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User talk:Abjiklam
- 1 House Template Navboxes
- 2 Sigil corrections
- 3 Sigil requests
- 4 the replacement of sigils
- 5 Chapters list
- 6 Unicorns on coat of arms
- 7 Maps
Hi! The choice to do two templates within one was a discussion held on the forum's official wiki thread, starting here. I believe it was for reasons of default open/closing of the navboxes, although that particular wiki feature seems to be broken since the last wiki upgrade (which is also being discussed on the forum wiki thread). You could bring up the issue on the forum if you can figure a workaround, maybe? --Mindset (talk) 14:44, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for pointing me to the discussion. Although when I tested it, using one navbox with two subgroups worked just fine, with one subgroup open and the other collapsed. Abjiklam (talk) 15:03, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
Looking great! Thanks for your hard work. :) --Mindset (talk) 18:37, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
- I second this! :) But, redirecting the "Start" and "Finish" templates to the main templates causes the pages which did not use the main template (e.g. who did not use {{HousesNorth}}, but used the separate {{HousesNorthStart}} and {{HousesNorthFinish}} instead) to display the new tepmlate you've created twice (for example, House Manderly. This only seems to be the case for the North, currently, as Dorne and the Crownlands used the main template (i.e. {{HousesDorne}}) instead of the "Start" and "Finish" templates.
- So, I think that redirecting the "Start" and "Finish" templates is not necessary. If they contain no data and are not used on any page, they can be deleted. For the northern houses that contain the "Start" and "Finish" templates (linked here), I'd suggest we change the {{HousesNorthStart}} and {{HousesNorthFinish}} to {{HousesNorth}} (which now contains all the info necessary), so we can delete these separate "Start" and "Finish" templates, too. --Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 20:23, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
Sigil corrections
White background
Hello. You've been adding a lot of sigil images over the past few days/weeks! I was wondering something, and I thought I could perhaps ask you. Would it be possible to remove the white background from these sigils? Like this sigil has, for example? This would give a better display in coloured backgrounds, like the infoboxes the sigils are placed in on House pages (though the grey colour in those boxes is rather light), or, for example, on pages like this.--Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 20:42, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- Hi. Yes, it's bothering me too. I didn't put these backgrounds explicitly, but I guess the problem is with whatever software the server is using to display SVG files. Frankly I'm not sure how to fix the problem, but I'm hoping it'll get done eventually because there is no such problem on Wikipedia. Abjiklam (talk) 21:21, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- I did a little bit of digging. This page should probably provide a solution. I think if this wiki uses librsvg it will fix the problem. Abjiklam (talk) 21:30, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- I would suggest contacting User:Ran on the Westeros.org forum for this. I suppose the asoiaf wiki-thread would be a good place. If I might ask, what is the reason for chosing the use of .svg files over .png or .jpg files? --Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 21:46, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- Ok thanks for the link. I'll ask what can be done. SVG is a better format for non-photographic images, especially images with clear geometrical shapes. It's completely scalable, which means we use a single file to make an image look as good 10 pixels wide as 1000 pixels wide. For simple images it also needs a lot less memory space. This image explains what it looks like. In general SVG images look much crisper. Abjiklam (talk) 22:08, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for explaining, and for providing an example :). --Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 10:01, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
- Ok thanks for the link. I'll ask what can be done. SVG is a better format for non-photographic images, especially images with clear geometrical shapes. It's completely scalable, which means we use a single file to make an image look as good 10 pixels wide as 1000 pixels wide. For simple images it also needs a lot less memory space. This image explains what it looks like. In general SVG images look much crisper. Abjiklam (talk) 22:08, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- I would suggest contacting User:Ran on the Westeros.org forum for this. I suppose the asoiaf wiki-thread would be a good place. If I might ask, what is the reason for chosing the use of .svg files over .png or .jpg files? --Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 21:46, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- I did a little bit of digging. This page should probably provide a solution. I think if this wiki uses librsvg it will fix the problem. Abjiklam (talk) 21:30, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
Hey. Arek here. Love the new sigils you added.
I have the software to remove the white background from the sigils you added. Is it ok if I do so & replace the sigils you added without the white background. I changed the Blood raven one to show I could do it. Is it ok if I do it with the others you added?
- Hi Arek. If you don't mind, I'd like first to ask the admins if they can somehow change how .svg's are rendered on the site. If they can't/won't fix it, I don't mind if you upload .png versions of the files :) Abjiklam (talk) 08:27, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
Np Abjiklam. Let me know. Won't change any of the other files unless I have the go ahead from you.
