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I have noticed online and in podcasts there are a lot of questions as to who knows what, when in the new Star Trek film. I have written out, chronologically, each point taken from the film to help anyone further understand the plot, motivations, and actions of the characters.This has been completely reworked and I think this is the true point by point. You can find my Star Trek Into Darkness review here. Enjoy.
- The Botany Bay is found by Starfleet in the vast reaches of space.
Admiral Marcus, the head of Starfleet, awakens Khan to have him assist Section 31 in the secret creation of ships and weapons, preparing for whichever enemy the Federation may face next. The John Harrison alias is created to conceal Khan's identity.
Harrison bides his time, working for Marcus. He designs new long range torpedoes, inside of which he smuggles his crew; hoping to be able to escape and then begin taking over the galaxy. Harrison may work with Marcus but he always has his own agenda throughout the film.
Admiral Marcus finds out that Harrison has hidden his crew in the torpedoes (This is where Harrison begins to go off the rails for Marcus, until then everything has been according to their plan. Harrison begins enact his own plans at this point while still following most of what Marcus and he had laid out.)
Meanwhile, the Enterprise crew is on a surveying mission. A volcano is going to destroy the planet and, in the process, a primitive society. Spock has created a cold fusion device that, when detonated, will render the volcano inert. As Spock lowers into the volcano, Kirk has stolen an item the primitives worship in order to lead them out of the volcano's kill zone. He and Bones escape by jumping off a cliff into the sea where the Enterprise is hidden. Spock has been abandoned by Sulu and Uhura because the shuttlecraft they are in has been disabled by the volcano's ash. Spock sets the device to go off and Kirk rescues Spock, an action that violates the Prime Directive since the natives see the Enterprise rise out of the ocean on its way to save Spock.
Marcus wants a war with the Klingons, so he has Harrison attack London. Harrison convinces a desperate Section 31 officer, whose daughter is dying of an incurable disease, to bomb a secret Section 31 base in London. In return, Harrison gives the officer a cure for the dying girl. Harrison has himself identified as the main villain.
Harrison allows himself to be photographed leaving the scene of the crime.
Kirk has the Enterprise taken away from him, because of his hubris. Pike is given back the Enterprise and fights to have Kirk made his first officer. (Marcus convened the meeting that Pike could not be at, this is part of his plan.)
The bombing puts Starfleet on high alert and protocol requires that all senior staff, captains and first officers of Starfleet's closest ships, meet at Starfleet HQ.
Harrison attacks Starfleet HQ because this leaves Marcus fully in charge of Starfleet (Khan's ship was scanning people before shooting them so only the people Marcus wanted dead would be killed, like Pike, who would stand against Marcus in his warmongering. This is also the reason Kirk was busted down to first officer, Harrison was scanning and killing captains and other admirals. Those left would be the one's Marcus though he could control).
Harrison beams to Kronos. Harrison would seem to be in league with the Klingons and Marcus would get his war. Harrison is using Marcus and Marcus is using Harrison. For Harrison this gets his people away from Marcus and gives him a chance to save them.
Kirk, Scotty and Spock find that Harrison is not on Earth anymore but on Kronos because the are suppose too.
Admiral Marcus says that he does not want Kirk to go capture Harrison; instead, he gives Kirk 72 torpedoes that only Marcus knows contains Harrison's crew. Once these are shot at Harrison from the Neutral Zone, two of Marcus' problems will be eliminated in one fell swoop. Kirk is given back the Enterprise (thinking Kirk will be someone he can control easily now that Pike is dead. When Marcus says that Pike's blood is on his hands he means literally). Kirk is a pawn in Marcus' plan to start a war with the Klingons. Kirk will fire the torpedoes at the Klingons, the Klingons would go looking for the perpetrator. Unbeknownst to the Enterprise crew, Admiral Marcus has the warp core sabotaged. The crippled Enterprise will have no choice but to fight back and the Klingon empire will be outraged. War will begin all because of Kirk, a renegade captain on a mission of vengeance. This is the reason that Marcus, when Kirk and Spock visit his office dismisses everyone else. This does not come from all of Starfleet, just Marcus. (These are all things that Harrison is well aware of; it is in the novelization)
Carol Marcus forges orders to get herself transferred to the Enterprise. She is a weapons expert and the daughter of the Admiral. She knows he is up to no good since all records of the torpedoes disappeared after she confronted her father about them and now they have resurfaced on the Enterprise.
Kirk, listening to the advice of Spock and Scotty (especially after Scotty leaves the Enterprise to protest the torpedoes that he is not allowed to inspect and therefore finds too dangerous to use) travels to Kronos to capture Harrison, instead of using the torpedoes to destroy him without standing trial.
Kirk has Sulu threaten Harrison with obliteration by the torpedoes if he does not come quietly with the landing party.
Harrison, hearing Sulu's message knows he has been right about Kirk and Spock, they will not use the torpedoes. He then asks how many torpedoes Kirk has. At hearing the correct number and knowing they are the same torpedoes that harbor his crew, he surrenders to Kirk, and bides his time till he can find a way to save them. He is playing Kirk the whole time.
- Kirk, Spock and Uhura return with Harrison to the Enterprise. Kirk tells Uhura to inform Starfleet that they have Harrison in custody and that they will return him to earth when the warp drive is fixed.
Harrison, in the Enterprise brig, tells Kirk to open the torpedo so he, Kirk can see why he, Harrison did what he did. He gives Kirk a set of coordinates and tells him there is something there that will verify that he is telling the truth.
Kirk contacts Scotty, who is on Earth, and asks him to search the coordinates Harrison has given him to see what is there.
Kirk has Carol Marcus and Bones open the torpedo. They find a cryogenic tube harboring a 300 year old man.
Kirk quizzes Harrison and finds out that he is Khan from a time long past who has been used by Admiral Marcus to create weapons for a coming war with the Klingons. Khan is also aware that the Enterprise has been sabotaged by Marcus. Khan knows what Marcus is planning: everyone's death and a war with the Klingons. Again, this story is only half truths, Khan it playing Kirk to earn his trust.
Marcus shows up in the Vengeance. He tells Kirk that he made a mistake in waking up Khan and that he is only trying to rectify his mistake. He asks Kirk to give him Khan. Marcus even tells Kirk the truth that Khan is playing him.
Kirk, no longer trusting Marcus, warps to Earth in an attempt to escape and return Khan to face judgment. Kirk thinks that he will be safe at warp because Marcus will not be able to catch up. Carol Marcus is reminded by Khan that Kirk is not actually safe at warp because the Vengeance has a new, faster warp drive. Admiral Marcus will catch up and destroy the Enterprise.
Carol believes that Admiral Marcus will not destroy the Enterprise with her aboard, so she has Kirk allow her to contact her father.
At this point, both ships are near Earth's moon because the Vengeance has knocked the Enterprise out of warp and heavily damaged it.
Admiral Marcus proves to be the villain and transports Carol to the Vengeance so that he can finish off the Enterprise. He plans to tell Starfleet that Kirk went rogue and joined with Khan and he had no choice but to end them both by destroying the Enterprise.
As the Vengeance powers up its weapons to level the final blow, it loses power.
Scotty contacts Kirk and tells him that he has stowed away on the Vengeance and disabled the ship for 3 minutes.
Kirk, knowing that they cannot destroy the Vengeance from the outside, asks Khan to space jump with him to the Vengeance so they can take it out from the inside (Kirk can only take minimal people and needs Khan knowledge of the ship and his physical prowess). The Vengeance has been created to be run by minimal crew and one person if needed. Khan now has the opening he has been planning for.
Scotty, Kirk, and Khan take over the Vengeance. Kirk, knowing he is being played by Khan, has instructed Scotty to stun Khan the moment they have taken over the bridge. Scotty does so but Khan, being genetically engineered has faked being stunned and very quickly and disarms Scotty, beats up Kirk, breaks Carol's leg, and kills Admiral Marcus with his bare hands.
Khan contacts Spock and tells him to give him his crew, whom he still thinks are in the torpedoes, in exchange for Kirk, Scotty, and Carol.
Spock agrees to this. Unbeknownst to Khan, Spock has removed Khan's crew from the torpedoes and activated them (the torpedoes) so that they'll blow up in the Vengeance's cargo bay (Khan underestimated both Kirk and Spock in his plans. Superior minds breed superior arrogance). This disables the weapons and major systems of the ship, but not before it's knocked out the Enterprise's warp core.
Powerless, the Enterprise tumbles towards Earth because it is close enough to be caught in its gravity.
Kirk and Scotty, who Khan has returned to the Enterprise, race towards engineering so (that) they can restart the warp core.
When they get to engineering, they find that the warp core is out of alignment and the only way to fix it is for someone to readjust it from the inside, sentencing that person to death from radiation poisoning.
Kirk knocks out Scotty and manages to save the Enterprise, but dies as Spock watches beyond the protective door.
Khan use the last bit of power in the Vengeance to ram the ship into Starfleet HQ, located in San Francisco.
Spock, realizing that Khan could survive the crash, has Sulu scan for lifesigns on the Vengeance and is then beamed down to Khan's location.
A mad chase through San Francisco ensues till they end up on top of a transport where Spock tries to subdue Khan.
McCoy has Kirk in sickbay. As the crew visits his lifeless body, a dead Tribble that McCoy had earlier injected with Khan's blood comes back to life. McCoy, realizing that Kirk can be saved, transfers Kirk to a cryotube to save his brain function. McCoy informs the bridge that Kirk can be saved if Khan is captured.
Uhura beams down to the transport where Spock is being beaten by Khan. She repeatedly stuns Khan which gives Spock enough time to tear off a piece of the transport and finally knock Khan out.
Kirk is saved and a year later the Enterprise is rechristened as it heads out on the first ever five year mission.


