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10 Terrible Shows That Ran For TOO Long (And 10 That Left Too Soon)
"You never know a good thing until it's gone" is a very true statement. However, another which is just as accurate is "you never appreciate something as a piece of gold until it starts to lose its luster." Both of these phrases can be perfectly used to sum up certain TV shows.
In the case of the former statement, some great shows have been taken off of the air way earlier than they should have been due to bad ratings. It is not until long after the series has been cancelled that audiences discover and fully begin to appreciate that show, thus helping the show gain a cult following.
For the latter phrase, a show may start off great, but the longer it progresses the more likely it is to get increasingly worse and worse in quality. Sometimes, a show just loses what was special about it in the first place as the years go by, or new writers might come onboard and try to incorporate new elements that completely ruin the core of the show. In this case, the show stops looking so shiny and starts to rust horribly with age.
During the first five seasons of Supernatural, the writing was good enough to allow the show to seamlessly transition from a basic monster of the week series to something of more biblical proportions.
When the show first got picked up, creator Eric Kripke always had a five year plan mapped out for the structure of the show's storyline. When he decided to leave the show after the first five seasons, he handed the reigns over to Sera Gamble. However, the writers started to make things up as they went along, and it started to show in the storylines.
When the show first made its way out of the Kripke era, the show still had a few hits to its name, but in more recent episodes, the episodes and story arcs have become mostly misses. Now at the thirteenth season is slowly approaching, it is clear that the show needs to be put out of its misery.
When the show first aired, The Crazy Ones seemed to have a bright future. The series premiere of the show was one of the most watched premieres of the Fall 2013 season, garnering a whopping 15. 52 million viewers (18.98 million with DVR numbers included).
The show itself was naturally funny thanks to some tremendous chemistry between a cast helmed by Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Judging by these signs, the show was set to be America's next hit television series.
However, as the season progressed, the ratings crashed down hard, with the season finale garnering only 5.23 million viewers. Because of the big, consistent drop in later months, CBS decided to cancel The Crazy Ones, and four months later, Robin Williams sadly passed away.
From the very first episode, audiences already wanted to know exactly how Ted Mosby met his wife and the mother of his children. Thanks to a unique premise and instant chemistry among the cast, How I Met Your Mother was an instant hit with critics and viewers alike.
The quality took a big dip in later seasons, however– especially during that final season. Most viewers stuck around, though, because they wanted to know how exactly Ted met the mother of his future children. Then, audiences finally found this out during the 9th and final season of the show.
The moment the two locked eyes for the first time made for a satisfying moment– almost satisfying enough to forgive an overall dreadful season. Unfortuantely, this all happened early on in the finale.
From there, the finale just got worse and worse until, suddenly, there was a fast forward and we discover that the mother dies. We then realize that Ted only tells his kids how he met their mother so that he could sway them into letting him date their Aunt Robin. What a disappointing way to end a show.
Don't Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 is another great show that never really had a chance to succeed. For starters, with a title like that, the show was close to impossible for ABC to market.
Second, apart from James Van Der Beek– who does a hysterical job at playing himself in a role that should've been his big comeback to the mainstream– the cast was filled with relative unknowns. Although stars like Krysten Ritter and Eric Andre would move on to bigger and better things soon after the show's cancellation, they weren't big stars at the time and thus weren't able to bring in audiences.
Plus, the premise of a bubbly blonde moving in with an outrageous sociopath sounds pretty cliché. The show was anything but cliché, as it's shocking, dark, and risqué sense of humor made for some incredibly funny half hours of television. It's a shame it never had a chance.
The story of Family Guy is, in many ways, a Cinderella story. Prior to becoming a global hit, the show had been frequently cancelled and brought back by FOX multiple times.
Keeping that in mind, Family Guy was a show that was never supposed to succeed, and yet still became the cultural phenomenon that it is today. This would be an even more inspiring story about the show's rise and fall and rise again, if it didn't feel like Family Guy was currently overstaying its welcome.
It would be one thing if the show had had a few decent seasons on the air after their last revival, but the show has been on the air for 16 seasons and counting and has been getting worse every year.
Even Seth MacFarlane secretly wishes that Family Guy ended years ago, which is probably a hint that its time for FOX to put the nail in its coffin for good.
Joss Whedon is pretty much the king of creating TV shows that garner passionate cult followings, but wind up getting cancelled despite their popularity. This has never been more relevant than when talking about Firefly.
Early on, the show was able to showcase some instant chemistry among the cast, as well as amazing cinematic visuals in every episode. Whedon had plenty of big plans for this show, but it just wasn't to be, as Firefly could not even get in a full season before the show got the ax.
The sad thing is that the show never really had a chance because the FOX network never had faith in it. This would explain why the show would frequently and randomly change airtimes on a whim. This confused its audience at the time and only further prevented the show from gaining a proper following while it was on the air. Thus, the show was inevitably cancelled due to low ratings.
The show 24 started off as a unique concept when it first premiered on FOX. The idea of one entire season taking place in one day was an ambitious one, but also an extremely fascinating one that brought along an audience that was enthusiastic to hop on its thrill ride.
Critics were just as quick to latch onto 24, as the show won two Emmys and two Golden Globes during its first season alone. Before the network knew it, 24 had become the longest running espionage series in television history, with eight seasons under its belt and several additional spin-off shows.
Unfortunately, that once unique concept quickly became dreary just halfway through its eight seasons. What once felt exciting and fresh quickly became formulaic and boring. Regardless, FOX is already working on yet another spin-off series, despite how badly 24: Legacy bombed.
If there is one show that fans continuously complain about being cancelled too soon, it's Freaks and Geeks and it's easy to see why. A prime example would be the cast. It is astonishing just how many of these young actors went on to become big stars after this show went off the air.
James Franco, Jason Segel, Linda Cardellini, Seth Rogen, John Francis Daley, Ben Foster, and that doesn't nearly scrape the bottom of the surface as far as how many young up and comers were killing it on Freaks and Geeks before hitting their stride in Hollywood.
In addition to the cast, the writing was always incredibly smart, touching, and mature, while also being hilarious. Despite being cancelled by NBC due to low ratings, Freaks and Geeks gained a cult following years later and continues to be hailed today as one of the greatest shows of all time.
It's hard to find a show more classic than Happy Days. It had one of the best and catchiest opening themes in TV history, the incredible Fonzie character, and it perfectly captured that '50s-'60s atmosphere to a pitch perfect tee.
There is a reason why we all still remember Happy Days to this very day, and why the show lasted 10 years on the air. This is because the show was an instant classic the moment that it arrived to television.
Unfortunately, 10 years was far too long for a show like this and it started to show in later years just how desperate the writers were struggling with handling the series and prolong its tenure.
This is especially eminent in it's infamous "jumping the shark" moment. The moment is so bad that it coined an entire television terminology. We still remember the show fondly, but because it stayed on too long, there were some moments that ruined the show.
The term "ahead of its time" gets thrown around a lot– especially when talking about shows that got the ax too soon. My So-Called Life was, in many ways, truly ahead of its time.
After all, the show gave us one of American television's first portrayals of an openly gay teenager. It also gave us an accurate depiction of drug abuse when the general perception on drugs at the time was fear and confusion. Additionally, the show led to an internet campaign that tried to save the cancelled television show, something that has become the norm with cancelled shows nowadays.
