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I am a person, I watch anime.
My favourite female characters (in order):
Momo (To Love-Ru)
Nagisa (Clannad)
Miho (Girls und Panzer)
Mahiru (Working!!)
Yuno (Mirai Nikki)
Holo (Spice and Wolf)
Ohana (Hanasaku Iroha)
Serena (Pokemon)
My favourite male characters (In order):
Ash (Pokemon)
Tomoya (Clannad)
Guts (Berserk)
Takumi (Initial D)
Kenshiro (Hokuto no Ken)
Light (Death Note)
Wolfgang Grimmer (Monster)
Haseo (.Hack//Roots)
9,287 total episodes
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There's an import function already :) Just export your MAL list and you can import it here.
I'm going to try and encourage other Saffers to move here as well - especially if they have MAL profiles - with the rebuild AP just became a hell of a lot better :)
it's funny that you mentioned the friends anime because i was actually watching it around the time you posted the comment! since then i kind of dropped it. it wasn't bad or anything, but i guess just not amazing enough to get my attention. i felt like there were so many greats last year and this year i am really struggling to find anything :(


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Update #56: Paladins and Wild Orlans
JR.9613 replied to Darren Monahan's topic in Pillars of Eternity: Announcements & News
The Orlan designs look really nice... I did think of the 70's Hobbit movie when I saw them (the Wild variant at least), but I don't think these are anywhere near as bad as those. I am just glad that there is going to be a shorter race, because I could never bring myself to play a D&D Halfling (They aren't Hobbits, people!). As for the Paladin information, I think it will be a nice change. The whole Paladin-being-devoted-to-some-random-god thing had no depth to me because the gods that the Paladins served never had much back story. I don't know if it makes me care enough to play a Paladin though... - 200 replies
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Metaphysics in video games has always been something that has interested me (36 Lessons of Vivec is amazing). I am not entirely sure why, but it is most likely the slight insight into the writer's mind and how their world-view(s) influence the story of the game that makes the topic so interesting for me. I was even more excited about P:E when I found out about the part that souls play in the world, and I am interested in discovering how they are explained in the story in more detail. So my question is, how do you feel about the inclusion of metaphysical topics in video games (and P:E in particular)? Do you think it strengthens the story and makes you consider things you have never thought of before? Or that it makes things overly complicated (which it can do at times) and only serves to confuse and make things even more obscure? Also, I understand this subject has the potential to lean toward more religious topics, so try to keep it civil... There is no need to make this something it isn't, so just to say it again, this is about metaphysics IN GAMES/FICTIONAL WORLDS.
Holy Avenger
JR.9613 replied to Sarex's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
I agree with that, but in the case of a Holy Avenger it not only is inconsistent with P:E "lore" (no good vs. evil alignment), but may also fall under D&D licensing. I am not saying that class restricted weapons shouldn't exist, but that there is a better way to implement restrictions in general. I think another problem is that there weren't many other class restricted weapons that were as good as a Holy Avenger (at least in the case of BG2) which made it unbalanced to say the least. As for the PC being the "Chosen One", I'm not so sure about that... I recall an update video (I think an early one) talking about how the story is the PC witnessing an event and trying to figure out what he "saw"... Edit: I found it, the video is in Update #3 on the Kickstarter site, but I don't want to post it here since it is kind of off topic. -
To begin, everything made sense to me and, to my understanding, you got your point across. I agree with most of what you say except for a few things. You say that "Adding side rooms does not make a level non-linear" and I agree with that. However, the same can be said about adding an extra path (or three or four) through the dungeon. I don't think that having multiple paths through a dungeon really matters if the decision of which path to take doesn't matter. If it is a decision between fighting a goblin boss or a ghost boss then I don't think that a dungeon can really be considered non-linear, because, in the end, it doesn't really matter and you probably won't even care in a week. I would much rather have a "linear", but fun and compelling dungeon with memorable fights than play through a non-linear dungeon where the choices you make don't really have consequences. What I am saying is; Quantity ≠ Quality.
I think that, as long as you inform everyone of the real life languages that inspire those in P:E, it shouldn't be too hard for someone to find out how to pronounce anything they have trouble with, if they actually care enough to learn. However, as many have already said, a grammar rule/guideline would help significantly if the resources are available (I would assume they are if the time is being taken to do this in the first place).
Holy Avenger
JR.9613 replied to Sarex's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
I don't think forced restrictions add character or interesting game play experiences.. I made a suggestion in another thread that I think would allow item restrictions (and other restrictions) to be in place IF the player wants them. Being able to choose a restriction or freedom, and having to deal with those consequences throughout the game, is much more interesting to me, and would make it possible to take RP'ing a little bit farther with things like phobias, etc.. Something else I would like to add is that I don't feel that overly powerful "easter egg" items are needed. In most cases they are taken and exploited (I know, it is a single player game, but still...) and it takes away from the fun of the game for me. I know that I don't have to use those items, but being able to obtain Carsomyr so early in BG2, even with the paladin restriction, was too easy-- and then the sword made it that much easier... Again, that is my opinion, and if it were my choice I wouldn't have it available so early or at the very least a version that is not so powerful. -
It matters a lot to me. I think that the author's context is important and I wouldn't mind at all with having to take the time to learn how to pronounce things that are not immediately apparent. Like Gumbercules said, I value having the languages being distinct, and it isn't the end of the world for me if I screw up saying something as long I figure it out eventually. I do appreciate that you are willing to take the time to add depth to this aspect of the game and I am looking forward to it!