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Download Google Chrome 28 Beta
With a notification center.
It looks like Google is getting even more aggressive with their releases as the last couple builds added more than just some minor improvements.
Starting with the build 28, you will no longer miss a thing as Google not only added a Notification Center but also constructed it in a way that will inform you about missed events even if a web browser is not running. Too intrusive? Don't worry, you can chose what notifications to receive and what should be ignored.
And this is how it looks:
While Mac and Linux users were left behind, Google promised to implement notification center on these platforms really soon.
As the search giant finishes off stripping down WebKit by cleaning unnecessary code, things can only get better, so watch out, IE and Firefox.
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Interestingly enough Mozilla finally shipped notification support in the Firefox nightlies, so we may see that in Firefox 22 or 23 pretty soon.
Favbrowser.com do you know about Opera 15
Chorme is my favorite browser you use.

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Storm damages Miami County
Posted: Jul 11, 2013 6:02 PM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 6:02 AM EDT
PERU, Ind. -- Cars, trees, and even some structures are all over the ground in Peru after a storm ripped through Central Indiana.
Strong winds whipped through Miami County Wednesday afternoon.
Witnesses took shelter inside stores and watched helplessly as their cars were thrown around by the storm.
"All of a sudden the lights go out, stayed out and you couldn't see and you kind of heard like a train sound," said resident Bryce Duncan.
Police even put out a curfew last night while crews worked to get the power back on.
No serious injuries have been reported.


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The first time I made French-Onion Soup, I was about three years old and helping one of my uncles in the kitchen. I've had a lot of time to experiment and play around - this is my own simplified version of a classic.
Special note about this dish: MAKE THIS DISH THE DAY BEFORE YOU PLAN TO SERVE IT!
The collagen-proteins in the broth break down after being heated and then cooled. This packs a ton of flavor. Don't believe me? Have a "test bowl" of the soup on the first day, then pop the rest of the batch into the fridge and try it again the next day.
This recipe serves (four) one-cup portions, but I like to serve it with sandwich and salad so I cut back the soup-portions to a half-cup or two-thirds of a cup for six to eight servings. Choose your crock/oven-safe bowl sizes accordingly.
French Onion Soup
serves four
Ingredients½ tbsp extra-virgin olive oil1 tbsp unsalted butter*2 medium onions, cut in half, then sliced into half-moons**2 tsp fresh thyme, divided, plus 1 tsp for topping***1 bay leaf¼ cup dry sherry****4 cups beef-stock (low-sodium preferred)kosher salt and black pepper to tastecrusty bread, sliced1 to 1-1/4 cup cheese, shredded (Take your pick - Mozzarella and Swiss always go over well; if you want to jazz up the dish, go for Gruyere)
Notes about the Ingredients
*Do not attempt to remove the butter. Butter IS the richness that makes this soup so appealing. It pulls all the flavors together. If the dish doesn't taste right to you before you serve it, try adding a bit more butter. Most of that time, that's what's off with the dish – keep that in mind if you use butter substitutes.
**This recipe is a bit heavy on the onions, for my tastes, so I like to use 1 medium and 1 small onion. I also like to use spicier onions in this dish, going crazy with the pepper too - I love the heat that it brings to the dish but traditional recipes call for sweet onion.
*** I go heavy on thyme – it's one of my favorite herbs. Thyme is traditional to French Onion Soup but, if you want to experiment with flavors, you can swap thyme for another herb – rosemary, oregano, whatever you like that goes well with onions and beef.
**** Per the standard rules of cooking with wine, I never cook with something I wouldn't drink. Paraphrasing Alton Brown here - but if it isn't a good drink, it won't make good eats. Price also doesn't matter. What's important, use a wine that you like. I have yet to find a dry sherry that I like. I suggest using any of your favorite DRY white wines when you first make this and then experimenting. My all-time favorite alcohol to use for this recipe is ale. Guinness is my usual, but I love experimenting with any bready beer. (I also refresh the beer flavor when reheating the soup on the second day but I'm an ale-drinking and love the flavor).
1. Heat a deep pot over medium heat. Heat oil and butter in pot. Add onions, along with 1 tsp of thyme and a pinch of salt – be careful not to overdo the salt. This dish can get too salty very quickly and you can always add more salt at the end.
2. Reduce heat, cooking onions low and slow, for about 45 minutes. I like to keep them covered with a lid for the first twenty minutes or so. Then, I remove the lid and allowing the steam to vent for the last half of the cooking process. Stir occasionally, and cook until the onions are golden brown (caramel colored).
3. Use sherry (or substitute) to deglaze the pot. Add beef stock, another tsp of thyme, and bay leaf. Cover and bring to a boil.
4. Remove bay leaf once soup reaches a boil. Salt and pepper to taste (I like to go heavy on freshly cracked pepper).
5. Put the lid on the pot and remove from heat. Let it cool for a bit, then pop it in the fridge overnight. You can skip this step if you want to eat the soup immediately but I suggest holding off and making this dish the night before you plan to eat it. It's worth the wait.
6. Next day, preheat your broiler to high. Pull the soup from the fridge and pop it back on the stove. Return to a boil.
7. While you wait on the soup to heat, toast your bread on both sides. Leave the broiler on!
8. Once soup reaches a boil, taste and adjust flavors – I usually add a tiny bit more butter (1/2 tsp) and a ton of fresh-cracked pepper. Maybe a bit of salt or a dash of wine (I store wine by "recorking" with Vacu Vin Wine Savers).
9. Arrange oven-safe soup-bowls or crocks on a sturdy baking sheet/pan. Ladle soup into bowls/crocks. Float the toasted bread on top of soup and cover toast with a mound of cheese. Sprinkle some chopped fresh thyme on top of cheese. Place under broiler until cheese melts and bubbles. Let it cool on top of the stove for a couple minutes before serving. This pairs well with vinaigrette-tossed salads.


