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As you prepare to sell a business, tax implications should be at the forefront of your mind. In an asset sale, purchase price allocation will determine what you pay in taxes on the profits of your sale.
While taxes themselves are non-negotiable, purchase price allocation is, and it’s an important piece of the puzzle in negotiations.
At MidStreet Mergers & Acquisitions, we’ve helped over 450 sellers sell their business and walk away with favorable tax allocation.
For you to achieve the same outcome, it’s critical that you understand how different allocations can impact your take-home proceeds.
In this blog, we’ll cover what the allocation of the purchase price is, categories of asset allocation, what allocations favor the seller, and what allocations benefit the buyer.
Let’s get started.
What Does Purchase Price Allocation Mean?
When selling your business in an asset sale, the purchaser and seller are required by law to submit IRS form 8594 to report the increase or decrease in value of the assets sold.
Your business is made up of many types of asset classes. There are physical assets like tables, vehicles, and tools; There are intangible assets like your reputation and brand recognition; And then there are assets that you buy or sell as part of the transaction, such as a non-compete.
In the eyes of the IRS, you must report whether you experienced a gain or loss on the sale of each asset class separately.
While the IRS has many asset classes, there are five main categories the purchase price can be allocated to.
Disclaimer: Although effort has been made in providing accurate information, MidStreet does not warrant that accuracy and is not liable for any errors or omissions. MidStreet, nor its employees, are licensed tax professionals or attorneys. Readers are strongly encouraged to confirm tax and legal issues with accountants and attorneys in your respective state or province. The article is based on information as of fall 2021.
5 Categories of Purchase Price Allocation (And How They Are Taxed)
In an asset sale, the total purchase price of the business will generally be allocated into the following categories:
- Furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E)
- Non-competes and other intangibles
- Seller training and transition assistance
Each category is taxed differently, but ultimately you will pay one of two rates:
Long Term Capital Gains Tax Rate: 0 - 20% depending on income level.
Ordinary Income Tax Rate: 10 - 37% based on income level.
NOTERemember, the full purchase price must be allocated, so if you remove some value from one category, it generally means it's going to increase the value in another category.
How Each Category is Taxed in a Business Sale
1. Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment (FF&E)
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) refers to items such as vehicles, machines, desks, chairs, phones, and computers used in the operation of your business.
FF&E in a business sale is taxed at an ordinary income tax rate. However, that is only if you are reporting a gain on the sale of the assets.
The amount that will be subject to taxation for the seller will be based on the amount allocated to the FF&E versus what you have reported the equipment to be worth on your taxes.
For example, if you report that the FF&E you own is worth $100,000, but you allocate $250,000 to FF&E in the sale of your business, your gain of $150,000 will be subject to ordinary income tax at your current bracket.
Since most business owners depreciate or “write-off” some of their FF&E’s value every year (sometimes writing equipment down to $0 in value), paying for a gain on the sale of the asset may be unavoidable at closing.
Understanding that relationship, sellers often push to make the FF&E allocation match the book value of the equipment during the sale process. However, buyers want the value of the FF&E higher because it gives them more to depreciate, especially in the first few years.
Thus, the FF&E allocation is generally negotiated to a “Fair Market Value.” This value is either mutually agreed upon by the buyer and seller, or determined by an equipment appraisal company.
Inventory includes items that a business has as raw materials, in the process of production, or ready to sell. In most cases, inventory will have no tax liability because the buyer is purchasing the inventory at their cost.
Therefore, since there is no gain for the seller on the sale of the inventory, they are not taxed on this portion of the allocation.
3. Non-Competes and Other Intangibles
A non-compete will specify the restrictions to the seller in regards to performing any work that may be viewed as competing against the buyer after the sale.
Non-competes are considered an asset that the buyer is purchasing in the acquisition, partly because for a non-compete to be enforceable there must be compensation (an exchange of value).
Assets that fall within the category of non-competes and other intangibles will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates.
Other intangibles will cover items that do not fall into FF&E, inventory, training, and goodwill.
MIDSTREET TIPAs a general rule, we aim to keep the amount allocated toward the non-compete as small as possible.
4. Training and Transition Assistance
In the sale of the business, the seller and the buyer will agree upon a training and transition period that the seller will provide the new buyer.
Similar to your non-compete, the training agreement must also include some form of compensation to be valid and enforceable.
The asset of training and transition assistance will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates.
For the remaining purchase price, there’s Goodwill.
Goodwill represents the intangible value of the company, such as your brand, reputation, relationships, and trade secrets.
Goodwill is taxed at long-term capital gains rate and is generally the largest allocation category in lower middle market business transactions.
An important factor to remember regarding Goodwill: if you purchased the business you are now selling, you should have a basis for the Goodwill of the company. Therefore, you will only pay a long-term capital gains rate on the increase in the value of the asset over your basis.
Most Favorable Allocation For Sellers
The most beneficial allocation for the seller would be to allocate as much of the purchase price towards goodwill as possible and match the FF&E allocation to the book value of the FF&E.
This would allow the seller to get taxed for the goodwill at a long-term capital gains rate, as opposed to an ordinary income tax rate.
Additionally, if the seller matches the value of the FF&E to its book value, they will be able to reduce the amount they are taxed for the sale of the FF&E.
Most Favorable Allocation For Buyers
Buyers will benefit the most if they can have more allocated to FF&E, non-compete, and training since it will allow them to write off more on their taxes early on. That said, buyers are still able to write off goodwill, but it is amortized over a 15-year period.
Buyers should also consider their future basis when determining the Goodwill allocation - since Goodwill is sure to be the largest allocation amount when the buyer eventually sells the business, the higher their Goodwill basis the less they’ll pay in taxes on a gain.
How Allocation Affects Taxes
With the knowledge of how the purchase price is allocated and how each allocation affects your taxation, you will be prepared to negotiate the allocation of the purchase price.
To get the best allocation, consult with your CPA and merger and acquisition (M&A) advisor. Allocations that benefit the seller do not always benefit the buyer and vice versa, so you should take a big-picture perspective and remember allocation is one part of negotiations in your overall deal.
For business owners looking for more information on selling your business, read our blog “How Much Does it Cost to Sell Your Business?”
If you are thinking about buying or selling a business and want to learn more about the allocation of the purchase price and what the overall costs associated are, call us at MidStreet Mergers & Acquisitions today.

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The Kenya Red Cross Society has launched a livestock off-take programme in Kilifi county to help families who have been highly affected by the drought.
The programme, which was officially launched by Governor Gideon Mung’aro, is part of the interventions by President William Ruto’s administration to assist the more than 4.3 million people in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
The Kenya Red Cross committee member Marjan Ramadhan said the President launched the programme different parts of the country.
He said Kilifi county managed to get relief food from the national government, including 5,000 bags of rice, 800 bags of beans and 600 cartons of corned beef.
Speaking at Bamba in Ganze subcounty, he said the national government is spearheading the offtake programme which seeks to buy animals from drought-stricken families, slaughter them and distribute them in the affected areas.
He said the Kenya Red Cross would be providing relief food to more than 3,000 families to help them from the drought pandemic.
In his speech, Mung’aro said they will are working with the government to ensure that the issue of drought is addressed, adding that the national government should consider building Rare dam.
The governor said his administration will send a supplementary budget to the county assembly this week and part of the proposed allocation to buy machines for excavating dams.
Dhahabu Mtoi, a resident of Bamba, said his area has really been affected by the drought.
Currently, he said cattle are eating tree leaves because there is no more grass in the fields.
“We are surprised that every October and November we have to witness such a disaster (drought),” he said.
Already Mtoi said he has lost four heads of cattle heads. However, he said he was happy that his three cattle were bought in the offtake programme, which will give him some money.
Kahindi Tethe, another resident, said the drought situation is worsening each day for humans and animals.
Tethe said goats were eating cactus leaves and are also dying despite the fact that they are normally resistant to drought.
“I brought one cow [for the offtake programme], but it is weak and would be happy if you can see it because it has no food, he said adding that he lost four cattle due to the disaster.


