to 2019, the largest decrease in emissions since the 2008 recession. However, in 2021, GHG emissions rebounded faster than economic growth—GHG emissions rose by 6.5%, while GDP rose by 5.9%—primarily due to an increase in coal generation and a modest recovery in transport demand. By contrast, in 2022 GDP growth outpaced the increase in GHG emissions.
This reversal in 2022 was primarily driven by a drop in emissions from the electric power sector, mostly due to the displacement of coal by natural gas and an increase in renewable energy (Figure 2). Outside of the power sector, emissions increased slightly. The most significant increase was seen in direct emissions from buildings, which rose by 6% and was the only sector to rebound to pre-pandemic levels (Figure 3). This was largely due to increased energy consumption for heating in homes, as 2022 reported below-average winter temperatures.
Coal generation displaced by natural gas and renewables
In the electric power sector, which accounts for 28% of overall emissions in the US, emissions decreased by 1% in 2022. Coal generation in the US fell in 2022, returning to the downward trend that had been in place until last year's modest increase. Based on monthly and daily generation data from EIA, we estimate that coal generation declined by 8% compared with the previous year, with several factors contributing to the drop (Figure 4). Among these was the retirement of coal-fired generators and disruptions to the railroads that deliver coal to power plants, which hindered power plants' ability to replenish their coal stocks and led to a reduction in coal generation. The EIA also forecasted that these factors contributed to a 19% increase in the price of coal for the power sector relative to 2021. Given these conditions, we anticipate that coal's contribution to electricity generation will continue its downward trend and reach 20% in 2022, a decrease from the 23% it represented in the previous year (Figure 5).
Natural gas and renewable energy sources compensated for the decline in coal-based power generation in 2022. Despite high Henry Hub prices (up 65% higher from 2021), gas consumption for electricity generation increased by 7%, largely due to its ability to meet peak demand during record-high summer temperatures. As a result, the share of natural gas in total electricity generation in the US rose slightly from 37% in 2021 to 39% in 2022.
Renewable energy generation also saw a significant increase, rising by 12% compared to the previous year. For the first time in over sixty years,[1] renewables surpassed coal in the US generating 22% of total electric power, with coal dropping to only 20%.
Little change in transportation and industry
Emissions in the transportation and industrial sectors—the two highest-emitting sectors which together account for two-thirds of total US GHG emissions—rose slightly by 1.3% and 1.5%, respectively (Figures 2 and 3).
The changes in industrial and transportation sector emissions reflect the impact of inflationary uncertainty. Industrial production was affected by supply chain turmoil and rising oil prices, leading to higher production and shipping costs. This led to a limited increase in the manufacturing of goods, and emissions in the industrial sector remained mostly unchanged. Meanwhile, in the transportation sector, emissions remained relatively flat due to the impact of rising oil prices on demand. The slight emissions increase in this sector was driven mainly by the demand for jet fuel as air travel increased relative to 2021 (Figure 6). In the first quarter of 2022, fuel demand in the transportation sector, including gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel, rose slightly. However, once the cost of oil began to affect transportation fuel costs, demand remained below 2019 levels for the rest of the year.
Still off track for meeting the US target under the Paris Agreement
With the slight increase in emissions in 2022, the US continues to fall behind in its efforts to meet its target set under the Paris Agreement of reducing GHG emissions 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030 (Figure 7). In 2022, emissions reached only 15.5% below 2005 levels. In order to meet the 2025 target of 26-28% below 2005 levels and get back on track for the 2030 Paris goal, the US needs to significantly increase its efforts.
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) by Congress is a significant turning point, and we may start to see its effects on emissions as early as this year if the government can fast-track implementation, with progress expected to accelerate by 2025. However, even with the IRA, more aggressive policies are needed to fully close the gap to 50-52% by 2030. In 2023, federal agencies can close this gap further by proposing aggressive regulations that drive down emissions. These actions, together with additional policies from leading states as well as action from private actors, can put the target within reach—but all parties must act quickly.
[1] Prior to the 1960s, hydropower exceeded coal generation.
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Храм иконы Божией Матери «Знамение» в Ховрине — православный храм, принадлежащий к Знаменскому благочинию Московской городской епархии Русской православной церкви. Находится по адресу Фестивальная улица, дом 77а.

История
По письменным источникам Ховрино известно с 1585 года, однако достоверно неизвестно была ли в селении церковь. Первое упоминание храма в селе Ховрино относится к 1623—1624 году, в документах Ховрино значится как «место церковное», предполагается, что в Смутное время в селе был уничтожен храм Великомученика Георгия.