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"Guanajuato to Raices"
I really enjoyed my time in Guanajuato; it's my favorite city in Mexico so far. Before leaving town we visited Callejon de Besos, and climbed a gazillion stairs to a huge sculpture, El Pípil, of a man the sits high above the city.
[Callejon de Besos (alley of the kiss), the site of a classic love story with a tragic ending. Legend has it that if a couple kisses on the third step their love will last forever (…or they'll avoid seven years of bad luck. There seems to be some variation in what kissing on the third step will bring).]
[El Pípil, a miner who played a key role in helping to defeat the spanish during the war of independence in 1810 sits high above the city. It's a lot of steps to get there, but there's also a great view of Guanajuato.]
Our route out of town took us through mining land, then to a high saddle where we found great camping nestled in a small grove of trees on the ridge.
The next day we continued through patches of forest and open grassy hillsides before dropping down to a small town where we bought a few more supplies. We crossed over a small highway then back into open grassy hills. I was still moving a bit slow with my broken toe so we decided to stop early to camp.
The ride into, and out of, San Miguel de Allende was on busy highways. It's a beautiful city, but much too crowded for our tastes. We spent one night in San Miguel, and enjoyed great coffee at Cafe Buen Dia in the morning.
There was a lot of traffic, and mostly paved roads, between San Miguel de Allende and Apaseo el Alto, but we still managed to find a nice campsite and enjoy a few quiet rest breaks along the way.
[This dog hung out at our camp for quite awhile.]
[Mudpots on our way into Apaseo el Alto. There were a lot of hot, steaming pools and mud pots for a couple of kilometers. I would have thought an area like this would be a park, but it was mostly abandoned with cris-crossing roads through it.]
We found an inexpensive hotel in Apaseo el Alto that had crazy, narrow, winding stairs up to our room, and doors of a variety of sizes.
We stopped in a little pizza place for dinner and beer. One of the owners sat down a chatted with us for a long time, sharing stories from his time in the U.S. and telling us about cool places in Mexico that we might like to visit.
Our route took us on a paved highway through the town of Jerecuaro, then turned back into the mountains and onto a dirt road, a nice and quiet change from the last few days of noisy highway riding. We found a beautiful campsite between Chilarillo and Puruagua on a small cliff above the road. It was an enchanted little area in a beautiful pine forest dotted with a few cactus, ferns, and epiphytes. We listened to wippoorwills, owls, and other animal sounds as the sky grew dark.
The next day we stopped for coffee in Puruagua, it was instant coffee, but we enjoyed sitting in the town square watching the locals move about their day. We rode pavement out of town until we turned onto cobble and dirt roads that led high into the mountains.
After descending from the highpoint we detoured off the route we had been following, hoping to avoid some of its busy highways. We crossed to the other side of the mountains, then rode a quiet paved road into the town of Tetuxtepec where we found a cheap hotel for the night. We asked around for a place to eat, most places were closed, but we finally found a tiny kitchen that was open. They were hesitant when we asked about dinner, then said they had rice and beans. We smiled and said that would be great. Then the offered us a tostada. I wasn't sure what it was; it sort of looked like pork or hamburger. Neon asked if it was meat, and they said no, they don't eat meat on Fridays and explained that it was TVP (soy). It was delicious, made up like a ceviche tostada.
The next day we rode high up into the mountains where the monarch butterflies spend the winters in Mexico. The lower parts of the mountains are pretty populated, but we still managed to find a place to camp out of sight in the trees.
The next morning we finally made it to a high pass, Puerta de Llano, and just in time to roll into a bike race / endurance challenge. It was super fun descending down the other side of the pass with hundreds of cyclists racing by. All the road guards directing traffic just kept waving us along with the other cyclists.
Twenty kilometers whizzed by in what seemed like minutes. Lots of "thumbs up" and double-takes as we rolled through the cycle route.
We followed the cycle route down the highway, then side streets paved in cobblestones, to a dirt road that led into deep green hills before we decided that maybe it was time to look at a map to see how far off of our route we were.
Several cyclists stopped to take photos with us. And the coolest part… …several days prior when we were riding through the small town of Jerecuaro—we were a bit flustered on our way out of town to find a place to camp; we stopped at a bank to get cash, and just then a man driving a bus stopped to say hello to us since he is also a cyclist …now back to the bike race… as we were riding down the dirt road, wondering how much longer we should follow all these cyclists into the hills for which our map didn't show any roads … a guy stops Neon and says he met us a few days ago in Jerecuaro. It was the bus driver!
We got back on route and found a hotel in Ocampo, the main town for access to the El Rosario monarch sanctuary. We spent the morning at the sanctuary, arriving early enough to catch the monarchs as they took flight from the trees after being warmed by the sun. Seemed not too different from our camping strategy, as we generally don't emerge from our sleeping bags until the sun shines on them, warming everything in the process.
[…our guide, showing us the black spots on the lower wings. The two black dots mean it's a male monarch.]
The monarch sanctuary was pretty special for me; I'd always want to see all those monarchs gathered in one place, and I finally did; I only had to ride my bike 5000+ km, but I got there.
We visited some nearby archeological ruins after leaving Ocampo, the San Felipe de Los Alzalti pyramids. Then after too much highway pedaling we finally turned onto a sweet little dirt road heading to the tiny village of Macheros.
We were hoping to visit the monarch preserve at Cerro Pélon, but after arriving in town we were told they had already migrated north from this location. But the countryside was gorgeous and we were invited to camp in a local's avocado orchard. A bright orange sunset, topped off with a little tequila, clear skies, and a night full of stars = perfect day
After that our route followed busy highways, way too busy for our tastes, but we pressed on, for a couple of days, through Valle de Bravo, to just past Mesón Viejo before finally turning onto a dirt road heading to Raices (a small town at the foot of Nevado de Toluca).
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Problem 44466. The twelve days of Christmas
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David Verrelli on 24 Jun 2019
HH, you get no credit for hacking the problem. Only legitimate solutions gain credit.
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David Verrelli on 5 Mar 2018
A commendable solution! The first submission, and a respectable size, sure. But something else setting this apart is the professional-looking use of comments throughout the submission, which provides great insight — without any penalty! Atsushi Ueno is the only one of the first ten solvers to do this (despite the explicit cue). Others maybe should also tackle Problem 44405.
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MagNA Pure 24 Sample Rack Adapter
For in vitro diagnostic use.
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To order these products, please contact your Roche order management team.
The MagNA Pure 24 Sample Rack Adapter is a rack with 24 positions that is used to load sample tubes onto the MagNA Pure 24 Instrument and comes with 24 sample tube adapters.
An additional sample rack offers a) convenient preparation of the samples for the following run while the instrument is running or b) replacement.
Sample tube types must be within these dimensions:
- Primary tubes:
- Outside diameters: 12 – 16.2 mm, including barcode label
- Heights: 65 – 100 mm
- Other tubes:
- MagNA Pure Tube 2.0 mL or equivalent using MagNA Pure 24 Sample Tube Adapters


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Audi's stylish goes on sale soon. How do we know? The company has released pricing for the base TT coupe and convertible, plus the sportier TTS coupe; Audi also has outlined the cars' standard features, option packages, and more. The TT is all-new for 2016, sharing its MQB underpinnings with a plethora of recent VW Group products, and while it's plain to see the car is as attractive as ever, we've driven all three versions—, , and —and can report that they're also as fun to drive as ever.
third-generation TT sports carcouperoadsterTTS
For 2016, Audi didn't change much on the TT's standard-equipment list, adding only its new MMI Touch infotainment controller (with a touch-sensitive pad that can discern finger writing) and LED headlights to an already comprehensive roster. Carryover features include Quattro all-wheel drive, a six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, automatic climate control, auto-dimming mirrors, a Homelink garage-door opener, heated 12-way power front seats, a leather and faux-suede-trimmed interior, a flat-bottom steering wheel with shift paddles, 18-inch wheels, and LED taillights. The TTS model adds sports seats with adjustable bolsters; 19-inch wheels; and special engine, exhaust, and suspension tuning.
Despite only minimal content changes, the 2016 TT coupe is $2580 dearer than last year's model, ringing in at a rich $43,825. The roadster is $3500 more than the coupe, and $3080 more expensive than last year's topless TT. The mighty TTS's price barely budges—at $52,825, it's just $730 pricier than the 2015 TTS. Yet-to-be-priced options include 19-inch wheels with summer tires for the TT, sport seats for the roadster, red brake calipers for the TTS, and a 680-watt Bang & Olufsen sound system.
- 10 Things You Need to Know About the 2016 Audi TT
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Buyers will be able to select from among a Technology package (TT coupe and roadster only, includes navigation, front and rear parking sensors, backup camera, and blind-spot monitoring); an Audi Design package (brown Nappa leather, slate-gray interior trim, extended leather package, aluminum inlays, and sport seats); as well as the Launch Edition package (TTS only, includes Mythos Black paint, red Nappa leather interior, extended leather package, special 19-inch wheels, red-painted brake calipers, Bang & Olufsen sound system, piano-black inlays, and the Technology package). Prices for the packages, like those for the options, are not out yet, nor are final EPA fuel-economy estimates. Look for those to appear closer to the TT's on-sale date.