Apparently, the show was far too ahead of its time for mid-'90s audiences to invest in and was cancelled because of this. In a time when teen dramas were either too cookie cutter or laughably schmaltzy, My So-Called Life told real teen stories about real teenagers.
Entourage was a show that helped cater to all of our curiosities regarding the inner workings of the Hollywood scene. Hollywood life always looked extravagant and entertaining, especially when seen through the eyes of Vincent Chase and his pals– as well as his agent Ari Gold who stole the show on a regular weekly basis.
Together, they all made for some funny television. The show hit a bit of a speed bump in later seasons, but none more so than in season 7. In season 7, the creators decided to take the show into a much darker direction, focusing on more serious plots like Vince becoming a drug addict.
Fans despised the new change in tone and direction and the series never recovered from there. It only returned for one more season after. Maybe if the show had been brought to a close sooner, then the showrunners wouldn't have felt so pressured to change the original format.
Bryan Fuller has plenty of great shows under his belt that did not spend nearly as much time on the air as they should have (Hannibal, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls). However, none of his shows fit the bill as perfectly as Pushing Daisies.
Pushing Daisies never seemed to find an audience until after the show was already cancelled, and if it did, then it couldn't have been until the very end of the show's two season run.
Thanks to DVD/streaming distribution, Pushing Daisies has been able to find a flock of new fans re-discovering this gem for the first time. Pushing Daisies was an absolute gem of a show that had all the potential in the world before it got axed way too soon.
When True Blood premiered on HBO, it was instantly the hottest show on television– and in more ways than one. When it wasn't providing audiences with some high octane vampire action, True Blood was giving us some of the steamiest scenes to ever grace network television.
Unfortunately for fans who found themselves instantly hooked to the show, the vampire show started to suck (no pun intended) pretty soon after it came out. The more that the show drew in audiences, the more the show started to overcomplicate its own mythology and storylines.
It got to the point where the show would either feel too overly bloated that it was confusing or too full of unnecessary, strange twists that it just got stupid. This trend continued right up until the final and seventh season.
In fact, some fans wish that the show had been cancelled during one of its early seasons so that it could be remembered as the great show it once was.
On the surface, Happy Endings does not feel very different from the average comedy about six friends living the city life. In all honesty, it does not sound all that different from something like Friends. However, what separates Happy Endings from the rest is its execution.
Rather than just being about six friends, the premise focuses on this collective of friends trying to maintain their friendship after one of their friends leave the other at the altar on their wedding day. It also helps that the character's unique personalities and quick paced dialogue helped separate the cast from any other vanilla sitcom.
Unfortunately, it seemed that audiences saw what Happy Endings looked like on the surface and expected it to be like any other sitcom of the same nature. Likely for this reason, the ratings were horrid and the show was cancelled after just three seasons.
It's a shame, really, because Happy Endings was one of the wittiest shows to come out in recent TV history.
In 2017, Bones finally closed its doors after 12 seasons on the air. The feat is, in many ways, unprecedented, but at the same time, not worth applauding. Not many shows can own the privilege of being on the air for 12 long years, but in the case of Bones, the accolade is only there to remind us just how much the show declined in later years.
On its own merits, keeping in mind the show's earliest run, the show was never that great to begin with. Although David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel displayed remarkable chemistry from the very start of the show, there was never much about the show itself that impressed audiences enough to even predict that it would last another 12 years on the air.
Twelve years later, looking at the show in retrospect, it was always a passable "mystery of the week" show, but it stayed on the air much longer than it ever needed to.
For those who think that NBC screwed up when they gave Freaks and Geeks the ax too soon, it's important to note that FOX did the same . to Judd Apatow's other show, Undeclared. Undeclared was given the greenlight not long after Freaks and Geeks was cancelled.
Apatow thought that this would be a fresh start, but it turned out that Undeclared would get cancelled just as quickly as Freaks and Geeks. This was a shame because the show truly had potential.
In addition to having a big name guest star every week– like Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler– the main cast also featured some fresh faces before they hit the big time. These fresh faces included Jay Baruchel, Charlie Hunnam, Kevin Hart, and Amy Poehler.
The show even had some Freaks and Geeks alum like Jason Segel and Seth Rogen along for the ride. Undeclaredwas just as good as Freaks and Geeks, but somehow managed to get an even lower rating.
When Homeland first premiered on Showtime, it was something of a revelation. It provided some tense drama and superb performances from Claire Danes in a comeback role, as well as a show-stealing performance from then-relatively unknown Damian Lewis.
Then, when Damian Lewis' character was killed in season 3, the magic was suddenly gone. The entire series was based around Lewis' character and his status as a terrorist. When the dilemmas surrounding his character were suddenly gone, much of the series had lost its luster, and overall Homeland ceased being as compelling as it was with Lewis onboard.
With a sixth season approaching, the show still has a strong lead performance from Danes to piggy back off of, but the writing is nowhere near as sharp as it used to be. It seems that the show is on hind legs at this point, nearing its own end if the writers don't sharpen up soon.
Deadwood is probably one of the most beloved shows to ever hit on HBO over the last decade. Fans loved it, critics loved it– everybody loved it. People enjoyed it enough to give the show eight Emmys during its run.
Between the standout performances from the likes of Ian McShane, to the gritty realism of the western setting, there was a lot to love about Deadwood. This is why it was so surprising and befuddling to see HBO cancel the series after just three seasons on the air.
From the looks of things, the show probably became too expensive for HBO to keep producing and the network decided to give it the ax instead of financing another season.
Still, Deadwood consistently made for incredibly compelling television, and with all of the praise it got, surely HBO could have found a way to cut some costs elsewhere in order to continue financing the show. It's a real shame it had to end so soon.
Two and a Half Men has been off the air ever since the 12th season wrapped up in 2015 and we are still trying to figure out just how the heck this show stayed on the air for so long.
There was a time when audiences thought (and feared) that the show would never end. Keeping in mind just how terribly the show remained to be, the idea that Two and a Half Men could go on forever was a scary thought indeed.
After all, not even the inopportune and much publicized departure of star Charlie Sheen could lead to the end of the series, as he was only replaced by Ashton Kutcher in season 9. Throughout the show's entire run, the show received reviews that ranged from lukewarm to mixed, but maintained surprisingly impressive ratings right up until the very end.
Creatied with the same mind behind such television classics as Parks and Recreation and As Told By Ginger,Suburgatory starred Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy as a father/daughter pair from the mean streets of New York City hoping to start anew in the suburbs.
They're startled to discover that the neighborhood is run by seemingly perfect Stepford Wives-like characters, some of which are played by the likes of Alan Tudyk and Cheryl Hines. It's also worth noting that this show housed the breakout performance of Carly Chaikin right before she bounced over to Mr. Robot. Many critics cited her as the show stealer.
With a cast like this accompanied by a script which remained consistently witty every episode, it's hard to see how this show bombed with audiences. For three seasons, the show garnered positive reviews, but ratings remained low. Ratings were so low in season 3 that critical acclaim couldn't stop ABC from cancelling it.


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Mazda halts rotary engine production
Rotary engine still the only Japanese car to win the Le Mans endurance race
TOKYO—Mazda will stop making cars with its rotary engines after a 45-year run that includes powering the first and only Japanese car to win the 24-hour Le Mans endurance race.
Poor sales and the high costs of meeting modern emissions standards have made rotary engines uneconomical to produce.