Hey Abjiklam. Arek here again. If you want you could email me all the .svg files you have. I could convert them to png and email them back to you so you can upload the sigils without the white background. If you want to do that let me know & ill give you my email address. Regards Arek
The newer svgs no longer have the background, while the older ones still do, if displayed in resolutions prior to the update (such as 50px). It's been days now, and this has not yet changed. I suggest reuploading the svgs, which will update the displayed images sans background (I've tried it once with Jon Stark). If you don't have the time, I could reupload all the older svgs. If we wait longer, more of the png conversions will be uploaded, which somehow defeats the purpose of these svgs. Lord Evermore (talk) 10:02, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
- Good idea, I've started doing it. If you'd like the help maybe you can start from the bottom of Category:SVG coat of arms and work your way up. Meanwhile I'll continue going alphabetically and we'll meet somewhere in the middle. Abjiklam (talk) 17:26, 17 July 2016 (UTC)
Jon Snow
Hello. On the tinctures of House_Stark_(Jon_Snow).svg - it was said to be reversed Stark colors, so it should be white direwolf on grey field. Lord Evermore (talk) 02:33, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
Faceless Men
Great work on the Faceless Men, but I think the colors should be reversed. According to the description, The left door is weirwood, the right ebony. In the center of the doors is a carved moon face ebony on weirwood, weirwood on ebony. Lord Evermore (talk) 15:25, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
House Arryn
Love your work - the svgs look so nice and crisp. I did notice that the falcon of Arryn is not quite right. It should be soaring. It looks, now, like its coming in to land/grab some poor little creature. Can this be fixed easily? Eagle of Seagard (talk) 00:29, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
- Done! Abjiklam (talk) 02:28, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
- I love the soaring falcon, but is there any way to make it smaller so that the wingspread is entirely silhouetted within the moon? It's pretty like you have it, but doesn't quite match GRRM's description. --Mindset (talk) 22:24, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Rainbow guard shield
Re your recent update to File:Rainbow Guard.svg -- it looks very pretty, but the Rainbow Guards' cloaks are striped like a rainbow, so I shouldn't think their shield would be a color wheel? --Mindset (talk) 19:49, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
- Actually, come to think of it, the Rainbow Guard use their own personal sigils on their shields and only their cloak is rainbow-striped, so perhaps it shouldn't be a shield-shape for the COA, but a banner-shape (like some of the sellsword companies) or a cloak shape? If that's possible? --Mindset (talk) 21:52, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
House Massey
Hi, the House Massey SVG looks great -- especially in the small version, which doesn't turn the spirals into pixelated mush -- but traditionally the triple spiral is done with green on top and red and blue below? See the neolithic spirals here, as well as the Citadel heraldry and the depiction on the endpapers of TWOIAF and elsewhere. Thank you so much for your hard work! --Mindset (talk) 22:24, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
House Bracken
Thanks so much for the Arryn and Massey fixes, they look wonderful. I think I'd switch back to using a horse rather than a de-horned unicorn for Bracken, though -- the proportions are weird, and it has cloven hooves and a lion's tail. --Mindset (talk) 16:53, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
- Oh right, I didn't realize the horn isn't the only difference. I'll redo it with a proper horse. Abjiklam (talk) 17:00, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
House Webber
I love the new House Webber sigil, but it loses a lot of definition at a small size (50px), with the web lines interfering with the legs of the spider (making them look more pink than red), and the spots vanishing entirely except for adding to the pinkness. The large size looks great, though. Is there any way to fix this? --Mindset (talk) 23:16, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
- I can try with thicker legs perhaps? Abjiklam (talk) 14:00, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Harrold Hardyng
Just happened to notice your most recent version of Harry's sigil -- if it's the same sigil in those quarters, it would be merged as in your 18 May 2018 variation. If they're separate sigils it would be because GRRM doesn't realize 2 and 4 are on the same side and he means it to be quartered as per Big and Little Walder's personal sigils. But either way one Arryn sigil above the other looks just plain wrong, doesn't it? Thanks! --Mindset (talk) 23:42, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Mindset, I guess you're right. I wanted to follow the description to the letter, but it does look better without the two falcons on the same side. I uploaded a new version. Abjiklam (talk) 18:11, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
- I imagine it would be merged on the same side. Does Martin specify against that? --Potsk (talk) 20:48, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
- The Alayne I chapter mentions:
- I imagine it would be merged on the same side. Does Martin specify against that? --Potsk (talk) 20:48, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
his shield was quartered. The arms of Hardyng and Waynwood were displayed in the first and third quarters, respectively, but in the second and fourth quarters he bore the moon-and-falcon of House Arryn, sky blue and cream.
- The description of Harrold's heraldry is quite strange as it deviate from the other quarters personnal sigil we have: the character's House in quarters 1 and 4, his spouse/mother's House in quarter 3, and his mother/grandmother's House in quarter 2. I understand Harrold can do whatever he wants with his sigil (especially if his goal is to highlight his Arryn lineage) but why would George change the established pattern ? It is possible George simply made a mistake and nobody has picked up on it as it is a sample chapter and not a chapter from a published book. --Thomaerys Velaryon (talk) 18:01, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
Sigil requests
Hi, I'm not sure what your priority is for these sigils, but any chance you could get to Caron soon? I noticed that File:32x32 Caron.png is incorrect -- using a round Dornish shield for some reason, even though Caron is a Stormlands house -- and while it would be easy to replace it with a resized version of the existing Caron sigil, I like your svgs. :) --Mindset (talk) 02:28, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Looks like Lord Evermore fixed it, but I expect I'll get to it someday! Abjiklam (talk) 12:49, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
- Done. Abjiklam (talk) 13:25, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- The sigil of House Waxley also needs an update. :) A Feast for Crows mentions six candles on the Waxley sigil, not three.--Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 16:42, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
- Done. Abjiklam (talk) 22:58, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks! --Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 17:43, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
- Done. Abjiklam (talk) 22:58, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
- The sigil of House Waxley also needs an update. :) A Feast for Crows mentions six candles on the Waxley sigil, not three.--Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 16:42, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
Hey! I noticed several sigils missing amongst the svgs. Could those perhaps be added? I couldn't find any svg COA for House Umber, Gargalen,
Toland, Wyl, Baelish (the original sigil held by Petyr's father), Wydman, Bulwer, Borrell, Follard, Horpe, Peasebury and Meadows. --Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 19:30, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
Others which are still missing are House Gargalen, Toland, and Wyl from Dorne. --Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 10:30, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
- House Toland is done... albeit somewhat late... Abjiklam (talk) 00:40, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
- Horpe is great, but per the Citadel's original depiction of the sigil, the colors are the other way. --Mindset (talk) 04:43, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
- House Toland is done... albeit somewhat late... Abjiklam (talk) 00:40, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
the replacement of sigils
Why did you replace that many sigils? most of yours look really good. but the baratheon stag has its crown on the neck, which is a show thing and shouldn't be in here, and the lannister lion is supposed to look proud which your one does not really imo, in both cases the original was better. Euron Lannister (talk) 19:33, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
- The crown on the neck is not specific to the show. In heraldry many animals have been depicted with crowns around the neck, notably unicorns and sometimes lions and deer. As for the lion of Lannister, I simply think this one looks better. In particular, the limbs are more nicely placed. Abjiklam (talk) 13:37, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
Chapters list
Hi. I'm not sure what you've changed in the lists on the Chapters page, but at least on mobile something is wrong. For AGOT, ACOK, and ASOS, I see only columns of numbers, and only text (mostly out of page range) in the last row (link). For AFFC and ADWD I see the beginnings of the text, but it is not entirely visible (link). Could you explain what the advantages of the change are, and tell me whether or not there is a way to fix the current issues?--Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 14:01, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Rhaenys, I also noticed the lists don't look good on mobile, but for me that was already the case before I changed anything. Could you check if the previous revision looked ok to you?