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The roads through rural Vermont wind past rolling forested hills and quaint small towns, including South Royalton – used as the quintessential New England village in the opening sequence of the TV series Gilmore Girls.
A short drive away, the Tunbridge World's Fair has run almost continuously since 1867, with games, contests for best pig or pumpkin, and displays of old-time printing presses and candle making.
And not far from there, one stop on the area's low-key tourist trail dotted with maple syrup farms, pottery workshops and picturesque covered bridges, is the birthplace of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church.
The site now hosts a museum, run by the church and staffed by cheerful missionaries. Outside, a giant granite obelisk rises towards the sky. Calming music flows from speakers located high up in the trees. It is a peaceful place, designed to inspire reflection.
But, over the last year, it has also found itself at the centre of a controversy. In front of many houses and shops, signs exclaim: "Save our communities. Stop NewVistas."
NewVistas is the name of an unusual, indeed, one-of-a-kind project led by a Mormon businessman named David Hall to build new, master-planned towns from scratch – inspired by notes written by Joseph Smith himself in 1833.
Hall says these designs, which described how ideal Mormon settlements should be laid out and were drafted almost 200 years ago, offer answers to modern-day challenges of sustainable living. And to make it happen, he has been buying land – lots of it.
The first goal is to build a NewVista community near Smith's birthplace in Vermont, which would be home to about 20,000 people. The next step: to build more. Ultimately, Hall's vision describes a new "city" of connected communities, with a total population of up to one million.
The fantastic story first came to light last spring, thanks to the careful eye and diligent research of a librarian in the small town of Sharon, who uncovered a series of local land purchases that she traced to the businessman and his plans.
Reflecting on that time, Nicole Antal, 30, says she'd found it all hard to believe – particularly the scale.
"This is very big for Vermont," she says. "Burlington is 40,000 people. Montpellier, the state capital, is 7,000. This is not one guy buying a house and trying something new."
To date, the NewVistas project is thought to have purchased as many as 1,500 acres in central Vermont – with plans to buy much more. It's focused on a largely rural area at the intersection of four tiny towns – Royalton, Sharon, Stafford and Tunbridge – which have a combined population of just 6,400.
Nor is the project just buying up vacant lots. It appears to be purchasing whatever it can. Antal says a few properties sold to NewVistas were second homes. But so far acquisitions have been fragmented parcels.
Antal first blogged about the land purchases in March 2016, setting off a flurry of articles in the local media. Soon Bloomberg Businessweek and the Wall Street Journal picked up the story, revelling in its unusual characters, audacious vision and local controversy.
Residents in Vermont, meanwhile, had started to organise in opposition.
"This threat is like nothing we've ever seen or could have conjured up ourselves," says one long-term local resident Jane Huppe, 58, describing it as a "top-down venture" that doesn't fit with the area's own ideas for how it should develop.
"It hit us like a ton of bricks," she adds, suggesting it could completely overwhelm existing communities. "Why does he not bring this to where they need massive amounts of housing, instead of disrupting the rural countryside?"
Building Zion
Joseph Smith left central Vermont as a child with his family, moving to rural New York, where he later founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But despite his rural upbringing, Smith outlined a vision for new and compact settlements that would go on to influence the planning of hundreds of American towns.
"This farm boy ... dreamed to build a metropolis that rivalled the large seaport cities he had only heard about," writes the academic Benjamin Park, in a 2013 paper.
In the 1830s, Smith laid out a detailed plan called the "plat of Zion". It described new towns, designed to be self-sufficient, ordered by rigid grids, and surrounded by farmland and wilderness.
The plan included ideal sizes of streets, blocks and lots. Roads should be straight and oriented to the points of a compass. Homes, built in uniform stone or brick, should sit within deep individual lots, with front yards and back gardens.
Significantly, the plan lacked designated areas for government buildings and town halls, as well as for markets or commercial districts. Instead, central blocks would be set aside for temples and community buildings.
Once fully occupied, with 15-20,000 inhabitants, the settlement would not be expanded. Instead, others would be built, to "fill up the world in these last days".
This wasn't a theoretical plan. Smith hoped to build a new town like this – in Missouri, specifically. In 1831, he said that Independence, in Jackson County, had been revealed as "the land of promise and the place for the City of Zion".
Unlike other new religious movements in America at the time, which were "warning congregants of the evils rooted in urban cities", Smith believed that "cities were not to be fled, but sacralised," writes Park. This reflected key Mormon principles that "focused on establishing a righteous civilisation ... rather than individuals.
"[Zion] was literally the 'centre place' for a new civilisation destined to expand as God's people multiplied. Gathering and city building were not incidental parts of sanctification, but the goal."
In the summer of 1833, Smith and other church leaders met in Kirtland, Ohio, and drew up specific blueprints for a city of Zion, including designs for specific buildings. Smith sent these to church members in Missouri, who were to "purchase this whole region of country, as soon as time will permit".
It didn't happen; early Mormon settlers were driven out of Missouri. And in 1844, Smith was killed, before his city plan could be realised.
His designs survived, however, and were later used as a blueprint for as many as 500 communities in the American West. In the 1990s, the American Planning Association went so far as to recognise the plat of Zion documents for their historical significance and influence.
Most famously, church leader Brigham Young drew on the plat for the design of Salt Lake City, which was established by Mormon settlers in 1847. The city's core still reflects this: it features wide streets, oriented north-south, and mammoth blocks focusing on Temple Square, where a church museum also holds the original plat of Zion documents.
The concept of Zion remains key to the Mormon faith. The church explains that it represents the "pure in heart", but also "a place where the pure in heart live". It says: "In the latter days a city named Zion will be built [in Missouri] ... to which the tribes of Israel will gather." In the meantime, members "are counselled to build up Zion wherever they are living".
Salt Lake City itself was also, of course, heavily influenced by broader trends in American life, such as the completion of the transnational railroad in the 19th century, which brought new visitors and migrants, and later by car culture and sprawl.
In December 2016, a popular architecture and design podcast noted that the city's design means that addresses "can read like sets of coordinates. '300 South 2100 East', for example, means three blocks south and 21 blocks east of Temple Square." But, it said, "the most striking thing about Salt Lake's grid is the scale":
The streets are so menacing and crossings so long that the city has placed plastic buckets on lampposts which hold flags that pedestrians can carry to the other side while crossing. In present-day Salt Lake City, it's hard to get around without a car."
Nevertheless, some experts argue that the plat of Zion was a precursor to intelligent urban planning – and leaves a legacy that could help tackle haphazard developments today.
The NewVistas project
This is of little comfort for those Vermont residents who oppose NewVistas. The Mormon church, too, is apparently displeased: they don't support the plan.
David Hall, the businessman behind the contemporary and controversial NewVistas project, lives in Provo, Utah. His background is in big energy: he reportedly made his fortune selling sophisticated drilling tools to the oil and gas industry.
In an interview with the Guardian, he says Smith's city plans remain remarkably relevant for today's challenges.
"The plat describes a very low footprint, 20,000 people on only three square miles. Everything else was supposed to be wilderness. It's telling us not to sprawl, which is what we do, we even go into the mountains," Hall says. "It really makes sense for our time."
The project's website says it follows the plat laid out by Smith and that its architectural plans are also "based on the same sizing specifications for early Mormon temples, which were designed to fulfil multiple functions".
But, Hall says, the goal is to develop "secular, sustainable communities" taking advantage of modern technology, including food production techniques that make it possible for people to live in ever-smaller spaces. It is envisaged for Mormons and non-Mormons alike.
The NewVistas Foundation argues: "Sustainable living in the modern world requires high density urban development," pointing out that sprawl consumes too much energy and other resources, not just in urban areas but rural as well.
It presents a detailed, wide-ranging plan, including specific designs for three-storey "standard buildings" with apartments, businesses, and some farming and manufacturing, all located in one place.
More futuristic ideas include internal walls and floors that could be moved by robotic systems, so that families could live in small spaces that are easily rearranged. Outside, "walkway-podway" systems (something like elevated sidewalks and an underground tube network) would operate on multiple levels to transport people and goods. New toilets would monitor users' health.
Not unlike Smith's original vision, the foundation says the goal is "massive scalability", so that these communities can be "replicated to encompass all of the earth's billions of people". It calls itself nothing less than a new "urban model and economic system for the 21st century".
Each complete "NewVista" would have as many as one million people, but be composed of 50 similar and carefully designed communities, each with a population of 15,000 to 25,000 and "the capacity to be self-sufficient with respect to basic needs".
There are also unusual proposals for how these places will be run: "organised according to a private capitalistic economic structure. The community is not a political entity but a productive enterprise, like a company town."
There is even a suggestion that a NewVista Community Corporation would have control over things like "land use, transportation, and community environment, which are usually matters of government concern".
Hall predicts that the first NewVistas community could require as much as $3bn (£2.3bn) to build, expecting 20% to come from the first residents and the bulk from other investors – with nothing from the church.
"NewVistas is my own modern interpretation of Joseph Smith's community documents and I have not ever discussed the ideas with the church and won't involve them in the future."
Vermont strikes back
"We didn't waste any time when this came up," says Michael Sacca, 61, director of the Alliance for Vermont Communities, a new non-profit organisation formed by local residents in opposition to Hall's plans – and any other similar large-scale developments in future.
Sitting on the porch outside the house he and his wife built themselves 15 years ago, with the sun setting below the hills around him, he says: "We want to protect our future and our children's future and the region ... we want to maintain our lifestyle and our communities."
The NewVistas plans simply don't fit into local, regional or state visions of how Vermont should develop, Sacca argues, which instead aim to "concentrate development as much as possible in village centres, town centres, leaving rural areas for rural life".
Sacca also describes the corporate structure envisaged for NewVistas as "Orwellian" and as an experiment designed to "stand on its own as an insulated corporate town".
Opposition to the project, which would transform the area, has been vibrant and vocal. Sign and stickers are visible on the streets of central Vermont, and petitions are calling for discussion at town meetings in March.
The Alliance is also tracking land purchases. By their count, NewVistas has already acquired an estimated 1,200-1,500 acres of land – with purchases continuing despite the controversy.
The Mormon church is itself, a significant land and real estate developer, with farms, ranches, residential and commercial properties across the US. In Florida, a church-owned property is now set to become the site of a new "city" for as many as half a million people by 2080.
However, it does not seem to be too happy about the NewVistas project either.
In August 2016, a church spokesman said: "This is a private venture and is not associated with The Church ... [which] makes no judgment about the scientific, environmental or social merits of the proposed developments. However, for a variety of reasons, we are not in favour of the proposal."
The NewVistas website explains that "the community layout" envisaged "follows a city plot pattern created by Joseph Smith in June of 1833". But it also carries an "Important Note" stating that its model "is not presented as a fulfilment of Joseph Smith's vision. It is not supported or endorsed by the Church".
The church in Salt Lake City did not respond to requests for comment or further elaboration of its position.
In Vermont, some of the project's opponents hope they can use Act 250 – the state's premier land use law – to stop it. This law was enacted decades ago after new highways and ski resorts lured investors into the state. It requires that developers comply with regional plans, as a way to manage growth and protect the environment.
Hall acknowledges his project has been controversial and many people are against it. But he says he's drawn to Vermont in particular because of its connection to Joseph Smith, because land is relatively cheap, and because there is too much of what he calls "rural sprawl".
"There's lots of rules that keep you from building things, so Vermonters would eventually have to approve it – but not right away," Hall adds, stressing that nothing is happening overnight and it would take decades to realise his plan.
He says technical components must first be worked out, and he needs to "consolidate land", which can take generations because "we've had this trend of subdividing and sprawl, so the reverse process will take a long time". The project, he argues, "is very unique, but I have a hard time getting people to really look at it and study it."
Meanwhile, land is also being bought in his home town of Provo, Utah, where NewVistas is again facing local opposition. Professor emeritus at Brigham Young University's Marriott School, Warner Woodworth, who lives in Provo, described it as a "takeover".
"To have someone with money and power enter our area and gradually buy up homes, offering distorted purchase power to grab residences, is troubling. It shakes the peace and violates the sense of continuity and mutual care for one another," Woodworth wrote in September, arguing that Hall's plans are also a "far cry from the original" plat of Zion idea:
Hall's system is corporatist, while Joseph's was more communal. Hall wants to establish a top-down power structure, whereas Joseph envisioned a bottom-up community of common consent. Hall seeks to control. Joseph sought to liberate. The early Zion plat consisted of large family yards and agriculture. In contrast, Hall plans for tiny urban apartments of 200 square feet in a bare, boring apartment."
But, he suggested: "It may have been more achievable and acceptable if he had engaged more participants from the beginning. While one may disagree with some of his ideas, it's the process he uses that becomes the fatal step."
As for Antal, who first discovered Hall's project, she is concerned about the impact on her family.
"There are some good ideas [in the NewVistas project] ... Polluting less, creating local agriculture. But I don't think it applies to Vermont. I think Vermont is doing a pretty good job at being sustainable," she says. "I don't like that this is being imposed on us."
Read the first part of Claire Provost's investigation into the role of Mormons in city planning here. Follow Guardian Cities on Twitter and Facebook to join the discussion, and explore our archive here