Holy Avenger
JR.9613 replied to Sarex's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
They would have to be done right, so it would still be beneficial and even encouraged to mix and match pieces. I don't think having one "master" build per class would be much fun, but maybe that is just me. If this were implemented, however, I would want trinkets/jewelry to be included, not just armor. Getting off-topic though, sorry. -
Holy Avenger
JR.9613 replied to Sarex's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
I don't feel the need to add the Holy Avenger in particular, I think other memorable/iconic weapons would be equally interesting (for those who recognize them). However, as Sensuki pointed out, some of those items may fall under the D&D license, so if anything were included it would likely be more of a reference than an item actually being represented. -
I understand what you mean, but I don't think that those restrictions should be mandatory. I think something like TES: Daggerfall's character creation would be good, where you can choose certain advantages or disadvantages that increase or decrease XP needed to level up. The bonuses or consequences of those disadvantages/advantages could be something other than needing more XP, of course... 6:34 into the video is where it starts, if you don't know what I am talking about. You can see the dagger on the side increase and decrease as he choose the different bonuses. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-gyH9n-8Ck[/media] There are flaws with this system (choosing weaknesses that your race is immune to), but nothing that couldn't be fixed.
After reading this I thought that a "shared" inventory space between party members might be interesting. You would pull up a character's inventory screen and transfer an item(s) between party members without having to drop an item, move the character, and have another character pick it up. Those two things combined would be useful.
My biggest concern is the possible lack of innovation under the excuse that P:E is meant to be like the IE games. The flip side of that is that I'm not sure what my specific concerns are (not all of them at least) and innovation for the sake of "being different" isn't necessary either, which is why I said that I am most likely thinking too hard. In the end, I don't think it will be a problem, but it is something I am worried about.
Although it is nice to not have (as many?, if any at all) equipment restrictions, those aren't my biggest concerns. I am sure it is just me, but I hope that other game mechanics aren't left too similar to the IE games if they don't need to be or can be improved. What I mean is that I don't want some aspects of the game to be left the same just because it saves time and money and have it be justified because of the (possible?) excuse that P:E is meant to be like the IE games... Like I said; I am probably thinking too hard and shouldn't worry, but who knows.
While instant death for situations like these would definitely add to the immersion and realism, I feel like any situation where this would be usable would be restricted to scripted events or, as Jajo said, would "trivialize the content" if an abundance of spells or skills were available that incapacitate an enemy making them vulnerable to instant death. I think both should be avoided equally. There is more in the spoiler, but I use a quest from BG2 as an example and I would rather be polite and not give anything away, no matter how small it might seem.
Adequate rewards
JR.9613 replied to Cultist's topic in Pillars of Eternity: Stories (Spoiler Warning!)
When it comes to rewards (loot, gold and xp) I think that it is important to balance the cost of "living" in the world and the setting/story in each area with the quantity and quality of the rewards your character(s) receive. By "living" in the game world I mean that literally. The best example that I can think of are the inns in BG (the second one in particular). The best of the best for sleeping arrangements in those inns were the "royal" suites which cost only 16 gold (if I remember correctly) and, by the time the players made it out of the starter dungeon, these rooms were no longer considered expensive (from a player's perspective). This made absolutely no sense to me considering a drink from the same inn could cost up to 30 gold. My point here is that rewards that are actually rewarding are nice, but they should be balanced in consideration of the world economy to make the game more challenging and better from a RP perspective.


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Year: 2018
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Chen Shumowitz-Schuster
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Using natural language processing for fun.
Awhile back (3½ years — hard to believe), I did a couple blog posts about the language in the Land of Oz books by L. Frank Baum. One post was about visualizing the language in the books, while the other post was a bit of a linguistic analysis of one aspect.
Those posts used just the words of the texts, but with other natural language processing tools, we can look for structures as well. Just for fun, I decided to look for suggestions in order to create something like Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies. I looked for commands for the suggestions and I also threw in some aphorism-like phrases for good measure, using some work I had done previously, also for fun.
It is quite fascinating what kinds of commands and aphorisms exist in these children's novels from over 100 years ago, though I'm not sure I'll use them for "lateral thinking" à la the Oblique Strategies.
So, take a look at the Wisdom of Oz™, and see what you think (of).
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To do the analysis I used the spacy parser and then wrote python programs to process the output. Commands are actually tricky to look for in English, since there is no reliable indicator of whether a phrase is a command or not, unlike in many languages where the form of the verb indicates a command. Exclamation points can be used for exclamations as well as commands, and we often talk elliptically and leave out subjects ("Leaving for the store now!") just as commands (typically) don't have explicit subjects. In addition, parsing is hard! Even something as seemingly simple as "Run, don't walk, to the nearest store" is difficult for spacy, and this is not at all a criticism of spacy — all parsers will have some kind of problem (and to be fair, humans sometimes fail at parsing too!).
So what I did was make a first pass to find some (but not all) potential commands. Then I went through them manually, choosing the real ones, and further narrowing them down to the interesting ones. I also did some slight editing to remove extraneous context and to randomly substitute third person pronouns for he/him and she/her. For example, in the book Wizard of Oz, the passage
"Go to the strangers and sting them to death!" commanded the Witch, …
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gets edited down to just:
Go to the strangers.
I tried to be nice (no stinging to death!).
I just took a quick look at "you should" as another source of suggestions, but there are actually only a couple in all of the Oz books, so I didn't include them. Most of the instances of "you should" are either part of conditionals or part of counterfactuals. Here are two examples:
if you should fall asleep you are too big to be carried.
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I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country …
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I followed a similar process for aphorisms as I did for commands, of using parsing to find possibilities and then manually selecting and editing those initial results.


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Soft Access Lists and Event Requests allow you to exchange event information with others. So who can you send Event Request forms and Soft Access Lists to? Anyone you wish! Someone in your Crescat group, another group, or even anyone outside the Crescat platform.
