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Author: Jim Butcher
Category: Fantasy
Pages: 653
What do you get when you mix the lost Roman Legion and Pokemon? Apparently you get the Codex Alera. And "it is awesome" says Greg. These books get negatively compared to Dresden Files a lot simply because they are written by the same author. That's not really fair though because they are completely different styles of fantasy. Dresden Files is urban fantasy where this is more epic fantasy, more sword and sorcery style. Just keep that in mind before you dive into it, because if more "stereotypical" fantasy isn't your thing, yeah you probably won't like it.
All that said….
Probably the most memorable part of Furies of Calderon is that Tavi has no magic while literally everyone else in the world that he lives in does. I find this very impressive for two reasons.
First, think of the challenge this posed to Jim Butcher as a writer. In so many fantasy novels, the main character learns about magic from some wizard-ish type character and so the reader learns about magic through an exposition chapter or two; the reader learns along with the character. But Tavi already knows about magic because every other human has their own furies (basically elemental spirits that sort of bond with a human granting them power over that element) so there was never any explanation for the reader to read through to get what was going on. Still, Butcher managed to make a unique type of magic system understandable to the reader. That speaks volumes to me as to his talent as a writer.
Secondly, I like the challenge that it posed Tavi. Everyone else has him at a disadvantage so he has to learn to out-think his way out of situations rather than relying on the magic everyone else relies on to get himself out of sticky situations and he does so brilliantly.
You also can't accuse Butcher of not being able to create three-dimensional characters. With the exception of a few -cough-Kord-cough- everyone has their own motives. I could rave about how much I like Tavi all day long. Many of the other characters have things going on that I am interested to find out where it will go. But it's easy to make good guys likeable. Butcher again shows his skill in making bad guys, again with the exception of Kord, likeable.
Don't get me wrong. Kord's character definitely serves a place in the story. It's just that where so many other characters have motives and is multi-dimensional (or at least there is a good reason that they do what they do), Kord is nothing more than a bully and that is not explored other than Isana telling him he does what he does because he is small and needs to show how awesome he is by hurting those weaker than him. Other antagonists get much more character exploration. It is completely understandable why Fidelius does what he does and you can't even really call his reasons wrong. Aldrick seems like just another hired sword but it's hard to not like a guy that wants to drop everything to go heroically save his lady-love (even if she is bat-shit crazy). Lord and Lady Aquitaine were not as thoroughly explored but the story left off in a place that you know there will be more of them in future books.
Dani's 2¢
There is a lot that I hope we get to see more of in the next books. It is pretty obvious (mostly because it is part of Fantasy Trope 101) that Tavi is going to end up being royalty but I do want to see how all that unfolds. I want to know more about Fade and who he is.
Greg's Thoughts
I have always been a big fan of large series of books, and Furies of Cauldron is a huge bang out of the gate for a what promises to be a fantastic series. Tavi is great, and I love that in the world of furies he is the weird one. The only downside to I can think of is Amara and Bernard's story is fine but it is not as interesting as everything else going on. Both are great characters, I just care more about what Tavi is going through. Overall, if it isn't obvious enough, I love this book, and fully recommend it. I am so excited for the rest of the series and can't wait to dive into them.


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A visit to the landmark Carnegie Deli proved to be much, much more than I had anticipated. The sign should have alerted me to what I was about to be served…
but seriously, what could possibly prepare you for this?!
I've never seen a sandwich this big in my life. This turkey club had to have had an entire turkey and pig as donors! (Seriously, there is over a pound of meat on every sandwich!) I was so dumbfounded I had to watch other diners just to see how they went about eating this skyscraper. Of course I had to box almost the entire sandwich so I could leave room for the delicious cheesecake I saw everyone around me enjoying!
The "Woody Allen" with the pastrami and corn beef Carnegie Deli is famous for.
This is a place you absolutely must visit. Not only will you enjoy the delicious food, atmosphere and surroundings, but for the sheer shock factor alone, you've got to see these sandwiches in person.
Carnegie Deli
854 7th Avenue at 55th Street, New York, New York, 10019
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Radio City Music Hall (link)
Times Square (link)
Recently named by Forbes Travel as the most visited tourist attraction in the United States.
Judging by the size of the crowds I waded through, I believe it!
The Red Stairs are a great place to sit and people watch. I love the energy in this city. It's invigorating. It makes you feel alive.
Central Park (link)
At over 843 Acres, this is one big park. As much as I would have loved to see every inch of it, we opted to take a ride in a Pedicab to see as much as we could in the limited time we had. Our "driver" was very informative and made the ride especially fun as we bantered back and forth with trivia questions about the area. It was also a bit cheaper, and had more access, than the horse drawn carriage and allowed us to get out as frequently as we chose.
Bethesda Fountain (link)
Bethesda Fountain: "The fountain commemorates the Croton water system, which first brought fresh water to New York City in 1842. The angel carries a lily in her left hand — a symbol of the water's purity, very important to a city that had previously suffered from a devastating cholera epidemic before the system was established. The piece is the only statue that was commissioned for the Park. Created by Emma Stebbins, it also marked the first time a woman received a public art commission in New York City." (Info taken from the Official Central Park website)
"Who you gonna call?" The buildings now known as the Ghostbuster buildings.
Cherry Hill Fountain-aka "Friends" fountain.
Finally, as further testament that New York City truly is the city that doesn't sleep, I heard my three favorite words in the English language, You've Been Upgraded, spoken at the New York Hilton (link) front desk upon check in. Imagine…Midtown Manhatten, 42nd floor suite with 2 bathrooms, spacious elegant living area, and I spent so little time in there as to make it almost criminal!


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When you book a limo in Perth it is hard to know whether it is going to turn up or not. There are literally dozens of people with tales of woe and non existent limos in Perth. There are just as many that report that a few days before the booking that the limo has come down with some mysterious bout of mechanical failure that will need a team of trained mechanics three months to repair it. One limo operator even told his clients the car had been written off but was in fact sold inter state. Most of these cancellations are due to the operator being offered more money by another client
A much used example of this would be say a concert in Perth. A client phones and books a limo for a Wednesday night in July. The Perth limo operator grateful for a mid week winter booking will quote a very low price. Now all of a sudden the phone is ringing hot for this date and the limo operator has realized there is a concert on and he has sold his Perth limo too cheaply. He then quotes larger amounts, despite already being booked, and if he gets a new client at the higher rate, he will simply cancel the first booking citing some mechanical problem.
There are ways to try and avoid this scenario and questioning the limo company hard about replacement vehicles, contingency plans, is one of them. The other is to book a member of the MTA.
The MTA is the motor traders association of Western Australia and they have a very strong code of ethics. Their members are top limo operators in Perth and as such you are dealing with the cream of the Perth limo hire industry.
http://www.perth-hummer.com.au/ is one such comapny, the MD sits on the committee and they are responsible for meeting with the Government Departments responsible for legislation. The people that attend the meetings and are concerned about the industry are usually the top operators.
The next time you book a limo just ask if the company is amember of the MTA like Limousines Australia Hughes Limousines ste.