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2018 Oscar Live Blog – 90th Academy Awards.
90th Academy Awards.
Here we go! Join us for our live blog of the 90th Academy Awards. This year we've implemented a more robust system with live chat options. If you want the complete surround-sound experience, follow the link below to our live cast, hosted on Spreaker, where we'll be talking about the nominees, films that deserved to make the cut, and the results of each category.
In case you missed our picks, you can find them here, as well as a handy cheat sheet for the major award category nominees: 2018 Oscar Picks.
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Update: The House passed HR 1960 by a 315-107 margin. The ball is now in the Senate's court.
The White House issued a rebuttal to the House Armed Services Committee's proposed 2014 defense budget (National Defense Authorization Act - H.R. 1960). The White House has voiced its concerns with the House budget proposal. As expected the WH threatened to veto the bill if it passes Congress in its present form.
The WH statement reads:
"…if the bill [HR 1960] is presented to the President for approval in its current form, the President's senior advisers would recommend that the President veto the bill."
Although the WH did note some areas of agreement, the June 12th statement seems to indicate that the administration has taken issue with most of the pertinent sections of the HASC version of H.R. 1960.
Since this blog is dedicated to issues surrounding pay, benefits, and related support programs, I will focus on the WH response to the HASC decision to ignore the DoD request to increase TRICARE fees and cap military pay increases at 1%."
Here is what the administration had to say on those subjects:
TRICARE Fees and Co-Payments: The Administration believes that military retirees deserve an excellent, sustainable health care benefit. For this reason, the Administration strongly supports its requested TRICARE fee initiative that seeks to control the spiraling health care costs of the Department of Defense (DOD) while keeping retired beneficiaries' share of these costs well below the levels experienced when the TRICARE program was implemented in the mid-1990s. The projected FY 2014 TRICARE savings of $902 million and $9.3 billion through FY 2018 are essential for DOD to successfully address rising personnel costs. DOD needs these savings to balance and maintain investments for key defense priorities, especially amidst significant fiscal challenges posed by statutory spending caps. The Administration strongly urges the Congress to support the proposed TRICARE fee initiative.
Military Pay: The Administration strongly urges the Congress to include the Administration's proposal to slow the military pay raise growth to 1 percent in FY 2014. Consistent with the views of the uniformed military leadership, the Budget requests a 1.0 percent increase to basic pay, a 4.2 percent increase in the Basic Allowance for Housing, and a 3.4 percent increase in Basic Allowance for Subsistence. This total compensation level recognizes the sacrifices made by the men and women in our Armed Forces, while adhering to the current budget constraints faced by DOD. The higher pay raise provided by this bill would cost an additional $0.6 billion in FY 2014 and $3.5 billion from FY 2014 to FY 2018. As these costs are not offset, deeper reductions to troop levels as well as readiness and modernization accounts would be needed at a time when statutory spending caps require defense reduction.
So, it is business as usual in Washington. Stay tuned, we'll keep updating the story as the bill progresses through Congress.
NOTE: The HASC version has yet to pass the full House. The next step after that would be to reconcile the House and Senate versions. To date the Senate has not voted on their version of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act.


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Game: 1406
Available Platforms: PC
Price: $5.99 (USD)
Reviewed on: PC
Genre: Indie Horror
Players: 1
Developer: indie_games_studio
Release date: March 21, 2019
Hello and welcome to Jay's Game Reviews! Today I am reviewing the indie horror game 1406.
1406 is an indie horror game that lasts about fifteen minutes. In my video I ended the game with my death, but I watched Gray/PC Gamer Girl's playthrough and she beat it. I didn't miss much, so click the link above to check out her video too. As always, you can find my video at the end of this article. I could not find the game dev for this, Steam just lists indie_games_studio, so I was unable to give them credit. That being said, you can click on the game name above if you'd like to pick it up or get further info on it.
- Looks good. For an indie game 1406 looks pretty good. Not great, but not terrible either.
- Atmosphere. The overall feel of the game and the mood that is set keeps the player feeling helpless. This is somewhat enhanced by the fact that there is no run key, though you feel a sense of urgency. The limited lighting keeps the player guessing about what is around the corner.
- Limited world. The game world consists of three rooms, four if you count the outside of the house. This is in the pro list due to the fact that doing this in a horror game gives the player a claustrophobic feeling and a sense of impending doom.
- Too short. The game takes under 15 minutes to complete. It manages to tell the story in this short period, but for a $6 game I feel there should be more.
- Story. The story feels generic and underwhelming. Paranormal investigator locked in a haunted house. It is weak and unimaginative.
- Cheap jump scares. Yup, this is an indie horror game and like most others in this group it relies on cheap jump scares that have no impact on the player.
- No replay-ability. The game is short and once done, that's it. There are no achievements to chase, no secrets to uncover, it's just over.
1406 is, for the most part, weak. There is not much to it, and thus, overpriced. I cannot, in good faith recommend it. Maybe if you can get it on sale as I did, but even then it's not really worth it to me. To each their own though, and if you'd still like to try it see below.
Does this weeks game sound fun to you? You can pick up 1406 yourself over on the Steam store and join the horror now!
I Rate this game 30 out of 100
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The start of the Training In Ministry by Extension (TIME) program in Zambia is confirmed for June 2015. In partnership with that Conference the Society is helping to facilitate this training in the Fundamentals of SDB beliefs.
The program has six quarterly modules projected for: June, September & Dec 2015 and March, June & September 2016, at an estimated cost of $800 per quarter. The first module will be June 18-29, 2015, with presenters Rev. Gordon Lawton – former Director of Pastoral Services in the US and Canada Conference and Rev. Carlton Ferguson – Principal of the Jamaica Bible Institute (JBI), for ministry training in the Jamaican Conference.
This starting batch of students is comprised of twenty English speaking leaders and pastors. The course material is also being translated into local languages for future training of Zambian ministers where English is not their primarily tingue
The Society is working to raise funds and identify presenters for the other modules from US & Canada, and other Conferences.
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God…"- 2 Timothy 2:15
- For downloadable form to share click HERE
~ Garfield Miller, Missions Coordinator, Jamaica