Mazda Motor Corp. says the latest edition of the Mazda RX-8 will hit the market in November, with a sales target of 1,000 vehicles, but will end production in June 2012.
The RX-8 is the only model in Mazda's lineup with the rotary engine.
The Japanese automaker introduced the first rotary engine in 1967 and is still the only car maker in the world to make a rotary engine.
The engines have fewer moving parts and are quieter than comparable piston engines but are more expensive to manufacture and consume more fuel.
The company sold only 2,896 RX-8 cars last year—1,245 in North America and 963 in Japan. Cumulative sales of Mazda vehicles with rotary engines total almost two million.
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I'd like to offer a summer recommendation if you're in the Los Angeles area.
On May 19th I went to Mt. Wilson Observatory for the first of what will be a series of lectures throughout the rest of the summer. Our lecturer was Dr. Carrie Nugent, who who studies asteroids. She gave a lively talk about asteroids, and discussed how they are a preventable natural disaster. It was educational, entertaining, and she was extremely engaging. She also has a podcast, which I will link below.
Afterwards they offered bbq burgers and drinks for purchase, followed by the option to view through one of their telescopes. On that night we got to look through the 100-inch telescope.
It was the first time so the numbering system for viewing through the telescope in the evening was a bit disorganized, especially for those who were given a latter number. I'm sure that'll be fixed for the future though and all of the attendees were wonderful and naturally curious people.
Some people even brought personal telescopes, so it turned into a bit of a star party. Many people there were keen to share their knowledge of the night sky. If you're in the Los Angeles area, I highly recommend going, especially with friends. As there is some time between the end of lecture and telescope viewing, I'd bring food and beverage of your own. There were plenty of picnic tables. Also definitely make sure to bring warm clothing. It was honestly some of the best fun I've had in a while.


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Current secular morality tries to dispense with religious and quasi-religious concepts, such as the sacred and the profane, the pure and the impure, the noble and the ignoble. It recognizes no values other than those that suffice to build a society based on contract and exchange, and tends to reduce everything that we desire or esteem to a commodity that can be replaced by its cash equivalent. Is there any way of rationalising this complaint so as to touch the heart of a modern secular person, or does it lose its force without the backing of a religious practise?
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" No more cable excavation projects that damage the sidewalks"
Jakarta Governor, Djarot Saiful Hidayat revealed, sidewalks that have been repaired must be maintained well.
According to him, Jakarta Provincial Government continues to develop sidewalk in order to create comfort and safety of the pedestrian.
"No more cable excavation projects that damage the sidewalks," he expressed, Thursday (7/27).
He added there have been many good sidewalk incidents but damaged due to the impact of cable excavation projects.
"Excavation project must get permission from us first," he stressed.
As known, the city had revitalized sidewalk as long as 50 km last year. And this year, it will be done up to 150 km.
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Gathering in Toronto were the intellectual elite, as it pertains to the application of concrete in North America. To say that I was out of my element is the understatement of the decade. For the layman such as myself it was like watching paint dry in super slow motion. The conversations so technical, the subjects dissected down to the most minuscule detail. The questions of where to change a period at the end of a statement, or to move details from the opening of a specification to the middle were all lost on this humble Sales Associate. … read more
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The service at O'Uchi is gentle and slow. The new restaurant feels worlds away from the former, gossamer fabric-draped Brisbane Street restaurant – Uchi Lounge – where the jazz soundtrack was broken up with shuddering bangs as the building's dumbwaiter moved between floors.
Here the exterior is sandstone and regal, while the interior is green and homely, with wooden furniture and an earthy brown striped banquette. The look ties into that additional O you'll find in the updated name, indicating the restaurant's organic, chemical and additive-free ethos.
So, to get things started on the right foot, I kick off with the Hi Iced Tea ($10), a simple cocktail made using toasty, organic green tea – hojicha - and Iichiko Shochu. The latter is a popular Japanese distilled spirit (similar to vodka) that, in this case, is distilled from barley by Japan's best-selling shochu producer. The same spirit is also used in the Hi Apple Kombucha ($12) a more eye-catching affair with a fruit-filled iceblock and a dried apple garnish. As the single-spirit cocktails here are all small and reasonably priced, I threw in a Whisky Gingerella ($11) as well. With a sphere of ice and a fresh ginger floater, this blend of Suntory's Kakubin Whisky and organic ginger ale, proved the best of the three.
From the chalkboard specials hovering over the bar, you'll find some appropriate drinking snacks, like Tempura Jewfish and Broccoli ($19). Against a squeeze of lemon, the lightly battered green florets and fish pieces dusted in rosemary salt, make for great appetite appeasing snacks.
Kingfish Carpaccio ($17) glistens under an oily shallot and umeboshi (salty pickled plum) dressing, and eats very well.
Smokey Saba Mackerel ($16) is too dry and bony for me, though it's lifted slightly when dragged through the blend of soy, koji (yeast) and sesame oil that encircles it.
Vegetarians will find plenty of ways to keep themselves fed on this menu, from stick-to-your ribs Gyoza ($14/6) filled with a thick mix of sticky rice, shiitake and tofu, dipped into a yuzu chilli vinaigrette; to a speared stack of Kale Fritters ($14). With tapioca and chia, the often polarising green is easy to like in these crunchy fritters, interspersed with lumps of brown jelly flavoured with yuzu, ponzu and soy.
We end on another homey vegetarian dish – Sweet Potato Stix ($14). Dragged through a pool of orange teriyaki sauce, these quinoa and sesame seed-crusted lollipops of perfectly cooked sweet potato, are healthy but still sweet enough to count as dessert.
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Conservative media titan Matt Drudge took to Twitter Monday to shred Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) over his decision to side with Dems on regulating political ads on websites, including The Drudge Report and Facebook.
"McCain ran 100s of campaign ads promising to repeal Obamacare. He defrauded voters," Drudge tweeted.
"Now he supports 'Honest Ads Act.'"
Drudge included a link to a story by the Washington Examiner detailing how McCain is joining the Democrats' ranks by siding with them on regulating political online advertisements.
McCain ran 100s of campaign ads promising to repeal Obamacare. He defrauded voters. Now he supports 'Honest Ads Act'https://t.co/YwVJ2QHsU9 pic.twitter.com/T48JCYifYP
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) October 23, 2017
"The 'Honest Ads Act,' co-sponsored by Democrats Virginia Sen. Mark Warner and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, would put new legal requirements and punishments on websites with 50 million unique monthly readers that take a tiny $500 or more in political ads from one advertiser," states the article.
These new legal requirements will force large websites like Google and Drudge to keep a 'public repository' of paid political ads on their websites in an effort to prevent state actors like Russia from influencing U.S. elections.
The conservative nonprofit Center For Competitive Politics weighed in on the bill, saying it "imposes more broad burdens on Americans' speech rights rather than targeting foreign interests interfering with our elections."
The bill "will certainly hit Americans who want to exercise their First Amendment rights." https://t.co/eG2IqdRzpg
— CCP (@campaignfreedom) October 20, 2017
"Despite continuing to articulate provisions they purport are in their bill, Senators Warner and Klobuchar still have not unveiled the text of their legislation that is supposed to address the problem of foreign interference in last year's election campaign on American social media platforms," said CCP Chairman and Former Federal Election Commission Chairman Brad Smith.
"This is, in effect, 'dark legislation.'"
