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To us, the difference between the photographer as an individual eye and the photographer as an objective recorder seems fundamental, the difference often regarded, mistakenly, as separating photography as art from photography as document. But both are logical extensions of what photography means: note-taking on, potentially, everything in the world, from every possible angle.
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This weekend marks the tenth anniversary of an earthquake that ripped through Haiti. Included in the estimated 300,000 people killed during the earthquake was Mark Gallagher, a police officer from New Brunswick who left a lasting impact on both the Maritimes and in Haiti.
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"Mark was quite a person," says friend and former colleague Peter Korotkov. "He would do anything for anybody."
And it's been very clear that Gallagher was a bright spot for Korotkov, who spent about 25 years with him both on the job with city police in Moncton and RCMP, but off the job as well.
"We had fun together and we worked together, we played hard," Korotkov says. "We used to go downhill skiing the odd time and I think it was how fast we could go to see who could break their neck first."
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One of his favourite traits about Gallagher was his ability to share a laugh.
"Mark was quite a character and he used to play jokes on people," Korotkov remembers. "He was kind of mischievous, he had a mischievous smile, and he would pull a few stunts. I would walk into his office on certain days and he'd give me that look like he was about to play a gag on somebody."
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Gallagher was part of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti. During his work down there, he trained other officers.
When the 2010 earthquake hit and took so many lives, it was difficult for many people in the Maritimes who knew Gallagher, including Kororkov.
"He put in a lot of hours, and so I thought he'd be out helping earthquake victims and that's why we never heard from him," he says. "Then we got the bad news and when we had a gathering at the office, I couldn't even go in the room because I was so close to him at that time and it was hard to hold back the tears."
Korotkov says Gallagher was, without a doubt, one of his best friends.
Following the tragedy, a school was built in Haiti in Gallagher's name.
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May 22, 2012 9:29 pm at 9:29 pm #603544lakewhutParticipant
Stop making speeches in yiddish in America already! It's 2012May 23, 2012 12:23 am at 12:23 am #878213gabieMember
Tell that to 750,000 frum yidden and bnei Torah across the globe to whom Yiddish is the mama loshon, their native first-language, used for everyday speech. Many of whom aren't even fluent in any other language. (They can sometimes "get by" with a botched English.) And the many more to whom Yiddish is their second language, that their Limud HaTorah is conducted in.
To them it isn't 2012. It is 5772.May 23, 2012 1:40 am at 1:40 am #878214nfgo3Member
There is nothing wrong with speaking Yiddish if you speak it well and want to reach only a Yiddish-speaking audience. Likewise, there is nothing wrong with speaking English if you speak it well and want to reach a major portion of the world. There is plenty wrong with speaking any language badly, because the speaker fails to convey his/her ideas clearly.
In my very limited experience, people who try to speak both languages do not speak English well, but I have no idea how clearly they speak Yiddish. Given the importance of English throughout the world in the 57th Century, it is important for the Jewish people to have a good command of English.May 23, 2012 2:29 am at 2:29 am #878215pcozMember
that could be a problemMay 23, 2012 2:45 am at 2:45 am #878216moreMember
Aside for the European Jewish communities, they should institute an English Yiddishe language for the rest of the jewish world so that majority of the jewish oilom could understand Vot iz Vlying….May 23, 2012 3:05 am at 3:05 am #878217HaLeiViParticipant
am or pm?May 23, 2012 4:46 am at 4:46 am #878218Avi KParticipant
Let the dead language rest in pieces (considering all of the different dilaects).May 23, 2012 6:25 am at 6:25 am #878219
More jews speak English than YiddishMay 23, 2012 7:21 am at 7:21 am #878220Shraga18Participant
"To them it isn't 2012. It is 5772."
Best line I've seen here in a long time!!!May 23, 2012 9:52 am at 9:52 am #878221gabieMember
More Jews are irreligious than religious.
More gentiles speak English than French. Lets end French.May 23, 2012 12:07 pm at 12:07 pm #878222akupermaParticipant
1. There are probably more children speaking Yiddish as their first language now than any time in American history (be real, in the "good old days" before World War I, most immigrants made a serious effort to forget Yiddish along with all other aspects of Yiddishkeit).
2. Jews usually use a Jewish language for serious conversations, and Hebrew is probably less understood than Yiddish, and more importantly, it is now the language of a foreign country which implies disloyalty in using it at a public forum, whereas Yiddish is an ethnic language rather than a foreign country's national language.May 23, 2012 1:22 pm at 1:22 pm #878223HaKatanParticipant
gabie, many are almost completely ignorant of this cholent, known as Yiddish, of High German, Polish and, lihavdil, Lashon HaKodesh. While those who speak Yiddish SHOULD be at least passably fluent in English, to the point that is a speaker speaks in English, or at least English with some Yiddish mixed in, everyone should be able to understand.
There is little reason this "language" of Yiddish exists, other than for historical purposes and communicating with those of previous generations who speak it better than the native language.
There already is a new Yiddish that should take over the function Yiddish served, and that is Yeshivish English. Since English is an international language and everyone learns Talmud Bavli, you now have a perfect international Jewish language.May 23, 2012 1:30 pm at 1:30 pm #878224ChortkovParticipant
In Mitzrayim, the Jews were rescued for three reasons (according to one midrash anyways):
They didn't change a) clothes b)names and c) language.
A common argument for Yiddish. What i fail to understand is what makes 'Yiddish' into a Jewish language – Loshon HaKodes/Ivrit Tenachi is a Jewish Language. Yiddish is a collection of German, English, Loshon HaKodesh and a dozen other languages put together. Why is it Jewish?May 23, 2012 1:41 pm at 1:41 pm #878225BaalHaboozeParticipant
zahavadad: is that a fact? I agree here on American shores that is true. But worldwide? not sure that is the case.
as an aside – I wondered before the Asifa why there weren't 2 stadiums, one for yiddish, and one for english. It would have solved many quarrels and complaints about the language issues and people could have had the best of both worlds by choosing what they felt more comfortable with.May 23, 2012 1:52 pm at 1:52 pm #878226PosterMember
I live in Eretz Yisroel and the Rav of our community wanted to give a shiur, so he gave it in yiddish. Now, everyone could come Israelis, europeans, americans etc. It is very nice for there to be a special language for teh Jews. It unites us. How beautiful!May 23, 2012 2:46 pm at 2:46 pm #878227midwesternerParticipant
More jews drive on shabbos than not.
Not meant as a direct analogy. Only that more doesn't make it right.May 23, 2012 3:05 pm at 3:05 pm #878228
Not meant as a direct analogy. Only that more doesn't make it right.
Not a comparison
If you are going to speak to the Kehila, you need to speak to them in a language they understand.
zahavadad: is that a fact? I agree here on American shores that is true. But worldwide? not sure that is the case.
Most Jews live in Anglo Countries Us, England, Canada , Australia.
And Many jews who live in Israel and France also speak english.
More Frum jews do NOT speak Yiddish as a first language, maybe in Chassidic communities, but not everywhere else.
If Rav Wachsman spoke "Yeshivish", I have no problem with it, I understood it perfectly
And the truth of the matter is the Internet's main language is English, If you only Speak Yiddish you cant use it, so I found it interesting that it was the Yiddish speakers who were the harshest speakers (As opposed to Rav Wachsman)May 23, 2012 3:05 pm at 3:05 pm #878229smartcookieMember
I, For one, and many others I know, are still going strong on the Yiddish language. That is the main language in my home.
So we still appreciate hearing some Yiddish language/speeches sometimes.
That said, I mostly speak English outside my home, and my kids know the language too, so I'll love listening to an English speech at any given time.
But I still appreciate, that I have a second language that I'm so fluent in, and it's another one of those hundred things that separate us American Jews with the rest of Americans.
