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At first you may consider the relationship between the words Baby Boomer, divorce, career and healthy living somewhat unusual bedfellows. But In fact, these terms have plenty in common.
Divorce is growing amongst adults 50+ but why?
Divorce. A nasty word for some but demographic stats can tell us a lot about what is going on in North America with the Boomer generation (born 1945-1965) and why divorce is such a popular subject.
A poll of American divorce lawyers conducted by the AAML association, showed that 61 percent of lawyers have seen an increase in the number of gray divorces among people over 50 in the United States. And most of these divorces are being initiated by wives.
There is no doubt that Boomers have been on the forefront of change in the past 4 decades and getting divorced in their later years is one of their latest trends, suggests Alton Abramowitz, lawyer and president of the AAML. Mr. Abramowitz indicated there has been a recent surge in over-50s divorces.
So, what is going on with Boomers and Divorce?
Pew Research Center suggests with Boomers unprecedented levels of divorce early in life, this marital instability is contributing to the rising divorce rate among adults ages 50 and older, since remarriages tend to be less stable than first marriages. The divorce rate for adults ages 50 and older in remarriages is double the rate of those who have only been married once. Among all adults 50 and older who divorced in 2015, 48% had been in their second or higher marriage.
The same people who had unprecedented divorce incidence in 1980 and 1990 when they were in their 20s and 30s are now in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. They are now middle-aged, and their pattern of high marital instability continues.
You've probably heard the expression "Blame the Baby Boomers". Well, there is some truth in the statement. As the Washington Post suggests, they started divorcing at record rates in the 1970s and never stopped. And, while divorce fell somewhat among younger Americans over the past 25 years, it has risen substantially among older adults. The Baby Boom generation continues to be responsible for the continuous rise in marital instability.
But why?
Boomers have a very different attitude toward marriage than their parents when they were young, and the with the number of divorces growing, they still think that way even as they retire. Add to that how divorce has become less of an issue and how women have now become firmly planted in the workplace, and you've got the right ingredients for individual independence. "I don't think boomers are any less happy in their marriages," says Susan Brown, Bowling Green University Sociologist. "As people live longer, there's more motivation to get divorced, because there's a lot of life left to be lived."
Changes in aging attitudes is driving a new mindset.
Consider some of the changes Boomer are experiencing and setting precedent as they age:
- Populations are living longer and Boomers are deciding what to do with at least 30+ more years of life
- Many are considering retirement early before they reach 65. This has ramifications on how they live their remaining years and what luxuries or commodities they want to enjoy.
- The children of Boomers are reaching their 20's and 30's and most are moving out of the family home and leaving their parents with more alone-with-each-other time to be figured out.
- It's easier to get a divorce these days, even after lengthy marriages. Divorces are no longer taboo. Living as a single parent is commonplace and children are more comfortable with the logistics of both parents. In fact as single parent households are becoming increasingly common, research suggests that regardless of being married or not, views on child rearing are similar.
- More individuals, both men and women over 50+ are confident, well-educated and currently enjoy or have had fulfilling careers. In general they expect to exceed their parents' standard of living.
- Many adults cresting 55 have financial freedom and significant spending power
- There is a growing desire to experience new opportunities, travel, challenges, new vocations, explore and become more culturally savvy
- Boomers are more aware of healthy living and ensuring their bodies are attractive, fit and strong. There is more accessible information both offline and online regarding healthy active ways to live a long life.
- Adults are cresting the 50+ bar prepared to push the boundaries of aging and physical fitness well into their 70's and 80's
With all this new-found independence, what is a 55-60–year-old going to do with the rest of their life?
Well, the Royal Bank of Canada released a poll recently revealing that nearly half of surveyed Canadians over 55 feel that they're falling short of saving enough to retire – but only a third are now willing to tweak their lifestyle plans to face that reality.
Are the days of working for one company your whole career, and retiring with a gold watch gone?
Most say yes. In fact, there has been a shift in the differences in attitude Boomers have about jobs—and benefits. New Careers for Older Workers, looked at people who changed or tried to change jobs after age 45 and found that 82% of people 47 and older who took up new careers in the last two years were successful, and 50% saw a salary increase.
Staying with one employer has its difficulties. Those defined benefit pension plans are slowly disappearing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that only 18% of private workers were covered by these plans in 2011, down from 35% in the early 1990s. More common in the US are plans like 401(k)s, which are more portable from one employer to another.
While some of the fortunate are retiring with plans for an active future of physical fitness and travel, most of the aging population will probably work well into their 60's and early 70's. This too, will be a change paradigm for many companies forcing a shift in organizational behaviours and benefits.
Whether we retire earlier or later in life, adults now want their latter years to have deeper personal meaning. Volunteerism, enhanced education and hands-on experiential programs are hot topics for 55 year olds looking for intrinsic motivation. Personal growth in areas such as cultural and environmental mindfulness and personal wellness are all relevant for actively engaged 55+ adults. Many want their jobs to embrace more of their own beliefs and ideals, to make going to work everyday a better blend of what they personally value.
Adults over 55 are now acutely aware that they have at least 30 more years to live, are healthier, wealthier and more active than previous generations at their age. They have choices and plenty of them.
They want a life full of options and they want to live it well.
Are there bumps in the road? Of course. There is usually more than one person involved in all life change decisions and…the more people involved, the more complicated. Careers can be switched, partners can be switched but living a healthy happy life is work and it can be hard. It requires effort and desire.
And, just to complicate things further, there's a trend among Baby Boomers who are in monogamous dating relationships: It's called "Living Apart Together," or LAT. These partners are happy in their coupled relationship — they just want to have their own bed at the end of the day.
Research on LAT's suggests, the 50-plus age group indicate they were more than likely to stay with a LAT relationship rather than cohabitate. This isn't that surprising knowing that the Boomer generation is more self-involved and has less willingness to compromise. Gail Sheehy, author of Sex and the Seasoned Woman says "Baby Boomers want to have the freedom to live on their own terms. As you age, you have more commitments and possessions in your life that you are attached to that the other person may not want to share." She goes on to say, "This is a new universe of passionate, liberated women–married and single–and unwilling to settle for the stereotypical roles of middle age and, they are now realizing they don't have to."
LAT living may not be for everyone but this new paradigm has gained some traction with Boomers looking to re-invent the way they live and think. LAT allows each partner to live with his or her own idiosyncrasies without having to change. It also goes a long way in keeping the passions and excitement alive with potentially less arguing and more focus on the good and energizing part of the relationship.
Life can be complicated after 50, especially with re-evaluating your life, love, career and just about every other choice you may have made up until then. But, it can also be a reawakening of oneself.
Add a great deal of new knowledge on foods, fitness and how to keep the body strong and young as we age and it become more apparent why the largest bulge in the population is taking on life for the next 30 years with a vengeance.
I personally like to think of the changes in relationships, careers and active aging as a breath of fresh and invigorating air; a re-vitalization of choices and pursuits, a re-awakening of curiosity and liberation.
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I'm going to do something stupid now. Yesterday I met with a very intelligent and courteous visitor, and I introduced him to some fine points of the Xingyi Five-Element Staff protocol (DARK FIRE Vol. 1), I've been pondering in what format, or whether at all, I should offer this, one more 'turn of the screw' to refine the practice of those who've picked this up.