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This is a blog-post that those of you with a Russell Hobbs 'Steam Glide' iron can check out. And yes I own one and use it too. But first, read on and pick up some tips on ironing out your descriptive trademark…
There are certain absolute grounds for refusal to register a trademark. If any one of these is found then the trademark will be rejected. One of the absolute grounds for refusal is that a trademark is descriptive of the goods in question, their nature or their purpose. Another is that a trademark is devoid of any distinctive character. These two grounds are often closely interwoven, although they are separate grounds.
These absolute grounds apply to national and Community trademarks and can result in an application being refused and also revoked at a later date if the trademark has been registered.
In the 'Steam Glide' trademark case, a Community Trade Mark registration ('CTM') in respect of 'electronic irons, electric flat irons, electric irons for ironing clothes, parts and fittings for the aforementioned goods' was revoked by the EU General Court ('ECG') on an application by Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV ('Philips'). Philips alleged that the trademark was descriptive and/or lacked distinctiveness, contrary to Articles 7(1)(c) and (b) respectively of the Community Trademark Regulation No. 207/2009.
As a preliminary point, the ECG decided that it would consider whether 'Steam Glide' was a descriptive trademark from the perspective of the relevant public in the UK, Ireland and Malta, the English speaking countries of the EU, because the trademark was in English.
The ECG then held that the trademark described 'directly and specifically' one of the characteristics of these types of goods – that is their capacity to glide smoothly over ironed clothes by virtue of the steam generated by the appliance. The ECG considered that the mark 'Steam Glide' would evoke immediately, without further thought, a description of those goods or one of the inherent characteristics of those goods in the minds of the public concerned. That being the case the mark could be revoked as being a descriptive trademark in accordance with Article 7(1)(c).
The trademark owners argued that the mark 'Steam Glide' was a neologism. That is a newly coined word or phrase, made up of existing words. The argument runs that a newly coined word or phrase cannot be descriptive. The ECG did acknowledge that a mark could allude to the function or working of goods without being a descriptive trademark, where a syntactically (syntax is how words are arranged to form a phrase or sentence) unusual positioning of the words was not commonly used in the language of the mark. In this case English. Both words were, however, held to be descriptive on their own and the ECG found that there was nothing unusual in how the words were combined in the mark 'Steam Glide' (syntax) to overcome that defect. They remained descriptive in the mark. The court rejected an argument that the word 'glide' was suggestive of 'suspension in the air and hovering' and therefore not descriptive of ironing. It considered that the word 'glide' was reminiscent of the smooth motion of the iron gliding over clothes.
When this application was first bought by Philips, it was rejected by the Cancellation Division of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market ('OHIM'), who found that the trademark was not descriptive. Philips appealed to the First Board of Appeal of OHIM and the Board overturned the decision holding that the expression 'steam glide' was a descriptive trademark because it was comprised of two English words, both referring directly to the nature and purpose of the goods in question and because there is nothing unusual about the combination of the words in the way that they were used in the trademark. 'Steam glide' was an 'immediate, direct and easily understandable' indication of the nature of the goods (that the irons emit steam and move smoothly across clothes). Effectively that is the decision that was upheld by the ECG.
A second argument was made that OHIM's Board of Appeal did not conduct a proper analysis of whether the mark lacked distinctive character. However the ECG found that once a single finding that an absolute ground for refusal exists was made there was no need to go into further analysis.
So, do you think 'steam glide' is descriptive of your ironing experience?
A few things spring to mind. Would a competitor with less financial strength challenge a potentially descriptive trademark that was registered initially? Or would they wait and use the argument as a defence to infringement proceedings?
Secondly, there is a thin dividing line between merely alluding to goods or services, their function and how they work, which is permissible, and being held to be descriptive so that an application to register a trademark will be rejected. Each case will turn on its own facts and interpretation.
Thirdly, only one meaning of a phrase needs to be descriptive for the threshold for refusal to be reached. This risk is compounded because the trademark will be assessed from the point of view of the relevant public who will be native speakers of the language of the trademark, which could make a finding of descriptiveness more likely.
So if your business is choosing to use a compound of a number of words or a neologism, take care that the mark does not stray too close to descriptiveness in respect of the goods and services protected by the mark.
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|Ragna VS Sol Badguy
|Overall Episode
|Season Episode
|Air date
|Januray 9th, 2015
|Written by
|Nick Cramer
|Animated by
|Samuel "Zack" Watkins
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|BlazBlue vs Guilty Gear! Two of the most popular anime fighting game icons settle the score! Will Ragna's bounty finally be cashed in?
Ragna VS Sol Badguy is the 41st episode of DEATH BATTLE!, featuring Ragna the Bloodedge from the BlazBlue series and Sol Badguy from the Guilty Gear series in a battle between anime fighting game protagonists.
(*Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston*)
Wiz: No anime tough guy trope is complete unless he has outrageous spiky hair, a sword that's clearly compensating for something...
Boomstick: And belts. Lots and lots of belts.
Wiz: Ragna, the Bloodedge.
Boomstick: And Sol Badguy, the Flame of Corruption. He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle.
Ragna the Bloodedge
(*Cues: BlazBlue Calamity Trigger - Imperial Code*)
Wiz: Nearly a century ago, humanity was hunted to near-extinction by the fearsome Black Beast. Fortunately, six brave heroes slayed the monster and saved mankind. The remains of humanity was reorganized under an oppressive government until one man decided to rise up. Ragna the Bloodedge.
(*Cues: BlazBlue Calamity Trigger - Rebellion*)
Boomstick: Baggy pants, giant sword, brooding personality. Ragna has tragic back-story written all over him.
Wiz: I'd actually go with gruesome. As a young child, he and his siblings were confined in an experimental facility as lab rats.
Boomstick: Bummer. What were they trying to do?
Wiz: No one knows. The important thing here is they were rescued by a talking cat named Jubei, who also happened to be the most feared warrior on the planet. However, things took a darker turn when Ragna's sister Saya grew very sick.
Boomstick: With what?
Wiz: Sickness? No one knows. Ragna took Saya under his wing, but their younger brother Jin was irritated that Ragna was not spending more time with him. Being a reasonable guy, he decided the only solution was to murder his brother.
Boomstick: Oh yeah! That makes a ton of sense! I'm lonely. I'll kill one of the people I care about. Great plan. So then a maniacal hipster villain named Yuki Terumi showed up out of nowhere, helped Jin impale Ragna through the chest, and then cut off his arm for good measure.
Wiz: Why? How? No one knows. Have you familiarized yourself with that phrase yet? Good, cuz it's not stopping anytime soon.
(*Cues: BlazBlue Calamity Trigger - Queen of Roses*)
Boomstick: Moving on for sanity's sake, Ragna would've been done for until an omniscient time-traveling pig-tailed vampire descended from the heavens, snapped her fingers, magiced him a new arm, and left. No, no. Don't think. Just accept.
Wiz: Surprisingly still conscious and apparently an expert of things that never happened before, Ragna instantly recognized his new appendage as a Azure Grimoire, a piece of the Black Beast which Ragna can use to manipulate Seithr. Seithr is a radioactive energy left behind by the Black Beast all over the world.
Boomstick: Like magic.
Wiz: Well no, Magic is totally different.