And btw, Yiddish is a beautiful language for those who know it well.May 23, 2012 3:13 pm at 3:13 pm #878230
The reality is Most Yiddish Speakers probably understand English (At least in New York) and that most English Speakers do NOT understand Yiddish.
The asifa wasnt even 50/50 Yiddish/English…It was more like 80/20 in favor of Yiddish. You could easily look around during the yiddish speakers what was happening.May 23, 2012 3:23 pm at 3:23 pm #878231cherrybimParticipant
"Tell that to 750,000 frum yidden and bnei Torah across the globe to whom Yiddish is the mama loshon"
That's a bobbe mai'se. A bi g'ret.May 23, 2012 3:39 pm at 3:39 pm #878232
For many, Ladino is mamma lashon. Not a single sentence of Ladino. For shame.May 23, 2012 3:50 pm at 3:50 pm #878233a maminParticipant
Zehavasdad: I think it's a pity you are so intimidated by the Yiddish language! It certainly aint a dying language in my part of the world.May 23, 2012 4:08 pm at 4:08 pm #878234bptParticipant
(Hey.. maybe we should revive the Yiddish thread?)May 23, 2012 4:12 pm at 4:12 pm #878235HaKatanParticipant
A) yekke2, that argument is also faulty because, in part, we didn't yet have the Torah in Mitzrayim.
(As well, the Nazis YM"Sh also understood Yiddish, so there's nothing all that muvdal about Yiddish, certainly not all that different than Yeshivish English today.)
Now that, for well over 3,000 years now, the Torah has bound us as one nation, there is no need to resort to speaking our own language as being a Torah Jew does far more for everyone than using a common language.
This is pashut.
For example, if you need a minyan in Paris while waiting for a flight out, no matter what language you speak, the word "Shacharis" and a gesture to your Talis/Tefillin should be enough to convey you're looking for a minyan and any other Jew will happily join you no matter what language he speaks because we all have the same mitzvos. Again, we did not have that in Mitzrayim.
No Yiddish is needed.
B) ** The following is a quote from another site, if the mods wish to allow it:
If the Mods do not, the following point still stands. **
It's very insulting and is a lack of derech eretz to many Jews that, in the United States whose national language is American English, one has to publicly Lifnei Am ViEidah "justify" speaking in English, "CH"V", essentially apologizing for not addressing the gathering in Yiddish; this is a tremendous turn-off and slap in the face to those who do not speak Yiddish, and accomplishes exactly the opposite of what is intended: it alienates those Jews who do not speak Yiddish and erroneously makes some Jews feel superior to those other Jews who do not speak it.
This is not, CH"V, an accusation that all who speak yiddish feel they are superior, but it has certainly happened, and it is a terrible avlah born, most likely, of ignorance as to what being a Torah Jew is really all about.
To be perfectly clear, there is nothing wrong with speaking English, and to apologize for doing so is, again, wrong, despite the good intention in doing so.
Yiddish is useful for only 2 things: historical purposes and for effective communication with the older generation. Everyone should speak English (and/or Yeshivish English), which is an international language, in addition to the native language of the country they live in. This will truly unify all of, rather than alienate, CH"V, any part of, Klal Yisrael.May 23, 2012 4:21 pm at 4:21 pm #878236
Ladino is very uncommon even among Sefardim. And even those that know it, it is their second language, not first like Yiddish.
During the asifa the vast majority of yidden, even those not fluent in yiddish, were paying attention to the yiddish speaking rabbonim shlita. They were looking at the scrolling English translation at citifield or asking their neighbors (ie at the other venues) what the rabbonim were saying. Many got a sense even without a translation. Just like the Polish Minister who understood the Chofetz Chaim, who spoke in yiddish even though the Minister didn't, and there was no translation.May 23, 2012 4:29 pm at 4:29 pm #878237chgoachdusMember
The advertising posters and publicity ahead of time should have been in yiddish if the event was going to be in yiddish. Then we all would have known who it was for and what internet experience was expected of the attendees both before and after the event. All the talk of unity and a broad spectrum of American frum was misleading.May 23, 2012 5:23 pm at 5:23 pm #878238
Yidden always had a unifying language that was unique to Yidden. For the last thousand years, Yiddish has served this purpose. It is no coincidence that Roshe Yeshivos give their droshos in Yiddish in America, Eretz Yisroel and the world over.May 23, 2012 5:27 pm at 5:27 pm #878239smartcookieMember
Regarding the Asifa, I do agree that the speeches shouldve all been in English being that they expected so many diverse communities to attend.
In general though, nope, we still need Yiddish around. But OP, you feel free to attend only the English ones.May 23, 2012 5:38 pm at 5:38 pm #878240OneOfManyParticipant
One, two…May 23, 2012 5:50 pm at 5:50 pm #878241yitayningwutParticipant
In 3012 everyone will be speaking Klingon and the only people left speaking English will be those few Yidden who don't want to let go of the mama loshon (or, as it will affectionately be known as then, "the mother tounge").May 23, 2012 6:32 pm at 6:32 pm #878242bp27Participant
chgoachdus – In Boro Park most of the advertising literature and posters were in Yiddish.May 23, 2012 6:48 pm at 6:48 pm #878243lakewhutParticipant
I don't know how difficult it is to understand (akuperma) that more American Jews speak English as a first language. We're in America speak English like a normal person, and the people who live in Wiliamsburgh can't speak normal English or Yiddish, they just jumble a mixture of the two languages into one sentence. YIddish is a dead language, wanna have speech in yiddish, keep it in BP, Williamsburg, New Square, Monroe, or a radical area in Israel. Don't have yiddish speeches at a public venue in America, it's psychotic IMHO.May 23, 2012 7:40 pm at 7:40 pm #878244giggle girlParticipant
Way to go Gabie!!!
I love the fact that Jews today are still speaking Yiddish. It kind of shows that no matter where we are, whether it's Eretz Yisroel, America, England, France… or anywhere, we never forget who we are. Yiddish is mostly German mixed in with the language of wherever you live and Lashon Ha'Kodesh – but always Lashon Ha'Kodesh. That part is not just in Eretz Yisroel – it's everywhere. "Torah" in Yiddish is always "Torah". Is it not?May 23, 2012 7:48 pm at 7:48 pm #878245
As I remember my grandmother speaking Yiddish, the Yiddish spoken by Chassidim sounds nothing like it.May 23, 2012 8:01 pm at 8:01 pm #878246
Yiddish was not around for a thousand years. It was for a number of centuries. A thousand years ago, the Ashkenazi Jews spoke standard German mamesh.May 23, 2012 8:02 pm at 8:02 pm #878247
Zahavasdad, she was probably Litvish.May 23, 2012 8:06 pm at 8:06 pm #878248☕ DaasYochid ☕Participant
It's interesting (and I guess expected) that people here on YWN (an English language site) feel there was too much Yiddish.
You should know, though, that in Williamsburg, many people are upset that there was so much English.
You can't please everyone.May 23, 2012 8:06 pm at 8:06 pm #878249
The litvish and chasidish have a different havara. Just as almost every language has people speaking it with different dialetcs. They are still the same language. And in almost all cases people speaking the same language with different dialetcs can easily communicate with each other.
Think Southern drawl.May 23, 2012 8:10 pm at 8:10 pm #878250tzaddiqMember
i don't speak yiddish very well, but respect that it is a universal jewish language and wish i could speak it in order to communicate with gedolim and rebbes, something i feel terrible that i am missing out on in life.May 23, 2012 8:28 pm at 8:28 pm #878251a maminParticipant
Zehavasdad:The english you speak doesn't sound anything like your grandparents either!!May 23, 2012 9:27 pm at 9:27 pm #878252cherrybimParticipant
Yidden spoke English before they spoke Yiddish.May 23, 2012 9:39 pm at 9:39 pm #878253147Participant
There is only 1 universal Jewish language:- HEBREW!!! The blue print of haShem:- Torah heKedsho is written in Hebrew.May 23, 2012 10:44 pm at 10:44 pm #878254FashionableeMember
Look, I get why you feel annoyed that the asifah was in Yiddish, but can I know why the fact that someone talks a certain language within their home and community bothers you so much?
