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If you are having some issue with your Samsung Galaxy S II which has a low microphone volume level and finding some complaints from people you call saying that they can't clearly hears you. It is quite sometimes that some users experience this problem regarding the loudness of their Galaxy S II microphone.
This tricks are too simple and nothing to worry about, just do some click around with your menus, and do this steps below:
1. Setting the mic input level while the 'Noise Reduction' is turned off. You can do this by pressing the menu button while in call status then press the "Noise Reduction Off".
- Type this code on your Galaxy S2 dial pad *#*#197328640#*#*
- A number coded menu will then show.
- Now press [5] AUDIO
- Next [1] NB (VOICE CALL)
- Next [1] HANDSET
- Next [1] VOLUME
-Next [1]SRC SPEECH RX Volume
- Then [5]5_lvl: 90 ( the 90 is the input value of the microphone volume level, yours might have a different value than 90. Just remember the default value of yours so that you can use it to revert it back again)
Now, on that window there's a line stated "Input". You are going to edit or change the input value which can be done by pressing the Menu button, then the "Key Input". Write down 110 as your new maximum microphone input level and then press "OK" This is just like adjusting the volume knob of your audio amplifier to maximize the loudness.
2. Setting the mic input level while the 'Noise Reduction' is turned On.
- Press the menu button then the "Back". You may press 4 times until you will return back from where you will see the Audio Setting and the [1] NB (VOICE CALL) is in the first line.
- This time, press [7] HANDSET(2MIC)
- Next [1] HANDSET
- Next [1] VOLUME
- Next [1]SRC SPEECH RX Volume
- Then [5]5_lvl: 90( Edit this input value like the number you have just write down from above)
Press the Menu button, then "Key Input". Write down 110 as your new maximum microphone input level.
I have proven that this tricks works on my Galaxy S II android phone, but the only certain issue is that it will automatically revert back to the default input level settings once you rebooted or restart the phone . So if you want to keep it permanent, find a way to never restart your phone, or consume your phones battery life. So, hope this works for you too.
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|SFML 2 Vs SDL 1.3/2.0 Vs Allegro 5
Member #14,328
May 2012
I'm pretty proficient with C++ and wanted to get out of the "game engine" trend and decided to just write my own, my choice are sfml 2, sdl 1.3/2.0(practically NO documentation..), and allegro 5.
I do plan on writing a level editor as who likes writing out there maps by hand?
The game I'm creating would work on either 3 libraries as it's C++ at the end of the day, but I'm more focused on the game than low level stuff if I do have to use low level I would integrate DirectX 11 or OpenGL 4.3.
Speaking of DirectX or OpenGL does allegro or the others allow linking to other graphics api's?
I'm pretty against sdl 2.0 mainly because there is no documentation, sfml 2 doesn't have documentation but it's forums are like a beehive and there's plenty of unofficial docs for sfml 2, sdl forums aren't really active and for some reason you can't post either.. how convenient for them.
Member #11,605
January 2010
Since documentation is pretty important go for the one that is the most well documented option (Allegro 4 had really good documentation, I haven't tried Allegro 5 so I can't say which one to chose for you).
I once tried to learn frameworks, I had about 3 to chose from in a language that I was already very familiar with however the documentation was sporadic and lacking and it required me to read source code, and 1 other framework that was really well documented but in a language that I was not familiar with.
After fighting for 3-4 weeks with the language that I was already very familiar with & undocumented frameworks I switched to the language I did not know but had a really well documented framework and I never looked back. I believe that strong documentation is what makes the programming tools functional to humans.
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Member #2,030
March 2002
Rukiri said:
I'm more focused on the game than low level stuff if I do have to use low level I would integrate DirectX 11 or OpenGL 4.3.
If you don't want to focus on low-level stuff, then for Eris's sake target an earlier OpenGL version than 4.3 (which when removing the cruft from the OpenGL API went too far and removed pretty much everything convenient).
Speaking of DirectX or OpenGL does allegro or the others allow linking to other graphics api's?
All of them provide easy access to OpenGL.
Member #12,347
November 2010
I'm using SFML 1.6 (last of the 1.x branch) in my game engine. The API is fairly similar to 2.x from what I've seen. 1.6 has great documentation, so I assume that 2.x is going to have good docs when it's finished. In the meantime, you could use 1.6 if you wanted. It's stupid simple and complies to modern programming paradigms like RAII, OOP, etc.
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Member #794
November 2000
I don't know about any of the others, but Allegro lets you use D3D or OpenGL directly if you want. On Windows the default backend is D3D, but you can specify that you want OpenGL. You can then very easily port your game over to OS X, Linux, Android or iOS.
Allegro 5's documentation is a bit rough (compared to A4's) but it generally ok (http://alleg.sourceforge.net/api.html). There's also the Wiki, that people are busy adding more documentation and tutorials to (http://wiki.allegro.cc/, it's not quite as organised as it could be, though people are working on that too). There are the examples, that are mostly clear and well-commented. Last but not least, there's these forums where you can always ask questions if you get stuck on something.
If you want the latest stuff (including shaders, multi-touch and more extensive primitives) you should check out the latest 5.1 WIP version (beware: you may contribute to Allegro development by finding bugs), otherwise stick with 5.0.
In the end it's mostly about personal preference which library you use.
Member #11,955
May 2010
You can use Allegro with Ogre3D, in case you want to expand your frontiers.
Member #1,786
December 2001
SDL 1.3/2.0 is still undergoing API changes which is somewhat annoying to deal with. Allegro5 is a bit more stable.
If you want to post on the SDL forums you have to send an email to the admins and have them add you. Still its a waste of time because no one replies to anything.
Member #11,410
October 2009
Yeah, AL5 has unmatched help and support IMO. Teh Community FTW!
Agui GUI API -> https://github.com/jmasterx/Agui
Member #2,330
May 2002
First, do you want to write a GAME or an ENGINE? Big difference. Writing a level editor is a huge timesink. Try using one of these: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/tools/
Nowadays all of these API's are good options and are feature-similar. Your results are primarily going to come down to your own experience more than anything... which you will build by coding lots of projects.
If you're using straight C or C++ as an "Extended C", then Be sure to check out SFML 2's C port. It's far smaller syntactically.
For SDL tutorials check out http://www.lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/
I know this may seem obvious, but for documentation, the respective API references for each library will be invaluable.
Allegro, SDL and SFML can all use OpenGL; I wouldn't recommend doing graphics any other way, even if you're doing 2D. Also you can do top-notch 2D with OpenGL going back to the earliest versions (1.1?).
Member #1,739
December 2001
If it's true that those other libraries have crappy documentation, then they don't even exist. You have no choice but to use Allegro.
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Member #14,328
May 2012
Okay thanks for the tips, and for documentation SFML and Allegro are king.