- The only thing I changed to the list is bringing the 0th element into the actual HTML list (
<ol>). If you look at previous versions, you might notice the 0th elements were not in the same HTML list as the following elements.
- In any case, the issue was that Template:Columns was not designed for responsiveness, but I think I've now added what was missing to make it look good on mobile. Abjiklam (talk) 22:01, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
- The linked version looks the same as my screenshots do, although in the past that page displayed just fine for me, so perhaps it is associated with the forum update? In any case, the readability of the lists is good now, so thank you for the fix (and the explanation of the issue!)!
- A somewhat related question, since you seem to be very knowledgeable about the coding for templates. Since the forum update the infoboxes have issues with the image sizes. Usually it is only part of the image missing, but I encountered an extreme example today and figured it is time to try and solve the issue. On the Targaryen campaign in Slavers Bay page, the Infobox has such trouble that on mobile I cannot read quite a big part of the text (Link). I suspect the images are the problem here, but making them smaller would make them too small on desktop. Do you know of a way to have the size adjust automatically to the screen size of the mobile device being used?--Rhaenys Targaryen (talk) 21:25, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
Unicorns on coat of arms
I saw you changed the model for the unicorn on coat of arms, making them more goat like. I don't know if you simply missed it or are planning on doing it later, but House Wydman also as a unicorn in their sigil that needs to be changed. Have a good day. --Thomaerys Velaryon (talk) 18:20, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Thomaerys. Thank you for the tip, I've now updated House Wydman too. Cheers. Abjiklam (talk) 18:34, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello Abjiklam, I've come across your map of the known world and I was wondering if you intented to use it for something or if it was simply a test. You used the borders between the different kingdoms of Westeros as depicted in The World of Ice and Fire rather than arbitrary borders like the other maps usually do which is a big plus. I think the maps on this site could use an update and they would look really good with your design. --Thomaerys Velaryon (talk) 12:58, 5 July 2021 (UTC)


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America is a Christian nation founded on Christian principles. Our founding fathers were Christians. America is a second Israel, a chosen nation to promote God's message around the world. Christians in America need to take America back for God–we need to outlaw abortion, pass laws to protect the sanctity of marriage, and fight for Christian prayer in schools.
Does any of this sound familiar?
It certainly does to me–a homeschooled daughter of conservative Christians. My school textbooks read America as a Christian nation through and through–until the corrupt sixties destroyed everything. Admittedly, I generally took this story of history with a grain of salt–but I know plenty who had been raised on the secularly revisionist history of the US who now take this "Christian" version as gospel truth. To them, the call to "take America back for God" is THE calling of the American church.
Greg Boyd's The Myth of a Christian Nation challenges these and other assertions of the "religious right."
Boyd's primary thesis is that Christians miss the point when they make political involvement central to faith. Boyd argues that there is a fundamental difference between the way "the kingdoms of the world" operate and the way "the kingdom of God" operates. The kingdoms of the world attempt to change behavior by exercising power over people; while the kingdom of God changes hearts as the church demonstrates what Boyd calls "power under" living–service and self-sacrifice, following the example of Christ in the cross. Boyd argues that when Christians emphasize politics (a "power over" approach), they dilute or pollute their Christian witness–and fail to walk in Christ-like "power under" love.
I have to say that this book was rather uncomfortable for me–pretty much all the way through. While Boyd states from the beginning that his beef is not merely with the "religious right" but with any political agenda that the church takes on as its own, 100% of his criticism is of the religious right. As a conservative, and one who would probably be lumped by pollsters into the category "the religious right", I struggled against the temptation to be offended by Boyd's one-sided criticisms of conservatives.
I spent at least the first three chapters "reserving judgment". I wanted to hear Boyd out, to really listen to what he had to say. And I'm glad I did.
Boyd's strength in this book is his clear emphasis on how the kingdom of God differs from the kingdom of the world–and that the primary concern of the Christian should be to exercise kingdom of God "power under" rather than kingdom of the world "power over". He makes a wonderful point that the kingdom of God and the kingdom of the world are completely distinct–and should be kept completely distinct.
"To be sure, a version of the kindgdom of the world that effectively carries out law, order, and justice is indeed closer to God's will for the kingdom of the world.… But no version of the kingdom of the world is closer to the kingdom of God than others because it does its job relatively well. For God's kingdom looks like Jesus, and no amount of sword-wielding, however just it may be, can ever get a person, government, nation, or world closer to that. The kingdom of God is not an ideal version of the kingdom of the world; it's not something that any verison of the kingdom of the world can aspire toward or be measured against. The kingdom of God is a completely distinct, alternative way of doing life."
~Greg Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Nation
Boyd does a good job, in my opinion, of urging Christians to see living in a Christ-like, others-serving, "power-under" manner as their primary call; rather than seeking political influence as their primary goal. What Boyd does less well is clearly articulate how a Christian might have a godly attitude towards and involvement in politics. That is, one could easily read Boyd and think that the only appropriate thing a Christian can do in relationship with politics is to quietly vote his or her conscience. While Boyd never explicitly says that a Christian could never campaign for a candidate or cause, run for office, or otherwise "move and shake" politically–that is the impression that this book gives.
Because I am not a huge fan of the "Christian nation" narrative made popular in works such as Peter Marshall and David Manuel's The Light and the Glory, I was not particularly worried about or offended by Boyd's alternate narrative which makes America out to be an almost completely secular nation (a la current secular revisionist history.) However, my reading on the subject (two excellent books on church and state and the founding of America are Jon Meacham's American Gospel and Steven Waldman's Founding Faith) suggests that the reality fell somewhere in between these two extremes. Again, since my presupposition (as well as my reading of history) falls somewhere between the two extremes, I took Boyd's rendering with a grain of salt, just as I have with Marshal and Manuel's. But I wonder if Boyd's extreme secular interpretation fo history would drive away those who have fully bought into what Boyd calls the "Myth" of a christian nation–making them unable or unwilling to see his true thesis amidst their (partly justifiable) outrage.
I have tons more thoughts on The Myth of a Christian Nation–but I'm already running rather long. This book (and the book club with which I read it) challenged me greatly, changing my mind on some things, clarifying my thoughts on others, and encouraging me to search deeper on yet more. Even though I do not find myself agreeing with everything that Boyd has written (or perhaps because I do not agree with everything Boyd wrote), I am very glad that I read this book–and that I chose to hear Boyd out through the sections which I could have chosen to take deep offense at.