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Amazon revealed this week some numbers about Prime Day 2018 – and they are really big! Prime Day has become the biggest shopping day of the year for Amazon (beating both Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined) and Amazon really hit it big with sales this year
How Many Items Did Amazon Sell on Prime Day 2018?
Link: Amazon Prime Day Report
But, it was not without some hiccups! If you tried to shop early on in Prime Day on Monday afternoon, chances are you were met with the Amazon dog (up to 4 varieties of them) as it kept coming up that pages were missing. Obviously, they got hit pretty hard with some traffic! I'm just glad that it is a different team that is working on Bezo's space dream (at least I think it is a different team!). 🙂
Speaking of that outage, it was estimated that Amazon lost about $99 million in sales during the time their site was on the fritz.
So, let's look at some of the numbers first about Prime Day 2018.
InstaPots Were Hot
The InstaPot saw itself sold over 300,000 times as Amazon discounted it from the regular price of $100 down to $59. This item was obviously anticipated to sell big by Amazon because the few times I checked it out, it had not shown any out-of-stock or pushed out delivery dates. For those who bought them because you like good deals, hopefully you actually use them now (or they could make great gifts!).
Big Sellers – Amazon Devices and Fire Devices
A big no-surprise bit was that Amazon devices sold – and sold big! This is not a surprise because there were some insane deals on things like Kindle e-readers!
But, it wasn't just Kindles as Alexa was a big seller as well. This means that Amazon is getting the voice of Alexa and Fire TVs into more homes around the world. This will definitely be something that Amazon will harness more over time as they already use Alexa to make exclusive deals available.
The Toshiba 4K Ultra HD Fire TV Edition (50-inch) and the Toshiba 4K Ultra HD Fire TV Edition (43-inch) are now the best-selling TV deals in Amazon history — together selling over six times as many TVs compared to last year's record-setting Fire TV Edition – Amazon
Toys Were Moving – and So Was Tech
With the demise of Toys 'R Us, more shoppers hit up Amazon for deals on toys (not that Toys 'R Us was exactly known for cheap prices on toys). It was reported that over 5 million toys were purchased on Prime Day 2018!
Toys were not the only things that sold big. These categories also saw over 5 million items sold in each of them:
- Beauty products
- PCs and computer accessories
- Apparel and Kitchen products
Over 100 Million Items Sold
That's right, over 100 million items were purchased by shoppers on Prime Day 2018! That is a large number for sure! This number is from worldwide shoppers as Amazon hits countries (17 countries this year) around the world now for Prime Day.
Last year, Amazon sold over $1 billion on Prime Day and they have said they sold more this time around than any other day ever so they certainly sold way over $1 billion!
Millions of pencils and school supplies were sold but I think it is fair to say that an average price of at least $15 for those items wouldn't be out of reach.
Ring, Ring, Ring
If you are familiar with Shark Tank, you know that the biggest fish to get away without a deal has to be the item now known as Ring (DoorBot when it appeared on Shark Tank). This smart doorbell ended up attracting the attention of Richard Branson and eventually Amazon. Amazon reportedly paid $1.1 billion for Ring – when the sharks had turned down an offer or $700,000 for a 10% stake.
Anyway, Ring was a huge seller this year as well – Ring had its biggest day ever on Amazon on July 16, with the Ring Video Doorbell Pro selling out – Amazon.
Whole Foods Felt Prime, Too
This was the first Prime Day since Amazon took over Whole Foods and they rolled out some nice deals with them as well for Prime members. Amazon said shoppers saved millions of dollars at Whole Foods during the Prime Day sale and that the biggest seller was organic strawberries.
So, How Much Did Amazon Profit for Prime Day 2018?
Here is an amazing number I saw earlier this year – Apple had a net income of $13.8 billion in the first quarter of 2018 while Amazon had a net income of $9.6 billion in 21 years of existence.
That's right, Amazon does not have a huge profit though they are definitely bringing in more of a profit now than they had before. The first quarter of this year saw them bring in a $1.6 billion profit.
So, while Amazon has not released figures on how much they profited for Prime Day 2018, we can deduce a couple of things – their profit was likely not much on the items they sold. Think of all the press and noise about the Prime Day event – this wasn't paid advertising but rather millions of affiliates getting readers ready as they prepped their links for the sale (this site is also an Amazon affiliate – and thank you to all who shopped through our links!). With items giving a few percent per sale, Amazon paid out millions of dollars to affiliates for Prime Day.
Couple that with huge sales that likely wiped out any huge profits (and maybe even sold at under cost) and Amazon was not primed to bring in a huge profit from the items they sold on Prime Day.
Make no mistake – Amazon's profit for Prime Day comes largely from the Prime memberships they sell. This year, we saw a hike of the Prime membership fee up to $119 per year and Amazon did say that they had more Prime memberships sold on July 16 than any other day in history.
Sure, a lot of people used trials but I am guessing that not that many will be cancelling it. Amazon has a nice profit margin on their Prime membership and that is something they sold a ton of this year.
We won't know for a while how much Amazon actually did profit on Prime Day 2018 but we do know that they made a lot of money in Prime memberships! Between Prime memberships and Alexa, I think we are going to see a new avenue of sales for next year's Prime Day that will cut affiliates out of some of the best deals. This will certainly gain Amazon a few more percent in not having to pay out on everything!
Title Edit: I always struggle to give post titles that encourage the reader to find out more yet also not something that is clickbait. While I thought that the previous question as the post title was accurate (since I genuinely did not know and thought it would be helpful to provide some numbers to contribute to guesses), apparently a couple of readers felt it was a clickbait title. While I never intended it to be such, I did not want to cause people to click on something they didn't want to read so I have changed the title.
One more thing – Target also saw their biggest shopping day of 2018 so that tells you how big Prime Day was for more than just Amazon!


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This is what my husband said when I finished Tracy's blanket for her.
Chocolate Limes?? I thought more of a mint choc chip ice cream.
Mmmmmm... are you feeling it??
This was a special order blanket from Tracy who chose the pattern and colours to go in her sitting room. I hope she likes it.
So chocolate limes or mint choc chip?? What do you think?
Speaking of orders, I have had another order for a flower cushion and what tricksy little beeps these are!! Here they are so far:
Aren't they just so pretty?? I love the streak of sunlight coming through the window and shining on them. Now they are in the process of being made into squares. They are from Rosehip's blog (link in the sidebar).
I stumbled upon something today that made me think. Has anyone seen or heard of 365 Grateful? A woman who suffered from depression was given advice from a nun that the secret of happiness was in reflection and gratefulness and challenged her to reflect and be grateful every night for the next ten days. She was so impressed by the results that she got herself a Polaroid camera and began to take a picture a day of something that made her feel grateful - every day for a year! It is so motivating and I have been thinking about a lot of stuff like this lately. I have had so much go on in my life the last few years that it is a miracle I am still here to tell the tale to be honest. Well, I am not ready to talk just yet but I am thinking a lot about this and getting very inspired. Definitely worth looking at.
So, what am I grateful for today? I am grateful that my husband finally ordered a skip and has cleared the garage! Just the office and garden to go now but I am very hopeful. This has been a long time coming. Thank you sweet man.
And, thank you everyone who has visited with me in my little space today. I appreciate all your lovely, kind and thoughtful comments. Keep well.


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So What?
' So What?' is a comment on people's ignorance, indifference and inactivity to everything around us. It is a comment on what we 'decide' to see or hear and what not, what we think is important and what really is.
So What? is an interactive piece of spontaneous choreography that was presented as part of MOTUS Festival : Adjustments, in Milton Keynes, at The Friday League at Theatre Delicatessen and at Footprint Dance Festival at Roehampton.
Director: Eleni Papaioannou
Performers: Ellen Slatkin, Jack Sergison, Julia Bengtsson, Madeleine Jonsson, Francis Maskens, Alexandra Phollien, Sara Augieras and Bradley Smail.