Democrats have been trying to regulate the conservative aggregator for years, this time accusing Drudge of being a "peddler" for Russian propaganda.
Last summer, the FEC tried to find ways to regulate Drudge and Infowars with no success.
"Commissioner Weintraub appears to be laying the groundwork to subpoena people at Breitbart, Drudge, and Infowars – maybe even Matt Drudge and Alex Jones themselves," a law expert had said.
"It's pretty easy to see how this quickly becomes an inquisition into conservative media outlets."
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Valve's Virtuosity
Stumbled across this great article that sums up Valve pretty good. And... it just happens to have a photo with me in it! Someone thought it'd be a good idea to go on the roof of a 21 story building, to the elevated helipad with no safety rails, and form a human pyramid. Of course, I was first in line.
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Notification: S.O.349
Section(s) Referred: 54A ,54A(1)
Statute: INCOME TAX
Date of Issue: 24/1/1967
In pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 54A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby approves the following investments for the purposes of that section in respect of the assessment year commencing on and from the 1st day of April, 1965, and any subsequent assessment year, namely :–
1. (1) Investment by purchase of– (a) National Savings Certificates (First Issue), (b) National Savings Certificates (First Issue)–Bank Series, (c) 12-Year National Defence Certificates, (d) 10-Year Defence Deposit Certificates, from any of the offices specified in sub-paragraph (2).
2. The offices referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are–
(i) in the case of National Savings Certificates (First Issue), any post office doing Savings Bank work ; or any office of the State Bank of India or any of its subsidiary banks ;
(ii) in the case of National Savings Certificates (First Issue)–Bank Series, any office of the State Bank of India, or any of its subsidiary banks ;
(iii) in the case of 12-Year National Defence Certificates, any post office doing Savings Bank work ;
(iv) in the case of 10-Year Defence Deposit Certificates, the office of the Reserve Bank of India at Bangalore, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Nagpur or New Delhi ; any branch of the State Bank of India or its subsidiary banks, conducting Government treasury business ; any treasury or sub-treasury in India ; or any Head Post Office or Departmental sub-Post Office, doing Savings Bank work.
2. Investment by subscription to any security of the Central Government or of any State Government.
3. Investment by subscription to an issue of ordinary shares by a public company formed and registered in India which is engaged or is to be engaged in the business of generation or distribution of electricity or any other form of power or of construction, manufacture or production of any one or more of the articles or things specified in the list in the Fifth Schedule to the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), for the time being in force, if such issue of ordinary shares satisfies the following conditions, namely :–
(a) such issue is an initial issue of capital of an amount not less than twenty lakhs of rupees ;
(b) such issue is one in which a prospectus is issued or a statement in lieu of prospectus is delivered to the Registrar of Companies on or after the 24th day of December, 1964, and in cases where a prospectus has been issued or a statement in lieu of prospectus has been so delivered before the said date, the subscription list in respect of such issue has not been closed before that date ;
(c) any of the shares forming part of such issue is not offered for subscription at a premium ;
(d) any of the shares forming part of such issue is not issued by way of consideration for the transfer of goodwill in relation to an asset or business ;
(e) any of the shares forming part of such issue is not issued by way of consideration for the transfer of any asset or business (not including or comprising an element of goodwill of such asset or business, as the case may be) unless the consideration for such transfer is fixed at the book value of such asset or business as on the date of the transfer.
Explanation.– "Initial issue of capital" means any issue of capital made for the first time by a public company, whether comprised in a single offer or in two or more offers :
Provided that in the case of a company which had originally been incoporated as a private company but has become a public company under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), an issue of ordinary shares made for the first time by it after it has so become a public company shall not constitute an initial issue of capital, if–
(i) such company had declared, distributed or paid any dividend when it was a private company ; or
(ii) such company has, when it was a private company, created in its books a goodwill of business or made any revaluation of its assets over the book value thereof ; or
(iii) such issue is for an amount which is less than the paid-up equity capital of the company as on the date of its becoming a public company


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Untraveled paths in Buzau Mountains: snow walking, off-road tours and truffle hunting
Despite being one of the closest travel destinations to Bucharest, Buzau county is widely unknown by tourists as it has not been included in publicised tourist programs- up until now. Romania Business Insider will publish a series of articles about travel destinations in Buzau county. The articles are provided by Monteoru Renaissance, a local tourism development association which has recently launched an initiative to promote the region.
By Thorsten Kirschner
Breathtaking mountains and wild forests, unique natural phenomena, the cradle of Christianity in South-Eastern Europe, a future UNESCO geopark and one of Romania´s best wine regions. Who would have thought that we are talking about Buzau county, just one and a half hours away from Bucharest? For years ignored by the local authorities, tourism kept, though unjustified, a shadowy existence. The local guesthouses association and several local NGOs try to boost the local tourism development.
Buzau county is mainly a weekend destination from April to October. But winter creates an enchanting environment in the Subcarpathian Mountains. Despite missing ski-lifts and slopes, a lot of activities can be done: sledge riding, snow walking, off-road tours and – the latest tourism product - truffle hunting.
Four or five star hotels with complete tourism packages, you will not find in Buzau county. Sometime it may even be difficult to find a restaurant. Do not expect information signs. Do not forget, you are not in Prahova valley! But three-hour traffic jam are not needed to go to these mountains. This is not a place for these snobby who go to the mountains just to eat and drink. This is the paradise for individualists, nature lovers, discoverers and sportsmen.
Buzau has a quite diverse and picturesque landscape, with sunny wine hills in the Middle and wild mountains in the North and Northwest of the county. Rural tourism is predominant. Most of the well-known guesthouses are fully booked in advance on Christmas and New Year´s Eve. The access to most of the bigger villages is – in case there won't be an extreme winter- possible without major problems. For smaller streets and higher reaches of the Carpathians, it is recommended to use a -either with a four wheel drive or snow chains. Some smaller mountains villages can then only be reached by walking or by horse. Anyway, it is recommended to book a guided tour if you want to discover the real nature of Buzau county.
Below you will find a short overview of interesting tourist destinations and potential activities for winter tours and vacations:
The best developed tourism destination in Buzau county is Sarata Monteoru -nicknamed "Little Switzerland" due to its wind-protected position in the middle of hills covered with woods. Sarata Monteoru was once a famous spa with tourist coming from all over Europe but nowadays it is a long way from reaching its former glory. Crowded by tourists on summer weekends – who mostly come to swim in the salty waters like in the Dead Sea, Sarata Monteoru is off-season a silent place for recreation and walking in the spacious and hilly forests. Easy to access from Bucharest, Sarata Monteoru is a good place to stay and to discover the region. Wine tasting is possible in one of the numerous wineries of the Dealu Mare ("big hill") region. A spectacular winter view to the Carpathian Mountains and the Wallachian Plain is possible from the stone church of Naeni, not far away from the open air sculpture camp made by children. Other worthwhile sightseeing objects are Ciolanu
monastery and Ratesti monastry. An insider tip is Schitul Cetatuia (a small monastery), just some 30 minutes of walking through the forests from Ciolanu monastery. On the top of this hill, this place was originally chosen by King Carol to build the Peles castle. Locals say that it was God´s will to build a monastery instead.