I've gone back and forth on it because this aspect of the training is EXTREMELY counter-intuitive (from the internal point of view) but all too attractive when understood wrongly. Truly this little add-on is a double-edge proposition, as likely to backfire on me due to everybody's misunderstanding it as to advance the teaching. But the problem is, it cannot be a stand-alone video as it only makes sense WITHIN the DF1 program. If I try to restrict it to the seminar, then I'll have lots of people who don't know or do my DF1 thing, thus wasting their time.
Definitely this (very simple yet tricky) thing is something far better suited to 1-1 in-person instruction than any kind of text or even video tutorial. And god knows I've really felt the extreme challenge of trying to convey any idea or practice to the masses, by any means whatsoever. So most likely I am pissing into the wind here. But I don't know how else to do it at this point.
So I'll try to tell you now. But WARNING this is EXTREMELY liable to misunderstanding, just because as humans we love tension, muscle, power, that feeling of (phony) confidence that being uptight and overtense always gives up. Which is why most Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Xing Yi people are unbelievably tense in spite of, or sometimes because of, their arts' emphasis on relaxation. This thing I'm going to introduce here is, to the average physically obsessed, over-tensed human mind and body like dumping a cat into a vat of purified catnip extract, like handing a pound of C4 or nitroglycerine to a baby. That's how liable this point is to grotesque misunderstanding and misapplication. And yet, I have to try.
So - here is the capstone on the Dark Fire practice, and those who've followed me for a longer time (even prior to DF1 introduction) will probably understand why I say this point is, to the average practitioner, just a disaster waiting to happen, a poison apple that tempts our own worst instincts. And yet, if you can understand it correctly (I mean honestly, it's not hard at all, its just that it seems to appeal to our dumbest and crudest natural instincts in just the wrong way). This is the dark and secret heart of Xingyi.
I'm going to assume that you've been doing some DF1 work, that you have at least partial understanding of the program and its components and methods. If not you should not be reading this post. Also its better to do DF1 program without this capstone component for a few weeks or months, or again, your natural tendencies to be tense and stiff and kind of mentally violent will overcome the subtle but essential foundational aspects of the training as presented in the original DF1 film.
This capstone element is called in my teacher's parlance 棉花緊握 which I will translate as the Cotton Pressure Grip (not perfect but what the hell).
I'll discuss this in the context of the core DF1 practice which is called 三體棍, the 1st position in the DF1 program - but it's done exactly the same in all the positions of the DF1 protocol as stepped through in the audio podcast guided practice segment at the end of the film.
This may shock you so PLEASE read carefully now. First you're going to set yourself up with all the other correct elements of the program, most especially the PSV (Pelvic Strike Vector) component for whichever staff element you're working with (in our case, position #1 Santigun as above). If you don't know what I'm talking about you shouldn't have read this far into this post.
Then, if you've been able to understand the Jawline Strike Vector stuff, try to "feel" your way into that too. Then crucially, your grip and your mind should be attuned to the teachings I gave on the film about relaxed arms, soft grip as though gripping a soft air "collar" or "sleeve" rather than directly gripping the wood of the staff itself, and then mental activation of the inner wrist points. None of that is going to change!
Here's the 'new' component the Cotton Pressure Grip: you want to activate your arms and hands AS IF you are hard-gripping the staff. It's exactly AS THOUGH you really are bashing somebody (without physical movement however - this is still visually static work as before, should not look any different to a sidelines observer). So you FEEL that you are tensely gripping the staff, with fully powered arms - BUT BUT BUT: here's the key thing, you are NOT actually putting ANY MUSCULAR STRENGTH into your arms or your grip AT ALL. You activate the FEELING "AS THOUGH" you are gripping the staff hard.
Is this maybe a bridge too far? Have I pushed you guys over the edge with this? Maybe this is just too much of an "attractive nuisance" as they say in legalese, something that is too likely to lead you astray, isn't it?
But anyway, as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, so I'll continue. As much as you might, in your human way, secretly want some good 'ol fashioned muscle tension to be re-loaded into this internal stuff, is NOT a backdoor introduction of tension into the training. Please tattoo that onto your brain. It is a weird simulated tension only. But doing this will FLOOD YOUR ARMS with the real internal power - as long as you can keep them physically empty but mentally activated in this way.
There are two tests we can use to check you:
- Contrast Test: Just for testing purpose, (a) take the 1st position as above with staff, but actually and genuinely hard grip the staff, in the normal way. Real muscle. Now get somebody to try pulling the staff straight out of your hands. It will be difficult or impossible for them, due to your hard grip on the staff. Now, (b) take the same standard 1st position, but this time do it right - FEEL and INTEND to grip the staff hard, but in fact you apply no actual muscle activation AT ALL. It should exactly the same as (a) from the outside. Now have your helper do the same test. This time, since although your position is the same yet your grip is super light (skin of the inside of your hands is barely contacting the staff but not flaccid or loosely shaped, just so softly gripping the wood) so that now, anybody can easily slide the staff out of your hands with no resistance, not clinging or physical gripping at all. As soon as your helper gently tugs on it, the staff **whoosh** slides right out of your grip.
- Muscle Test: Take position 1 and do the Cotton Pressure Grip thing as directed. No 'real' tension only mental intent! Now have your helper touch your tricep, biceps, shoulder and/or forearms. The should feel only the light minimal muscle activation required to simply support the staff. Basically relaxed, soft and loose. Your muscles should feel no different than then do when in the same position but NOT consciously attempting this Cotton Pressure Grip.
So you need to be able to clearly, sharply and definitely distinguish the following 3 completely separate states of mind and body, even though at first you may not feel there's any difference and even though there is never any visual difference:
- Ordinary relaxed holding of the staff (any position). This is the basic DF protocol, with relaxed arms, relaxed grip, inner wrist point awareness.
- Tight hard tensed physical gripping and muscular power activation holding of the staff.
- Cotton Pressure Grip: you feel that you are 'about' to grip super hard, that you 'want' to grip super hard, that you almost 'are' gripping super hard (the feeling is ALMOST same as #2 - yet MINUS any actual, final physical tension.
I cannot emphasize enough that the Cotton Pressure Grip is NOT any kind of sneaky introduction of tension, like isometrics or anything like that. I know that many 'internal' teachers of the present time love to smuggle tension in through the back door, calling it fascial engagement or tissue wringing or tensegrity or whatever. NO! Those are physical, no matter what kind of lipstick is smeared on the pig. But this Cotton Pressure thing is purely mental and energetic. In fact, it is PROVABLY purely mental and energetic, because we have the above objective test protocols.
Another image you could use is, imagine the staff itself is somehow made of cotton. Yet you want to grip it SUPER HARD and forcefully - but, at the same time, you don't want to in any way squash, crinkle, crush or damage the staff. That will lead to the same feeling.
As you do this, you will probably overshoot the mark and you'll feel yourself beginning to slide over the line, into application of actual physical grip strength and tension. If you sense that, back of right away to the purely empty grip as before. You don't have to do this Cotton Pressure thing all the time! Play with it now and then, on and off, all while keeping the other elements in place unchanged, most especially the Pelvic Strike Vector pertaining to each position.