Specter Phoenix
Member #1,425
July 2001
SDL has a ton of tutorials showing how to use it. I think Lazyfoo's tutorials are the more popular SDL series out there. Also, while Allegro has documentation, I think most Allegro users look at the included examples and games to see how to use it rather than sifting through the docs. This is where other libraries fail or come up short, they don't have very good examples to look at and pick apart.
"Can't a man even talk to himself without being interrupted?" -Krull(1983)
Neil Walker
Member #210
April 2000
What the A5 documentation needs is to stop treating commands in isolation and specifying the obvious and instead add some context, a user friendly description and an example.
for example:
al_create_event_queue Create a new, empty event queue, returning a pointer to object if successful. Returns NULL on error.
Yes, hello, means nothing to anybody new.
Instead, why not at the start of every section, e.g. http://alleg.sourceforge.net/a5docs/refman/events.html
Have a description of events and how they work.
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Member #358
May 2000
True, that sounds like a documentation stub. On al_create_event_queue the example links give you plenty of code to look at though. And to be fair events.html is a quite long read already so even with some functions only documented in brief it already shouldn't be much trouble figuring out how to use them.
Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
Neil Walker said:
What the A5 documentation needs is to stop treating commands in isolation and specifying the obvious and instead add some context, a user friendly description and an example.
Specter Phoenix
Member #1,425
July 2001
It may just be my nostalgia, but I liked how the A3 and A4 layout looked compared to A5. That is just my personal preference though.
Don't know why I like this old layout:
"Can't a man even talk to himself without being interrupted?" -Krull(1983)
Member #794
November 2000
Specter Phoenix said:
Don't know why I like this old layout:
Any particular reason you're using archive.org to access the A4 manual despite it still being available directly on Allegro's homepage?
Too many pastels for my taste anyway, although the A5 manual could probably do with a bit more colour. And more examples, obviously. As always, we accept patches.
Specter Phoenix
Member #1,425
July 2001
Evert said:
Any particular reason you're using archive.org to access the A4 manual despite it still being available directly on Allegro's homepage?
Didn't know it was still available on the Allegro homepage. When I went there I saw "API--5.1" and assumed it only linked to the new A5 API, so I used archive.org to get it.
And more examples, obviously.
Not just examples, but simple examples as most programmers coming to Allegro may see the included examples on the documents and not have a clue what is going on there. I know I've looked at some examples and thought "WTF?!".
"Can't a man even talk to himself without being interrupted?" -Krull(1983)
Member #3,310
March 2003
Just use Allegro 5. The examples are good, the library is good and so is the community.
I haven't tried it yet, but this development course looks rather nice:
Specter Phoenix
Member #1,425
July 2001
Ashteth said:
Just use Allegro 5. The examples are good, the library is good and so is the community.
It's A5 examples that make me say "WTF" to. Of course I'm referring to the Manual examples that were attached to some things. For example, under al_create_bitmap there is an example (ex_bitmap_target.c) and it makes me think "WTF?!" when looking at the code(sorry for the bad format, apparently copy/paste doesn't copy the format from the manual to the forums at all, so I had to manually tweak it or have one long line of code):
1/* An example comparing FPS when drawing to a bitmap with the 2 * ALLEGRO_FORCE_LOCKING flag and without. Mainly meant as a test how much 3 * speedup direct drawing can give over the slow locking. */ 4#include <allegro5/allegro.h> 5#include <allegro5/allegro_font.h> 6#include <allegro5/allegro_image.h> 7#include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h> 8#include <stdio.h> #include <stdarg.h> 9#include <math.h> 10#include "common.c" 11const int W = 300, H = 300; /* Size of target bitmap. */ 12const int RW = 50, RH = 50; /* Size of rectangle we draw to it. */ 13ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *display; 14ALLEGRO_BITMAP *target; /* The target bitmap. */ 15float x, y, dx, dy; /* Position and velocity of moving rectangle. */ 16double last_time; /* For controling speed. */ 17bool quit; /* Flag to record Esc key or X button. */ 18ALLEGRO_FONT *myfont; /* Our font. */ 19ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE *queue; /* Our events queue. */ 20/* Print some text with a shadow. */ 21static void print(int x, int y, char const *format, ...) 22{ 23 va_list list; 24 char message[1024]; 25 va_start(list, format); 26 vsnprintf(message, sizeof message, format, list); 27 va_end(list); 28 al_set_blender(ALLEGRO_ADD, ALLEGRO_ONE, ALLEGRO_INVERSE_ALPHA); 29 al_draw_text(myfont, al_map_rgb(0, 0, 0), x + 2, y + 2, 0, message); 30 al_draw_text(myfont, al_map_rgb(255, 255, 255), x, y, 0, message); 31} 32/* Draw our example scene. */ 33static void draw(void) 34{ 35 float xs, ys, a; 36 double dt = 0; 37 double t = al_get_time(); 38 if (last_time > 0) { 39 dt = t - last_time; 40 } 41 last_time = t; 42 43 al_set_target_bitmap(target); 44 al_set_blender(ALLEGRO_ADD, ALLEGRO_ALPHA, ALLEGRO_INVERSE_ALPHA); 45 al_draw_filled_rectangle(x, y, x + RW, y + RH, al_map_rgba_f(1, 0, 0, 1)); 46 al_draw_filled_rectangle(0, 0, W, H, al_map_rgba_f(1, 1, 0, 0.1)); 47 x += dx * dt; 48 if (x < 0) { 49 x = 0; 50 dx = -dx; 51 } 52 if (x + RW > W) { 53 x = W - RW; 54 dx = -dx; 55 } 56 y += dy * dt; 57 if (y < 0) { 58 y = 0; 59 dy = -dy; 60 } 61 if (y + RH > H) { 62 y = H - RH; 63 dy = -dy; 64 } 65 66 al_set_target_backbuffer(display); 67 al_set_blender(ALLEGRO_ADD, ALLEGRO_ONE, ALLEGRO_ZERO); 68 al_clear_to_color(al_map_rgba_f(0, 0, 1, 1)); 69 xs = 1 + 0.2 * sin(t * ALLEGRO_PI * 2); 70 ys = 1 + 0.2 * sin(t * ALLEGRO_PI * 2); 71 a = t * ALLEGRO_PI * 2 / 3; 72 al_draw_scaled_rotated_bitmap(target, W / 2, H / 2, 320, 240, xs, ys, a, 0); 73} 74 /* Run the FPS test. */ 75 static void run(void) { 76 ALLEGRO_EVENT event; 77 int frames = 0; 78 double start; 79 target = al_create_bitmap(W, H); 80 al_set_target_bitmap(target); 81 al_clear_to_color(al_map_rgba_f(1, 1, 0, 1)); 82 al_set_target_backbuffer(display); 83 dx = 81; 84 dy = 63; 85 start = al_get_time(); 86 while (true) { 87 /* Check for ESC key or close button event and quit in either case. */ 88 if (!al_is_event_queue_empty(queue)) { 89 while (al_get_next_event(queue, &event)) { 90 switch (event.type) { 91 case ALLEGRO_EVENT_DISPLAY_CLOSE: 92 quit = true; 93 goto done; 94 case ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_DOWN: 95 if (event.keyboard.keycode == ALLEGRO_KEY_ESCAPE) 96 quit = true; 97 goto done; 98 if (event.keyboard.keycode == ALLEGRO_KEY_SPACE) 99 goto done; 100 break; 101 } 102 } 103 } 104 draw(); 105 print(0, 0, "FPS: %.1f", frames / (al_get_time() - start)); 106 if (al_get_new_bitmap_flags() & ALLEGRO_FORCE_LOCKING) { 107 print(0, al_get_font_line_height(myfont), "using forced bitmap locking"); 108 } else { 109 print(0, al_get_font_line_height(myfont), "drawing directly to bitmap"); 110 } 111 print(0, al_get_font_line_height(myfont) * 2, "Press SPACE to toggle drawing method."); 112 al_flip_display(); 113 frames++; 114 } 115 done: 116 al_destroy_bitmap(target); 117 } 118 int main(void) 119 { 120 if (!al_init()) { 121 abort_example("Could not init Allegro.