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Living Standards
by Bill Kowaleski
In a future world marked by extremes of poverty and wealth, 13-year old Jiri has known only poverty. One day, a wealthy woman appears in Jiri's enclave, the slum he calls home, and offers his mother an unimaginable amount of money for Jiri's services. Little do Jiri and his mother know what the woman intends, but they accept. As Jiri grows and prospers in his new life, he becomes involved in a dangerous movement that will change his life and everyone else's as well.
Chapter 28: A Shocking Discovery
part 1
It would always be remembered as the turning point of the revolution. But Seraphin's explanation to the Joint Leadership Committee of the Midwest Enclaves was that it was just another action, a way to test Greater North America's vaunted and supposedly invincible Civil Protection Force.
Despite their victory in the Battle of Lake Forest, United Enclave Services was still far from fully controlling the Midwest region. The Civil Protection Force, in particular, still swore allegiance to Greater North America and controlled strategic territory. The action Seraphin proposed seemed modest at the time, but it led to an amazing discovery.
His plan was to loot the highly-defended Smith-Beckett pharma warehouse outside of Waukegan. It was on the very edge of a residential area and fifty miles from the UES base. For reasons no one understood, at least one hundred regular members of the Greater North America Civil Protection Force, the elite troops of the oppressors, were protecting it.
Seraphin and his commanders had studied everything they could get from former members about the Civil Protection Force: their weapons, tactics, training. Seraphin's group had amassed a considerable arsenal of stolen equipment, much of it the best and most advanced available, and they had recruited several former Civil Protection Force members. In fact, they even had moles in the force protecting the Smith-Beckett warehouse, moles that could help direct unmanned drones and sabotage the surveillance system when the attack began.
On a clear September morning, over one thousand UES soldiers rolled along interstate highways from the north, south, and west. They came in small groups, in vans commonly used to carry workers into the wealthy zones.
But these were not the vehicles they appeared to be. They were, instead, armored personnel carriers much like the ones used in the raid on Gates Studio, more akin to light tanks. As they approached their target, they drove off the road into cornfields, parked in tree-lined neighborhoods, even took up positions in the warehouse's visitors' parking lot just beyond the security perimeter.
In the command van, Seraphin sat amidst an arsenal of electronics, constantly talking with his three quadrant-group leaders. Mira was sitting in the front passenger seat, prepared to monitor the drone feeds.
As the first rosy fingers of dawn appeared on the horizon, Seraphin gave his orders. "Recording drones: deploy!"
Tiny dragonflies drifted upward from trucks in all three of the attack quadrants, rapidly gaining speed as they rose. They would provide continuous visuals of the battle from every possible angle.
"Communications drones: deploy!"
Larger drones rose straight up and deployed their small dishes, providing comm support, encrypted with Elise's advanced algorithms, which only Seraphin's troops could use. Seraphin and Mira looked at the four screens that surrounded him, smiling with satisfaction as they admired the clear, detailed, three-dimensional, aerial views of the three attack quadrants and the warehouse.
"North quadrant, commence diversionary attack!"
UES soldiers under the command of Group Leader Jorge Lopez spread along a quarter-mile line, walking south through rolling remnants of recently-harvested cornfields, toward the loading docks of the warehouse. The troops were led by four vans that would be used to break through the flimsy barbed-wire fence. At the same time, missile-carrying drones rose from behind them, heading for the guard towers.
Seraphin and Mira, who had moved to the back of the truck, watched intently as the troops advanced. The drones locked onto their targets; the tiny missiles flashed brightly then rushed from the drones. The first explosions were visible through the windows of the van: bright noiseless flashes, then thumping sounds, five in rapid succession, arriving three seconds later.
Four guard towers crumbled to the ground, followed almost immediately by a large cell-phone tower. The attackers cheered and broke into a run.
"South quadrant, west quadrant, commence attack!"
By now the Civil Protection Force were pouring from the warehouse, all running to the north perimeter, all still unaware of the much larger forces rushing at them from behind and their left.
In the small office above the warehouse floor that acted as the Civil Protection Force command center, chaos reigned. The officers had caught a glimpse of the large force that appeared to the south just before the power suddenly failed. When the backup generators failed to come on, Commander Jeffrey Wilhouse, looked at the dark screens in horror, realized immediately that they'd been sabotaged. Without the guard towers, his forces were completely unable to locate the enemy.
He pulled out his comm, intent on warning the troops rushing north about the attack from their rear, but the screen flashed No service. He stood stone-still, facing the dark screens, considering the situation, ignoring urgent requests for orders.
Finally he turned to the five men and two women in the command center. "I'm not going to lose a hundred good people trying to protect some lousy drugs! I'll walk out there with a white flag myself and hope they see it. Garcia, try to reach Miles, tell him to surrender."
"Sir," Garcia shouted, desperation and anger in his voice, "they're illiterate clavies. We can cut them to shreds."
"Did you see the drones, Garcia? The organization, the way they infiltrated us?" Wilhouse replied. "This is something new, something we're not ready for." He paused and then asked, "Did anyone get a report off to HQ before we lost all communication?"
No one responded. They were isolated with no hope of assistance. He began looking around the room. "What can I use for a white flag?"
The eighty Civil Protection Force that had rushed to meet the north quadrant attack all lay flat on the prickly remains of cornstalks, half facing north, half facing south, firing as rapidly as they could but having little effect on the hundreds of advancing clavies.
Suddenly the advance stopped, and they heard a voice from the sky, as though it were the voice of God himself, though it was actually just coming from a megaphone drone:
"You are surrounded and outnumbered. Your communications are cut. We do not want to kill you. You are our brothers. Surrender now and make a choice: Return to your barracks and continue to serve the wealthy, or join us and take the wealth for yourselves. Do you really want to lose your life defending some drugs?"
They all stopped firing, and as they did, they saw in the distance, near the loading docks of the warehouse, a solitary soldier in the uniform of their commander, walking slowly toward them, waving a white undershirt tied to a broomstick. Word spread quickly and soon the defenders were rising to their feet, hands over their heads.
In the command van, Seraphin and Mira whooped in triumph. They jumped outside, running in circles, waving their rifles over their heads, firing into the air. Seraphin stopped long enough to order the large empty vans reserved for their loot to pull up to the loading docks.
He and Mira jumped back into their van and directed the driver to meet the man holding the white flag. All around, the UES forces, still holding discipline, surrounded and disarmed the Civil Protection Force, herding them close together and instructing them to lie quietly on the ground.