Soft Access Lists
Soft Access Lists is an extra module for Crescat Venue. You can use them to let anyone else view a calendar over which rooms have been booked for which events and at what time. Of course, you may hide the names of the events in your Soft Access List calendar so that only the time slots and room names are displayed.
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To find out how to create and use Soft Access Lists, click here.
Event Requests
Event Requests is an extra module for Crescat Event. You can use this module to create an event request form that allows others to create events for your Crescat group by filling out the form.
Related Guides:
To find out how to create and use an Event Request form, click here. To learn how to accept or decline an Event Request, click here.
Event Requests + Soft Access Lists
You might have already noticed how these two tools could be combined to create the ultimate booking tool for your venue. We did too, and we baked in a feature that does just that.
When these two modules are combined, you can create a Soft Access List where users can click a square in the calendar to book a specific room and date for their event.
Now you're ready to dive deeper into the world of event requests and soft access lists. Check out our additional resources in the knowledge base for more reading and expert tips.
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To find out how to combine Event Requests and Soft Access Lists, click here. Note that this guide does not go in-depth on creating Event Requests and Soft Access Lists. Its focus is mainly on combining the two.
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- Creating a Soft Access List
- Creating an Event Request
- Accepting & Declining an Event Request
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Hi everyone. Happy Tuesday to you.
I'm here today because it is time (already!) to start a new challenge at Try It On Tuesday. Thank you Fiona for hosting our previous challenge, and thank you to everyone who shared their masculine inspired pieces for this challenge also. For The Man In Your Life was a fun challenge, and it was great to see all the masculine ideas people had.
Our new challenge that starts today is: RECYCLE
The quote was already on the tag, so I kept the theme the same. To finish my page I added a few of Art by Marlene punch out images.
Our RECYCLE challenge will run for the next 2 weeks at Try It On Tuesday. We accept all kinds of art as long as you stick to the challenge, and this time you should somehow recycle something. And don't forget to check out the design team's art too. There are so many ways to recycle, and they have some excellent examples.
I am also linking up my page to Creative Artiste Mix Media's challenge, where anything goes as long as you use at least 3 different types of media.
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Youngpool technology | New Year's day holiday notice
Dec 26, 2022In the last week of 2022, the New Year's Day is less than a month away, and the New Year's Day is coming. According to the spirit of The General Office of the State Council and the actual operation situation of the company, the holiday schedule of Yangpu Technology on New Year's Day 2023 is as follows:
① New Year's Day holiday time: December 31, 2022 to January 2, 2023, a total of 3 days.
② Working time: January 3, 2023.
Now the country has released the epidemic prevention and control, and the first wave of Yangkang has also returned to work. In difficult times, we need to work together to overcome the disease and the economic winter! Let's work together to make the New Year prosperous!
Introduction to Youngpool Technology:
YOUNGPOOL Technology Co.,Ltd is an Original Equipment Manufacturer awarded as one of the top New Technology Enterprise company nationally. With an elite team of research and development, production, sales and services, we focus our best capabilities to the electronic manufacturing industry.
Our flagship machines ranging from Intelligent Automatic Splicing Machine, Laser Marking machine, Laser Depaneling Machine and Vacuum Degassing Machine. Adhering to the design principle of "User Friendly, Reliability, Intelligent", the company aims to provide the industry with the best performance equipment, helping customers reduce the cost of equipment ownership with no compromise on yield improvement and production efficiency.
To meet customers' continuous requirement on efficiency and quality improvement is the main purpose of our development and to promote the progressiveness of the industry is our constant mission. At YoungPool, we constantly pursuit to be the technology leader of China which cannot be ignored in the electronic manufacturing industry.


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A new Chromecast with Google TV may be on the way, according to a report from 9to5Google. It's reportedly being worked on and has recently appeared in the Google Home app preview update.
The Chromecast with Google TV is one of the best streaming devices around, offering a small form factor and full Google TV support at a relatively affordable price. It also offers a remote and access to more than 10,000 Android TV apps.
APK Teardown
A new APK Teardown by 9to5Google reveals that Google is currently working on a new Chromecast with Google TV. The device, codenamed Boreal, is said to be running the same software as the current version and should be available in 2022.
It appears to feature support for the AV1 format, which Google now requires from all Android TV devices launched after March 2021, an increase in storage capacity and better processing power. It may also offer a better HDR experience as well as support for 8K resolutions.
Another interesting thing about the APK teardown is that it reveals that Google may be working on adding a universal remote to the Chromecast app. This would let users control any Android TV device using their phone or tablet, provided it is connected to the same Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth signal.
Aside from the added remote functionality, the latest version of the Chromecast app also reveals some new background images when it isn't casting any content. These could be either news, offers or recent photos.
Chromecast has been one of the hottest streaming devices in recent years. It's a simple, easy-to-use media player that beams content to your TV via Wi-Fi.
Google is reportedly working on a new version of its Chromecast with Google TV that looks different from previous models, and it has some interesting features. It's slimmer and longer than the other versions, and it uses a USB-C port for power instead of a micro-USB connection like all the others.
The device also comes in two versions: Chromecast With Google TV (HD) and Chromecast With Google TV 4K. The HD is powered by an Amlogic S805X2 CPU, while the 4K version has a Cortex-A35 chip.
The new Chromecast With Google TV is a more advanced streaming stick than the previous model thanks to a new user interface running on top of Android TV. It offers personal suggestions based on your subscriptions, viewing habits, and content that you own.
The $30 Google Chromecast with Google TV isn't exactly an expensive streaming device. But it's a solid choice for people looking to bring smarts and video streaming to older 1080p TVs.
Google's goal with Chromecast is to make content discovery on your big screen easier and more enjoyable than ever before. That's why it offers a wide selection of apps, including Netflix, Hulu and Spotify.