\n"); 122 return 1; 123 } 124 al_init_primitives_addon(); 125 al_install_keyboard(); 126 al_init_image_addon(); 127 al_init_font_addon(); 128 display = al_create_display(640, 480); 129 if (!display) { 130 abort_example("Error creating display\n"); 131 return 1; 132 } 133 queue = al_create_event_queue(); 134 al_register_event_source(queue, al_get_keyboard_event_source()); 135 al_register_event_source(queue, al_get_display_event_source(display)); 136 myfont = al_load_font("data/font.tga", 0, 0); 137 if (!myfont) { 138 abort_example("font.tga not found\n"); 139 return 1; 140 } 141 while (!quit) { 142 if (al_get_new_bitmap_flags() & ALLEGRO_FORCE_LOCKING) 143 al_set_new_bitmap_flags(ALLEGRO_VIDEO_BITMAP); 144 else 145 al_set_new_bitmap_flags(ALLEGRO_FORCE_LOCKING); 146 run(); 147 } 148 al_destroy_event_queue(queue); 149 return 0; 150 }
"Can't a man even talk to himself without being interrupted?" -Krull(1983)
Member #3,310
March 2003
The above example is meant to demonstrate the difference between memory and video bitmaps. It is especially relevant to longtime Allegro 4 users. In Allegro 4, you can pretty much write to bitmaps with reckless abandon. In Allegro 5 if you write to a bitmap you take a hefty performance hit if you don't know what you are doing.
Perhaps a simpler explanation of what the example is trying to demonstrate could be placed at the top of the header.
Specter Phoenix
Member #1,425
July 2001
I'm not that experienced in C++ and looking at that code I can't tell what the hell it is being done because the variable naming is terrible and I have to try to figure out what variable names mean and what is going on in the example. On top of trying to understand what is going on with the Allegro code. For an experienced programmer I'm sure it all makes sense, but most of our new users are new to programming too and trying A5 for the first time to get met with confusing examples like that.
"Can't a man even talk to himself without being interrupted?" -Krull(1983)
Member #3,310
March 2003
I think its alright if the beginning user can't understand all the examples at first glance. Plenty of the included examples are far more simplistic. To a certain extent, complexity is why I like Allegro. The power is there if you want it. If I want to do raw bitmap manipulation I can. I am, however not required to and I can successfully develop a game without knowing anything about bitmap manipulation.
You are correct however in that this example could use better documentation. Perhaps the examples should come with some sort of rating system. I.E. beginner, intermediate, advanced etc. I am grateful that someone took the time to write all the examples. I myself am too busy developing with Allegro 5 to write examples.
Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
I think the API documentation is fine. The n00bs needs a well written, high level book to walk them through everything from A-Z. The wiki articles are fine if you are looking for a single topic, but they always are going to lack the context and continuity that a single-authored book provides.
Member #7,859
October 2006
Evert said:
As always, we accept patches.
For some reason I thought the documentation source was written in some horrible custom syntax. Instead I see it's written in a very understandable custom(?) syntax. Maybe I'll start making patches ^^ Should I use SVN for that or what?
Specter Phoenix said:
It's A5 examples that make me say "WTF" to.
In my experience each example contains some extra code that is 'hard' to understand (and irrelevant to the theory of the example), and could use some comments to distinguish.


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Last month, I asked Blake to do a guest post about self-pubbing his latest novel.
Here's his follow-up...
Blake: 32 days ago, I posted on this blog about my new novel RUN and all the reasons why I had decided to release it myself and stop waiting for the Big Book Deal.
To be completely honest, I was nervous about this one. Joe had been yelling at me to put the book out, but what if I took his advice, and it didn't sell?
I knew it had a great cover, a great pitch, and I thought the book itself delivered on all of that, but still, that nagging fear of a flop was hanging around.
So what happened?
RUN blew up.
In all the best ways, and in those I hadn't even thought of.
The bloggers and fellow writers I contacted to help me get the word out came through in a big way, and I believe they laid the groundwork for the book to take off.
For the last few weeks, RUN has been consistently ranked between the 200s and 400s on Amazon at $2.99.
The real surprise, however, has been in the Nook store, where, as I write this, RUN is ranked #132 overall. For every copy of RUN I sell on Amazon, I'm selling 2.3 copies on Barnes and Noble.
Which means it's selling about 400 copies/day right now, and is approaching 4000 sales since I released it a month ago.
I've had a bit of difficulty wrapping my head around this, and it's got me thinking a lot lately about expectations.
When I first released the book, I thought, if I can sell as well as Konrath's and my SERIAL UNCUT, which has been selling between 30-50 copies/day for many months, I'll consider this a resounding success. I had a lot of books ranked between 1500 and 2000, but I'd never had anything in the triple digits, and I'd never had anything sell like this on Barnes & Noble.
But my main purpose behind writing this blog entry is to share a few valuable lessons learned (and mistakes made) as I watched RUN begin to take off.
1. Having a book integrate into Amazon's system makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE. For some reason, it took two weeks, but literally the day that RUN hit the "Customers Also Bought" system, it dipped under 1000 and never looked back. I truly believe that those connections Amazon builds between ebooks are the single most important component to a book's success. Which means you have to have a concept of what books and authors are hot and selling that are like yours. Keywords and tags are crucial in achieving this.
This is what legacy publishers did for years (and still do). They try to position new books in the framework of known quantities and bestsellers to give readers and booksellers the confidence and perspective to buy and sell the book. This is also why my pitch (see below) begins with "For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Thomas Harris..." These are big names, but my work truly does share a lot of common ground. I think readers like familiarity, and the comfort of being told, "This is kind of like that."
