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Japanese holds third place in terms of languages spoken worldwide surpassed only by English and Chinese. In regard to economic power Japan and China are both important market for translations.
121 million people live in Japan and Japanese is spoken by 125 million people around the world and uses double byte characters much like Chinese. In fact, many of the characters written in Japanese are the same in Chinese. However in speaking the pronunciation of these two languages are completely different.
As a freelance translator writing the Japanese there are three important character sets you must know. The first two; Katakana and Hiragana, use characters that represent awful syllable. Katakana is used more for recent additions to the Japanese language, names and foreign words. Hiragana on the other hand, is used for simple words, articles of speech and verb conjugation.
The third character set is called Kanji, which was brought to Japan by the Buddhist monks more than 1,200 years ago from China. Today the influence of this character set can be seen although in a much more simplified form. In Kanji, each character represents a complete word and is the predominant character set of most Japanese text.
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These days "civil society" doesn't really mean "society" at all. We should be quite honest and state that "civil society" is defined as NGOs, academics, dissidents and everything else that is not "State" or the "hoy polloy" that constitutes the vast majority of society.
For some reason, established international political institutions in particular, have come to think of "civil society" as representing the "hoy polloy" when their voice is not being recognised by domestic politics, despite "civil society" having no democratic mandate and therefore representative of whom and how many exactly, is sometimes difficult to identify.
It is quite easy to make a case, whether it is a strong case or not, that "civil society" in a great many cases are often no more than lobby groups with narrow interests dressed up something they are not, namely representative of the unheard voice of the masses and acting on their behalf with some form of inferred majority democratic mandate and legitimacy.
Of course there is no problem with engaging with such lobby groups, even those with extremely narrow interests, as they will continue to push domestic governments in those particular areas where the EU has common interest with theirs. Maybe my dislike for the expression "civil society" is simply based on the fact it is on occasion not civil and often not representative of much of society either. Maybe I am being pedantic relating to the label such groups are given, but in politics words and perception matters.
Anyway, Stephan Fulle gave a speech two days ago in Poland to "civil society" from the EaP nations. Such was the reach of this speech to the "hoy polloy", that there is no mention of it in the Ukrainian press, despite the fact he didn't mention Ukraine in a good or bad way other than acknowledging it as an EaP nation!
EU politicians criticising Ukraine are often shown on Ukrainian TV, covered in the press and of course are all over the Internet on Russian and Ukrainian websites. Ukraine has not got to the point where such things are removed from reaching the masses via State intervention. Indeed Ukraine is a long way from that point as watching any political debate programme on TV would underline. Such programmes are live, feisty, attract large national audiences and feature guests from political parties large and small debating with each other, questioned by the press and also by the live audience on occasion. One could even call it vibrant.
However, returning to Mr Fulle's speech, whilst he quite rightly identifies Belarus as the current EaP "bad boy" and in particular draws attention to the plight of Ales Byalyatski, again quite rightly, is it not strange in a speech of this kind, he fails to mention Yulia Tymoshenko, particularly as her 51st birthday was the day before and spent in a cell that the EU say she should not be in?
Was she omitted because she is classed as a politician (despite not having held a seat in the RADA for almost 2 years)? If so then that is fair enough. She certainly doesn't qualify as academia or an intellectual, nor NGO or dissident which seems to be the broad definition of "civil society". One has to suppose that being the leader of a political party, whilst not being an MP herself, keeps her within the "political class" rather than being a civil activist or just another member of the hoy polloy.
He calls for more talking platforms, promises of another Euro 22 million on top of the last Euro 9 million would seem to once again be building more structures within structures within structures within the EU. Yet further promises of further funding when yet another internal EU platform is created as well.
All of this whilst he is speaking from an existing platform that managed to gather EaP "civil society" from numerous nations to Poland. So that platform obviously works! Why make it more complicated and more costly? How many platforms does there need to be to engage with "civil society" in any EaP nation? Do there need to be so many platforms that it becomes deliberately opaque? How to account fot the Euro millions then?
The EU should be quite relieved that supra-structures are not measured by Transparency International. One wonders where the EU would sit when their next report is published on 1st December if it did. Talking of said report, I will be sure to bring you news of Ukraine's anticipated sliding down the league.
In summary, the EU EaP strategy with regard to "civil society" appears to be delivering a far more complex structure than currently exists and then throwing money at it, in broad terms as highlighted by Mr Fulle. I suppose that is at least consistent with every other EU policy.
It should be noted that the Ukrainian Tax Code initially outlined by the government was not modified due to Ukrainian political opposition or indeed a formal NGO or civil society group. Change to the proposed Code came from the biggest Ukrainian demonstration by the public since 2004 (about 10,000 people).
Such demonstrations would suggest that society as a whole has little faith in political opposition, civil society or others (EU) to change matters and that large scale bottom up peaceful protest is the best way for reform. Fortunately when Ukrainians take to the streets over something they believe in it has been both peaceful and with a narrative that provides alternative solutions.
Great song, wonderful parody, no real alternative solutions or mechanisms for any proposed reforms that are forcefully narrated. Nevertheless, the link to the video was forwarded by Bianca Jagger and obligingly I will re-post as requested although that does not necessarily infer my personal views on the matter.
Nevertheless, Mr Fulle and civil society should take note that Ukrainian politics takes note of bottom up protest that is A-political by society far more than civil society, regardless of how complex the EU makes any communications systems or the amount of cash the EU throws at civil society.
Maybe civil society should engage the Ukrainian public a lot more actively than it does? Sitting aloof from the hoy polloy and engaging with Ukrainian and EU politicians alone is no way to garner the support in the numbers necessary to avoid being easily dismissed. Despite the lack of pointed narrative the Occupy movement manages to convey, they have at least managed to gain support in huge numbers who realise that what they want to be heard is not being heard well enough by the politicians, whatever that is.