I encourage other readers to do the same. Read this book, choose to reserve judgment, choose to quell the offense you might be tempted to take, choose to search through and pray through Boyd's thesis. Maybe Boyd will change your mind. Maybe he won't. But I promise you that you'll have a deeper and wider perspective on the kingdom of God and on how politics may or may not fit in that for having wrestled with Boyd's arguments.
Rating:4 stars
Category: Religion and Politics
Synopsis: Boyd argues that "the quest for political power is destroying the church."
Recommendation: Many may find this book offensive (I know I was definitely tempted to take offense)–but I think Boyd's thesis is certainly worth grappling with. Christians (particularly those who are interested in politics) would do well to read this book and wrestle through the ideas found within.

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The IRS is now sending the third stimulus check to bank accounts — with payments coming in the mail in the next few weeks. And while new eligibility requirements may exclude some who received the first two payments, new guidelines for dependents mean that nearly 13.5 million others may be eligible for up to $1,400 each, as part of the family total.
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We'll help explain what you need to know about dependents (including older adults and people of all ages with disabilities) and how changes to income limits could lower the amount of your stimulus check or completely disqualify you. And if you're curious, here's who the IRS defines as an adult for stimulus checks and how to track your payment. This story was recently updated.
All dependents qualify for a third check, regardless of age
For the first and second stimulus checks, qualified dependents were defined as anyone age 16 or younger (here is how the first two checks compare with the third). Each dependent counted toward the family total, with no cap on the number of child dependents claimed. That rate was $500 for the first check, approved last March, and $600 for the second, which was approved and sent in December.
The new billthat President Joe Biden signed into law on March 11 earmarks $1,400 per dependent of any age, to be calculated into the checks of their parents or guardians. For the first time, 17-year-olds and adult dependents (anyone 18 or older) are also eligible for a payment as part of the new bill. This group includes around 13.5 million college students, older adults and children of all ages with certain disabilities.
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The new third stimulus check is targeted for families determined by a certain income threshold. In a change this time, dependents would not bring some families a partial payment as they did with previous checks — the income limits would be absolute. (See for yourself with our $1,400 stimulus check calculator, or learn how to calculate your adjusted gross income here.)
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One way families will get even more stimulus money is through an expansion of the child tax credit included in the bill. Age really is critical here.
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Do dependents get their own individual stimulus check?
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To claim a qualifying relative — either a child or an adult — as a dependent, they must meet other IRS criteria. This might include an elderly relative who relies on you for care. (Find out more about what older adults need to know about stimulus checks, including those who may be qualifying relative dependents.)
Even if a dependent was claimed on your tax return, only people who meet a specific definition of "child dependent" were eligible to count toward the household's money from the first round of stimulus checks due to the requirements of the CARES Act. The same was true for the second round under the December $900 billion law: The child dependent must be age 16 or under as of your 2019 tax return to qualify for any payment.
However, the third check make dependents of all ages, including young adults and older adults, eligible to add up to $1,400 each to the household's total.
Where are my dependents listed on my taxes?
If you filed taxes in 2018 or later, you'll find your dependents listed on form 1040, US Individual Income Tax Return. In the middle of the first page, you'll see a box labeled Dependents. Dependents, along with their Social Security number, relationship to you and whether they qualify for a child tax credit or credit for other dependents, will be listed there.
Read this if you and your spouse share custody of a dependent but file taxes individually
In this case, a child can still only be claimed as a dependent on one return in a tax year. To find out who should claim the child on their return, check out the IRS information on a qualifying child of more than one person.
What to know if you're divorced or legally separated and share custody of a child
Here's where things can get confusing. A child can only be claimed as a dependent by one taxpayer for a tax year. Typically, the child counts as the dependent of the custodial parent — the parent who the child lived with for a longer period of time during the year, even if financial support came from the other parent. However, this isn't always the case. Find out more from the IRS here.
One case that has cropped up with the first check has been parents who aren't married and have joint custody and alternate years in which they claim each dependent child (or children) on their tax returns. In that case, both parents were eligible under the CARES Act to receive $500 per child (for a total of $1,000 per child between them both).
Here's how that works: If you are a parent who didn't claim your child on your 2019 return, when you file your 2020 tax return, you may be able to claim up to an additional $500 per child on that return, if you qualify to claim the child as your qualifying dependent for 2020.
Bottom line? A parent with 50-50 custody of one or more children who didn't receive a $500 payment per child as part of the stimulus package can get that money along with their tax refund after filing 2020 taxes (in 2021), regardless of whether or not the other parent received that payment for the same children in the first round of checks. Because these payments are essentially tax credits, they don't have to be repaid to the IRS, even if both (again, not married to each other) parents end up with a check for the same children.
For the third stimulus check, the payment should go to the parent who filed the child on their taxes most recently (the IRS will use either your 2019 or 2020 tax return, whichever it has on file). The parent who does not receive a payment may be able to file for missing money on their 2021 tax return.
Read our story about how stimulus checks impact child support payments here. And here's more information from the IRS about the qualifying child of more than one person.
If my dependent has a disability, will that affect my third payment?
This is one area where the qualifications diverge for stimulus checks and taxes. If you have a child dependent with disabilities whom the IRS defines as "permanently and totally disabled," they can still count as a child dependent on your tax return, regardless of their age. The IRS says your child falls under this category if both of the following apply:
- They can't engage in any substantial gainful activity because of a physical or mental condition.
- A doctor determines the condition has lasted or can be expected to last continuously for at least a year or can lead to death.
The rule has been different for stimulus checks so far. Children who are disabled or aged 17 years or older are not eligible for the $600 allotted to child dependents, unless they were aged 16 or younger on your 2019 tax return. For the third check, all dependents are eligible for a payment of up to $1,400, regardless of age or disability status.
What happens if I had a dependent who died recently?
With the first check, if a child dependent who was listed on your last tax return has since died, it's likely you were still sent the extra $500, and that they were included in the second payment too. If you haven't filed a new tax return or updated your information with the IRS since then, you may still get sent a payment for them. However, a payment made to someone who died before they received it should be returned to the IRS. You also cannot claim a stillborn child as a dependent, according to the IRS.