It also supports HDR, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. That means you can get a better picture for less money than with a dedicated 4K set-top box.
As a bonus, the device comes with an intelligent menu system that can make sense of all your options, as well as a functional remote. Plus, it's got the latest Android TV upgrades and a Google Assistant at your fingertips.
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Google Reportedly Working on New Chromecast With Google TV
Streaming sticks have been a major trend in the last few years, and Google's original Chromecast was one of the best-selling dongles. But it wasn't without its shortcomings.
It was too limited in terms of video and audio quality, and it lacked a remote. But the latest Chromecast With Google TV fixes those issues and elevates it to a solid competitor against Roku and Amazon Fire's streaming sticks.
It also comes with a voice remote and loads of Android TV apps. It can play 4K content at HDR10 or HDR10+, and it supports Dolby Vision audio.


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an online payday loan also called a "cash progress" or "check advance" funding, is a unsecured personal loan based on how much cash you earn.
cash advance loans charge borrowers with high curiosity and repayment that is short-term.
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Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that can cause pneumonia, encephalitis — even death. Most often, we hear little about it because routine vaccinations have protected us from ever getting it.
A measles outbreak in the Los Angeles area of Southern California and Santa Barbara County, however, has health officials recommending the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine as soon as possible. All it takes to spread this illness is a cough or a sneeze.
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Most of the affected people in this latest outbreak were unvaccinated.
"An outbreak is possible any place where there are pockets of unvaccinated people making up over 10 percent of the population," said Meghan May, an associate professor of microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of New England College of Medicine.
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"Large swaths of Southern California and the Bay Area fall into this category, as do many individual counties and metropolitan areas. State health departments often post immunization rates by county, so anyone can check their local area to assess their risk," she told LifeZette. "For example, while my home state of Maine has the highest immunization rate in the country for MMR, my home county of York has only a 79 percent coverage rate. My community is therefore at risk, while my state is not."
The outbreaks follow a nationwide outbreak of mumps, which is also highly contagious. On Thursday afternoon alone, there were nine new cases reported at the University of Kansas.
Both diseases carry grave health risks: deafness, impaired fertility, and potentially fatal encephalitis, said May. "Rubella is a bit more complicated. Children actually tend to have a very mild illness of fever and rash and nearly always recover completely. The reason it is critical that we vaccinate against rubella is that it causes very severe birth defects if pregnant women are infected. It is exactly what we are currently worried about with Zika virus — a few decades back, we were having the same conversation about rubella."
Related: More Mumps Cases Than in Years Gone By
In high-risk populations, the concerns for potentially fatal complications of measles, mumps, or rubella are even higher.
"These diseases are not to be thought of as trivial simply because our parents and grandparents survived them. There is a very good reason the MMR vaccine was developed in the first place," said May.
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If you're able to do so, get vaccinated immediately, she recommends. If your age or health status, or that of children, does not allow you to be vaccinated, a practical measure is to ensure that your physician only sees vaccinated patients.
"Patients infected with measles shed live virus before they have symptoms that can be recognized," said May. "It may be present in waiting rooms or other common areas. If you live in an area with an active outbreak, it is also reasonable for you to ask any guests, play dates, or other contacts if they've been vaccinated. If they haven't, it is critical you minimize contact. It may feel awkward, but it is so important."
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Greencard Interview for Employment Based EB Category
What are Employment-Based Green Card Categories?
You should note that the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) authority splits and prioritizes green card applicants into five categories. They are:
EB-1 Priority Workers are those applicants with exceptional skills in the fields of science, art, business, education, and sports. Each country has an allocation of 2,802 (28.6% of applicants) green cards to be awarded under this category. While applicants under the EB-1 category do face the highest levels of scrutiny, they do also receive the biggest priority.
In addition to applicants deemed to possess an exceptional ability, the EB-2 category incorporate green card applicants that hold advanced degrees. They are seen to offer serious value to the country's economy and general national interest. The EB-2 group also gains a cap of 28.6% green cards per country.
Related Article | Green Card Applicants May Soon Need a Good Credit Score
Applicants under the EB-3 category are professional individuals that boast at least two years of formal training or experience in their field of expertise. Each country is given a quote of 28.6%, as is the same as EB-1 and EB-2, but the rules are a little less stringent. This category can also extend to unskilled workers who possess experience that isn't readily available in America.
Special immigrants falling into the EB-4 category of employment-based I-485 applications may include religious workers joining a nonprofit organization, or employees and translators of the United States government stationed in other countries. The quote cap is set to 695 (7.1%) people per country each year.
Foreign entrepreneurs and investors that intend to invest at least $1 million and create ten permanent full-time positions for U.S residents can apply for their green card under the EB-5 category. Like EB-4, this category has a cap of 7.1% of each country's total green card applications. In cases where there are fewer applications, the figures may change to $500,000 and five jobs.
The contrast in competition levels is fairly stark between one category and the next, so knowing which route to take will make a positive impact. Following the right path also streamlines the application process, including the interview phase, as the interviewers can get straight to handling your circumstances.
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What Do You Need at the Green Card Interview?
You will receive a confirmation of what is required during each stage of the interview, including when you receive the interview notice. However, the list of items and documentation will likely consist of:
By attending your green card interview with all of the above documents and items, you stand a far better chance of a quick and seamless process. This preparation will allow you to receive your work permit as soon as possible.
You Are Engaged to a U.S. Citizen
If you are the fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen, you stand a very good chance of becoming a green card holder after your marriage. You will begin the process by applying for a K-1 fiancé(e) visa. If approved, you will be allowed to come to the United States and get married to your fiancé(e) within 90 days of the approval.