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"Hey, Ornesta! How's life in da U.P.?"
"Not so bad. The thermometer hasn't blown out the bottom end yet, the bears haven't moved into town to feast on the inhabitants, and I haven't had to deal with any sneezified menus lately. How about yourself?"
"Um, well … Ornesta, may I come live at your house for a while?"
"Sure, Sweetie! We can put you up in the ice shanty out back. Bud won't need it until the Gitch* freezes over, and that won't happen for a few weeks yet. You'll have your own private commode too, even if it does have a little moon carved out of the door. What's the problem? Hubby being mean to you?"
"No, no. The hubby's always good to me. I can't complain — even if he can't figure out how to use the phones around the house without disconnecting himself."
"How about the teenager? Is she running wild all over town?"
"No, not that either. The closest Beebee ever comes to running wild is to saunter down Main Street in Little Chute with her guitar strapped to her back."
"Little Chute! What does she go there for? It's full of Hollanders!"
"She's got a friend that lives there — not Hollander, either. But — what's wrong with Hollanders? We're all either Hollanders or Krauts down here. If you stick a bratwurst in each of our fists, you can't tell us apart. We all talk like Yoopers*."
"Heeeyyyy! Well, at least if you come to stay with us no one will know you aren't the genuine article. You know, I visited Little Chute once. Went there for the Kermit Festival — but I didn't see the little green guy anywhere, or Miss Piggy either — just a lotta folks clomping around in wooden shoes, with tulips stuck in their baseball caps."
"Kermis, not Kermit! It just means an outdoor festival in Dutch."
"Yah, whatever. Now, what's the matter, anyway?"
"(Sigh!) Money doesn't grow on the bushes out back, BFF's aren't always forever, my creative juices seem to have gotten rancid, I should have taken up Dave Barry on his offer after all, and I might as well apply the Christmas cookies directly to my hips, since they're going to end up there anyway. "
"Yah, those are problems, all right. But, how is living in the ice shanty going to fix 'em, do you s'pose?"
"Well, I think I just need a change of scenery — new vistas produce new writing fodder, you know?"
"That might take care of the rancid juices, but I don't know if it will help the cookie-hips problem much. But tell you what: you pack your duffel bag and c'mon up, and I'll have Merle Haggard singin' Everybody Gets the Blues and If We Make It Through December on the tape deck in the shanty to cheer you up when you get here."
"Throw in Mule Skinner Blues, and I'm on my way!"
*The Gitch — Gitche Gumee; Lake Superior
*Yoopers — people who live in Michigan's upper peninsula
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As a leading multi-channel retailer in a highly competitive market, Best Buy understands the importance of leveraging the Internet to drive traffic and purchases at its retail stores. With a customer-centric focus, Best Buy's goal is to deliver a consistent customer experience across all of its channels, empowering consumers to research and purchase products seamlessly, either online or in its retail stores. The company is committed to continuously updating its website to deliver a top-notch web experience2020年欧洲杯冠亚军预测. As a long- time Akamai customer, Best Buy is constantly taking advantage of new Akamai cloud services to help it reach its goals. This partnership has proven critical to helping Best Buy serve the dynamic content and web applications that ensure an engaging and interactive shopping experience.
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If you're looking for a sweet holiday story that will bring a smile to your face well I found one for you! The Durant Fire Department in Oklahoma was trying to decide what to put on their Christmas Cards this year and came up with such a cute idea. Normally they put a picture of the Fire House or a picture of all the guys standing in front of the Fire House but this time one of the wife's decided it would be pretty special to put a picture of all the babies born to the firemen this year. Considering the depart is only made up of 33 firemen having 6 babies born in 2016 is a pretty big deal not to mention all the adorableness! Also, you have to keep in mind the magic it must have took to get all six of these little ones to cooperate for the shoot!
Source: You Have to See This Fire Station's Christmas Card Featuring 6 Babies Born in 2016 | Parents


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But whilst it was only gone for a short time, I really did miss it. I use it daily - actually three to four times a day at least. My poor machine really does cop a flogging.
Here's just a sample of what I've been making lately:
|Lemon Curd
|Risotto Arrabbiata
|Pecan Pie
|Vanilla Ice Cream (yes I make my own.) And the reason for it's slightly cream-coloured appearance is that I use Full-Cream Unhomogenised Guernsey Milk from Maleny Dairies - it's the best milk!
|Raspberry and Blueberry Friands for the kid's lunchboxes (I know - pretty spoilt aren't they!)
And lately I've been baking all sorts of different kinds of breads, but I'm finally onto a winner with this Ciabatta bread that I baked just this morning:
Ciabatta, a classic Italian bread, has lots of large air pockets and the most delicious crispy crust. This bread recipe is made up of four simple ingredients: water, flour, salt and the tiniest bit of yeast - that's it. I made the dough (mixed in 30 seconds) which sat in a lightly oiled bowl overnight. Then this morning I placed it onto a floured tray and into a hot oven for half an hour - done. How easy is that? There is nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread and the taste and texture is truly amazing. I know we've got the markets and Sol Breads just up the road, but at $7 a loaf, making this at home is far cheaper and it only takes 30 minutes to cook, which is the time it would take me to get to the shop and back.
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I read Rielle Hunter's book What Really Happened. It should have been titled What Just Happened?
It's ironic that Rielle, who identifies herself as a "spirtual truth seeker" is involved with the biggest lyin' ass. Ever.
Presidential wanna-be John Edwards takes lying to a whole new level. We should all be ashamed looking back over the paltry lies we've told over the years, and bow down to The Master.
He's such a liar, his lies aren't even plausible. He would gush about his late wife, Elizabeth, describing her as "magnificent," the "greatest woman" he's ever known. It's so obvious he was up to something. What husband talks about his wife like that??
Edwards won Father of the Year in 2007, and was practically impregnating Rielle during his acceptance speech. (Their daughter, Quinn, was born 9 mos later.)
But then, Elizabeth wasn't exactly the perfect wife. Edwards was so whipped by the vicious controlling Elizabeth that he didn't have an ATM card because she didn't think he could be trusted to even buy a frickin' sandwich. He had to hand over his cell phones so she could check them. He seemed to live in terror of her.
The book reveals that Elizabeth would dominate him with rage fests that would last for hours, screaming and slapping. If a man had treated a woman like that, he would have been labeled an abusive ass, yet Elizabeth gets labeled a saint.
Reille claims that at the heart of this chocolate mess menage is a true "love story" between her and John.
But let's review how loving Edwards has been towards Rielle:
- Like a little bitch, Edwards broke up with Rielle when his wife found out, but later begged her back
- Edwards wasn't with Rielle at the OB/GYN getting confirmation of her pregnancy because he was on vacay with his wife
- Weeks after Edwards found out Rielle was preggers, Edwards renewed his martial vows with Elizabeth and People magazine covered it
- He boasted about Elizabeth on TV, calling her "sexy," his "moral leader" and "the love of my life"
- Edwards called Rielle a "crazy slut" to aides, and a "one-time mistake" to the world
- Edwards tried to get aide, Andrew Young, to talk Rielle into an abortion
- He screamed in fury at Rielle for allowing herself to be ambushed by The National Enquirer
- Edwards bald-faced lied, claiming Rielle's baby wasn't his, and that he had "no idea" whose it was
- He convinced Andrew to lie and claim Rielle's baby was his
- Edwards wasn't in the delivery room with Rielle when Quinn was born
- He publicly acknowledged Quinn for the first time last month (she's four)
- A few days ago, Edwards publicly appeared with both Rielle and Quinn for the first time
That's why I call Rielle nuts. It's not for all her crystal healing, new age nonsense. It's because—for years–Rielle has put up with this lying ass married man who has treated her like dog dirt.
This is what she thinks has been an "indescribable" great romance? This is earth-shattering "intensity-like-a-rock-concert" love that can't be denied? Her standards are pathetically low.
Elizabeth and John Edwards had one of those sacred heterosexual marriages that must be protected from being tainted by gay marriage. Give me a break.
RATING: 5 stars. This book was a highly entertaining read.
UPDATE: Rielle Hunter announced on Good Morning America that she and John Edwards are officially over. She must have read this.