Церковь была восстановлена только к 1646 году, а в 1682 в селе возвели вторую трёхпридельную церковь во имя иконы Божией Матери «Знамение». После смерти Франца Лефорта в 1699 году Пётр I приблизил к себе Фёдора Головина, наградил его орденом святого Андрея Первозванного и возвёл в чины генерал-фельдмаршала и генерал-адмирала. В числе прочих наград к Головину отошло и поместье в селе Ховрино, которое после его смерти наследовал его сын Николай, по приказу которого в 1740 году старую Знаменскую церковь снесли, а на её месте заложили новую каменную, строительство которой закончилось к 1741 году.

В 1860 году бывшее имение Головиных купил надворный советник Евграф Молчанов, решивший построить в Ховрино новый храм. Проект храма был заказан архитектору Михаилу Быковскому, под руководством которого на средства Молчанова к тому времени было построено уже несколько московских храмов, в том числе и храм Троицы Живоначальной на Грязех у Покровских ворот. Новый храм был заложен в 1868 году, и его строительство продолжалось два года; освящение храма состоялось в 1871 году.

В 1937 году, после расстрела служивших в Знаменском храме с 1932 года священника отца Николая и архимандрита Амвросия службы стали нерегулярными, и в 1939 году храм закрыли окончательно. В 1941 году в здание храма разместили госпиталь, после войны храм долго пустовал, а в 1960 году его отдали артели слепых, разместив в нём производственные помещения. В 1980 году в здании храма разместили гараж Рыбстоймонтажа СССР. С 1972 имение Ховрино была поставлена на государственную охрану, в том числе и Знаменский храм, и в ней с 1979 года велась реставрация, которая только ухудшила состояние имения.

Храм был передан Русской православной церкви в 1991 году, к 1994 году начал действовать полностью обновлённый нижний храм во имя Николая Чудотворца, верхний Знаменский храм начал действовать в 1997 году.

Духовенство
 Иерей Димитрий Туркин — настоятель храма.
 Протоиерей Георгий Полозов.
 Протоиерей Георгий Изай.
 Протоиерей Сергий Ванюков.
 Диакон Александр Корновян.
 Диакон Сергий Трашков.

Святыни
 Икона Божией Матери «Скоропослушница» из Афонского Свято-Пантелеимонова монастыря, подарена храму в 1996 году. Праздник иконы — 9/22 ноября.
 Икона Божией Матери «Знамение» — дар прихожанина, пожелавшего остаться неизвестным. Передана храму благочинным Северного округа отцом Серафимом 10 декабря 1991 года, в день престольного праздника и первого богослужения в возрождаемом храме.
 Казанская икона Божией Матери находится в нижнем Никольском храме. Празднование ей совершается 8/21 июля и 22 октября / 4 ноября.
 Ковчег с частицами святых мощей угодников Божиих доступен для поклонения верующих во время богослужений в верхнем храме.
 Резное Распятие при входе в нижний храм во имя Святителя Николая — одна из первых святынь возрождённого прихода.
 Икона святых славных первоверховных апостолов Петра и Павла. День памяти 12 июля.
 Икона святого праведного Алексия Южинского.

Приделы
 Иконы Божией Матери «Знамение»
 Святителя Николая
 Мученика Евграфа

Примечания

Литература

Знамение
Москва
Москва
Храмы, построенные в 1870 году в России

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Every January we see some great bait ball kaos up the island and last year was no different ! This massacre was off the top of the Sandy Cape and included some serious Sharks !
Drew Steptoe managed to pull this mackerel out with out being sharked !
Spent a couple of days on the water with Dr Ben Diggles - who landed this serious coota !
Had a fun session on some dolphin fish off the Sandy Cape FADS - shame they keep getting displaced !
May is always a great month for weather and we had some insane longtail sessions - with the biggest challenge being getting them past the sharks !
We had a great run of snapper over June. July & August !
We shot a promo for the AFC series to promote recreational fishing on our Fraser Coast with FCO ( Fraser Coast opportunities ) with BCF & Shimano with Leroy landing his PB snapper during one of our sessions.
The Shimano Spanyid Soft Vibes have fished really well on both our local barra and salmon over the last year !
With better weather - Tumby Tom " had a great run on our marlin landing 5 good fish over 4 days - with two better than average ones at around 35kgs all caught on skipping gar fish with circle hooks switched of a teaser .
Thanks again for following us and may 2016 be filled with even more fish !