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Build survey form for Onion Browser branding research
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The UX team is helping the Onion Browser team with user research, we will be performing a survey around the branding of the app at Apple app store.
This is a problem when users comes to the app store (which contains 20 different apps that 'connects to Tor') and often are confuse and don't know which one Tor Project recommends (Onion Browser).
Surveys will be something that the UX team will probably do more often and because we want to be very careful with people's data when giving us information, we would like to host our own form instead of using a 3rd party solution out there.
However, this ticket will only talk about requirements for Onion Browser branding survey, not for a long term solution to scale the production and hosting of surveys :) but we would like to point out that this is not a 'one time ask'.
The survey mocks are available here: https://marvelapp.com/4h97d4g/
general tech requirements:
- Should be hosted by tor
- Should have a .onion option
- Should preserve user privacy (no ips logs etc)
- Should have an admin interface to browse answers
- Answers should include which set was shown on first question (see below) and if user filled up a form from a .onion address or tpo address
- Admin interface should have an option to download answers as .csv
Greeting and Thank You screens are pretty straight forward so we won't be talking about those here at this ticket.
Requirements for first survey 1st screen: https://marvelapp.com/4h97d4g/screen/31825745
- progress bar at the top with first 1/3 complete
- First question allows only 1 selection
- First question choices presentation:
- We will present a set of 5 choices - where one will always be onion browser - to each user answering the survey
- (pending) Full list of apps to be presented to user
- (pending) logic for it so we are not bias (how to guarantee one isn't shown more often than the others etc)
- Each choice thumbnail should have a link to their respective Apple app store page (should we do it like that or should we just have the page screenshot be presented in a larger format, like if you click on the thumbnail image you see the bigger version of it)
- (pending decision) Text box word count limitation or some limitation for input?
- Missing from the mock that should be included - after second question we should have a 'next' button so folks can move to the next screen :)
Requirements for the end survey screen: https://marvelapp.com/4h97d4g/screen/31825746 1. Progress bar at the top now shows 2/3 completion
- Only one answer allowed on first question
- (pending decision) Text box word count limitation or some limitation for input?
- Missing from the mock that should be included - after second question we should have a 'next' button so folks can move to the next screen :)
Requirements for 3rd survey screen: https://marvelapp.com/4h97d4g/screen/31825747
- Progress bar at the top now shows 3/3 completion
- Country list for drop-down menu could be standard ones (I believe you can easily get it from a l10n library or something)
- Second question should allow only one answer
- Submit button should save answers and take user to the 'thank you' screen
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I've used LimeSurvey which meets criteria 1, 4, 6, probably 5, and potentially could be modified to meet the others. It might be worth a look.
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This is Billy in all his singer-songwriter glory. He cherry-picks many of his better songs from his earlier works (although not the best – The Saturday Boy), and plays them in the fashion that best suits them – solo and raw.
There is a hell of a lot more killer than filler here. In fact, I'm not sure I'd condemn many at all. He offers a pretty nifty Smiths cover (Jeane) and also a John Cale number (Fear is a Man's Best Friend). He does such a good job on those two that I hadn't picked up they were covers until websearching them today.
The vibe on the labum isn't completely consistent as it chronicles three distinct sessions. The middle one (stuff from Workers Playtime) comes across as a little too slick. The other are more rough and ready, and thus more vibrant and engaging.
This CD is worth owning for the rare A13 Trunk Road to the Sea -his UK version of Route 66. Oh, and it features his very righteous Between the Wars. Both songs have vids worth seeing:
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Attorney Interview: Insurance Bad Faith
We put a lot of trust into insurance companies that they will do the right thing and abide by the law and their policies. Unfortunately, many of them abuse this trust and deny coverage unfairly. That's when you need to get a lawyer involved to make sure you get everything you're entitled to.
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Back in the good old days a funicular used to take skiers up, bucking all the way and stopping from time to time when the snowdrifts across the track got too deep. We used to wax our skis at every opportunity, deposit them in the baggage car, and ride the outdoor car. Most of us had a flask with good stuff in it, and once on top we'd push our laced-up boots into the toe irons and clamp them shut. We'd then wrap the long leather straps of the skis tightly around the boot, and presto, we'd be ready to ski.
Skiing back then was an adventure, not just something to say you'd done. You had to put on lots of pullovers to ward off the cold, and top them off with a bulky ski jacket. Dressing alone took close to 30 minutes, what with long, buttoned underwear, and lacing up boots was exercise in itself. Skiers made jump turns as the two-metre-plus wooden skis were resistant to curve. Woe betide anyone falling forward. If the shin didn't shatter, the ankle did, and it was time for the meat wagon, as it was called. One crouched so as to be close to the ground for more control, and travelled in a straight line whenever possible, sticks trailing behind. The snow was uneven and there were no bumps, or man-made moguls as they're called. Very few people skied. As I said, those were the good old days.
Papa Hemingway came up to Gstaad some time in the Twenties. He checked into the Posthotel Rössli, which is still here and retains the traditional feel of a Swiss alpine inn. There is a table reserved for the locals, who drink their beer and used to smoke their pipes before the health assholes of Brussels stopped them. The next morning Papa rose early, arranged for a guide, and the two walked up the Wasserngrat on skins. It most likely took them two-and-a-bit hours to get to the top, where they had the lunch they had been carrying in their rucksacks: salami, cheese, bread and a bottle of white wine. Papa would also have drunk freely from his flask, most likely a good brandy. They then skied down to town, which probably took them about an hour. Then they called it a day. Papa got back to the hotel, had a drink or two at the restaurant, then went up to his room and began the first sentence of a book he had had in his mind for a long time. When it eventually appeared it was called A Farewell to Arms.
I think of Papa Hemingway all the time, but more so when I'm up here. His one-day ski trip reminds me of my youth, when skiing was hard to do and even harder to prepare for. Whether by instinct or design — or luck, even — as a young reporter Hemingway frequented the small inns that dotted Europe, skiing (a non-sport at the time) and fishing — pursuits that would come to seem true and lasting. He distrusted journalists at a young age, writing: 'If you say nothing, it is difficult for someone to get it wrong.' He obviously hadn't met today's bunch, for whom making it up has replaced misquoting.
Good old Papa. I wonder what he'd make of today's skiing scene. That's why I think about him when I'm up here. The snow-making machines, the short, carbon-fibre skis that turn on a dime, the boots that need only one click to shut tighter than the exit from Hades, the man-made pistes, the down jackets that make you feel as though you're skiing in the Tropics when it's 20 below. The restaurants serving great country food on top of mountains, mountain peaks reached by cable cars travelling at the speed of cars, the helicopter rescue teams that get the injured off the slopes within minutes of being informed via the mobile telephone of the fallen skier. The safety strap one wears when skiing off piste that bing, bing, bings when an avalanche strikes, enabling the teams to find you before you asphyxiate. Knowing Papa as I do, I reckon he would call it girlie stuff.