Just live and let live, my good people!May 24, 2012 2:35 am at 2:35 am #878255
In Williamsburg, they are upset about any amount of English at a Jewish gathering. They have their very shvere shitta: Hebrew is treif, and so is English. Only Yiddish is kosher.May 24, 2012 2:36 am at 2:36 am #878256
147, thank you for saying the obvious!May 24, 2012 2:38 am at 2:38 am #878257
Smartcookie, Yiddish is a dialect of German. Any German understands it.May 24, 2012 3:40 am at 3:40 am #878258
This was a chassidishe event, funded primarily by chassidishe money, what language did you expect it to be in?
If you feel that you were misled by the advertising and hype put out by the organizers of the asifa, that is another story for another thread.May 24, 2012 3:49 am at 3:49 am #878259cheftzeMember
Rav's Ahron Schechter, Ahron Feldman, Elya Brudny, Harari Rafael, Matisyahu Solomon, Malkiel Kotler, etc are Chasidish?May 24, 2012 4:13 am at 4:13 am #878260
I don't want to hijack this thread so will not pursue this particular discussion here.May 24, 2012 4:44 am at 4:44 am #878261cheftzeMember
You're thinking since it was 2/3 Chasidish 1/3 Litvish you define it as a Chasidish event. But in fact that is a fair breakdown of the frum demographics today. There are more than double the number of chasidim than their are litvaks and other Orthodox. Simply due to the long-standing mathematics of their respective birth rates. Thus, in fact, it was a broad and representitive representation of the Torah world.
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- complaint
- cyberstalking
- Dana Young
- federal court
- harassment
- intentional infliction of emotional distress
- intrusion
- John F. Kennedy
- lawsuit
- lobbyist
- Marion Hammer
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act
- National Rifle Association
- Pam bondi
- Parkland
- Shane B. Vogt
Veteran Florida-based National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer is seeking $1 million in damages, saying she was harassed and threatened by four men from across the country.
Hammer filed a lawsuit, including a motion for preliminary injunction, in federal court in Tallahassee on Friday. The case was first reported by the Tallahassee Democrat.
She described herself as "a 79-year-old grandmother and nationally renowned civil rights advocate who has spent the better part of her life protecting the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."
Hammer is the "victim of cyberstalking, harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and intrusion upon seclusion under Florida statutory and common law," her complaint says.
Her verified complaint says her troubles began after "the tragic shooting that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and continuing after the national debate over gun control took center stage." A Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Parkland, Broward County high school left 14 students and three staff members dead.
She lobbied against the "Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act" eventually passed by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Rick Scott, billed as a "comprehensive approach to addressing issues (of) firearm and school safety, and community mental health resources."
Hammer soon became "the target of a coordinated attack intended to humiliate, harass, and cause substantial emotional distress," the complaint says.
"For example, Hammer received the same postcards from various individuals throughout the United States, often mailed from the same location," it says. "In several instances, the content of the communications (including email and social media) Hammer received used the same specific terms and phrases, thus demonstrating direction and cooperation."
The complaint includes a long list of vituperative messages she says she has received, most using epithets and foul language.
"Whenever she is in public she worries that the people who have been harassing her will confront her and that a confrontation could turn violent," it adds. "… She adjusted her schedule and the places she eats with her family so that they are not predictable. Her entire family group does not go anywhere together any more."
The named defendants "sought out Hammer's e-mail address" and one sent her "graphic photos of gunshot victims, including an unidentified person in a hospital bed with gaping leg wounds, and a photo of President John F. Kennedy's head after he was assassinated."
Others consisted of "indirect and/or direct threats accompanied by humiliating and abusive personal attacks."
Hammer said she's not alone, mentioning Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi being recently "confronted and harassed by protestors" coming out of a theater in Tampa where she had watched a Mr. Rogers documentary, and state Sen. Dana Young, a Tampa Republican, being yelled at that she had "blood on her hands" and called a "killer" and "murderer."
She seeks an court order forbidding further communication to her from the defendants, calling it "beyond all bounds of decency" and "odious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community."
"Harassment is not speech: It is wrongful conduct that may take the form of speech," the complaint says. "Consequently, it can be enjoined without running afoul of the First Amendment."
She's represented by attorney Shane B. Vogt of Tampa.
Updated at 6:15 p.m. — The News Service of Florida reports a similar second lawsuit was filed later in the day by Hammer in Leon County Circuit Civil court against Brian Fitzgerald, identified as a 66-year-old resident of Miami-Dade County.


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Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of water resources in the United States.
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- Substantially strengthen federal surveillance and standards for lead in drinking water.
- Substantially limit the use of hydraulic fracturing by energy companies in the United States.
- Substantially strengthen federal standards for agriculture-related runoff into lakes and streams.
- Substantially increase the protection of wetlands in the United States.
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Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the nato/" 1081 rel="nofollow" target="_self">North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.
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Artificial Intelligence: Restrict development and/or use of Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWs)
- Artificial Intelligence: Increase use of swarming autonomous drones to counter the Russian threat
- Artificial intelligence: Establish a program of regulatory oversight of artificial general intelligence
- Biotechnology: Ban the use of germline genetic engineering in humans
- Biotechnology: Substantially increase funding for vaccine research
- Biotechnology: Establish a cabinet-level National Biodefense Directorate to address Biological threats to humans, animals, agriculture, and the environment
- Cyber: Ban offensive cyber operations
- Cyber: Designate space systems, services, and technology as a critical infrastructure sector
- Cyber: Establish U.S. privacy protections in cyberspace consistent with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation
- Cyber: Increase STEM/computer education programs in U.S. schools
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- How many Call of Duty: Black Ops II achievements are there?
There are 90 achievements to unlock in Call of Duty: Black Ops II worth a total of 2000 gamerscore.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Achievements
There are 90 achievements with a total of 2000 points
Rescue Woods.
Investigate the jungle facility.
Gather intel on Raul Menendez from Mullah Rahmaan.
Take down Menendez and his operation.
Gather information on Raul Menendez' suspected terrorist plot.
Find the Karma weapon.
False Profit20
Capture Manuel Noriega and bring him to justice.
Deep Cover20
Capture Menendez.
Sinking Star20
Interrogate Menendez.
Escort the president to the secure location in downtown LA.
Stop Menendez once and for all.
Complete "Pyrrhic Victory", "Old Wounds", "Time And Fate", and "Suffer With Me" in Veteran.
Complete all challenges in Black Ops II.
Complete all challenges in a level.
Complete 1 challenge in any level.
Successfully neutralize the SDC freighter at Keppel Terminal.
Desert Storm15
Successfully escort the VIPs to safety.
Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty.
Art of War25
Successfully assassinate SDC Chairman Tian Zhao.
Blind Date15
Successfully rescue HVI.
There are two futures.
Plastic surgery avoided
Listen and think before you shoot.
Ship Shape10
Reinforcements on the way.
Jailor or executioner.
Only one can survive.
Good Karma20
Crack the celerium worm.
Back in Time10
Use a future weapon in the past.
Stop the brutality inflicted by the PDF.
Reach Sergeant (Level 10) in multiplayer Public Match.
Prestige once in multiplayer Public Match.
Big Leagues20
Win 5 multiplayer League Play games after being placed in a division.
Trained Up10
Win 10 multiplayer games while playing in Combat Training playlists.
Party Animal10
Win 10 multiplayer games while playing in Party Games playlists.
In TranZit, obey the voices.
In TranZit, have all doors opened without being set on fire.
In Green Run, pacify at least 10 zombies with 1 EMP.
In TranZit, complete all additions to the bus in 1 game.
In Green Run, acquire your Tombstone.
In TranZit, acquire 4 different equippable items in 1 game.