2. The bestseller lists. So important. Once RUN started hitting the lists, my ranking became, for lack of a better word, "sticky." There were no more drastic daily fluctuations between 1000 and 3000. If you can hit some lists, you have a better chance of maximizing any momentum that you build and holding onto it.
3. In that regard, choose your categories wisely. I made a major mistake when I uploaded RUN. I put it in the Thrillers and Suspense categories. When RUN's rank began to fall, I noticed it wasn't hitting any lists. Even when it got down into the 400s. Thrillers and Suspense are two of the most competitive lists on Amazon. I only squeaked onto the Thrillers list briefly at #99 when RUN fell to #280. This means you have to compete with all the heavy hitters to have a chance at making that list.
My mistake was, I hadn't listed horror as one of RUN's categories. If I had, when it fell below 500, it would have immediately hit the top 10 on the horror list. So I ran back into my DTP account, changed suspense to horror, and within 48 hours, RUN was highly ranked on the horror lists, which gave it yet another boost. I think of my books first and foremost as thrillers, but that doesn't mean it's smart to drop them into that category if my goal is to hit some Amazon bestseller lists and get a sticky ranking. Choose your categories not only wisely, but based upon bestseller lists that you believe you have a shot at hitting.
4. Pricing...this is my biggest question of the moment. I've railed before about $.99 and how I believe it's not a good price for writers. But there is no denying the power of dropping a book to $.99 to make a run at the top 100. What Joe has done with THE LIST and ORIGIN has been very impressive. But when a book's successful, and you don't have as many novel-length titles to play around with, dropping that price out of the 70% royalty bracket is a scary proposition. So I'm still very much on the fence, but am at least considering dropping RUN to $.99 when it begins to slip in rankings.
I'm sure Joe will chime in here shortly and tell me how much money I lost not listening to him and releasing this back in October, (Joe sez: Over $25,000) but in the meantime, thanks to everyone who has bought RUN and said nice things about it.
And if you're sitting on a novel, waiting for The Big Book Deal for your life to begin, please consider my experience here.
If you've benefited from any of my posts on Joe's blog,please check out RUN, available for $2.99 on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and as an old-school dead-tree relic on Createspace.
Here's the pitch:
For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Thomas Harris...
Picture this: A landscape of American genocide...
5 d a y s a g o
A rash of bizarre murders swept the country…
Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected.
A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike.
A mass of school shootings.
Prison riots of unprecedented brutality.
Mind-boggling acts of violence in every state.
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The murders increased ten-fold…
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Your name is Jack Colclough. You have a wife, a daughter, and a young son. You live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. People are coming to your house to kill you and your family. You don't know why, but you don't have time to think about that any more.
You only have time to….
Joe sez: I'm thrilled this terrific book is finding an audience, and I'm also wondering what the hell I'm doing wrong on BN.com since a lot of authors seem to be smoking my sales and I'm only doing $3k a month there.
I suppose I have to remind myself how much luck is a factor.
Blake mentioned my experiments with THE LIST and ORIGIN and I think that's worth commenting on. They're both currently ranked around #70, and I just raised the price on ORIGIN back to $2.99, which should kick in soon.
While THE LIST has made me a lot of money (over $20k in the time it has been in the Top 100), ORIGIN took its time to get up there, and seemed to peak and drop pretty fast. I'm raising the price now, while it's still in the Top 100, to try and chase the money I lost while it was 99 cents.
My guess is I'll come out ahead on ORIGIN (i.e. earn more through this experiment than if I'd just left it alone at $2.99) but it's still too soon to tell. With the rate they're both dropping, I don't expect either to be in the Top 100 for much longer.
I really can't draw any conclusions from my experiment. It worked well with THE LIST. It didn't work at all with SHOT OF TEQUILA. It partially worked with DISTURB, which never cracked the Top 100, but is holding a much higher rank than it had prior to the price drop.
If I had to advise Blake on what to do with RUN, I'd say drop it to 99 cents on Amazon and give it two weeks. He's got a cushion with his BN sales, so it might be worth the risk to try it. At the very least, he'll lose a few bucks but climb in rank, and then when we goes back to $2.99 he'll be making more money for a while.
As self-published authors, we need to experiment more. Too many writers are afraid of changing prices. The fear of losing money, or rank, or sales, shouldn't keep us from trying different things. Remember that ebooks are forever. Sales will fluctuate over time, no doubt. But there's no set business model yet in place for ebooks. I just cracked the Top 100 with two novels that have been on Kindle for two years. I think that shows the longevity of this medium.
We can afford to take risks, because unlike the print world which has set prices and a limited shelf life, our ebooks will still be for sale five, ten, twenty years from now.
But there's also a reverse aspect to this. If your sales are faltering, maybe you don't need to experiment with new prices or different covers. Maybe instead you should be concentrating on writing more. It's tempting to micromanage backlist titles, trying to improve sales. However, one guaranteed way to raise backlist sales is to self-pub new work.
Ultimately, you should do both: tending the backlist while expanding the frontlist. Blake was selling modestly with his previous titles. He was thrilled to make $6k in January.
In March, he made $24k, largely due to the sales of RUN, which is not only selling well but is helping his backlist sell well.
If that doesn't make you want to get writing, I don't know what will.
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Mark Cappelletty on
Disappointed by the TWILIGHT news and wish you'd found a movie a little less self-aware of how ridiculous it is (I would have preferred something a little more unintentionally goofy). But worse-- I'll be flying to a wedding in Wisconsin that night and am going to miss the show! Dangit! Well, at least, I'll get the live download in October. Congrats, guys!
Jackus on
August 15 is the first day of Gen Con in Indianapolis. There's gonna be close to thirty thousand nerds there and I'm sure you can find a few fans in the mix. Maybe you could talk to the people at Gen Con to maybe partner with them. I know they have a film festival running the entire convention. If nothing else, you should try to seed a few theaters in the greater Indianapolis area and try to get the word out. You guys would fit in great with the Gen Con croud.
SMasterson on
What is the process for theaters who might wish to broadcast this? Do they just email the support email above? Thanks
Ryan Tierney on
I'm a HUGE fan of starship troopers. I've watched it maybe 10 times and I prefer this over Twilight in all honesty. I look forward to seeing the digital version!
Shawn Furniss on
I could go either way on an edited cut of the film, although two of my regular Live show companions won't go if it is uncut. I can see how an R would cut into the ticket sales, though.
Anyway, just glad to see Verhoeven get his due. :)
Cory McCasland on
Great Plan A 1.5 Subsection C! I was hoping for Super Mario Bros but won't snub the best b-movie of the 90's. Like others I'd love to see NPH make an appearance, even though it's unlikely as he'll likely be filming the longest wedding in TV history by that point. As for consolation gift if you can't do a digital download, how about Manos Live?
