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You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. TRUE POWER IS RESTRAINT. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.
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I have been only restraint , keeping patience and sitting back to let whatever happen. Nothing happened. For I know things go on and on.


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With Atlasjet comfort, it's now easier and more pleasant to travel to IstanbulAtlasjet, the private airline from Turkey, which is known as "the airline that loves its passengers the most" is launching scheduled flights from Kuwait to Istanbul. As of 24 July 2014, the airline will be operating scheduled flights from Kuwait to Istanbul 4 days a week. The flights will be operated to Atatürk Airport, which is strategically located in the heart of Istanbul close to the business and historic centres.
Istanbul is the commercial and historic capital of Turkey, attracting business and leisure travellers from around the world. Whether you plan to conduct business, take advantage of the many shopping opportunities, or explore Istanbul's rich culture and history, Istanbul Atatürk Airport is at the heart of the city, providing easy access to its many attractions. Istanbul boasts a high standard of world-class hotel accommodation and a range of excellent restaurants.
Not a 'low cost' airline
Atlasjet offers its passengers high quality and comfort with affordable prices. With its high standards of service, which are on a par with major European national carriers, Atlasjet provides its passengers many privileges within the framework of the EkonomiPlus concept. Throughout the 3.5 hour flight from Kuwait to Istanbul, Atlasjet offers passengers travelling in EkonomiPlus a comfortable journey in leather seats with 77 cm legroom. They also benefit from a 40-kilogram baggage allowance, a wide range of complimentary food, beverages and snacks and free seat allocation.
'Flying Chef' service on Kuwait – Istanbul flights
Atlasjet greets passengers traveling to those destinations with a 3 hour flight time or longer such as Kuwait – Istanbul flights with their "Flying Chef" service. The wide range of complimentary food and drink offered to Atlasjet passengers is prepared by "Flying Chefs". The "Flying Chefs" offer a range of attractively presented dishes, giving passengers individual attention and ensuring that they have an even more enjoyable and delicious flight. The Chef prepares special daily dishes, adding a personal touch to both Turkish and international cuisine. The Chef personally prepares some signature dishes on board such as Chef's dessert. Flight Schedule
Atlasjet passengers can leave Kuwait at 03.10 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, arriving in Istanbul Atatürk Airport at 06.50 and leave Istanbul at 22.50 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving in Kuwait at 02.20. It is expected that these flights will particular be popular among Kuwaiti businessmen who visit Istanbul for short stays.
Passengers travelling on Atlasjet's flights can also fly on from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to domestic destinations such as Antalya, Bodrum and Izmir or abroad to Arbil, Cyprus and London – with a reasonable transfer time.
Even more privileges with Business Class
Atlasjet passengers can also choose a real Business Class experience in order to enjoy additional benefits during their trip. Passengers in Business Class travel in wide seats which are designed purely for Business Class with 100 cm of legroom and benefit from a large range of hot meal and beverage offers, as well as special services including a 50-kilogram baggage allowance, priority baggage, priority check-in, use of the Lounge and VIP plane transfer at Istanbul Atatürk Airport.
Ticket prices on Atlasjet's Kuwait - Istanbul route start at €115 (all inclusive) one-way with EkonomiPlus and €215 with Business Class.

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I promise that after Easter I will cut it out with the oatmeal cookie recipes! There's a Black Bean Recipe in the future, so don't you worry! But since chocolate is out of the question for me because of Lent, we have another oatmeal cookie recipe. BUT these are way easier to make than the 45-Second Oatmeal Cookie I previously posted.
Believe it or not these cookies are made from only TWO INGREDIENTS. I found them on Pinterest and because they were so easy to make on Friday, I decided to make them again and share them with you all!
So, what will you need….
You will need:
2 Large Bananas
1 Cup of Quick Rolled Oats
Yes, that is it. Of course because there are not many ingredients in these cookies there is plenty of space for additional items!
Additional Items Ideas:
Dark Chocolate Chips
Cacao Nibs
Peanut Butter
On to the baking..
-Set your oven for 350 degrees and grease a cookie sheet (maybe two). I greased mine with coconut oil.
-Break the bananas into pieces and put in a mixing bowl
-Add the cup of oats
-Mix with a fork until they become incorporated. There will be some chunks of bananas left,
but don't fret, that just makes the cookies more delicious!
-Mix in your additional ingredients. In this batch I used 1/2 a teaspoon of Pure Vanilla, a handful of raisins, and a few shakes of cinnamon.
-With a tablespoon, scoop the mixture and form it into a ball with your hands. The size is totally up to you.
I tend to make mine bite size though.
-Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes.
These are delicious right out of the oven, but they are also a nice treat later on (if they last that long!). Plus they are made with such simple, natural ingredients. You could probably make the cookies bigger and it could act as a breakfast cookie to go along with some tea.
They are also nutritious. Bananas sometimes get a bad rep but the reality is that they are high in potassium, vitamin B6, and vitamin C. They are also useful in treating high blood pressure. The problems arise when you start taking them for granted, limit your banana to one per day at most. Oats also carry their own set of benefits. Oats are actually very high in protein. But they also help regulate blood sugar, regulate the thyroid, and soothe the nervous system.
Bake these bad boys up once and I guarantee you will be making them again and again! Or anytime you have a few bananas laying around.


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Ian Ralph, our expert in all things digital here at Marketing Sciences Unlimited shares his thoughts on the challenges we all face in researching consumers' digital behaviours, and the role that passive measurement techniques might have in completing the missing pieces of the puzzle.
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I wasn't going to release this video until tomorrow, but I really can't wait to release this one. The idea for this video has been sitting up on my bulletin board since September and it's been an idea that only my mom knew about.
I feel kind of bad singling out one football player to get a video Christmas present, but he's the only one this video would work for. I've known him his entire life and he's probably the cousin I was closest to during high school despite our age difference. No matter how tall this kid gets, or how old we are, he's still my little Fuzzball.
I give you… Matt Gulyas – Through the Years.
The fun of watching my old videos and new ones is getting to see how Matt and two of my other cousins have grown. It's amazing how fast five years goes by, especially in the span of 3-4 minute videos!
So that is the Christmas surprise video, a day early. There's still more videos in store so be on the lookout for them!
Merry Christmas everyone!


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Penthauze Music honcho, lead act and boss Phyno is out with his first official video for the new year.
He drops the official music video tohis song "Financial Woman" which features Africa's biggest singing duo and twin brothers P-Square.
This collaboration made in the east is of the Man of the Year's sophomore album "The Playmaker" and happens to be one of the stand out tracks of the body of the work.
The video to this classy love tune which talks about an irresponsible girl who is dependent on a man to get buy was produced by Africa's best music video director Clarence Peters.
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Powerful yet sophisticated, the new Ferrari GTC4 Lusso is sporty and luxurious in equal measure.
The GTC4 Lusso is supremely comfortable, with adaptive dampers and a range of drive modes to choose from. These subtly adjust gearbox and engine response, with suspension you can adjust separately, depending on what kind of drive the day calls for. g.