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Recently published research from Euromonitor International, "Small Cooking Appliances in Hungary", is now available at Fast Market Research
Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/20/2014 -- Small cooking appliances grew by 1% in 2013 in volume, while current value growth was 4%. The volume size of small cooking appliances comprised 10% of small appliances because of very moderate but stable improvement over the review period.
Euromonitor International's Small Cooking Appliances in Hungary report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2009-2013, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, format trends or distribution issues. Forecasts to 2018 illustrate how the market is set to change.
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Product coverage: Breadmakers, Coffee Machines, Electric Grills, Electric Steamers, Freestanding Hobs, Fryers, Mini Ovens, Other Small Cooking Appliances, Rice Cookers, Slow Cookers, Toasters.
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Ted DiBiase Injury Update - Out For Several Weeks, Official Diagnosis
WWE has posted an injury update on Ted DiBiase now available over on dot com, stating he is expected to be out of action for "several weeks." Below is an excerpt from their article:
"Ted sustained a Grade 2 tear [on a 3-tier scale] to his deltoid ligament, and he also sustained a calcaneal fracture, or a heel bone fracture," WWE physician Dr. Michael Sampson told WWE.com after the SmackDown Superstar was taken to a nearby medical facility for X-rays.
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Ever heard of the 80/20 rule? Named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80 percent of income in Italy was received by 20 percent of the population. By the numbers this means that 80 percent of your outcomes come from 20 percent of your inputs. So I ask you, what value are your marketing efforts bringing to the bottom line?
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are a great way to make your goals more tangible and quantify the time and effort invested in your digital marketing strategy. For instance, it could be that your boss is wondering if you're doing a good job with your efforts. What numbers would you provide? What value are you bringing to the company? In this blog I will discuss 5 marketing KPIs your boss wants to know to help answer that question.
Monthly Leads
A widely used metric by most marketers is a baseline number for monthly growth. This KPI will indicate the number of leads acquired overtime. A lead can be determined by various call-to-actions such as someone filling out a form on your site or downloading freebie content from a Facebook advertisement. Month-over-month monitoring will indicate if your efforts are providing value. Above is a graph provided by Marketo that shows the average conversion rates for various marketing channels.
Qualified Leads per Month
Which of your leads appear to be interested enough that you will pass them along to your sales team? What percentage of your leads were accepted by sales? Measuring your qualified leads per month is a great indicator of whether or not your marketing and sales efforts are on the same page.
Which prospects have potential to become customers? Use a CRM tool to create a sales funnel by scoring your leads into these three different tiers:
- Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) - the marketing team has approved these leads and forwarded onto sales team
- Sales Accepted Leads (SAL) - leads that are evaluated and accepted by the sales team as potential prospects. A follow up with the lead is necessary.
- Sales Qualified Leads (SQL) - the salespeople consider the lead to be a prospect and focus attention on moving them down the buying cycle.
Now each month you should measure the percentage of MQLs that were accepted by the sales team and converted into SQLs.
Cost Associated Per Lead Acquisitions
How much does it cost you to acquire a lead? How many leads became actual customers? The cost per lead KPI shows the cost of acquiring a new prospect. You should evaluate whether your different strategies are paying off the time and effort spent to attract new leads.
How to measure: quantify the time and money spent on lead generation marketing activities and resources. Compare these results to the total number of monthly leads.
How to optimize: which of your campaigns are converting the most? Reallocate your budget and increase the time spent on those efforts.
Cost Per Conversion
A KPI that shows the cost of acquiring that lead that turned into a paying customer driving revenue for the business. Your marketing efforts can drive hundreds of leads, but how many are actually converting into paying customers? Which become long term clients?
Relative to your lead conversion time, you should measure the cost of time and resources spent on lead generation. Some examples of resources you should track include Facebook advertising, blogging, Adwords, or other social media efforts. Then use your CRM tool to see how many of that month's leads actually converted into a paying customers. You can break this down and monitor each marketing channel separately as well. This will help you focus your efforts and budget on the higher converting channels hopefully improving your overall lead quality each month.
Finally, divide the total monthly cost of a lead with the number of conversions to see how much acquiring a new customer costs you.
Sales Revenue
The final and last KPI you need to report to your boss is ensuring your sales revenue exceeds the expenses of your marketing campaigns. Your reports should all lead to increased profits. This number is typically all your boss really cares about. How much profit are you bringing in?
To determine this monitor the monthly profit over multiple time periods to gain a clear insight of historic growth trends and normalize your values. This can act as a baseline goal and help you account for monthly and quarterly spikes in revenue. This number can also be sliced to show how each market is performing and/or how each sales team or individual reps are contributing to overall growth. A success indicator would be a positive growth over a specified period of time.
There are many other KPIs that will help you look like a marketing all-star. Let me know in the comments which ones you regularly report on.


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Remember the "ancient" concept of modern cities that had efficient drainage system, plenteous water supply, organized road connectivity, affordable entertainment and so on? Moving on to todays digital era, we have a new term coined for a modern city, a 'smart city' that means 'all digital'. We have moved from an analog highway to a digital highway, enabled at the cross-roads by an enhanced telecommunication network that paved the way to the digital era.
Be it road traffic, water & waste management, electricity, security, marketing, healthcare, financial services, the essence of a smart city is "reliable, easy, fast & always-available connectivity". That actually calls for a robust telecom backbone to handle the bandwidth pressure from the new complex services and application. The role of telecom increases multi-fold in a smart city environment with the use of the emerging technologies for IoT and Artificial Intelligence to necessitate changes in the networks and cloud based resources. Embedded telecom infrastructure across the smart city works as a mesh, in which data flows seamlessly and aids connectivity in the most efficient way. It will have the city ticking with minimal human intrusion, in the smartest probable way.
It is time for urban planners to use the telecom network efficiently to improve the quality of lives of the citizens. It is the consumers who will lead the way towards embracing all things digital. This connected population is not defined by age as they like to create, curate, connect and form communities. Independently today, cars, TVs, microwaves, water systems, power stations etc. come embedded with smart technologies. Telecom operators can help these isolated smart ecosystems to come together, taking a partnership role in developing smart city solutions for city dwellers rather than just being a connectivity provider and boosting their market penetration and revenues at the same time.
By positioning themselves as partners, telcos can significantly augment smart city initiatives such as smart home systems, energy optimization, traffic management, and so on using their mobile networks to deliver services –
When two cars collides, sensors within the cars will auto-relay the incident—"damage done, location, road traffic situation"—to emergency service providers to reach the spot without delay
Streets sensors detect traffic signals and manage signals based on congestion, creating opportunities for smart lighting and consuming almost 30% less energy in cities using efficient lighting systems than cities with similar populations without smart lighting
Sensors using Wi-Fi will alert users at a bus stop when a bus is about to arrive
Refrigerator could send the information on items that have run out (say fruits & vegetables) to the supermarket and a drone delivers them at home
Washing machine can place an order on Amazon for washing powder when it predicts a run out of washing powder within next 2-3 days
In addition to these, adopting green communication technology will help businesses and individuals in reducing power consumption and lowering operation costs of telcos and other organizations. It helps to analyze power consumption and possibilities to choose the level of energy savings and calculation of estimated savings. Smart metering solutions can create future opportunities in smart building space.
Such exotic future may sound impractical and far-fetched today, but smart cities of future will have similar automation. All of the scenarios mentioned above may well be a daily routine. And that, will be the ultimate convergence of smart city initiatives social media, big data analytics, cloud computing and green communication with the backbone of mobile and broadband telecom networks working on new Telco business models.