Jeffery B Eppes on
It would be all the more worth it if you could get Neil Patrick Harris to show up. You got him once before. Still, if you think it would crimp your riffing style or he's just not up for it, I understand.
Jeffery B Eppes on
I understand the objections of others here (particularly those who complain about the R Rating, some people just don't watch movies with this much violence and nudity).
But for my money, do what you have to do. I'm sure Starship Troopers will be a good riff and while I would be disappointed to not get a digital download of the live show, I'll accept whatever you think of as fair. You've always delivered a good value for my dollar and I know that won't change.
Duke Silver on
Wait, I thought I funded a project for you guys to riff the Veronica Mars movie? My mistake, I was hit over the head with a very large and heavy thing recently.
Erin Hunt on
Unfortunately, I can't say I'm really surprised that Summit didn't bite. Big companies tend to worry about "devaluing the brand" by allowing people to say unflattering things about it. In most cases they can't prevent it, but in this case, they can.
It also doesn't make much sense in this case, because people who love "Twilight" aren't likely to attend a riffing of it in the first place, but what can you do?
Bruce Tober on
I am a little disappointed that you guys couldn't get Twilight, but I have to honestly say that you couldn't have done better when it came to your plan A 1.5 subsection C!! Eager to see you guys rip into this one!!
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Justin Dash on
This is great. I've wanted you guys to do this movie for the longest time. It sucks about Twilight, but that movie isn't going anywhere. You can always try again.
As for the folks complaining about the riffing of an R-Rated film...seriously? How old are you folks? I could understand if maybe you were planning on bringing your kids to the riff, but if you're a grown man or woman not planning to do that, complaining because the movie they've chosen has a few curse words, a spatter of blood, and the occasional bare breast then you, my friend, have some growing up to do. When the day of the riff comes, just go see Disney's Planes or Percy Jackson, something apparently more your speed. Or better yet, sit this one out. The show is most likely gonna be at 8pm and won't end until past your bedtime anyway.
Now that I got that off my chest, Kev, Mike, Bill, I can't wait for this riff. This is going to be the best August I've had in a while.
Matt Crane on
Guys, I have to say I'm disappointed in this choice. My wife and I weren't planning on watching an R rated show for this event. I understand that you couldn't get the film you wanted, but we're not going to come to the live venue or watch the digital download reward if you're doing Starship Troopers.
For those of us who don't want to watch an R movie (or just don't want to watch Starship Troopers for whatever reason) can I propose that you give us credit in the Rifftrax store equal to the amount we pledged? For example, I believe my wife and I pledged $20, so rather than get a digital download of Starship Troopers (which we won't watch) we'd get $20 to spend on stuff we DO want to watch from the Rifftrax store.
I know you guys have the capability to email out store credit, so hopefully this isn't too much to ask.
Joseph on
Edited version? Please don't there would be far more people upset by this than if they play the original version everyone else have grown to love/hate. I like many other people are always upset when you see your favorite movies edited for TV. So there are a few curse words and nudity its nothing that most of us have not already seen or heard. If you don't like it don't go or close your eyes.
Beyond that it would be awesome if they can get Neil Patrick Harris to be a guest riffer again for a movie he was in.
Christa Starr on
Ha! I worked on this - now I get a credit in the film AND a credit in the thank-you video. Win-Win!
Peter Gray on
I'm actually MORE excited for this than I was for Twilight. Great catch! I'll be curious if the gratuitous nudity is cut...
Meghan Hoffman on
I'm a little disappointed only because I'm a wuss and I don't know if I can manage the violence. I remember hiding behind my hands when I saw this in college.
James Rohling on
Apparently you didn't the the Room. I have never heard these guys use worse language than ass or crap, so not too sure where they ever say anything worse than that.
Andrew Carney on
Don't mind the miss when it comes to Twilight, it's still a big name and it's been done before and watched hundreds of times by myself and friends already, however, it's a little frustrating that it's being replaced with an R rated movie. I don't mind the Riffs getting a tiny bit edgy every now and then with one of you guys dropping an F bomb when it really calls for it, but the nudity in Troopers is a big change from your normal Riff, especially in a theater (R rating limits the audience that can get in) where you can't skip a chapter or fast forward or what not. Figure negotiations with studios eats up a lot of time but I wish it could have been replaced with another movie with a rating more in line with Twilight, or at least a vote from backers for a R rated or PG/PG13 rated one... Really stuck on if the girl and I will go against our personal feelings just to see you guys riff it... no offense!
Jeffrey KahnSuperbackeron
Fantastic news!! I love starship troopers and you guys riffing it can only make it better! Good luck putting the show together.
Logan Predy on
I *love* Starship Troopers. I'm many times more excited for this event now, just please tell us that it's coming to theatres across Canada!
Emily Nelson on
Is there any chance of doing an edited version of the movie? I'd prefer not to watch the unedited version.
Gator Girl on
NO!!!!!! Seriously, wasn't there ANY other movie they could have gotten? Any at all? I'm happy you're all pleased with this one, but I'm so creeped out by bugs that I don't think I could sit through it. Besides, from what I've been reading, it's way, way, WAY too violent for me. I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to violent movies, and I'm afraid this would be too upsetting for me to watch. I've seen every Rifftrax Live so far, but I may have to sit this one out. If other people like it that's fine, but it's just not for me.
Jacob McLaughlin on
I think I like this choice even more than Twilight. Great to see a movie that hasn't been riffed yet! I just really hope the live show is available to download. That would suck if it wasn't. Also I hope it still gets a live broadcast release like the others.
scott Clancy on
You do understand that starship troopers is intended to be spoofy of action sci fi . Kind of a strange choice...I will be going to see this ....but strange choice. So many better movies out there.
Bryan Andrewski on
Awesome! Would have been nice to see the live riff of Twilight but figured it would be a long shot.
Great backup! Starship Troopers is about as bad a movie as you can get but still be great lol
Saif on
I have to admit, I'm actually a little devastated to hear that Twilight didn't pan out :-(
The news of this Kickstarter campaign came at a coincidental time for me and my wife. She was just discovering Twilight -- realizing that it's ridiculous, but still succumbing to the obsession. She eventually convinced me to read the books, and watch the movies with her, which I did, because I'm the single greatest husband who ever lived :-P
We both completely and utterly enjoyed/enjoy media that makes fun of Twilight, and just as we were getting sucked into this, we heard about this Kickstarter campaign. Already being a fan of the Rifftrax guys, and having seen them at Wootstock, we were definitely curious. Our curiosity led us to buying all five Rifftrax for the Twilight saga, watching them all, and endlessly quoting them to each other. Through our enjoyment of the Twilight Rifftrax, we introduced dozens of our friends to Rifftrax, including people who were genuinely fans of Twilight.