You Have No Power Over Me
In TranZit, kill one of the denizens of the forest while it is latched onto you.
In TranZit, use an alternative mode of transportation.
Happy Hour10
In TranZit, buy 2 different perks before turning on the power.
DLC: Revolution
There are 10 achievements with a total of 250 points
In Die Rise, be the architect of their instruction.
In Die Rise, fling 10 zombies in one game.
In Die Rise, reach round 10 before turning on the power.
In Die Rise, kill 5 zombies with a single shot from the Sliquifier.
In Die Rise, face the dragon head-on before reaching round 2.
In Die Rise, revive yourself.
In Diner Turned, get a kill with each primary weapon in a Public Match.
In Diner Turned, retrieve a chained Cymbal Monkey in a Public Match.
In Diner Turned, kill the human while its decoy is in play in a Public Match.
DLC: Uprising
There are 10 achievements with a total of 250 points
In Mob of the Dead, execute the escape plan.
In Mob of the Dead, obtain Hell's Retriever.
In Mob of the Dead, complete the cycle 3 times.
In Mob of the Dead, Brutus completes his patrol.
In Mob of the Dead, kill 10 zombies at once with a new beverage.
In Mob of the Dead, open a door without spending points.
In Mob of the Dead, use and upgrade all traps before round 10.
In Mob of the Dead, break the cycle.
DLC: Vengeance
There are 10 achievements with a total of 250 points
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In Buried, be their pawn.
In Buried, acquire a perk for free.
In Buried, access all areas with the help of your new friend in one game.
In Buried, drop the beat on 10 zombies in one game.
In Buried, Pack-a-Punch a weapon during round 1 with no one using the bank or Weapon Locker.
In Buried, rewrite history.
In Buried, survive an entire round within the maze on round 20 or higher.
In Buried, purchase the LSAT off the wall and Pack-a-Punch it.
In Buried, return to processing.
DLC: Apocalypse
There are 10 achievements with a total of 250 points
In Origins, release Samantha.
In Origins, share a weapon you dug up.
In Origins, activate all generators without allowing one to stop.
Kung Fu Grip15
In Origins, free yourself and another from the Panzer Soldat's claw in one game.
In Origins, build all elemental staffs in one game.
In Origins, ride the tank around the map without getting off.
In Origins, revive another player four different ways in one game.
In Origins, use Zombie Blood to revive three players and activate a generator in one game.
In Origins, complete all 4 Challenges in one game.
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In an earlier post I noted that the newly released Blu-ray of Miss Potter runs at 25 frames per second, rather than the usual 24. So it appears to have been sped up, for no good reason. I made reference to it being 'the first Blu-ray movie I had seen which was not recorded at 1080p24, but at 1080p25.' A couple of days later Craig Mecak, a tech wiz at Channel 9 in Sydney, corrected me on this point:
From my research, 1080/25p is not a valid blu-ray resolution/format.Allowable combinations are:
1080/50i & 60i (actually 59.94i)
720/50p & 60p (actually 59.94p)
Suspiciously absent are 1080/25p or 1080/30p. Not really a big issue, as I'm sure you're aware that 1080/25p can losslessly be conveyed as 1080/50i, whereby each field contains half the number of lines from each original film frame. In effect, it's 1080/25Psf (progressive segmented frame).
Deinterlace back to 25p by weaving the fields. Simple.
I'm prepared to take Craig's word for this; he really does know a lot about this stuff. At the time I replied to that effect, and I agree that it is odd that 1080p25 and 1080p30 weren't provided for in the Blu-ray specification. Still, perhaps they were worried about chipset availability or some such.
I was tied up for a while so it wasn't until last night that I actually watched this movie. I must say it is a charming little movie. But of principal interest here is the picture quality. Watching fairly closely and using an actual TV for once instead of a front projector (it was the forthcoming Pioneer PDP-C509A 50 inch plasma, $5,499), at several points in the movie two things were obvious: Craig was right, and the Blu-ray player wasn't doing a very good job.
In those scenes in which almost horizontal diagonal lines were moving across the screen, the jaggies were obvious. Which means that, first, even though the material originated on a progressive source (it was shot on film), it was encoded on the disc at 1080i50, not 1080p25. That meant that the Blu-ray player had to deinterlace it.
As Craig says, it should be a simple matter of weaving the two fields back together to restore perfect 1080p25 picture quality. But the Blu-ray player was doing a shockingly poor job at deinterlacing, not just those jaggie bits but also, I think, the whole movie. It certainly seemed a lot softer on screen than I expected. At this stage, I am thinking that the player was doing drop field deinterlacing. But I shall explore further.
Meanwhile, I now have a Blu-ray disc I can use for testing 1080i50 deinterlacing of progressive-sourced material, just too late for a set of five low cost Blu-ray player reviews I completed a few weeks ago, but just in time for set of five expensive Blu-ray player reviews I shall soon be starting.


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Midnight snacks – Are you one of those who stay awake whole night, either surfing, watching movies, reading novels or studying?
Then you must be very much in love with your night hours, and sleep is something that reaches your eyes when t's almost morning, ha?
In that case, you are a night owl and if you love staying awake whole night then you must be very much familiar with the midnight hunger too, right? I am sure, sometimes you starve yourself to sleep because there's nothing that you can find to eat.
Well, why don't you stock up your kitchen with some of the snacks that are perfect for night? If you don't know about the right ones, then here have a look at the 5 best midnight snacks:
Midnight Snacks –
1. Wafers
Just open it up and start eating, wafers are literally a blessing to the lazy foodie souls like us. Keep whatever flavours you like and enjoy them every time you are hungry.
2. 2 minute noodles
Whether it is Maggi, Wai-Wai or any other brand that you prefer, having a stock of 2 minute noodles is a must for every night owl. Because sometimes, you are way too hungry.
3. Granola Bar
This is for the super lazy people who can't even get up from their bad or eat something properly. A granola bar is best when you are hungry and it is just so deliciously easy to eat.
4. Cookies
Who doesn't love cookies? I mean I can have them even when I am not hungry. So, if you feel like eating something sweet yet fulfilling for your stomach at 3 am, cookies will be at your rescue.
5. Popcorn
Popcorns are light and super easy to make, which makes them an ideal choice as a midnight snack. Especially, if you stay up all night watching movies or reading novels, popcorn will be a perfect match.
These are Midnight Snacks – So, never sleep hungry when you are awake till 5 am because you have these options and many more to get rid of that hunger in a scrumptious manner.


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Holy guacamole, Batman. HBO Max is out here dropping way bigger payloads than any of the other movie and television show streaming services right now. The list of what's coming to HBO Max in January (especially as far as new streaming movies) makes the competition look as tiny as my chances to keep up with my New Years resulutions.
There's a buttload of Batman, some classics like Dog Day Afternoon and Chinatown. Some fun horror with The Exorcist, The Conjuring and Gremlins 1 and 2. All timers like Pulp Fiction, Blade, Seven and No Country for Old Men and plenty more. That's just day one!
This is all before the haymakers of HBO Max's 2021 start dropping the rest of the year like the Snyder Cut, Matrix 4 and a litanny of others. It's going to be a good year to have HBO Max. The big stand out the rest of January for HBO Max is definitely the two part documentary on Tiger Words rise and fall and comeback. It looks super juicy. But then again so did those last five drinks I had last night that led to me feeling like a bag of hot ass this morning. Happy New Year! Here's everything releasing on HBO Max January of 2021!