Boomstick: But it lets him do magic-type stuff...
Wiz: Yes...
(*Cues: Black And White - BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma*)
Boomstick: Ooo... kay! Well after missing out on the maiming and resurrection of Ragna, Jubei the cat ninja returned and decided to teach him the ways of combat.
Wiz: Where the hell was he before? No one knows.
Boomstick: Probably destroying someone's furniture or pissing in their shoes.
Wiz: Through his training, Ragna's control over Seithr became practically unmatched. He can form various parts of the Black Beast in combat, transform his own arm into razor-sharp claws, or drain the soul of his foe through his strikes.
Boomstick: But if he needs more power, more defense, and more... soul-sucking, he can crank these up to 11 with his Blood Kain form.
Wiz: Upon completing his training, Jubei bestowed upon him a red cloak and a deadly blade called Blood-Scythe.
Boomstick: This baby can extend for stabbing strikes and like the Azure Grimoire, slowly drains the souls of its victims upon contact. And before you point out that it's clearly a sword and not a scythe, it can do this.
Ragna use his Astral Heat on Arakune, which causes Blood-Scythe to transform into a Scythe.
(*Cues: Nemesis Horizon - BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma*)
Boomstick: Ragna's angsty rage took him on a world tour of single-handed government smashing, earning him the nickname the Grim Reaper.
Wiz: And racking up an unprecedented bounty of 90 billion... whatever their currency is. No one knows. And despite being the largest bounty of all time, he still freely walks the world on foot and in public with no attempt to disguise himself whatsoever.
Boomstick: Probably because nobody wants to piss him off. We're talkin' about a guy who treats getting knocked though solid concrete as an inconvenience, has survived multiple impalings through the chest, took out hundreds of armed officers without breaking a sweat, and obliterated an entire street with a single one-hand sword strike.
Wiz: Ragna is referred to as some as the most powerful man in the world, but he's also known as a risk-taker with a short temper.
Boomstick: And despite being trained by the most dangerous kitty cat in the world, Ragna's obviously nowhere near Jubei's level of skill, who terrifies even the deadliest villains of the series.
Wiz: But after all's said and done, Jubei left Ragna with a dire warning: never think of the Azure Grimoire as your own.
Boomstick: Which is kind of bullshit. I mean its attached to him, so I'm pretty sure he's got dibs.
Wiz: Well he does, but if he loses control over it, it can transform him into the Black Beast itself. In fact, Ragna was the original Black Beast, sent back in time after falling into a magic cauldron. The two were somehow separated and did battle in the past. These events would repeat themselves in a 100 year timeloop until this chick saved Ragna from falling into that cauldron, stopping the Black Beast from appearing in the past in the first place.
Boomstick: But if the Black Beast never went back in time, then it never would've created Seithr, and everything in BlazBlue shouldn't exist as we know it. So how-
Wiz: No one knows!
Boomstick: You wanna just make this guy fight someone now?
Ragna: I'm the main character, and yet again, I get left in the dark! It's really starting to piss me off!
Sol Badguy
(*Cues: Guilty Gear XX - Existence*)
Wiz: Way back in the year 2010, the discovery of magic forever changed the course of human history. Traditional technology was eliminated for newer and environmentally friendly methods, and after improving the planet, a certain world superpower sought to improve mankind itself.
Boomstick: Oh hey, another super soldier project. Lemme guess, they injected this guy with some serum and it didn't really work out the way they wanted, but now he's a badass.
Wiz: Replace serum with magic and... close enough. This man would emerge as the feared bounty hunter, Sol Badguy.
Boomstick: So he's clearly the bad guy.
Wiz: Actually he's the main hero of the story.
Boomstick: Well then why would they...
(*Cues: Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus - Launch Out*)
Wiz: Before Sol's transformation, he was known as Frederick, a scientist tasked with leading the super solider project alongside with his love interest, Aria, but when he intended to or not, Frederick would become the prototype of this new super race, the Gears.
Boomstick: But is he... guilty?
Wiz: Oh hell yeah! He was responsible for Aria's death. And then her next death when she was resurrected into this... thing.
Boomstick: Oh. Wasn't expecting her to look like that, but not as much as I wasn't expecting the BLUE ROBO PENIS! Who even does that?!
Wiz: She was likely created as a "Eff You!" to poor Sol by That Man.
Boomstick: Which man?
(*Cues: Guilty Gear 2: Overture - The Man*)
Wiz: That Man.
Boomstick: I only see Sol Badguy.
Wiz: No, no it's That Man.
Boomstick: It's just me and you here, Wiz.
Wiz: Listen. The villain is That Man.
Boomstick: Sol Badguy's the hero and the villain?
Wiz: No, no, he's another character- just pretend Sol Badguy's not there.
Boomstick: YOU MEAN HE'S INVISIBLE?!
Wiz: When this person was born into the world, his parents looked at this child and decided they would name him "That Man"!
Boomstick: Who were they looking at, Wiz?!
Wiz: HIS NAME IS T-H-A-T SPACE, M-A-N!
Boomstick: WELL F-U-C-K SPACE Y-O-U! I'M OUT!
The screen pauses and goes gray as Boomstick slams the door off-screen.
(*Cues: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Windmill Hut*)
Some time later...
Boomstick: So... I looked at the internet and discovered that his actual name is... That Man. I apologize for earlier. Let's move on.
(*Cues: Guilty Gear - Death and Republic*)
Wiz: Sol had to maintain a human appearance to disguise his true Gear form. So he developed a special limiter headpiece to keep his own power at bay.
Boomstick: If that thing comes off, say goodbye to whoever recently pissed him off.
Wiz: As a Gear, Sol's aging was slowed to a near halt, allowing him more than enough time to develop his own fighting style.
Boomstick: Well, whatever fighting style lets you punch fire, that's the one I wanna learn! Sol's Volcanic Viper and Fafnir Punches are flame-enhanced strikes, while his Riot Stomp flies in with a fearsome kick. And because this is anime, Sol can trigger his second form: the Dragon Install.
Wiz: The Dragon Install allows Sol to safely tap into a fraction of his full Gear power, boosting his strength, speed, and healing ability. The drawback: he can only sustain this power for so long and afterward, he's left vulnerable.
Boomstick: As Sol wandered the Earth, That Man began a plan for world domination using an army of Gears. In response, Sol put together a Gear-obliterating superweapon called OutRage.
Wiz: Which looks like the world's most complicated can opener... or next-gen Bop-It.
Boomstick: Turns out it was so powerful, nobody could wield it... not even Sol. So he had to split it apart into eight pieces just to make it useable. Naturally, he took the best piece for himself: the flame-enhanced Fireseal. I wanna fire seal, that'd be fuckin' sweet. Try and eat me now, orca whale. Fire seal!
(*Cues: Guilty Gear 2: Overture - The Re-Coming*)
Wiz: Using Fireseal to its full potential, Sol defeated That Man's forces twice over.
Boomstick: And then he decided to upgrade the shit out of it with the Junkyard Dog Mark 3 casing.
Wiz: But this is hardly the full extent of Sol's power. He once survived the Backyard, an alternate dimension which would annihilate the soul of a normal man. And by removing his headband, he can access his full unrestrained potential.