As Seraphin jumped out of the van, Commander Wilhouse stood rigidly at attention, saying, "Commander Jeffrey Wilhouse surrendering. Our forces are ordered to obey your commands."
Mira stepped forward until she was quite close to the shamed Commander. "So how did you like our little exercise? Did we surprise you?"
"Of course you did. But we would have defeated you easily if you hadn't sabotaged our command center." His eyes never moved and he continued to stand rigidly at attention.
"You would have defeated a thousand troops with full communication support and attack drones? How?"
Commander Wilhouse reconsidered. "Perhaps not. I have a high opinion of my troops; they're the best we have. But to be outnumbered ten to one and to have no weapons superiority and, in fact, for you to have air superiority, well, perhaps we would have lost even without the sabotage. This unit was deployed to repel a small-scale attack, a few dozen people at most. This was more like a wartime operation."
"Good analysis," Mira said, continuing to circle. "So Commander, what would you like to do? I could use a man who's a real professional, knows when he's beat and tries to save his troops. That's how I want to fight. To live for another day, if possible."
"What force are you inviting me to join, ma'am?"
"The army of the United Enclaves. You might want to think about what we've done today. This was just a small taste of our capabilities. We've got quite a lot of the military working for us already."
"I have a wife and three children. How could I join you?"
"Many of our soldiers have families. We take care of each other. We're already at war. You're going to have to pick sides, Commander, you're going to have to make a decision: Which horse are you going to jump on? Because if you choose the wrong horse, you're probably going to be very, very dead."
The Commander stood silently, at attention, his eyes pointing straight ahead. Mira stepped away, saying, "By the time we're done here, you'd better have made up your mind. If you don't decide, you've still made a choice, and that choice is the wealthies."
Copyright © 2016 by Bill Kowaleski


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Jeanne Huber, For The Washington Post
Q Two or three windows in my townhouse appear to have the screen etched onto the outside, yet I can't feel anything there. I've tried using regular glass cleaner, but nothing comes off. The windows were installed in 1998 and are welded-vinyl windows, double hung. What could this be, and how do I clean it?
A Several window-cleaning experts looked at the picture you sent and concluded that you're dealing with corrosion that started on aluminum window screens and then got plastered onto the glass by wind and rain. Window washers call it "screen burn."
Aluminum doesn't rust, but when exposed to the weather it does corrode, forming a light-coloured, crusty oxide. The deposits move from the screen to the glass and buildup when the windows aren't washed for several years and the screens are left in place year-round. The glass may seem smooth, but it's actually getting etched. "Glass is porous on a microscopic level, so stains like that can be embedded in the glass without (anyone) being able to feel them," Jacob Wallace, who staffs the help desk for ABC Window Cleaning Supply in Littleton, Colo., wrote (window-cleaning-supply.com), in response to an email asking about suitable cleaning products.
Your screen pattern appears to be so crisp that it might seem as if a screen would have to be pressed tight to the glass, like a stencil. But forces of weather can create a distinct screen pattern even when screens are a typical distance from the glass, said Dan Diggs, owner of a window-cleaning company Window Genie (bethesda.windowgenie.com).
Unfortunately, these deposits do not come off with standard window cleaner, as you have discovered. They are sometimes impossible to remove, which means the only cure then is to replace the glass. Before you resort to that, though, there are a few strategies to try. Always test a small area, maybe an inch (2.5 centimetres) in diameter, to make sure you aren't scratching the glass. Wash the window first so whatever you're scrubbing with doesn't pick up grit, and leave water on the glass to act as a lubricant when you rub. Inspect the results of your test patch when the sun is shining on the window, because that's when any scratches would be most visible.
When Diggs faces windows with screen burn, he begins by trying to scrape off the residue with a sharp, single-edge razor blade. When that's not enough, he turns to an industrial diamond polish, Diamond Magic (US$13.99 for a 16-ounce, or 454 mL, container at diamondmagic.com). It's a slurry, rubbed on by hand with a soft, clean rag. Cleaning with a razor or the abrasive often goes slowly, so Window Genie charges an extra US$3 on top of its typical fee of about US$10 to clean a double-hung window inside and out, Diggs said. But that US$3 only goes so far. If a customer wants the cleaners to keep rubbing past what they'd normally do, they keep at it – if the customer is willing to pay by the hour. "It requires a fair amount of elbow grease," Diggs said.
A different abrasive that some window cleaners swear by is Restoro (US$9.99 for an eight-ounce container at restorowindowcleaner.com). John Koontz, whose company makes Restoro, said this is a superfine scrubbing powder – silicon dioxide screened through 325 mesh, which has openings of 0.0017 inch (0.04 mm). It's marketed as a cleaner for all sorts of surfaces, but Koontz said he has used it successfully on windows with screen burn. He recommends mixing the powder with water to create a paste and then rubbing it onto the glass with a terry-cloth washcloth. "It doesn't magically take it off," he said. "It requires a little effort."
Wallace, at the window-cleaning-supply company, also endorses starting by trying to scrub off the oxidation, although he recommends using steel wool or a white scrub pad. (Superfine steel wool, labelled 0000, should not scratch window glass, but test it first. Don't use coarser steel wool or a green pad used to clean pots.) When scrubbing isn't enough, Wallace recommends using a stain remover that consists of a mild acid and a very fine abrasive, such as his company's Water Stain Remover (US$15.84 for a 32-oz. bottle). And if that still isn't enough, he recommends hiring a professional to use a more powerful acid, such as Crystal Clear 550. This cleaner requires careful attention to safety issues, which is why Wallace advises against homeowner use.

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Speaker Ryan.
53% of the American public – more than voted for the president in 2012 – and 30 state governors of both parties are rejecting Syrian immigration of military age men. There are no "widows and orphans" in this cohort, and you – and we – know it.
The power over immigration is a federal power.
But immigration is a power granted to the Legislative Branch – Congress, as an enumerated power under Article One, Section 8, and not to the Executive Branch – the president.
In the following list are the powers granted the president under Article 2 having to do with immigration:
- zip
- zilch
- nada
- zero
Perhaps you decided to take your oath to support the Constitution prior to reading it to find out what was in it?
The Constitution – the Supreme Law of the Land – grants to the president exactly zero authority on immigration policy.
Your job is to listen to the States, and to the people, to represent our views as we are a representative republic. You exist ONLY to represent… us. And WE don't want it.