January 1
12 oz. Mouse, Seasons 1 and 2
42nd Street, 1933
All the President's Men, 1976
Apple & Onion, Season 1B
The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman, 1974
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker
Batman: Bad Blood
Batman: Death in the Family
Batman: Hush
Batman: The Animated Series
A Better Life
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dog Day Afternoon, 1975
Check It Out! with Steve Brule
Chinatown, 1974
Codename: Kids Next Door
The Color Purple
The Conjuring
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Craig of the Creek, Season 2
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
Dim Sum Funeral
Ed, Edd n Eddy
El Amor No Puede Esperar (Love Can't Wait)
Happy Feet
The Electric Horseman, 1979
Escape from New York, 1981
The Exorcist, 1973
Flashpoint, 1984
The General's Daughter
Gossip Girl
Green Lantern
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Happily N'Ever After
Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White
He Said She Said
Heaven Help Us
The Infamous Future
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
The Jellies
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Kong: Skull Island
Little Con Lili
Loiter Squad
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Mad Max: Fury Road
Magic Mike
Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart
March of the Penguins
Margaret (Extended version)
Miracle On 34th Street, 1994
Miss Firecracker
Mulholland Dr.
Mystic River
Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D
No Country for Old Men
The Notebook
Ocean's 8
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Thirteen
Ocean's Twelve
Pee-wee's Big Adventure, 1985
The Producers, 1968
Pulp Fiction
Purple Rain
Ready Player One
Revenge Of The Nerds
Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise
Revenge Of The Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
Se7en, 1995
Shallow Hal
Snowpiercer, Season 1
A Star is Born
Superman: Doomsday
Superman: Man of Tomorrow
Superman Returns
This Is Spinal Tap, 1984
The Three Stooges
Tom Goes to the Mayor
The Trouble With Spies, 1987
V for Vendetta
Van Wilder: Freshman Year (Extended version)
Walk Of Shame
Warrior, Seasons 1 and 2
Willard, 1971
Worth Winning, 1989
You Can Count On Me
January 2
The High Note
January 4
30 Coins
January 8
Patriot's Day
Squish, Season 1
January 9
The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, Season 2
Ben 10, Season 4A
The King Of Staten Island
January 10
Miracle Workers, Season 2
Tiger, Two-part documentary premiere
January 12
Against The Wild
Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti
Alpha and Omega 5: Family Vacation
Alpha and Omega 6: Dino Digs
Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World
Blue Valentine
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Earth Girls Are Easy, 1989
An Elephant's Journey
The Escape Artist, 1982
Get Carter, 1971
Hecho En Mexico
Hellboy: Blood and Iron
Hellboy: Sword of Storms
Hellboy: The Dark Below
Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, 1976
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
La Mujer de Mi Hermano
Leapfrog Letter Factory Adventures: Amazing Word Explorers
Leapfrog Letter Factory Adventures: Counting on Lemonade
Leapfrog Letter Factory Adventures: The Letter Machine Rescue Team
Leapfrog: Numberland
Lost and Delirious
Love and Sex
Lovely & Amazing
The Man Who Would Be King, 1975
Meatballs, 1979
The Men Who Stare at Goats
A Mermaid's Tale
Mother's Day
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
Night is Short, Walk on Girl
No Eres Tu Soy Yo
Norm of the North: King Sized Adventure
Ollie & Moon, Seasons 1 and 2
Other Parents, Seasons 1 and 2
Reservoir Dogs
Ride Your Wave
Righteous Kill
The Spy Next Door
Tender Mercies
Thanks for Sharing
Turtle Tale
The Visitor
January 14
Search Party, Season 4
January 15
Stephen King's It, 1990
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Poltergeist, 1982
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Director's Cut, Season 1
Real Time With Bill Maher, Season 19 Premiere
Roots, 1977
Si Yo Fuera Rico (If I Were Rich)
The Wayans Bros
January 16
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
January 19
January 20
At Home with Amy Sedaris, Season 3
C.B. Strike, Season 1
C.B. Strike: Lethal White, Limited series premiere
January 21
Gomorrah, Season 3
Looney Tunes Cartoons
January 22
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Painting With John, Series premiere
January 23
Don't Let Go
Person of Interest
January 24
Euphoria Special Episode Part 2: F*ck Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob
January 26
Babylon 5
Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
January 29
¡Animo Juventud!
*The Little Things
What I Like About You
January 30
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Pushing Daisies
The Scorpion King
January 31
Axios, Season 4 Premiere


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Business sometimes overlooks the benefits that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) provides them. It helps the owners create healthy, efficient, quick, and user-friendly websites. The website content is designed, structured, and written in a way to get a higher rank in the search engines. Good ranks on the first page of search results help bring in more relevant potential customers to the website of the business. It can also increase the conversion rate of potential customers to actual customers.
With the increase in effectiveness, SEO is largely approved as an online marketing strategy. Here is a complete list of all the significant benefits of search engine optimization for your business.
1.Establishes brand awareness
Awareness of the brand is to reach out to a maximum number of the target audience. Creating awareness of your brand refers to how recognizable your products and services are to the customers. As stated by Investopedia, "One of the main steps in promoting a product or service is creating brand awareness." SEO makes sure that your services and products are easy to find by search engine sites like Google and Yahoo with organic and regular search.
2.Creates a combined effect of all the online marketing activities
Your success in the SEO efforts will contribute to all of the online marketing strategies conducted. Marketing activities like social media marketing, e-commerce, web management, direct email, content marketing, and many others help you get high rankings on various search engine sites. When all the marketing activities direct towards a common goal, you are sure to gain success in marketing strategies, including SEO.
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Ranking in top positions may create an image on the customer's mind that you are one of the top players in the industry. It illustrates that you are popular, and many users have researched you. If you are at the bottom of the SERP, customers may think you are not well-known and are new in the industry. Otherwise, customers may also feel that you do not have the required budget to increase your website for better search results.
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Top ranking on any search engine site can result in a higher conversion rate. Until you maintain your head position, your target audience or market will be more aware of your existence. Customers may close the deal with you as soon as they become familiar with your brand, their knowledge of services and products increases. It is the primary importance of search engine optimization for small businesses.
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There are numerous ways to increase the user experience and improve your website. Excellent and improved user experience includes providing your potential customers with relevant information regarding videos and photos that support the text, quick navigation through web pages, and a configuration that is mobile friendly.
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The results provided by SEO are quantifiable and trackable. It does not matter whether you are an e-commerce or non-e-commerce site; there are no doubts when it comes to ROI. All the aspects of the strategies, such as an increase in traffics, rankings, and conversions, are trackable by SEO agencies.
SEO is the strategy that will help you trump the competition and fulfill user acquisition goals. Make sure that you use the advantages of search engine optimization to the fullest.


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Angel Witch – Angel of Light (Metal Blade)Thursday, 31st October 2019
Those ardent followers of metal know Angel Witch is one of the premiere bands in the NWOBHM movement – their self-titled debut from 1980 a classic for many in the traditional sector. Only guitarist/vocalist Kevin Heybourne remains from the many 70's/80's incarnations of the group – although surrounding himself with solid players in bassist Will Palmer, drummer Fredrik Jansson and second guitarist Jimmy Martin currently. It's been seven years since the last Angel Witch album As Above, So Below – so hopes are high that the evil edge against addictive, charging riffs and sinister melodies continues for the band's fifth studio record Angel of Light.
The guitars continue to carry the workload in a tight, push and pull manner much like Kevin's penchant for taking his cues from Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Judas Priest for heaviness and progressive qualities. It's why they are able to convey a clean to electric epic nature in "The Night Is Calling" just as easily as the straightforward rhythm salvos for the energetic opener "Don't Turn Your Back". The sound and tones keep up that older ethos, leaning in a raw, primitive manner where the snare/kick has proper punch without digital overload – along with the pounding bass and guitar girth to drive home these songs effectively. Kevin's voice has that gripping quality and charisma that sets him apart from the pack – equal to the task against the rumbling riff charge for "Window of Despair" as a second half highlight. There are a few times early on in the record where the choruses seem too repetitive and monotonous – "Death from Andromeda" an easy offender in a similar fashion as latter-day Iron Maiden in this regard. The looming doom cauldron swirl that builds for "I Am Infamy" takes plenty of Sabbath-like liberties, a swinging affair that should align well with Angel Witch mavens, a headbangers' delight.