And what about the super chalets and the super rich that own them? He liked soldiers and bullfighters and tough guys, and the few rich men he hung out with — men such as Winston Guest — were gentlemen of the old school, plus a ten-goal handicap in polo. I don't think today's bunch would have raced his motor. They sure don't race mine. My problem is that despite all the toys that make skiing easy as pie, I can no longer ski fast and lose balance all the time. I still ski when the visibility is good, and still think I can get down any mountain that's skiable, but I'm deluding myself, just as I'm deluding myself that when I meet Emma Stone she'll fall for me. What was that about old fools making fools of themselves?
Skiing has been so-so this year — not enough snow. Next week I'm off to Athens for a friend's 90th birthday, if I ever get over the bloody bug I've had since the last time I got paralytic after skiing badly all day and being passed on the way down the slopes by young whippersnappers, and even young girls. My shame was such that I simply had to have a drink. Or two. Or more.


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Winter is upon us and the holiday season comes with it! So it´s time to get cozy, drink hot cocoa, eat delicious and unhealthy food that will make you gain all the weight you lost over the year, and while we wait for Santa Claus and the new year, it´s the moment to see the new seasons of our favorite series!
For starters we have the big remake of a series penned by Osamu Tezuka itself! We also have a Spinoff of the iconic (except in the English speaking countries) Saint Seiya series and the long awaited second season of Psycho Mob! So let´s check it out!
Before that dear boy! We have found a new and fancy way to scientifically approach the excitement the dear fans have and since Hollywood land the super heroes were killed by a purple guy, we decided to bring them back in anime form! Or rather what anime can spirit them in some way or the other, for that this is the MARVELous-Hype-Answer! (or MHA for short) Which will tell you what anime is the spirit animal of the super hero is (…Maybe).So with nothing else to say, here are the series!
3D Kanojo: Real Girl 2nd Season
Preview Author: Gugsy
Type: Sequel
Genre(s): Romance, School
About the Series: Tsutsui Hikari is a loner introvert who is usually left alone by his classmates, at least by those of whom are not actively bullying him for being creepy. Igarashi Iroha is a beautiful classmate who is stuck cleaning the school pool with Tsutsui one day. Surprisingly, she is friendly to Hikari, and stands up for him when other people start bullying him in front of her. Hikari still doesn't trust her and believes it to be all an act. But little by little, as they get closer and realize they are more similar than they first believed.
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Hulk - Bruce Banner)
Hulk was always seen as a brute. People tried to avoid any contact with him, as they feared he will smash them. There was just one exception, one person saw him for what he is, and managed to become his friend. Doesn't it sound similar?
Time to catch up: 6 hours (12 episodes)
What You Need to Watch: 3D Kanojo Real Girl 1st season
Premiere Date: January
Ame-iro Cocoa: Side G
Preview Author:ShadowHaken
Studio:EMT Squared
Genre(s): Slice of life
About the Series:A new generation has arrived at the Reiny Color café! Now the daughter of Koji Amami, Yoko, is in charge and she, alongside the different girls who attend the place, will have amusing missadventures in the store.
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Hela)
Not every change in management is a step forward. Let's just hope Koji didn't take lessons from Hela about how to get trust of your subordinates.
Time to Catch Up: 96 minutes (48 two-minute-long episodes)
What You Need to Watch: 4 Seasons of Rainy Cocoa (required)
Premiere Date:January 9
B-Project: Zecchou*Emotion
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Type: Sequel
Studio: A-1, Bandai Namco pictures
Genre(s): Music, Idols, romance
About the Series: Tsubasa is the new hire for the A&R productions, in charge of overseeing the idol unit "B-Project" , which was created for various male-only groups. These are their antics and stories.
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Star-Lord - Peter Quill)
Wherever is music, there is Star-Lord. Just don't let him participate in dancing competitions as he'd wipe the floor with anybody.
Time to Catch Up: 5 hours approx. (1 season comprising 12 episodes)
What You Need to Watch: B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious (Required)
Premiere Date: January 12
BanG Dream! 2nd Season
Preview Author: Raitzeno
Type: Sequel
Studio: Sanzigen
Genre(s): Idols, Music, Slice of Life
About the Series: BanG Dream! follows Toyama Kasumi in her quest to form a girls' band with friends old and new. After seeing the band Glitter*Green on stage, Kasumi was inspired to pick up the guitar herself to spread cheer and song throughout her city, the country, and possibly the world. Having recruited Arisa, Saaya, Rimi, and Tae from within her school, their new band Poppin' Party (PoPiPa for short) experiences a wide variety of events, bringing the girls closer together and gradually improving their skills.
Season 2 continues the girls' rise to local stardom, this time in full 3D CG, as Sanzigen takes over the animation. (Season 1 was a hybrid of traditional animation and CG, by Xebec and Issen.) Season 3 has also already been greenlit, so buckle in, idol fans.
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Valkyrie)
Valkyrie is a bit like Toyama, she just wants to get her crew back together. The only remaining thing she has to do is visit Koutarou Tatsumi.
Time to Catch Up: 6~8hrs (1 season comprising 13 episodes, and a spinoff with a still-unknown number of episodes)
What You Need to Watch: BanG Dream! (Required) and BanG Dream! Garupa PICO (optional).
Premiere Date: January 3
Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Type: Spinoff
Studio: Seven Arcs Pictures
Genre(s): Slice of Life, Music, Idol, Fantasy
About the Series:Welcome to he world of Cray, a planet similar to earth, but with different inhabitants that called "units". In the nation of Magallanica, citizens enjoy the soothing melodies of the pop idol group, Bermuda Triangle. Although they are now in the spotlight, the path towards that goal was a very hard one, full of tribulations, but also moments of great joy. This is the story of those young mermaids who aim to become the aspiring voices for the people!
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Grandmaster)
After the rebellion ended on Sakaar, Grandmaster probably doesn't have much of a chance to restore his former leadership and glory, but if he'd make do with smaller stages and less violent competitions, the world of Cray would probably welcome him.
Time to Catch Up: 30 hours as of the moment (will be more since the series it's based off of is not finished).