30 kilometres away from Sarata Monteoru you can find the muddy volcanoes of Berca. Gas from 30.000 meters underground pushes water and clay to the surface. The area is full of small cones of mud which look like volcanoes. In freezing winters without snow the wild, the moon-like landscape is even much more spectacular. Follow the signs of "muddyland" instead of going where all the tourists go. There you will find much bigger volcanoes without any entrance fee.
Real nature and mountain lovers will enjoy the surroundings of Chiojdu and Gura Teghii where you really can find untraveled paths for off-road experience, snow-walking and sledge-riding. An extraordinary destination is the Eagle Lake (Lacul Vulturilor), a periglacial lake in the Siriu Mountains, located at 1,420 meter altitude. The legend says that eagles come here to draw strenghts. The area has an abundant flora and fauna, even wild horses can be seen. The Eagle Lake can only be reached with an off-road car and an experienced local guide.
Winter time is also a perfect period to discover regional products and cultural traditions. Local NGOs try to boost sustainable tourism by promoting culture traditions of the region.
One of the new offers for tourists is "Nunta la Buzau" (Buzau wedding). Tourist groups can book a show taking place in of the local guest houses to see a traditional wedding spectacle with music and dance. Another tourism offer is made of culinary tours to the region, including cooking classes for local food, wine tasting and wine making courses and - the latest tourism product – truffle hunting. Being on the same latitude as Piemont in Italy, it has been recently discovered that Buzau county and its forests are an excellent place for truffle hunting. The main period for truffle hunting is from autumn till spring, where special courses and trips are organised also originating from Bucharest.
In Buzau you can still find people explaining natural treasures of the forests and mountains, some of them only living from what they find in the nature. The discovery of untraveled paths in Buzau county is a truly different tourism experience. More information on Buzau County and offers of local tour operators you can find here.
Thorsten Kirschner holds a master degree in International Business and Cultural Studies and has been working as international development and export consultant for more than ten years all over the world. He has been living in Romania since 2009 and is passionate about traveling. He is co-founder of Monteoru Renaissance, a tourism development association of Buzau county, and of Carpathian Tourism Cluster Romania, Romania´s first supra-regional tourism cluster.


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by Cindee Snider Re
7/11/2010 / Devotionals
"How are you feeling?" my husband asked.
"Not so good," I admitted, "but I did it to myself." Wisely, my husband didn't say a word. He didn't have to. We both knew I'd overcommitted and today's pain was the price. Throughout the week I'd struggled with expectations and an unspoken sense of competition among a dynamic group of women who consistently get things done. I knew in my heart I didn't have the stamina to take on a big, last-minute, first-time project, but I wasn't willing to be the weak link, to do less because of my injury, unwilling to explain that while I wanted to help, I couldn't, so I'd ignored my limitations and pushed through, and the cost was high, not just to me, but also to my family.
Why, I wondered, do I still compare myself to others? Still measure my worth against human standards? Still strive to exceed others' expectations? The honest answer, the one I didn't even want to admit to myself, is that I want to be known as someone who's reliable and hard working, someone who isn't afraid to roll up her sleeves and do whatever it takes to get the job done. I've never wanted the glory, but always the quiet recognition. Ouch!
It's a battle whose roots stretch all the way back to the Garden of Eden with tendrils winding through time, our personal war with pride. Yet if I know Whose I am, if I understand that I am fearfully and wonderfully made in God's own image, why does it matter whether or not I measure up to this world's standards or how I compare to others? Was my busyness this week God's plan for my life or my own? Did I even ask?
No. I didn't. Not once did I seek God's will for my week. I simply checked the calendar, grabbed a pen and scheduled our days. By Friday evening I had to admit that I was hurting and it was my own fault, a hard truth and a humbling reality. Not only was my over-commitment unwise, but my motivation was wrong too. It was time to admit my selfish ambitions and confess my pride.
Father, forgive me. How could I measure my worth by any standard others than Yours or value fallible human opinion over Your immense, immeasurable love for me -- love that cost you more than I will ever understand, that cost you everything? You created me in Your image by Your Hand, a masterpiece, exquisite, distinct and original, one-of-a-kind, perfectly fitted to fulfill Your will for my life. Knowing all that, how could I possibly not choose You and Your plan for my week? And yet I didn't. Oh, Lord, I chose me. Forgive me.
You, O Lord, are my Strength and my Shield, my Rock and my Redeemer, my Refuge and my Creator, my Savior and the Song of my heart. Teach me to choose You every moment of every day, that one day the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart will fill Your soul with joy and bring glory to Your holy name. Amen.
Cindee Snider Re lives in Sussex, WI with her husband, their five children, two cats, and two Shichon puppies. She enjoys quiet evenings, long walks, good books, homeschooling her kids, and lots of good, strong, hot, black tea.
August, 2011
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Starwood Capital Group Acquires De Vere Venues
Hotel & Resort Ryan Rudnansky March 11, 2014
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Starwood Capital Group, the Greenwich, CT-based private investment firm led by Barry Sternlicht, announced today that it has acquired U.K. hotel and conference center operator De Vere Venues from the De Vere Group for approximately $385 million (£232 million).
The transaction includes 23 owned and leased hotels comprising 2,433 guestrooms, 374 meeting rooms and 414,000 square feet of meeting space, predominately located in Greater London. The portfolio also includes nine management and franchise contracts.
"We are very pleased to add De Vere Venues to our growing portfolio of attractive and well-placed assets in the United Kingdom," said Kevin Colket, senior vice president at Starwood Capital Group. "The company serves a number of long-term, blue-chip corporate customers, and we look forward to building upon its reputation for operational excellence."
Royal Bank of Scotland Plc. and Barclays Bank provided a $232 million (£140 million) facility to assist Starwood Capital Group in the acquisition.
With the acquisition of the 23-hotel Principal Hayley Group in February 2013, the five-property Four Pillars Hotels portfolio in January 2014 and this purchase of De Vere Venues, Starwood Capital Group has invested approximately $1.16 billion (£700 million) in the U.K. hospitality sector over the past 13 months.
De Vere Venues' portfolio now features a number of high-end properties, including Wokefield Park, Horsley Park, Latimer Place, Theobalds Park, Staverton Park, and Milton Hill.
Wokefield Park includes 376 rooms and a separate facility built by BMW. Horsley Park features a castle from 1820 and a farm converted into a meeting space. Latimer Place is spread out across three buildings including a 15th-century mansion. Theobalds Park boasts 55 acres, including an 18th-century manor house. Staverton Park includes 247 rooms, a leisure center and clubhouse, and an 18-hole golf course. Milton Hill features 22 acres and an 18th-century manor house.
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1395 22nd Street Construction Progress UpdateSep 04 2018 · 0 comments · Mixed-Use, NISHKIAN MENNINGER, Residential ·0
Construction of the 980,000 GSF, mixed-use residential and public stair project in Potrero Hill and Dogpatch neighborhoods has been an unusual spectacle for most San Franciscans. Align Real Estate, Perry Architects, Min|Day, Fletcher Studio, Build Group, and Nishkian Menninger are teaming up on this challenging project to put a 600-foot long building onto the east side of Potrero Hill.