GoogleCL is a command-line utility that provides access to various Google services. After installing Python, Google Data APIs Python Client Library and Google CL, you can type commands that let you upload photos to Picasa Web, upload videos to YouTube, publish Blogger posts, add events to Google Calendar, find Gmail contacts, editing documents on Google Docs and more.
It’s not very difficult to install a Python package. For e.g., in Windows you need to extract archive, open the folder in Windows Explorer, shift + right-click in a blank space, select “Open command window here” and type: python setup.py install.
Here’re few commands:
$ google blogger post –blog “My blog” –tags “python, googlecl, development” my_post.html
$ google calendar add “Lunch with Jason tomorrow at noon”
$ google docs edit –title “Shopping list” –editor vim
$ google calendar add “Meet Mary tomorrow at 10am”
(a simple way to add events to Google Calendar)
$ google picasa get “Album Title” c:\files\picasa\
(download the files from one of your albums)
$ google youtube post –title “Summer in Rome” c:\videos\rome.avi
(upload a video to YouTube)
$ google docs get –title “Reports .*”
(download documents that have titles starting with “Reports” as text files)


Using the power of the Death Note, Light Yagami becomes Gotham’s God of Death and begins ridding Gotham of its criminals. Only one thing stands between him and a new world with no crime, The Batman.
Hollywood had a clear message that they wanted to express during the Oscars. They beat every viewer over the head with it for three hours.
Diversity emboldens us. Empathy and tolerance bring us together. Fear only serves to divide us. And that we must resist.
Last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy and the rise of President Trump set the stage for tonight’s award choices. A concerted effort was made to nominate diverse people and films. A record-setting number of black people won an Academy Award. The winner of Best Picture was not the heavily-favored and heavily-white La La Land, but the queer and black, Moonlight.
The same message was echoed in the speeches made by the Academy Award winners.
“This goes out to all those black and brown boys and girls and non-gender conforming who don’t see themselves, we are trying to show you, you and us, so thank you, thank you, this is for you.” said Tarell Alvin McCraney, writer of Moonlight.
The director of The Salesman, Asghar Farhadi, chose not to attend the Oscars due to the travel ban but left a statement to be read from him:
“Filmmakers can turn their cameras to capture shared human qualities and break stereotypes of various nationalities and religions. They create empathy between us and others. An empathy which we need today more than ever.”
Strong words that no reasonable person could find fault with. Not could they find fault with the message. But in some brief moments last night, Hollywood’s true smug elitist nature bubbled to the surface.
The first such moment came during actor Mark Rylance’s introduction for the Best Supporting Actress category.
“Opposition is really good in society… Sometimes, the most supportive thing is to oppose. Something women seem to be better at than men, is opposing without hatred.”
This was a sexist blanket statement. If the roles were reversed, people would be up in arms. The purpose here was to empower women which made it a good lead for the award, but he bashed men too. This statement was contrary to the message of the night.
Another brief lapse came during Viola Davis’s acceptance speech.
“People ask me all the time, ‘What kind of stories do you want to tell, Viola?’ And I say,’“Exhume those bodies.’ Exhume those stories — the stories of the people who dreamed big and never saw those dreams to fruition. People who fell in love and lost. I became an artist, and thank God I did because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life. ”
The speech was impassioned, raw, and inspirational. But she also essentially that only she and her artist friends celebrated the human condition. She set herself above the common person. Struck me the wrong way.
And finally, during a long horrendously unfunny bit, Jimmy Kimmel brought out unsuspecting tourists to meet celebrities sitting in the front row. All the stars were laughing at the normal people showing up during their big award show. As if the average person was something worth laughing at. The skit had no punchline to it other than that.
As the tourists awkwardly made their way past the celebrities, Kimmel asked a young Asian tourist what her name was. She had to tell him twice as he struggled to pronounce it.
He then joked that it wasn’t a real name like her husband’s name, Patrick.
On a night when diversity was being celebrated.
Antiheroes come in shades of grey. Lou is the darkest of dark grey. He would be black in any story that didn’t feature him as the protagonist. There is not much redeeming to him. He is willing to manipulate and harm people to justify his own ends. Dan Gilroy, the writer of the film, describes him as a sociopath and refers to the film as an antihero success story.
The introductory scene brings Lou’s darkness out in a quick two pages. It is not available on YouTube unfortunately. So here is the scene in screenplay form.
In two pages, Lou gets established as a creepy man who shouldn’t be trusted by people. Common story convention says to introduce your main character doing something that shows us who we are. So we begin here with our sociopathic antihero cutting a chainlink fence. As he notices that he is not alone, he turns and gives this charming yet unsettling smile.
It’s not in the screenplay but it gives us our first impression of Lou. This is the first we actually see of him as the shot prior to this had him in the dark. Jake Gyllenhall killed it with his starved coyote look.
He seems so feral in both appearance and in how he moves. When the security guard’s light hits him, he reacts like a nocturnal animal caught in headlights. He gives his first words, a lie to get the guard’s defenses down. He feigns not knowing what he’s doing. We can tell he’s done this sort of thing his whole life. There is no worry nor tremble in Lou once he’s caught.
He smiles wider and advances toward the officer, where he can get a better look at what he’s dealing with. His confidence grows once he sees that his opposition is only a security guard. He takes out his ID, continues his lie until he’s close enough to pounce.
We are given this image to close out the opening sequence.
The fate of the guard is left up to our imagination. After seeing the entire film through and see what Lou is capable of, it’s scary to imagine just what he could have done to this man.
Audiences have grown tired of the traditional heroic story. A virtuous person rising up against the forces of evil and darkness is saved for children’s stories nowadays. Adults are bored with idealistic heroes. They want flawed individuals at the center of their stories.
What is it about antiheroes that audiences love?
I have been watching films and television shows about antihero protagonists to find out the answer to that question.
Every story needs the right protagonist. Death Note has a money one in the god of the new world, Light Yagami. A story about a high school student that finds a notebook that can kill people is a novel concept by itself. When that high school student is a genius sociopath with a god complex, you get the intriguing cat and mouse game that is Death Note.
Under other circumstances, Light would be a traditional hero. He has many heroic qualities. He is highly intelligent. Determined. Battling against the evils of society. His major flaw is his hubris. That same flaw is shared by many ancient Greek Heroes.
However, Light Yagami is a sociopath who revels in the destruction of his opposition. He murders thousands of criminals over the course of the story. He is so driven to his goal that he will manipulate anyone to achieve his ends. He believes he has the right to judge the world and no one should dare stand in his way. Those who do deserve death.
After killing Raye Penbar and a team of FBI agents sent to investigate him, Light Yagami realizes he has left himself exposed. Penbar’s fiancee, Naomi Misora discovers a clue that could implicate Light in the murders. Light runs into her and finds out her discovery through idle chitchat. He asks for her name. With a name and face, he can kill anyone. She gives him a fake one. With his life on the line, Light slyly gets the woman’s real name and kills her.
I chose this scene as it shows all the facets of Light’s character. This woman is his first real challenge. If he fails, he will be arrested and executed. He acts out of survival. He gains her trust with subtle lies and compliments. Once he has won, he tells her he is the killer the police are looking for. By then it is too late for Naomi to do anything.
On the surface, this scene is a man killing a young woman and getting away with it, a villainous endeavor. But this scene is a battle of wits. Two intelligent people go back and forth until one comes out the victor. Ultimately Light uses Naomi’s emotional attachments against her.
This scene is very well-thought out and logical, among the best in all of Death Note.
An intriguing protagonist only remains intriguing against strong opposition. The eccentric L. Lawliet is Light’s rival in this story. L is the world’s great detective. He is as ruthless and cunning as Light is. He has the support of the police force and applies immense pressure onto the wannabe god. The cat-and-mouse game between the two of them is the backbone of this story. The story drops in quality after Light defeats L.
It’s important to not try to force the audience to feel a certain way about characters. Death Note lets the audience decide on whether they want to side with Light or L. The story teller should be putting on a show, not trying to push morality onto the audience.
Death Note‘s Light Yagami is the reason this anime is able to appeal to people who do not usually enjoy animation. He draws the audience in. People want to see him caught. People want to see him get away with everything. No one would want to be friends with him, but we do all want to see how he gets past his next big obstacle.
I look forward to the upcoming live action adaptation of Death Note. There have been interesting casting choices made. The portrayal of Light Yagami will be the key to the success of the adaptation. If the writers and director accurately transfer his character to the screen, then American audiences will be in for a treat.