What You Need to Watch: Cardfight!! Vanguard classic series or Cardfight!! Vanguard reboot series (both optional)
Premiere Date: January 12
Boogiepop Never Laughs
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Type: Retelling
Studio: Madhouse
Genre(s): Horror, Mystery, Psychological
About the Series: Behold the urban legend of Boogiepop, the Angel of Death who takes the lives of the people. Considered a scary tale for little children, this anime shows there might be more truth to it than most seem to be believe. When female students at Shinyo Academy suddenly start disappearing, the faculty members and police dismiss it as just some cases of runaway girls; however, other students start entering the world of the unknown in search of the truth…
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Thanos)
If Boogiepop, the Angel of Death, releases people from their suffering, Thanos will teach him how to take it a step or two further, by releasing the universe from suffering through wiping out half of its population.
Time to Catch Up: 5 hours (1 season comprising 12 episodes)
What You Need to Watch: Boogiepop Never Laughs 2000 (Optional)
Premiere Date: January
Date A Live III
Preview Author: Stínolez
Type: Sequel
Studio: J.C. Staff
Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Harem, Comedy, Romance, Mecha, School
About the Series: When Spirit, a powerful being from another world, manifests in our world, it destroys the surrounding area in calamity called "Spacequake". Second year high school student Shidou Itsuka is caught in one of them, but luckily he's rescued by his cute little sister Kotori Itsuka, leader of the anti-Spirit strike team. They are ready to exterminate every Spirit. Shidou is against it as he sees them not as all powerful being, but just as a cute girls, so he discovers a way, how to neutralize them peacefully: making them fall in love! Now, it's up to Shidou to save the world by dating those who threaten to destroy it!
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Destroyer)
Destroyer was created at the command of Odin himself. It was meant as an asset when the mysterious race of Celestials return back to Earth to judge if humanity is worth keeping alive or not. So, what happens when Destroyer appears on the planet? It brings havoc and destruction—same as the powerful Spirits. I wonder what would happen if they went on a date together.
Time to Catch Up: 10 hours and 12 minutes (2 seasons composed of 22, chapters 1 OVA, 1 movie)
What You Need to Watch: Date A Live (required), Date A Live: Date to Date (recommended), Date A Live II (required), Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgment (recommended)
Premiere Date: January 2019
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Type: Retelling
Studio: Tezuka Productions, MAPPA
Genre(s): Action, Supernatural, Adventure
About the Series: During the Sengoku period, the Daimyo Daigo Kagemitsu has made a pact with 48 demons in order to obtain the power to rule the world. The price? The body parts of his still unborn child! When the little infant, Hyakkimaru, is brought into the world, he is born without any limbs, facial features, or most organs. Leaving him to die in the wilderness, a doctor finds him and treats him by giving him prosthesis made from the limbs of children killed in the different wars during this turbulent time. Finally looking like something that resembles a human, Hyakkimaru, accompanied by the young Dororo, starts a journey in order to kill the demons!
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Nebula)
Hyakkimaru had a rough start to life, but now he only has things to gain, whereas Nebula would be able to tell him horrifying stories about losing what she's had. Then they'd shake their prosthetic hands and go their separate ways.
Time to Catch Up: 11 hours approx. (26 episodes of the 60s anime adaptation)
What You Need to Watch: Dororo and Hyakkimaru (Optional)
Premiere Date: January
Douluo Dalu 2
Preview Author: Raitzeno
Type: Sequel
Studio: Tencent Penguin Pictures / Sparkly Key Animation Studio
Genre(s):Action, Fantasy, Martial Arts, LN Adaptation, Isekai, Xianxia
About the Series: Tang San spent his life in the Tang Outer Sect, dedicated to the creation and mastery of hidden weapons. Once he stole the secret lore of the Inner Sect to reach the pinnacle of his art, his only way out was death. But after throwing himself off the deadly Hell's Peak, he was reborn in a different world, the world of Douluo Dalu, a world where every person has a spirit of their own, and those with powerful spirits can practice their spirit power to rise and become Spirit Masters.
While Tang San's spirit is Blue Silver Grass, a spirit deemed 'useless', his cunning strategies and hidden weapon-based martial arts make it a powerful Control-type spirit, which makes him an unholy terror after discovering he has the incredibly rare gift of Twin Spirits—while also inheriting his father's Clear Sky Hammer spirit. This season, Tang San and his similarly monstrous classmates at Shrek Academy (yes, really) join the Elite Tournament…
Douluo Dalu (or Soul Land / Combat Continent) is a web animation in surprisingly well-done CGI. It looks like it's straight out of a AAA video game, though maybe not a 2018 AAA game. Its animation is surprisingly fluid, and the main character is actually a pretty decent person for being the protagonist of a Chinese novel. The show faithfully adapts the original novel (and not the manwha adaptation, which chopped it up with flat-out stupid censorship and eventually diverged from major events entirely), which is good because the novel is a blast, if a bit wordy. If you get annoyed at explanations of what just happened in a fight, steer clear, but this show is otherwise pretty lucid for a Xianxia (a heavily-supernatural martial arts series, for those unfamiliar, though there's more to the genre).
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Iron Man)
Please contact your local office of Stark Industries with your job application. You're welcome on board anytime, mister Tang San.
Time to Catch Up: ~11hrs (1 season of 26 episodes)
What You Need to Watch: Douluo Dalu season 1 (Required).
Premiere Date: December 1
Fukigen na Mononokean Tsuzuki
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Type: Sequel
Studio: Pierrot Plus
Genre(s): Comedy, Supernatural
About the Series: Hanae Ahiya is a high school student who was possessed by a Youkai, so in order to get rid of it, he contracted the exorcist Haruitsuki Abeno. Yet after doing the job, Abeno finds out that Hanae cannot pay him, so applying the restaurant rules, Hanae must work in a supernatural tea room, the Mononokean!
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Taneleer Tivan - The Collector)
It's shame Hanae Ahiya had to ask Haruitsuki Abeno to help him with his Youkai problem. Had he meet The Collector, Taneleer would probably help him to get rid of the supernatural creatures for free or even paid him—those things are probably something he's missing in his collection.
Time to Catch Up: 5 hours approx. (1 season comprising 13 episodes)
What You Need to Watch: Fukigen na Mononokean Tsuzuki (required)
Premiere Date: January 5
Kakegurui XX
Preview Author: Stínolez
Type: Sequel
Studio: MAPPA
Genre(s): Drama, Game, Mystery, Psychological, School, Shounen
About the Series: Hyakkaou Private Academy prepares its students, mostly children of the richest people in the world, for real life. By day, it's a normal school, but at night it turns into a gambling den, teaching them the art of dealing with money and manipulating other people. Money is power. Whoever comes out on top in the games will rise to the top of the school, but a new beautiful transfer student Yumeko Jabami is unlike the rest. She's playing not for win, but for the thrill of the gamble.