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Doshia Woods
Assistant at Tulane University
At Tulane, Coach Woods has her hand in recruiting, developing perimeter players, and monitors the student athletes' academic achievement. Before Tulane she was with the University of Missouri for two seasons, and three seasons as an assistant and recruiting coordinator at Oregon State University. Prior to her time with the Beavers, she served as an assistant at New Mexico State for a year and was an assistant at her Alma Mater Western Illinois University for three years. Throughout her coaching experiences Woods has been responsible for a slew of all-conference and all-freshmen players, as well as the Alaska and Gatorade Player of the Year while she was at Oregon State.
Let Your Work Ethic Guide You
When we first spoke with Coach Woods, we were excited to hear more about her path into coaching. She played two years at a Community College and then transferred into Western Illinois. When she was done playing she knew she wanted to become a graduate assistant. Once she had the graduate assistant position at Western Illinois, an assistant left, and she was promoted to an assistant position. Every coaching job that she has landed she has not applied for but coaches have seen her hard work and commitment and recruited her to be on their staff.
Division I "Transfer Epidemic"
One idea that Coach Woods presented, to help the Division I "transfer epidemic" is to consider moving back the home visit date, currently in September. By moving it back to spring of junior year, as coaches we may be able to take the pressure off of these young players to make decisions so soon. Once coaches step into the homes of players, this can create added pressure to make quick decisions.
These quick decisions are not necessarily always wrong, but coaches can create an environment with less anxiety over making rushed decisions. With commitments coming earlier and earlier, coaches in turn also feel more pressured to begin talking to players at an earlier date. In some situations, freshmen in high school may give commitments based off of the name of a big school or the attention they receive early on. They aren't necessarily putting in the research to find the school that is the best fit.
Recruiting: Getting them there, keeping them there.
In addition to her coaching roles she has gone out of her way to speak at roundtables at the WBCA conventions. One of her presentations has been on guard development drills, an area she has been responsible for at every school she's coached at. Her second presentation was on the topic of recruiting. In this presentation, Coach Woods discussed strategies and how coaches work to land recruits as well as what coaches need to do to keep them at the school once they've committed. For this, Coach Woods stresses the importance of making and developing sustainable relationships. She will go out of her way to send handwritten notes to players randomly, to congratulate them on an achievement, or just to let them know they're working hard. Coaches utilize the handwritten notes frequently in the recruiting process and it's important to not let that go by the wayside once they arrive on campus. Each coach also has an "academic team" that tracks the players' academic process, and they often use this time to not only check in on academics, but to get to know the players better outside of a gym setting. It wouldn't be unusual to find one of the Tulane coaches touching base with a player at the local coffee shop!
While coaches are typically excited for their recruits to step on campus as first year student-athletes, it is possible for individual's to not always meet the expectations that were created during the recruiting process itself. It is a difficult problem to address, but Coach Woods was kind enough to share her thoughts on this topic. Recruiting is always a gamble and many coaches recruit heavily on potential. Some players can meet or exceed it, and others may struggle. She believes in a very honest recruiting process, and continuing that once the players step on campus. For example, the coaches may have to have the conversation of "This is why we recruited you, we saw potential in xyz, and this is where you are right now as opposed to where you need to be." In her six seasons at Tulane, the team has only had one transfer and they boast a 100% graduate rate.
As an overarching rule, Coach Woods preaches that once you get to the school, it's all about the degree. Even if a player is not excelling on the court, the coaches can still develop relationships with the players and help them towards their academic goals. It is important to help find other ways that the student-athlete can be a part of the team, which sometimes means changing their expected role. Coach Woods has also worked with programs that believe if they cannot help the player grow and develop, they will work with the student-athlete and guide them to find a program that will be better suited for them.
Moving Past the Stigma of "Atypical" Paths
Coach Woods, who transferred in from a junior college to Western Illinois, has used her own experience to help those who transfer in make the most of a clean slate. Where she is from, playing junior college was more of the norm than the exception. Today, people sometimes stereotype junior college, or not playing AAU basketball as less efficient and effective ways of doing things. However, it is critical to remember that individuals all have unique experiences and sometimes something as simple as geographic location can lead to a difference in the "normal" path.
Building a Program vs. Entering an Established Program
Throughout her coaching journey, Coach Woods has been a part of a diverse spectrum of programs. When it comes to helping build a program, she highlights the fun and excitement that comes with everything being brand new; you get to start from scratch. Additionally, the student-athletes might also be excited for the change, making the atmosphere an enjoyable one to be a part of. Some of the struggles that come with building a program are finding ways to sustain the new culture and working out the kinks that come along with new staffs. While at Western Illinois, her coach was fairly new when she began her playing career there. Being a member of the program while the culture was being created and then being on staff watching it all come full circle was an rewarding experience for her. With an established and respected program, sometimes head coaches are more likely to entrust the assistants to lead drills and have more authority over their responsibilities. This can create an environment of coaches learning and growing from each other in more on court roles.
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- Sometimes as new coaches, we can step into a coaching role and coach the way we think we're supposed to. Rather, to be more effective we should be focusing on coaching in a way that suits who we are.
- How you work when no one's watching will define the type of career you have. Do the job where you are and work like you want the next job, and it will happen on it's own.


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I've always got lots of crafty ideas. I've also got lots of opinions. Especially about crafty stuff. Every time Valentines Day rolls around I always get excited because I've got so many fun ideas for Valentines.
A week or so ago I started to spout off my great Valentine ideas to Elias. I assumed he'd pick one and we'd get to making them. He looked at me and said, "Cool! Or we could…." Of course he had a lot of ideas of his own. He wasn't interested in doing my ideas.
In the end, I know it's better if he designs his own Valentines. I have to admit, though, that I was a little sad he didn't want any of my ideas.
In Elias' class, they read the books, "Have You Filled A Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids" and "How Full Is Your Bucket?" They are great books about how our actions affect others, and how one kind deed can go a long way. Elias decided he wanted bucket themed Valentines. He designed them all on his own. I did help him cut out some of the buckets, but other than that he did everything himself. He even chose colors he thought each of his classmates like.
I was proud of him for designing and creating his Valentines all on his own. Even better, he was proud of himself!
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As the Civil War rages, plantation owners Richmond and Carolyn Davidson continue to follow the path God set out for them—as an important link in the Underground Railroad, helping runaway slaves flee to the Northern states. Meanwhile, their older son, Seth, is working as a war photographer on the Northern side—and their younger, Thomas, is a Confederate soldier. Torn by war on both sides, the Davidsons pray for both of their sons to come home safe—even as they struggle to keep their land in the face of financial troubles.