We were really looking forward to a live rendition of some of our favorite jokes, and seeing some potential surprises as well. I think that riffing Twilight is important *because* it's still contemporary, and a moneymaker. I can see why Summit wouldn't want to sell, though, so I guess I can't be totally disappointed -- it was a long shot to begin with.
Thanks for trying, and I eagerly await the riffing of this very riffable movie!
Daniel Laird on
While I like ST, it is ripe for a riff. And if we can't get a vid download, I'll have memories. That, and the shorts. I'm glad to be supporting you guys, in any of your ventures.
Jessica Lynn Schreib on
Fantastic! My brothers and I used to geek out to this movie all the time. Looking forward to the riffs!
Love from Wisconsin,
Daniel Tennison on
I'm really happy with this choice. I must admit I actually had my fingers crossed for the super Mario bros movie. It was on the possible plan B list and was the one i was most interested in(even more than twilight). However I'm really happy with starship troopers. My brother and I are both really excited about going to this one.
Kate Merriweather on
Please oh please oh please confirm that this will be broadcast live to the cinemas on August 15 (concurrent with the actual live performance on the stage, with time given for... you know... transmission of the signal).
Please confirm?!
Jason Glaser on
If you get Neil Patrick Harris at the live show, my friends and I will probably buy out our theater.
I'd rather see ST than Twilight also. However, please keep going back for the download rights or this'll end up worse than the Godzilla kerfuffle. That being said, at least record it to release as an mp3. I can mix my own DVD if need be.
P.S. still anxiously awaiting the Manos Live DVD.
P.P.S. please finish the Potter series.
P.P.P.s. Please get Weird Al Back and finish Jurassic Park 2&3 pretty please
P.p.p.p.s. Indiana Jones 2&3 please
P.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.p.s Pirates 2-4 please
Shane Hunter on
Much easier to convince friends to see this in the theater than dragging them to see Twilight...even with the riffing, it was hard to get them to agree to go with me.
Jeff Kromer on
I'm going to be very disappointed if there is no live show download. I would have thought that that would have been a key part of whatever deal you made.
Robert Lammers on
I love it!
Twilight would have been great, but I'm very happy with this choice.
Bob Ramsey on
I'm just going to throw this out here, but if you are looking for ideas for newer shows to riff:
- Bloodrayne
- Lifeforce
- Showgirls
Shows with the most boring nude scenes ever. I know some of your fans are younger, so you might have to use the TV edited versions. But let's face it, any kid buying movies from you is on the internet; if they want to see nudity I think the internet has that covered. They can get more adult stuff than that with Netflix or Amazon videos. :)
Linnea Read Boyev on
Robert Heinlein would be proud... very proud... to have you riff this movie. I can't wait! <3
Charles Woodward on
It is beautiful.
Jason Perkins on
I have to say that Starship Troopers is a pretty wonderful substitute. I have a fun love/mock relationship with that movie.Very good. Very very good choice.
gary harper on
As a replacement reward I will accept a hand-signed photo of Doogie Howser and the bots. This is my final offer.
Benjamin Macedo on
You know, as badly as I wanted to see twilight riffed live, this news really does make up for it. Can't wait either way!


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball is heading toward a fantastic finish to determine the postseason landscape with less than two weeks to go in the marathon, 162-game regular season.
A three-way battle is still raging in the National League Central with the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds fighting for the division title with the two also-rans having to settle for wild card berths.
Over in the American League, the division races appear to be settled, but the wild card race has turned truly wild with six teams still scrapping for the two last postseason spots.
The Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers held the wild cards going into Tuesday night's action, with the Cleveland Indians just a half-game back. Two games off the pace were the Baltimore Orioles with the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals another half-game behind.
Major league-best Boston Red Sox (92-59), who have made a remarkable turnaround from a 69-93 season in 2012, control the AL East, the Detroit Tigers (87-63) are in command of the AL Central and the Oakland Athletics (88-62) look set in the West.
The double wild card set-up, established just last year, pits those teams in a do-or-die, one-game playoff showdown to produce a fourth team to join the three division winners in each league for the best-of-five Division Series.
So while the long-suffering Pirates, Cardinals and Reds all seem set to reach the postseason, winning the division can be critical to join the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers (86-64) and NL East winning Atlanta Braves (89-61) into the first extended round of the playoffs.
Besides escaping the pressure of a possible one-and-done exit, a division winner can set up their pitching rotation rather than have to use their best in a wildcard playoff game.
The Pirates have already assured themselves of their first winning season in 20 years but are deadlocked with St. Louis at 87-63, with Cincinnati 2.5 games back at 85-66.
Pittsburgh, led by brilliant outfielder Andrew McCutchen and slugging third baseman Pedro Alvarez, host the Reds for three games this weekend and then close the season with three games in Cincinnati that could decide the division.
Tampa Bay and Texas fell from serious contention for division titles with September swoons and are clinging to wild card positions as they face off against each other this week.
Texas, who last year squandered a 13-game lead in the AL West to Oakland, who overtook them on the last day by completing a sweep of the visiting Rangers, have left the division to the A's by dropping 12 of their last 15 games.
The Rays (82-67), who had a recent stretch where they lost 14 of 17 games, took their series opener on Monday 6-2 over the visiting Rangers (81-68) and have three more games remaining in their series.
Cleveland, in their first campaign under former Red Sox manager Terry Francona, are poised to jump into a postseason berth should either of those teams falter.
The Indians (81-69), whose fortunes have turned with a surge by some young starting pitchers including Corey Kluber, have the easiest slate of games remaining, finishing against the Astros, White Sox and Twins after their series against Kansas City.
The Royals (79-71), whose core of young players such as Eric Hosmer are beginning to emerge, stand 2.5 games from a wild card berth along with the ageing and injury-riddled Yankees.
Just two games off the wild card pace were the Orioles, riding the booming bat of major league home run leader Chris Davis, who has belted 50 over the fence this season.
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BoJ decision ignites bond rally
03.02.2016 - Axel Botte
Weekly markets analysis from experts of Natixis AM's Fixed Income investment division.
Weekly markets analysis from experts of Natixis AM's Fixed Income investment division.
Keys points of the week:
- Fed caution reignites currency war
- BoJ introduces negative deposit rate on marginal reserves (-0.10%)
- Yields make new lows at +0.32% on 10y Bunds
- Hold on to long position in Bunds and Treasuries
Read further in Fixed Income Strategy Weekly 01/02/2016
Axel Botte is Strategist at Ostrum Asset Management.
He began his career in 2000 at AXA Investment Managers as strategist producing both geographical and regional equity allocation recommendations.
In 2007, he was named Head of the Fixed Income research within the Investment Strategy department managing 2 fixed income strategists.