MARVELous-Hype-Answer:(Black Widow - Natasha Romanoff)
Manipulating other people, behaving in high society and using power for their own benefit - no other place would suit Black Widow so perfectly. If you bundle it with her lethal skills, you can imagine how quickly she'd rise to the top of school.
Time to Catch Up: 5 hours approx. (1 season comprising 12 episodes)
What You Need to Watch: Kakegurui (required)
Premiere Date: January 2019
Kemono Friends 2
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Type: Sequel
Studio: Tomason
Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy
About the Series: Japari Park, a Safari place that contains one peculiarity: the animals in there are anthropomorphic beings, called "friends". One day, a new friend called Kaban appears, without knowing its species. A new journey starts alongside the different animals of the park in order to find where it belongs!
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Rocket)
Despite his tough attitude, Rocket still deeply cares about his friends, but sometimes he feels like he doesn't belong there, as most people around him are just idiots. Maybe a search for his kind—other anthropomorphic animals—might soothe his heart.
Time to Catch Up: 5 hours approx. (1 season consisting of 12 episodes and an ONA of 2 minutes)
What You Need to Watch: Kemono Friends (required) and Kemono Friends: Bus-Teki (Recommended)
Premiere Date: January 15
Meiji Tokyo Renka
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Studio:TMS Entertainment
Genre(s):Historical, romance, fantasy
About the Series: Mei Ayazuki is an ordinary Highschool girl with an ordinary life until suddenly, in a night with a red moon, she gets transported to Tokyo in the Meiji era.
In this period, the existence of ghosts is seen as a fact, and apparently Mei is someone who can see them, so she immediates gets the attention of various young men, including several historical figures! Could she really go back to the future whilst the love of her life is in the past?!
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Captain America - Steve Rogers)
I wonder what would happen if Captain America met Mei and found out there was a way travel to the past. Would he abandon his modern friends and foes to meet his love Margaret "Peggy" Carter, or would the sense of duty prevail?
Time to Catch Up: less than 3 hours (2 movies)
What You Need to Watch: The movies of Meiji Tokyo Renka (Optional)
Premiere Date: January 2019
Mini Toji
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Studio:Project No.9
Genre(s): Action, comedy, fantasy
About the Series:The "Toji" Shrine maidens have the mission of saving the world from the "Aratama", the malevolent beings who try to destroy humankind. This story is not about that, however, but rather about some crazy and funny misadventures of the characters!
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (War Machine)
Mini Toji is far too similar to War Machine. Everyone expects Katana Maidens or Iron Man, but they only get a cheap and chibi version of what people desire.
Time to Catch Up: 9 hours approx. (1 season of 24 episodes)
What You Need to Watch: Katana Maidens (Required)
Premiere Date: January 5
Mob Psycho 100 II
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Type: Sequel
Studio: Bones
Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Super natural, Slice of life
About the Series: Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama, is an average student with a singularity, he is a psychic; sadly his powers has been a detriment and even the various tricks he can do are boring to his peers, especially his crush, Tsubomi.
For that he joins the Psychic (who in reality is nothing of the sort) and so his life filled with exorcism and other super natural events starts!
MARVELous-Hype-Answer: (Wanda Maximoff - Scarlet Witch)
Nobody sees Scarlet Witch as a boring character - they either hate her and fight her or pat her on back for a good job done. Maybe she can teach "Mob" a trick or to how to get some fans.
Time to Catch Up: 5 hours approx. (1 season comprising 12 episodes)
What You Need to Watch: Mob Psycho (Required)
Premiere Date: January 7
Piano no Mori 2nd Season
Preview Author: Gugsy
Type: Sequel
Genre(s): Music, Comedy, Drama
About the Series: If you haven't heard about this show, its first season was released by Netflix and is available now. Presumably, this second season will also be Netflix.
Syuhei has been born and bred to play the piano. Seemingly taking classes since he was born, he has all the makings of a future famous concert pianist. Kai is a poor boy, who happened upon the titular piano in the forest near his home and self taught himself. Yet it is Kai who is the prodigy with an incredible ear for music. A chance meeting between these two boys leads to their story of friendship and music.
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Time to catch up: 6 hours (12 episodes)
What You Need to Watch: Piano no Mori 1st season
Premiere Date: January 28
Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan
Preview Author:ShadowHaken
Type: Retelling
Studio: Various (will change with each episode)
Genre(s): Comedy, Slice of life
About the Series: Ekoda is a woman who enjoys the nightlife of Tokyo, While having a boyfriend, she still likes to have some encounters with other men, and considers the popular girls as her natural enemy…This is her story.
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Discovering you've been cheated on is not a nice feeling. I don't want to see Ekoda after Mantis reflects all those painful feelings back on her.
Time to Catch Up: Less than 2 hours (1 season of 22 episodes of 5 minutes each)
What You Need to Watch: Genki!! Ekoda-Chan (optional)
Premiere Date: January 2019
Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho
Preview Author:ShadowHaken
Type: Spinoff
Studio: Gonzo and Toei Animation
Genre(s): Mythology, Action, Battles
About the Series: Set before the Galaxian Wars tournament, Shoko is an average high school student and a martial arts student whose big sister went to study abroad with a scholarship from the Graad foundation. One day after realizing that the heir of the foundation, Saori Kido, has enlisted in her school in order to finish her studies, Shoko decides to uncover the truth about her sister's whereabouts. Little does she know that it is her first step towards a world filled with Greek deities and the warriors with superhuman strength that fight with them…The Saints!
Now, before any person with some knowledge of Saint Seiya asks the same questions: No, it's not a genderbent story, and yes, Seiya and the other Bronze characters appears at some point in the story. What you get is a Saint Seiya story, just that the ones who fight are girls instead of guys. That means a lot of exciting fights, lots of passion, messages about brotherhood/sisterhood, a bunch of troubled pasts, and little to no romantic relationships. So you can rest easy…
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Time to Catch Up: Between 90 minutes (for the movie) or 29 hours (the anime series of 73 episodes)
What You Need to Watch:Saint Seiya's Sanctuary arc or the movie, The Legend of Sanctuary (both recommended)
Premiere Date: December 10
Shingeki no Bahamut: Manaria Friends
Preview Author: ShadowHaken
Type: Spinoff
Studio: Cygames Pictures
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Magic, Super natural
About the Series: In the world of Shingeki no Bahamut, exists a magic academy called Manaria. This is the story of its pupils.
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After experience magic for the first time, Stephen Strange burrowed himself in magic books—allowed and forbidden. Manaria would be study trip for him. The only question is whether he would study magic, or cute students there.