When Seth is reported missing and feared dead, the family despairs. But his new love, Charity Waters, refuses to accept the news passively. She sets out on a dangerous journey through the war-torn South to find Seth—and bring him home safe.
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Shrimp Cocktails with Wasabi Tartar Sauce
Recipe from the Byerly Bag - submitted by Cindi Sutter
From the Byerly Bag - Byerly's Grocery Store
Tartar sauce sports a gentle wasabi heat, the perfect complement to briny shrimp.
Makes 6 Servings
2 quarts water
2 Tbsp Urban Accents™ Sonoma Pepper
1 lb large (16-20 count) shell on shrimp
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
2 Tbsp wasabi powder
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp Peppadew™ Mild Pepper sauce
2 tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
1 tsp sea salt
1/4 plus 1/3 cup sliced green onions
1 1/2 cups shredded bok choy
1/2 cup diced red bell pepper, divided
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion tops
6 martini glasses
- Bring water and Sonoma Pepper to a boil. Add shrimp, cook 3-4 minutes or until opaque. Pour shrimp into colander and run under cold water to stop cooking process.
- Peel shrimp and reserve 6 whole shrimp for garnish, cut each remaining shrimp into 3 pieces.
- In mixing bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, wasabi powder, Dijon, pepper sauce, lime juice and sea salt. Stir in 1/4 cup green onions and shrimp pieces. (Can be made day ahead, covered in refrigerator.)
- Divide bok choy among martini glasses. Sprinkle 1/3 cup green onions and 1/4 cup of red bell pepper. Spoon shrimp mixture into each glass and sprinkle with reserved green onions tops and diced red peppers.
- Place a whole shrimp on the rim of each martini glass.
Cook's Note - Beverage Recommendation: Sancerre


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With the new academic year just around the corner, now is a great time to start getting yourself prepared for the months ahead. Check out our 5 top tips to help you avoid stress and start your year calm and prepared:
- Sign up for a new hobby
After the adventures of a great summer, getting back into a routine can feel like a bit of a drag. A commute combined with shorter days can put a lot of returning students off from getting out of bed. To try and ease your way back in, check out your University's extracurricular activities and get signed up to learn something completely different from your subject. This study shows that your academic performance is more likely to improve if you also engage in creative activity. Lots of academic institutions run crafting, sports and music clubs, which will help you stay creative, active and will give you something other than lectures to look forward to.
- Get organised
Getting your paperwork, finances and time management sorted now will mean so much less stress when the first day back arrives. Take some time to go through any outstanding forms, set up your shopping budgets for the year and work out a weekly schedule to help you organize your time so that you feel calm and prepared. Here are some fantastic free printable timetables and schedules to get you started.
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Networking is a great life skill to have so if you can make strong connections with your fellow students and lecturers, not only will this help when it comes to preparing for exams and assessments, but you may find that it could lead to work opportunities further down the line. Check out this great networking guide for students.
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You will thank yourself when the new year starts if you have already given yourself a heads up on what to expect. Have a quick look through some of the course content you will be covering over the next year and make a note of anything you're unsure of so that you can focus on it when it eventually comes up.
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Directed by:
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Written by: Brigida Costa, Massimo F. Lavagnini
Produced by: Massimo F. Lavagnini, Brigida Costa
Editing by: Luigi Parisa
Music by: Paolo Pasquali, The Bastard, Alessandro
Salvati, Luca Blasio, Fabio Varesi,
Special Effects by: David Bracci, Michelle Roselli
Cast: Massimo F Lavagnini, David Warbeck, Dardano
Sacchetti, Sergio Stivaletti, Gianni Targquini, Loris
Curci, Mary Rinaldi, Renato Polsetti, John Lander, Ian
Pavloc, Antonella Fulci, Lucio Fulci, Joe D'Amato, Luigi
Cozzi, Rick Gianasi, Linnea Quigley.
Year: 1995
Country: Italy
Language: Italian (English Dubbed)
Color: Color
Runtime: 49min
Studio: Cranium Entertainment
What??? Whoa!!! I stumbled upon Sick-o-pathics from the
mid-90s and read along the cast. First of all, David Warbeck is
one of my fave Brits-Tour-Of-Duty-In-Italian-Gore actors ever,
but then I saw Lucio Fulci, plus his daughter, and then there's
Linnea Quigley, Joe D'Amato, and Luigi Cozzi. Okay, most are
only in guest cameos (David gets a nice part in story 3) but
it's cool because this is a piece of history for fans of the
However, what's this anthology film like as a work of
entertainment? It's a punk DIY affair with a ton of stupid jokes
and lashings of grubby blood. You know what you're up against as
the opening shot shows a pile of dog shit labelled: Typical
Italian Movie. Indeed. Straight after that, there's a street
sweeper acting like a twat who hotshots a coke can with his
brush only for it to bounce back against his head. 'Bonk' says a
Batman exclamation. Oh dear.
So we've got a swaggering bloke, Max, brimming with attitude and
shoving folks as he walks down the street, accompanied by loud
heavy duty metal. Oh yeah, he also tears a childs arm off.
Shogun Assassin/Lone Wolf-style arterial sprays soak
him and his mother. The arrogant fella passes the kids arm back
and the mother hits him with it. Ho ho, my ribs have cracked
open, I feel like a chest-burster is uncurling. This destruction
of comedy continues until Max finds his way into a huge building
via signs along the road.
Ahh, a new visitor. hisses Dare Dane from the shadows,
his voice akin to Udo Kier. I bet you're one of my many
fans. Would you like an autograph? Dare Dane is a horror
director, apparently, and in this room is many of his chilling
effects work. Since Max doesn't know any of the guy's films, he
ends up knocked out by Dare's walking cane.
You young punks don't appreciate good movies. Dare
snaps as Max awakes tied to a chair. He is made to watch some of
the directors work. Along comes a beautiful nostalgic shot as a
VHS tape goes into the machine, and we see inside as it begins
it whirring and spooling. Oh, yes, I used to perform basic
repairs on VHS recorders back in the early 90s as a hobby. This
sight transported me back to that time and I felt myself
Hello Dolly appears on the screen as we begin to watch the
first of Dare's works. A bearded long-haired dude walks into a
mag and porn shop run by another bearded dude (who looks weirdly
like a younger me when I had hair!) and this guy is called Mr.
Sinister. Oh the comedy dubbed voices are so full of
imagination. As our hero wishes to purchase a nudie jolly doll,
he has to sign a parchment as a mere formality which
has symbols all over the place. Once signed, Mr. Sinister's
sunglasses glow red and blood splatters from our hero's hand.