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Selling your home – especially since you are not in your native country – can be emotionally challenging and surprisingly time-consuming. Strangers will come into your home and poke around in your closets and cabinets. They will criticize aspects of your home and then, to top it all off, they will offer you less money than you think your home is worth! With no experience and a complex, emotional transaction on your hands, it's easy for home sellers to make lots of mistakes, but many of these pitfalls can be avoided altogether. Read on to find out how we can help you to get the highest possible price for your home within a reasonable time frame – without losing your mind!
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Once you decide to sell your home, it can be helpful to start thinking of yourself as a businessperson and a home seller rather than as the home's owner. By looking at the transaction from a purely financial perspective, you'll distance yourself from the emotional aspects of selling the property that you've undoubtedly created many memories in.


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It's common among many development teams – often larger teams, but especially those using agile project management and continuous deployment – to automate the process of application builds. Depending on the complexity of the software, these builds can be frequent and the resources needed to conduct the builds can be costly if persisted. Orchestrating them is fraught with peril – many a project has been derailed by the nightly build that failed to fire off – and usually a fair amount of DevOps time is spent managing the build process.
Amazon's announcement today of its CodeBuild service takes square aim at these logistical problems, by providing automated build services.
CodeBuild removes the need to dedicate specific compute resources to builds. Instead, AWS automatically creates and destroys the resources necessary to handle each build and allows you to automate your build stream, too.
This should save most development teams money (since the build environment is only persisted for as long as it's needed), but more importantly, should eliminate build backlogs.
All you specify for each build is:
- A repository. CodeCommit, GitHub or a plain old S3 bucket will work.
- The language or environment to use. Node.js, Java, Python, Ruby, Go, Docker and Android are supported.
- An IAM role. You need to grant CodeBuild permission to allocate the compute resources needed to make your build.
- The commands you need to run for the build.
- The memory and vCPUs you want dedicated to the build. CodeBuild will create and destroy instances as needed.
AWS CodePipeline (for continuous integration/continuous delivery) is fully supported, and you can use CodeBuild for Lambda functions. Automation is conducted through the SDKs or CLI. You can manage CodeBuild through the Management Console, APIs and CLI.
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Chronic Pain – It May Be In Your Head After All
Dopamine may be a key to future chronic pain therapy.
Studying the pain impulse sequence occurring between the spinal cord and the brain in mice, a research team at the University of Texas Dallas studied neurons that were responsible the impact of chemical neurotransmitters on neurons that "didn't affect acute pain, but they did have a profound effect on chronic pain."
"These findings demonstrate a novel role for how dopamine contributes to maintaining chronic pain states," said Dr. Ted Price, associate professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at UT Dallas. "This may open up new opportunities to target medicines that could reverse chronic pain."
The chemical, dopamine, is produced in the brain and sets the stage for many important brain functions, but the mechanisms that cause it to contribute to chronic pain are less well understood.
They found that chronic pain was greatly reduced when they were able to remove the collection of neurons referred to as A11. A11 contains the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is usually associated with other brain functions such as cognition, movement and reward-behavior.
Other neurotransmitters have been studied in relation to chronic pain; however, "By process of elimination, we decided to look more closely at dopamine." said Price "We used a toxin that affected A11 neurons, and that's when we found that acute pain signals were still normal, but chronic pain was absent."
Pain signals travel like electricity from an injury to the spinal cord where they pass on electrical or chemical pain signals to other cells. In people with chronic pain, neurons continue to send pain signals to the brain, even in the absence of injury, but the causes of this are not known.
Studies such as these, shed light into how pain signals are transmitted to the brain, and may be an important clue to how we address chronic pain therapy. "In 2011, the Institute of Medicine estimated that more than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, a condition that costs more than $600 billion each year in medical care and lost productivity."
"In future studies, we would like to gain a better understanding of how stress interacts with A11," Price said. "And we'd like to know more about the interaction between molecular mechanisms that promote chronic pain and dopamine."
The research paper was published in The Journal of Neuroscience. The study was funded in part by The University of Texas at Dallas, the National Institutes of Health and the Rita Allen Foundation.


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I'm always after new things to try in the beauty world, and it came as a shock to me when I realised I had never tried nail wraps before. These Kiss Gel Dress Nails seemed rather simple going by the instructions, so decided to give them a shot. This design in particular is called Fairy Dust, and I think it's really cute and definitely 'me'. I used the leopard print wrap on the accent nail for a pop of colour, however there's more than enough strips to do it the other way round as the pack includes 40 gel strips.
As a newbie, I did struggle applying the full wraps on my first attempt; however that's probably just me needing practice! The tips which I succeeded with applied quickly and effortlessly, perfect if you're rushing out the door, but want a bit of glam on your nails. I topped up my nails with Kiss ultrashine gel-strong topcoat, for a lasting finish. However you don't actually have to go out any buy any additional products as the pack contains the gels strips, mini file, manicure stick, wipe & shine pad plus a handy instruction sheet.
The nail wraps and topcoat, courtesy of Kiss, were really easy to manage and apply, I'm very impressed with them! They last up to 1 week with a regular top coat, or up to 2 weeks when used with Kiss double-up top gel and LED lamp. The best thing that I love about these wraps is that to remove them, you only need to peel them off! With so many colours and patterns to choose from, you'll be spoiled for choice! Available from Superdrug for £5.99, these are gel nails without the expensive price tag.
If you could have any design on a nail wrap, what would it be?