Boomstick: Like when he shot a laser out of his sword to incinerate an inhuman Gear the size of Mount Everest!
Wiz: And once, he went back in time and witnessed his past self get murdered, which should've erased him from the present ala Marty McFly, but he didn't like that idea very much, so he just... didn't.
Boomstick: After BlazBlue, nothing is too bizarre for me anymore.
Wiz: Sol is powerful, but fears his full potential. He's also pretty lazy. His favorite strategy is always whatever's the least strenuous. This lack of extra effort can sometimes leave him underestimating his opponent.
Boomstick: But the second he starts trying, few can stand in his way.
Death Battle
Note, Sol speaks in Japanese, so all his dialogue will be in parenthesis.
The fight takes place in BlazBlue's Kagutsuchi at nighttime during a rainstorm. In a large garden, Sol is looking over at a wanted poster for Ragna. Ragna walks right past Sol, who then runs past him and stops him in his tracks.
Sol: (You're an eyesore!)
Ragna: Who are you? Out of my way, or you're dead.
Sol: (Tsk. Gun Flame!)
Sol releases Gun Flame at Ragna, which Ragna steps back and avoids.
Ragna: You gotta be kidding me. Let's get this over with!
(*Cues: Blood Pain II - BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma*)
Sol: (I'll burn you to a crisp.)
Sol charges at Ragna, whom is about to slam Blood-Scythe down, and stops it with Fireseal. The two knock each other back and Sol tries using Gun Flame again. Ragna avoids this and lunges at Sol, whom jumps back before slamming Fireseal. The two clash weapons once again, then swing their swords at each other. As Ragna goes for a strike, Sol jumps upward and kicks Ragna, who goes flying toward a wall. Ragna bounces upward to attack, but Sol kicks him multiple times before using Volcanic Viper and finishes it with Bandit Revolver before sending him slamming to the ground.
Ragna lands on his knees and breathes heavily before preparing the Azure Grimoire.
Ragna: Bitch! Restriction Number 6...
Before Ragna can finish, he is kicked to the face by Sol's Bandit Revolver once more, knocking him back.
Ragna: You're gonna pay!
Ragna punches the ground, then raises Azure Grimoire. Suddenly, Sol is trapped by Dead Spike.
Ragna: Restriction 666 released, Dimensional Interruption Imaginary Number Formed! BlazBlue, activate!
Ragna charges at Sol for a punch. The Dead Spike holding Sol disappears, but before he can react, Ragna punches him, sending him flying into the next area, where he bounces off a wall. Before he can hit the ground, Ragna uses the Azure Grimoire to stab him, then proceeds to unleash a combo with Blood-Scythe.
Ragna: It's my turn now!
The combo concludes with Sol hitting the ground. Ragna picks him up, but the grapple is reversed and Sol throws Ragna into the wall.
Ragna: Idea Engine, linked! This'll sting!
Suddenly, the Azure Grimoire glows with a white light and Sol is suddenly knocked right into the wall. He then falls down with his next comment muffled by the ground.
(*Cues: Ride The Fire - Guilty Gear Xrd*)
Sol gets up and unleashes Dragon Install to tap into his power, to which Ragna retaliates with Blood Kain.
Ragna: Blood Kain!
The two charge at each other and strike, with both hitting the other's sword. Sol is on the offensive and overpowers Ragna, then knocks him into the air. During his assault, Ragna reverses it and slams Sol back to the ground. He flies downward and swings Blood-Scythe as Sol jumps out of the way, then the two trade swings and punches. Then Ragna grabs ahold of Sol by his head and tosses him into the air before punching him and striking him with Blood-Scythe multiple times.
Ragna: Inferno Divider!
Ragna lands and exits Blood Kain while Sol falls to the ground. Sol lies down and is about to get up, but then he exits Dragon Install and is momentarily stunned. Ragna uses this to his advantage and grabs him.
Ragna: Tappin' out?
Ragna places Blood-Scythe in front of him, then extends it, penetrating through Sol, who screams out in pain. Ragna then tears it out of Sol, whom falls to the ground.
Ragna: I'm not gonna waste anymore time on you, asshole!
Suddenly, Ragna is stabbed.
Ragna: Shit!
Sol had stabbed Ragna above the groin with Fireseal. Ragna steps back and begins to bleed from his wound. This pushes Ragna too far and after dark clouds of smoke cover him,
(*Cues: Howling Moon II - BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma*)
Ragna transforms into the multi-headed Black Beast. Sol looks over at the eight-headed beast and as smoke covers him, he takes off his headband and transforms into his true Gear form. As the heads of the Black Beast charge towards Sol, Sol swings Fireseal, firing a powerful blast. The Black Beast's heads are overwhelmed and the blast continues to fire upward into the sky.
After a bright flash of light, Sol is seen standing on a small piece of land after the attack in his regular form, with Ragna nowhere to be seen. Sol then cracks his neck and chuckles.
Sol jumps down into the rubble, comes across a book titled "BlazBlue Story Script", knocks it upward, punches it away with a fiery strike, and then walks off.
(*Cues: Gear Xrd Sign - Give Me a Break*)
Boomstick: Bullseye!
Wiz: Ragna put up a tough fight, but Sol had him outclassed.
Boomstick: Likely due to the fact that while Ragna had on four belts, Sol had 18.
Wiz: Sol's centuries worth of fighting experience trumped Ragna's training and he has consistently shaken off wounds more easily.
Boomstick: Even Sol's... soul is tough enough to withstand Ragna's Azure Grimoire, just like when it survived the Backyard.
Wiz: The Black Beast was impressive, but Sol's Gear form is leagues above. Recall when Sol turned that Gear the size of Mount Everest into dust. By comparing the size of the Gear to the clouds, we can determine its volume to be around 140 billion cubic meters. Destroying something this size would require more than 85 gigatons of TNT. That's nearly 200 times more powerful than the 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan in 2011.
Boomstick: More than enough to take Ragna down... and that was only a fraction of Sol's real power. Ragna just burned out in the end.
Wiz: The winner is Sol Badguy.
- The connection between Ragna and Sol is that they are both fighting game protagonists created by Arc System Works, traditionally wear red, and wield giant swords as their main weapons. Both contain incredibly destructive power inhibited within them (Ragna's Azure Grimoire can transform him into the Black Beast, while Sol wears a headband to restrain his full Gear form).
- This is the last episode to be released on a Friday, as all the future episodes were moved to Wednesdays, due to the new year, until season 7 after which battles moved to being released on Mondays.
- This is the eighth Company themed episode, after Goomba VS Koopa, Haggar VS Zangief, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Battle Royale, Starscream VS Rainbow Dash, Master Chief VS Doomguy, Zelda VS Peach and Pokémon Battle Royale, and with the next 16 being Beast VS Goliath, Darth Vader VS Doctor Doom, Bowser VS Ganon, Ratchet & Clank VS Jak & Daxter, Meta VS Carolina, Naruto VS Ichigo, Jotaro VS Kenshiro, Crash VS Spyro, Leon Kennedy VS Frank West, Roshi VS Jiraiya, Mega Man Battle Royale, Wario VS King Dedede, Sasuke VS Hiei, All Might VS Might Guy, Black Canary VS Sindel and The Seven Battle Royale.