But that’s a big if.
Under a punishing sun in the midst of Kenya’s vast grasslands, a zebra’s luck is running out. It has attracted the attention of three starving hyenas. The zebra is ahead of its spotted pursuers but the predators are gaining on their striped prey.
Out of the thirty zebras drinking and bathing at the water hole, this one drew the short end of the straw. It ran left when the other zebras went right. The wrong choice.
Were it not for the cut on its left thigh, this zebra could have escaped its drooling hunters by now. At top speeds, zebras leave hyenas in the dust. These hyenas are running faster than hyenas ought to. These starving pups are desperate for a meal. This zebra cannot be allowed to escape like the others.
But it seems that may happen. The zebra is beginning to pull away. The hungry hyenas are starting to tire. Days of hunting without a kill has weakened them. Their legs give way beneath them. Fortune is on the zebra’s side for today.
The hyenas growl and whimper at one another as yet another zebra gets away. The two bigger hyenas eye down their younger brother. The small one bares its yellow teeth and barks. It scurries away with its tail beneath its legs. Its elder brothers keep close.
As the calls of the hyenas grow silent, the zebra slows. The endorphins fueling its strength run out. The zebra moves aimlessly until it finds shade underneath a tree. The cool spot under the branches and leaves of the Acacia tree is a rare place of comfort in the Kenyan grasslands. The zebra lies down, exhausted.
Its comfort ends when the whooping calls of the hyenas return. The calls are louder and more frantic. A clan of twenty hyenas is converging on the zebra.
The hyenas fight with one another, snapping and cackling. One hyena bites the ear of its brother. They each want to be the first one to satisfy their hunger.
The hyenas are like a swarm of hornets. They’re biting, ripping at the zebra before it can make a sound. To the human eye, the zebra appears to be calm and at peace as though it has accepted its fate. But death for this zebra is as agonizing and painful as death can be.
The calm that human observers claim to see is the zebra’s body going into shock. The zebra feels each rip and tear of its flesh and bone as the hyenas wrench it open and pull out its organs. Its senses dull as the blood seeps out of it. Its vision will blur and its hearing will lessen, but its pain receptors stay intact until its last heartbeat. If the zebra is fortunate, it may die a quick death. An overeager hyena could bite down on its heart and ends its misery.
The sight of hyenas feasting on zebras is distressing for human on-lookers, but this is what becomes of animals on the losing end of the circle of life.
Deadline has reported that Cartoon Network will move forward with a new version of their late 90s hit, Johnny Bravo. The show is being retooled for modern audiences and will be released in 2017.
We reached out to Christy Millhouse, president of Cartoon Network, for further details on the new show.
The show will be titled, Suzy and Johnny and is geared to be a more woman-friendly show. The Johnny Bravo character will be a sidekick to a young woman named Suzy. Suzy, a little girl in the original series will be the same age as Johnny in this new series and the new main character. The show will explore the dangers of street harassment and the struggles that the modern woman faces today.
The pilot episode will start with an apology to the audience from Van Partible, the original creator of Johnny Bravo. The rest of the episode will be Suzy explaining to Johnny why his approach to women is wrong.
During our online correspondence, Ms. Millhouse let us know what this new cartoon meant for the legacy of Cartoon Network.
“Johnny Bravo was a dark chapter in Cartoon Network’s history. We had this musclehead character harassing and sexually objectifying women for laughs. He was a symbol of the toxic masculinity that permeates our society,” stated Christy Millhouse. “He kissed a girl in one episode without her consent. We’re not proud of that. We influenced a generation of young men. We have Johnny Bravos out there now who think approaching women aggressively with bad pick up lines while flexing their muscles and dancing is okay. It is not. ”
As part of the modernization process, the old writing and animation teams will not be brought back for Suzy and Johnny. The new creative team is headlined by Andromeda Antony, a woman with a bachelor’s degree in woman’s studies, a master’s degree in gender studies, and a doctorate in woman’s gender studies.
We did not reach out to her for comment. She called us up. We still don’t know how she got our number.
“I’m loving this chance to change history. 2017 will have a new Johnny Bravo that women will love. I can’t share all the details now but expect a softer more feminist Johnny. The muscles and ugly yellow hair fin are gone. And with that goes the chauvinistic humor too. The influence of the old show is felt to this day. Some man tried to holler at me as I biked to work. He said ‘how it’s cooking, good looking.’ He objectified me sexually and assumed that I cooked. I do not cook. I am a strong proud independent woman who orders take-out every night. No woman should feel as threatened as I did when that man said that to me. Events like this occur because of shows like the old Johnny Bravo. ” said Ms. Antony.
With a new Johnny comes a new catchphrase. Fans of the show may remember Johnny Bravo would say “do the monkey with me”. His new catch phrase will be “fight the wage gap with me. ” We didn’t ask Ms. Antony for any more details, but she let us know the new show has had its conflicts behind the scenes already.
“One of the women on the writing staff said she found the old show funny. She said it was humorous for a muscly guy to be a dumb wimp who was terrible with women. She said she found the pick-up lines to be witty. I told her none of that is ever funny. Johnny once got in a woman’s view, moved in close to sniff her and then said ‘You smell kind of pretty. Want to smell me?’ That is not funny. She had to be let go. She thought the misogynistic comments were funny because society pressured her to find that funny. The poor girl had no mind of her own.”
Suzy and Johnny is expected to be shown on Cartoon Network in fall of 2017.
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy are responsible for dark reboots we’ve been getting of classic characters. Nolan is a good director. Memento is still his best. The Dark Knight is a close second. I liked the trilogy. Batman Begins is a reintroduction to Batman and an establishing of the gritty realism that would permeate the rest of the trilogy. The Dark Knight is a legitimately good movie. Heath Ledger’s Joker deserved that Oscar. The Dark Knight Rises is a follow-up that Nolan’s heart was not into. The theme of rise is redundant and I could not get into the stakes of the film. It had a weird commentary on the 99 percent and Occupy Wallstreet movement. I felt that was out of place. His take on Batman toned down the supernatural more comic-booky elements and focused on the crime drama of Gotham. I appreciated Nolan’s vision but not every hero should be dark like this.
If only someone told Zack Snyder. Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is an attempt to do for Superman what Nolan did for Batman. I don’t want to talk the movie. I saw it when it came out. The movie tries to portray what life would be like for Superman if he was real? What would it be like for him growing up? I think there could be a good story here, but Snyder’s take was not doing it for me. He was trying to tell too many stories at once. Alien Invasion. Superman’s Origins. The Legacy of Krypton. Should the government trust Superman? Pa Kent is crazy. Will Superman have to kill? It wasn’t hard to keep up with them. It was that none of them were executed well. The fights were cool the first time around, but I barely remember any of them.
The one scene I do remember is the climax. Superman is put in a moral dilemma. General Zod won’t stop until he kills every person. So Superman snaps General Zod’s neck. He violates his moral code and takes a life to save a family. This scene encapsulates everything wrong with this movie.
It’s an attempt to bring Superman out of his black and white comic book morality and into world of grey. Snyder wants to ground Superman from being a symbol for truth, justice and the American way into a person like us with more power. We’d make the same choice that Superman does. We’d snap General Zod’s neck too.
It’s a depressing as hell scene. Superman is mentally bothered by his murder. He’s on the verge of the tears The family he saves is not grateful. I don’t think they’re seen again.
There is no triumph to this. And I think triumph is a part of Superman. People should be excited when they see him flying through the city. He’s an ideal to live up to. People may not be able to fly and be strong like Superman, but they should aspire to be moral like him. That’s what I always got from the Superman side of the character. He needs to triumph and the people in Metropolis should be there to celebrate his fights against evil. The human side is that he’s a corny boy scout from Kansas. Humble and wants to help people. He takes a job as a journalist to keep up appearances, hit on Lois and keep his ear close to trouble.
I don’t hate the idea of Superman murdering Zod, but I hate it in an origin story. Superman needed to triumph in the first story. This movie should have been about learning who Superman is. He needs to be established. Snyder jumped the gun. He wanted to have this Superman kill scene in this movie. Maybe in a Man of Steel 2 this scene would work. It’s too early for Superman to kill. In my opinion.
In this movie Pa Kent commits suicide in front of Clark. Metropolis and Smallville are decimated. Superman has to kill Zod to stop him. Give the character a bone. Let him have a moral victory to ride off into the sun on. I watch the ending of others superhero movies like The Avengers and The Dark Knight and it feels like the heroes were super heroic.
The Avengers put aside their differences and save New York from an alien invasion. It felt like without the Avengers, the world would have ended. Batman proves to the Joker that everyone is not like him and that he is alone. He does kill Harvey Dent but the appreciation for his sacrifice is there from Commissioner Gordon and his son.
Man of Steel‘s Superman never feels like a hero to me.