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- Training Room Organiser – manage bookings for on-site training rooms.
- Personnel Search – search for personnel based on training requirements.
- File Attachments – unlimited number of attachments (photos, documents etc) can be added to each personnel training file.
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It's not my story to tell, certainly not the whole story any way. But I can share my experience… watching my first friend from childhood (we've been friends for nearly 40 years) set off on the journey to a fitter, healthier lifestyle. She thanks me frequently… but it has been her hard work, focus, refocus, dedication and sweat that got her across the finish line of her first 5K. All I did was cheer.
Sandra would say that she was never an athletic person and probably confirm that physical activity was miserable. It wasn't something she enjoyed or gravitated toward. In fact I believe that exercise was quite painful for Sandra – especially in the years that followed high school into our working life.
Somewhere in her late 30's, Sandra began a journey of fitness and healthy living that has been truly motivation beyond belief. You can read about her story here on her blog: Slim Down with Sandee.
She shared her struggles of losing weight on her blog – and inspired so many folks to begin their own journey. I remember the days when her motivation was so high and the successes were coming often. It was so inspiring to watch. Sandra went through the start and stop cycle that we all go through and over the long haul has made permanent changes that have lasted years. When she reached out to me last year and said that she wanted to do a 5K – she asked, "would I join her?. There was no place else I would have been that day. I was so excited for her.
I share Sandee's journey – not from her perspective, but from mine. Seeing my dearest sister begin the journey of running (Couch to 5K plan) was so inspiring. Having started running myself nearly 8 years prior, I understood what she was up against. Starting the journey from inactivity to becoming active is a challenging experience. The body begins it's process of adaptation – and frankly, it can be quite uncomfortable. I recall my own loathing of running initially – the frustration, the complete sense that I was horrible at it and that it would never get easier, it would never get better. It was with this memory that my thoughts went out to Sandra.
She would post her workouts on Facebook – and I recall watching the intervals where she ran longer grow and walked become shorter… I watched her pace increase, slowly but surely. She was getting stronger – the numbers were showing it. The day that she posted that she just finished her run on a 40F rainy day – she attained BEAST MODE in my book!
Each week she posted… her training sessions on the track. Minute after minute, lap after lap, running around that track. All I could think about was how mentally tough she was – out there running around a track over and over and over again…. and she just kept going. She will probably never know how seeing her workouts made me feel accountable to my own training. How knowing she was out there busting her butt was so inspirational to me.
When the day for her race finally arrived – she was surrounded by her wonderful collection of loving souls to run with her. As we warmed up for the race – she asked me which one of my races was my favorite. I remember trying to think about which of all of the events that I had done was my favorite. They were each unique in their own way – offering new and different challenges. None stood out as a favorite… each just different.
When Sandra and I crossed the line of her first 5K – a very hilly and hot 5K color run…. the pride and joy at watching her accomplishment washed over me… my favorite race… was running with Sandra in her first 5K.
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Complaint Seeks Overturn
of Federal Contraceptive Policy
Ever since its founding, Thomas Aquinas College has been committed to upholding Catholic social teaching in all of its policies and practices. It has sought, for example, to consistently obey the civil law, to provide suitable wages and benefits to its employees and their families, and to honor the Church's teachings on marriage and sexuality. In keeping with these commitments, on Friday, September 20, the College filed a complaint against the U. S. government (PDF) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. (Read the complaint and the plaintiffs' brief in support of the preliminary injunction.)
The complaint alleges that the HHS mandate that compels all employers — even Catholic ones — to provide contraceptive, abortifacient, and sterilization coverage to their employees violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Specifically, the complaint argues, the policy substantially burdens the free exercise of religion without a compelling governmental interest. Further, by requiring employers with religiously motivated objections to provide morally problematic coverage, the mandate also violates the Administrative Procedures Act.
Represented by the Jones Day law firm, the College and its co-plaintiffs — the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, The Catholic University of America, and others — are seeking a permanent injunction that would relieve them of the mandate's unjust requirements and severe penalties. The plaintiffs are additionally asking for the court to vacate the mandate altogether, in light of the Constitutional issues involved and the obvious threat posed to religious liberty.
"No Other Choice"
This direct legal action comes nearly two years after U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced the mandate as part of the Affordable Care Act. Since then, the College has taken every possible action short of litigation to resist the measure, filing formal complaints with the appropriate agencies and issuing a direct appeal to President Obama. Regrettably, these protests have gone ignored.
The courts have dismissed most early lawsuits against the mandate due to a lack of "ripeness" or timeliness, either because the mandate had not yet taken effect, or because the Obama Administration was still modifying it. "With the Administration having finalized the law in August, we are certain that now is the time to act, because the mandate remains unsupportable," says the College's general counsel, J. Quincy Masteller. "With all that is at stake — for both the Catholic character and the financial viability of the College — we really have no other choice."
"It is important for a Catholic educational institution such as Thomas Aquinas College to bear witness to its Catholic character by challenging measures that create a conflict between its duties to uphold the tenets of Catholic social teaching and obey the civil law," says President Michael F. McLean.
Pains and Penalties
This dilemma is both ethical and financial. The HHS mandate carries stiff, potentially ruinous penalties. "If the College were to avoid the mandate by simply refusing to offer health coverage, we would have to pay an annual penalty of $2,000 per employee over the first 30 employees, or $96,000 a year," explains Mr. Masteller. "But if we were to continue providing health insurance without coverage for contraception, sterilization, and abortion-causing drugs, we would face penalties of $100 a day for each of our 78 employees — or $2.85 million a year, which we simply cannot afford. The law effectively demands that we either violate our Catholic conscience or deny health coverage to our employees and their families."
"It is imperative that the College work to overturn measures that seriously threaten our catholic identity and our financial stability," adds President McLean. "After consulting with members of the Board of Governors, the faculty, and our bishop, the Most Rev. José H. Gomez, it became clear that we must oppose this measure by any legal means possible. Left unchallenged, the mandate would compel us to choose one of three options that we cannot abide: disobey the civil law, do not provide healthcare for our employees' families, or pay for medications and procedures that are contrary to Catholic moral teaching."
For prudential reasons, the College opted to pursue litigation in the D.C. District Court rather than in California's own Ninth Circuit. "We are very pleased that the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., the Catholic University of America, and the other plaintiffs have welcomed our participation," notes Dr. McLean. "It is heartening to see Catholic institutions come together in defense of the Faith."
A Time for Prayer
Shortly after the terms of the HHS Mandate became known, the College began a period of spiritual fortification. At the conclusion of every Mass in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, the congregation says the Prayer to St. Michael, seeking the Archangel's intercession in this legal and political struggle. "I encourage our friends everywhere to join our students and faculty in reciting daily the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel," says Dr. McLean, "that we might be victorious in this effort."
Posted: Updated October 7, 2013
"The Catholic Church may be justly proud of this unique college of Saint Thomas Aquinas on account of the high quality of its professors and its cultural contribution through philosophy and theology."
– Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo
President Emeritus of the Governatorate
Vatican City State