- This is the third Anti-Heroes themed episode, after Kratos VS Spawn and Vegeta VS Shadow, and with the next eight being Wolverine VS Raiden, Mewtwo VS Shadow, Wario VS King Dedede, Ghost Rider VS Lobo, Sasuke VS Hiei, Deadpool VS Mask, Winter Soldier VS Red Hood and venom VS Crona.
- Sol Badguy's preview and the episode showcased one of the few times Wiz and Boomstick were frustrated with the other when it came to That Man's name.
- This is the second episode to be blocked on YouTube, after the TMNT Battle Royale, with the next two being Ultron VS Sigma and Aang VS Edward Elric.
- This is due to a copyright claim by Nainsoo, who didn't feel properly credited for his artwork being featured in the video.
- This is the first episode to be restored, as it was restored on April 15, 2015.
- The animator, Zack, has a version of the fight on the channel in 60 FPS.


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Consular servicers including information on visas, authentication of certificates and documents, as well as travel advisories for nationals visiting Ireland will be provided on the new website, ambassador Lootah explained.
The website is part of a portal created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA's) to provide a central base which connects the websites of all its diplomatic missions.
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Dominic Serra holds the MA in liturgical research from the University of Notre Dame and the Doctorate in Sacred Liturgy from the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy at the Athenaeum Sancti Anselmi in Rome. He taught Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology at The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, Minnesota before joining the faculty at The Catholic University of America in 2000. He is a native of the Bronx and a priest of the Archdiocese of New York where he served in parish ministry for fourteen years. Recent research projects have been in the area of Christian Initiation. He is currently writing a book on early Roman baptismal practice and theology.
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Olivia Prezzano is a high school student who has a passion for math and science, and is on the W.IN Youth Advisory Board.
What was it that got you interested in STEM?
It started with math. When I was little, I was always into numbers and enjoyed it. What got me into engineering and bio-engineering was an AP Biology class that I took. I was introduced to some of the engineering aspects of the biology world. I saw the connection with biology and math and now I'm interested in getting into research so I can help people by curing diseases.
There is a study done by George Dimopulos that shows we're on the verge of curing malaria by using genetic engineering on mosquitoes. I find that really interesting.
Are there other girls in your classes?
I'm in an engineering class right now with about twenty boys and four other girls.
How did it make you feel to be one of only a few girls?
It was intimidating when I walked in on the first day. Our teacher is a man too. I remember feeling like they might be good at this and know what they're doing and that I wouldn't.
We started talking about mechanical engineering and how cars worked. It's a stereotype but a lot of the boys knew something about that right off and so it made me nervous to speak up because I didn't know anything about mechanics.
What made you stick with it?
I just realized there is no harm in putting something out there. At first, I was worried they would judge me. If I said something that wasn't right then they might conclude that I didn't know what I was doing, but I came to realize there is no such thing as a bad idea and by sharing, it helps everyone to collaborate.
What made you consider being on the W.IN Advisory Board?
I accepted the invitation because I've grown such a passion for both STEM and women's involvement in fields typically dominated by men. At my school, we don't have any real opportunities for passionate, focused girls to get together, and it's something I've definitely been looking for. Hearing about the opportunity to not only be a part of an inspiring group of girls, but to bring other girls into it too, was something I was really excited about.
What is one thing you've learned since you started?
I've really learned how productive a group can be through team brainstorming and an open creative process.
What are things you think individuals your age can do to advance girls going into STEM?
I think the main thing girls can do to help the women's STEM movement is to speak up. I definitely know girls my age who are embarrassed to talk about their passion because they feel like they're not educated enough to speak about it, or think no one else can relate. The more we get each other involved and elevate each other through supportive discussion, we can erase social stigmas and make girls more confident to be openly involved and applied in STEM.


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EP Review: Avalon by Gabrielle AplinPosted by Bianca on Friday Oct 6, 2017 Under Album Review, Tour Announcements
British-born singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin has an impressive track record with a discography consisting of two studio albums, now six EP's, three live albums and nine singles. Her most recent EP, 'Avalon' was released on the 6th of October after releasing her first single from the album, 'Waking Up Slow' in August this year.
Gabrielle became a UK household name in 2012 when the Christmas John Lewis advert featured a cover of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 'Power of Love'. Her success continued with the release of her first album 'English Rain' in May 2013, followed up by a second studio album, 'Light Up the Dark' in September 2015.
For her latest EP, she embraces a whole new style and reinvents herself as an artist. From the first track and single, 'Waking Up Slow', the new direction is evident with electric guitars, synths and electronic beats giving this a more commercial/indie-pop flair. The track has been a massive radio hit and has had over 1.5 million plays on Spotify, with over 5 million plays on Facebook of the more recent acoustic version.
The second track, 'Say Nothing', continues the electronic-pop-sound. 'Used to Do' temporarily slows down the pace and has a quick flash-back to earlier work as it starts off more focused around her vocals and backed by acoustic guitar and piano – It however quickly picks up a tempo notch.
The final track 'Stay' displays her fantastic vocal range as she confidently delivers lyrics, "Life, a couple hundred miles away; And I remember you like it was yesterday; I didn't want to leave you on your own in the end; But we're not supposed to feel this, I can't pretend; But times gone by on a runaway train… And there's nothing we can do to bring it back again" and ends the EP on an impressive note.
She retains her very recognisable and distinctive sound vocally, but this is a more mature, evolved piece of work from Gabrielle. This might not be all her fans' "cuppa-tea", but the majority will be delighted. A risk, but in my opinion, best to date.
01. Waking Up Slow
02. Say Nothing
03. Used To Do
04. Stay
Gabrielle Aplin has announced a seven-date headline tour of the UK for October 2017:
Oct 18 – Glasgow, Oran Mor
Oct 19 – Manchester, Cathedral
Oct 20 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 2
Oct 22 – Cambridge, Junction
Oct 23 – Brighton, Concorde 2
Oct 24 – Bristol, Trinity
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By Gustavo Adolfo Aybar, communications services manager for Unbound Sponsor Services
As a native Dominican, raised in the United States the majority of my life, I believed my summer vacations, plus my connection to the island — both personal and through my studies — kept me culturally aware and prepared to serve as an ambassador for families struggling in poverty. That was before I traveled to El Salvador to participate in an Unbound staff awareness trip.
I discovered that the obstacles I overcame as a low-income, at-risk youth, while significant, were not equal in severity to the obstacles faced by the families Unbound serves.
For me, growing up poor meant it was senseless to budget and plan and, at times, to even hope for things or situations that would improve or enhance my life.
For many of my family members, a day-to-day existence is the norm. They worry about the right now.
Families in the Unbound program in El Salvador also face these worries, but for them it involves food, water, transportation and shelter — everything we consider necessities in society.
On the staff awareness trip, we had many experiences that connected us with sponsored friends' lives. We danced with sponsored elders, we met mothers of sponsored children and saw their commitment to improving their lives, and we heard countless testimonials about how Unbound helps families.