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The Vatican has recalled its special envoy in Ireland after a damning report on the Catholic Church’s handling of child abuse by priests.
Papal Nuncio Giuseppe Leanza has been called back to Rome to discuss the impact of the recent Cloyne Report. It showed how allegations of sex abuse by priests in Cork had been covered up. The report led to angry condemnation of the Vatican by Prime Minister Enda Kenny in the Irish Parliament. In a blistering attack, Mr Kenny accused the church of putting its reputation ahead of child rape victims.
Kenny is right and this decision by the Vatican is welcome although I would add that when it comes to putting reputations first politicians are not exactly as white as Caesar’s wife. The Catholic church in Ireland needs morally power-hosed out and those who put the reputation of the Church before the need to protect innocent kids jailed.

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The Moto E3 brings a bigger and nicer screen at the same low cost
Lenovo is launching today the third generation Moto E, bringing a larger screen and other improved specs to the well-known budget series.
The most visible improvement over the Moto E (2015), which was released in February last year, is the display, which is now 5-inch (compared to 4.5-inch last year) and HD (compared to 540 x 960). Lenovo was keen to mention that the Moto E3 features a “built-in smudge-resistant screen protector,” though it’s not clear for now what that actually means.
The processor is an unspecified quad-core model and the battery has been bumped up to 2,800-mAh, from close to 2,400 on the E3’s predecessor. Lenovo also improved the camera on the Moto E3, which is now 8MP in resolution and features autofocus. You can expand the built-in storage space (also unspecified) with a microSD card.
The Moto E3 is treated with a nano-coating that repels water, which allows Lenovo to advertise it as “splashproof.” We wouldn’t recommend testing the effectiveness of this treatment however, as Lenovo advises against any form of submersion or exposure to pressurized water.
Moto E3 runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow, hopefully, in the same thoughtfully customized form we’ve come to expect from Moto devices.
In the UK, the Moto E3 will be available starting in September from Amazon, Tesco, Argos, O2, and other retailers, at a recommended price of £99 ($130). On a related note, Lenovo will also bring the Moto G4 Play to the UK. The device will cost £129 when it starts shipping in mid-August from Carphone, O2, Vodafone, Amazon, Argos, JLP, and others.
There’s no info yet on when the Moto E3 will be launched in other markets.
Thoughts on the new Moto E?

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See http://www.mappery.com/about.php for more on the vision.
1. People looking for high-quality maps (e.g., "Rome tourist map" or "ski trail maps in British Columbia").
2. Map lovers who want to explore a region through maps.
mappery features thousands of maps and each one has a detailed map info page. The vast majority of mappery's traffic lands on these map pages after searching for maps on Google. The goal of the page is to get people to click the map or other nearby maps shown on the page.
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FUTURE OF THE WORLD CITY
In the late 20th century, many world cities were characterised by single-use asset classes in zones and on big grids. But there are significant demographic and technological changes happening now that are likely to change this in the future. New generations in the digital age are creating conditions for what we are calling the ‘fifth age of cities’, which looks surprisingly like the first age.
THE FIVE AGES OF CITIES
The first age was about the economic, social, political and cultural advantages of humans being in proximity. The second – the early industrial era – was about proximity to raw materials. As trade and markets developed, proximity to markets and ports started to matter for the mercantile cities of the third age. The third age overlapped with the fourth, which was about proximity to capital and the concentration of financial capital in certain cities. The post-war 20th-century city coincided with the age of the internal combustion engine and private transport. Cities in this age were characterised by roads carrying vehicles between the concentrations of capital, not just in cities but in individual, single-use buildings.
We are now entering the fifth age, where the purpose of the successful city is similar to the first age: to attract people, not traffic; to facilitate the flow of ideas, not just money; and to nurture human capital, not just financial capital.
Evidence is emerging that this age involves ‘urban dispersal’. Worldwide, we’ve observed that towns and cities linked to, but not part of, the main city are growing in importance. Where city-dwellers are dispersing to other urban centres (often as a result of high real estate prices) then city clusters start to form, so big-city planning means acknowledging the role of these outlying neighbourhoods, towns and small cities as well, crossing political, sometimes even national, boundaries. The ‘idea of the city’ may be becoming more important than the geopolitical boundaries of an administrative area.


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This is really funny. Most days I stretch out my quads after riding 10 to 15 miles. One of my favorite places to stretch is at the Doane Observatory behind the Adler Planetarium. There are some nice fence bars there to hold on to while I stretch. The funny part is that I never noticed till this morning that the leaf coloring was magnificent. I was so busy stretching the concentrating on breathing deeply that I couldn’t see the woods for the trees. Or, in this case I guess I couldn’t see the leaves for the eaves.
Here are the leaves which are right in front of my face while I stretch.
Amazing array of colors, no?