Time to Catch Up: 14 hours and a half approx. (36 episodes from two seasons of the main series)
What You Need to Watch: Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis and Virgin Soul (optional)
Premiere Date: January
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If you had turned on the evening news on this day in 1977, this is what you would have seen:
David Brinkley broke the news on ABC, saying:
Good evening. Elvis Presley died today. He was 42. Apparently, it was a heart attack. He was found at his home in Memphis not breathing. His road tried to revive him, he failed. The hospital tried to revive him, it failed. His doctor pronounced him death at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The end, at an early age, of one of the two most spectacular careers in the history of American entertainment, the other being Frank Sinatra's… He sold records in the multiples of millions, made millions, bought a string of Cadillacs one after another, gave away a string of Cadillacs to people he liked...
I'm not old enough to remember the announcement, nor would it have made waves in my household. While my mom was a fan, my dad was not. We were much more likely to have the Greatest Hits of the 187os on our stereo than a pop record from the 1970s.
That is, however, what's so interesting about Elvis. Despite not hearing his music as a little girl, I became a fan. He was so immensely popular that his records were played in my hometown well into the 1980s alongside Madonna, Duran Duran and Michael Jackson. And by the time I was in college, I made a road trip to Memphis to see Graceland because, well, how could you not want to see Graceland? It is a piece of Americana.
I'm not the only person fascinated by Elvis. His personality and career is legendary: he was, after all, the King of Rock and Roll.
Elvis Aron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He got his first guitar at age 10 - his first step towards chasing his dream of becoming a musician. At age 18, he paid $4 ($35 in today's dollars) to cut a demo at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. He caught the attention of Sun's Sam Phillips and the next year, released his first commercial single, "That's All Right." The song, ranked at #112 on the 2004 Rolling Stone magazine list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", launched Presley's musical career.
In the entertainment world, however, it isn't enough to have talent. You have to have name recognition. Enter controversial and colorful "Colonel" Thomas A. Parker whose circus-promotion like character would propel Presley to the top. Parker realized that Elvis had the makings of a star - and he wanted a piece of the action. He would manage Presley's musical career, as well as his acting career.
In 1956, when Parker negotiated with 20th Century-
Parker's involvement with Elvis' career would make him one of the wealthiest entertainers of our time. Elvis said, about Parker, "I don't think I'd have ever been very big if it wasn't for him. He's a very smart man." Parker reportedly said, about his promotional efforts for Presley:
I consider it my patriotic duty to keep Elvis up in the 90 percent tax bracket.
And during the peak of Elvis' career, there really was such a thing as a 90% tax bracket: in fact, it even went up to 94%. Yep, you read that correctly: 94%. That happened in 1944, as World War II heated up even further. The U.S. had officially entered the war in 1941 after the invasion on Pearl Harbor. Most Americans didn't expect the war to last as long as it did - or to cost as much as it did. The cost of the war to the country was estimated, in a report to Congress (downloads as pdf), to be $296 billion ($3.928 trillion) - or more than a third of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).
Before the war, however, taxes were still quite steep: in the year that Elvis was born, the top tax bracket for an individual taxpayer was 63%. That rate kicked in at $1,000,000 of income, which is equivalent to $17,050,802.92 in today's dollars. After the war boost, however, rates wouldn't dip below 90% until 1964 when they plunged back to 77%. Top tax rates would remain in the 70% range until 1982 when they dropped to 50%. In comparison, for the tax 2013, the top tax bracket is 39.6%, kicking in at $400,000.
Elvis would remain in the spotlight for most of his life as he continued to tour, despite health problems related to his lifestyle. Even when he didn't tour, he made money: in the early 60's, despite no personal appearances, he earned $5 million a year ($40,000,000 in today's dollars). By 1973, he was still raking in money and was allegedly the top taxpayer in the country.
His last concert was held in June 1977, two months before his death. When he died, he reportedly had $5 million in the bank, not counting other assets like Graceland: that works out to $20,526,889.28 in today's dollars. That would have put him at the top of the federal estate tax brackets: in 1977, the exemption was a mere $120,000 (downloads as a pdf) and kicked in at a bottom bracket of 18.0%. The top bracket was 70.0% beginning at $5,000,000.
During his lifetime, Presley had 18 No. 1 singles and made millions of dollars. He reportedly overpaid his taxes along the way, a move some called patriotic - but others attributed to it to paranoia that Parker had about his own immigration status. Despite saying that he had been born in the U.S., Parker was here illegally: he was born in the Netherlands, jumped ship and never applied for or received a valid immigration status. Reportedly, Parker went to great lengths to stay off of the government's radar, including, allegedly, encouraging Elvis to overpay his taxes in order to not attract additional government scrutiny.
Elvis has continued to make money long after he died. Still a recognized name today, he is ranked #3 on Forbes' list of the 15 Top-Earning Dead Celebrities; his estate brought in $55 million.
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Dr Chris Parker from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden pioneered the technique of Active Surveillance, which since 2008 has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as an option for patients with low-risk, localised prostate cancer.
Active Surveillance ensures that men only receive treatment if they genuinely need it. While some prostate cancers are aggressive, others never require treatment. There is currently no test to distinguish between life-threatening prostate cancer and relatively benign cancer, so under Active Surveillance men are regularly monitored by biopsy and testing levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in the blood to see if their cancer progresses. The method allows some men to avoid surgery and radiotherapy, which can carry significant side-effects including impotence for half of men and incontinence for one in 20.
In a study funded by the ICR, Cancer Research UK and the NCRI South of England Prostate Cancer Collaborative, Dr Parker reports that almost four in 10 men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer in the UK chose active surveillance in 2006.
"This is the first study to examine the treatment choices of men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer in the UK, and it demonstrates a major increase over time in the use of Active Surveillance," Dr Parker says. "This growth in Active Surveillance use represents a significant shift of clinical practice in Britain and contrasts sharply with the US, where about 95 per cent of low-risk patients have radical treatment."
Dr Parker analysed 43,322 cases of localised prostate cancer recorded between 2002 and 2006 on the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Cancer Registry, a database of patients diagnosed with urological cancer at 150 UK institutions.
About 20 per cent of these men met the criteria for low-risk disease, based on PSA level, physical examination and biopsy results. These 8,800 men – who were more likely to be younger and come from more affluent areas, compared to men diagnosed with intermediate and high-risk disease – were candidates for Active Surveillance, although it is not clear if they were all offered this option.
From 2002 until 2006, the proportion of these men who opted for Active Surveillance increased from zero per cent to 39 per cent. Consequently, the proportion of patients opting for surgery and radiotherapy declined over the same period, from 27 per cent to 15 per cent and 23 per cent to nine per cent respectively. Dr Parker says Active Surveillance has likely become even more common since 2008, when NICE made it a standard treatment option.