Sealed and complete. Back home he sits in his boxers and opens
the box.
What the fuck? Is it used? his hand comes up covered in
slime. He drags her out anyway, gets drunk, and crashes out on
his bed. As he sleeps, the doll's eyes spring open. Fair play to
the filmmakers. The rising of the doll is handled wonderfully
and it's absolutely fucking creepy as it stands above him,
leaking gunk from its plastic vagina before a phallic creature
emerges similar to that thing Dr. Channard (Hellbound:
Hellraiser II) had holding his head upright. What the doll
(which is like watching a nude flick starring Shaye St. John!)
does to its helpless victim will make your jaw drop. I mean, I
had to look for my jaw, it had run away.
There's quickie commercials chucked between segments that are
quite funny because they are cheesy and lacking any translation.
Lucio Fulci advertises an erotic comic, and he looks quite
bewildered by it all.
Then we have segment two, The Poor, The Flesh and the Bag.
Let's meet Mr. Porselli and his thuggish brute mate who gets
physical with a guy who owes money. They give him a couple more
days but he's poor as hell so he has no chance. The next day, he
does a dishonest thing in desperation by taking a bag left in a
shop by a neighbour. It's a locked briefcase kind of thing. Back
home whilst struggling to open it, he discovers it is actually
alive. The case has an eye, big teeth plus arms and legs.
Operated by crude but cool-as-fuck animation, it needs a modern
plush toy! Everybody nearby hears the poor fellas screams as
the bag simply destroys him even Joe D'Amato who lives below
the flat. This is out of control and totally random as a story.
It has to be seen to be believed which is why Im not saying
anything else.
Back to commercials and there's only one this time -- a hair
rejuvenation lotion. Oh, and Linnea screams, because, yep, she's
a scream queen. Boo! Hiss! Rubbish joke!
The third and final instalment is the disappointing, Aeropophagus.
A weird spoof on Anthropophagus, which doesn't seem to
know what to do with itself other than be a silly, almost
slapstick comedy. I don't really wish to go into details because
it's mainly negatives, but I will say that David Warbeck is
over-the-top, yet amusing as Dr. Loonies. Antonella Fulci plays
the traditional ill-fated pregnant woman in her only acting
role, and the effects aren't too bad. Aeropophagus was the only
survivor of a shipwreck years ago. He survived by eating cans of
beans lots of them. Now he farts and kills people. I give in.
That's too much for Max, he breaks loose and the wraparound tale
winds down.
What I can say, which is similar to what I
stated back in my review for
Goremet: Zombie Chef from Hell
(see review
is that it depends on what you expect when settling down to
watch a straight-to-video cheapie from the 80s or 90s. With a
title like Sick-o-pathics, should you recoil when it
isn't a classy polished and well-acted masterpiece? No, you sit
back, chill out, and take what you're witnessing before you.
It's gory, it's sheer stupidity. If I'm honest though, the
shovelling of forced and tacky jokes in the wraparound story
made me wince. They weren't required at all.
The biggest saving grace here is the fact that there is so much
going on. Sick-o-pathics is out of control like a kid
suffering from ADHD locked in a glass cabinet. The effects are
at best poor, yet so appealing for the love which has gone into
every drop of gore and slime. There are moments where you won't
fully believe what you're seeing, and others where you're
tempted to just give in.
I'm pretty sure a lot of people have watched this over the
decades and missed the point entirely. This is a pure
dyed-in-the-wool cult curiosity and must be treated as so. It
cannot be taken seriously one little bit. Go in with that frame
of mind and you'll discover much enjoyment especially Hello
Dolly, which is in a depth of its own.


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Job openings have been at record highs in recent months. Hovering around 6 million.
Businesses are clearly looking to hire, but it appears they're having trouble finding employees that are the right fit.
This stat fits one of the growing challenges that businesses are facing in regards to employment today. And that trend, along with some others, are probably going to continue in the future.
If you plan on doing hiring for your business in the future and if you plan to have a productive team, we have some key trends to consider.
1. More Data
Most of these trends have already hit us…but they don't show any signs of changing in the future.
One of the big ones is data.
Think back even 5 or 10 years. Now think about today and the amount of data you deal with.
The number of emails sent. Websites visited. Notes stored online in cloud servers. Online documents and spreadsheets. All the software you use and the data stored in each application.
It's incredible.
The amount of data will continue to increase for each employee you have. Each employee has a phone, probably a computer of some kind and who knows what else they'll have in the future.
What you'll need to do in the future is to make sure you have the tools necessary to allow your team to be efficient as well as being able to parse through and use all the data for making decisions.
There is also a security element. All this data (and transparency, which we'll talk about in the next point) needs to be secure to protect your company and your team.
2. More Transparency
I was born in 1984. My generation was perhaps the last generation that grew up Pre-Facebook. That hit while I was in the middle of college.
Since Facebook, it seems that a transparency switch was flipped. People started sharing seemingly everything with others. Really for anyone to see.
It's like humans are wired to want to be transparent with each other.
Now we're seeing studies, including this one, that show that transparent businesses are successful and the preferred choice amongst the workforce.
This trend will probably continue as younger workers enter the workforce. They've grown up Post-Facebook. Transparency has been a part of their entire adult life.
3. More Internal Training
Most people realize that the cost of a university education is reaching incredible heights.
It seems that a tipping point is nearing.
You have successful people publicly claiming that young people shouldn't go to college. Heck, Peter Thiel is paying kids not to go to college.
At some point it'll get too expensive for kids to go to college and for adults to go back to college.
This is a challenge, but also an opportunity for employers.
Workers won't have access to college (too expensive), but many will still want to advance. They'll want on the job learning opportunities.
For businesses, it means more internal training. The organizations that setup efficient and effective training systems will be in the best position to succeed and that includes being more attractive to the best young workers.
4. High Performing Employees Leave
This one perhaps isn't that new. But the trend appears to be that employees have opportunities. They aren't afraid to exit a job. And this is especially true for high performing employees. 25% of high performing employees express desire to work elsewhere within a year. That's not really more than in the past. But it's still a concern.
The workplace environment, including the physical and emotional environment, are big factors. The physical office can turn off high performing employees. Open offices have particularly been a point of controversy.
Also a cause for concern is the lack of cultural fit. As small businesses grow it can become a challenge to find people to hire. When the stress to hire increases it can lead to poor cultural fit hirings. That leads to more turnover.
In the future, the businesses that make the work environment comfortable for employees will have an advantage.