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The TrialNet Pathway to Prevention Study (PtP) has enhanced our understanding of the progression through the stages of T1D identifying individuals at early stages of disease for prevention trials. Individuals with multiple islet AAb and normal OGTT are considered to be at Stage 1 T1D, and those with abnormal OGTT are at Stage 2 T1D. Our aim was to determine whether subtle forms of dysglycemia provide new clues about disease progression (Stage 3). 94 relatives of T1D probands from PtP underwent a 7-day CGM assessment (Dexcom G4 Platinum Professional) Three groups of relatives were evaluated: 1) Relatives at Stage 2 T1D whose 5-year risk for T1D progression is ∼70% (n=33); 2), relatives at Stage 1 T1D whose 5-year risk for T1D progression is ∼ 35% (n=51); and relatives with negative confirmed AAb and normal OGTT (n=10) whose 5-year risk for progression is <1%. CGM variations occur in a significant number of subjects with Stage 1 T1D (Figure) with increased variation in CGM glucose values assessed by mean amplitude of glucose excursion (MAGE) in relatives (n= 4 Stage 0; 31 Stage 1; and 27 Stage 2) at Stage 1 and Stage 2 T1D compared to that of low risk relatives (P = 0.005). Interstitial glucose >140 mg/dL was higher in relatives at Stage 1 and Stage 2 T1D compared to low risk relatives (P = 0.02).
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Bus line or light rail is the future of MARTA in Clifton corridorA map showing bus and light rail plans for the Clifton Corridor
By Logan C. Ritchie, contributor
Atlanta, GA — MARTA is narrowing down options for a transportation plan that’s more than a decade in the making – connecting Lindbergh Center station to DeKalb County by way of the Clifton Road corridor.
Heavy rail lines currently exist on a north-south and east-west axis in metro Atlanta, limiting connections between Lindbergh and Decatur. The Clifton Corridor Transit Initiative would provide access to a major health center of the city including the Center for Disease Control, Emory University and several hospitals.
By 2031, bus transit or light rail will make that connection.
MARTA is studying 10 alternatives, including four bus rapid transit (BRT) and six light rail transit (LRT) alternatives. BRT is a rail-like service operating on dedicated lanes, whereas LRT is a transit service that operates on embedded tracks. See examples of BRT and LRT in other cities here.
BRT is less expensive, could be implemented faster, and has a lower potential for adverse environmental effects. LRT could cost up to $3 billion and would require more infrastructure, including a build-out of a maintenance facility. Both would feature stops in proximity to commercial centers and major intersections.
The final destination is still undecided. The line will end at the Decatur Marta station, the Avondale Marta station, or both. While Avondale has more activity centers with retail, grocery and healthcare, Decatur has a higher population below poverty level and more educational facilities, according to a presentation.
In a series of public meetings, MARTA is seeking feedback from stakeholders. They’re also asking residents to take an online survey, completed by 300 participants to date. The survey is open until Aug. 30.
All of this input will be important in deciding on the plan going forward, said MARTA Project Manager Bryan Hobbs in a July 27 meeting.
Hosted by Druid Hills Civic Association, participants asked about how the project would affect pedestrian and bike traffic, new development and established businesses like the YMCA.
Hobbs said two LRT alternatives near Emory University are a CSX Railroad Right-of-Way, a rapid corridor at ground level protected from other traffic, or an underground path along Clifton Road and dedicated transitway across Emory’s campus. This option has the highest anticipated capital cost.
MARTA began studying the Clifton corridor in 2008. Since then, funding for the project has changed direction several times. In 2016, voters passed a referendum to invest in public transportation with a penny tax. Now the project may be eligible for city and federal funding.
MARTA officials will narrow down the options to three choices in the next set of community engagement meetings this fall. The plan could be adopted by MARTA board members in 2023.
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The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain in August remained well below the 10 million who came in August 2019 before travel restrictions ravaged the industry, but their spending approached the levels of three years ago.
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The Public Art Initiative between the Albright Knox Art Gallery and Erie County has now headed into area schools. WBFO'S Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley says thanks to a generous donations 60,000 art kits will be in the hands of local school students.
Making sure art is in classrooms is one of the goals of the Public Art Initiative in Buffalo. This week Erie County, city and Albright Knox leaders appeared before a group of art students at BEST School #6 in Buffalo. 20,000 art kits have already been distributed to the Buffalo Public School District.
Michele Agosto is the city school district’s Supervisor of Curriculum in Art Education. She's encouraging students to embrace these art kits.
"I want you guys to take advantage of these -- these are amazing resources, so really take advantage," said Agosto as she addressed BEST students.
The district includes Public Art as a part of its curriculum. BEST school eighth graders Dominique Paige and Clarence Mosley are already using the kits. Both students are interested in the classic works of Pablo Picasso.
"When I look at different types of art, from different time periods is how human beings express themselves, and I thing that is great, to see it from another person's point of view," said Mosley.
Asked if Paige was excited about the receiving the art kits, she responded "Yes, because we never did this before."
Albright Knox Director Janne Sirén started the Public Arts initiative a year ago in Buffalo. He led a similar one in his native Finland. Siren tells WBFO it's so important to get art into the hands of inner-city and impoverished students.
"You know one of the things we notice from different schools in different countries is that it is very important to empower young people. To enhance their sense of self and their self of identity," said Sirén.
The remaining 40-art kits are now headed for other schools across Erie County. Janet and Peter Boris donated $500,000 for the kits. Inside those kits are paints, artist paintbrushes and other materials -- allowing students to use their imaginations and create a piece of art work.
After most of the media departed the school, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown put out a challenge to the BEST art students.
"Best pictures that you do, chosen by your teacher and the other teachers, will be on display in the mayor's office," stated Mayor Brown.


Kerry on Court's Decision to Close Bush's SUV Loophole, Enforce Fuel Standards
Senator John Kerry made the following statement today, when the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the Bush administration's flawed fuel economy standard for sport-utility vehicles and light-duty trucks.
"Today's decision from the 9th Circuit sends a clear and compelling message to the Bush administration that gone are the days of ignoring our environmental laws without consequences," said Kerry. "We need real steps to combat climate change, and getting serious about fuel economy is a great start. I am proud that the Senate passed a strong energy bill to help address climate change and reduce our oil dependence. In the same spirit as this court decision, we demanded action and accountability, including major increases in fuel efficiency for the first time in decades. I urge President Bush and his Roadblock Republican allies to listen to Congress, the courts, and the American people and make that bill the law of the land."
The court ruled that the administration's standard failed to account for the value of reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions and failed to close the SUV loophole, which has allowed auto manufacturers to classify vehicles used primarily for transporting passengers as trucks, which are asked to meet more lax fuel economy standards.