And after your marriage, you can apply to adjust your status by filing for a U.S. green card with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). Your U.S. citizen fiancé(e) will need to sponsor your visa application by filing an I-129F with the USCIS, after which you will complete the second phase of the process by submitting a nonimmigrant visa application at a U.S. embassy or consulate in your home country where you will be given a K-1 nonimmigrant visa.


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The first trailer for the STARZ television adaptation of Neil Gaimans much beloved and critically acclaimed novel American Gods has been released online after making a surprise appearance at San Diego Comic Con yesterday.
American Gods tells the story of a secret war between the old, traditional gods – the likes of Odin and Loki – and the new gods, the gods of capitalism like Media and technology. The series has managed to score some big names to play some of it's title characters, including the X Files star Gillian Anderson as Media, and Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday. Ricky Whittle, star of The 100, will portray Shadow, a recently released convict who finds his wife, played by Emily Browning, has died in a car crash, and who ends up agreeing to become Mr. Wednesday's body guard.
The series has had a somewhat turbulent path to adaptation, moving from HBO to a period of development hell before it finally found a home on Starz.
Also at the American Gods Comic Con Panel, the crowd were treated to one final casting announcement, despite the fact that production of the series is well underway, when Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth arrived onstage, announcing that she had secured the part of Easter, a goddess in the original book.
The show, developed by writer Michael Green and producer Bryan Fuller, the man behind Hannibal and the upcoming Star Trek TV revival, is set to premier in 2017, with filming set to wrap up in September.
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"19 Kids And Counting" star Anna Duggar is heartbroken to leave her palatial D.C. home for a tiny Arkansas foreclosure property the family purchased this past January.
In the wake of her husband Josh Duggar's molestation scandal, Anna Duggar and their three children, Mackynzie, Michael and Marcus are heading back to Arkansas to be near the rest of the Duggar clan. But the high-class life Anna was treated to in Washington D.C. will be a distant memory as she calls a run-down foreclosure property her new home, as she prepares for the birth of her fourth child this summer.
The couple rented their residence in Oxon Hill section of Maryland D.C. for reportedly close to $3,500 per month. The price for their new Arkansas home? Roughly $55,000.
The Duggar family has reportedly been helping Josh and Anna remodel the home, which had fallen into disrepair after it was repossessed from the previous owners, according to Radar Online.
The couple had planned to have the house as a place to stay when they were visiting Arkansas, but it looks like now this will reportedly be a full time residence.
Duggar's new home is in Siloam Springs, not far from the Duggar home in Tontitown.
Anna Duggar has found her life turned upside down after the charges against her husband which dated back to 2006 were brought to light.
She posted a quote about forgiveness days before Josh Duggar's child molestation scandal broke on her official Instagram page, followed up quickly by a post by her husband about consequences. "The three most beautiful words in the English language are these: I forgive you," stated Anna Duggar.
"Do right and risk the consequences," posted Josh Duggar, of a statement made by Texas governor Sam Houston.
"I was surprised at his openness and humility and at the same time didn't know why he was sharing it. For Josh, he wanted not just me but my parents to know who he really was, even very difficult past mistakes," said Anna Duggar in support of her husband as information came to light about his abuse allegations to People Magazine.
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11. Licenses and Collaborations Emory University On December 6, 2018, we notified Emory University ("Emory") of the termination of our License Agreement with Emory, dated March 7, 2013 (the "License Agreement"). Pursuant to the License Agreement, Emory agreed to add to the Licensed Patents and Licensed Technology Emory's rights to any patent, patent application, invention, or technology application that was based on technology disclosed within three (3) years of March 7, 2013. The License Agreement included payments due to Emory ranging from $40,000 to $500,000 based on successful achievement of certain drug development milestones. Additionally, Cocrystal undertook to make royalty payments at 3.5% of net sales due to Emory with a minimum in year one of $25,000 and increase to $400,000 in year five upon product commercialization. The License Agreement covered patents and patent applications for hepatitis C virus ("HCV") inhibitors, which we no longer consider essential to our HCV program. As part of our HCV program, we continue to focus our efforts on CC-31244, our HCV Non-Nucleoside Polymerase Inhibitor, in Phase 2a clinical trial. The Company had the right to terminate the License Agreement at its sole discretion upon a 90 days' prior written notice and upon payment of all amounts due Emory under the License Agreement through the date of termination. No amounts are due under the License Agreement. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. On January 2, 2019, the Company entered into an Exclusive License and Research Collaboration Agreement (the "Collaboration Agreement") with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. ("Merck") to discover and develop certain proprietary influenza A/B antiviral agents. Under the terms of the Collaboration Agreement, Merck will fund research and development for the program, including clinical development, and will be responsible for worldwide commercialization of any products derived from the collaboration. Cocrystal received an upfront payment of $4 million and is eligible to receive payments related to designated development, regulatory and sales milestones with the potential to earn up to $156,000,000, as well as royalties on product sales. Merck can terminate the Collaboration Agreement at any time prior to the first commercial sale of the first product developed under the Collaboration Agreement, in its sole discretion, without cause. National Institute of Health Cocrystal has two Public Health Biological Materials License Agreements with the National Institute of Health. The original License Agreements were dated August 31, 2010 and amended on November 6, 2013. The materials licensed are being used in Norovirus assays to screen potential antiviral agents in our library. Duke University and Emory University In February 2016, the Company entered into an agreement with Duke University and Emory University to license various patents and know-how to use CRISPR/Cas9 technologies for developing a possible cure for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human papilloma virus (HPV). On September 25, 2017 ("Termination Date"), the Company mutually terminated the agreement with Duke University and Emory University, there are no further rights or obligations under this license agreement after the termination date. |


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High on a cliff above the gloomy Victorian town of Withering-by-Sea stands the Hotel Majestic. Inside the walls of the damp, dull hotel, eleven-year-old orphan Stella Montgomery leads a miserable life with her three dreadful aunts.