5. Office + Remote
One of the really interesting things the last few years has been remote work.
Some employees have loved to work remotely. Telecommuting. Whatever it might be. Not in an office.
But it looks like there is a new trend. It's not that employees want to entirely work in the office or at home. They want both.
The key for businesses is to provide the tools necessary to accommodate employees where they are most comfortable. That means a great office environment (probably not an open office) and the ability to work from home.
The idea of work hours are getting blurred. Businesses that focus more on results may have an advantage as they allow employees more flexibility as long as they're getting their work completed.
6. Parents Feel Rushed, Stressed
This comes from an article about working fathers. Fathers are feeling rushed to complete work so they can both provide for their family and spend time with their family.
Parental roles have changed over the last few generations. Both parents are working more than ever. But there is also an increased pressure for family togetherness.
Parents are feeling the stress. They rush to get work done. They also don't take family time because they fear losing their wages or salary.
Businesses that recognize these stresses and build a good system that allows parents to be parents while still doing good work will have an advantage.
And the science shows that working more than a regular hourly week doesn't pay anyway.
7. Passion Play
Maybe you've heard of the Gig Economy. Or the Freelance Economy.
This has a few elements. Many have talked about employees becoming freelancers and that's created a new dynamic.
But here is one key insight, people don't necessarily work gigs for money. They do it for fun or for passion.
Income is very important if you're hiring freelancers. But it's also important for them to enjoy the experience.
It seems more difficult than ever for businesses to hire employees that are a good fit and that perform well. There might be a disconnect between employers and employees. Hopefully this little bit of insight can help you as you look to expand in the future. It was helpful for me to do a little research on the topic.


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My favourite part of my holiday would have to be going to the G.I Parade. I just loved it. I had a lot of fun, enjoyed being with my friends and family. I saw many people in my family, that I have not seen in a long time, because most of my family came down from Optiki. Optiki is my home town.
After we finished selling toffee apples, we went to go watch my cousin perform a cook island dance. It was EXCITED about there hula. It was a huge crowd, so my cousin was absolutely scared. She said to me " I feel like I'm going to die." I said " you'll be okay." They walked on to the stage. then all you can hear was a bet. Boom Boom Boom. It sounded so AMAZING. Then the girls started doing there hula. As soon as they finished, there dance, well all left.
If you were there you would of had a INCREDIBLE time, because I know I really did. But I wish I could go back to that same day! I just loved it there, it was so so COOL.


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As cliche and cheesy as it may sound, I've been repeatedly listening to the song "Home" by Phillip Phillips since I arrived at the Atlanta airport. I think subconsciously I wanted to believe that engraining this song about making a new and unfamiliar place your home into my head would make it actually happen. But, surprise, it isn't that easy.
Logistically, my transition to the UK has been relatively smooth. Sure, I've had a few small frustrations and snafus, but nothing that I haven't been able to resolve with ease. (Though, I still haven't fully made my bed yet because I still need to get my mattress topper which I ordered on Amazon...)
Emotionally, however, I've been all over the place. One minute I'll be thinking "oh my god I'm actually here and doing this! How exciting!" The next, "oh my god I'm actually here and doing this...wtf is wrong with me?" I've been worried about making friends, stressed about adjusting from the US educational system to the UK system, freaked out about commuting to campus, anxious about not having my parents/a meal plan to rely on for food, and waiting to get hit by a car when crossing the street because I keep forgetting that they drive on the left side of the road. My source of comfort? Binge watching Grey's Anatomy (Patrick Dempsey's face is actually all I need). I've be second-guessing myself for making this decision and secretly hoping I would wake up and realize this has just all been a vacation.
At least until today.
Today I met the other students in the Gender, Violence and Conflict program here at Sussex. I walked into the hallway were others were waiting for our room to be cleared out and was greeted by a group of outspoken, passionate, bubbly, and friendly people. I immediately knew I was going to love my cohort. We went through our induction session with the convenor of the program, who is also the tutor (professor) for one of our core modules (courses) this semester (the language differences from the US to the UK are still throwing me off a little bit, but I'll get it) and we all headed over to a School of Global Studies social gathering. We spent the next two hours or so sitting in the grass, enjoying the sun, drinking wine and getting to know each other. We talked about everything from campus sexual assault and Brexit, to the impending US election and what are the best nights to go to the best bars. For the first time since arriving, I felt at home.
This evening I spent sometime sitting on and walking along the pebble beach (I'm still getting used to the fact that one it's a pebble beach, and two that I'm living next to it), listening to the waves, relaxing, and enjoying the beautiful view as the moonlight glistened on the water. I realized that this will probably become a nightly tradition. I was thinking about the past 5 days of living in my new home, letting everything sink in.
Home is a weird thing. Is it where your physical residence is? Where the heart is? Where your family (either blood or chosen) is? I don't really have a concrete answer to what makes a place your home (and don't think Phillip Phillips necessarily does either). But today something shifted and I just knew that this was it.
As cliche and cheesy as it may sound, I've been repeatedly listening to the song "Home" by Phillip Phillips since I arrived at the Atlanta airport. I think subconsciously I wanted to believe that engraining this song about making a new and unfamiliar place your home into my head would make it actually happen. But, surprise, it isn't that easy.


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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person in want of a good fortune must be in possession of an emergency fund. Hilarious literary allusions aside, the emergency fund — or rainy-day savings, or whatever you want to call it — is one of the bedrocks of basic personal finance. A solid savings account is like self-insurance; it can offer some protection when life seems intent on drowning you with one financial crisis after another.
But what is an emergency? That's what Natasha wants to know. She writes:
As far as my emergency fund is concerned, what is actually considered an emergency? I just got an unexpected dental bill in the mail and I was wondering if I should just dip into my emergency fund to pay it instead of doing a monthly payment plan. I really don't want that bill lingering around for months. I'd rather just pay it and get it over with since I have the money. What do you think?
This is an interesting question, and one I've thought about a lot lately. Since I started managing my mother's money in July, I've had to make several similar decisions: For instance, should I maintain her savings account or pay off her car loan? (I chose to pay off the car loan, but that's because I know we three sons are there to offer financial help if a big emergency arises.)
How do you decide what is and what is not an emergency?
Sometimes the answers are easy, of course. A vacation to Florida is not an emergency and should not be funded from your emergency fund. New boots are not an emergency, and neither is a new videogame console. On the other hand, if your only car is totaled, buying new transportation is an emergency. Or if your son breaks his leg, his medical expenses are an emergency.