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With a shooting-brake shape, the new Ferrrari GTC4 Lusso is spacious and comfortable for four adults, in generous sculpted seats that hold you securely in place. Everything is exquisitely finished, with leather upholstery and metallic accents embodying 'sporting luxury' – the boot is even a generous size and shape for such an overtly performance-focused model.
The cabin is crafted to ensure you arrive at your destination refreshed, with climate control, ample storage space, power-adjustable seats, and the latest connectivity technology. It's a space you can tailor to suit your every desire.


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Health IT in focus at RSNA's centennial
Radiology and information technology are not the same, of course. But they do overlap, and enable each other in critical ways. At the 100th annual gathering of RSNA, amid all the discussion of computed tomography, ultrasound and molecular imaging, there will be a key focus on informatics: data sharing, clinical decision support and much more.
[See also: RSNA Image Share Network in growth mode]
"We have an array of superb presentations and discussions lined up for informatics at RSNA this year," said Rasu B Shrestha, MD, chief innovation officer at UPMC and chair of RSNA's Radiology Informatics Subcommittee.
Hot topics this at RSNA this year – it takes place November 30 through December 5 at McCormick Place in Chicago – include value, analytics, mobility, quality and image analysis, says Shrestha. Also, "we will see superb work presented around image segmentation and measurement (and) quantitative imaging."
[See also: IHE certifies 8 for interoperability ]
There have also been big advancements made with regard to imaging business analytics, he added, "as well as key work around quality and safety issues such as peer review, medication error reduction and radiation dose."
RSNA has long been at the forefront of IT-enabled initiatives, of course, such as Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, launched in 1998 in partnership with HIMSS and the American College of Cardiology, which focuses on driving connectivity and interoperability, and RSNA Image Share, which was created to help radiologists share images with their patients via personal health records.
That commitment continues, said Shrestha. "There is a dire need to 'free up the images' and liberate them from back-end systems, so they can follow the patient wherever the patient goes.
"The RSNA Image Share initiative is a stellar example of leveraging the latest technologies in cloud and image sharing to enable streamlined processes around this great need," he said. "At the RSNA Conference this year, we will hear discussions and see demonstrations of key advancements made in this area including around patient-focused image sharing, structured reporting and communication of actionable findings to referring physicians using templates and video communication."
As much as they have in common, sometimes IT and imaging technology can seem to inhabit different worlds. Why should someone who works in health information technology, who may not think very often about imaging, consider exploring a show like RSNA? On the flip side, why should someone who works in radiology care about health IT?
"Imaging is in many ways the central spine of the workings of a healthcare facility," said Shrestha. "Optimizing imaging in many ways optimizes the rest of the flow in the system. Imaging is also a high cost, high value area of the healthcare delivery paradigm – an area with much innovation happening in many different areas. The RSNA annual conference is a great place to come in and see the latest and greatest developments and innovations in the space of imaging."
Conversely, he said, radiologists should recognize the value IT can bring to their work.
"Imaging today is not a departmental need, it is truly an enterprise need," said Shrestha. "Imaging works best if imagers and others who work in imaging are able to best build the bridges to the rest of healthcare information technology, and leverage the synergies that clearly exist between the teams.
"While radiology images do get generated in the department, the continuum of imaging extends from the ordering of the studies all the way to the consumption of the reports to follow ups and outcomes measurements – with the patient at the center of the entire continuum," he added. "Whether it is challenges around cloud computing, interoperability or patient engagement, the solutions we can come up with work best when radiology's needs and innovations are best bridged with capabilities and technologies in the enterprise."
As for IT-focused education sessions, Shrestha says "it's critical for attendees of RSNA to ensure that they stuff themselves well around their Thanksgiving table – because they will need every ounce of that energy as they walk the aisles of McCormick Place soaking in the sessions and the technical exhibits."
Simply put, "there are a host of superb IT-focused educational sessions this year, he said. Three of his picks.
- IHE Workflow Efficiency from Acquisition to the Report (Sunday, 4-5:30 p.m.) showcases "the key role IHE plays in streamlining radiology workflow, direct from the experts in the industry," said Shrestha. "You will also learn how IHE facilitates interoperability and will be able to explore features of the new IHE profile for management of radiology report templates."
- Correlating Imaging with Human Genomics (Monday, 10:30 a.m.-noon). "This session should be fresh and interesting," he said. "Come explore the potential value of correlating radiological images with genomic data for research and clinical care and learn how to access genomic and imaging data from the Cancer Genome Atlas and the Cancer Imaging Archive databases, respectively."
- Informatics (Image Sharing) "Covering imaging sharing and the cloud – the papers in this session (Wednesday 3-4 p.m.) will cover key advancements in these areas over the past year," he said. "This session features two presentations by Jason D. Balkman MD, including a highly-rated paper titled "VeNOS: A Vendor Neutral Open Source DICOM Solution for Cloud-based Medical Image Sharing."
It's getting "almost impossible to distinguish between imaging and informatics," said Shrestha. "In the next few years, we will see a further embracing of patient-centered care, and a greater urgency in the industry to derive true value out of imaging to further intelligent diagnostics and information technology investments across healthcare. We will the emergence of intelligent systems that are less siloed and more connected than ever before to the many clinical information systems that today already surround us."
At the heart of it all, of course, "will be the patient – such that technology truly advances patient care, from the quality of the scans, to the ultimate patient experience in their journey through healthcare," he said.


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These sought after kids Wellies look adorable on the little ones and are perfect for those winter puddles. Featuring reflective safety patches and labels on the front and back of the boot.
The popular brand Hunter Original are well known for their fun and fabulous range of funky Wellies seen on the feet of many a fashionable festival goer. Hunter Original mix luxurious durability with style and have a wide range of Wellington boots to suit everyone.
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Shark or Die Varies with device APK for Android
Your shark is ravenous for his favorite meal: raw man is on the menu! Arouse your killer instinct and go hunting for scrummy surfers and bikini-clad dishes!
FULL FEATURED and AD-FREE (no ads)!
- Shark simulator with comic strip visuals and lots of black humor
- Route planner and real-time hunting
- Different types of swimmers
- Different scenarios with varied graphics
- Sharp upgrades for your shark
- Achievements you can stick your teeth into
- Level-up system for the top finned fiends
Those nasty humans keep making shark fin soup, so it's time to turn the tables! Turn into an ocean predator; avenge your relatives and snap anything in your jaws that comes in the way of your mighty bite: swimmers, rubber ducks, beach babes and more. Watch from the sea bed as these lethal hunters strike with chilling speed and efficiency and even gobble up your own friends! Yummy! Collect achievements to let your feeding machine reach new levels. Discover new abilities and instincts, allocate killpoints to give your feisty fish some personal training and make it even more dangerous. Compare your best scores with those of your friends, and enjoy a reign of pure terror in the highscore rankings!
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- Full network access:
- Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- Disable your screen lock:
- Allows the app to disable the keylock and any associated password security. For example, the phone disables the keylock when receiving an incoming phone call, then re-enables the keylock when the call is finished.