He joined Ostrum Asset Management in October 2010 as Strategist. He provides top-down analysis of fixed income markets in close relationship with fund management teams. The research covers interest rates, developed market government bonds, sovereign debt allocation, global inflation-linked, credit and structured credit.
Axel Botte is a graduate of the University of Cergy-Pontoise. He holds a Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA) in Analysis of Financial and Industrial Strategies.


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WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Wizards earned their first victory after starting the season with 12 straight losses, getting 19 points from Jordan Crawford in an 84-82 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
Washington survived a scoreless 6:47 in the fourth when Crawford hit on a 3-pointer with 2:06 to play, and the Wizards finally took the 84-82 lead on Emeka Okafor's two free throws with 39.1 seconds remaining.
Damian Lillard was called for traveling with 28 seconds left. After Nene was called for an offensive foul, J.J. Hickson missed a jumper with 2.8 seconds to play. The Wizards lost the ball with 0.2 seconds to go, but held on to end the skid.
Nine teams started the season 0-13, and the Wizards were tired of the ridicule they'd been subjected to - locally and nationally - as they crept toward the Nets' NBA record-worst start of 0-18.
On TNT, Charles Barkley compared the Wizards with the Washington Generals and a local newspaper had photos of fans wearing paper bags over their heads at Monday's 26-point loss to San Antonio.
Trevor Ariza had 14 and Kevin Seraphin added 10 points and 10 rebounds for Washington, which ended the third quarter on a 23-7 run to take a 68-59 lead, then padded its lead to 15 barely three minutes into the fourth.
The 79-64 lead seemed safe - even for the Wizards - but the Trail Blazers ran off 15 straight points to tie the score at 79-all with 3:18 to play.
Lillard and Nicolas Batum led Portland, losers of three straight, with 20. LaMarcus Aldridge had 17. Hickson had 15 points and 19 rebounds.
The Blazers hit six of their first seven shots and took a 15-4 lead four minutes into the game.
Nene entered the game with 1:43 to play and helped spur the Wizards to a 37-31 lead with six minutes to play in the first half. At halftime, the teams were tied at 43-all.
After missing the first nine games of the season with a left foot injury, Nene played two games before missing Monday night's loss.
Because the Wizards were 0-12, opponents feared them - in an unusual way.
``They know their record,'' Portland coach Terry Stotts said. ``None of them want to be a part of the team that gives the Wizards their first win.''
Notes: Washington F Trevor Booker missed his fourth straight game with a right knee injury. ... This was the 100th all-time meeting between the teams. Portland leads 52-48.


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Whether or not Tessanne Chin wins Season 5 of "The Voice" on Tuesday night, she has clearly won the affections of the Sexiest Man Alive, her coach Adam Levine.
"I am so blown away by what you do," Levine told Chin after she had delivered a killer rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" on the season's final performance show Monday. "I know, in my mind and my heart, that you are the winner of this show."
Chin, whose voice has never once wavered off pitch nor whose onstage charisma failed to glimmer through this season, may well deserve to emerge victorious. On Monday, when the three finalists each performed three songs — a reprise of his or her blind audition song, a coach duet, and a final song chosen to prove Season 5 crown-wearing worthiness — Chin was once again right on point, and Levine was rapturous.
"Everything you do just draws me in," he told the lush-voiced Jamaican singer after she'd performed the song that made him turn his chair for her lo those many months ago, "Try" by Pink. "Your ability is so extraordinary that I really just revel in it all the time." What's more, Levine added, Chin was "one of the most genuine, loving caring people I've ever met."
Before he appeared onstage to sing the Beatles' "Let It Be" with Chin, Levine declared, "I have never been so excited about any performance before in my life." And in fact, clean-shaven, wearing a snappy tux, and gazing admiringly at Chin in her floor-length gown during their duet, the Maroon 5 singer looked like a high-school kid taking his best girl to the prom, overcome by his good luck. It was cute.
But where, you might ask, does that leave Levine's other finalist, Will Champlin? Levine — or perhaps the show — has cast Champlin as the scrappy fighter, the nose-to-the grindstone hard worker, who has pushed past obstacles to stay in the competition. Bounced from team to team and nearly sent home countless times, he is the improbable, lovable underdog. Never mind that he has a lofty musical lineage (his father was a member of the band Chicago) and an already impressive resume.
"There isn't anybody who works harder than Will," Levine said after Champlin reprised his blind audition song, Gavin DeGraw's "Not Over You," which underscored how far he'd come on the show. "Will works too hard." But, Levine told Champlin, "You wouldn't be here today if you hadn't worked as hard as you did. That's inspiring."
Champlin, an accomplished musician on many instruments, had a solid night, though he may have peaked early, outsinging and outshining Levine on their duet of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer." He also distinguished himself on a trio — the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" — with his fellow finalists. Unfortunately, the song Levine selected for him, Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You," was a bit on the blah side. And having the cameraman repeatedly cut to his lovely wife and adorable baby daughter may only help so much.
Still, just being in the final three "is a huge, massive victory," Levine told him, not even bothering to applaud. "You've won. You're here. It's over."
Perhaps it's over, and perhaps it isn't. The voters will decide. And they'll also have to consider New Jersey 16-year-old Jacquie Lee, whose coach, Christina Aguilera, has given her her own old nickname — a "little girl with a big voice."
Aguilera sees a lot of herself in Lee, as she is wont to share, interacts with her like a total BFF (they finish each other's thoughts and sentences), and considers her to be "like my little sister."
"I love this girl so much," Aguilera announced after Lee had finished ripping the head off of her blind-audition reprise, Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black." "She is a gem .… She is going to go so many places."
In fact, Lee wasn't at her best dueting with Aguilera on "We Remain." Oh, vocally, she was fine. But stuck beside her coach on a smallish circle midstage, unable to walk around, she awkwardly rocked back and forth, like a glitchy wind-up doll.
But Lee returned to her own when she performed Jennifer Hudson's version of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from "Dreamgirls." The song choice, courtesy of Aguilera, was calculated to show Lee's spitfire vocals and energetic stage delivery in their full-throated glory, and Aguilera clearly believed it had paid off.
"Jacquie Lee is a force to be reckoned with," she declared. "I'm scared of you. You're going to come up and give me some competition. You already have."
So will it be sultry-voiced, warm-hearted Jamaican Tessanne Chin; resilient, multitalented L.A. musician Will Champlin; or full-throttle New Jersey teen Jacquie Lee? We'll find out Tuesday night.
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Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac), a global energy, chemicals, renewables, metals and mining researching and consulting firm, states companies need to raise investment into new production by 20%. Oil and gas companies need to increase annual investment before a supply demand in 2025. The investment could reach about $600 billion to ensure companies sustain production and growth for impending demand.