But what about all the stuff in between? What if your computer dies? Is that an emergency? Or should you just go to the internet cafe? What if the garage roof starts to leak? Or, as in Natasha's case, what if you have an unexpected dental bill?
Ultimately, I think the key is to decide for yourself what you emergency fund can be used for and what it can't. But once you make that decision, stick to it. If I were in Natasha's place, I'd absolutely use my emergency fund to pay off the dental bill. Why? Because:
- It sounds as if not paying the dental bill is going to nag at her. To me, this is a sign that she ought to prioritize the bill. I'm a firm believer that when making financial choices, you should first defeat the debts that bug you most.
- She has the money available to make the payment. If she had to borrow money to pay the dental bill, my advice might be different. But she has the cash saved, so why not use it?
- Last of all, to me an "unexpected dental bill" is an emergency.
So, if this were my decision, I'd pay the bill.
What would you do? Do you think it's okay for Natasha to tap her emergency fund to make this payment? If not, why not? More to the point, what does constitute an emergency? What things do you use your emergency fund for? Is a credit card an emergency fund? What things do you refuse to pay out of your rainy-day savings? How do you keep yourself disciplined enough to know when something is actually an emergency?
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The Grammy's are just a few weeks away and 2 time Grammy nominee Jhene Aiko gives us her newest single "Spotless Mind" with an adorable Jay Ahn directed video to match.
The song from her recent studio album "Souled Out", boasts Jhene's free, "wandering" ever-changing spirit whilst her lover has a hard time keeping up. With O'ryan Grandberry (the father of her child) playing her leading man, Jhene makes a few character changes throughout the day from painter to hippie to dominatrix while he stays the same.
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My first journal paper has been published: Collaboration in a multi-user game: impacts of an awareness tool on mutual modeling by N. Nova, T. Wehrle, J. Goslin, Y. Bourquin and P. Dillenbourg, Multimedia Tools and Applications (2006).
This paper presents an experimental research that focuses on collaboration in a multi-player game. The aim of the project is to study the cognitive impacts of awareness tools, i.e., artifacts that allow users of a collaborative system to be aware of what is going on in the joint virtual environment. The focus is on finding an effect on performance as well as on the representation an individual builds of what his partner knows, plans and intends to do (i.e., mutual modeling). We find that using awareness tools has a significant effect by improving task performance. However, the players who were provided with this tool did not show any improvement of their mutual modeling. Further analysis on contrasted groups revealed that there was an effect of the awareness tool on mutual modeling for players who spent a large amount of time using the tool.
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We see it every day: Patients tell us they floss, but they may not be doing it correctly, or they are completely honest and tell us they don't. Frankly, what you do is your business, but since we are in the Teeth Business we want to at least tell you how flossing works and why it is imperative for your dental health, and then we will let you carry on from there.
Flossing has two main reasons as to why we do it. The first is to clean the sides of the teeth. If your teeth have spaces between them, you probably hate them, but many times these spaces the side of your teeth are self-cleansing, so lucky you! If a space is large enough, the sides of both adjacent teeth are exposed and you are far less likely to develop a cavity between your teeth. Flossing is still critical, and you will see why in a bit. Now, if a space is very small, this serves more like a food pack and then you need to floss essentially all the time, because it is a severe irritant and can lead to a localized gum disease, which is a story for another time…
Flossing will help reduce your chance of developing a cavity between the teeth because you are mechanically cleaning that contact area and the area just below the contact, where the plaque, debris and bacterial byproducts like to accumulate; flossing is essential for your gum health, and this is why your hygienist or dental health professional performing your cleaning can tell if you haven't been flossing regularly before the dentist even takes a look.
The gums that cover the bones of the mouth and surround your teeth make a tight seal to the tooth in the healthy mouth. There is connective tissue linking your teeth and gums and bones. There is a small space that exists, though, for saliva to move through, and that is considered healthy. This space is on the order of 1-3mm, and it surrounds each and every healthy tooth. Your toothbrush bristles are about 3mm in length, so when you are brushing your teeth your bristles are massaging this area underneath the gums and you didn't even know it, but they can't fully access the area between the teeth. A lot of our patients that attempt to floss daily don't realize that the floss needs to be carried underneath the gum line in between the teeth to mechanically remove the bacterial byproducts. If left unaddressed for too long (just a couple of days), the bacterial byproducts irritate the tissues and cause a very small swelling – nothing a patient may notice, but very obvious to the dental health team. This is when your gums bleed; they are inflamed. Bleeding isn't a sign that you need to stop flossing; you need to do it more regularly to resolve the inflammation. If the inflammation persists, then it involves the connective tissue surrounding the tooth and degrades it, and in time this will degrade the bone surrounding the tooth, leading to premature mobility to the teeth and eventual tooth loss. No one wants to hear "you need to floss more," but if you understand why you need to, then maybe it will be easier to pick up this new habit.
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Thomas Frank a contender as Brentford begin hunt for Dean Smith successor
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Brentford's hierarchy will meet on Thursday to discuss Dean Smith's successor and current assistant head coach Thomas Frank is already a contender, Sky Sports News understands.
Frank, who has managed Brondby and a succession of Denmark youth teams, will train the team in the interim period.
Brentford would have no concerns about letting him take charge of their next championship game - against Bristol City on October 20.
The players will also be addressed on the situation at Jersey Road on Thursday before being given time off over the international break.
Aston Villa appoint Smith, Terry
Smith's switch to Villa was sudden but not surprising for the west London club - the 47-year-old informing them of his wish to move on Wednesday - but he leaves with their blessing.
A lifelong Villa supporter, Smith and his family still live in the West Midlands area - both of which are understood to have been significant driving factors in his decision.
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Imagine the pain of being broken up with, or worse, a loved one has died and you feel the physical ache within the left cavity of your chest. You may be experiencing a rite of passage through adulthood's love and loss, or you could be experiencing a life-threatening condition — broken heart syndrome.
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In 1991, Japanese researchers first discovered takotsubo cardiomyopathy , also known as stress cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome.
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The condition causes its victims to experience sudden chest pain and shortness of breath and is often triggered by a tragic event, such as living through a car accident or receiving emotionally difficult news.
Researchers from Minneapolis Heart Institute, observed, after studying 200 takotsubo cardiomyopathy patients' medical histories, that the blood pumping in and out of your heart becomes temporarily disrupted by a surge of stress hormones, which are secreted in response to devastating news, according to the Mayo Clinic . The contraction in your heart may be more than just a flicker of elevated blood pulsing through a valve, though; it may actually kill you.