Angel of Light for 2019 is a solid heavy metal record but can't eclipse the legendary status that put songs like "Angel Witch" and "Gorgon" in the annals of history for the band. The fact that they are still around putting out quality songs this deep into their career speaks volumes to the passion and art of the genre – and hopefully result in a few more studio records before retirement.


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CHCAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville wouldn't go as far as to say his team's penalty killing problems were solved, but he likes where it is going.
The Blackhawks are on their most successful penalty-kill stretch this season. After allowing two power-play goals to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Dec. 14, the Blackhawks have killed off 26 of their last 29 penalties over the last nine games and haven't allowed multiple power-play goals. They've raised their penalty-kill percentage from 73.1 to 76.7 during that period.
"I know that we've had a nice stretch," Quenneville said after Sunday's morning skate at the United Center. "We haven't taken many penalties, which helps. I think the movements have been better up ice; our entries more predictable. I think we're getting a chance to get more pressure on their entries and clears and not letting them get set up. It's an ongoing challenge for us, but I've seen progress."
Blackhawks forward Michal Handzus thinks one reason for the penalty kill's improvement is he and Marcus Kruger have developed better chemistry. Handzus previously said he thought they were out of synch at times.
"With Kruges, he's been great," Handzus said. "We just talk about it. Obviously, a lot different things we got to talk about. Now we know more what to do and other guys do. That really helps."
The Blackhawks' recent success has come against some of the league's best and worst power-play units. Their biggest accomplishments were holding the St. Louis Blues, who are ranked fourth in power-play percentage, to one goal on four power-play chances and the Nashville Predators, who are ranked seventh, to one goal on seven opportunities.
The San Jose Sharks, the Blackhawks' opponent on Sunday, are ranked 11th with a 19.0 power-play percentage.
Handzus thinks the penalty kill still has room to improve.
"Obviously we want to keep going and get better," Handzus said. "Still sometimes we're giving up chances we don't want to. We know we have a good team, we have a good PK unit.
"We didn't do a lot of stuff, details, we should have at the beginning, and now it's getting more consistent. We got to keep going. Obviously our goal is to be the best penalty killers. I think the forwards up front are getting better helping the D a little bit more and hopefully we can get better."


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Starliter Apartments from aptfinder.org
8708 Rainier Ave. South
Seattle, WA 98118 (map)
King County
Seattle Proximity: South
Properties for Individuals and Families
These properties have open eligibility in that they do not restrict occupancy to a particular age population (seniors) or disabled households. Most properties will require that the head of household be over the age of 18 or an emancipated minor. The number of persons in an apartment will be restricted to bedroom size, in most cases, and a few properties have set-aside certain units within their property for seniors and/or persons with a disability. Single persons, roommates, couples and families are welcome at these properties- unless otherwise indicated on the listing.
Please call the MAIN CONTACT on each property listing for specific program or property eligibility.
Approximate Wait:
No waiting list at this time
Availability Detail:
We don't have a waiting list at this moment. We rent our housing units to qualified applicants on first-come, first-served basis.
This is a mixed-income property accepting households between HUD's 30% and 80% of the median income for the area.
There is a waiting list for 6 Project-Based subsidized apartments.
Click here to apply or to see rental criteria
Special Eligibility:
This is a mixed-income property accepting households whose combined family income does not exceed 30% and 80% of the area median income.
This property has a mission to provide affordable housing to qualified individuals and families.
The majority of our units are rented at an affordable non-subsidized rent that is below the local market rents. The rents for these units will vary upon unit availability and annual income level. Please call for details regarding the specific eligibility for vacant units.
Starliter apartments is a lovely rental community located in the heart of the Rainier Valley. It is central to the business district, major metro lines, the new light rail transit line, shopping, community parks and I-5. Some amenities provided at this community are: Microwave and dishwasher, carpeted bedroom and tile floors in living room. New cabinetry and countertops. in addition, a controlled access entry, free parking, laundry facilities and community resource help is available on site.
Main Contact for Inquires and Application
|Abigail Caraballo
|Coast Property Management
|Call 711 for free relay service
|8708 Rainier Ave S
|Seattle, WA 98118
|Office Hours:
|Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday Friday 9am-4pm
Management Contact
|Coast Property Management
|Property Management
|2829 Rucker Ave
|Everett, WA 98201
Program Type(s)
Properties that offer HUD Project-Based subsidized apartments
Properties that offer HUD Project-Based Subsidized apartments
These properties are private, non-profit or Housing Authority Public rental housing where the federal and/or state government provides subsidies directly to the property through a HUD contract. The property owner or housing authority applies those subsidies to the rents he/she charges income eligible households. Unlike the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher tenant-based subsidy program, Project-based subsidy is not portable or transferrable. It stays with the property.
Your rent at a Project-based subsidized property will be approximately 30 % of your adjusted monthly income as long as you qualify. You will need to income qualify and recertify your income at least once per year, or more often if necessary. Applicants for these properties need to qualify between the HUD Extremely Very low (30%) and the HUD Low (80%) annual gross income limits, depending upon program requirements and give preference to lower income limit households.
HUD Project-Based programs include, but are not limited to:
HUD Section 8 Multifamily programs
HUD PRAC program for the elderly or disabled
HUD 202/8 program for the elderly
Housing Authority Project Based program
Please call the MAIN CONTACT on each property listing for specific program or property eligibility.
Properties that Accept Housing Authority provided Tenant-Based Vouchers
Properties that accept Tenant-Based Housing Authority Provided Vouchers
Properties in this category are private or publically owned properties that accept applicants with a Housing Authority provided Housing Choice Section 8 voucher or certificate. You must first have applied and received a voucher through your local housing authority program. You should contact your city or county Housing Authority directly for an application for their voucher/subsidy program.
All properties listed on our site that do not have Project-Based subsidy through another government program will take a Section 8 voucher. Vouchers are portable and transferrable because they stay with the household, not the property, once you move out of the property. Then you can take your voucher to a property that accepts them and receive a subsidized rent.
With a voucher or certificate, you will generally only pay 30% of your monthly household income for rent. Maximum rent amounts that the owner can charge are designated by the Federal Government and income limits apply. If an owner wishes to charge more than the maximum rent authorized by the housing authority, the tenant may be asked to pay all or part of the difference.
Please call the MAIN CONTACT on each property listing for specific program or property eligibility.
Income Limit Category: Very Low, Low,
Income Limit Details:
This is a mixed-income property accepting households between HUD's 30% and 80% of the median income for the area.
There is a waiting list for 6 Project-Based subsidized apartments.
Property offers Wheelchair Accessible Apartments
These properties offer apartments that are accessible to persons in wheelchairs or have features desirable and useful to persons in wheelchairs or with mobility impairments.
Some properties have apartments that are fully accessible and some have apartments that have been adapted to include accessible features.
In accordance with the Fair Housing Act and ADA, all properties that are not specifically exempt will have common areas, pathways and offices that are accessible, or must make arrangements at the property to accommodate persons with mobility impairments.
Accessible apartment features vary from property to property, but may include one or more of the following features:
Walk in showers or adapted bath tubs
Grab bars
Hand held Shower
Widened doorways and larger rooms
Lowered cabinets and countertops
Accessible countertops and sink
Accessible appliances
Levered door and faucet handles
Accessible switches and plugs
Lowered peep holes in doors
Hard flooring (non-carpeted)
Visible doorbells, smoke detectors, braille signage and documents
Please call the MAIN CONTACT on each property listing for specific accessibility features available at the property and in the apartments.
Other Amenities:
$45 application fee per person
Background Screening Information
A comprehensive re-usable tenant screening report (portable report) means a tenant screening report, prepared by a consumer reporting agency at the direction of and paid for by the prospective tenant, and made available directly to a prospective landlord at no charge. Reports are re-usable for 30 days for multiple landlords.