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Added support for Xperia Play devices
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|Posted by Olivia Lawrence on November 15, 2012 at 10:25 PM
I've have many occasions in the last few weeks that I have heard absurd, incorrect, and offensive statements of the LDS faith, or Mormonism as it's more commonly known. Being born and raised in the LDS church, I know the belief system of it pretty well. I am no longer LDS, some of my previous posts make it pretty obvious that I am now Pagan. While I did turn away from the LDS church for various reasons, and I do obviously have some issues with it, especially some of the things that the church as an organization does, I am unable to sit silent and listen to ridiculous lies about the religion. You can call it a residual defensiveness for what used to be my religion, but honestly I would get just as defensive to hear someone speak offensively about any religion. I simply do not find it appropriate.
There is room for an intellectual discussion about what people consider to be problems with any religion, or why they disagree with it. I am more than willing to enter into such a conversation and have on many occasions. However, a prerequisite for such a conversation is a factual understanding of the topic, in this case the religion, being discussed. If you want to have a discussion about the pro's and con's of a religion you need to know what that religion really is.
For example, you cannot have an intelligent and worth-while discussion on the LDS church when one of the parties involved believes that the Mormon church worships demons, prays to Satan, isn't Christian, and doesn't believe that Jesus died for their sins. The Mormon church recognizes the holy trinity(although they do not refer to it as such) of God(Heavenly Father as they refer to him), Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. They do not worship demons, and they do not pray to Satan. They pray to Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and occasionally Heavenly Mother(though that's not a common thing). If you define a Christian as someone who accepts Jesus as the son of God and their Savior, then Mormons are indeed Christian. Mormons do believe that Jesus died for their sins. It is an integral aspect of the whole Jesus is the savior idea.
If anyone is wondering where these particular examples come from, these are a few of the statements that I had to listen to today. Of course I was offended, especially when they got their self-righteous attitude of ignoring everything I was saying. This left me in a state of outrage that had boiled to a head after dealing with weeks of intolerant and offensive comments about the LDS church. In my anger at the mass ignorance that I have been dealing with, I expressed my frustration on my facebook. Now before you start thinking, oh facebook everyone can see what you post there, my facebook is something that I tend to keep very private. I purposefully have a relatively low friend count, and I have an assumed trust with my friends that my posts will stay with those that are my friends on facebook. If I post something for friends only, I do not expect it to become a public forum issue outside of those friends.
I understand that this is probably starting to sound very high-school drama-ish, and unfortunately that is what happened. My post, which did not implicate any single individual as having been the one who said these ignorant comments(I'm not the type of person that would tag someone with this sort of thing), was then shared throughout an entire room of people whom would not have otherwise had access to this post. The person that had said the ignorant comments got extremely angry at my comments, and a mob-type mentality quickly developed with me being the monster that needed to be fought off. I don't know exactly how this whole situation developed, only that by the time I got out of my history class only an hour and a half later, I discovered that it had been decided that I was to be ostracized from the group. I don't know what all was said, as I wasn't present, nor was I ever allowed to defend whatever allegations were ledged against me.
The anger that I am now experiencing comes from a couple of different places. Firstly I am extremely angry with the fact that something that I had posted as private was brought by someone I had considered a friend into the public forum, something that he had no right to do. Secondly I am amazed that in this situation the person that was spouting offensive lies about a religion has come off as the victim, while I, who was acting as the voice of religious tolerance and honest discourse, have been demonized so thoroughly. Apparently trying to defend a religion against vicious lies is a terrible offense now. The kicker is this entire thing played out with the Speech and Debate team, which is outrageous, because if there is anywhere that should be open for honest, intelligent, and tolerant discussion it should have been there.
So here I stand being demonized and punished for trying to defend the LDS church against mean-spirited lies. This is something that I would do for any religion, and will continue to do despite this situation. While there are now less people that I can call my friends, at least I know that I stood up for something that I believe in. It is not OK to degrade something that you do not understand simply because you do not like it or because it is different. Again, I am no longer Mormon, nor am I Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, or any other of a large number of religions, but I will always stand up to defend any religion from vicious lies, and I will always stand up to defend religious freedom. Those who don't want to be around me because of that, well I probably am better off without them in my life anyways.
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Last week, I rounded up a few pairs of double earrings earrings that update the classic pearl stud with a hanging back. Here's my DIY version! The earring is basically a sandwich of the pearl, your ear lobe, the hanging pearl, and finally the earring back. You could change up this tutorial by connecting the loop on the hanging pearl to the earring back, for a bit more dangle, but I prefer how this way the back keeps the hanging pearl a bit more snug to your ear for these delicate DIY double pearl earrings.
You can interchange the hanging pearl with stud earrings you already have or make. I can't wait to pair the pearls with my favorite gold pyramid studs (similar style here). Also, last week Veva from My White Idea (remember her DIY Around the World post?) shared a double pearl earring tutorial too! I love how she cleverly put hers together for a bold style.
Tools and materials:
4 half drilled pearls
2 ear pads and backs
2 eye pins (I used a thicker 21 gauge to fit in the hole in the pearls)
Strong jewelry or super glue
Wire cutters
Jewelry pliers
1) Glue a pearl to each of the earring pads and let dry. 2) Bend the eye pin at 1/4 inch down from the top of the loop of the eye pin.
3) Clip the eye pin with the wire cutters, just shy of 1/8 inch from the bend in the eye pin. 4) Add a drop of glue to the back of a pearl (some should get in the half-drilled hole) and put the end of the eye pin in the hole. For extra security, you can add a tiny dab of glue to the eye pin at the back of the pearl.
5) Repeat for the second earring. Let earrings dry according to the glue's directions.


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A FAREHAM firm will mark its 40th anniversary at the Farnborough International Airshow.
Barnbrook Systems, a designer, developer and manufacturer of electro-mechanical switching devices, secured a six-figure deal with aerospace giant Leonardo at last year's event. Preparations have begun for its 12th consecutive appearance.
Founder Tony Barnett said: 'The Leonardo deal at the 2016 airshow was a milestone,
'We have secured more business with Leonardo as well as major international aerospace clients. We're aiming for another highly successful show which would be the icing on the cake in our anniversary.'


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arraigner keyboard ideal for use in live and studio applications. The Pa800 Elite is designed for high performance in all areas, from sound to interface, based on Korg's RX technology. The Hyper Integrated synthesis system used to create the hundreds of voices of the Pa800 Elite ensures rich, detailed, natural sound for an expressive performance. The keyboard is intuitively arranged for maximum control, from the 61-key keyboard to the pitch/modulation joystick to the full-color touch screen.
You're able to import any sample virtually you wish into the 64MB of included memory as the Pa800 Elite can read WAV, AIFF, Korg, and AKAI files. Editing functions are provided for precise tweaking of audio samples. Four stereo master effects processors give you hundreds of standard and specialized effects for ultimate customization of your sound. Customizable backing styles in every genre are also included so you can have the full sound of a backup band without the bulk.