Older patients were far more likely to opt for Active Surveillance, instead of immediate radical treatment. Of 1,305 patients who were aged 75 years or over when diagnosed with low-risk disease, 64 per cent were managed with Active Surveillance and just three per cent with radiotherapy and one per cent with surgery.
Treatment choice was also associated with socio-economic status, for example 34 per cent of men living in the most affluent areas opted for surgery compared to 19 per cent of men in the most deprived areas.
Dr Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at Cancer Research UK, said: "This study shows how Active Surveillance is changing the way doctors treat early prostate cancers. Prostate cancer is very common and in many cases it doesn't cause any problems during a man's lifetime.
"But it can be difficult for doctors to determine which prostate cancers need treatment and which cases don't. This system gives more options for men with low risk disease, helping many men to avoid unnecessary treatment altogether."
Media contact: Science Press Officer Jane Bunce on [email protected] or 0207 153 5106
To interview Dr Parker please contact The Royal Marsden Press and PR Manager Naomi Owen on [email protected] or 020 7808 2107
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The incidence of prostate cancer has more than doubled over the past 20 years, at least in part due to the increased uptake of PSA testing. It has now overtaken lung cancer to become the most common cancer in men, affecting more than 35,000 in the UK every year.
This study was funded by the ICR, Cancer Research UK and the NCRI South of England Prostate Cancer Collaborative, which receives funding from the Department of Health and the Medical Research Council.
Dr Parker is also the UK chief investigator of an international long-term trial comparing the effectiveness of active surveillance with immediate radical treatment, which is currently recruiting up to 2,000 men. Another study of 450 men under active surveillance since 2001 has not found any adverse affects of delaying treatment, and Dr Parker anticipates about two-thirds of these men will avoid the need for treatment completely.
For more information on active surveillance: http://www.icr.ac.uk/about_us/annual_research_report/5867.pdf
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)
- The ICR is Europe's leading cancer research centre
- The ICR has been ranked the UK's top academic research centre, based on the results of the Higher Education Funding Council's Research Assessment Exercise
- The ICR works closely with partner The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust to ensure patients immediately benefit from new research. Together the two organisations form the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe
- The ICR has charitable status and relies on voluntary income, spending 95 pence in every pound of total income directly on research
- As a college of the University of London, the ICR also provides postgraduate higher education of international distinction
- Over its 100-year history, the ICR's achievements include identifying the potential link between smoking and lung cancer which was subsequently confirmed, discovering that DNA damage is the basic cause of cancer and isolating more cancer-related genes than any other organisation in the world
- The ICR is home to the UK's leading male cancer campaign, Everyman, which raises awareness and funds research into testicular and prostate cancer. Much of the research takes place at the ICR's Everyman Centre – Europe's first and only centre dedicated to male cancer research. For more information visit www.everyman-campaign.org
For more information visit www.icr.ac.uk
The Royal Marsden
The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world's first hospital dedicated to cancer treatment, research and education. Today, together with its academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research, it is the largest and most comprehensive cancer centre in Europe treating over 40,000 patients every year. It is a centre of excellence, and the only NHS Trust to achieve the highest possible ranking in the Healthcare Commission's Annual Health Check for the fourth year in a row.
For more information, visit www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk or contact Naomi Owen on 020 7808 2107 or [email protected]
About Cancer Research UK
- Cancer Research UK is the world's leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research
- The charity's groundbreaking work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives. This work is funded entirely by the public.
- Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of the progress that has already seen survival rates double in the last forty years.
- Cancer Research UK supports research into all aspects of cancer through the work of over 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.
- Together with its partners and supporters, Cancer Research UK's vision is to beat cancer.
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Cryptocurrency for telecoms: Will it be the 'Carl' or the 'Marc'?
Will it be the Carl or will it be the Marc? Within the next few years, the wholesale telecoms industry might have its own cryptocurrency for international settlements. But what will it be called?
This will be a direct follow-on to the proof of concept, earlier this year, of the idea of using blockchain for inter-carrier settlements. Colt, headed by Carl Grivner, and PCCW Global, headed by Marc Halbfinger, tried the idea out earlier this year – and now the industry is ready for further trials.
The biggest use of blockchain at the moment is cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin – a fact that has led Grivner and Halbfinger to wonder whether the industry should have its own special currency, protected by blockchain, for all international settlements.
After all, it's had one before. The regulations of the International Telegraph Convention of Saint Petersburg, published in 1925, specify: "The franc, which is the monetary unit taken as the basis of the international tariffs in the Regulations … is the gold franc of 100 centimes, of a weight of 10/31sts of a gramme and of a fineness of 0.900."
In 1958 the rules still said the Swiss gold franc "shall serve as the monetary unit in the establishment of international telephone accounts." But by 1973, though it was still possible to use the gold franc for payments, the rules had changed: "The payment of balances of international telecommunication accounts shall be made in the currency selected by the creditor after consultation with the debtor."
Grivner believes carriers could use blockchain for a whole new range of services including a currency that companies in the industry can use to pay for the services they buy from one another. "Fifteen years ago people were talking about the cloud just as people are talking about blockchain today. But, now, people are starting to study blockchain and its impact."
It's early stages, said Grivner. "The settlement test with PCCW Global is a baby step." What will follow? He already has a list of possibilities. "The most exciting of them is cyber security."
Blockchain's power for the wholesale carrier industry is that for decades the process of reconciling records and settling debts has been laborious. The technology, it now seems clear, can make inter-carrier settlements more efficient, reliable and scalable.
Raising the bar
Grivner and Halbfinger – along with the rest of the industry's Global Leaders' Forum (GLF) – are looking for ways to move beyond the first proof of concept. Grivner said that a cryptocurrency "could be used by telecoms carriers and maybe even by customers. Marc and a few others have talked about the creation of a cryptocurrency. There are a lot more examples. The idea is to enrol more applications in the blockchain – not just settlement."
Because blockchain is a distributed ledger, it's almost impossible for one individual or company to create fake entries. "Blockchain has raised the cybersecurity bar," said Grivner. "It could be used for email, billing and other applications." The mobile industry should find applications in roaming: "Ultimately I'd like to see the technology in our customers' hands."
I spoke to Mike Van Den Bergh, chief marketing officer of PCCW Global. For the real value of blockchain to be recognised, the entire industry needs to embrace the idea, he told me. "Right from the start we've got to be open and inclusive. We need to have minimum barriers to entry. The object now is to promote a new way of working. It has the potential to transform the whole industry. The value will be in inclusivity – so everyone is working on a common basis."