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The Lie Tree
On an island off the south coast of Victorian England, fourteen-year-old Faith investigates the mysterious death of her father, who was involved in a scandal, and discovers a tree that feeds upon lies and gives those who eat its fruit visions of truth.
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A fantastic Steampunk adventure in the deeps. Transforming his appearance and stealing secret documents from the French is all in a day's work for fourteen-year-old Modo, a British secret agent. But his latest mission—to uncover the underwater mystery of something called the Ictneo—seems impossible. There are rumors of a sea monster and a fish as big as a ship. French spies are after it, and Mr. Socrates, Modo's master, wants to find it first. Modo and his fellow secret agent, Octavia, begin their mission in New York City, then take a steamship across the North Atlantic. During the voyage, Modo uncovers an astounding secret. The Dark Deeps, the second book in Arthur Slade's Hunchback Assignments series, is set in a fascinating Steampunk Victorian world. Modo's underwater adventures and his encounters with the young French spy Colette Brunet, the fearless Captain Monturiol, and the dreaded Clockwork Guild guarantee a gripping read filled with danger, suspense, and brilliant inventions.


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Edwina 'Eddy' Bartholomew has introduced her baby boy to Sunrise viewers as she made a chaotic appearance on the breakfast show from maternity leave.
The Channel Seven star and her husband Neil Varcoe welcomed the newborn named Thomas, on March the 1st.
Before becoming a mum-of-two, Edwina already had her hands full with daughter Molly, who was born in December 2019.
"It's been wonderful, it's been such a lovely two months," the 38-year-old told colleagues David Koch and Natalie Barr from home on Friday.
"He was born on the 1st of March, so it's been wonderful, delightful, joyful, challenging, exhausting."
Edwina then revealed that her and Neil do not plan to have any more kids, saying she feels like her "family is complete". After starting well, the interview quickly went off the rails when Tom "cracked it" and began screaming at the top of his lungs.
A laughing Edwina labelled the moment "the beautiful chaos of motherhood".
"This is motherhood, and you have to embrace it in all of its joys, all of its chaos, all of its disasters and all of these special moments we can share with the nation like now," she said.
"It's just the most delightful experience isn't it!"
After wrapping up the chat, the team paid tribute to Eddy and all of the other parents raising little kids around Australia in the lead-up to Mother's Day.
Sport presenter Mark Beretta said: "that's what is so beautiful about that – it is so real, that's how it is."
Natalie Barr added that "every single parent" could relate to the chaotic scenes viewers saw at Eddy's home, saying "we all know what it's like".
Edwina announced Thomas' arrival on Instagram two days after he was delivered, sharing a few special snaps of the newborn on social media.
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C86 is a type of music, but what it describes is a contentious point. Its original meaning can be agreed upon at least. What it began as was a free cassette that came with issues of the British magazine NME in 1986 (hence, cassette 1986), later available for purchase as an LP through Rough Trade. Like its predecessor, C81, it featured a slew of up and coming indie acts. Unlike C81, this cassette's indie acts were far more indie and less established.
Says NME's website: "We [tried] to invent an alternative scene - our own version of punk you could say - by forcing a coterie of new bands onto a cassette called C86. It's not entirely convincing and you should get out more if you remember The Shop Assistants - but it nails our colours to the mast. We, it said, for better or worse, are indie."
Of course, NME is no longer indie, but twenty years of popularity will do that. Were C86 a cassette alone, it wouldn't merit much note now. But it became more than that. Although not all the bands featured on the compilation were stylistically similar, enough of them shared the same shambolic sound for C86 to quickly become identified as a particular genre, a movement, in independent rock. That sound is arguably twee, and definitively Jangly. Although many tweepop groups do grow from C86, the genre is, strictly speaking, jangle pop. Some have argued that, like Krautrock, C86 is more a time and place thing: late 80's British DIY indie, rather than a genre, but listen to the compilation, or any of the bands that became linked to C86 afterward, and you'll find that most of the artists have a shared, distinct sound (i.e. discordant feed-back laden guitars mixed with almost child-like vocalization of mostly cheery, sometimes political lyrics).(Of course, the statement "NME is no longer indie" is only valid if one uses the word "indie" in the purist sense, rather than the popular sense. In the other sense, NME remains the bible of "indie", but "indie" is no longer indie; instead, "indie" these days is the next generation of "alternative", a fashion-conscious, highly commercial and formulaic genre of music, upbeat, stylishly-distressed football-terrace anthems, sponsored by Carling and Clear Channel, and comprised of simple riffs and the catchier bits lifted from the underground music of yesterday, streamlined for mass consumption. But I digress.)
Mocking Music goes on to examine each track on the NME cassette (side A and side B); the descriptions are somewhat brief and in some cases cursory to the extreme (and contain a few mistakes, for example, "Bullfighter's Bones" is named in one place as "Bullfighter Blues"), though they do include MP3 links, and does explain who Nerys Hughes was.
IMHO, C86 is an interesting historical document, and worth a listen, though it is far from a list of either the best or most significant exponents of the zeitgeist that became known as C86. A handful of the tracks merit repeated listening (in my opinion, the highlights include Primal Scream's Velocity Girl, The Bodines' Therese, Stump's Buffalo, The Shop Assistants' It's Up To You and the abovementioned Half Man Half Biscuit song, (even though it's arguable nobody who hasn't lived in England during the 1980s has a chance of truly understanding HMHB, however, collecting their works and cribbing up on the soap actors and second-division football managers mentioned from online cheat sheets could be useful for Anglophilic oneupmanship); much of the rest is somewhat forgettable. On the other hand, I suspect that more recent NME compilations (Britpack anyone?) won't stand the test of time to anywhere near the same extent as C86 did.