Now, I know the very first question that will spring to your mind: do I really need a staff to practice this?
The answer is YES you need the staff and the whole DF1 protocol - AT FIRST. This is by far the most effective way to learn and control the immense power of this effect. Beginning to work it from the staff is 1000x faster and more direct than trying to get it from empty hand in the beginning.
But that said, later when you have achieved full command over the inner technique THEN for sure, definitely you can apply this everywhere, to your Tai Chi or Ba Gua or the rest of Xing Yi or anywhere. Your arms will be amped and flooded to a degree you would not previously have thought possible. However, the staff work is the Royal Road to it. It is much hard to feel for a beginner if working with empty hand. This is a core principle of real (internal) Xingyi, and I hinted at this in my basic Xingyi book, talking about the 'empty core' of the Xingyi fist shape. But this DF protocol is what undergirds that, which I couldn't get into in that basic book.
Maybe I should have waited for the live seminar to get into this. We'll see how much damage I have done. But even though I spilled the beans on this, do not cancel your seminar pre-registrations, because at the seminar I will show you guys a method from Yiquan that allows you to work in a fascinating and very interesting way with this Cotton Pressure Grip energy without a staff. It's not a substitute for the DF work but complements it in an interesting way, and can also be practiced by those who are not into DF thing at all. That is the Yiquan double bird drill, quite amusing.

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Most of you know I was the 2016 Presidential candidate for the American Citizen Party and promised to implement, with one stroke of my Presidential pen, the most powerful, Constitutional economic plan in modern American history. Unfortunately, I was not elected.
After Donald Trump won the 2016 election, however, I decided to send President-Elect Trump a letter, with my plan attached, so, he could "Make America the Greatest It's Ever Been". The letter contained the 2-page "Proclamation of Freedom", the 6-page "Economic Freedom Act", and a copy of my resume' detailing my 40-year career as Accountant/Corporate Auditor in the oil & gas industry.
It took awhile, but, I received a nice "Thank You" note from him, but, would have preferred he implement my plan.
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Seemingly in response to this letter from Chairmans Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Dave Camp (R-MI) on January 29 to the Treasury and IRS, on February 1, the IRS again finalized the Obamacare subsidy regulations that flagrantly deviate from the statutory authority. This issue continues to simmer relatively under the radar since I last wrote about it in August. To refresh everyone's memory, Obamacare's core redistributionist provisions are its refundable premium tax credits and cost sharing subsidies available for individuals to purchase coverage on state exchanges starting in 2014. The credits will be available to anyone with annual income under 400% of the federal poverty line who isn't covered under an employer-sponsored plan. To put that in perspective, a family of four today earning up to $92,200 per year would be eligible for the credits.
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On the Tuesday after Labor Day weekend I was coming home from work, it was a little after 4pm, and I was rear ended about 6 minutes from work. The whole thing is a blur and happened so fast. I remember coming up on a red light and slowing down and then I vaguely remember the light turning green and then almost immediately after that the car behind me rear-ending me. I remember the cars around us slowly creeping by afterwards. The driver hit my car with such force that I hit the car in front of me and she, in turn, hit the car in front of her. The driver who caused the accident was unlicensed and driving a vehicle that did not belong to her. My poor car was pretty banged up after the fact and had to be towed from the scene. I was devastated. I spent much of the next three days in tears.
As if things could not get worse, I found out later that evening that the driver had been drunk. After I was cleared to leave the scene, the responding officer had a personal space encounter with the girl who rear-ended me which prompted the officer to run a field sobriety test, which the driver failed. Later on the police did a breathalyzer test on the driver. She blew a .12. The legal limit in the state of Maryland is a .08.
The following day, I filed the claim with my insurance. I have had nothing but incredibly positive experiences with All State and cannot say enough good things about them. A little later in the day I got a phone call from the insurance company of the car that hit mine. The agent asked me to describe the accident. I did. She told me that her insured had provided a much different story. Her insured said that I was swerving all over the road, that I cut her off and that caused her to rear-end me. She left out the other two vehicles in the accident. I paused and asked the agent to clarify who her insured said was driving. The agent said that her insured said that she was driving the vehicle. I was quick to correct the agent and provide her with the contact information of the driver who was not the insured. I felt like the nightmare was never ending.
By Friday, my back was even more sore. Sitting at work was causing stiffness. Picking up Natalie was painful. Something needed to give. We popped into urgent care for a quick visit and I had to have about a dozen x-rays taken. My knee had a vicious contusion from where it hit the steering column. My back was inflamed and sprained. I was given prescription Aleve and a muscle relaxer and instructed not to pick up anything over 15lbs for the next 2 weeks.
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The adjuster left a voicemail on Friday afternoon saying my car had been looked at but I was too scared to listen to it since we were at the beach. I didn't want our weekend ruined by the news that my car was totaled. When I got the call on Monday afternoon I had a figure in my head of what my car was worth. Steven from All State (who was the nicest man alive) slowly went over the damage with me. He said that there was about $7500 worth of visual damage. My immediate reaction: Shit. "Is everything okay, Mrs. Wilkinson?" "It's totaled isn't it?" Poor Steven was trying to give me time to mentally prepare and understand everything and I needed him to just rip the band-aid off. "I was trying to ease into that news, but yes, it is." The news was followed by quite a few more tears. Poor Steven.
Monday after I got home, I pulled open the file cabinet and found my title and the paperwork saying that I had paid off my car in March of 2014. I cried some more. The idea of taking on another car payment makes me sick to my stomach. Tuesday morning I made copies. I needed a memento of my first car and the proof that one time I bought a vehicle all by myself. I dropped the originals of the paperwork in the mail on my way to the police impound lot to clean out my car for the very last time. When I got to the impound lot, I was informed that just an hour earlier my car had been moved to another lot... over an hour away. Cue the waterworks. After many phone calls with the insurance company and lots of crying later, I made my way to Finksburg to clean out my car. I cried most of the way there. I cried in the office. I cried cleaning out my car and then I cried most of the way home. I am really not sure how I had any tears left in me to cry.
Wednesday afternoon I spent my lunch hour at the MVA returning my tags. Somehow, I found a way to cry some more. However, on the upside, I got a call from Allstate on my way back to work that the girl's insurance found her at fault and accepted the claim. I will be getting my deductible and the check for my car in the mail next week and we can go car shopping. I am beyond ready to put this whole thing behind me. I have desperately been trying to find the good and rise above, but I'll tell y'all, it is not easy. I keep telling myself that by the girl hitting my car, I may have saved someone else's life. I was hit by a drunk driver and I walked away with a sprained back. I am incredibly lucky because there are plenty of drunk driving accidents that don't end that way. And while I was so not ready to break up with my car, I am fairly certain my husband would much rather a car payment than a funeral to plan. So we'll continue to try to find the good and rise above. I am sure with time it will get easier :)


text: This 8" x 8" oil on canvas panel has been framed for the Bird & Nature Art Show at the Cultural Council of Indian River County in Vero Beach this weekend. The show opens at 3 pm Friday, Nov 1st. The reception is from 4 - 6 pm and the show continues on Sat, Nov 2 from 8 am to 5 pm. The show will be located at Mac Williams Park (NE side of Merrill Barber Bridge in Vero Beach).