Other features include two 16-track sequencers for full flexibility, including DJ-style cross fading between sequences. MIDI and USB connectors are provided for connection to digital instruments, computers, or USB-based storage devices. Standard analog audio inputs and outputs let you connect a microphone, external speakers, or recorder. Two built-in speakers let you have your first performance right out of the box without adding any extra equipment.
RX Technology
RX Technology was first used on the Pa1X, the most powerful Arranger around, RX Technology is the guiding philosophy behind the Pa800. RX - Real eXperience - guided all our design and sound decisions. When the Pa800 performs, we want the audience to listen - and believe.
TC Helicon inside
The Pa800 includes as standard the world acclaimed TC Helicon Voice Processor. This features EQ and professional quality effects (reverb, echo, etc.), designed and shaped specifically for vocals. These effects, combined with the built in 3 voice harmonizer and dedicated high quality mic preamp, ensure your vocals have the highest possible sound quality.
The most important controls to keep your voice under control are available in the panel and in the display's main page. Simply connect your microphone and start performing!
Never a Dull Moment
Korg Pa80 introduced the world's first Arranger keyboard with two separate MIDI file players in the legendary Pa80 and our Pa800 showcases these double sequencer features working at an all new power level. In addition, the Pa800 supports the main musical formats such as SMF (Standard Midi File), Karaoke files and GM (General MIDI) and of course is able to display lyrics in most popular karaoke formats.
There is also a practical Marker function to allow you to jump directly to a given position in the song: you can fix the markers using the internal sequencer (or using a computer based one - the marker format is standard) and then remix your favorite songs during a live performance for added spontaneity.
Taming Technology for Intuitive Ease of Use
With all the technological power packed inside, it was vital that we also made the Pa800 easy to understand and easy to use. But even more, we wanted the whole way you use the Pa800 to be an intuitive, musical, fast, foolproof experience. Our graphical user interface uses an amazing Graphical Color Touch Screen so you simply think, point and click for easy and intuitive use - RX Technology at work for you!
So musicians of all levels can make great music quickly, there are two interface modes: EASY and EXPERT. The EASY mode shows only the most important controls while keeping a clean and easy interface, useful for beginners or playing live, while in EXPERT mode you have full editing control. Nothing stands between you and your professional performance.
Switches and sliders are assignable so your live performances work the way you want.
And when you need more information? Check out the multilingual contextual Help System that is standard on board!
Unparalleled Quality of Sound
Having power and ease of use certainly mean nothing without great sound and the stunning high quality sound performance of the Pa800 will impress any audience. The Pa800 delivers sound that makes it seem like you've the coolest band available on stage - all working under your control.
Korg sound quality is universally recognized as superior, and relied on by musicians everywhere. For the Pa800, we redesigned what was already the most powerful synth sound engine available to give you an even richer, more detailed, sophisticated natural sound than ever before with musical instruments from almost every genre exploding with depth, nuance, subtlety, accuracy and richness. We even used several sounds from OASYS (the most powerful synthesizer ever made) helping the Pa800 set a new standard for arranger keyboards.
The sound memory of the Pa800 has been largely increased to achieve the best sound quality possible boasting all new multi level samples of the instruments you know and love. Many of these also include also various levels of articulation so the polyphony has been also expanded to 120 notes to cover even busy passages.
There are more than 950 ROM sounds, including a new amazing multilayer stereo acoustic piano accurately sampled from a Concert Grand (and including String and damper pedal Resonance!) , plus an extra 64 drum kits. In addition, the RAM area contains up to 256 user sounds and 64 drum kits and of course, there is full on board sound editing.
Full Featured Sample Tools
Still not enough sounds? Many professional musicians choose to add their own sounds and because the Pa800 is dedicated to professional musicians, you can load Wave, AIFF, Korg format files and of course the incredible Akai sample library - about the largest sample library available - into the standard 64MB of added memory.
The Pa800 also features professional editing facilities such as loop, cut, normalize and cropping of samples. A special Time Slice feature allows you to slice audio grooves and import the audio data into a Style so you can create some of the coolest rhythms imaginable.
Powerful Multi-effect Processors
But great sound is even more. For many years, Korg has produced outstanding studio quality effects that are simply breathtaking. The Pa800 has 4 Stereo Master Effects processors with hundreds of these effects from the standards such as reverb, delay and chorus through to specialized effects such as a fantastic Vocoder and some of the universally acclaimed REMS guitar based effects for authentic guitar tones. The vocal effects (EQ, Compressor, Noise reduction, Echo, Reverb) are separate and completely independently controlled.
Deeply Defined Musical Styles
Matching this high sound quality the Pa800 delivers a new set of deluxe styles, programmed by some of the leading arrangers in the world each of whom worked according to their musical strengths. The result is hundreds of preloaded Styles that provide unparalleled realism and detail. Covering an expanded range of musical genres, the Pa800 gives you styles for almost every important occasion.
If you require a special Style Collection simply record and edit your own styles on board. We add further realism to your performance with Fill 3/Break, Intro 3/Count In and Ending 3 Style Elements.
And if you are looking for more pre-written styles, you will be pleased at the exciting future for the Pa800 with many new styles to be produced by both Korg and also independent 3rd party companies.
Easy-to-Use, Advanced Musical Sequencing
Along with a powerful and fully programmable multi track sequencer, you can use Backing Sequences to create songs based over styles - quickly and easily. You don't need to be a master programmer - you can write your own song in minutes: even beginners can easily create songs using the step edit feature. This approach to quick programming is also useful for studio use when you want to create great sounding professional backing music for films, video, multimedia or internet applications very quickly.
Taking Requests?
This exciting feature was developed to make your life easier while playing live. The SongBook is a Musical Database, completely user programmable, containing all the settings needed to play a particular song. You have only to search the title of the song you would like to play, select it and hit Play. The SongBook can use styles, MIDI files or sequences and immediately recall settings such as Song Title, Genre, Artist, Tempo, Volumes, Sounds, Muted Tracks, FX settings, Easy Edit, 4 STS*, Master Transpose and more. Everything you need to play your song back perfectly is in the SongBook, a useful musical feature that is unique to Korg - the only Arranger keyboards available with all these sophisticated controls.
(*STS - Single Touch Settings is a memory that recalls sounds for all the real time tracks (upper 1, 2, 3 & lower).)
Make it Your Own
You can configure and edit almost anything in the Pa800. You can modify and save Styles, Performances, Programs, Settings for Sliders, Switches, Pads, Global (Midi channels, output routings, etc.) and more for both internal and external control. Scales are fully programmable and include quarter tone settings and a programmable Arabic Scale.
With all of this control, the Pa800 also functions as a superb MIDI controller (Master Keyboard).
Connect to the World
Naturally, the Pa800 has all the connectivity you need including 4 separate audio outputs, 2 mic/line inputs with separate gain, 2 USB Host connections and 1 USB (Device) connection. The optional VIF4 graphic video interface (available in PAL or NTSC standard formats) can display on an external TV monitor either just the lyrics (useful for Karaoke) or if you want it to clone the on board display.