For more information, here are all the details we know about the third stimulus check including receiving your check via direct deposit. If you still haven't gotten your first or second check, find out how to claim a missing payment and learn how to report your missing check to the IRS.
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DepEd open to mandatory drug testing for students
- DepEd is open to conducting mandatory drug tests for all students, in both private and public schools in the country
- Due to budget constraints and the sensitivity of the matter, random drug testing is seen as an alternative
- DepEd is currently working on enriching the drug abuse prevention curriculum to raise awareness
In the light of President Duterte's war on drugs, the Department of Education has considered conducting
mandatory drug testing for all students in both public and private institutions in the country. public and private institutions in the country.
While Education secretary Leonor Briones has expressed her openness on the matter, Assistant Secretary Jesus Mateo notes that
the implementation of mandatory drug testing would need a lot of funding, which they do not have at the moment.
For now, he recommends doing random drug testing as an alternative.
funding, which they do not have at the moment. For now, he recommends doing random drug testing as an alternative.
READ MORE: Rep stands up against proposed mandatory drug testing; find out why
Mateo also added that they are in cooperation with law enforcement agencies in monitoring against drug syndicates
who may resort to using the youth in their illegal drug trade. He hopes that with this
in place, combined with continuous anti-drug abuse education, the youth will be rid of the "drug menace".
Briones explains that in 2004 the DepEd has done a similar thing and have subjected students to drug tests; and while
they can reimplement the procedure, this time, around, regulations dictate that they must first obtain parental consent.
READ MORE: Senators support Duterte's anti-illegal drug campaign
She suggests that only a select portion of the student population be subject to drug testing because of the sensitivity of the matter.
"We have to be very careful sa pagtreat ng mga bata because they might think they are being suspected of something…
Kailangang pumayag ang parent at sampling iyan, 'di mo gagawin sa lahat ng mga estudyante," Briones said.
She also mentions that she is currently working on DepEd's drug abuse prevention program and hopes to further enrich
the curriculum on drugs to raise awareness.
READ MORE: Duterte to China: Why do Chinese nationals come here to do drugs?
"Ang gusto nating mangyari, i-enrich ang curriculum sa drugs. Isama natin ang mga practical matter sa tunay na buhay,
saan ba iyan nangyayari, san ba ang bentahan ng drugs, sino ang nagdadala at ano ang circumstances na ang isang bata ay
napupunta dyan,'' she said. - Kami Media
RELATED: Briones attends turnover ceremony; vows to improve DepEd during term
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Mandelic acid
- Formula: C8H8O3
- Molecular weight: 152.1473
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IWYDHOAUDWTVEP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 90-64-2
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- Other names: Benzeneacetic acid, «alpha»-hydroxy-; «alpha»-Hydroxy-«alpha»-toluic acid; «alpha»-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid; p-Mandelic acid; Almond acid; Amygdalic acid; Amygdalinic acid; Phenylglycolic acid; Phenylhydroxyacetic acid; Uromaline; dl-Mandelic acid; «alpha»-Toluic acid, «alpha»-hydroxy-; Glycolic acid, phenyl-; Racemic mandelic acid; Kyselina 2-fenyl-2-hydroxyethanova; Kyselina mandlova; Paramandelic acid; «alpha»-Phenylhydroxyacetic acid; Benzoglycolic acid; Hydroxy(phenyl)acetic acid; Benzeneacetic acid, «alpha»-hydroxy-, (.+/-.)-; (.+/-.)-alpha-Hydroxybenzeneacetic acid; (.+/-.)-Mandelic acid; (RS)-Mandelic acid; 2-Phenyl-2-hydroxyacetic acid; 2-Phenylglycolic acid; DL-Hydroxy(phenyl)acetic acid; NSC 7925; 114-21-6; 530-31-4
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- Avg. revenue /month$3,042
- Avg. sessions /month3,739
- Avg. profit /month$2,000
Business Story
Why this business was started
I started this brand about 3 years ago, I was very passionate about fashion and so I decided to put my heart and soul into making something which I could call my own. The pictures on all of my social media have been taken by professional photographers and people who love my clothes all around the world. I began selling door to door, friends and family, and worked everyday to grow the social medias to show the world everything I had to offer. As success started coming my way, I found myself not being able to handle doing everything on my own. I started to automate this process by hiring bots, virtual assistants and graphic designers. Now it basically runs it self.
The reason of selling this business
I don't have the passion nor the time to keep growing the company as I used to. I'm a full-time college student and have a lot going on. I don't like putting half efforts into things that I do. There's so much potential in this brand it's insane.
What's involved in running this business
This would literally be the easiest way to make money online if you're new to the ecommerce world. Everything in my store is dropshipped which means I keep no inventory whats so ever. Everything about the business is basically automatic. The only thing I have been doing to make almost $40,000 is instagram. I have no ads and so all of my traffic is free. Which means a huge amount of profit. You would have to spend about 15-30min posting a picture on instagram and messaging people so they feel the authenticity of the brand.
Traffic and Performance
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- Avg. sessions /month3,739Verified
- Avg. profit /month$2,000
- Profit Margin45%
- Avg. sales /month154
- Shopify plan
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- Domain
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- Social media
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Sale Includes
Physical inventoryNot Included
Logo and branding assetsComes with Instagram account of 30k followers, all the logos and professional images taken. Comes with optimized website for fast conversions.
Personal support after saleWill help you out for a week and show you how I was able to create such success without any ads. I will also give you my contact information if you have any questions after that.
Product photosAll product images taken by my photographers.
Social media
SuppliersNot Included
Mailing List4,000subscribers
Seller's Advice
How to grow this business
hire social media managers, begin doing facebook ads and start contacting local retail shops.
Skills to have
basic instagram knowledge
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B.Sc.(Nairobi), MSc., Ph.D.(Liverpool)
University of Nairobi,Central Administration,P. O. Box 30197,NAIROBI.