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How to Avoid Validation Errors on Scanned FDA Forms
Not using electronic signatures to sign Forms FDA 356h or 1571? That's okay, but you will need to know how to avoid validation errors on scanned FDA forms.
Scanning, a Thing of the Past
Nowadays the word "scan" is a bad word. Scanned documents are more difficult to read and often the quality is lower. Further, scanned documents do not allow search or copy and paste text. During an electronic review, the ability to search and cut and paste text are very useful. Sponsors are reporting more and more rejections if scanned documents are submitted.
Signs Point to Stricter Enforcement of FDA Fillable Forms
In recent weeks, sponsors filing eCTD submissions to FDA have reported instances of Refuse to Receive (RTR) notifications for failure to provide a fillable Form 3674. These actions indicate that the Agency is stepping up enforcement in this area as it aims to process even more submissions automatically. Using industry presentations and guidance documents, FDA has previously stated that sponsors "must" include fillable forms. The Agency has also made it clear that scanned images of FDA forms "will not be accepted." Based on the information made public by FDA to date and the experience of sponsors in recent months, the most logical strategy moving forward is to provide a fillable form where one is available.
Hyperlinking Best Practices: Common Issue in PDF Rendition
"When you use Word templates with styles and make use of the MS Word 'cross-referencing' option, tables, figures, sections, etc. within a given page all are automatically [linked] to their target destinations. However, when you have the same table cross referenced on the same page four (4) times, after rendition to PDF, you must manually break those three (3) extra links and convert the text from blue to black. Do you have this issue or is your EDMS customized to take care of this automatically?"
Specifications for eCTD Validation Criteria 2.2: PDF Checks
FDA implemented eCTD validation criteria 2.2 on April 30, 2013. This version of the validation criteria includes PDF checks to ensure compliance with FDA PDF Specifications V2.0, Guidance for Industry: Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format – Human Pharmaceutical Applications and Related Submissions Using the eCTD Specifications, ICH eCTD Specification V3.2.2, ICH Q&A, as well as promote general good practice to ensure reviewability.


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What caught my attention about Guy Fier food celebrity on Food Network was his passion to share real food and the people who create it. It was no surprise when I saw he was on the front cover of SUCCESS Magazine this month and I just had to share some of the highlights from the write up and a favorite GUY recipe.
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- On food: "Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat."
- On fatherhood: "My dad's my best friend, so being a good father to Hunter and Ryder, spending time with them and teaching them, that's No. 1 for me."
- On his critics: "What you get is what you see with me. There's no show. I'm like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized. What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to stop being me? If someone boos a quarterback, does that mean he stops throwing his favorite pass?"
- On his unique style: "If I probably didn't have tattoos, or if I probably didn't bleach my hair, or if I probably didn't wear blue jeans and a T-shirt to fancy things, if I didn't do things that make me look like someone who's whacked out of their mind, it'd probably be different. But then again, that's how I wanna dress. And I like my tattoos. And I like my hair cut the way it is."
See link for full story: http://www.success.com/article/guy-fieri-shares-what-feeds-his-appetite-for-life
[alert-note]My Favorite Guy Recipe[/alert-note]
One of my favorite recipes my family and I have enjoyed over the past few years was found on MyJuiceCup.com It is a super easy GUY recipe to put together and you don't have to be sushi lover to enjoy it.
- Sushi rice
- Rice wrappers
- Bamboo sushi rolling mat
- Sushi ingredients (such as fries, onion rings, meats, veggies, etc.)
- Dipping sauces (such as chipotle mayo, wasabi, BBQ sauce, etc.)
- Fry up the potato fries
- Cook the pork with sauce and simmered for a few hours
- Avocado thinly sliced.
- Cook shushi rice according to package instructions, pulled out our bamboo rolling mat, and began to layer ingredients over a softened rice wrapper laid out flat.
- After rolling things up, we sliced our Gringo Sushi into 1-2″ portions and set them face-up on a platter for serving.
- Chipotle mayonnaise and a bit of wasabe make great condiments.
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From Food Network
[alert-announce]Do you have a favorite Foodie Star? I'd love to hear who it is and how they inspire you in the garden or kitchen.
Hope we can connect soon,


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Dispatch Console Equipment
Designed to fully leverage your existing RF assets, the Mindshare console provides enhanced interoperability, network design flexibility and scalability. The Mindshare system's quick deployment, cost effectiveness and ease of maintenance meets the demands of highly centralized and distributed dispatch networks. The Mindshare system takes full advantage of today's VoIP and telephony technologies to ensure virtually seamless communications via Ethernet with legacy radio systems, trunked systems such as P25, DMR, NXDN, as well as telephone systems. This insures universally seamless radio communication regardless of the status of your legacy equipment, relative network design sophistication and size.
The Mindshare system is built from console-interface to radio-interface to maximize your ability to effectively manage critical dispatch functions and to maintain seamless communication. The dispatch console design and execution software operates in both Windows and Linux environments. Our user interface design software provides highly customizable screen layouts and added functionality. When used on our MAXplus hardware, Mindshare's USB based enhanced multichannel audio system (with best of class headsets, microphones & speakers) provides an end-to-end digital connection to ensure crisp, uncorrupted voice communication across your radio network. The Mindshare MAXplus combines a processor into the audio interface unit for a complete dispatch system in the smallest possible form factor. Running the Linux version of the console software, and directly connected internally to the audio system, The MAXplus represents the most stable and capable console platform in the industry.


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Julian Bond is a Pianist, Vocalist, Composer, and Arranger, with a love of diverse musical styles. He will present an energetic evening of music!
Julian was born in England and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating with an Honors degree in Composition. He has worked internationally as a composer, pianist, conductor and producer. He currently resides in Orlando, Florida, where he diversifies himself among many companies, including Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.
Julian has won numerous awards for his playing and writing, including EMI's "Make Music" award, the Guildhall's Alexander Grotsz Prize for composition, and in 2004 was named one of the USA's top 10 young film score composers by Turner Classic Movies. He has written for several notable and diverse clients, including Nancy Kerrigan's Ice Castle Show.
Julian performs a tremendous repertoire of songs. He composes new material and arranges music for The MasterSounds. Julian is also an accomplished professional Magician!