Enhanced USB Capabilities
The Pa800 has two USB Host connections available to connect standard pen drives, external hard drives, CD-ROM or even a floppy disk. One Host is to connect other USB devices from the front panel for quick access in real time, while the second Host is on the back panel. A further USB Device connection is available for the Pa800 to connect with a PC for fast exchange of large amounts of data or as a MIDI connection without the need for extra MIDI computer interfaces.
Stellar Sound System
The custom designed amplification system is exceptionally high quality. The 2 x 22 Watt amplifiers drive the 2 tweeters and the 2 x 10 inch woofers in a bass-reflex box to generate a powerful listening experience. Loudness and Fixed EQ boost the overall volume to deliver a big sound!
Great Feel
The keybed is unique to Korg, feels great and naturally has aftertouch as well as being velocity sensitive.
All in the Family
And if you have been one of the many longstanding Korg Arranger users you will be happy to know that even though the Pa800 is all new, it is also compatible with the Korg i-series style format and with all Pa50, Pa60, Pa80, Pa1X files. This means your Pa50, Pa60, Pa80 and Pa1X sound programs work in the Pa800 as well so you can keep your favorite sounds and styles while benefiting from a cutting edge keyboard.
Expandable & Updatable
The Pa800 Elite model comes with the EXBP-Dual MP3 option and Hard Drive fitted as standard.
Even though it comes with almost every features you could want, the Pa800 has many useful expansion options: EXBP-Dual MP3 - Dual MP3 Expansion Board: Dual MP3 Player - Mp3 Recorder. Reads MP3 audio files in any format, including MP3 with Lyrics. Records (with optional Hard Disk or Pen Drive installed) entire performances, including sounds and vocals, in MP3 format. VIF4 Graphic Video Interface: to display lyrics or the on board TouchView display on an external monitor or TV (PAL or NTSC formats). Hard disk installation kit for standard 2.5 inch ATA hard disk drive (not included) with a capacity of up to 2 terabytes.
Keyboard: 61 keys with Velocity and Aftertouch
RX (Real eXperience) Technology
OPOS (Objective Portable Operating System) Multitasking (Load while play feature)
Upgradable Operative System
SSD Solid State Disk
Tone Generator:
KORG HI Synthesis (Hyper Integrated)
120 Voices, 120 Oscillators
Filters with Resonance
EQ for each track
4 Stereo Digital Multi-Effect systems
124 Effects types plus VOCODER
Voice Processor Technology by TC Helicon: Three-part Harmonizer, Reverb, Delay, Compressor, EQ
Sounds & Drum Kits:
More than 950, including a Stereo Piano and GM Level 2 compatible Sounds
63 Drum Kits - User area: 256 Sounds, 64 Drum Kits
Digital Drawbars: 8 Footages
Realtime control: Assignable Sliders
Full editing of Sounds and Drum Kits
Sampling: Record, Edit, Time Slice, Load/Import of Korg, Wav, Aiff and Akai files
Export of Wav and Aiff files
PCM RAM Memory: 64 MB standard
More than 400 preloaded Styles, SSD-resident, freely reconfigurable
Up to 960 available Style locations including the Favorite banks
Eight Style tracks, 4 Single Touch Settings and one Style Performance per Style
Compatible with old "i-Series" and Pa series Style format
Style Record with Step Record, Track and Event Edit functions
Style controls: 4 Variations, 3 Fills, 3 Intros, 3 Endings, Synchro Start/Stop, Tap Tempo/Reset, Fade In/Out, Bass Inversion, Manual Bass, Tempo Lock, Memory, Accompaniment/Real Time Track Balance Volume, Accompaniment Mute, Drum Mapping, Snare & Kick Designation, Single Touch
320 Realtime Performance locations
STS: Memorize Realtime tracks and Voice Processor settings, up to 4 x 960 Styles, up to 4 x SongBook entries
Realtime Tracks:
Four Keyboard tracks (Upper 1, 2, 3, Lower)
4 Pad tracks
Song Play:
Patented XDS Crossfade Dual Sequencer player
2 Sequencers with separate Select, Start/Stop, Home, Rewind and Fast Forward controls
Balance control
Lyrics data can be displayed on-screen, or on an external video monitor (with VIF4 option installed)
Jukebox function
Compatible with (formats 0 and 1)
Quick Record (Backing Sequence), Multitrack and Step Record functions
Full-featured sequencer
16 tracks
Up to 200,000 events
SMF native format
Fully programmable music database, based on Styles, SMF, Karaoke with automatic selection of Style Play and Song Play modes
User-definable custom lists
Filtering options
"i-Series" models: Styles
Pa series: Style, Performance, Program/Sound, Song, SongBook
Multi Pad:
4 Assignable Pads + Stop Button
Pad Record function
Help System: Hypertextual, Contextual, Multilingual
General Controls: Master Volume, Real Time-Acc/Seq Balance Volume, Ensemble, Octave Transpose, Master Transpose, Style Change, Quarter Tone and Arabic Scale memorized inside Performance/STS
Realtime controllers: Joystick (pitch + modulation), 2 Assignable Sliders, 2 Assignable Switches, Dial, Up/+, Down/-
Control Inputs: Damper Pedal (Support Half-Pedaling), Assignable Pedal/Switch, EC-5 (Programmable Multi-Switches)
Analog Output: Unbalanced Jack Left/Mono, Right, Out 1, Out 2, Headphones
Analog Input: 2 Unbalanced/Balanced (automatic switch) Jack Line In with separate Gain control
In, Out, Thru standard MIDI connectors
USB MIDI using the USB Device port
Individual track assignment
8 user definable MIDI Setups
USB: Host Front/Rear (2.0 Hi Speed) and 1 Device Rear (1.1 Full Speed) connections
Hard Disk: Optional 2.5 in. ATA Hard Disk Drive
CD Player/Writer -- Floppy Disk: Optional standard USB CD-Drives to be connected to USB Host port
Display: 320 x 240 pixels, Color TouchView Graphic Touch Screen
Amplification: 2 x 22 W, Loudness, Fixed EQ
Speakers: 4 Speakers (10 cm Woofers + Tweeters) 2 way in Bass Reflex Box
Consumption: 40 Watt
Dimensions (WxDxH): 43.7 x 15.3 x 7.1"; 1110 x 388.62 x 181mm (without music stand)
Weight: 29.3 lbs
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The Substitute
Written by Nicole Lundrigan
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- FICTION / Suspense
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Publication Date June 24, 2017
Warren Botts is a disillusioned Ph.D., taking a break from his lab to teach middle-school science. Gentle, soft-spoken, and lonely, he innocently befriends Amanda, one of his students. But one morning, Amanda is found dead in his backyard, and Warren, shocked, flees the scene.
As the small community slowly turns against him, an anonymous narrator, a person of extreme intelligence and emotional detachment, offers insight into events past and present. As the tension builds, we gain an intimate understanding of the power of secrets, illusions, and memories.
Nicole Lundrigan uses her prodigious talent to deliciously creepy effect, producing a finely crafted page-turner and a chilling look into the mind of a psychopath.