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Several strategies are employed in management of insect pests. Among these, chemical control is a priority to most farming communities where pest incidences occur while other existing options such as biological control are rarely considered. In coffee farming agro ecosystems, there are indigenous biological control agents such as the predacious phytoseiid mites, Euseius kenyae (Swirski and Ragusa) that have the potential to manage secondary pests like coffee thrips, Diarthrothrips coffeae Williams. This study was conducted to assess the population dynamics of E. kenyae and D. coffeae as well as their interactions under coffee agro ecosystems where various soil fertilizer sources and selective insecticides were applied as treatments. The populations of both E. kenyae and D. coffeae fluctuated during the three years study period. The E . kenyae suppressed the population of D. coffeae under various treated coffee blocks. There was negative correlation between E. kenyae and D. coffeae in year 2006 and 2008 where the increasing population of E. kenyae decreased that of D. coffeae. In year 2007, positive correlation between E
. kenyae and D. coffeae was observed in some of the treatments where increased population of D. coffeae
caused an increased population of E . kenyae. Euseius kenyae managed to contain the D. coffeae population to below economical injury levels (1- 2 thrips per leaf) during the three years under the various coffee agro ecosystems. The use of chlorpyrifos never affected E. kenyae. Their survival and increased in number under chlorpyrifos treated coffee blocks indicated the development of resistance by the population of
E. kenyae , hence the possibility of using them as a component in an Integrated Pest Management strategy in coffee.


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Before picking any medication to suit your needs, you should also make an understanding of it. There are a wide variety of products available in the market today that are offering different health benefits to those who are consuming them ahead. Various manufacturing firms also understand the need for these supplements; thus, they are also involved in the preparation of these medications that can offer them immense health benefits. Apart from different medications being manufactured by pharmaceutical firms, you can also consume a wide range of supplements that can offer different health benefits with no side effects.
Acknowledging the side effects
Though you can't deny the side effects that most of the medications combine, you can also find those who associated minimal side effects with long-term health benefits. These supplements are also becoming a need of an hour so that you can consume these supplements to suit your needs. From palmitoylethanolamide to different others, you can take them anytime according to your interest, and these supplements will lessen the impact of the health hazards that you might be facing in your daily life. From carpal tunnel syndrome to Multiple Sclerosis, these can help in lessening the impact of these ailments that are known to make your life quite hazardous.
Offers relief from nerve pain
Nerve pain feels like a stabbing, shooting, or burning sensation and sometimes tends to be sharp and sudden like an electric shock. The individuals facing neuropathic pain also become quite sensitive against cold and might face pain as the result of stimuli. Nerve pain generally goes away after a passage of time, but it is chronic, and sometimes it also becomes inexorable and ruthless. You might also experience various sleepless nights due to severe pain that is caused by the difficulties of signal processing.
Effectively lowers cholesterol levels
In a human body, you can find two types of cholesterol levels that are known as HDL and LDL. If you are not paying proper attention to your overall health, there are huge chances of the increment of bad cholesterol that might lead to different health hazards. You are lucky enough due to being in a world of different supplements where you can pick Oleoylethanolamide (oea) and others to lower the level of bad cholesterol. Not only is it effective against bad cholesterol, but you can also treat other health hazards that you might be facing in your everyday life. You can also take it as a natural metabolite that regulates the body fat further it is responsible for offering you a stress-free life.


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Seriously, what responses are there to the Problem of Evil?
From what I've seen, all the arguments seem to involve Free Will (capitalized to indicate its presumed unassailability). Are there any logically defensible arguments for the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent God?
If I am wrong on any point (including, but not limited to, spelling, grammar, and the question of God's existence), please correct me as quickly as possible.
In my theology classes in college, every response I ever heard was free will related.
Nope. They're all copouts.
It baffles me that they fail to see that "free will" equates to the reference to "unwilling" in the question.
John Hick has an interesting "soul-making theodicy" that he expounds in Evil and the God of Love. I don't think it adequately accounts for animal suffering, but it has some interesting stuff to it that is not necessarily associated with free will.
Other than that, there is aesthetic theodicy that has some interesting implications. But you would not be able to really adequately understand that angle if you were not well familiar with the basic principles of aesthetic philosophy.
But you're best answer really is free will. The others are "logical" in the strictest sense, but they don't tend to satisfy us emotionally or intuitively.
Ockham's Razor is only as sharp as you are.
I must be weird because suffering doesn't always seem bad to me. If you've ever trained of a 10K or a marathon, some times it hurts. Especially intervals. Or my son is "suffering" when I don't let him play computer games because he hasn't finished his homework. I guess this is a problem with many of the definitions used in discussing theism. We push everything into the realm of absolutes and then everything breaks down into an incoherent mess. Take "god created everything". This immediately gives rise to the question "did god create evil" and all of the contradictions it creates. So, for me at least, there is no "Problem of Evil" because I abandon absolutes in my definitions and stick with things that I can actually comprehend and discuss. Of course there are Christians that are absolutely sure that I will burn in hell for it.


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Spelunky Review (Switch)
The roguelike classic comes to Switch
September 10, 2021 - Spelunky has been around for over a dozen years and it's finally available for Nintendo Switch so grab your whip and let's descend.
Read more: Spelunky Review
Ikaruga Review (Switch)
Black and white isn't so simple after all
May 26, 2018 - Treasure's most popular shoot 'em up has seen a console release for every one of the past three generations. Now that it's available for Nintendo Switch, let's see if it holds up more than 15 years after its debut.
Read more: Ikaruga Review
de Blob 2 Review (PlayStation 4)
Beware! de Blob
March 5, 2018 - Only a few months after gamers were treated to an enhanced version of the fantastic and underrated de Blob, we can now enjoy its sequel. However, is de Blob 2 as absorbing as its predecessor? Get ready to paint the town and let's find out.
Read more: de Blob 2 Review
Goat Simulator: Waste of Space Review (PlayStation 4)
Self-reviewing DLC?
April 22, 2017 - Goat Simulator's fourth piece of DLC has landed on consoles. Is it worth adding to your collection or will you end up feeling fleeced?
Read more: Goat Simulator: Waste of Space Review
Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst Review (Xbox 360)
Didn't I already review this?
November 4, 2016 - Whenever a better version of a game releases, it's usually difficult to know whether it's worth purchasing again. Infinite Burst definitely improves on the original Bullet Soul, but is it enough to warrant downloading as well?