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Oh, planning and budgeting. That thing that slaps you with dread, overwhelm and/or makes you as excited as a kid opening a brand-new, 2,000 piece puzzle on Christmas Day. (Yes, some people out there actually LOVE budgeting, crazy – I know!)
The ultimate goal of the budgeting and planning puzzle: keep maintenance fees as low as possible while funding reserves and paying all the bills. If done properly, you'll walk away from your puzzle with a beautiful depiction of the vacation ownership resort's fiscal health, but if it's not done properly you'll be left screaming frustrations at a pile of random pieces. This month I spoke with Emily Baxter, MBA, and Controller at Defender Resorts about some tips for making the budgeting and planning process a little smoother and more successful.
So, what pieces make up a great budget? One of the most helpful elements is proper forecasting.
"Forecasting is the most important tool for keeping the budget analysis current throughout the year," said Baxter "You should be adjusting your forecast every single month with every expense so that it is an always shifting document that remains accurate."
To continue to adjust your forecast you should be looking at the actual income and expenses compared to the budget so you can determine if you are going to be over or under and determine what adjustments need to be made in operations to stay on track and bring the budget back in line. In short, you can't have a "set it and forget it" mindset when it comes to forecasting. It has to be ever changing and analyzed regularly.
As for the initial budget, don't wait until budget meeting time. According to Baxter, she creates a budget shell in late summer so that she's prepared ahead of time for the budgets of the 39 associations which make their way to her desk all at once. Her budget shells have two to three years' worth of actuals so that she can clearly see patterns and trends, making her budgets more accurate for the coming year.
Once your shell is created and you move on to the actual budget you should spread it out across 12 months but do not just divide each line item by twelve months evenly.
"Take the budget, but don't make the mistake of just dividing it evenly by twelve because for most expenses that is not realistic since expenses such as water and electric all vary by month and occupancy levels," said Baxter. "There are peaks and valleys to income and expenses. Take Florida for example, most maintenance fee payments come in between January and February, but the large expense of property taxes isn't due until November, properly planning for that will be beneficial to the financial health of the resort."
Another tip is to have General Managers contact vendors such as cable, electric and insurance early to see if they are anticipating any increases or offering anything such as installation of energy efficient light bulbs to save money. All these little details affect the overall budget and bottom line, so preparing for them well ahead of time is key to the budgeting process.
All timeshare resorts should have a reserve fund. If you don't Baxter recommends you get started as soon as possible with one. The sooner you start regularly contributing to a reserve fund the better you will be at offsetting a drastic increase in maintenance fees or avoiding a special assessment. Resorts that properly plan and have healthy reserves can often do a complete refurbishment without any special assessments – which makes owners incredibly happy and more likely to pay their maintenance fees as it showcases their money and assets are being handled responsibly.
One of Baxter's top tips for proper budgeting and forecasting has to do with the way timeshare resorts operate on a day-to-day basis. She stresses the importance of properly coding all invoices so that they are posted on the correct budget line item. Without doing this, you are just looking at bad data and that's not helpful at all.
To code properly not only do people have to be careful, but there should never be only one set of eyes on any financial documents, invoices, etc., because mistakes can happen easily and be near impossible to catch by just one person. According to Baxter, at Defender Resorts all invoices and financial documents that come through have at least four sets of eyes examining it for accuracy.
So, let the budgeting and planning puzzle begin!


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Last year, Julia Villano, a student at Tilden's Walnut Creek campus, performed the song, Never Be Alone by Shawn Mendes, using only American Sign Language (which she, of course, learned at Tilden!)
We just found out that Julia had a chance to meet Shawn Mendes and show him her video. Naturally, he loved it!
We are so proud of Julia and impressed with not only her skills in American Sign Language, but also her confidence to show the world what she can do, and share her translation with the original artist.
Jun 13, 2015
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Shawn Mendes and Julia Villano


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Mohamed Salah has only suffered a muscle strain rather than a rupture after limping out of Egypt's 4-1 win over Swaziland, according to assistant coach Hany Ramzy.
The Liverpool star scored a spectacular goal during the win, netting directly from a corner as his side cruised in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
Salah was forced off late on having appeared to sustain a thigh injury but Ramzy is convinced it is not a serious problem.
"The primary diagnosis confirms it's just a strain and no muscle rupture is apparent," Ramzy told beIN SPORTS.
"But the player will need to undergo scans to determine the full extent of the injury and the time needed to heal.
"It's nothing major, we'll do the best we can to help him recover. We hope he's fit as soon as possible."
Egypt are now top of Group J, although Tunisia have a game in hand, and Salah is unlikely to feature when they travel to Swaziland on Tuesday.


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Victoria's Secret models reveal top fat burning secret
- Publish Date
- Saturday, 21 October 2017, 2:13PM
Victoria's Secret models have some of the most envied figures in the world.
And while they're clearly blessed with good genes, they also work hard to look so stunning on the catwalk.
You'd expect this involves a punishing regime of intense military-style exercises that most of mere mortals couldn't hack for long.
But this isn't so, according to celebrity trainer Michael Blauner, who has helped many of the famous beauties to stay in shape.
He says he has them doing low-intensity sustained state (LISS) cardio and what's more, the New Jersey fitness expert says this produces the best fat-burning capacity in your body.
"Theoretically, long-duration lower-intensity cardio has been considered the best type of cardio workout for weight loss," he told Popsugar.
"You tap into stored fat more when the body uses oxygen as an energy source."
It's contrary to what other experts say: That high intensity training (HIIT) torches maximum calories in a minimum amount of time.
High intensity interval training (HIIT) has become a popular way of getting fit because of its calorie-torching reputation.
It has also been linked to body fat mass reduction and touted as a way to combat high insulin resistance, which causes diabetes.
But now a professor has wanted the workouts are not sustainable for the majority of people trying to lose weight and increase their activity levels.
Dr Panteleimon Ekkekakis, a professor of kinesiology at Iowa State University, studies how our bodies and brains respond to exercise.
He says the entire premise of HIIT - which involves alternating between intense bursts of exercise and fixed periods of less-intense activity - guarantees a level of displeasure and therefore does not encourage people to stick to it.
"If you can take an hour of exercise and squeeze it into one minute, there's a price to pay,' he said.
"The price is 100 per cent intensity. It's undeniable that the experience will be unpleasant."
This article was first published on dailymail.co.uk and is reproduced here with permission.


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So after playing around with the Humidity sensor, it was natural for me to start playing with a simple temperature sensor. For my project, I choose the TMP102 sensor. The main reasons for choosing this sensor were:
a) I was working with a 3.3V Arduino, so I wanted a sensor that I could interface directly.
b) This sensor has great resolution, it is quite cheap (for less than $6) and sparkfun has a breakout board for the same.
c) It allowed me to play some more with the I2C interface.
Arduino makes it really straightforward to play with I2C with its Wire Library that is very well documented . The sensor has multiple modes and lot of additional functionality that can be configured over I2C.
This sensor also has an additional pin that can be used to get 4 different addresses on the I2C bus. In my experiment, I connected it to GND to get an address of 72.
Great Getting Started Tutorial is available from buildr website. I have just wrapped this code around a simple library that can be downloaded from here. This library currently works with the sensor in basic mode ( I will be updating it soon to allow access to the sensor's extended functionalities).
UPDATE: The library for Arduino 1.0 and higher can be downloaded from from here
Below is some sample code to use the sensor:
#include "WProgram.h" #include "Wire.h" // Required to talk to the sensor and read values #include "TMP102.h" //TMP102 library using namespace std; TMP102 tmp102; void setup() { Wire.begin(); tmp102.setup(); // Currently not required, but future versions of library will use it to set modes Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { // Get Temperature float tempC = tmp102.getTemperatureCelsius(); float tempF = tmp102.getTemperatureFahrenhiet(); Serial.println(tempC,2); Serial.println(tempF,2); delay(5000); } int main(void) { init(); setup(); for (;;) loop(); return 0; }