Nicole Lundrigan
Nicole Lundrigan is the author of six critically acclaimed novels, including Glass Boys and The Widow Tree. Her most recent novel, The Substitute, was published in 2017. Her work has appeared on best of the year selections of the Globe and Mail and NOW Magazine and she has been longlisted for the ReLit Award. Born in Ottawa and raised in Newfoundland, she now lives in Toronto.
"Equal parts disturbing, suspenseful, and raw, The Substitute will have you holding your breath until the very last page." Ian Hamilton, award-winning author of the Ava Lee series
"Irresistibly clever! This creepy tale had me hooked right from the start." Melanie Raabe, author of The Trap
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"A feast for fans who miss Patricia Highsmith's and Margaret Millar's haunting anatomies of people as nice as pie except for their murders." Kirkus Reviews
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Archive for May, 2013
Garden patio- adding splendor to your house
Are you one of those who enjoy a relaxed outdoor atmosphere, greenery and plenty of nature? if the answer is yes then you should consider using your garden area to make a garden patio. You just need to use your imagination and creativity to the best capacity to transform your garden area into a cool hanging out place.
You can get started with the construction of a patio. Make the patio as the central focus area of your garden. Then you can go ahead with the décor beside and around the patio. For the construction of the patio area, ensure to have elevated flooring along with a strong and sturdy patio cover. You can add furniture and accessories like lamps and lightings to beautify your patio. To give a more nature friendly look, you can use creepers on the pillars and bars of your patio. Make sure to have a beautiful garden full of colorful flowers and plants around the patio. This will add a unique splendor to your entire outdoor house décor.
Creating a music studio right inside your house
If you are a music lover or if you have some music band, then you need a proper place to rehearse. The only place where you can rehearse is a proper music studio. There are certain requirements of a music studio without which you can't successfully practice there. There are certain music studios which are available on rent. But then the rent at times reach such a level that it is not possible for you to bear. In such a case you can create a music studio in your house only.
You have to identify an isolated place or room in your house which is away from the rooms and where there is no chance of disturbance. So you can practice properly in a cool mind in the music studio. You have to proper electrical arrangements for all the musical instruments in that room. Also you have to look for some special place in the room where you can amplifiers and box.
If you have enough budgets in hand, then you can get the walls, doors and windows padded with sound proof padding. This will make your music session perfect.


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Our combined knowledge of horses in general means that Bedwell's is certainly the place to visit for sound advice and quality feeds.
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Walt Whitman's Jack Engle and Lola Montez: New from Collective Biographies of Women
By Alison Booth On 14 August 2017 · Add Comment [Edit] [This is the first part of a short essay I posted on the blog of Collective Biographies of Women and elsewhere on August 15, 2017. See https://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/CBW_Blog/?p=441&preview=true#_ftn6 for the entirety, with additional notes and references.] In February, 2017, there was some exciting news…. Continue reading "Walt Whitman's Jack Engle and Lola Montez: New from Collective Biographies of Women".
Transcribing Typography with Markdown
Digital technologies are not new solutions to our old problems, but are new problems asking for us to return to old solutions. People have been transcribing texts for as long as there have been texts. So it is no surprise that some of the earliest applications for computers were concerned with transcribing texts. These applications…. Continue reading "Transcribing Typography with Markdown".
LAMI Summer Fellows 2017
For the third year in a row, the Scholars' Lab and the University of Virginia Library are helping host summer fellows from the Leadership Alliance Mellon Initiative (LAMI) at UVA. The students will pursue original research this summer at UVA in consultation with a faculty mentor. For our part, the Scholars' Lab and the Library have…. Continue reading "LAMI Summer Fellows 2017".
What Should You Do in a Week?
[Cross-posted to my personal blog.] For the past several years, I've taught a Humanities Programming course at HILT. The course was piloted by Wayne Graham and Jeremy Boggs, but, these days, I co-teach the course with Ethan Reed, one of our DH fellows in the Scholars' Lab. The course is a soup-to-nuts introduction to the…. Continue reading "What Should You Do in a Week?".
Why To Teach Students to Not-Read Novels
Scholars' Lab Fellow James Ascher went to Washington and Lee University to give a workshop in Prof. Taylor Walle's ENGL 335 course through a Mellon-funded collaboration with the Scholars' Lab in the UVA Library. More information about this initiative can be found here. His post is cross-listed on the W&L blog. This post has a simple argument: if…. Continue reading "Why To Teach Students to Not-Read Novels".
Visualizing Paper Evidence Using Digital Reproductions
Digital images both lie to us and tell us truths that exist outside of our normal perception. The lie comes about through both deliberate distortions and distortions produced by limitations in digital and in other reproduction methods. The limitations of reproductions are easy to see for anyone who considers the situation carefully, but understanding the…. Continue reading "Visualizing Paper Evidence Using Digital Reproductions".
Accessibility Online–Take aways from the Luis Perez workshop
One of our aims for our summer project is to build a product that is accessible for all users, but I realized today that James and I have a different idea of what it means for digital humanities to be "accessible." When I think of making a digital product accessible, I imagine a home bound…. Continue reading "Accessibility Online–Take aways from the Luis Perez workshop".
Introductions: Meet Charm and Wit, or Wit and Charm
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What makes a man great?
Fr. Vijay explores what separates the Apostles of Jesus Christ from others. It is a special message directed to all men but important for all.
Acts 5:33-40New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
33 When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them. 34 But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time. 35 Then he said to them, "Fellow Israelites,[a]consider carefully what you propose to do to these men. 36 For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him; but he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and disappeared. 37 After him Judas the Galilean rose up at the time of the census and got people to follow him; he also perished, and all who followed him were scattered. 38 So in the present case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; because if this plan or this undertaking is of human origin, it will fail; 39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them—in that case you may even be found fighting against God!"
They were convinced by him, 40 and when they had called in the apostles, they had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Many self-help books will promise you the secrets of success but have you looked at the lives of great men and women to see what they have done to be "successful"? Have you looked at the way Jesus Christ lived to find this secret? How do we handle stress and the burdens of our obligations? How do we manage to do what we have been called and chosen to do? God is calling us to be great... So, lets go be great!
St Pope Kyrillos 6th feast
Sermon discussing our expectations and God's plan.
How should a Christian understand the practice of making vows? Should you do it? Why or why not? Join us in the Link as Fr. Michael Sorial challenges the construct of vow making based on the teaching of Jesus Christ in the sermon on the Mount.
Sermon on the occasion of the Feast of the Assumption of the Body of the Holy Virgin Theotokos Saint Mary.
Sermon given on the feast day of St. Gregorios of Parumala, an Indian Orthodox Saint.


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About The Granary
The Granary Theatre's heritage dated back to Georgian times when the then Fisher Theatre was situated in Theatre Road, just a short distance from the Maltings site.
The Granary Theatre was originally part of "The Wells Centre" an arts centre situated in the Maltings and Sackhouse buildings, from 1975 – 1990. From 1994 to 2016 the theatre hosted regular plays and concerts and was looked after by the Friends of the Granary.