Read more: Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst Review
Bullet Soul Review (Xbox 360)
Classic shmup gameplay with a twist
September 26, 2016 - Once in a while, a game releases without many people noticing. Bullet Soul recently arrived on Xbox 360 and it's a pretty interesting shoot 'em up so let's take to the skies and see if it has enough soul to be a worthwhile shooter.
Read more: Bullet Soul Review
Super Meat Boy Review (PlayStation 4)
The meat that's tough to beat
October 8, 2015 - After almost five years, everyone's favourite meaty adventure is now available on PlayStation. Considering there's really nothing new to see, the question is; will it be worth picking up for newcomers to the world of meat?
Read more: Super Meat Boy Review
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Review (PlayStation)
This castle is a creature of Chaos
April 8, 2015 - With countless Metroidvania games being released, it's a good time to revisit the origins of the genre. Symphony of the Night boldly took the Castlevania series in a new direction by incorporating exploration as the main gameplay mechanic in a similar fashion to the already established Metroid series. The result was one of the greatest video games ever crafted. As the 100th review on Video Chums, I invite you to join me in celebrating this brilliant example of gaming perfection in a modern review of a timeless classic.
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Joe Danger 2: The Movie Review (PlayStation 3)
Bear witness to the most daring stuntman since Super Dave Osborne
January 12, 2015 - Joe is back and now he wants to be a movie star so why not give him a hand by controlling him through many different movie sets while driving a variety of vehicles? Trust me, it'll be fun! But, be careful; Danger is involved.
Read more: Joe Danger 2: The Movie Review
Juju Review (PlayStation 3)
Yet another story about a pink panda and his shaman dad
December 26, 2014 - 2D platformers come in all shapes and sizes and Juju is one that doesn't deviate much but remains a solid experience from start to finish. Fans of the genre will find some enjoyment in it, but is it worth a download? The short answer is... probably.
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Item under consideration is a beautiful, unique, very rare, Antique (ca1860), 15 3/8 inch tall, Hand Decorated, MOSER BOHEMIAN MANTLE LUSTER LAMP made is what is currently the Czech Republic. The Luster lamp has a opaque blue colored body(photo # 3) covered in small gilt abstract florals (phots #1 & 2). There are10 cartouches around the circumference of the bowl containing miniature portraits of persons and florals (photos # 8-12). There are 10 long crystal spear prisms hanging down from between the cartouches (photo # 4), all supported by a detailed ormolu metal base and supporting bracket (photos #6 & 7). Lamp has 2 distinct parts. Glass part with a highly decorated glass bowl shape with an attached hollow tubular extension & 10 long hanging prisms (photos # 1 & 2). Consists of a round bowl, 6 inch in diameter and 3 inch deep, with a 9 inch long, 1 3/4 inch diameter, hollow glass tubular extension. Metal part has a very detailed ormolu metal base with a 9 3/4 inch tall securing bracket to accommodate the cups glass extension (photos #6 & 7). The glass portion bowl and extension tube are a beautiful opaque blue color completely covered with hand painted gilt gold florals, vines and leaves (photo #1 & 2). The bowl has 10 enameled portrait and floral oval cartouches , 1 /8 inch x 1 7/8 inch, positioned around the circumference of the cup (photos #8 – 12). The portraits are miniatures of persons and florals (photos # 8,9,10,11,12) done in enamels. There are five, 4 inch long x 1/2 inch wide white panels position around the base of the glass tube (photo # 5) covered in gilt gold florals. Hanging from the cup between the cartouches are ten, 2 part, 9 1/2 inch long, scalloped edged, brilliant cut and notched, crystal, spear prisms (photo # 4). The metal portion consisting of a base and securing bracket are highly detailed ormolu covered brass (photo # 6 & 7). The base is 6 3/4 inch wide 1 3/4 inch tall (photo # 7). The securing brackets has 2 identical sides. Each is 9 3/4 inch tall and 2 1/2 inch wide (widest point) with a 3 inch tall cherub figure on the bottom (photo # 6). The hollow glass tube is secured between these 2 bracket halfs. Fabrication design concept of the Luster was to. Accommodate lighting by candle, because electricity was not yet commonly available at the time of fabrication. The center body of the Luster is hollow to accommodate water, the candle end is inserted in the water tube, which extinguished the candle when the flame burned low. Height including base- 15 5/8 inch. Diameter across rim- 5 7/8 inch. Width of base- 6 3/4 inch. Weight- 5 pounds, 11.6 ounces. The item "Antique Moser 15 Mantle Luster, Blue & Gold with Ormolu Base & Enameled Panels" is in sale since Sunday, August 19, 2018. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Glass\Art Glass\Bohemian/Czech\Other Bohemian/Czech Art Glass". The seller is "crystalcove2014″ and is located in Ladera Ranch, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
- Style: Bohemian Czech Luster Moser
- Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
- Features: Very Detailed Brass Base
- Object Type: Lamp
- Color: Blue & Gold
- Glassmaking Technique: Cut Glass
- Type of Glass: Crystal & cut glass
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June is another busy month… our anniversary, my birthday (38 this year!), Father's Day, summer beginning and with it our summer ClubY program. Continue reading
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May, Yup Still Behind!
But, I may just catch up before Christmas??? Who knows! So sit back and enjoy the peek back!
Anyway, May. Well… Mother's Day which means Mother's Day photos. Of course since the weather was decent we drove down to the end of our road and took photos on the path. You can check out the photos HERE since this post is HUGE already!
Ken bought me the most adorable Totoro socks. We went to church. It was a lovely day.
May also found us at Mall of America at what I felt was one of the happiest places on earth… TIM HORTONS! There are multiple locations in state now, and I have visited more than a few!!
May was also Sean's yearly visit. He drove down this year. We had a lot of fun with him.
Emanuel and Trinity got their white belts in karate. More on that HERE.
Of course we continued swimming lessons and visited ClubY. With myself keeping suitably busy as well.
I even got my hands on some back in production Clearly Canadian!!!
For lack of a bonfire we got creative making s'mores.
Ken and I tried our hand at some minor landscaping.
We even tried some backyard gardening.
And we bought a can crusher which was fun for the kids for about… a week.
We had company… and went visiting.
It was a busy month looking back! I forget how busy when the days pass by.