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Pesto-crusted cod with Puy lentils
A light and healthy fish supper with homemade basil pesto, fresh tomatoes and a hint of chilli - ready in under half an hour
Nutrition and extra info
- Healthy
- Gluten-free
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal672
- fat37g
- saturates5g
- carbs34g
- sugars7g
- fibre11g
- protein45g
- salt1.6g
- large pack basil, leaves only
Most closely associated with Mediterranean cooking but also very prevalent in Asian food, the…
- 4 garlic cloves, 2 whole, 2 crushed
- 25g pine nuts
- 1 lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 50ml olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
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This week Adam Bandt, once the minor party's deputy leader, summoned the press for an announcement about preferences at the July 2 election.
The Greens, Bandt said, were preferencing Labor in the inner-city Melbourne seats of Batman, Higgins, Melbourne, Melbourne Ports and Wills.
A big deal it wasn't.
Only in Melbourne Ports will Greens preferences make any difference, which is good but not surprising news for Labor and its MP Michael Danby.
But it was always going to be so. The Greens were never, ever going to preference the coalition ahead of Labor.
They made that clear in another press conference earlier in the campaign.
In Melbourne and Higgins, and possibly Wills, the minor party's preferences won't even count.
Bandt will be the last candidate standing in his seat of Melbourne, getting there with Labor preferences.
Liberal cabinet minister Kelly O'Dwyer won't need anyone's preferences in Higgins while the odds favour the Greens running second in Wills.
Bandt trumpeted the non-announcement, saying inner-city voters could now vote for the Greens in the full confidence they were voting for a change of government.
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American Ambassador Lectures Aussies On Game of Thrones Theft
Ambassador Bleich is disappointed in you, Australia, land where the torrent freaks roam wild and free.
Jeffrey L. Bleich, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Australia, is aggrieved, nay, distraught, at the rate at which Australians are willing to torrent Game of Thrones. Even though the doings of House Stark and all the rest are available In Australia from legitimate sources within hours of the show's broadcast in the United States, this still isn't enough to dissuade pirates. In fact, Ambassador Bleich claims, in global statistics, Australians are the biggest Game of Thrones thieves in the whole wide world.
Bleich acknowledges that people might be tempted to torrent; after all, it's easy and quick, and those few hours in between broadcast in the US and in Australia can seem intolerable. "But artists' livelihoods depend on us rejecting that urge," says Bleich, "just as shopkeepers and small businesses depend on people not just stealing products from their shelves." Stealing is stealing, and if people keep on torrenting quality content then those poor Hollywood artists will have to go back to waiting tables and parking cars to make a living.
Just buy the thing, already. It's the right thing to do, says Bleich, and it'll make Tyrion Lannister happy. You can't say fairer than that.
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I can't help but feel there's more to the piracy than just not wanting to wait a few hours. Like here I'd have to switch to a whole new cable provider, get a new box, etc just to watch it. It's not available on demand at all. Any Australians here know what's what? Is it the same over there? Or are you guys just impatient?
yeah you have to sign up for cable to get it over here and even then its a couple of hours difference at most till its played here
that said id like to leave this here:
On whether online piracy of Game of Thrones hurts HBO
"I'm not sure it does. I think it really raises the profile of the show and raises the profile of HBO in general. One of the HBO directors for Game of Thrones, a guy called David Petrarca, actually said, 'No, it's great. It really helps the show's cultural buzz, and it does not impact the bottom line because HBO has more than enough money to keep making the show.'
apparently the american ambassador cares more about it being pirated than hbo does about its own show haha
its more than being impatient. its a customer service issue completely. you would find a good chunk of those pirates would disappear if they had a way to purchase eps on demand online at the same time they were released in the usa
I can't believe I'm the one doing this, never been able to get into Game of thrones myself, but...
If we had access to Netflix... Well people would still torrent, but at least that 'it's on a crappy hour/I want to watch it NOW' excuses wouldn't work.
Easy solution: Torrent the show if you must, then leave your TV on HBO when it does air - that way you get to watch it again, because its seriously that good.
Yeah because EVERYONE can afford HBO. How many bronies do you think actually get the Hub? For Twenty of my twenty-five years, I've had to put up with either analogue or network.
I discussed this with Steven Bogos, who lives in Australia. Apparently there's an iTunes download available these days at about $3.50-ish an episode, which is available a day or so after air, and there's also cable, which - naturally - you have to subscribe to. So not a long wait or much of a cost, in the grand scheme of things.
And pay these damn parking tickets too.
Alright you want to talk Business American Ambassador? Let's talk business.
You see this is how business work (excluding the parasitic practice that is called banking where money is made from money) you make something people want and then price it at such a point where the people that want it will be inclined to purchase. You make sure this product can reach as many people as possible with as low a hurdle as possible for that particular consumer.
Now you see when you put an imaginary time limit of about one week, only make deals with a select amount of terrible providers, throw in high prices and inconvenient scheduled viewing times together and still expect people to want your service then you are quite insane. Especially when your competitor that applies less legal methods of acquiring the same goods has no arbitrary time limit between countries in a digital age where an e-mail takes 2 seconds to travel the globe but a TV show takes a week for some reason, streams it on demand on any device you bloody well please and even goes so far as to ask no money for it. None at all.
Why is it then that people seem to just forgo watching it on television now I couldn't possibly tell you. But I do think this internet thing might catch on. We might want to start looking into creating unlimited streaming services for an affordable monthly membership fee. We could even throw in adds or add free memberships to offer some variety and keep the service afloat.
What is that mister ambassador? You don't think they could cover the cost of production if they lowered the prices? Oh well guess they'd rather price gouge a possible of 75 million than 750 million customer households. You see the internet doesn't actually have boundaries and as long as people are allowed to sign up and you don't region restrict it you might even do better than Netflix which already has more subscribers than HBO because nobody has to deal with horrible telecom providers when dealing with Netflix.
has Dish Network.
Hub is on ch. 178
still cant watch ponies because family is more interested in Duck Dynasty.
Well why don't you just get a TiVo then? Problem solved!
I know that pirating is against the law, but if I go out of my way to get my money to the creators of the series, as fast as is humanly possible, by buying the DVDs as soon as they hit the market, would that make up for "pirating" the series?
DISCLAIMER: I do not endorse pirating, nor do I torrent anything. I am talking about a hypothetical scenario.
Karma and morality differ from person to person so it's really not something any one person can tell you is good or bad. As far as legality goes you'd still be in trouble because they want ALL the revenue!