The theatre is now closed as part of the Maltings redevelopment project. The new facility will include a larger auditorium space with retractable seats, improved backstage and front of house facilities. We look forward to welcoming you in the new theatre in the Spring of 2018. In the meantime, occasional live theatre performances and music events are hosted in alternative venues in the town.


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Scores of big brands have begun to distance themselves from TLC's scandal-ridden series "19 Kids and Counting" in the wake of a leaked police report that revealed that one of the sons featured on the series had sexually assaulted his younger sisters and another female.
Last week, Josh Duggar and his parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar issued statements about the molestation allegations, which date back to 2002, referring to the incidents as a "dark and difficult time" that brought them closer to God.
TLC "pulled all episodes of '19 Kids and Counting' currently from the air," though the network has yet to outright cancel the series. If the show goes on, Walgreens, Payless and Choice Hotels won't run ads during the series, the companies revealed on social media.
Walgreens assured followers via Facebook: "In the wake of recent news, we are no longer advertising on the '19 Kids and Counting' program."
Pure Leaf Iced Tea is also done with the show. The brand tweeted, "Thank you for contacting us to share your concerns. Please know that we will no longer be advertising on '19 Kids and Counting.'"
Meanwhile, Choice Hotels assured a Twitter follower who complained about the company's ads during the series, "We share your concerns and we have decided to remove our advertising from the show."
And Payless told Twitter followers, "Our ads ran during this show as part of a larger buy w/ TLC. We are taking steps to have them removed from future episodes."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, General Mills is also done with the show. The brand told the industry site that the company removed "19 Kids and Counting" from its current advertising schedule.
Ace Hardware, Ricola, David's Bridal, Party City, Behr Paint and ConAgra Foods all said they will no longer advertise on the show.
CVS said though it airs ads on TLC, the pharmacy "have not and will not advertise during the '19 Kids and Counting' program."
TLC did not return FOX411's requests for comment regarding the future of the series. The program had been set to air in reruns after wrapping its most recent season. The show about the Duggar's ever-growing brood has been on TLC since 2008.


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G2A's dispute with indie devs doesn't look like it's ending any time soon
Game key reseller G2A came under fire earlier this year for allegedly selling fraudulent keys on its service, but efforts to clean up its public image since then haven't exactly gone according to plan.
This April, at the Reboot Develop games conference in Croatia, G2A employee Mariusz Mirek took the stage to defend his employer before a group of skeptical developers. With Mirek's appearance likely motivated by Gearbox Software terminating its then-recently announced partnership with G2A over the site's oft-criticized business practices, many believed this marked the beginning of a public relations tour.
For the uninitiated, G2A is a download key reselling site that essentially works like a peer-to-peer digital GameStop. Let's say you pick up the latest Humble Bundle and it's got a lot of stuff you don't care about. You could sell those download keys on G2A and make a bit of your money back. Or – as many developers & pundits allege – you could steal a credit card, buy hundreds of keys directly from a developer's storefront, sell those keys on G2A for 100% profit, and leave the developer in the lurch when the cardholder hits them with a chargeback.
G2A claims it has an exceptionally low percentage of fraudulent transactions, which very well might be true. It could also be completely bogus, since those numbers have never been made available to the public or the press. G2A PR rep Maciej Kuc once told me in a previous interview that "below one percent" of transactions conducted on the site were fraudulent.
Regardless, G2A's reputation among the general public (and especially among developers) is shaky at best. Although the Gearbox incident may have been the catalyst, it was far from the only negative press the site has earned over the years – some of which I am directly responsible for. The earliest I can remember hearing about G2A was back in January 2015, when Ubisoft batch-deactivated keys for Far Cry 4 purchased through the service. Later that year, League of Legends developer Riot Games banned G2A as an esports sponsor. 2016 brought us a public spat between G2A and indie label tinyBuild, a feud that continued well into the next year at GDC 2017.
G2A claims it has an exceptionally low percentage of fraudulent transactions.
TinyBuild alleges that G2A has cost them over $450,000 between stolen credit card chargebacks and lost revenue, but G2A vehemently disagrees, rightly pointing out that TinyBuild games are regularly discounted on platforms like Steam. During a GDC panel about how fraud affects indie developers, tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik mentioned G2A as one of the places where stolen keys could be easily fenced. However, during the question & answer session, Mirek took the microphone to confront Nichiporchik.
Although the panel was not recorded, Polygon's first-hand report from the event paints exactly the picture you would expect. Mirek's time with a hot mic was short and terse. "Let's address [Nichiporchik's] codes, because I was handling your emails," Mirek said. "You have not provided a single [game] code [for us to validate the alleged fraud]."
"You're really going to do this at GDC?" Nichiporchik responded.
One month later, several time zones and a continent away at Reboot Develop, the roles were reversed. Mirek took the stage for a panel titled "G2A Unplugged," which sounds like Mirek is about to sit down in a backwards chair and talk to you about how drugs aren't cool. The video on demand for the panel has been lost in the intervening months, but one particular highlight remains intact: Thomas Was Alone and Volume developer Mike Bithell's now-infamous roast.
"So obviously you charge the customers who want to avoid fraudulent stuff with the [G2A Shield] system, you ask us to contribute our time and energy to detect fraud on your system in exchange for 10%, I'm interested what the 750 people [at G2A] are doing to earn the 90% of the transaction?" Bithell asked.
Mirek started to respond. "You know, there are people working in marketing, there are people working in risk, in finance–"
Bithell cut him off with a curt laugh. "Marketing," he repeated, incredulously. At this point, Mirek was clearly fed up. He looked to the panel's moderator, GamesIndustry.biz editor Dan Pearson, for help, but Pearson was openly laughing along with Bithell and the rest of the audience. Mirek was alone in hostile territory. "Is it mainly marketing?" Bithell asked.
"No, actually," Mirek responded. "IT and security."
"Good job," Bithell quipped.
The clip is only 54 seconds, but it's a perfect encapsulation of G2A's contentious relationship with the development community. It's a game of Telephone with only two participants, where G2A has been actively trying to mend fences but without properly communicating how they plan to do so.
Listen to Bithell's question, for example. He's right in that G2A Direct – a program where developers can sell games directly through G2A in exchange for having access to G2A's key backend – isn't perfect. Asking developers to track down alleged fraudulently obtained keys on their own feels like passing the buck, but it is free access to G2A's key backend, which was one of the demands put forth by Gearbox.
Asking developers to track down alleged fraudulently obtained keys on their own feels like passing the buck, but it is free access to G2A's key backend.
Bithell is also correct in that G2A Direct gives developers 10% from all sales conducted on G2A. But he seems to be operating under the impression that G2A will take 90% from sales conducted by the developers themselves. (Bithell did not respond to requests for comment on this article.) G2A Direct gives developers a storefront on G2A where they can make 89.2% commission on sales. The "10%" statistic Bithell mentions actually comes from G2A offering developers 10% of all third-party sales conducted elsewhere on the site.