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So Friendship is Magic is ending after next season, but that doesn't mean we have to let the story end! DHX is no longer going to be producing pony after Season 9, but who's to say we can't? I know there are plenty of Flash Animators, Storyboard Artists, Music Editors, ponies who can do nearly identical impressions to characters from the show, ect., and if we all came together to collaborate, we as a fandom could keep making our own episodes of pony, well beyond the end of it's TV life. We can save the story from ending, we can keep the Equestria we know and love to continue progressing! How can you help? If you can do an awesome imitation of a pony from the show, if you know how to animate in Flash, if you can storyboard, if you can create backgrounds, if you can edit and/or create background music, ect., we can use all the help we can get! This is no easy task, and every helping hoof well help! So make sure to spread the news of this! What if I don't have any of these skills? Don't fret! You can still help! Just spread the word about the project to anypony who might be able to help! I would like to note, that this will be all voluntary work, I want to keep this project as far away from financial gain as I can. For most of the crew, just send me in a sample of what you can do. These episodes will be made in the style of FiM itself, so keep that in mind when creating your samples. It's a little bit more specific for voice actors/actresses. You MUST have a clear mic with no white noise, and you MUST provide a voice sample of the character you are auditioning for. No foul and/or inappropriate language in the voice samples! Voice samples are accepted in MP3, WAV, OGG, and FLAC file formats. ALSO, don't be discouraged if somepony else has said they could do a voice. This is not a first come-first serve basis. I will review any voice samples I get, and choose which ones I feel are the best, and even if you don't get a mane role, you still might be cast as a background/extra voice. If you're looking for a microphone, the Blue Microphones - Yeti, or the Yeti Nano, should be two good microphone options. The voices I will need for the pilot episode are: For canon characters: Applejack Applebloom Big Mac Granny Smith Fluttershy Berry Punch (non-alcoholic interpretation) Scootaloo Twilight Sparkle For the original characters: File Clip: A nice, upper class stallion Earth Pony who lives in an apartment in Manehatten. Not much of an accent, a pretty average adult male voice, not too deep, not too light. Marble Hoof: File Clip's nice Earth Pony wife. Not much of an accent either, a smooth average female voice of a mare in her mid-late 20s to 30s. Pearl Necklace: File Clip and Marble Hoof's, (very) bratty daughter, who doesn't like the idea of being in the student exchange program. A squeaky teenage voice, who talks in a bratty tone most of the time. Re-occurring characters I will need voices for if the pilot is approved (initial occurrence most likely within the first five episodes). Twilight Sparkle Rainbow Dash Fluttershy Pinkie Pie Applejack Rarity Spike Starlight Glimmer Trixie Luamoon Maud Pie Applebloom Sweetie Belle Scootaloo Diamond Tiara Silver Spoon Zecora Derpy "Ditzy" Hooves Princess Celestia Princess Luna (pretty sure Celly and Luna will be re-occurring) There will certainly be other ponies' voices I'll need eventually, and I can always use background/extra voices, so even if you don't match anypony on the list, feel free to audition as a background/extra voice if you wish! All proper position volunteering and voice sample auditions should be e-mailed to this address: email@example.com (you can also ask in the thread, but you must have an e-mail regardless if you asked in the thread or not.) There is also a Casting Call Club page if you prefer to audition via that. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in this thread. Thank You for taking the time to read this! -TS Lightner


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EU imposes new economic sanctions on Belarus over 'hijacked' flight
EU leaders triggered new economic sanctions against Belarus and punitive measures against its national airline as a dissident taken from a "hijacked" Ryanair flight was paraded on the country's television news apparently confessing to crimes against the state.
In a summit communique swiftly agreed in Brussels on Monday night, the EU's 27 heads of state and government condemned the forced landing of flight FR4978 in Minsk and called for the immediate release of opposition blogger Roman Protasevich and his Russian girlfriend, Sofia Sapega.
The statement came shortly after the release of a video in which Protasevich denied reports that he had suffered health problems since his arrest in the Belarusian capital and said that he was confessing to inciting mass riots, a charge that carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years. The video, which appeared to have been filmed by police, was Protasevich's first appearance since his arrest.
Protasevich, who was dressed in a black hoodie and seated next to a pack of cigarettes, said: "I can declare that I have no problems with my health, either with my heart or with any other organs. [Police] officers are treating me absolutely correctly and according to the law. I'm currently continuing to cooperate with the investigation and am giving a confession to the organisation of mass arrests in the city of Minsk."
The opposition journalist appeared to have bruising above his right eye. He has not previously said he planned to confess to the charges against him, and several journalists who know him have said they believe he is under duress.
Late on Monday, Joe Biden condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the operation to arrest Protasevich, calling it "a direct affront to international norms" and called for his release. He welcomed EU sanctions, adding that his team was assessing "appropriate options".
Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, earlier spoke to Belarusian democratic opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya about the "brazen and dangerous grounding" of Protasevich's Ryanair flight and reassured her of US support for democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in the country.
Sullivan has also "raised our strong concerns" about Belarus's action with his Kremlin counterpart, according to the US White House press secretary, Jen Psaki.
Under the measures agreed by the EU leaders, a raft of economic sanctions will be applied against those involved in the arrests adding to those imposed months earlier on nearly 60 Belarusian officials, including president Alexander Lukashenko and his son Victor, relating to the crackdown on peaceful protests against last August's allegedly rigged presidential election result.
The new sanctions will cover individuals involved in the hijacking, businesses that finance the Belarus regime and the aviation sector.
The EU's heads of state and government also called on EU carriers to avoid Belarusian airspace and agreed "to adopt the necessary measures to ban overflight of EU airspace by Belarusian airlines and prevent access to EU airports" in a major blow to the country's national airline. European flights over the country's airspace have already been suspended.
Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, said the actions of the Belarus authorities were "without precedent", describing attempts by Lukashenko's regime to explain away the forced landing as a response to a Hamas bomb threat as "totally uncredible."
An EU official said leaders, who had been asked to leave phones outside for security reasons, had "approved the strong actions" proposed by European Council president Charles Michel and that "the text was endorsed very quickly".
There was a "strong reaction because serious endangering of aviation safety and passengers on board by Belarusian authorities", the source added.
Attention was also focusing on Monday evening on Russia's role in the forced landing of flight FR4978 in Minsk as the UK's foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, told the House of Commons it was unlikely to have been done without Kremlin approval.
Raab described the "reckless and dangerous" arrest of Protasevich and Sapega as "a shocking assault on civil aviation and an assault on international law" as the UK government announced the suspension of the operating permit of Belavia, the country's national airline. The UK is also examining the case for applying sanctions.
By Daniel Boffey and Andrew Roth, The Guardian, 25 May 2021
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Queen of almost-irritatingly catchy music, Carly Rae Jepsen, released her new song this week, titled 'I Really Like You'. It's about really, really, really liking someone. Carly says 'really' 67 times.
As well as dropping a song that's definitely going to get stuck in our heads for the next week or so, Carly also released the accompanying video. And it is a thing of absolute JOY. It follows Tom Hanks, who gleefully lip-synchs the entire song, as he wakes up, walks around, uses emoji, and enjoys partaking in a flash mob. Very fun.
Also of note: Tom Hanks playfully saying he's pregnant, casual Tinder usage, and Justin Bieber.
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The city of Aurora offers a variety of amenities to help you keep cool during the summer. Please visit Auroragov.org/things_to_do to learn more about other great spots around the city to enjoy including pools and spraygrounds.
***2022 Fee Increases***
$75 Annual Pass (Senior and Resident discounts still apply)
$15 Day Pass Saturday/Sunday/Holidays during Summer
$10 Day Pass Monday - Friday during Summer
$10 Day Pass Non-Summer
$15 Watercraft Access Pass
*Summer = Memorial Day Weekend - Labor Day*
Aurora Reservoir and Quincy Reservoir will also have four FREE usage days on Martin Luther King Day (January 17), Earth Day (April 22), Observed Earth Day (April 23), and Veterans Day (November 11).
Quincy Reservoir boasts 160 acres of water surface that is well known by metro anglers for trout, largemouth bass, perch and crappie. In March through October, fishing is allowed with artificial flies and lures only. This provides a different, challenging experience for anglers, while also reducing fish mortality rates and allowing better management of this unique resource.
Explore Quincy's shoreline along the 3.5 mile soft surface trail, perfect for viewing wildlife and waterfowl. A picnic table, boat launch and boat rental, and an accessible fishing dock are available for your enjoyment.
Water fluctuations are common and variable from season to season and year to year. Special rules and regulations are in place to protect this unique resource. Dogs and pets are prohibited.


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Nethroi, Apex of Death {2}{W}{B}{G} Biollante, Plant Beast Form
Legendary Creature — Cat Nightmare Beast
Mutate {4}{G/W}{B}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever this creature mutates, return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Illustrated by Torstein Nordstrand
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
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Notes and Rules Information for Nethroi, Apex of Death:
- Nethroi's triggered ability can return any combination of creatures whose powers total 10 or less. For example, it could target ten 1/1 creature cards, two 5/5 creature cards, and so on. Regardless of what other creature cards you choose as targets, you can also choose any number of creature cards with power 0 as targets. (2020-04-17)
- Use the power of the creature cards as they exist in your graveyard to determine whether they can be the targets of Nethroi's triggered ability. For example, a 0/0 creature card that will enter the battlefield as a copy of a 15/15 creature can be returned, as can five 0/0 creature cards that will each enter the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on them. (2020-04-17)
- If the power of the target creature cards change while in your graveyard, most likely because one has a characteristic-defining ability that defines a * in its power, the total power of the creatures may become greater than 10. If this happens, the entire selection of targets is illegal and nothing is returned to the battlefield. (2020-04-17)