As for pirating being against the law... idk, loads of countries piracy is actually perfectly legal. Afaik it's legal where I live, something about the end user can never be 100% sure if material is being shared with the copyright holder's consent or not so it's not up to the end user to be blamed for it. Something like that.
I for example download all the episodes even though I pay for two HBO channels on cable. I just don't have the time to watch it during its time slot.
I'm pirating sure, but not stealing from them in any way.
Its not on netflix. Even if netflix had the right to air it you still have to wait a few months til after the series has aired before it appears.
Where are you from?
Same excuse applies to Ferraris. It's just as wrong there too.
"Stealing is stealing"
Sure, if you don't care about definitions.
"and if people keep on torrenting quality content then those poor Hollywood artists will have to go back to waiting tables and parking cars to make a living."
Yeah, they might even have to live like the middle class. We should all feel bad for them :(
Not sure if sincerity or sarcasm. There are a lot of messed up laws here but also a lot of pretty decent ones. The Swedes have the whole piracy thing down as well (hence why Pirate Bay has been hard to shift for so long) as long as they all stay within reasonable bounds. For example you can't download something then slap it on a disc and try to sell it, but if it's for personal usage it's considered ok.
Game of Thrones theft? Sounds serious.
*Checks HBO.com*
Hmm... It looks like they still have Game of Thrones at them, so apparently it wasn't stolen after all.
Good news, everyone, it look s like it was a false alarm! The reports of Game of Thrones's theft are greatly exaggerated.
I'm not to familiar with your laws but i been on holiday there and did really enjoy it. I just found it funny as when booking the holiday, one article i read had the popeye village and the Megalithic Temples of Malta (had to google the name sorry) listed side by side as attractions.
Its like someone shouting we have history to the popeye the sailor man theme. To be fair it was that thought that persuaded me to book the holiday.
Deal with it you noseless half man.
that would be Stealing, downloading a Game of Thrones episode isnt theft.
OT: Personally I just wait till the seasons come out on DVD, much better quality, extras, ect.
Yeah, except it's not really available from legitimate sources even here in America. I think The Oatmeal put it best:
I went through basically the same series of websites when Game of Thrones first started. About the only place you can legitimately buy it is through HBO GO. Except you need cable...and then HBO...then HBO GO. I don't think I really want to pay $90+ dollars just for one show. I get by just fine without cable, thanks.
As it comes out, I watch pirated versions online. I still buy the DVDs though, because I legitimately want to support the creators of something I enjoy and encourage other companies to adapt the other things I love.
I pirate it, have to admit it, otherwise it means getting sky, (when I'm currently in contract with another provider)
Which means paying 22 pounds per month for the basic tv, plus instillation, plus 14.50 pounds a month line rental on a phone line I don't actually need.
So it's either 36.50 a month for 1 tv show, or pirate it and buy the dvds after to support the creators. I chose the latter.
HBO would have a better time dealing with piracy if their service was more user friendly. I'd consider HBO Go if it was a standalone service, similar to how Netflix's streaming service is separate from it's DVD service. I don't even own a television; I'm not gonna subscribe to HBO just for something that has nothing to do with cable.
Oh and for any Americans that's about $56 a month.
We're all dedcended from convicts, what do you expect?
HBO is actually quite notorious for harassing people that torrent their programming. They grab IP addresses from the swarms and then threaten ISPs to get customer information and then fire off C&D letters. Make no mistake, HBO cares alot that people are pirating their shows. That director you quoted even came out the next day and back peddled on his statement.
It's the same problem here in Israel. We have two major TV service providers, and only one of them has Game of Thrones. Do they expect people to switch service provider just so that HBO can have exclusive deals?
As for buying it on DVD/Blu-Ray: Most people will watch an episode once or twice. That doesn't justify buying it.
If HBO want to seriously reduce piracy, they should make it available on as many TV service providers as possible, and maybe make popular shows like GoT available online with ads globally, as Comedy Central does.
If there's no-way to get something then piracy is acceptable, but that really does mean no way. Not being able to afford it isn't an excuse that washes. In the case of many high profile shows there's often a legal paid for D/L around air date.
It's crazy, righjt? It's like HBO hate viewers.
The DVD box sets are over priced to the point where it's sad, too. I'm against piracy for the most part but HBO has it coming.
Oh, hey, nobody posted this yet? Cool.
EDIT: Embed was not cool. Here's a link http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones
I buy the DVD sets. Until the year or two passes for that to happen per season... "I am Spartacus!"
So... is Game of Thrones offered only through cable providers, or are there streaming services available there? Are there DVD's available for purchase? Are they priced reasonably or do they jack up the price to absurd amounts like with video games?
Just like to get some context. Because if the only way to watch Game of Thrones in Australia is to sign up with a cable service (that might suck, or not. No idea, feel free to tell me if they do/don't) and catch it when it's on and nowhere else... then know shit they pirate it a lot.
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Regret came quickly once the device arrived. Yes, it looks slick, and it's actually smaller than I had expected: Much smaller than my old Garmin Etrex Vista (but with the same screen size) and not that much bigger than my even older Sigma BC1606.
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The serious problems began when I tried connecting the RFLKT to my phone. For initial setup, you download the Wahoo Fitness app to your smartphone, go to the devices page and then hit a button on the RFLKT+ to start the pairing process. For a few seconds everything looked fine: The device indeed showed up on the smartphone. But after a few seconds, the RFLKT turned itself off and the pairing process stalled. I tried it a couple of times, but the problem persisted. Reading the Wahoo documentation and support forums, I now learned of more limitations: Yes, the there are some Android smartphones that work with the RFLKT, but the list of explicitly supported models is pretty short. My LG G3 was not on the list; it's predecessor, the G2, however, was. Alas, pairing also didn't work on my SO's G2.
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In summary, while the concept of the RFLKT is a great idea, the execution is very much lacking. The dependency on very specific hard- and software makes this a solution way more finicky than it should be. In my mind, the use of standard protocols such as Bluetooth or ANT+ would make seamless integration easy, but apparently that assumption was naive. I can imagine that for iPhone users the situation is better as it takes some of the variables out of the equation. But Wahoo explicitly advertises the RFLKT as an "iPhone and Android bike computer," and I think they should be a bit more straightforward about the limitations of the Android part of that.
Personally, for now I will probably just got back to my jumble of old devices: LG G3 smartphone with Strava in my bag, the old Sigma for real-time speed and distance; and the Garmin for when I need a map display or more accurate recording. To be revisited later.


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