"Developers and publishers can make up to 10% on every item sold by a third-party seller," G2A PR specialist Gabriela Lefanowicz said in an email interview. "Imagine if you buy a Samsung TV and then go sell it on eBay. Samsung already made money the first time you bought the TV, and now they would get another 10% of the money made when you re-sold the TV on eBay. Neither eBay, nor any other marketplace in the world offers this, but we do."
"GameStop and eBay sell used physical games which isn't a good comparison. If we had seen thousands of our digital games pop up there, we would take the same action -- try to verify legitimacy of the keys," Nichiporchik told me in an email interview. "If we had a shop (which we did, only to find it be hit with fraud and those keys appear on G2A), and saw an influx of purchases, chargebacks, and then keys being sold at GameStop, we would definitely inquire about the origins of said keys."
Lefanowicz said the company is more than happy to work with developers or publishers who come to them with a list of stolen keys. "If any developer or publisher has information and proof from an external/neutral institution that specific keys were stolen from them, we do everything we can to help," Lefanowicz said. "We will always cooperate with developers and publishers to get rid of fraudulently obtained goods."
In the intervening years since Ubisoft deactivated all those Far Cry 4 keys, G2A has reportedly beefed up its fraud protection, which Lefanowicz laid out for me step-by-step. "Imagine there is a scammer, let's call him John. John has a couple of illegally obtained keys he wants to get rid of and because of false claims in the media, he decides on G2A," Lefanowicz said.
"To become a seller, he has to provide a valid phone number and a social media account with history. So, let's say John manages to get his hands on a valid phone number that cannot be traced to him and has a fake social media account which he has had for a while, with lots of friends and posts. Now let's say that somehow John has managed to sell nine keys (the maximum number until the next verification step automatically kicks in). Let's say John wasn't flagged, and now he has made a small sum of money and goes to withdraw his money from G2A. At this point, John cannot use his fake identity any longer – he needs to provide us with a real bank account or PayPal account which is tied to his personal information."
"If John wants to withdraw money through a different method than the two just mentioned, he will need to fill out a basic verification form which includes his full name, DOB, place of birth, nationality, address and his ID. So there are two options here - either John gives up, or he provides us with information that leads us right to him."
I decided to test this for myself by creating a brand new G2A seller's account. I used my personal email for the account to make sure I wouldn't lose access while reporting this story, but since one user-created Gmail is indistinguishable from the next I doubt that would've affected anything. For the rest of the checkpoints, I would need a couple different things to fool G2A's automated system: a prepaid cellphone, a fake social media account, and a fake PayPal account.
The cellphone was easy to get. I walked half a mile to my local CVS and picked up a burner Tracfone & refill card for about $30 total. Within an hour, I had an untraceable phone number, which I would attach to a separate burner Gmail account.
I used the Gmail account, the phone number, and a recent picture of wrestling legend Arn Anderson to create a fake Facebook account. From there, I successfully attached the Facebook profile to a G2A account. If I had performed all those steps in a free VPN-enabled browser, I'd be all set.
However, getting any money out of the G2A account was a different story. Lefanowicz was right – for a scammer to actually make money through G2A, they would indeed need a PayPal or bank account. Initial research led me to believe prepaid debit cards could be used not only to activate a PayPal account, but to set up a go-between anonymous bank account that would allow the users to withdraw money from the account.
According to Lefanowicz, PayPal will flag accounts with prepaid cards attached, but I've read plenty of first-hand testimonials from people who have made that exact system work. Perhaps you can get around that by using the account & routing numbers from the direct deposit account generated by the prepaid card. Either way, PayPal didn't seem to be a problem.
The problem came from the prepaid card. I bought a generic GreenDot Visa that advertised cash access, but when it came time to activate the card online, I was surprised: the form asked for my Social Security number before the card could be activated and used. I mashed the proper amount of numbers into the field, hoping that I could just attach an SSN rather than running the number against an existing database, but no such luck. You need to input your legal name and the corresponding number.
Now, that's just the wall I personally hit. I can't anonymously sign up for a PayPal account, but that's because I'm a law-abiding citizen with limited funds. If somebody's using a stolen credit card to allegedly commit fraud, there's probably a way around PayPal security.
But everything else – that's possible. Hell, it's easy. It's easy to get an anonymous phone number, make an anonymous Gmail account, fake a social media profile, and start selling on G2A with little to no oversight. G2A does have an additional series of checkpoints for "sellers that are treated as businesses by law," according to Lefanowicz, but it's not clear what the line is between casual and professional seller. Those sellers will be required to provide documents including "bank statements, a VAT or TAX number, and a certificate of incorporation."
It's no wonder alleged scammers prefer G2A as a place to fence goods. Last year, Kotaku published an investigative piece where they spoke with a key scammer who allegedly sold a batch of stolen keys on G2A. "G2A [is one of the] great sites to sell fraudulent keys," said Brazilian hacker Vitor Reis. "The keys of commerce [are] quick and easy, and there is [not] much bureaucracy." G2A has added the aforementioned safeguards since then, but if I was able to make it through I'm certain a credit card scammer wouldn't be too stymied.
Look at any G2A-centric news feature, and you'll find quotes from independent developers who are furious at G2A for all the alleged fraud committed on their platform. I've even had indies heavily imply on the record they'd rather you pirate their games than buy them at G2A. Polygon went looking to speak with developers who have signed up for G2A Direct, and the most prolific studio they could find was the Superhot team.
A look at the current list of Direct participants includes the publishers of games like Killing Floor 2, Prison Architect, and A Normal Lost Phone. But it also has a lot of shovelware and subscription codes for Napster Europe. G2A Direct looks good on paper, but they're not attracting the same voices who have been criticizing them all along.
All the developer-friendly programs in the world won't fix the site's reputation.
Nichiporchik says the only way tinyBuild will only do business with G2A if "we get to see all keys available for sale for our games, and are able to set minimum prices." He's aware of G2A Direct, but still doesn't feel comfortable "getting a kickback for keys that fell off a truck." That is the core of G2A's problem, right there. In the absence of any fraud allegations, G2A Direct would be a great program. Even if you discount the 10% on all third-party transactions, raking in almost 90% of all transactions conducted through your storefront is a respectable take.
But all the developer-friendly programs in the world won't fix the site's reputation – only an increased focus on security will do that. Developers are right in that G2A could be doing more to combat alleged fraud. But G2A is providing a unique, even necessary service for consumers. I personally really like the idea of selling the extra keys I've acquired through bundles, if only because I'm never going to turn down some extra scratch. Consumers need to define their rights before digital distribution completely swallows physical media.
The problem is that when you're buying a game on G2A, precedent says it could be stolen code. It may get deactivated by publishers like Ubisoft or MangaGamer. Or it could be somebody's hacked PSN account, which is a real thing that happened to me last year. The site's reputation is still in the toilet, something that won't change until G2A finds a way to stomp out fraud once and for all.
Top image: G2A CEO Bartosz Skwarczek promoting the G2A Shield service. Photo via Polygon.
Disclosure: ZAM Network and Riot Games share a corporate parent. Riot had no involvement in the writing or publication of this article.