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A woman filed suit against an eye specialist and her practice, claiming medical malpractice in a 2014 treatment.
Polina Grebelyuk brought a complaint against Lisa Young and Chicago Glaucoma Consultants Ltd., doing business as Chicago Glaucoma Consultants and CGC Eye Center of Chicago, in Cook County Circuit Court on June 30, alleging professional negligence in the January 2014 incident.
According to the filing, Dr. Young and a colleague examined and treated the plaintiff on Jan. 17 and Jan. 30, 2014, respectively. The suit states that the defendants knew that Grebelyuk had a history of Graves' disease, which put the patient at risk for damage to or loss of vision; and that the patient presented with puffy eyelids and reported blurry vision and diplopia at her Jan. 30 appointment.
Court documents indicate that the plaintiff was treated for dry eyes and advised to return in six months. The plaintiff maintains that by Feb. 4, vision in her left eye had deteriorated severely and she was hospitalized to reduce inflammation and pressure in both eyes.
Asserting that her condition was caused by untreated ocular hypertension resulting from Graves' disease, Grebelyuk alleges that the doctors were negligent in failing to dilate her eyes, diagnose and treat her condition, and refer her to a specialist.
The plaintiff maintains that she was forced to undergo surgery that could have been avoided, endured pain and suffering, lost the sight in her left eye, incurred medical expenses, and become permanently disabled.
Seeking damages in excess of $50,000 plus attorney's fees and costs, she is represented by Lawrence Kream of Chicago and William S. Wojcik of Oak Lawn.
Cook County Circuit Court case number 2015L006669.


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My page is about my son. This photo was taken during our summer vacation. My son shows how strong and beautiful he is. His pose reminds me pose of bodybuilders on the podium :) Here he was so funny, the most important man in my life. My journalling is hidden behind the page.
Once Upon A...Sketch
And also I was inspired by the moodboard from Scrap Around The World (first image and the color palette with the second image)


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As a business model, I very much like free to play.
Free to Play is a direct response to the digitization of PC gaming. It's no coincidence that free to play is a PC-centric phenomenon. If we still had a handful of major PC game publications and a major retail presence, there'd be no free to play. The market adapts, the consumer benefits.
Let's define free to play:
Free To Play is software that is fully functional and useful/fun in its free form. It's not a trial. It's not a "Crippled" version. It is, ultimately, freeware. The difference here is that users also have the option, typically within the program itself, to add more features or content to the program. These features and content are completely optional and the user could go just fine without ever spending a cent. Well made freeware makes its premium features "nice to have" but not critical to the program itself.
Free to Play may have started out as a gaming phenomenon but it just as applicable to non-game software. About a year ago, I outlined to our software unit that all our software was going to migrate to a free to play model. You can see this with Tiles. Tiles is freeware but users can add features to it for small amounts. The base program is compelling on its own. The extras (premium) are clearly "nice to have" but not core to the program (skinning, extra tile filters, etc.).
This week, we're releasing WindowFX 5, a program we've been making for over a decade. The 5th generation version is free to play. That is, there is no Pro/Plus/Enhanced version. There is only WindowFX. Users who want premium features can add them in the app for a nominal cost but the application itself is designed to be compelling on its own.
Meanwhile, our PC games are still pretty traditional. The upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is a $39.95 game. There will almost certainly be a demo version but it'll be a traditional demo. Digital does bring some benefits -- we can offer users of the original Sins of a Solar Empire series a $10 discount. But we are very much looking at the F2P model when we are designing new titles.
Why is F2P taking over?
Simply put, the loss of a retail channel for selling software combined with the dilution of the software/gaming media has meant that publishers now have to rely, more than ever before, on word of mouth to generate revenue for their games.
Ten years ago, if I was publishing a PC game it went something like this:
Visit PC Gamer, Talk to Steve Bauman at Computer Games Magazine, Visit Computer Gaming World, Gamespot, IGN, GameSpy, a couple of others and you were pretty set on the marketing side. Then you'd make sure your game was at EB, Best Buy, Gamestop, CompUSA, and a few others and you could expect great sales.
Visit PC Gamer, Talk to Steve Bauman at Computer Games Magazine, Visit Computer Gaming World, Gamespot, IGN, GameSpy, a couple of others and you were pretty set on the marketing side. Then you'd make sure your game was at EB, Best Buy, Gamestop, CompUSA, and a few others and you could expect great sales.
But today?
According to our surveys, most users are getting their information from various sources that boil down to word of mouth (Facebook friends, Twitter friends, Forums). And retail? Good luck getting shelf space for your PC title.
According to our surveys, most users are getting their information from various sources that boil down to word of mouth (Facebook friends, Twitter friends, Forums). And retail? Good luck getting shelf space for your PC title.
So what's the best way to get word of mouth? Give it away. Give nearly all of it away. Because it turns out that even if only 1% of the users contribute, you can make a killing as long as you have enough players – which is, ultimately, the challenge. Because if you make it extremely well and give it away, people will talk about it. And that is what publishers are counting on.
So that's why Free to Play works and will continue to become more and more dominant as time goes by. In the meantime, I have to go buy a virtual hat and tweet a picture of my character with it…
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If you look at Tiles (a really nifty app) you can see that you can buy all the add-ons for a lower price:
Nice, eh?
I'm actually less likely to try a game like this.
I don't want to be nickeled and dimed for the FULL game, let me pay one price and be done with it.
I hate DLC also...so this is just that business model to the extreme.
I'm also less likely to play a F2P title. Partially because every one that I've tried has been inferior, or built towards the old "Arcade" style of play. Another quarter to keep playing... or you can wait until tomorrow for your next 2-3 free minutes to play... The other side is making it so F2P players end up having to spend several times as much effort to attain the same status as other players, and I just don't have the time.
That said, if I were actually interested in a F2P title, the kind of thing that I would pay for would be time savers rather than extra time or extra characters/items. Neosteam (now dead) was free, with an optional monthly fee that could be paid to get between 50 and 300% extra experience from battles to make leveling a character much faster. If I were truly interested in a F2P game, which I still haven't been, I'd probably take them up on those offers just to get the thing done with and over so I could go back to one of my other games. I'm very, very time constrained.
If there was an option to pay $30-60 to get everything, then maybe I'd play it...
I'm generally a single player game player though, I avoid online games which is where the bulk of f2p games are situated.
Funny that, cause most of the F2P games I've played are MMOs, but working more toward cooperative play than competitive play. While I usually play with my brother or friends, people I know will stay around my level, this style allows me to group up with others for a fuller experience, but not one in which them having a bigger sword has any affect on my gaming. I've played Requiem (which was just as good as Guild Wars, but free) and Vindictus, both of which I found were plenty capable without paying for additional material. Honestly, there's very little that you can purchase that I see a point to. Purchases have no affect on level cap or mission availability.
So there are F2P games that give you plenty enough for nothing and don't involve competition that places paying customers in a genuinely superior position. And neither of the above have play limits or an 'arcade' feeling.
I think the bggest issue for an individual is finding something you like within a given genre, especially since there are so many games that it's hard to sift through the lot. My brother likes the browser RPGs of Facebook while I prefer the live action RPGs.
Is this also why FE will be F2P for most of us with significant DLC?