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Travel Dates: 20th – 23rd November 2013
Location: Ao Nang, Thailand
Wednesday 20th: Railay Beach (by Rich)
With diving done for now we are back together to spend some time in Ao Nang and surrounds. A late morning was required after a few early starts and hard work days for diving. We just about made it to breakfast before they closed and were then ready to go exploring.
From Ao Nang you can get long tail boats to a number of places. Vicki already did her trip to Poda island in one, today we decided to head to Railay beach. Railay is an area inaccessible by road. The only way in is by boat. This means everything arrives by boat. We saw many things coming and going from tourists to tables being used to furnish a new resort.
We started off with a wander round Railay. Although small and with no roads, we still struggled to get our bearings at first. We knew there was an West (where we started) and East side. We also thought you could walk to Phra Nang beach (voted in the worlds top 10 beaches). Finding which roads/muddy tracks/alleyways went where was a bit of a challenge without a map though and it took at least one loop to get our bearings. Fortunately Railay isn’t big so this didn’t take long.
On the way to Phra Nang beach there is a view point. It isn’t easy to get there though. We came to a signpost pointing at what looked like a cliff face. On close inspection there was some kind of path, or rather climb, available. A steep scramble with ropes provided to pull yourself up gave access to the view point. Vicki said no immediately but I was willing to give it a go. An hour later I returned covered, literally head to toe, in a clay based mud and pretty tired. It turned out it was quite a climb up to the view point. Once I made it there I also tried to get to the lagoon. Partway to the lagoon I discovered from others also struggling along that there were vertical walls to tackle that need some serious climbing effort. In my mud caked sandals this wasn’t going to happen so I admitted defeat and headed back to a patiently waiting Vicki. She had occupied herself by watching people struggle up and down the lower part of the climb and discussing with others how foolish the people attempting it were. I would agree. Mud stained and tired I headed straight to the sea for a much needed soak.
On Phra Nang beach we swam in the sea and gave snorkelling a go. As this is popular beach I am not surprised that fish find somewhere else to live so we didn’t see anything special while snorkelling. The visibility was very poor and it is quite rocky without any reef for marine life to live on. The rock faces and white sand do however make the beach a stunning spot and it is understandable why it is so popular.
Lunch was taken on the beach from floating restaurants. Kebabs, spring rolls, salted corn and mango sticky rice were an ample feast as we lay on the beach. We took the down time as a chance to listen to the parkrun podcast from back home and heard many of our running club mates talking about a wintery run in Wimbledon. It is strange to think we will be back to that world in less than 2 weeks time.
Following lunch we went to explore some caves. As Railay’s only official real tourist attraction (other than beaches and the landscape) the walkway through the caves are ok but not exceptional. At only 80p though we weren’t going to complain and found it interesting to see the bats swooping around in any case.
A long tail back to Ao Nang gave us ample time for relaxing before a very tasty Indian meal for dinner, soak in the tub for me then an early night.
Thursday 21st: Rain (by Rich)
Today it rained. Not just off and on. It rained all day. When we woke up it was raining. When we went to bed it was raining. In between, it rained. Did I mention, it rained?
What to do on a rainy day in a beach resort? Easy answer…watch Game of Thrones. We managed to make a large dent in series 3 as we relaxed in bed and let the weather do its thing. In between episodes we did get out though.
We headed down to the beach and had a massage. One end of the beach has a row of numbered tents. Each of these has a number and offers massage services. On the last day of diving, an Australian called Derek was snorkelling with Vicki. He recommended tent 12. With nothing else to distinguish the tents we figured we should give this one a go.
I went for a traditional Thai massage and Vicki had an oil massage. The deep heat rubbed into my back was bordering on painful at times and it was strange to have a (fortunately) small Thai lady walking up and down my back however we did come out feeling very relaxed.
Other activities for the day were a lunch by the pool watching the rain before going for a dip (it was still warm enough to swim). But overall today was a very lazy day.
Our evening was spent eating Thai food and then visiting a bar opposite our hotel called Mr Long’s Bar. This was a very relaxed bar with live music and a great atmosphere. Mr Long is a Rasta-Thai who enjoys welcoming people to his bar and joining in with a few shots of Tequila. We had a very enjoyable evening drinking and going through lists of books to read before you die on the internet. It seems we have a lot more books to read.
Not many pictures taken today because of the rain. This one gives an idea of what it was like:
Friday 22nd: Kayaking (by Rich)
Today we booked onto a kayaking trip. We didn’t go because it was raining.
We got up early and headed for breakfast. If I had checked my emails when the alarm went off we needn’t have moved. Unfortunately I only saw the e-mail saying the trip was off when I was munching through my muesli. Darn. Change of plans needed. What to do at 8am when on holiday? Easy answer, we went back to bed.
After watching some TV for me (Hello Ladies episodes and Showtime movie) and snoozing for Vicki the weather played a cunning trick on us. Looking out the window it appeared all was bright and well. We headed out and got a long boat to Railay. No sooner than the long tail boat set of than did it start to rain. It continued to do so all day. Boo to the weather once again.
Not wanting to be set back by this and fighting to overcome the cancelled kayaking trip this morning, we hired a kayak from the beach. Initially taking 2 hours with the thought of staying longer we kayaked from Railay beach round to Phra Nang. This isn’t far but had a good few caves to explore on the way. Vicki wasn’t too keen on me reversing her into caves though. With a little kayaking experience from my time with Putney Bridge Canoeing Club I was loving it though.
Having explored caves and circled a few islands (in the rain) we decided it was time for a break. Resting on the beach we had spring rolls and corn before hopping back into our boat. My extensive kayaking experience told me something was wrong when we got back in. I hadn’t picked up on the increased rolling and poor stability earlier however when we got in and the water came over the top of the boat I realised we had managed to sink our kayak. I had been repeatedly telling Vicki you couldn’t sink a kayak however we had achieved it. It seemed our boat had a slow leak. We quickly returned to shore and spent quite some time with the kayak on it’s end draining. Returning to the water and buoyant again we were a lot more comfortable. Much less rocking and most importantly our heads were now above water.
Two hours of kayaking turned out to be more than enough for us in the rain. If it were sunny I doubt we would have gone much further but we would definitely have spent more time relaxing on the beach. Back at Railay we considered lunch options but decided that heading homewards was the best option, given that we were more than a little bit wet. Lunch back in our room with the final episode of Game of Thrones season 3 was a good break from the rain.
Not wanting to be beaten by the weather we headed back to the beach an sunset. This time we were in running kit again. We did 3 miles along a beach less than a mile long (some loops required) once again trying out our barefoot running. Some good sprints were involved much to the disgust of some Russian girls who I splashed while running through the surf. A run along the beach of course wouldn’t be complete without monkeys. Monkeys? Yes. Monkeys! They were munching bananas at one end of the beach so we stopped to say hello.
A refreshing dip in the sea in the gloom (sun said goodnight while we ran) and we headed back up to the hotel. Tomorrows plan is for scuba so we headed into the dive shop before returning to the hotel. 3 beers (or just a coke for Vicki) later we left again. We sat outside the dive shop chatting with the staff and two Polish guests we had met before.
We finished the day with a fish supper. Not the British kind but instead Red Snapper fried in tamarind with a side of steamed clams.Very tasty. After this it was early to bed for an early start tomorrow.
Saturday 24th: Scuba? (by Rich)
Today we booked onto a Scuba day. We went, but we came back because it was raining. (Noticing a theme here?)
Did I say it was raining? It wasn’t just raining. It was blowing a gale and the sturdy dive boat really didn’t feel so sturdy. Vicki is the first to spot a rough sea but I had to agree with her on this one. Having gotten soaked by the surf in the long tail on the way to the dive boat, the rollercoaster ride as we left Ao Nang wasn’t setting us up for the most pleasant day on the sea. With a lot of inexperienced divers aboard (many of who were seasick after only 40 minutes at sea) the sensible decision to turn back was made. Disappointing and annoying but sometimes the weather needs to be obeyed.
Back in Ao Nang we did the sensible thing and headed back to bed. Arriving back at 10am we watching two films (S.W.A.T. and Kick Ass 2) as we waited for the rain to stop. At 2pm we were back out (to be honest it could have been earlier but we figured we should finish the film). A quick lunch (yes that means subway again) on the beach and we were back in massage hut no. 12. This time it wasn’t for massages, as the rain had stopped and it had brightened up we could sit out front on the beach. We swam in the seas playing in the large waves and had a few beers. The sun even came out for a while much to our surprise.
After our afternoon on the beach we headed back to the hotel. I had a quick pool dip but Vicki wasn’t tempted by the cold water so went for the warm shower instead. We did however both agree that watching sunset from our balcony was the way to go. With the rain clouds moving on for now we got a good view of the sea, sun and mountain.
Optimistically preparing for tomorrow we headed back to the dive shop after sunset. We needed to confirm our places on the boat for tomorrow and we even thinking we might continue on to a nearby mini golf after. Joining the divers for a beer we decided mini golf wasn’t a good idea as the rain returned. The 2.5 hours outside the dive shop was well spent though with beer, Thai whisky and even a Bacardi breezer for Vicki.
While mentioning the dive shop a quick note about the people we spent our time with their. My instructor, Claire, from the advanced course is a permanent fixture outside the shop when not out on the boat. Her Polish friends Piotr and Magda, who are taking a year out to teach diving first in Indonesia and now Thailand have also been with us on the dive boats and in the shop. The final people to mention are Liz (Thai/German chap) and Bjorn (Danish), the joint owners of the Dive. They run a fine outfit and still have time to socialise (drink) with their guests.
Tonight’s dinner was in the same place as yesterday. Having enjoyed our Red Snapper we moved on to White Snapper today. Accompanied by grilled squid we ate very well. Following dinner I was still in the mood for drinking and managed to drag Vicki back to Mr Long’s bar. A chilled out drink listening to the live music and we headed home for bed. We need our rest before diving tomorrow. At least we hope we do. Finger crossed the weather agrees.
Sunday 25th: Scuba…take 2…. (by Vicki)
Today we were all set for diving, but this time didn’t even get as far as a boat. We were picked up as normal, and everyone was very optimistic about the day, until we got to the pier. There seemed to be a lot of people standing around, and some harassed sounding phone calls going on. Apparently, the boat captain had decided that the weather still looked too rough in the area we were going and so decided not to go out. He also decided not to tell any of the people who were due to get the boat – very useful. And so that was that, no more diving for Rich, and no review for me. At least I got the brownie points for signing up for the review, and getting as far as getting on a boat!
We all headed back to the dive shop and sat about drinking tea for a while, trying to decide what to do with the day. In the end, Rich and I did what we always do when we can’t think of anything better to do – we went for a run. This time headed up to the next beach along (shoes required for this run) and ran along looking at the waves, complaining aloud that they looked much smaller than yesterdays, and that the captain had jumped the gun a bit cancelling the trip. The sun even had the audacity to come out, and by the end of the run we were well and truly toasted.
As the sun had deigned to make an appearance, we headed down to the beach after a quick shower stop, picking up some huge chicken legs from a street stall on the way. Not wanting to break our habits, we headed up to number 12 again, and took up residence in their area for the afternoon. By now, it was absolutely boiling, and so the best place to be was the sea. Lots of the afternoon was spent splashing about in the waves – we were meant to be in the water diving, so being in the water swimming was a consolation prize.
After watching a wonderful sunset from our balcony we finally made it out to play mini golf. Poppy’s mini golf is a little bit out of the centre, down a dark road with little else on. The surroundings are not that welcoming, but the owner, a Dutch chap who has been in Thailand for 15 years, was very friendly. The course, whilst well thought out, is quite run down, and surrounded by vegetation, and playing in the early evening we got eaten alive by bugs, despite a liberal dousing of 50% deet spray.
Not wanting to break a habit we had one last beer in The Dive on our way back. Then our final meal in Ao Nang was back where we had our first – Massaman. Spring rolls and curry filled us up nicely and then it was off for a final drink at Mr Long’s.
The day didn’t end so well for Rich. A few hours after going to bed, something decided it didn’t like him, at 3am he spent a few minutes hugging his porcelain friend. Luckily it was an isolated incident and by morning, everything seemed to have sorted itself out.
Monday 26th: Off we go then… (by Vicki)
Not a very exciting morning – a bit of a lie in, a lounge by the pool (the weather was again hot and sunny, and diving was back on ) and then the dreaded packing.
The pool is very nice when it isn’t raining:
After a uneventful trip to the airport, some mild chaos around check in, we have arrived in our final new country – Malaysia!