When completed 1395 22nd Street development will include two structures: an eight-story residential building over a below grade parking garage adjacent to a three-story industrial building. The northern residential building will contain 263 residential units, landscaped open space, and the industrial space will be used for Production Distribution and Repair (PDR) by the City of San Francisco. 1395 22nd Street structure is being built against an 80-foot tall serpentine hill, cut at a 1:1 slope. It required 260 micropiles, 126 tiebacks, 240 soil nails, 68 rock bolts and 3,000 lineal feet of grade beams cut into five levels of hillside to anchor the structure to the hill. The vertical load-carrying system for these buildings will consist of post-tensioned concrete slabs supported by reinforced concrete columns and concrete shear walls. The façade will use various building materials to appear as individual residential buildings along the hill. The two buildings are supported by deep foundations and are separated by a seismic joint.
A serpentine stair at the north side of the construction site will connect Missouri Street at the top of Potrero Hill to Texas Street at the bottom. The stair covers an elevation gain of approximately 85 feet and allows access to the residential building on multiple landings.
With the completion of the hillside anchorage, the project is on schedule to top out the structure this month, September 2018. We are also pleased to report that the project is on track for LEED Gold Certification, and project completion is on target for the Summer/Fall of 2019.
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Quite some water has flown down our local Mosel ever since the Commission presented its controversial proposal on the review of the European Supervisory authorities. The proposal stands in particular for more centralization of powers at EU level. For one in the area of governance the management board would be replaced with a much more powerful and very slim decision making Executive Board of 3-5 permanent members (high officials). This has largely been read as an exclusion of the perspective and experience of the local supervisors gathered in the Board of Supervisors. As dramatic a change is also the centralization of powers when it comes to the authorization of for example some investment funds and some listed prospectuses (e.g. third country issuers) as well as a final authorization at ESMA or EBA level regarding delegation / outsourcing to third countries.
After a first exchange of views in January, the European Parliament's ECON committee held earlier this week a public hearing with recognized experts from abroad the spectrum. The only obvious missing stakeholder category was the industry who did not seem to have been invited. Nevertheless the hearing was very clear on two aspects: direct supervision by the ESAs of activities like investment funds and prospectuses was seen critically and the corporate governance model regarding the suggested Executive Board will probably not go through in its current form. Leading MEPs also agreed to have a position to negotiate with the Council by the beginning of autumn aiming at the adoption of the reform before the end of the current legislature (Spring 2019). This has now been confirmed by the announced timeline.
In then Council – the second co-legislator – the increase of direct supervisory powers as well as centralization in a powerful Executive Board are also largely seen with skepticism if not openly with rejection. The pace of work is slow – some say deliberately slow. But then it is the right of the legislator to take the time it needs to analyze and amend a legislative proposal it is supposed to adopt in the end.
All in all, there seems to be quite some opposition to significant increases in the ESAs powers. Nevertheless what will remain in the end in the legislation and in what form is still rather fuzzy and to some degree unpredictable just as the timeline of the final adoption. The latter could be by the end of the year in an ambitious scenario or as well somewhere in late 2019 or even 2020.
By Antoine Kremer, Head of European Affairs – ABBL


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The dynamic trio ride again as Ally, Cole & Ben recap Star Wars celebration, Thor Ragnarok, Z Nation and all the latest news.
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One netizen was slapped with a bitter dose of reality for a better part of Wednesday, May 22, after his attempt to check Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Victor Wanyama backfired spectacularly.
The Twitter user identified as Njuguna Nyenjeri came up with quite the unpopular opinion about how Wanyama, who is flying the Kenyan flag high in the English Premier league, should use his lucrative wages.
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According to the him, Wanyama was at fault for not using his hefty weekly earnings amassed in England to at least better the lives of his natives back in Kenya.
The player, a holding midfielder, is one of Spurs key players and has made several starts in the 2018/2019 season which has seen his side finish fourth in the premier league as well as secure a place in the Champions League Final in Madrid on June 1.
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Njuguna, who has clearly been following Wanyama's endeavors for all the wrong reasons, decided to school the midfielder while using former Chelsea striker Didie Drogba's charitable works in his native Ivory Coast as an example.
"This hospital has been constructed by Didier Drogba right from the purchase of land. Our Own Victor Wanyama earns KSh 28 million every month but has not constructed a single classroom in his backyard which will cost him a mere KSh 700k,000" he wrote on Twitter.
The backlash that followed the outrageous tweet was unmatched as Kenyans descended on the man for allegedly trying to compel Wanyama to take on what is supposed to be the government's job.
For some, they saw Njuguna's point but remained adamant Wanyama did not owe the country anything as far as 'giving back' was concerned.
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Shadow Syaoran! Syaoran isn't himself anymore! Literally! He is no longer in control of his body! The backround suits the chapter quite well. After all, they are in the ruins of Clow! Good Job! Keep trying your best!
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Well, this is a picture of Syaoran from the latest chapter at the moment, 104. He looks really psychotic, so I thought
I'd make a wallpaper out of him. I was trying to make the background look all... um, dirty and scratched looking, like
some of the Naruto wallpapers I've seen. Grungy. But, apparently Photo Shop doesn't do that. It came out looking sandy,
so I put the ruins in there. It's got more effects and stuff than the other three wallpapers I made, so I'm hoping it
won't be rejected this time. I really did put effort in! It took me two whole days, even if you do think it's crap.
Well, it's still kind of crap, but I think it's more the fault of the software I have. I'll put the picture of Syaoran
...err... in the place you put scans, so that if people like that picture but want a better wallpaper they can make it.
Please do - I know mine is crap. He looks like he's been walking in a desert for a month, rather than getting the bleep
beaten out of him. I wonder why it turned out looking like sand?
Oh, the scan is from The Room of Requirement, at http://fukanounashigoto.free.fr/tsubasa-holic/, and I cut it out and cleaned it up myself.
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Ookamichan Feb 04, 2006
i like the effect in the background, looks like a old paper
and Syaoran look's so cool
thanks for sharing ^^
syaokizz Feb 04, 2006
simple but nice ! I like this wall ^^ Thanks for making it :D
Nickole Feb 08, 2006
I can't wait to get my hands on that chapter!
thanx ;)
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flyindreams Feb 12, 2006
Haha I think a little more overlap between Syaoran and the central wings design would make for a more balanced wall, but yah... interesting look. :3
ang3llove Jan 20, 2007
woooooow... syaoran and da kewl pose ~~ XP
So hot!~
And I like how its all brown --> gives a sandy sort of feeling
k-kubko Sep 17, 2009
Gorgeous! So good taste of shape and color!
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This is soo beautiful! The colors are amazing!
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1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Tango danced. Swing danced. Contra danced. Sang sacred harp. Participated in a programming contest. Rode my bike naked.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't remember whether I made any. I made a birthday resolution (thanks for the idea, tornadogrrrl), which I kept. Next year, dunno.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Don't think so.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes, unfortunately. Already journaled about that. No need to say more.
5. What countries did you visit?
Heh, I spent the entire time in the U.S. of A. Next year I'm going to Mexico and prolly Japan, though.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
A clean room.
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
November 16, for reasons I'm keeping to myself.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Biking to work regularly.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I can't really think of anything worth noting. I guess it's been a pretty good year.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I thought I might have detached a retina for a while. That sucked. But it turned out to be nothing.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A new laptop.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
I don't know how to single anyone out for that. I became closer to a lot of my friends this year, and that certainly merits celebration.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Again, nothing worth noting.
14. Where did most of your money go?
Mortgage payments
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Mmm, tango.