One of the more memorable experiences occurred while visiting the home of Gumercinda, a beautiful and spirited 79-year-old sponsored elder. Her right leg was amputated because of an illness, so she remains bound to her wheelchair and is fully dependent on her daughter for support. Gumercinda's daughter is now battling cancer, which prevents her from working long hours to support the family.
Despite their challenges, the pair exuded dignity and brought joy to everyone around them.
As an adult, I now understand how truly difficult my family's situation was when I was a child. As high school students, both my sister and I worked full-time jobs to help supplement the household income. My mother worked long hours and all of us rode the bus or walked to every destination.
Bedtime rarely came before midnight, and homework was an afterthought. My mother valued our education, but as a single mother with one income, it was hard for her to make sure we were fulfilling our educational responsibilities.
Sponsored friends face these kinds of challenges and more.
Many of the sponsored friends we met were asked to describe the benefits of the program. I was aware of how gentle and respectful the question was posed, and that each person or family was a willing participant in sharing their story with us.
Nevertheless, the mere fact the question was posed created in me both positive and negative feelings. I saw hopefulness that a sponsor would help their child continue in school and maybe even go to college, and sadness for not being able to personally provide these great gifts to their family.
As a proud Latino, a father and an ethical and driven person, I realized how humbling it would be to know I was not able to provide for my family's welfare and future on my own. I thought of the dreams I now have for my young son, and of how I have grown and seek continued growth to raise a man capable of unconditional love, financial success, and being a gentle and caring individual.
On the Sponsor Services team, we get questions from sponsors asking about education and health updates for their sponsored friends, or what urgent needs their sponsored children and families might have, as well as many other kinds of questions.
Throughout the week in El Salvador, I came to realize on a deeper level how those questions help sponsors gain awareness of their sponsored friends' lives, and how truly valuable sponsorship is in connecting people from all walks of life.
I have seen the beauty and humility in the faces of the families I met in El Salvador, and I see beauty and humility in our sponsors who accompany their sponsored friends along their journeys.
I now understand more fully why our work is so important and that we cannot walk alone.
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Recovering from Ferguson
Marc H. Morial | 8/30/2019, 6 a.m.
"The city's personal-responsibility refrain ... reflects many of the same racial stereotypes found in the emails between police and court supervisors. This evidence of bias and stereotyping, together with evidence that Ferguson has long recognized but failed to correct the consistent racial disparities caused by its police and court practices, demonstrates that the discriminatory effects of Ferguson's conduct are driven at least in part by discriminatory intent in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment." – U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department, March 2015
Five years ago, a Ferguson, Mo., police officer shot and killed unarmed black teen Michael Brown, bringing national attention to Ferguson Police Department's shocking pattern of racial profiling and excessive force.
In a town that is a third Caucasian, African-Americans accounted for 85 percent of traffic stops, 90 percent of tickets and 93 percent of arrests, according to a U.S. Justice Department report released seven months after Mr. Brown's death.
Ferguson Police used force almost exclusively on African- Americans. They regularly stopped black drivers without probable cause. Ferguson officials circulated racist jokes on their government email accounts.
Five years later, Ferguson has shown some signs of improvement. There are now six black members of the City Council, compared with only one in 2014. The Police Department has gone from three black officers out of 53 to about two-dozen black officers, including Chief Jason Armstrong, an African-American.
The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, which transformed the location of a burned-out building into the Ferguson Empowerment Center, has just announced a new $5 million investment to build a strip mall that will include a bank, a restaurant, a minority business incubator and a home health care company.
Save Our Sons, the workforce development program that operates out of the Empowerment Center, has connected more than 750 men with jobs in the Ferguson area since it opened in 2017. A new partnership with First Financial Federal Credit Union will provide auto loans, credit counseling, checking and savings accounts to members of Save Our Sons and other local residents.
But stark racial disparities persist not only in Ferguson, but in the wider St. Louis region, both economically and in the criminal justice system.
The disparity in traffic stops in Ferguson actually has widened drastically, according to the Missouri Attorney General's Office. The rate of stops of black drivers has increased by 5 percentage points since 2013, while it has dropped 11 percentage points for white drivers. Statewide, black motorists were nearly twice as likely as other motorists to be stopped.
The economic news is even worse. According to the East-West Gateway Council of Governments, the median white household income was more than twice the median black household income in 2017, a slightly wider gap than in 2010.
Disparity in the poverty rate in St. Louis County has grown as well, driven mainly by flat income growth for black households compared to increases in white income.
We commend the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and its outstanding leader, Michael McMillan, for their work in tackling economic disparities in the region, and agree with his assessment that the work is a "marathon as well as a sprint."
As Mr. McMillan has said, "A concerted, dedicated effort has to be spent on changing these disparities — and that the job is not done. So we have to stay the course from the governmental, not-for-profit, corporate, business and civic communities in order to fix those wrongs."


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Microsoft may catch a break in another patents infringement case against Motorola over so-called "push" technology.
Microsoft Gold Certified partner Quest Software recently unveiled its line of solutions for businesses migrating to Office 365 and Exchange Online.
A few clues about Microsoft's product roadmap for this year and the next were unearthed recently.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: For many partners, matching their priorities with Microsoft's is a sure-fire way to boost business. Conveniently, Microsoft has just listed its top priority areas -- or "priority workloads" -- for the Microsoft Partner Network. Here they are, along with the related products and competencies for each.
Gartner analysts say that while the three companies are different, they are competing in the same battlegrounds: social networking, portals and collaboration, mobile device operating systems, the Internet cloud and e-mail.
Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2010, which includes update rollups since SP1 and a few requested items, was released on Sunday.
Two years after winning a contract to provide cloud-based applications to the city of Los Angeles, Google is still fielding concerns over the security of its offerings.
Microsoft released Update Rollup 5 (RU5) for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 last week, but did not include a fix for an Outlook problem detected in the earlier RU4 update.
Intermedia, a large-scale provider of hosted Exchange mailboxes, is joining Microsoft's Office 365 syndication program.
Several Microsoft cloud services, including Office 365, SkyDrive and CRM Online, experienced major outages on Wednesday.
Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) suffered outages on Tuesday may have hampered e-mail services for North American users for about three hours.
A Microsoft alert issued on Wednesday warned users against applying its "Update Rollup 4" (RU4) to Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1.
Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange messaging service once again went down on Wednesday across North America, but the company says service has been restored.
Private equity firm Oak Hill Partners on Thursday said it acquired Exchange hoster Intermedia for an undisclosed amount.
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Dr. Beverly began his ministry at the early age of six as the son of a Baptist preacher in Indianapolis, Indiana. After serving in the US Army, he earned his BA, MA, MDiv., and DMin degrees. Since his ordination as a Baptist minister at the age of 24, he has severed several churches including: Riverside United Methodist, Stone of Hope Nondenominational Church, and Grand River American Baptist Church. Aside from parish ministry, he has had a career in pastoral care and counseling serving as a hospital chaplain, a Clinical Pastoral Educator, a pastoral counselor, marriage, and family therapist. He is a past president of the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) and currently serves as Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Ecumenical Theological Seminary as well as conducting CPE. He is the author of The Places You Go: Caring for Your Congregation Monday Through Saturday.