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- Birth DateJune 15, 1954
- Birth Name Dan Laustsen
- Age 70
- Father's Name Aage Aarup Laustsen
- Mother's Name Ellen Laustsen
- Birth Place Aalborg, Denmark
- Birth Sign Gemini
- Nationality Danish
- Profession Cinematographer
- Partner Lisa Ohlin
- Relationship Status Married
- Hair Color Grey
- Children Barbara Laustsen
- Awards Honors Three Bodil Awards
- Official Website https://www.danlaustsen.com/
- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dan.laustsen/?hl=en
- IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491565/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Laustsen
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Dan Laustsen is a veteran cinematographer of Hollywood. His career spans over four decades, including numerous films, documentaries, television series, etc. In addition, his works have been critically acclaimed.
The cameraperson has also earned many nominations and awards wins. For instance, he has won three Bodil Awards, five Robert Awards, and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. Moreover, he has earned two Oscars and two BAFTA nominations.
So, let's learn more about this iconic figure's background, career, earnings, spouse, kids, etc., in this biography.
Dan Laustsen's Sister Urged Him Towards Cinematography Path
The cinematographer was born on June 15, 1954, in Aalborg, Denmark. He hasn't revealed much about his parents in the media. Nonetheless, Dan Laustsen's father, Aage Aarup Laustsen, and mother, Ellen Laustsen, must have supported his photography passion.
The media person developed an interest in photography at fourteen. He had seen stylish black and white images in popular magazines and became inspired. In addition, he saved up enough money to buy his first still camera.
Laustsen enrolled in a three-year program for fashion photography in a local school at seventeen. After that, he did fashion commercial photography from eighteen to twenty-one.
Later, Dan became interested in documentaries and aspired to work for National Geographic. But, it wasn't easy in his home country.
Dan Laustsen's older sister had learned about the National Film School of Denmark's opening for student cinematographers. She encouraged him to apply regardless of his initial hesitance.
The young man was selected and began studying in 1976. He completed his course in 1979 and pursued a cinematography career.
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Dan Laustsen Net Worth And Career
Dan Laustsen's net worth is heavily influenced by his cinematography career. His fortune comes from his behind-the-scenes works in films, documentaries, TV mini-series, etc.
The cinematographer began his journey as an assistant cameraman in This Rockin' Globe in 1978. He gained his first cinematography job a year later in Do We Start Off with a Dance? He has since worked on many film projects.
Laustsen has collaborated with director Guillermo Del Toro in Mimic, Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water, and Nightmare Alley. The last one has also earned him the 2022 Academy Awards nomination.
Let's see some of his movie credits and their box office collections below:
Movies | Box Office Collections |
Small Town Killers | $164,604 |
John Wick: Chapter 2 | $171,547,802 |
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | $327,281,779 |
Proud Mary | $21,753,365 |
Nightmare Alley | $37,424,932 |
Dan's income must have been a hefty amount from such blockbuster hits. Likewise, PayScale states the average pay of a cinematographer is $58,810 annually. So, considering his years of expertise, Laustsens' salary must be more than the given range.
Thus, Dan Laustsens' net worth must be a considerable amount from his cinematography career. Another individual who is the 2022 Oscars nominee in the cinematography category is Greig Fraser.
Is Dan Laustsen Married?
The Danish cinematographer is happily married to film director Lisa Ohlin. The latter has over twenty-five years of experience in the Swedish Motion Pictures Industry.
The pair hasn't precisely shared when they first began dating. Both have also not revealed their marital date. Nonetheless, the couple is enjoying a comfortable life together.
Dan Laustsen's wife, Lisa Ohlin, has directed twelve 45-minutes episodes of crime, five feature films, and many television dramas. Her notable film credits include Simon & the Oaks, Sex hopp & kärlek, Beck, etc.
The duo often share pictures of them traveling on Instagram. Both also occasionally attend red carpet events and functions together.
Laustsen Has A Beautiful Daughter
The Dune cinematographer has also welcomed a gorgeous daughter named Barbara Laustsen. However, she leads a private life away from the media.
Dan Laustsen's daughter, Barbara, supports his film career wholeheartedly. She also appeared alongside her dad in the 90th Academy Awards.
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Going through Dan's spouse, Lisa's old IG posts, he also seems to have a son. But he hasn't shared much info about his lad.
Hopefully, Laustsen will share more about his children in the future.


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Thwack. The wooden ruler yet again struck my forearm. Over and over again my junior school teacher punished me for not understanding maths. I will never forget the humiliation of having to queue along with a boy called David, to get smacked with a ruler. I was about 7 I guess. Maths and stroppy teachers were a big puzzle to me.
The best subjects for me at senior school were art, needlework and music. Definitely not maths - which is ironic when you hear what I did in later life.
I left the English grammar school system having failed all A levels and a love of all things creative. I was made to feel like a failure. If I couldn't do science and all the normal subjects I wasn't good enough for university. Personally, I could see little reason to learn how to dissect a frog. Why would this be useful in my future life? I could have gone to a teacher training college. But the freedom from overbearing parents and earning my own money had a bigger pull on me. That way my parents could not enforce their rules and beliefs upon me, if I was independent with my own money.
So I learnt secretarial skills and travelled a lot. I always thought that if I could learn to type super fast - it would be beneficial to me. I didn't know why but my intuition told me I knew it would benefit later on - as this was in the age before computers.