If done right FTP can be a really good thing. I think its great many others are trying the approach. But as with anything the desire to sell extras can conflict with the best gaming experience, though most of the time the players take it better as they are getting most of a cool game for free.
Modding and user created content is likely to be unsupported on this model however, so there will need to be some games like Sins, elemental and skyrim. Hopefully what happens is that the best in this field keep making standalone, very high quality, very moddable PC games while others do FTP to capitalize on a larger player base while offering more variety in base games.
re: tiles - yeah - I think you have an excellent pricing structure there. You get the software for free and can pay a few bucks here and there to get some extras that you want or need. At least with tiles, I feel like SD struck a really good balance for what you get for free vs what you can pay for. That and its pretty damn seamless to get the new paid functionality.
That's doing it right. You don't see it that often with games though. F2P makes sense for some things/some game genres, not with others.
A game like GC2/FE would not work under a F2P model.
I would pay money for Galactic Civilization III. Lots and lots of money...
With games, for me it seems that F2P really only fits competitive or social games. Where people will pay to avoid grind or to show off. Just so long as the game avoids the "pay to win" mindset. I particularly like when you can unlock the same items by playing as you can purchase - if you want to spend time not money.
But in PC gaming, there are so many games that don't transfer well to that multiplayer/ PvP setting to encourage people to buy stuff. That's when F2P really falls flat. If I'm doing something singleplayer, I want to feel like I'm getting a game that the developer made to be as fun as possible. Not that I'm playing something designed to be less than the best, just to encourage me to pay up. Destroys the immersion and fun, like commercials in the middle of a movie.
Even with DLC or preorder bonuses, most developers seem to have difficulty adding micro content that maintains the integrity of the game without being overpowered or ruining other normal content, or making it seem like you HAVE to get the DLC/item to make sense of things or progress without mindless tedium. Having a lot of elements in a game be a la carte seems difficult to plan, and again seems to take the focus away from making the best possible game experience.
Beyond games, if I'm looking at productivity programs or apps, I'm less likely to be bothered. I'm not trying to be "immersed" or concerned about my fun levels, I'm worried about doing what I need/want to, and how much it costs to be able to do those things. I've gotten used to websites or apps giving me some level of functionality, then needing subscriptions to get a fuller experience. Its better than programs that used to play, then nag for purchase with popups. So at that point, F2P programs seem really appealing . . .just so long as I don't feel like I'm getting hosed and have to pay 3x more for the same functions I'd get under the old system.
I think inevitable everything can be made F2P
The formula is: You build your gameYou give your gamers 1 way to interact with the game for free, while offering more variations for money.
eg: A "side" in a 4x gameA "character class" in a RPGA "hero" in an arena game (like Skylanders or Rise of Immortals)and so on
The trick will be to make novelty in the variations you offer. That is to say, everyone is playing the same game, but how they go about playing the game is unique enough to want to try out the other options for cash.
On the other hand...This is the kind of stuff that makes me mad... this is not a good F2P model. (it actually makes me angry when I see what amounts to "take a short cut to power for $1") http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/09/14
There is also a dark side to this model in bait apps aimed at kids and designed to wrack up credit card charges.
F2P has some great products, but its really hard to get into more than one. I play Battleforge myself and have spent more than my share on it, but other F2P games come along and you know, I'd rather keep playing Battleforge instead.
Even though I feel like I've spent more than enough time and money on it, I'd have a hard time investing in another game unless it was actually better.
Whereas I still buy tons of normal games.
So I don't doubt the F2P genre returns the investment, but it might not be quite as good as it sounds for games.
I love F2P model if done properly as was described by Brad. Path of Exile is a great example of this, and I hope Neverwinter will be as well.
D&D Online is kind of good example. Hellgate London (new one) was kind of bad, the game stopped you from playing on after doing 1/4 of the game and you needed to buy a ticket for 5$ to progress. Also all the shop items were Pay2Win ones and in end game were required to progress.
Anyways, F2P model is a direct counter to pirates and it is a much better way then what others are doing (trying to hunt them down with police) or doing shitty models like Diablo III where you cannot play SP without lag and disconnects.
But if most of the best games coming out were F2P you would not have a choice. You only do this because F2P model hasn't yet taken off properly
If that ever happens I'll worry about it.


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According to The Hollywood Reporter gorgeous Mexican actress Kate del Castillo is the latest name to join the project. She'll be playing the cheating ex-fiance of Elba's character. Works for me!
NO GOOD DEED centers around a former D.A turned stay-at-home mom and her two small children who are terrorized and kidnapped from their home when she invites a mysterious stranger in after his car runs off the road.
NO GOOD DEED is currently filming in Georgia so expect more updates from this one soon.


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By Alberto Font
His full name is Juan Olivado Camacho, but everybody knows him as Martina or Don Tina. "I used to go to see this band called Los Hicsos and the singer's name was Martina, so everybody started to tell me, 'We saw you at Martina's concert,' and then they started calling me 'Martina,'" Olivado said.
That's a time of Don Tina's life he likes to remember, so that he doesn't repeat it again.
He was born in 1940, in San Isidro del Guarco, Cartago and started learning to work with cabuya, a type of agave grown for its fiber, when he was about 12 years old. Olivado said there were a lot of people working with cabuya fiber back then and he was a curious kid, so he watched them and quickly learned. "In my first job, I started making 6 cents a day" he said.
The fiber from Costa Rica's cabuya plant (Furcraea cabuya), part of the agave family, has been used for centuries to make rope, bags and other woven items.
Don Tina's story continues below the photo gallery.
When Olivado was 13 he was already very good at working with cabuya fiber so people from … continue reading
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Play - Guitar Hero III
- Iain Davidson
- 17 January 2008
Guitar Hero is always a joy. As a party game it is unsurpassed, producing some of the silliest sights you'll ever see. The game's perfectly pitched balance of piss-take and rock reverence always delights while the simplicity and obviousness of both controller and gameplay make it accessible for all. However it is here that GH III hits a slight bum note. The connection between the notes you are requested to play and the actual music is sometimes awry, dragging the game down to a simple reaction test that could be played mute. Add to this some inconsistencies in the gameplay and frustration rears its ugly head. Which is a shame as, when the riffs match the onscreen notes and the whole world is watching, Guitar Hero III is as stupidly enjoyable and sense-blowingly exhilarating as a Slayer moshpit. But the question is: if you don't have GH III already are you just going to save your pennies for Rock Band instead?


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Here's some information about a couple of forthcoming events I'm participating in.
First, I'll be in Charlottesville, VA tomorrow to interview former Washington, DC mayor Anthony Williams at the Tom Tom Festival.
And May 1 & 2 I'll be in Detroit for a Chicago Fed event around restoring markets in troubled cities. I'll be talking about the role of the media.
Yesterday I was able to meet and record a podcast with Dag Detter, co-author of The Public Wealth of Cities. He joined me to talk about his idea to raise huge amounts of money for cities by putting their real estate and operational assets into an urban wealth fund. If the audio player doesn't display for you, click over to listen on Soundcloud.
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I was a pesca vegetarian for several years, and when I begin to think about doing this again, it's the route I know I can take without losing the benefit of the omega fats. So I was tickled today when I went to catch up on my blog reading and found this over on Cheap, Healthy, Good: Tuna & White Bean Wraps.