In the trials, Colt and PCCW Global implemented a bilateral private blockchain to record transactions, which were then reported to a public blockchain. Smart contracts were used to rate call detail records, resolve disputes and record the settlement transactions.
The next stage is for more carriers, working through the GLF, to do further proofs of concept. "Everyone is already talking about blockchain and knows it is a good thing." The project has already "captured the imagination of the industry", Van Den Bergh said. "We have had more and more people knocking on our doors, even people from outside the GLF."
For smaller players, "the real value will be created when the entire industry is working in the same way. Collaboration is a natural function of how the industry works. The key "will be to make it attractive enough, so that the amount of investment will be small. We are starting to think about the business model."
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Sunday night
(August 1, 1943)[1]
Dear Girls,
Hi—we're off again on maneuvers—this time regimental, on the move for two whole weeks, sleeping and eating where we happen to land. It won't be exactly restful, especially since I'm going to be company executive officer. The Captain is an umpire. Harry Reynolds is company commander. Good except that the exec has a lot of responsibilities & duties in the field; doesn't do much in the barracks but has to operate the command post in the field–run the walkie-talkies, phones, sick bay etc.
Remember Harry, Mother–the big boy from Mount Vernon, NY? He's my roommate since Ed, and I didn't know him very well before. Now I like him a hell of a lot, he really is a prince. You'll have to meet him when we get back, Gretch.
But he's only one of my roommates. The other is Bing–a Great Dane! The mascot of Company A. We decided that A Company had to outdo them all in mascots as well as anything else, and by golly we did. He is tremendous, a lot of trouble, and eats enough beef for a couple of lions, but he's worth it. A mascot means a lot to an outfit. Only trouble is we're going to have a hell of a time smuggling him aboard ship.
Had a real good time last weekend, but am not going out this weekend, nor next. She turned out to be a very nice girl, quite the best yet though that statement doesn't exactly bury her in bouquets. Strong on looks, weak on personality.[2] Hit most of the nightclubs in LA Sat. night, then hitch-hiked out to the zoo. Good idea, but there were moments–have you ever seen lions do it? Embarrassing, but quite an icebreaker!
And coming back in Capt. Schechter's car late Sun. night, I realized one of the ambitions of my life. We plundered a full orange grove by moonlight; the acrid smell of the crushed orange peel, the boughs heavy with globes of pale sweet sunshine–wonderful place, this California.
I haven't been near a radio shop while it was open yet, but I'm going to make a stab at it–I know how you must miss it, especially in the dog days. Haven't seen any yet, but I will. And I do need the watch, Mother–no repairs, gotta have it back in as soon as I can.
Got a sudden yen the other night to see Bill again–what is his address, Gretch?[3] Oh, and send me the magazine–thought that was marvelous about Emmy, and a riot in the telling.
All love,
[1] Assuming that this letter follows the one dated 20 July 1943, August 1 would be the Sunday after Phil's most recent date, referenced below.
[2] Presumably the girl from Pomona College referenced earlier.
[3] Bill Timmis.


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Fake News Essay the new trending topic now a days with latest buzz word Fake News. Even Facebook and other social media platforms are not able to stop Fake news. Today anyone can publish content – credible or not – that can be consumed worldwide. Sadly, fake news garners a great deal of attraction on the internet, especially on social media. People get tricked and don't think twice before circulating such mis-informative pieces to the far end of the world. This kind of news disappears but not without doing the damage it intended to cause.
Even though the rise of fake news in recent months is undeniable, its impact is a different story. Many argue that fake news, helped Donald Trump get elected. There was certainly evidence of fake news stories getting a lot of attraction on social media, at times even outperforming actual news stories.
However, a closer analysis shows even the most widely circulated fake news stories were seen by only a small fraction of people. And the persuasive effects of these stories have not been tested.
Anyone with access to the internet is able to write or publish anything he or she pleases, no matter if the information is true or not. Recently, the spread of false information has been dubbed "fake news"
The point is that it is the avalanche of fake news that feeds on people's biased attitudes. This is why some of the websites, bots etc. succeed publishing content which is click worthy because they know their audience doesn't think much as they already suffer information overload in this internet era.
The real impact of the growing interest in fake news has been the realization that the public might not be well-equipped to separate quality information from false information.
In today's online environment, users are shown content based on likes and preferences. Though this content curation shows us things that we like to see, it can also limit the diversity of our news sources and even distort our perception of what is true online and what isn't.
Besides, fake news doing rounds in the outside world there are chances of rumors within an organization that can make life difficult at work. Hence, this should as much be a matter of concern.
Today, one's online reputation is really an extension of them and their organization's real-life reputation. Others in the community see them as trustworthy, dependable and knowledgeable about their cause. When their organization enters the digital space, these reputations follow them- and they must work to ensure their reputation online matches that of in the real world.
When one shares news and information via Facebook and Twitter, his followers expect the information he shares to be true and factual. When he shares articles with false information or news that isn't true, he begins to lose the trust of his audience and his reputation online and in the real world may suffer.
Facebook is beginning to apply a warning label to articles and posts that have been tagged as 'disputed.' Even with this enhanced accuracy filter, it is still up to the individual to ensure what he or she is sharing is factual and makes sense for his brand or organization.
Combining statistics and data with testimonials and narratives about one's organization and the impact it creates can augment one's message and give it more power and authority than numbers alone.
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Getting Spooky with Kaplan: Halloween in the USA
One of the most exciting (and widely celebrated) holidays in the US is the costume and make-up extravaganza of Halloween. The streets are lined with pumpkins and spiderwebs, the houses are decked out with all sorts of orange and black decor and people across the country put together intricate, and often scary, Halloween costumes. For a Kaplan student, it's the best time to truly experience the essence of American culture.
This year, we asked our students from all 18 Kaplan English schools in the US to share their best costume-clad photos from their school's Halloween party, broadcasting the fun, yet frightful #Kaploween activities to people across the world – and they didn't disappoint! Take a look at the darker side of the #KaplanEx-FEAR-ience below.
New York
Kaplan students all around the US enjoyed dressing up and showing off their creative costumes, whether in the school or just around town! Here, we have a student getting spooky with her Shark-head-on-Marilyn-Monroe costume on the streets of New York City, just a stone's throw away from our New York Empires State English school.
New York has lots of different Halloween-themed parties and events during the month of October. @CatalinStelianShanks and friend explored some of the local NYC festivities in their Mario and Wolverine costumes.
Students in Philadelphia had a blast showing off their best costumes with our exclusive #Kaploween snapchat filter - really adds that extra layer of creepy!