In accordance with Senate Bill 6413 effective 6/9/2016, landlords have the option to either accept or not accept portable reports, and the landlords decision must be included in the landlord's posted rental criteria.
If the landlord indicates its willingness to accept a comprehensive reusable tenant (portable) screening report, the landlord may access the landlord's own tenant screening report, regarding a prospective tenant, as long as the prospective tenant is not charged for the landlord's own tenant screening report.
Bedroom Sizes and Rent Structure
These rent amounts are generally the lowest and highest rents currently reported at this property. Please call the main contact listed above for details and requirements.
|# of Bedrooms
|# of units
|1 Bedroom
|19 Unit(s)
|2 Bedrooms
|10 Unit(s)
|3 Bedrooms
|1 Unit(s)
|Total Units:
|Directly Subsidized (Project-Based) Units:
|30 Units
|6 Units
Rent Detail:
Affordable non-subsidized rents offered for 24 out of 30 units to households with income below 50% of median income. We gladly accept housing authority provided Section 8 vouchers. $500 deposit required. Small pets are allowed with a $250 deposit. $45 per adult background check required. No smoking allowed in apartments.


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Hanbitsoft and T3Fun today announced that the highly anticipated dungeon-crawler Action Role-Playing Game ARPG Mythos will hold a four-day closed beta test beginning on December 1st. Beta keys will be distributed in the following days, so fans should stay tuned for a chance to participate. More details after the jump.
Beta players will have the exclusive hands-on opportunity to experience this epic world in all of its non-stop, monster-slaughtering glory. Mythos features high-quality random dungeon generation designed to ensure that each run is a new and exciting experience, an intricate loot system boasting a massive array of possible stats and attributes for items and equipment, and an in-depth crafting system containing entire skill trees which are unique to crafting.
There will also be lots of events being prepared for beta players to participate in, held both in-game and via the Mythos Facebook page. Players can also sign up for the official newsletter to get the latest information and updates about the beta period.
For more information about Mythos and the upcoming close beta test, please visit
Mythos is an online action RPG set in the land of Uld, a fantasy world arisen from the ashes of a dark and terrible war. Uld is a place where many different races live and where gods try their best to gain more power and influence among their followers. The constant conflict between the gods who seek order and the gods who seek chaos, led to a division among the races living in Uld. Following the ideals of reason and science are the humans, gremlins, satyrs, and Cyclops, while those who yearn for savagery and wars are the Discordians.
Mythos features fast-paced role-playing and hack-and-slash combat in which players can choose from unique races and classes like the Bloodletter, Pyromancer and Gadgeteer. Uld is a living world of fantasy and danger with an endless assortment of dungeons to conquer whether you play by yourself, co-op with friends, or PvP.
In celebration of the anouncement of Mythos Global, we will be having a Close Beta Key Giveaway. So stay tuned to Reimaru Files on Friday as we will be handing out 10 Beta Keys. You can visit our Facebook Page for updates on our beta key giveaway.


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The blues are one of those musical constants that interweaves into each and every one of our lives. It's a narrative fabric that acts as a wraith, shadowing what we do, and how we feel. What we emanate aids in building this very genre, believe it or not. The blues feeds off the emotions and becomes enmeshed in modern society, progressing like any adaptable living organism. Whether a person likes it or (claim to) hate it, the blues are everywhere. It's the seed that sprouts out those very songs that people sing along to about sorrow, loss, tragedy, etc., be it country music, rock 'n' roll, heavy metal, and even pop. Without the blues, none of these other forms of music would be where they are today, if they would even exist at all. Itself, the blues were derived from African musical traditions consisting of work songs, spirituals, field hollers, chants, and ballads, culminating into the "Ground Zero" of contemporaneous music with such subgenres as country blues, Delta blues, Piedmont blues, and so on, so forth. With such an amalgamation of styles creating one genre, there's always going to be artists that will push the envelope, cross any or all boundaries, and birth something altogether fresh, yet never straying too far from tradition. Many fail, while a select few can accomplish such a feat that relegates these mad geniuses into a category all their own. Drawing on previous experiences and personal musical taste, one such collective that has masterfully crafted this skill of creative daring is the Austin, Texas-based roots rockers, Churchwood.
In 2007, vocalist/lyricist Joe Doerr and guitarist Bill Anderson expanded on the idea of fashioning an alternative rock 'n' roll band with their interests in the blues, punk, country, and psych, hatching something that would be wonderfully ground-breaking. This fearsome duo received their bruises while spending time in such groups as Poison 13, Meat Purveyors, the Horsies, LeRoi Brothers, Ballad Shambles, and others, blazing trails along the way, and setting a high bar for their Texas-area peers. Recruiting former Crack Pipes guitarist Billysteve Korpi, bassist Adam Kahan, and bassist-turned-drummer Julien Peterson, this powerhouse that they christened Churchwood was released on an unsuspecting Austin club circuit that quickly earned them a loyal fan base. Garnering a reputation as a top-notch alt-blues act that had to be seen, Doerr took his love for Delta blues and Captain Beefheart, and began articulating a poetic manifesto that would become their debut album. "Churchwood" was released in 2011 on the Saustex label (where they remain today), which saw their single "Rimbaud Diddley" get placed on an episode of the fourth season of "Sons Of Anarchy". They followed this up with an EP "Just the Two Of Us" in 2012, then two more full length albums, "Churchwood 2" (2013) and "Churchwood 3: Trickgnosis" (2014). With this volume of excellent material creating a buzz in underground circles, the press intensified the interest in these Austinites with positive local coverage from the Austin Chronicle and Lone Star Music. As word leaked out, even more favorable reviews came courtesy of Blurt, Punk Globe, Trouser Press, and even going international in Americana UK.
Churchwood, and their brand of self-professed "avant-garde blues", are back with their fourth album "Hex City" (released November, 2016) from Saustex Records. The ten tracks that lay within provide a soundtrack for a musical journey where some tunes mule kick you with the intensity of a Texas Pete/Tequila cocktail, while others ease in with the smoothness of a frozen (but powerful) Margarita. Drawing on the eclectic skyline of their talented backgrounds, the deacons of Churchwood weld the Southern-Tex blues with prog leanings blended with psychedelic and jazz progressions. Right off the first cut "You Let the Dead In", to "One Big White Nightmare" (with killer mouth harp work), and "Dogs", with its unpredictable road of madness, you've come to realize that you're not in Bonnie Raitt territory. The fifth track, "Sag", is a punchy slice of garage rock that takes you off into a Jon Spencer-on-peyote wonderland trip, with a dash of Flipper at their most esoteric. The hip shaker "Metanoia" recalls the upbeat rock 'n' roll of the Raunch Hands, complete with the horn section of the awesomely named Money Shot Brass. And proving that Churchwood not only pushes the envelope, they rip it to shreds by colliding the twanginess of the Blasters with the psych heaviness leanings of Blue Cheer on "Woden's Day Blues". The experimentation found on this album would fall faster than a lead fart in less capable hands, but since the 'Wood clergy are seasoned veterans, they've proven that they can pull this off in spades (like they have with their previous output). Call it "avant-garde blues", "roots rock", or even "psycho Americana" (I made that one up), but regardless, Churchwood is here to provide aural adventurism. Let them be your chauffeurs to "Hex City", the musical mescaline that'll change the way you feel about the blues.
Stay up to date with Churchwood, including tour date information on Facebook.
Purchase all Churchwood and Saustex Records releases (as well as the latest music sampler "Saustex Variations Vol. 3") on the Saustex website.


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Hey Guys, Kaushik here and THANK YOU for Stopping by to check out my Big Video Launch Review!
Big Video Launch is going to launch on 2020-Sep-01. More details will be released closer to the date of launch.
Big Video Launch Review – Overview
|Big Video Launch
|Paul Ponna
|Official Website:
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What is Big Video Launch?