Dr. Beverly is married to the Rev. Billie Beverly and has five children and ten grandchildren. He writes music, poetry, and plays.
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If you are browsing through this page, you may have encountered something in your life or relationships that may feel unmanageable or difficult to understand or even put into words. This may lead you to dwell on it all the time or you may decide to ignore the problem by not thinking about it or by keeping busy. When none of the above works it may be time to seek professional help.
My Approach
My approach to therapy involves trying to understand and address difficulties by increasing awareness of the more underlying aspects that lead to the development of symptoms. I will start by being curious and listening carefully at what brought you to therapy: the moments that marked your life, your relationships to others and the worries that may be making life hard. The specific words you use to describe your problems and the thoughts, feelings and memories that may come up during sessions are all important as they can open the way to understanding the less obvious forces that lie behind symptoms. Those are often related to past experiences of trauma or distress that haven't been processed by the individual. Things that you may find perplexing or that seem out of your control can start making more sense when links are made through the progressive unravelling of your story. By exploring their concerns in such a rigorous way with someone they can trust, people can make deeper, more lasting changes, start breaking old patterns and find creative solutions to their concerns.
I am a qualified Psychodynamic Counsellor and Psychotherapist and an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). Apart from my Psychotherapy and Counselling training, for the last 12 years I have trained as a Psychoanalyst in the Lacanian orientation and I am a member of the London Society of the New Lacanian School. The Lacanian orientation is based on the ideas and theories of the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, who built on Freud's psychoanalytic approach to develop his own unique clinical practice.
I work in English and Greek with adults and adolescents. I offer counselling and psychotherapy in the City of London and my practice is based right next to Mansion House tube (District Line) in Albert Buildings, 49 Queen Victoria Street, ECN 4SA. It is only a few minutes away from Cannon Street, St. Paul's and Bank tube stations and 15 minutes walk from London Bridge Station.
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The kinds of worries that bring people to psychotherapy or counselling are as many and as diverse as the people themselves. There is often a deeply distressing experience which may have led to trauma or a crisis too overwhelming for us to deal with on our own. Inexplicable feelings of depression or anxiety may emerge as a result. Or we may feel unable to move on from past trauma or free ourselves from repetitive choices, behaviours and unhealthy relationship patterns. This may make it increasingly harder for us to enter and maintain relationships which can lead to further depression or anxiety.
Sometimes we may suffer from long-standing psychological symptoms which seriously impact our life and relationships and for which we may have either unsuccessfully sought psychotherapy or counselling before or which, left untreated may have become worse over the years. In many instances, a person visiting a psychotherapist or counsellor may not be able to pinpoint exactly what the problem is but have a general sense of dissatisfaction and lack of fulfilment.
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Sometimes the first step to contacting a therapist is the most difficult: bringing oneself to ask for help. It takes a lot of courage to contact a psychotherapist but it is the first step towards taking your suffering seriously and regaining a sense of control in your life.
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A.J. Croce
Born Adrian James Croce on September 28th 1971. The son of legendary singer/songwriter Jim Croce, A.J. lost his father to a 1973 plane crash. Soon after his father's death, he lost his sight, and began playing the piano. He regained partial vision at age 10. Croce began performing professionally at age 12. A.J. got his first break at 18 when B.B. King heard him play and asked him to join him on tour as a support act. The next year A.J. was signed to Private Music and made his first recording the self titled "". His debut was produced by T-Bone Burnett and John Simon. On the session for his first recording A.J. met Jim Keltner, who became a mentor and hired A.J. to write for a project with Ry Cooder. Keltner would end up producing Croce's second release "That's Me In The Bar". To this date A.J. Croce has recorded 7 albums, all of them reaching the charts in different categories, from Jazz, College, AAA, Americana, and Top 40. A.J's diverse writing and musical abilities have made him a go to songwriter and session musician for a variety of films and numerous creative projects. His 7th CD "Cage Of Muses" will be released in March 2009.
Beside being a multi-talented musician and songwriter A.J. Croce also runs two record labels, his own Seedling Records, which features an eclectic roster of talent that range from Rock to Jazz, as well as the new family owned Croce Music Group, a vehicle for the release of Jim Croce's music. A.J. also runs Croce Publishing, a music publishing company.
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In Concert A.J. has performed with some of the most legendary acts of our time. It started with B.B. King, and then, A.J.'s hero Ray Charles invited him on tour. He has played on stage with Willie Nelson, Ben Harper, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Lyle Lovett, The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Rod Stewart, Santana, Taj Mahal and Dave Mathews just to name a few.
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There has been a significant increase in the use of social media platforms in medicine and healthcare in recent years. In a recent survey conducted by the Medical Protection Society,(1) 36% of respondents confirmed that they use Facebook on a daily basis and 21% said that they use Twitter. There are also a growing number of internet forums and blogs aimed at medical professionals in which medical issues are dealt with and discussed among peers.
However, the increased use of social media by doctors also raises a new set of concerns around important issues such as patient confidentiality, the blurring of personal and professional relationships and the importance of maintaining professionalism online at all times.
In 2012 the UK General Medical Council (GMC) consulted with its members with a view to developing new guidelines on the use of social media by doctors. The draft guidelines include guidance on a number of issues including, for example, what to do if a patient contacts a doctor through a private profile and the importance of not using social media platforms to discuss individual patients or their care. These new guidelines are part of a wider review of the GMC's Good Medical Practice, its core guidance document for doctors. According to the GMC, "the standards expected of doctors do not change because they are communicating through social media rather than face to face, phone or email". It is therefore imperative that medical practitioners remain cognisant of the fact that the same standards of professionalism and confidentiality apply regardless of the medium of communication involved.
The new guidelines, entitled "Doctors' Use of Social Media", are expected to be published on the GMC's website as part of the new edition of Good Medical Practice on March 25 2013. The new guidance will come into effect on April 22 2013.
The Irish Medical Council has not yet published specific guidelines for doctors relating to the use of social media. The council has stated that the guidelines set out in its Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Medical Practitioners are applicable across the board, including the use of social media by doctors. In the council's Guidelines for Medical Schools on Ethical Standards and Behaviour Appropriate for Medical Students, under the confidentiality heading, there is reference to medical students understanding that they should never discuss patients with other students or professionals, which includes discussion via social networking sites.
Taking into account the prevalence of social media today, it remains to be seen whether the Irish Medical Council will follow the GMC's lead in providing further guidance in this area.
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Buying a car can be a frustrating process. But it could go a lot smoother if you know how you'll be paying for the car. After all, about 85% of new car purchases — and 54% of used car purchases — are financed, according to Experian data from the first quarter of 2018.
As you figure out your best way to finance your next car, you may be weighing the pros and cons of a personal loan versus an auto loan. Although both are installment loans with APRs and monthly payments, one is likely better for your purchase.
Find out how you can determine which loan is best for you.
Personal loan vs. auto loan: Which is right for you?
Interest rates for both auto loans and personal loans are based on your credit history. Auto loans typically award lower rates, so they should be your default choice regardless of your credit score. Personal loan interest rates, for example, can be as high as 36.00%, even from top-rated personal loan companies.