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There's a hint of sweetness to this tea that makes it almost refereshing.
If you like strong black tea this is for you. I let it steep long and drink it black. Two cups in the morning does it.

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We have a full house but it is all whispers because the grand girls are still quiet; not asleep but quiet and no one is gonna interfere with that. It's going to be a beautiful day today.
This is probably my last daisy. I had decided to make it monochromatic to begin with
and now that it's done, I have decided that it totally needs a pop.
I am going to quilt it and then probably outline each petal with a color; either
yellow or turquoise. Hopefully it will be completed before I head south next weekend.


Update: There is now a USB cable that will allow you to power most Roku boxes though your USB port on your TV. This will allow the sleep timer on your TV to turn off your Roku. You can learn more about this USB cable by clicking HERE.
If you have ever wanted a sleep timer on your Roku, Apple TV, or Fire TV now you can, with the help of a power strip you can finally have a sleep timer to stop your stream.
One of the biggest wish list items for the Roku is a sleep timer to stop your stream if you leave it running. So you don’t blow through your data cap as you sleep. Here is how to link your Roku to your TV’s sleep timer.
1) You will need a power strip with a control port like the Smart Strip. These power strips have a control plug on them and when that control plug stops drawing power it turns off other plugs on the power strip.
2) Plug your TV into your smart control plug marked in Blue and plug your Roku into one of the control plugs marked in Green.
3) Now all you have to do is set the sleep timer on your TV and the power strip will turn off your Roku, Apple TV, and/or Fire TV when the sleep timer turns off your TV.
It really is just that simple to have a sleep timer for your Roku. If you have any questions please lave them in the comments.
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Mahdia fire survivors, families undergoing counselling sessions – Prime Minister
─ Says support will be long-term
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips Friday said survivors of the recent Mahdia fire and their families are currently undergoing counselling, spearheaded by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security.
Providing an update on the situation, PM Phillips pointed out that the therapy is long-term and aims to assist the families with coping.
“We will continue to remain in contact with these families during this difficult time. This counselling is not a short-term or a one-off activity,” the prime minister disclosed.
PM Phillips, who is also leading the cabinet task force assigned to manage the situation, said of the 19 deaths, five were identified and autopsies completed, while specialists were brought in to conduct DNA testing on the remaining 14.
The government anticipates that the results will be made available later Friday.
In addition to the medical and psychosocial interventions facilitated by the government, ministers have been assigned to the grieving families to provide the necessary support.
“We have a list of ministers who are working with each family. As you know, families were brought to Georgetown, along with patients, and the government is funding the upkeep of those families, in terms of allowances; financial assistance for the time that they will be in Georgetown, including accommodation, meals, and transportation to the hospital to see their loved ones.”
Additionally, personal care hampers were distributed to the families in Georgetown as well as those that remain in their villages.
“We have provided food hampers, not only to the families but to the villages as well. We have had the Civil Defence Commission ferrying food items into Micobie, Karisparu, Chenapou, and El Paso,” the prime minister stated.
He added that these efforts will be duplicated in other villages in Region Eight that are also affected by the tragedy.


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Africa Remix opened first at Museum Kunst Palast in 2004 in Düsseldorf, Germany. This is one the most significant aspects of the exhibition in that despite its ‘ground-breaking’ status as one of the largest exhibitions about art from the African continent, it debuted to audiences outside of Africa. The 2008 opening at Johannesburg Art Gallery was the first time the exhibition was shown on the continent. It did not only receive an overwhelming attendance but has also since marked a pivotal moment defining how African art, artists and curators were reinstating a shift in how Africa was repositioning itself globally. Africa Remix is one of the exhibitions acculturated as what scholar Chika Okeke-Agulu terms ‘mega shows’ of the twentieth century. They have not only shaped the exhibition enterprise, but also above all as pointed by Okeke-Agulu challenged old representations of Africa in art history.