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
You know, songs don't tend to remind me of people/places/times. It's the other way round. Ask me again in a year and maybe 2007 will remind me of something.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. Happier or sadder? Happier.
ii. Thinner or fatter? About the same.
iii. Richer or poorer? Richer, if you count home equity.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Writing music.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Pressing F5.
20. How did you spend Christmas?
With the family, and some friends from college. This was the first time I visited my friends from college and realized that my new life in Portland is just as rich as my old life in college was. That was wonderful to realize.
21. Who is your back up plan if youre not married by the time you are 30?
Huh? I'm 32 and happily unmarried, thank you very much. (Though perhaps not happily single, but that's another story). Who wrote this question, anyway?
22. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Um, yes. Didn't work out, unfortunately. Maybe next time.
23. How many one-night stands?
None. I don't really do those.
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Firefly. Yeah, I'm a bit behind the times.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I can't really think of anyone that I hate, at all.
26. What was the best book you read?
Improv Wisdom.
26.5. What was the worst book you read?
I don't finish reading books I don't like. So I can't really answer this one. (Wait, 26.5? Did you add this question, misshepeshu?)
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
How to modulate. (Thanks, keystricken)
28. What did you want and get?
A wonderful new housemate.
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Hard to remember. I just saw Ratatouille, and it was awesome. But there must be a lot of films I'm not thinking of. (What happened to 29? misshepeshu?)
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I turned 32. We went to see Pilobolus. Also had a really good party the previous day.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Immeasurably? That's a tall order. Yeah, there are a few things here and there that I wish had gone differently, but I'm not sure anything would have reached "immeasurable" levels.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Scruffy barefoot hippie. Same as always.
34. What kept you sane?
My friends. Narnia. Music.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Wuh buh? I don't get crushes on celebrities. They are not awesome enough.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
War continues to top my list. It has for a very long time.
37. Who did you miss?
People who moved away (keystricken, chadversary, eliciel, royhuggins). j3h, who I for some reason don't see enough anymore.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
I don't like to rank my friends. I will say that a nice side effect of living with lindseykuper has been meeting her friends, who are all rad.
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
It's not necessary to go home every day.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Not sure it sums anything up, but yesterday I was haunted by The Losing, by the Pretenders. What can that possibly mean?


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are all documents, regardless of form, produced or received by any agency, officer, or employee of an institution or organization in the conduct of its business. Documents include all forms of recorded information, such as: correspondence, computer data, files, financial statements, manuscripts, moving images, publications, photographs, sound recordings, drawings, or other material bearing upon the activities and functions of the institution or organization, its officers, and employees. A document becomes a record when it is placed in an organized filing system for use as evidence or information. It becomes archival when transferred to a repository for preservation and research use.
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Gone Skylanders Crazy? Team Skylanders @Tots100
We've got the bug! It's official we've gone #TeamSkylanders crazy! As soon as we heard there was a competition and King Julien had an opportunity to WIN his very own Wii Skylanders game, he rushed to gather paper, pens, colours, his handful of Skylanders for inspiration, and set to creating his next Skylander team member...
Here are some of the drawings he's done so far... His entry with Fire Dude - he operates in two modes, fire mode and teleporting mode...
But I just had to post his other creations - Meet Wizz Bizz... a wizard with attitude...
Then he thought up Shy Guy... a rather shy crab/human...
And yes, he does love art and loves Skylanders...
What entry would you come up with?
He is walking around with all his fingers and toes crossed.
We will try and make one into a sandwich and pop in his lunch box tomorrow! Now that would be fun!
So what would you create?
The Lunchbox World Team x
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Dockers cut Lower, Crichton
Fremantle have formally cut Nick Lower and Jesse Crichton from their list in preparation for next Thursday's national draft. Both will train on with the club to try to win an AFL reprieve.
And Dylan Roberton's career at Fremantle is over after he failed to return for pre-season training yesterday.
Antoni Grover, Jay van Berlo and Greg Broughton have left and been replaced by Danyle Pearce, Lee Spurr and Clancee Pearce.
Fremantle have draft picks 17, 37 and 40 and need to clear space for the next group of youngsters.
Roberton, 21, asked to be traded back to Victoria for personal reasons but the club couldn't organise a deal.
The Dockers have since offered him a contract, but the 21-year-old wasn't at training yesterday and was named among the three delistings lodged with the AFL today.
"Homesickness is a big factor for younger players," midfielder Michael Barlow said.
"It's something that's going to continue to happen forever. We'll see how it pans out for him."
Jack Anthony and Peter Faulks were other players under pressure.
Anthony, who isn't required back at training until next week, is contracted but is believed to have been asked to consider his future.
Crichton trained yesterday.
While some players face uncertain futures, forward Michael Walters has shown how determined he is to make up for last season after returning to training a week early.
The Dockers banished Walters to the WAFL after he struggled with his weight and it took until round 16 for him to return to the team.
Walters responded superbly with 22 goals from 10 games and Fremantle rewarded him with a two-year contract extension.
Barlow said Walters had done everything possible to begin 2013 fully fit.
"He's looking good. He's in good shape," Barlow said. "A lot was documented about his fall and rise again last year. I think he's really realised the situation he's in.
"He's really excited and in great shape.
"It's a pretty good time for Michael Walters and his journey. It's only the start of it."
Port Adelaide recruit Pearce arrived in Perth after signing as a free agent and will start training within days.
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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Two Broward County public school teachers were arrested Monday for beating a child at a Boynton Beach home, police said.
According to an arrest report, a woman picked up the 9-year-old girl Monday night from after-school care and noticed that the girl had marks on her legs.
Police said the child told the woman that Delvin Randolph, 36, and Stephanie Garcia, 33, had beaten her the night before at Randolph's home.
The woman took the girl to her mother's house, where she further examined the injuries, noticing bruising on the front of both of the girl's legs.
Police said the woman brought the child to the police station to file a report.
Officers photographed the child's injuries, and said that she had bruises and marks on her thighs.
Police went to the couple's home to question them about the beating.
Police said Randolph spoke for himself and Garcia after they were read their rights and said that they would not make any statements to detectives until he speaks to an attorney.
Randolph and Garcia were taken to jail on a child abuse charge. Authorities have not released the relationship between all of the adults mentioned in the case and the child.
Broward County Public Schools spokeswoman Cathleen Brennan said in an email to Local 10 News that Randolph was first hired in October 2005 as a substitute teacher and currently works as a social sciences teacher at Everglades High School.
She said Garcia was hired in August 2005 as a temporary teacher at various locations and is currently an exceptional student education teacher at South Plantation High School.
Brennan said the teachers' employment statuses have not changed "pending final adjudication."


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The war of the robot vacuums has claimed a new victim. iRobot has reached an agreement with Black & Decker, the two companies coming to legal blows over allegedly patent-infringing 'bots. iRobot, which makes the Roomba, filed against nine different manufacturers of rival home cleaning robots back in April 2017.
At the time, it argued that each of the nine companies infringed on one or more of six key patents iRobot holds. Some cover a variety of common robot vacuum behaviors, like using spiraling patterns to clean an area thoroughly, or using bump sensors to redirect a robot that meets an obstacle. Others, meanwhile, focus on broader robot vacuum ideas, such as how brushes, motors, sensors, and a centralized controller all interact.