I have some of this in the cabinet already (which will help me *Clean Out The Cupboards* a little more...), but will need to pick up the veggies. I think it would make a nice lunch for work next week.
Things have been a little hectic around Nana Sadie's Place lately, so I've been scarce. I'm hoping to rectify that...Keep your fingers crossed!


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Ranaghat(WB), Jun 6 (PTI) A church here was vandalised and burgled in the early hours today and a search has been launched to find the culprits, police said today.
The 127-year-old St Lukes Church at Dayabari Mission Gate here was vandalised and burgled of old religious items and Rs 3000, the church authorities said.
"The Holy Sacrament was torn to pieces by miscreants. The other religious items, like the chalice and bronze candle stands were damaged and a few were taken away along with Rs 3000 in cash. The cash was taken away after breaking open a cupboard," church priest Reverend Kishor Mondal said.
"The stolen and damaged articles are very old. It is a blow for us," Mondal said.
The damage was discovered this morning by a church worker who came around 4.30 am and found the lock at the main gate broken. On seeing the religious things strewn about and damaged, he had reported the incident to the Church authorities, who filed a complaint with the police.
The superintendent of police of Nadia and sub-divisional police officer of Ranaghat visited the spot.
The Church is about 150 ft away from the convent where a septuagenarian nun was raped during a robbery in March 2015.
Six persons, including Bangladeshis were arrested in connection with it and the case is still on at Calcutta High Court. PTI COR KK KK


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this year i bought french lavender plants. as the cold snap (or maybe me) managed to kill off my last ones i thought i would try again this year. those plants were the only ones i bought that were not just lavender by name but lavender by nature. but that is not the only thing that is lavender. my chives have flowered as they do every year to become beautiful lavender headed stems.
i bought thyme for the first time this year, that too has sprouted tiny lavender flowers.
but i have also noticed how self seeded everything is. lavender flowers that to me have no name are all over my front and back garden.
and these self seeded plants are not only everywhere but are thriving in the shallowest of soil, in fact in many cases no soil at all.
in my front garden wall
finding life through my deck and house brickwork
or through my neighbours wall
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Springdale Quartet
For their first full-length release, Springdale Quartet wanted to make a record in a space close to home where they were comfortable. What better place than their own home practice space which was lovingly called the "Noisefactory" (and how the record got it's name).
They hired us to bring our mobile recording rig to the practice space. So we loaded up the rig with mics, stands, cables… everything you'd need to record on-site and headed over. We loaded in on a Friday, setup up the mics, and dialed-in the tones. Then we hit it hard for the next two days tracking everything live with just a few overdubs. The tracks were then taken back to Evergroove for mixing and then sent to David Glasser at Airshow in Boulder for mastering.
The result was a very live, raw, and organic sounding record that really captured the essence of what Springdale Quartet can deliver. Check it out!


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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The Phobia Workshop Sketch
However, this sketch has had me thinking about the stereotype of someone with an anxiety disorder. Most of the people I know with anxiety and panic are outgoing, empathic, bright people. They aren't actually afraid of things like driving, elevators or public speaking. Those are just the situations where they have experienced a panic attack before and conditioning has quickly set in. They're afraid that when panic shows up, it will be so intense that something catastrophic will occur like death or insanity. That's how intense these thoughts and sensations can be.
My husband once suggested that I write a post about all the things that don't create anxiety for me (or that are important enough to do anyways), so here are a few: I've given birth naturally three times - twice at home; I like to rock climb; I've run a marathon and completed a handful of triathlons (2 in open water); Riding on the back of a motorcycle is big fun to me; I like to get past small talk and really connect with people; I teach childbirth classes; I spent a year living on top of a mountain taking kids through caves, behind waterfalls and on long hikes; I can ask the hard questions and sit with other peoples pain; I've talked to my older girls about sex; I have attended about 20 births as a doula.
So, while this is really cute, it's important to remember that anxiety is just one piece of what makes you who you are. Or, as a friend says, "Anxiety is just the Side B to being a highly passionate, creative and empathic person. I wouldn't give one side up for the other."
I'd love to hear what defines you outside of your anxiety!
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Great post. I think those of us with anxiety are hardest on ourselves. We always tend to focus on the fact that we have anxiety and not all of the other things that make us who we are. I tend to look at myself as "flawed" for having it in the first place, while people from the outside don't even see that I am any different unless I tell them. I think that is where the acceptance part comes in for me. I am working really hard to not "fight" the anxious feelings and get so upset over having them. I think if I can stop beating myself up about it maybe that will help me get rid of that last 1 percent! Kristen- you have really done some amazing things!!! I really want to run my first 10K but having trouble training due to the two little ones. I hate running with a jogging stroller! ha ha : )
- March 31, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Anxiety Girl said...
Hi Meredith! I agree, that acceptance piece is so hard for me, too. The moments where I feel super anxious and can experience them without internal commentary/criticism are so much easier. But, when I tell myself a story that "this is never going to go away - I'll always feel this way - why won't it go away" - that's when I feel lingering effects of anxiety/panic for days. I think of those times like an "anxiety hangover".
So, I would love to hear what defines you outside of your anxiety! :)
And, the marathon was when I was a young 24 yrs. & it took me & a friend 5.5 hours. Oprah beat us that year! My friend made us turtle shirts that read "slow and steady wins the race" - very appropriate!
- March 31, 2010 at 12:42 PM
I hate that anxiety hangover feeling. I know exactly what you mean! I think it is great that you ran that marathon! I think it doesn't matter how long it took because you did it!
As for what defines me outside of anxiety.... hmmmm... it is so hard to talk about yourself! I have always had a lot of friends and people would definitely describe me as outgoing, although I myself feel like a lot of my anxiety is social! I was a communications/english major in college, and after college my job required me to do a lot of presentations and public speaking. I did all of this with my anxiety! I have always been artistic. I knit and sew and always have some kind of project going on. My latest was installing a glass mosaic tile backsplash in our kitchen by myself! My biggest accomplishment is definitely my two little ones. For the past 4 years I have been a stay at home Mom and it has been wonderful watching them learn and grow!
- April 2, 2010 at 8:31 AM
Thanks Kristen! Knitting is very relaxing for me! It is hard to find time until the little ones go to bed though. Maybe I will find the time to start a blog someday! It has been so great talking to you and reading your blog. It is really helping me work on my anxiety, and it is nice to talk to someone who is in the same boat as me! : )
- April 3, 2010 at 9:05 PM


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Yes, FBI fingerprint-based background checks must be completed for the following individuals before a license or permit can be issued:
- The director, owner, and/or operator of the operation (including a sole proprietor, a partner in a partnership, or a chief executive officer (CEO) of an operation).
- Each employee of the operation that works at the operation's location.
- Each prospective employee of the operation.
- Each person, at least 14 year of age who is not a client in care who:
- Is counted in child-to-caregiver ratios.
- Resides or will reside in the operation.
- Has unsupervised access to children in care at the operation.
Registered, listed, or licensed child day-care homes that received their license or permit prior to September 1, 2016 must complete FBI fingerprint-based background checks for the individuals listed above according to the timeframes below.