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Even the staff gets involved in the holiday festivities. Cristiana, a teacher at our Philadelphia English school, showed her Halloween spirt with a traditional black cat costume.
Boston Harvard Square
Kaplan Boston Harvard Square celebrated the Day of the Dead with traditional Dia de los Muertos face painting. Contrary to popular belief, the skull make up is not meant to be scary, but rather is used as a way to celebrate and remember family members who have died.
Not all students at our Boston Harvard Square school did the Day of the Dead make up. Here's a range of some of the amazing costumes they came up with for their Halloween party.
Los Angeles Whittier
On the other side of the US, students at our Los Angeles Whittier school had a bit of fun with the snapchat filter. Here we have @ivanaragonvega combining a few festive filters.
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Enjoy an ice-cream by the stream
All summer the next door ice-cream shop is open. So why not enjoy an ice-cream by the little stream and look out into the old beautiful Viking landscape. Just across the road you'll find a small forest and in the same building a cheese shop.
Go for a walk around the Karlstrup old quarry and village
Another one of the free attractions in the area is Karlstrup limestone quarry from 1843. Today the quarry is a lake surrounded by beautiful nature and it is a perfect place to go for a walk. Not far from there you will find the old village of Karlstrup and if you really want to experience the 'old Denmark' this is the place to go.
Visit the old church and the bronze age mounts
Just north of the village you find the old medieval Karlstrup church from around 1100. It is a typical old Danish church except that it is situated outside of the village. The area in general has been inhabited for about 7000 years and has been home to Vikings as well as Stone Age people. Therefore you can also find several Bronze Age mounts in the area.
Eat lunch at the Corporals restaurant
After a nice walk you might be hungry so why not enjoy your lunch or a glass of wine at Korporals kroen? The old inn goes back to 1690 and is just next door to the old grocery store.
Places to stay in Solrød and Køge bugt
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What comes to mind when one discusses about vanishing ships and aircraft? The Bermuda Triangle would be one of two possible answers. What if I told you there is another place on earth where the same phenomenon occurs, but on the other side of the planet? Off the coast of Japan, covering most of the Philippine Sea, is an area known as the Devil's Sea or the Dragon's Triangle. The region shares the similar phenomenon of vanishing ships and aircraft, UFO sightings, ghosts ships and electronic equipment malfunctions as the Bermuda Triangle.
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The Curse of Bodie
Exactly what is a curse? How does it work? What makes it supernatural? These, like many other questions, I had asked when I first came across the concept of a curse. Over the years, I had learned it could also be a hex or jinx where supernatural forces are invoked to inflict harm, misfortune or punishment on a person or people by spells, rituals, pact, spirit or divine being. Curses could even be placed on objects or places, but could they follow you home? The next installment in the series of curses, we'll be looking at the ghost town of Bodie.
Don't Walk Your Dog Here
Prior to the internet, most of my knowledge about the paranormal came from books, articles, magazines and journals. I read everything I could about UFOs, aliens, demons, ghosts, monsters, legends and even abnormalities in animal behaviour. There are cases about domestic pets that crossed hundreds of miles to reunite with family, know when their owner is coming home or alert when a supernatural entity is around. There was this one dark tale I read about involving dogs and a bridge in the U.K.
Haunted Tales on Canada Day
Happy Canada Day everyone! I should be back home this weekend with work wrapping up on Friday. Got some ideas for new articles to post and maybe starting a fictional section on the blog. While working, talked with a few individuals who also shared interests in the paranormal. They informed about a placed they visited called Stull Cemetery where it is said a portal to hell opens. Here is a YouTube video that explains more.
On The Road Again
Hello everyone. Once again I find myself needing to travel for work and living out of a suitcase. Between the hours of the job and unreliable internet connect at the motel has made posting a bit of a challenge. With some luck, the work will end shortly and could return home to publish more articles on the paranormal along with a new podcast. My experience at this motel which has been a nightmare inspired this YouTube video.


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Reaching for Higher Ground, Common Read: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman
This is the author's story of how she was sent to prison for a ten-year-old crime at a time in her life when she no longer resembled the reckless young woman she had been when she committed the crimes that caught up with her. With a promising career, she was suddenly forced to reckon with the consequences of her very brief, very careless foray into the world of drug trafficking. She spent thirteen months in prison where she met a variety of women living under exceptional circumstances. She tells the story of being locked up in a place with its own codes of behavior and hierarchies, where a practical joke is as common as an unprovoked fight, and uneasy relationships between prisoner and jailer are constantly and unpredictably recalibrated. This is a look into the lives of women in prison, why we lock so many away, and what happens to them when they are there. Check out one of our latest Library displays, located on the 2nd floor by the Book Bistro, for more resources about this topic.


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The Power of Image: International Conference on Caricatures
Mar 13, 2011
Heidelberg University's Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe" organises a conference in Egypt
Caricatures as vehicles of political and social propaganda are the subject of an international conference organised in Egypt by Heidelberg University's Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" in conjunction with the Fayoum Arts Centre. The conference will take place from 24 to 27 March 2011 at the Museum of Caricature in Fayoum Oasis. Under the title "The Power of Image", scholars from eight countries will be discussing caricatures from different cultures, most of them from the era of imperialism and colonialism. Reference will however also be made to recent examples of caricature, notably in connection with the revolutionary events taking place in Tunisia and Egypt in the past weeks.
"Caricatures are excellent at expressing criticism and can even cause uprisings in a society," says Eliane Ettmüller of the Heidelberg Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe". "The point is that they not only have aesthetic value but are also vehicles for moral messages and political propaganda." How caricatures from different cultures lampoon power constellations and social hierarchies is one of the central issues to be addressed at the conference. The lectures will examine caricatures from Japan, India and Iran as well as satirical cartoons published in Arab, British and French daily newspapers as comments on the recent revolutionary events occurring in Tunisia and Egypt. Another talk homes in on "The 99" by Kuwaiti artist Naif Al-Mutawa, a superhero comic very popular with Muslim youngsters at present. It combines traditional Islamic tenets with values upheld in the West.
The conference "The Power of Image – Caricatures as Transcultural Media for Political and Social Propaganda in the Era of Imperialism and Colonialism" is organised by Heidelberg scholars participating in the "Satire" research project run by the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" and coordinated by Prof. Dr. Hans Harder. Collaboration partner is the Fayoum Arts Centre in Egypt, the only institution in the Arab region to boast a museum of caricature. For more information on the conference and the research project, go to www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/conference-caricatures-egypt.
Dr. Alexander Häntzschel
Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context"
phone: +49 6221 544008