Black & Decker – along with Hoover – was arguably the most well-known brand name involved in the suits, certainly for the US market. It currently offers a couple of robo-vac models, with features like smartphone remote control and extra-wide sweeper brushes. Now, the company has come to an agreement with iRobot, that will see it discontinue sales of its robotic vacuum cleaners, albeit with a few provisos.
For example, Black & Decker will be permitted to sell through its existing robot inventory before ceasing sales. It's unclear how many the company has in its warehouses, though it might mean there are some bargains to be had in the weeks ahead. It's also unclear for how long Black & Decker will hold off from the segment: the agreement says it will las "for a certain period of time," but doesn't go into any further detail.
"iRobot believes in the strength of its patents, and the agreement by Black & Decker to discontinue sales of any home robotic vacuums for a certain period of time signifies, yet again, the value of iRobot's intellectual property," Glen Weinstein, executive vice president and chief legal officer at iRobot, said of the deal.
Black & Decker's concessions see it removed from the iRobot US International Trade Commission (ITC) complaint. However, that's still going forward with the other companies named: Bissell, Hoover, Royal Appliance Manufacturing Co., bObsweep, Shenzhen ZhiYi Technology Co., Matsutek Enterprises Co., Suzhou Real Power Electric Appliance Co., and Shenzhen Silver Star Intelligent Technology Co. iRobot says it expects the evidentiary hearing at the ITC to take place in March 2018, though it's likely others in the suit will take this latest development as a hint that it might be worth negotiating before then.


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While I can't expect everyone to have the same affinity for M4/ARs as myself, I am sure that there are a few things many of you and I will have in common. We probably both like guns and we probably both like video games and/or science fiction, right?
During IWA 2018, ASG teased us with something that had a little bit of both (video game flare and sci-fi). The gun in question is the marriage of tight, geometric lines and curved ergonomics. However, as our hobby grows and evolves, today's Airsoft players are not that shallow, and seek for more than just superficial looks. But does ASG's latest AEG offering have internal substance worthy of its unique externals?
Like in pretty much every review, I get to spend a good amount of time playing and holding the gun and every time I hold this gun I just can't help but feel like I am in my favorite video game or science fiction movie of some kind! I mean, if I was a movie director looking for a modern day firemarm to modify into a space gun, this would be high on my list.
Lets take a look at the real steel gun that our airsoft variant is based on. The HERA Arms CQR is a
very unique rifle that comes from Germany! The unique design of the CQR came from HERA's decision on making advanced ergonomics and superior handling of the weapon their top priority. And you can see this "Designed in Germany" or "Made in Germany" engraving proudly.
When I think of Germany, I think of Bauhaus design – probably the most notable design schools-of-thought that have ever emerged from Germany, whose style propagated far and wide after World War 2. Bauhaus design embraces much of what German's do today, with their minimalism and straight lines that give that "German Look".
Some might say that the design here on the CQR is a bit busy and that there's more going on here than necessary. The rear portion of the gun surely looks like something seen from German design philosophy but the front feels more akin to most other modern design concepts that favors comfort, curves, and a more organic look.
For a gun that is designed to be used in "Close Quarters", the decision to have a more or less fixed
length of pull is an interesting one but you are able to tuck the gun in quite well. The thumb hole fore grip also allows for several different style of hold, from a traditional style, to facilitating a more modern style, to even whatever style you feel like. If you really think about it, it almost feels like an overgrown P90! While the gun feels great to aim and point, there are a few minor issues I do have with the thumb hole grip. While it looks great and provides a lot of shooting stability, it does inhibit some wrist movement, especially if you need to do some tight maneuvering or even at times during low ready. When shooting, as mentioned, its a very different story. The gun actually offers substantial wrist support for steadier aim as its angled in a certain position where it provides a lot bottom palm stability. The curved thumb hole fore grip is a great compliment to the stock when it comes to shooting stability but you can remove it to reveal a full length lower rail so that you can install other hand-stops or grips of your choice. As a final touch, the rubberized texture of the pistol grip helps A LOT, especially when your palms start to get a bit sweaty.
This is a fully licensed product from our friends ASG. Being a fully licensed gun, you can expect all the correct markings and an assurance of quality - a little something about the markings, the "15th" marking on the side is actually a tribute to the "AR15" . Other than those things, you can also note that the rail and muzzle break are made with blueprints provided from HERA. The style and contours of the rail looks very closely to the Fortis designs making it look very handsome and its "HERA" name engraved on the rail is a great subtle touch.
Internally the gun runs off the PTW-inspired ICS split gear box system and the gun we have here also features their S3 electronic trigger. The claim to fame with this style of system is that each part of the gearbox can be worked on individually. This makes repairs, cleaning, and changing of parts much easier than traditional gear boxes seen on other AEGs. As an added bonus, the gun also features a quick change spring that is easy to access and replace.
The S3 electronic trigger is the latest coming from ICS and it gives some added performance. The trigger can facilitate half cocking for fast shooting and can be programmed to different firing modes such as burst. The gun also automatically decocks itself if you put the gun on safe, much like what you see on the Krytac Kriss Vector, this will drastically increase the life span of your gun.
Finally the gun comes with very nice polymer flip up front and rear sights. They can easily be adjusted and they are one of the nicer sets of sights to use. They also have some pistol style low profile notches for you use to if you so choose but its quite difficult to see which sadly render them pretty much useless. While we are on this note, the controls and trigger are the standard ones you see on regular ol' ARs. While this is exactly like that of the real gun, my complaint here is that for a gun that looks this good, the generic controls kind of give it a bit of a downer. Imagine a beautiful lady, wearing a beautiful evening gown, but she is wearing flats. Nothing wrong with flats but won't a nice pair of heels look better? I guess you will have to be the judge.
On the down side, the magazine does take away from the overall look and feel of the gun. On one side, I can say we are all happy its not a boring, generic looking GI magazine, yet on the flip side in an era where great looking, high quality mid-caps are basically an industry standard, the 300rd hi-cap is slightly disappointing. Great job to ICS for making it look like the 20rd-ers used with the real steel gun and the window where you can see your BB level is great! But the design does just look a little dated and the rattling of the 300rds in your magazine should be a "thing of the past:.
When you actually take this gun shooting, everything previously mentioned becomes very apparent, the gun shoots exceptionally well and the trigger responds very well and the ergonomics add to the shooting experience of the gun. You can also remove the small cover towards the rear of the stock to reveal a small picatinny rail section which allows you to mount a monopod on it for longer range shots. The muzzle break is threaded on to a 14mm CCW outer barrel and you can change it out for tracers or mock suppressors of your liking. You will also be pleased to know that there is some added realism to the gun as its an electric blow back gun, while little impulse, its still a little non the less.
As a whole, I think the HERA Arms CQR is a great addition to the line up of airsoft guns out there for people that are tired of the same "operator, special forces, solider" load out. Though at its core its still an AR, I think there's just enough done to it where you can appreciate its futuristic looks without it feeling cheesy.
While there may be a short comings such as the fore grip might get in the way of faster reloads or pistol grip might hinder a tighter range of motion, the HERA ARMS CQR definitely brings something new to the market. With that said, you can be assured that you can get a gun that has the looks AND performance to back it up, not to mention that you can get a budget version of this AEG, making it potentially a great choice for players just getting into airsoft!
But what do you guys think? It is more Call of Duty Black Ops or Halo? And what kind of loadout would you build around this gun? Let's get the conversation going! If you want to learn more, you can check out the product HERE on our online store!
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