"It's not as benign a condition as originally thought," Dr. Scott Sharkey, a research cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, told Yahoo News. "The true mortality rate is only becoming manifest as we have a broader experience with this."
The study, published in the American Journal of Medicine , showed that the condition is an overwhelmingly female-dominated condition as only 10 percent of the test subjects were male.
At first, the symptoms experienced might confuse doctors into proceeding with an angiogram to X-ray the heart's blood vessels. Then they hone in on the heart's left ventricle with a cardiac MRI or CT exam to see if it matches the distinctions found in the hearts of takotsubo cardiomyopathy patients.
The abnormal contractions of a broken heart usually go away after one to four weeks, but if the pain persists longer, patients receive aggressive treatments, such as blood pressure medication and breathing machines. Of the 45 patients treated, nine died despite the interventions administered by medical teams.
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Music Streaming Apps Beat Physical Sales, But "Value Gap" Remains
Music has a powerful impact on the way people live. It defines cultures and generations. It is an ever-evolving industry where technology is dramatically shaping its landscape. From the good old vinyl records, music has changed its form to cassette tapes, then CDs, and now, digital music.
Billboard recently reported that for the first time in music history, revenues from digital music services have outweighed physical sales. This came from the 2016 Global Music Report of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The report stated that out of the USD 15 billion global revenue, USD 6.7 billion came from digital sales (which includes streaming). In addition, the IFPI Report also noted the following:
- 3.2 percent increase in global music revenues mostly from digital music
- 45 percent of industry revenues come from digital sales, 39 percent from physical sales
- 45.2 percent increase in streaming revenues
The impressive figures were backed by Frances Moore, Chief Executive of IFPI. The report quoted her saying, "After two decades of almost uninterrupted decline, 2015 witnessed key milestones for recorded music: measurable revenue growth globally; consumption of music exploding everywhere; and digital revenues overtaking income from physical formats for the first time. They reflect an industry that has adapted to the digital age and emerged stronger and smarter. "
Online statistics portal Statista, also reported an increase in music streaming revenue in the United States. Digital streaming has almost doubled from USD 1.45 million in 2013 to USD 2.4 million in 2015. Downloads on the other hand, declined from USD 2. 823 million to USD 2.328 million by 2015. It was no different for physical sales with USD 2.445 million in 2013 to USD 2.024 million by 2015.
In another correlated Statista release, it listed Spotify as the music streaming app with the most subscribers as of March 2016. Spotify had 30 million paying subscribers while Apple Music came in second with 11 million (more recent data puts it at 15 million). The remaining apps got a smaller share of subscribers with Pandora at 3.9 million, Rhapsody at 3.5 million, Tidal at 3 million, and finally Deezer at 3 million as well.
Music streaming apps gaining popularity
With the rise of these music streaming apps, physical purchases of music records have been falling further, and even more surprising is the decline in downloads. Record shops are taking a hard hit with this shift to tech as music becomes more accessible with the use of a smartphone. Even iPods are close to extinction when the New York Post reported last year that Apple was already planning to end the iPod.
The once iconic Apple gadget was hailed by Steve Jobs as the device that could hold up to 1,000 songs back in 2001. It revolutionized the music industry and it became one of Apple's cornerstone products, and one of Jobs' legacy in technology. However, with the shift to digital music streaming, the iPod is slowly easing out of Apple's product lineup. It's dedicated product tab was recently replaced with 'Music' and the gadget had no recent updates for about three years now. The Apple Music app though, is enjoying a comfortable second place to Spotify in terms of subscribers since its release last year.
Spotify on the other hand is enjoying a wide market lead against the rest. Their subscribers have reached an unprecedented total of 30 million worldwide. The Swedish-based company also posted an all time high revenue of USD 2 billion (or 1.95 billion euros). This was almost double in comparison to 2014 revenues which amounted to a little over 1 billion euros. A good 90 percent came from Spotify Premium subscriptions while 10 percent came from ads.
But despite the increase in music streaming revenues and subscribers, Spotify posted a net loss of USD 194 million. In a report filed by Spotify in Luxembourg, most of their revenues were siphoned by sales and marketing expenses, as well as research and development.
Fortune explains that "Spotify's single biggest expense are the payments it has to make to record labels and music publishers… In 2015, the amount that Spotify had to pay for royalties and distribution fees climbed by 85%, to about $1.8 billion."
The article further elaborates the situation by saying, "Of every dollar that Spotify brings in the door in revenues, about 85 cents goes right back out the door again in the form of payments to the music industry."
But Spotify is optimistic in its outlook. The company stated that they are confident revenues will stabilize once their reach expands.
Another challenge Spotify might face, as well as other music streaming apps is the so-called "value gap". Currently IFPI reports that there are 68 million people (estimated) under a subscription. It currently generates a revenue of approximately USD 2 billion. But for the 900 million estimated under ad-supported music streaming, only USD 634 million in revenue is made. This becomes an emerging problem for people in the music industry as well a the value given back to artists is not compensated for.
Regardless of the results, it seems that music is once again evolving for a new generation.


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Big Bear, California
Big Bear, California was our first stop on our 30 day road trip. We have heard about this mountain oasis for many years, but have never been! What a gorgeous small town hidden atop a mountain outside of the normal busy Southern California atmosphere. We were here for only less than 24 hours and wish we could of stayed longer! We pitched a tent, spent the night and strolled around Big Bear Lake before leaving.
Stella likes rolling in dead fish, we now know this. Ew!
This is the backside of Big Bear. We were heading off to Sequoia National Park!
Stella and Jasper love the window down as much as I love ice cream for dinner.
This is a small town in California called Lindsay I believe. I didn't care for the town due to the horrible pollution, but this scenery slightly made up for it. We had to stop for some photos!
Sequoia National Park, California
Okay, we are now at Sequoia National Park! This place is super scenic and Daniel and I will for sure be back, without our dogs. Unfortunately, due to bears and what not our dogs are not allowed on most trails within National Parks. I was so excited to see the worlds biggest tree, The Sherman aka The President, but no dogs allowed. We spent one night in Sequoia National Park and ooooo'ed and awwww'ed at the size of the Sequoia trees. Their bark is is up to three feet thick! We hung out at a creek all day and enjoyed the wild life of deer and ONE BLACK BEAR! We were so excited to see our first bear that the photo we got of it was measly. Not shown in this post.
Daniel setting up camp while Stella is wondering what I am doing hanging in a tree.
Daniel versus a Sequoia Tree.
I love the moss that grows on the trees. Such tiny beauty.