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‘Dave Made a Maze’ Just Surpassed ‘Get Out’ and ‘Split’ for Best Horror Movie of 2017 (Review)
Directed by: Bill Watterson
Cast: Nick Thune, Adam Busch, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, James Urbaniak
A wall-shattering indie pic with a knack for artsy visuals and unorthodox comedy, Dave Made a Maze is the unexpected smash of the year. It’s the lighthearted, enlightening and unorthodox answer to some of the more standard style of horror films we’ve seen this year, and it’s infectious from the jump. If you’re interested in seeing a headed-nowhere 20-something look for the answers to breaking his own self-imposed barriers while seeing inventive death scenes, ingenious cinematography, perfectly written characters (and cast performers) and some absolutely amazing set pieces, this is the movie you have to see in 2017.
Annie arrives home from a business trip to find a cardboard maze assembled in her living room. Inside sits Dave, her boyfriend with a penchant for quitting and self-loathing. Initially it all just seems like a silly gag, as Dave refuses to exit the makeshift maze, and demands that no one enter the maze, because it’s bigger than it looks. And, after Annie and a handful of Dave’s buddies decide to march into the box and yank Dave out, they realize he wasn’t exaggerating. Even worse, this isn’t a maze, it’s a booby-trapped, minotaur-stalked labyrinth. The only way out, it would seem, is some self-realization and the discovery of Dave’s non-existent drive.
It’s genius. The comedy is quirky but sharp, and it’s both written and delivered in a manner that’s likely to appeal to a wide audience. The characters are – with the exception of Dave, who’s (intentionally written to be) so emotionally unstable it’s difficult to like his character much – all loveable and unique. Harry’s the documentarian with the tact of a tree stump; Annie’s a loveable dedicated girlfriend; Gordon’s the show-stealing bearded beast with priceless dry humor. They’re all genuinely loveable personalities brought to life by the talented James Urbaniak, Meera Rohit Kumbhani and Adam Busch, respectively. And yes, Nick Thune does a mighty fine job in creating the strangely layered, and conflicted Dave.
Bill Watterson really makes some waves with his debut film. If he has designs on giving us more pictures like this, drenched in engaging optical effects and wonderfully imaginative set designs, we could be seeing the early phase of a future great. Watterson also picks up co-writing creds with Steven Sears, and the two together deliver a story that pays homage to a few classic pics, all while proving to be a lot more human and realistic than it appears on the surface.
I loved Split and Get Out. The Devil’s Candy is a superb film that ranks right up there with the best of the year, as well. But the greatest surprise of the year, the movie that’s going to catch viewers right on the chin, is Dave Made a Maze. This is ambitious and creative, enjoyable and memorable – it’s also right at the top of the list of best horror films of 2017.
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Wednesday evening (15th Dec), following last Sunday's race. I know this item has little to do with rallying, but I thought regular readers might still be interested.
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team also issued a Statement and the full text follows the FIA release.
I have published both Statements in full in the on-line mag here:
Now we await further pronouncements in due course, or not. Or will it all be swept under the carpet?


Configure two disk groups, one for data and the other for the fast recovery area.
The number of LUNs (Oracle ASM disks) for each disk group should be at least equal to four times the number of active I/O paths. For example, if a disk group has two active I/O paths, then minimum of eight LUNs should be used. The LUNs should be of equal size and performance for each disk group.
An I/O path is a distinct channel or connection between storage presenting LUNs and the server. An active I/O path is an I/O path in which the I/O load on a LUN is multiplexed through multipathing software.
Ensure that all Oracle ASM disks in a disk group have similar storage performance and availability characteristics. In storage configurations with mixed speed drives, such as flash memory and hard disk drives (HDD), I/O performance is constrained by the slowest speed drive.
Oracle ASM data distribution policy is capacity-based. Ensure that Oracle ASM disks in a disk group have the same capacity to maintain balance.
Configure a minimum of three failure groups for normal redundancy disk groups and five failure groups for high redundancy disk groups to maintain the necessary number of copies of the Partner Status Table (PST) to ensure robustness with respect to storage hardware failures. For more information, refer to "Oracle ASM Failure Groups".
Create external redundancy disk groups when using high-end storage arrays. High-end storage arrays generally provide hardware RAID protection. Use Oracle ASM mirroring redundancy when not using hardware RAID, or when you need host-based volume management functionality, such as mirroring across storage systems. You can use Oracle ASM mirroring in configurations when mirroring between geographically-separated sites (extended clusters).
Minimize I/O contention between Oracle ASM disks and other applications by dedicating disks in Oracle ASM disk groups.
Choose a hardware RAID stripe size that is a power of 2 and less than or equal to the size of the Oracle ASM allocation unit.
Use the Oracle ASM Filter Driver feature to provide consistent device naming and permission persistency.
The Oracle Cloud Storage page on the Oracle Technology Network website at
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/cloud-storage/index.html for more information about Oracle ASM
Information about Oracle ASM Filter Driver at "Oracle ASM Filter Driver"


Sidewalk Snow and Ice Removal Requirement in Effect for Champaign
CHAMPAIGN - The director of Champaign's Public Works Department has declared that the sidewalk snow and ice removal requirement for Campustown and Downtown areas is in effect.
Under a city ordinance, sidewalks in Campustown and Downtown areas are required to be cleared off no more than 48 hours after the declaration is made by the Public Works Director. The declaration was made at 10:00 a.m. on February 2, meaning sidewalks will need to be cleared by 10:00 a.m. on February 4.
Owners must keep a path cleared equal to the width of the sidewalk or 48 inches, whichever is less. Those who own property at a corner must also clear the ramps off, to maintain a path from block to block. Sidewalks not in compliance with the ordinance will be cleared by city crews at the owner's expense.


Intel officially confirmed late Tuesday that workstations would feature its Sapphire Rapids processors in a teaser video posted on Twitter. This is the first official confirmation that the company intends to address this market with his upcoming Sapphire Rapids CPUs. However, Intel is still tight-lipped about the specifications of these upcoming products.
“This is ridiculous. It took a room full of computers to do what this does on its own. I have a 30-minute rendering coffee break,” says one woman. video“I was at a conference the other day and the final test run is back very good so I just want to say right away I should probably take a coffee break while I still can .
Coming soon: Intel’s new workstation processors reduce wait time, so you should schedule a coffee break. Your workstation runs as fast as you. pic.twitter.com/9oFBL3TLBZDecember 6, 2022
Based on the latest leaks, Intel plans to market its Sapphire Rapids-WS CPUs under the Xeon W 3400 series name (or at least that’s what it’s unofficially called now). These processors use Intel’s all-new W790 platform and offer up to 56 cores, 8 DDR5 memory channels, and 112 PCIe lanes. Additionally, the CPU is set to be based on high-performance Golden Cove-derived cores with AVX-512 and AMX instructions enabled.
Many Sapphire Rapids-WS SKUs, including the flagship Xeon W9-3495X, come with unlocked multipliers, making them overclockable. The 56-core range-topping model will be the industry’s first overclockable CPU for powerful workstations released a few years later. Intel and AMD essentially abandoned this market and focused on traditional workstations that were never overclocked.
Rumor has it that Intel will release Sapphire Rapids-WS processors next spring after first shipping its Xeon scalable ‘Sapphire Rapids’ products for servers. So far, Intel has not confirmed a timeframe for his workstation-grade Xeon W 3400 series products, but at least he clearly states that Sapphire Rapids will be coming to workstations.


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