Khalid Al-Falih is viewed as one of the most influential individuals in the global oil market. Investors, traders and other energy experts pay attention when he delivers a message. Yesterday, the Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said that Saudi Arabia will be ready to "meet any demand that materializes to ensure customers are satisfied". Shortly thereafter crude markets began to slide downward.
2018 was and continues to be a big year for the trucking and transportation industry. The future of the transportation industry will continually change over the next 10 years. Let's take a look at some of the changes that took and will take place.
After the NYMEX started the morning slightly down and flat, RBOB and HO futures are now mixed as geopolitical news continues to be digested throughout the world. The top three issues impacting commodity prices continue to be the upcoming Iranian oil export sanctions in which there are conflicting reports as to the lost daily volume thus far, the recent murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) will next week agree a settlement with U.S. and British authorities for its part in a global rate rigging scandal, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
The bank is expected to be fined between 400 and 500 million pounds ($793 million) for the attempted rigging of the London interbank offered rate (Libor) and other benchmark interest rates. Details of the punishments will be revealed on Tuesday or Wednesday, the sources said.
RBS and the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) declined to comment.
RBS, which is 81 percent owned by the British taxpayer, will be the third bank after Barclays (BARC.L) and UBS UBSN.VX to settle with regulators investigating the affair.
RBS's punishment will be greater than the $450 million fines paid by UK rival Barclays, but well short of the record $1.5 billion fines handed out to Switzerland's UBS.
More than a dozen banks around the world have been scrutinized by regulators as part of an investigation into the suspected rigging of interbank rates, which are used to price trillions of dollars of financial instruments.
RBS hopes to save over 100 million pounds to help pay the fines by slashing bonuses for its investment bankers, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters in January.
The bank is also expected to part company with John Hourican, head of RBS's investment bank, at the time of the settlement.
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Disability Evaluation Under Social Security
Disability Evaluation Under Social Security has been specially prepared to provide physicians and other health professionals with an understanding of the disability programs administered by the Social Security Administration. It explains how each program works, and the kinds of information a health professional can furnish to help ensure sound and prompt determinations and decisions on disability claims.
The Listing of Impairments, which includes listings for both adults and children, appear in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in appendix 1 to subpart P of part 404 . We also provide them here. The listings are just part of how we decide if someone is disabled. For adults, we also consider past work experience, severity of medical conditions, age, education, and work skills.
We no longer publish Disability Evaluation Under Social Security in hardcopy because we publish updated versions of the Listing of Impairments electronically.
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Most Social Security disability claims are initially processed through a network of local Social Security Administration (SSA) field offices and State agencies (usually called Disability Determination Services or DDSs). Subsequent appeals of unfavorable determinations may be decided in a DDS or by an administrative law judge in SSAs Office of Hearing Operations.
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Social Security representatives in the field offices usually obtain applications for disability benefits in person, by telephone, by mail, or by filing online. The application and related forms ask for a description of the claimants impairment (s), treatment sources, and other information that relates to the alleged disability. (The "claimant" is the person who is requesting disability benefits.)
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Usually, the DDS tries to obtain evidence from the claimant's own medical sources first. If that evidence is unavailable or insufficient to make a determination, the DDS will arrange for a consultative examination (CE) to obtain the additional information needed. The claimant's treating source is the preferred source for the CE, but the DDS may obtain the CE from an independent source. After completing its development of the evidence, trained staff at the DDS makes the initial disability determination.
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President Obama promised he would unite the world…and he's right.
Representatives from all parts of the globe have bitterly complained about an awful piece of legislation, called the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), that was enacted back in 2010.
They despise this unjust law because it extends the power of the IRS into the domestic affairs of other nations. That's an understandable source of conflict, which should be easy to understand. Wouldn't all of us get upset, after all, if the French government or Russian government wanted to impose their laws on things that take place within our borders?
But it's not just foreign governments that are irked. The law is so bad that it is causing a big uptick in the number of Americans who are giving up their citizenship.
Here are some details from a Bloomberg report.
Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship surged sixfold in the second quarter from a year earlier… Expatriates giving up their nationality at U.S. embassies climbed to 1,131 in the three months through June from 189 in the year-earlier period, according to Federal Register figures published today. That brought the first-half total to 1,810 compared with 235 for the whole of 2008. The U.S., the only nation in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that taxes citizens wherever they reside.
I'm glad that the article mentions that American law is so out of whack with the rest of the world.


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While iOS can be used to manage a Gmail inbox without the need for a third party app, features are a little thin on the ground. Sure, you can send and receive emails, delete them, flag up interested messages and perform other basic tasks, but if you want to work through your inbox faster, or have a large quality of mail to deal with you're going to need something to help you out. Enter Mailbox.
The appropriately named app differs from some alternative Gmail clients not only due to the fact that it is free, but also due to the way it works. Everyone receives all manner of emails throughout the day. Some need to be dealt with immediately, some need to get your attention at some point in the day, while others can wait until later in the week. Mailbox has been designed to cater for this.
Swipe gestures can be used to delete messages, mark them as read or archive them and there is the intriguing ability to re-order messages. This means that you can ensure that a message that needs to be dealt with appears at the top of your inbox as well as being flagged up to ensure that you do not forget about it.
Messages can be viewed in a helpful conversation view which is not entirely dissimilar to text messaging, and this can help to make back and forth messages easier to follow. But there is another gesture which is what helps to make Mailbox unique. Swipe a message to the left and you can 'snooze' your email.
This may sound a little strange, but all it means is that your selected message is hidden form your inbox until a later time. If you feel you are not able to deal with a particular email at the moment, you do not need to risk forgetting about it or worry about setting and alarm. Instead you can snooze it until the next day. The message will initially disappear, but it will reappear the next day for your to deal with.
Mailbox 1.7.3 brings these changes:
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An incredibly fast email client that will enable you to achieve inbox zero with ease and help you to focus on what you need to get done.


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Justin Bieber Gets Another Tattoo on His Arm
Justin Bieber got another new tattoo. The singer, who has been working on a sleeve on one of his arms, debuted a graffiti-inspired, black and grey tattoo on his forearm.
The latest piece of skin art is inspired by graffiti artist Banksy and his 'Girl With a Balloon' image, which features a sketched girl losing her cherry-red, heart-shaped balloon in the wind. You can learn more about it here.
The Biebs, 20, captioned the pic of the tattoo a bit philosophically, writing, "Don't let your dreams float away."
Point taken.
The Biebs, whose ink collection includes a rendering of his mother Pattie's eye, Jesus Christ, the word 'Believe' and more, went artsy and cool with this particular tattoo. It seems like this particular sketch has a lot of meaning for him.
Click the blue button below to see JB's latest tattoo. He sure is amassing a lot, almost as many as the One Direction dudes, who seem to find themselves at tattoo parlors with increasing frequency, save for Niall Horan.
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