Eventually, after a sequence of jobs and temp jobs to allow me to travel, I got to work as a private secretary. This was for the directors/owners of an international Interior Design Company. And it turned out to be as close to the art world as I could get. This proved to be great fun, working for film stars and princesses across the world. The bosses spotted my organisational skills. They considered me a great fit for bookkeeping and tracking money. Finally, I ran the office as manager/accounts manager. This I did for years with a million-pound turnover. So much for being bad at maths and being reprimanded with a wooden ruler on a regular basis for it.
I met my husband-to-be and had great fun, got married and had a good time socialising. This was until I was expecting my first child - a daughter. My husband took to drinking and became an alcoholic.
I was very lonely with a new baby having no support from local relatives.
I started an AlAnon group locally. The first with creche in the UK - to help relatives of alcoholics. It made no sense to not have a creche. Most of the members were girls struggling on alone and with children in the mix too.
(The group is still going today 33 years later)
I had another child - a boy.
I was fortunate that the daytime job allowed me to work from home. It was a thing all those years ago.
So I pitched up at the office two times a week and worked like a whirlwind. Remember the fast typing speed that I learnt years earlier, but didn't know why it was important? This speedy completion of work, meant that I had less to do from home - whilst still earning my full wage.
Just because I worked fast, I did not see any reason to earn less money!
I developed quick lists as reminders of what needed doing. Lists of what not to forget. And repeatable spreadsheets which allowed quick wins to be tracked. In truth - I ended up mostly with three days in the week free of work. This allowed me to have quality time with my children or anything else I chose to do. I considered myself very fortunate.
In my spare time, I started to learn how to decorate cakes for the children's birthdays. And I actually got quite good. People started asking if they could pay me. I loved making novelty cut and carved cakes - the craft gave me a platform to use my creativity. And the squash club I belonged to asked constantly for celebration novelty cakes. Their big zero birthday parties had one of my special cakes as a centrepiece. I studied City & Guilds Sugarcraft and got my certificate which I was proud of.
When my children were 5 and 2 - I decided to throw my husband out. He earnt nothing, contributed nothing, swore and was in a ferocious mood all the time. It was like having a very grumpy non-paying lodger in the house. So enough was enough. How much worse could it get?
Could I really survive single-handedly?
I continued my quest and thirst for finding personal development books. Scouring the local bookshop shelves to learn all I could.
I knew I had to become strong enough to be both mum and dad - as well as juggle the bills and keep us afloat. I had a choice. I could either go down the "I am a victim" route or take the higher path. I decided to fight back.
I became adept at finding fun low-cost things for us to do. And the children and I became a close-knit trio of us against the rest of the world. We laughed and had memorable picnics. We clipped coupons from newspapers to get a caravan or boating holiday. We had fun with little money. Even now my kids say picnics and egg mayonnaise sandwiches were the best.
The biggest transformation came from a book called Creative Visualisation by Shakti Gawain. She taught me how to write things down that I wanted and to add dates to the goals. I did this - and put the book away.
There is an addition to my story. A couple of years after I became a single mum by choice - my best friend at the time became a multi-millionaire. Her husband floated a business on the stock market and they became instantly wealthy.
So imagine - we had a weekly play date with my friend and her two similar-aged children. Once a week we would go to her 12-bedroom mansion - and my kids got to play with the amazing toys. The other week they came to my teeny tiny house for tea. My friend's kids loved coming to me. Why? Because I lived on a normal street and the ice cream van came to visit. It never went up their private road. So it made me smile - for all the privilege and expensive toys - ice cream won them over!
Fast forward 7 years from the goal writing session.
After I divorced, I met a new partner and when the kids were 9 and 12 we bought a house together. Sorting out the furniture from the removal van I rediscovered the box with the dated goals.
I had these written goals in 1993 when my son was one. And at the time I could barely make the mortgage payments. And had not even begun divorce proceedings.
On the sheet of paper, one of the goals I had written was "I have a detached house in a fab part of town (naming the district). It is halfway between a girls' school and halfway between a senior school for my son" Also, I had added a date. 1st May 2001.
I moved in on 26th April 2001 - so 4 days before the date I quoted all those years before.
I got curious and got out a map. I wanted to know where exactly was halfway between the two schools. By using a compass to make an arc I measured measure halfway between both school entrances. The cross where they intersected was exactly where my new house was.
There is a lot to be said for Creative Visualisation. And another lot of "coincidences" happened too.
But it made me realise that if you live your life on purpose - you can improve any situation.
One day - my ex-sister-in-law rang and told me she had booked 3 of us in to walk on hot coals. Being naturally competitive I agreed and then felt sick for 4 weeks until the day came. Achieving this walk - also showed me, that I could do something that I thought was impossible. And if I could walk on hot coals without harm, what else could I be capable of?
The hot coal walk - led to qualifications in NLP Practioner and Masters Level. And ultimately to become an accredited Accelerated Business Growth Coach. And love helping people see life from a different angle.
So I combined my qualifications in Sugarcraft, NLP Masters, Business and Life Coaching. Recently adding in a diploma in the Law of Attraction. A mixture of all these strands put together formed CakeCoachOnline. So helping cake decorators and bakers on their business and personal growth journey. I help them to learn to thrive and gain clarity. And get tailored guidance towards unlocking their full potential.
Recently I was chatting at a party and mentioned that I had started the local Al-Anon group all those years ago. This still runs now.
The girl I spoke to said her aunt attributed being a member of that group to saving her life.
I was very humbled to hear that. And wondered just how many others had been blessed by being a member of that group. The support group that I started at the local Baptist church.
I would love to look back in a few years time - and think that CakeCoachOnline had a similar impact. And inspiration for a lot of people too.
I did experience trauma while struggling with an alcoholic. But I made a decision to claw my way out of the mire.
I hope that I can help many along their journeys too.