If a person's next renewal check (the one due every 2 years) is due between September 1, 2016 and August 31, 2017, you can request an FBI check for that person when you request the renewal check. Otherwise, the person must have an FBI fingerprint check according to this chart:
|If the provider's last name begins with:
|FBI check must be completed by:
|A through F
|December 1, 2016
|G through L
|March 1, 2017
|M through R
|June 1, 2017
|S through Z
|August 1, 2017
If a child in your home is 13 years old, you must request a background check and an FBI check within 90 days before or after the child's 14th birthday.
Finally, if the decision on a risk evaluation for someone is pending on or after September 1, 2016, that person must complete the FBI check before DFPS may issue a decision on the risk evaluation.
Anyone requiring background checks but not listed above must also have FBI fingerprint-based background checks completed if the person has lived in another state in the last five years or there is a reason to believe the person has a criminal history in another state.
DFPS requires name-based background checks on all volunteers that are regularly or frequently present at the child-care operation while children are in care. Volunteers - including, but not limited to, DADS Foster Grandparents and parent volunteers in Head Start centers - do not require FBI fingerprint checks as long as they:
- Are not counted in the child/caregiver ratio.
- Do not have unsupervised access to children in care.
- Have not lived in another state at any time during the five-year period prior to the date you submit a background check.
Please note that if you have reason to suspect criminal history exists in another state, you should have an FBI fingerprint-based check completed for that individual regardless of whether the above criteria are met.
UEID stands for Universal Enrollment Identification.
IdentoGO assigns a unique UEID number to each applicant when a background check is requested. This number may be used to schedule a fingerprint appointment and also to check on the status of a completed fingerprint appointment to determine whether the prints are being processed or rejected. For more information see using the UEID to schedule a fingerprint appointment.
Yes. The person can schedule a fingerprint appointment on the IdentoGO scheduler, but is required to provide valid identification at the time of the appointment. See ID Requirements for Fingerprinting on the CBCU Fingerprinting page for more information.
The fingerprinting fee is paid directly to the fingerprinting vendor. The fee must be paid at the time of the fingerprint appointment, unless the applicant has been provided a payment coupon by a licensing operation. You may use the coupon to pay the fingerprinting fee when scheduling the appointment with IdentoGO or at the fingerprint appointment.
The fingerprinting vendor does not accept personal checks. Payment can be made by credit card, business check, money order, or using a credit-card backed account set up with IdentoGo.
When a child care operation chooses to use a credit-card backed account, the operation must email IdentoGO's billing department to set up an account. The instructions for creating an account and the required paperwork can be found in the Forms and Links section at the bottom of the IdentoGO website.
DFPS requires using an online system to automate and speed-up the processing of fingerprint checks. IdentoGO by the DPS fingerprint vendor is the sole company the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) contracts with to accept electronic fingerprints for the purpose of criminal history checks.
Electronic fingerprinting allows DFPS to:
- Receive electronic results which can be automatically processed very quickly; and
- Receive notification from DPS if a person has additional criminal activity in the future, based on retained electronic fingerprints.
The list of the current locations is available on the fingerprinting vendor's website. You must enter your service code in order to search for enrollment centers. See How To Find Your Service Code on the CBCU Fingerprinting page.
IdentoGO can provide onsite fingerprinting services for groups of 30 or more. Please note that these sessions are generally scheduled a minimum of five to six weeks in advance, and the fingerprinting vendor charges an additional $10.00 fee per applicant. To schedule an onsite session, please contact Erica Scott at (217) 547-2226 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
All DFPS programs no longer use FAST Pass forms or ORI numbers. Please use the Fingerprinting Instruction Sheets and Service Codes.
The service code is determined based on the person's current or future role at the operation, and whether or not the person is or would be receiving payment from the operation for the role in which the current background check is requested.
When submitting background checks through Public Provider, the following question must be answered for all applicants that require an FBI fingerprint check:
"Will this person be paid or is this person currently paid by the operation in the role selected?"
- If you select "Yes", then this person currently is or will be a paid employee at your operation.
- If you select "No", then this person currently is or will be in a role at your operation that is not funded by your operation.
For more information regarding specific service codes, see the "How to Determine Your Service Code" section on the CBCU Fingerprinting page.
Note: If you follow the above instructions and still receive the incorrect service code, please contact your CBCU representative, who can be located on the CBCU Contacts page.
Sometimes DPS or the FBI rejects fingerprints. If this happens, the person will be contacted by phone or email by the fingerprinting vendor, based on the preferred method of contact entered when the background check was requested, to schedule a reprint. The person should not be charged a second time for fingerprinting. The person may go online or schedule by phone with the fingerprint vendor for a reprint.
The reprint must be completed within one year of the initial appointment. If the second set of fingerprints is also rejected and was completed within one year of the initial appointment, DFPS can request a name-based search from the FBI. This search must be requested within 90 days of the second set of fingerprints. If DFPS is not notified of the second rejection within the 90-day timeframe, the person will require a new set of fingerprints, and will be required to pay a new fingerprinting fee.
If you have not received FBI results and it has been more than seven days since the individual was fingerprinted, please contact your CBCU representative, who can be located on the CBCU Contacts page, or you may send an email to email@example.com.
A person is not required to be fingerprinted again if:
- The person previously submitted their fingerprints for an FBI check through TEA and the date of fingerprinting is not more than 24 months old, or
- The person previously submitted their fingerprints for an FBI check through DFPS, and completed a name-based background check (DPS criminal history and DFPS Central Registry checks) at least every 24 months since being fingerprinted.
If the person has been fingerprinted for TEA, you must notify CBCU. Please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and include a copy of the person's driver license and Social Security card. You may contact the CBCU Support Line at (800) 645-7549 for further assistance, but copies of the person's driver license and Social Security card must be received before this issue can be resolved.
Every time a background check request is submitted to DFPS for a person who is required by statute to have a fingerprint check, the "FBI Check Required" checkbox must be selected. Selecting "FBI Check Required" does not necessarily mean that a new fingerprinting fee will be required. This fee only applies when a person requires a new set of fingerprints.
For more information regarding who is required to have a fingerprint check, refer to Texas Administrative Code §745.615.
If a person is unable to access a DPS fingerprinting vendor in Texas because he or she lives outside of Texas or is unable to leave his/her place of residence due to a physical disability (see "Homebound Applicants" on the CBCU Fingerprinting website), he or she may be eligible to submit fingerprints on a hard card. Note: fingerprints collected on a hard card take longer to process and may result in a higher rejection rate from the FBI due to the quality of the fingerprints, which can cause a delay in receiving the results.
The background check must first be requested through the Public Provider website, Automated Background Check System (ABCS), or by submitting a background check request form (see "How To Request an FBI Background Check"). The person must then register to Submit A Fingerprint Card by Mail and pay the fingerprinting fee on the fingerprinting vendor's website. After the person's fingerprints have been collected, they must be sent to IdentoGO for processing. For more information, see the instructions for Out-of-State Applicants.
The results of the fingerprint check will be sent electronically to DFPS for review and processing. If the person wants to verify that the prints have been received and processed, he or she may check the status on the fingerprinting vendor's website at https://uenroll.identogo.com/ or by calling (217) 793-2080. The person will be prompted for his or her Service Code and either the person's UEID and Date of Birth, or the person's Name, Date of Birth, and the Method of Contact that was entered when the background check was entered.