Big Video Launch is the latest video marketing product by Paul Ponna.
Big Video Launch isn't available until September, but I wanted to post this above to give you a heads up about it. More details will be released closer to the date of launch.
Who is Paul Ponna?
Paul Ponna has built a venerable reputation as an online entrepreneur, particularly through the development of the SaaS app. His work has facilitated the use of the latest resources and tools by countless people seeking to explode their revenue.
How It All Began
Ponna started his business at the age of 16, turning an initial capital outlay of $20 into a purchase of a domain name and an online hosting account. He used this to set up a Canadian news website that leveraged state-of-the-art technology with respect to video compression and technologies in video marketing at a time when the vast majority of Internet users had dial-up service.
Ponna had to teach himself everything about the business, and he turned that self-gained expertise to bring traffic to the sports section of his news websites. He used such monetization tools as:
- Google AdSense
- Affiliate Marketing
- Banner Advertisements
- CPA Lead Generation
As a result, he grew his website revenue by 1000 percent month over month — and this was before such social applications as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube had even been developed. He sold that website to finance his college education.
Building a Software Company
Ponna found out quickly that the learning he was picking up at university would not help him in the online business world, and so he started a software company while continuing his studies. He launched SaaS from his dormitory room. The success that SaaS brought to him motivated his friends and customers to ask him to teach them about what had made him successful, and he began teaching the public about his internal applications in 2007. His apps have continued to thrive no matter what the economic picture might be.
Understanding how to bring others into the world of online entrepreneurship and remaining motivated to help other people who are willing to work as hard as he did have motivated Ponna to keep teaching others the entire cycle of online marketing, beginning with product creation and launch going all the way through lead and sales generation, along with tracking and analyzing conversions. His tools remain useful today as he has remained at the forefront of every upgrade to the World Wide Web.
My Final Verdict
More details will be released closer to the date of launch.


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Juozapaitis scores 22 as Maine beats UMBC 84-49
ORONO, Maine (AP) Gedi Juozapaitis scored 22 points as Maine beat UMBC 84-49 on Saturday.
Juozapaitis had three steals for the Black Bears (10-13, 4-6 America East Conference). Kellen Tynes added 14 points while shooting 5 of 10 from the field and 4 for 5 from the line, and he also had five assists and five steals. Ja'Shonte Wright-McLeish recorded 13 points and was 5 of 9 shooting (3 for 6 from distance).
Dion Brown finished with 19 points and six rebounds for the Retrievers (15-10, 5-5).
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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Over the past couple months, we have seen many businesses and industries adjust to the unprecedented environment that COVID-19 has created. As an advisor to companies on both sides of M&A transactions, Larx has needed to adjust how we calculate a business' valuation. During these uncertain times, many business valuation assumptions have changed, and some have even become more of a variable than a constant.
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) will be the focal point of this blog, however it is worth noting that other valuation methods have been affected by the pandemic as well. Within a DCF, there are six factors within a company's cash flow and valuation that have likely changed during the pandemic and require a closer examination:
- Quality of Revenue/Sales:
- It is not just the quantity of sales, but also the quality that matters for a company during these times. Companies need to understand if their sales/revenue are recurring or non-recurring, and how much of each. Furthermore, understanding their customer churn rate and the barriers to switching can help a business determine how much their revenue, and therefore cash flow, will fluctuate during and after the pandemic.
- Customer's Financial/Operational Exposure:
- Diving deeper into our customer analysis, we must think about the customer's financial and operational exposure to COVID-19. Especially in a B2B setting it is important to consider your customer's finances (i.e. working capital, cash flow, etc.) and how their supply chains may be affected.
- Sales Channel Mix:
- From a historical perspective, we look at how many sales have come through online channels compared to more analog channels. As for sales projections in a COVID world, we must consider the significant reduction of in-person sales and an increase in online sales, as we have seen from retailers large and small. We must evaluate whether and to what extent sales can move online, and how distribution will be handled. These are changes that can have a significant impact to both the top and bottom line.
- Working Capital:
- Cash on hand and burn rate can be a matter of life or death for a company during these uncertain times. As revenues are anything but certain right now, companies must be prepared to weather some potential negative months. During recessionary times, there are advantages to substantial cash other than survival. This can be a significant growth opportunity for a firm that is well positioned with the proper capital. This could be a time for a company to expand their operations, greatly improving future cash flows.
- Debt:
- A quick injection of capital can come from multiple sources, however with interest rates as low as they are, debt is a quick solution to liquidity for those who can get it. In operations, the company will need to have an honest evaluation of their debt, including the likelihood of default, their interest payment coverage for both the short- and long-term, and the value of their collateral during and after COVID.
- Discount Rate:
- At the heart of any DCF is the discount rate, which allows us to find the present value of our projected future cash flows. As the Fed has lowered rates, the baseline "risk-free" rate has dropped with it. The market risk premium has greatly fluctuated this year, as visualized through the US equity markets. When shutdowns first occurred, the markets plummeted at their fastest rate ever, signaling a large spike in investor risk premium. However, in the subsequent months, the market has rallied back to all-time highs showing a pursuit for greater yields and the influence of the asset purchasing activities of the Fed and their recent laissez-faire approach to inflation. Beta is likely the most difficult to determine as each industry has reacted differently to the COVID economy. With the current market volatility, beta may in fact not change at all due to its relativistic association to the market.
These six areas are not the only ones to change during the pandemic, however they are worth noting for their influence and potential variability within the company and its valuation. One area not mentioned above that has and could greatly affect businesses is governmental interventions. As of this writing, there are currently a couple of loan products for struggling companies such as the SBA Emergency Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Payroll Protection Program (PPP). There are benefits to both that could help a company navigate these waters. From a valuation point of view, the use of these government benefits will adjust past cash flows, and any future programs are difficult, if not impossible, to predict in the model.


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Rails - Caching with the database
There's quite a few different ways to cache with Rails, and a lot of information about it in the guides.
Ideally when you cache it's shared across multiple instances and across many threads. That's where Redis or Cassandra comes in, but what happens when the data you want to place in the cache store is too large?
The problem#
On Creators we have 400,000 users who have associated balances for their account. User's balances update regularly, and recently we've run into some hiccups with retrieving them. While optimization should happen on the Balance Server, we can add some improvements on our side to help speed things up.
One easy performance gain is to reduce the number of calls we make to the server from one every page load to once every thirty minutes. A simple way to do that is to have some caching code like this
def balance
Rails.cache.fetch("#{user.id}/balance", expires_in: 30.minutes) do
UserBalanceGetter.new(user: user).perform
However once we did the math we found that this was going to cause our cache store to overflow and run out of memory. If we have 100,000 users logged in we store a list of transactions and balances for each user at 5kb each that's 500 MB needed in our cache store.
If we run our monthly threaded batch processing on all of our users we're looking at upwards of 2 GB of usage. Not very scalable for an application which is growing by 1000-2000 users a day.
Enter the database#
So our solution was to introduce a simple database backed cache system.
First we created our migration for the properties.
class AddCachingToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
def change
add_column :users, :balance_cache, :jsonb
add_column :users, :balance_cache_updated_at, :datetime
Then we added the following properties to our models.
class User < ApplicationRecord
def balance_cache
update(balance_cache: BalanceGetter.new(user: user)) if balance_cache_expired?
def balance_cache=(value)
write_attribute(:balance_cache_updated_at, current_time_from_proper_timezone)
def balance_cache_expired?
balance_cache_updated_at.blank? || 30.minutes.ago > balance_cache_updated_at
If the cache hasn't expired we read the attribute from the model with the
read_attribute Rails method.
If the cache has expired, or the updated time is blank we update it. This is where the setter comes in, when we set the
balance_cache_updated_at time to be the
current_time_from_property_timezone. This is implementend in Rails internal
ActiveRecord::Timestamp module.
Finally here's the pull request where we added it to our application.