Before borrowing, you'll want to understand every aspect of your loan agreement. Most importantly, confirm you have the income and savings to afford your monthly payments.
If you have bad credit …
If you're trying to buy a car with bad credit, you could be stuck with a high APR for either loan type or be forced to take out a secured personal loan.
You might be better off taking the time you need to improve your credit score and save up a large down payment. That'll put you in a much better position to repay your auto loan without a hiccup.
If you're unable to qualify for an auto loan from a dealership or lender, taking out an unsecured or secured personal loan may be your only options.
Both auto loans and secured personal loans may require you to put up the car you're purchasing as collateral. If you default on either type of loan, you could lose the title to your car.
If you opt for an unsecured personal loan, you'd keep the title of your car even if you struggled in repayment. However, you'd suffer other consequences, such as facing collections.
One workaround would be to find a personal loan cosigner. You could ride the coattails of their longer, stronger credit history to a lower personal loan rate.
If you have good credit …
With solid to stellar credit, it's wise to at least consider a personal loan. Top lenders may offer you a competitive rate, plus perks that an auto loan won't include. SoFi, for example, offers unemployment protection on personal loans, allowing you to pause your repayment in the event of a job loss.
If you have good credit but aren't finding many attractive personal loan offers, you could always go with an auto loan.
Ultimately, taking out a personal loan to purchase a car is rarely a good idea. That's because you'll be paying more than what the car is worth, thanks to the relatively higher interest rate. Plus, you have to consider that a car is a depreciating asset, losing significant value as soon as you drive it off the lot.
One exception to this rule would be if you need a car to commute to work and a personal loan is your only realistic avenue to paying for it. Just ensure your salary would cover the increased cost of your wheels, along with every other line item in your budget.
How to get the best auto loan for you
You can find used car loans and new car loans at dealerships, banks, credit unions, and online lenders. Although it might seem more convenient to work with a dealership, you might save hundreds or thousands of dollars by financing elsewhere.
Make sure to compare the following offered by each lender:
- APRs
- Repayment term options
- Fees associated with the loan
As with other installment loans, your quote will be determined mostly by your credit history. With excellent credit, for example, you might qualify for 0% APR on a short-term loan advertised by dealerships looking to clear out older models. Up until early July 2018, for example, there are zero-rate offers on 2017 Chevy Cruzes.
Because auto loans are secured, interest rates are relatively lower. But you could decrease your quoted interest rate — and save on interest charges during repayment — by making a sizable down payment in cash.
How to find a personal loan for your car purchase
Like auto loans, personal loans are available from banks, credit unions, and online lenders. Offers awarded are also primarily based on your credit history.
Personal loan payments are made each month over a number of years. Just as you would with auto loans, make sure you shop around, find the right repayment plan, and avoid unnecessary fees.
However, it's more difficult to receive a low, fixed interest rate on a personal loan without tip-top credit. That's because personal loans are generally unsecured, meaning that you don't post collateral to borrow.
Without being able to seize your car or other personal property, lenders tend to charge higher interest rates on personal loans for bad credit borrowers.
Of course, there are secured personal loans that allow you to put up the car's title as collateral. But you'd need a certain level of credit to receive a competitive APR.
There's a lot to consider when choosing how to finance your new or used wheels. If you're not ready to end the personal loan versus auto loan debate, review all of the ways you can afford a car.
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AT&T has announced that it plans to offer internet-based streaming TV service later this year. The new services, which will be branded and packaged as DirecTV products, will let you stream video from smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, set top boxes, PCs, or other devices using a wired or wireless internet connection. AT&T says the new services will not require an existing DirecTV service plan, set top box, or satellite dish and they will not have any contract stipulations.
The new packages will be divided into three tiers: DirecTV Now, DirecTV Mobile, and DirecTV Preview. The Now package will offer the most content, "including much of what is available from DirecTV today, " according to AT&T's press release. The Mobile option will be priced lower and only available to smartphones (AT&T says it will be available to all smartphone owners, regardless of carrier), while the Preview service will be a free, ad-supported option with limited content options. AT&T says pricing for the tiers will be revealed at launch later this year. DirecTV's traditional satellite service and AT&T's U-verse TV and internet service will continue to be provided after the new internet-based TV services are launched.
An AT&T spokesperson declined to detail which channels or content packages would be available to the new streaming services, but did note that "DirecTV Now will have a range of content packages" and it would include on-demand and live programming from "many networks, plus premium add-on options." It is also yet to be known which platforms or devices AT&T will offer apps to access the services on or exactly when the services will be available.
Pricing and content options remain unknown
The closest analog to these new services might be SlingTV, which offers internet-based streaming packages, live content, and on-demand content from a handful of channels on devices such as smartphones, gaming systems, and set-top boxes, without the need for a cable or satellite subscription. If AT&T is able to offer all four major networks — CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox — plus ESPN and HBO, it could be one of the first to offer internet-based television that truly competes with a cable provider. But until we know more, such as pricing and content availability, it remains a question mark just how compelling these new services will be.
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This Accurail model is the first widely available, 36-foot box
car model introduced since the MDC/Roundhouse cars in the early 1970s.
The model represents a newer prototype and many lasted in service to the
K brake interchange ban of 1953. Several railroads upgraded the brake
systems for continued service. Other lines used these cars in
maintenance service after 1953, while some lines converted the cars to
cabooses, rider cars, and line side sheds over the years.
This specific model is an exclusive model for the NYCSHS 2018 Convention.
Many modelers do not realize that freight cars of the early 1900s
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We were fortunate to be one of the voters for the MLS end of the season awards for 2009. While we will certainly share all of our votes for MVP, Rookie, etc…. there was one vote that was business specific, yet receives only a small amount of attention from most soccer media; the Public Relations Award. Although the award wasn't particularly well defined, we cast our vote for the team public relations group that does the best promoting its team and soccer in the community.
After careful consideration, we elected to give our first place vote to the Seattle Sounders. The pre-season guerrrila campaign was brilliant, the billboards were omnipresent and the results speak for themselves. Despite the advantages of being "new", the Sounders organization did an outstanding job of promoting their product and their players. By the end of the regular season, a Swedish International was a household name in the city, the goalie was all over the news and the team was a lead story.
For the record, we also thought long and hard about our second place vote, and we ultimately gave that to the Dynamo. Houston's array of promotional events for each game, community outreach programs and other events are unmatched throughout the League. Houston sets the standard among MLS franchises in working to promote each game to potential walk-up crowds.
On the field, the first leg of round one is complete and fans were treated some entertaining games, one snoozer and some varied crowds. The playoffs started with an exciting match and a frenzied crowd in Seattle where more than 35k were in attendance. On Saturday, a disappointing crowd of 11,500 saw RSL hold off Columbus at Rio Tinto. On Sunday, the Revs and Fire played to an exciting 2-1 result before friends and family of about 7,500 at Gillette. The weekend finished up with a fairly enjoyable game at the Home Depot Center where a noisy crowd of 25k saw round one of the playoff Derby.
As for some of the other awards, we voted for Cunningham for MVP, Gonzalez for Rookie and Marshall for D.
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