If an individual has a disability or condition that may affect the fingerprinting process, and the person is not considered "homebound" (see Homebound Applicants on the CBCU Fingerprinting page):
- The background check must first be requested through the Public Provider website, Automated Background Check System (ABCS), or by submitting a background check request form (see "How To Request an FBI Background Check").
- Schedule a fingerprint appointment online or by calling toll-free at 1-888-467-2080 (8am-5pm CST).
- After a fingerprinting appointment has been scheduled, send an email to the Contact CBCU mailbox with the Subject Line of "Fingerprinting Assistance Requested"
- Include the person's disability or condition, any accommodations that may be needed, and the date, time, and location of the fingerprinting appointment.
CBCU will notify DPS and the fingerprint vendor in advance of the person's scheduled appointment of any accommodations or special consideration that may be needed due to the person's disability or condition.
If you have not received the person's fingerprint results from DFPS within seven days from the date the person was fingerprinted, please follow up with your operation's assigned CBCU inspector, who is located on the CBCU Contacts page.
For more information regarding background check results, please see General Licensing Frequently Asked Question item 7.
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In a case of sibling rivalry— or rather— sibling revelry, after Chhota Bheem, it is now Arjun's turn to charm our children. The laddu-loving Bheem, hero of the popular animated television series of the same name, has been the star crowdpuller for Green Gold Animation since 2008. Now, the company is busy grooming Arjun, the star of another animation series that it introduced last year, as a backup.
"Bheem has been around for more than five years. He is a brand for life for us. However, we want to ensure that there is no overexposure or fatigue for viewers," said Green Gold founder and managing director Rajiv Chilaka. "In the lifecycle of a comic character, there will always be ups and downs. The effort is to have an option during the low times, " he added.
Bheem is the biggest money-spinner for Green Gold and there are no plans to "retire" him, clarified Chilaka. But now, the company is also making a serial based on Arjun, the character which is a spin off from the movie, Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali, which hit the screens last year. This would be in Hindi and showcase the character's kung fu skills.
Besides Arjun, the company is also planning an animation film starring Raju, Bheem's friend and the lead character in Mighty Raju. The film, Rio Calling, will be have Raju playing a footballer and should be ready by this summer. Also, another Bheem film is in the pipeline, this time in 3D, and will be released by year-end.
Besides Bheem, Arjun and Raju, Green Gold's other animation characters include Krishna, Vikram Betal, Bongo, Krishna Balram, Chorr Police and Luv Kushh.


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The German Star seemingly always linked with a move to the Premier League whenever the transfer window opens ; Chelsea and Arsenal are on his race.
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Our resident Gooners admit that they would love to see the tricky 23-year-old gracing the turf at the Emirates in the new year, and think this particular piece of transfer news has some serious legs.
Draxler would be joining a strong German contingent at the Gunners, with stars like Mesut Ozil, Shkodran Mustafi and Per Mertesacker plying their trade in north London.
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After three weeks of Six Nations action, we thought it was time to update you on all the most recent injuries, and who might be coming back to play in Round Four.
2018 Six Nations Injuries Update
Sam Tremlett takes a look at some of the most recent injuries to afflict each team during the Six Nations, whilst also updating you on players who could possibly be coming back to play a part in the tournament.
Captain Dylan Hartley is a doubt for England's matchup against France this weekend due to a tight calf. He is being monitored, along with prop Harry Williams who also has muscle tightness. Kyle Sickle and Luke Cowan-Dickie have been brought in as cover.
Jack Nowell however, will miss the rest of the tournament after rolling his ankle in training this week. Finally Sam Underhill will not feature against France after injuring his toe during training, although he is expected to be back for Ireland in the final round of the tournament.
After injuring himself against Wales, Sam Simmonds may be selected along with experienced back-rower James Haskell who might feature in the match day side.
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Tadhg Furlong has recovered from a hamstring injury which he suffered during Ireland's match against Italy. He will start this weekend.
Iain Henderson also suffered a hamstring injury and has been declared fit to play, however he has only been named on the bench for their matchup against Scotland.
In the centre Joe Schmidt has more injuries with Chris Farrell suffering a season-ending knee injury, which has resulted in Garry Ringrose being brought in to the position. Jared Payne remains out with persistent headaches.
Taulupe Faletau will make his first appearance in the 2018 Six Nations against Italy this weekend after recovering from injury.
Liam Williams, has also battled back from injury to retain his spot in the XV.
Rhys Webb, Sam Warburton, and Jonathan Davies are still not expected to play any part in the tournament.
During the tournament, French coach Jacques Brunel lost Mathieu Jalibert and Antoine Dupont within the first three weeks, however aside from those two he has very few injuries, instead discipline seems to be his main issue.
Stars like Teddy Thomas and Louis Picamoles for example remain unselected.
Lions winger Tommy Seymour failed to recover from a back injury which means Blair Kinghorn will get his first start against Ireland.
Richie Gray has recovered from a calf issue, and yet it looks like Gregor Townsend has stuck with the same team that beat England.
Winger Lee Jones, and prop Fraser Brown have both recovered from head knocks to likely feature off the bench.
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IPv6 RIPEness
IPv6 RIPEness - Implementing the Fifth Star (May 2013)
- Showing the first results of the fifth star for IPv6 RIPEness
IPv6 RIPEness - More Stars (September 2012)
- A proposal to implement a fifth star measuring IPv6 deployment at the edge.
IPv6 RIPEness - How to Reach the Stars (April 2012)
- A description how you can find out how many IPv6 RIPEness stars you have and which are missing. Instructions on how to get all four stars are also included.
IPv6 RIPEness - Production & Updates (November 2011)
- IPv6 RIPEness is now a production service; we show updated stats and some recent developments.
IPv6 RIPEness - One Year Later (May 2011)
- One year after the introduction of IPv6 RIPEness, we look at the numbers again and suggest some additional features.
RIPE NCC LIR Locator (February 2011)
- The LIR Locator now displays of those LIRs that fulfill all 4 criteria according to the 4-star IPv6 RIPEness rating.
IPv6 RIPEness - The List of 4-star LIRs (November 2010)
- LIRs that fulfill all 4 IPv6 RIPEness criteria are now listed on the RIPE NCC web site.
IPv6 Ripeness - Update and Methodology (August 2010)
- LIRs that fulfill all 4 IPv6 RIPEness criteria are now listed on the RIPE NCC web site.
IPv6 Ripeness - Criteria for a Potential Fifth Star (August 2010)
- In this article, two options for a potential fifth star to the rating system are listed.
IPv6 Ripeness - the Sequel ( June 2010)
- As a follow-up to the initial IPv6 RIPEness graph, we did more analysis based on LIR signup year, size and the industry sector that the LIR operates in.
IPv6 Ripeness - the Movie (May 2010)
- In this article, we looked at the increase of IPv6 RIPEness over time. This is illustrated in a movie.
IPv6 Ripeness - First Steps (April 2010)
- Describes a rating system, in which LIRs can get up to four "stars" for IPv6 services, depending on the following criteria: IPv6 allocation, visibility in the Routing Information Service ( RIS ), route6 object in the RIPE Database and reverse DNS delegation set up.
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