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Are you looking for an affordable way to edit your fiction manuscript? If you are, the first thing that may come to your mind is hiring an editor. While hiring an editor offers benefits, like taking the editing off your hands and allowing you to get started on your next book while your editor works on your current book, it can be rather pricey.
Going Rates for Book Editorial Services
If you've taken a gander at my editing services, which I call Extreme Editing, you know that I charge $40 per 1,000 words, and you're probably thinking, Holy Shit! That's $3,200 for an 80k book! To be fair, that's not proofreading. My extreme editing is a combination of line editing plus developmental editing. This means I fix what I can by adding description and clarifying passages, and I leave comments for things that need changed but have to be changed by you. Now, you're wondering if that's a fair price. Well, take a look at some of the other going rates. Fair Warning – I've never used any of these guys, so I cannot vouch for their services.
Artful Editor – They charge between 1.7 and 6 cents per word. This means you can expect to pay $1,360 and $4,800 for an 80k manuscript. The low end is probably for proofreading only.
Book Baby – Book Baby is an independent publisher that also offers book editing services. For a 320 page book, assuming 250 words per page or 80k words, they charge $3,200 for line editing.
- Book Editing Associates - Book editing associates has been around since 1998 and consists of a team of freelance book editors who each specialize in a range of genres, including children's books and non-fiction. They offer everything from coaching to developmental edits and ghostwriting. Prices range from 1 cent to 20 cents per word, which means you could expect to pay between $800 and $16,000 to edit an 80,000 word book, depending on the depth of services you need.
Ebook Launch – These guys do not offer line editing or developmental editing. They offer proofreading (punctuation, spelling mistakes, typos) and copy editing (Grammar, spelling and word choice inconsistencies). For 80,000 words, you can expect to spend between $560 and $1,280.
Elite Authors – Elite Authors offers Copy Editing, Line Editing, Developmental Editing and Proofreading. Their prices range from .012 to .04 cents per word, with proofreading obviously being the least expensive and developmental editing being the most expensive. Authors can expect to pay between $960 and $3,200, depending on the package they choose.
- Enago - Enago offers a range of services, including translations. They appear to edit everything from academic and scientific reports to novels. they offer two primary editing services, including Substantive Editing and Copy Editing. Pricing ranges between $122 and $252 per 2,000 words, and depends on how fast you need the editing completed. For an 80,000 word novel needed in 6 days, you can expect to pay between $4,880 and $6,560.
First Editing – I did send a sample to these guys a couple years ago (so all right, here's the one editing service I did test out). It was supposed to be an edit of up to 2,500 words. They edited about 500 words and sent me three pages of ads attached to the document in an effort to get me to buy their services. Of the 25 changes they made, I accepted 3. Not a good ratio. It looks like they are now requiring that you fill out a form to receive a price quote. When I tried these guys in 2015, I want to say that their proofreading service was around $1,000 for 80k words.
Kirkus – Kirkus is a relatively well-known editing provider. They offer three packages, including Basic Copy Editing, Collaborative Editing and a Professional Editing Package. Prices for these three services range from $1,600 to $5,299.
Manuscript Critique - $1,560 for 80,000 words. What's included? It doesn't specifically say. Judging by the information available on the site, it's somewhere between a proofread and a developmental edit. Be forewarned. There's a lot of bragging by the editor on how good they are - red flag
PaperTrue – Their pricing seems to be dependent on the turn-around time. For 80,000 words, they charge between $1,920 and $2,480 for 17 and 13 day turn-around times. They appear to offer a combo service of proofreading, line editing and developmental editing.
Scribendi – This is another editing service that's on the low end. $1554.79 for 80,000 words, and they can have it back to you in two weeks. They also offer free sample editing up to 1,000 words. Their editing service appears to be a combination of a proofread, line edit, developmental edit and critique. The price worries me. It takes me between 2 and 3 hours to fully edit a chapter. You can expect an 80,000-word book to have between 30 and 40 chapters. That's $19 to $25 an hour. The going rate for developmental editing per hour is between $40 and $60, but can be much higher, including up to $100 an hour for an extremely experienced editor. How much time are they really going to spend on it?
Freelance Editing Service Going Rates
Above, you've seen what a few companies charge for editing services. There's also another pricing schematic that you need to take into consideration, and that's the current going rates for freelance editors.
By the Page – Freelance editors can choose to charge by the page. This can range from $1 to $5 a page, with proofreading being the cheapest and developmental editing being the most expensive. If you have a 320 page, 80,000-word book, you can expect to pay between $320 and $1,600.
By the Hour - $40 to $100 an hour. You have to trust your freelancer for this type of pay scale and hope they use an hourly tracker, like Time Recording, in order to give you the most accurate rate. The bad news here is that your freelance editor won't know a final price until they're done, but they may be able to estimate fairly accurately. For example, if I know I can edit a chapter in 3 hours, and I know a book has 40 chapters, my total project hourly rate would be somewhere between $4,800 and $12,000.
By the Word – Editors can charge anywhere from a fraction of a cent per word to up to several dollars per word. For editing, authors can expect to pay somewhere between .017 cents per word to .25 cents per word. This makes the price of editing an 80,000 word manuscript between $1,360 and $20,000.
What to Expect for Certain Price Points
When it comes to editing services, quality and time spent on your manuscript are directly related to the price and/or the package you've requested. In general, you can expect basic proofreading services, like those that are designed to find typos, misspellings and missing commas, to be the least expensive. These packages tend to cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to up to $2,000 with midrange prices being between $1,300 and $1,500. The most expensive packages typically have to do with developmental editing. This is where major and minor flaws with your plot and storylines as well as description are found. These can cost anywhere from $1,500 to more than $5,000.
The Cheapest Editing You Can Find
Let's say that you really don't have a budget for editing, but you know you need editing for your manuscript before you publish it. This is going to result in your looking for the cheapest possible editing services you can find. That's probably going to be proofreading for around $300 and no more than $1,000.
At these price ranges, you are also going to find editors that are new to the field and don't have very many clients. The low prices are a direct reflection of the fact that they need work, and they need to build up their client base. One of the ways to do this is to offer shockingly low prices. However, with lack of experience comes the increased risk that they're going to miss stuff or make the wrong recommendations. However, when your editing budget is non-existent, you have to make do with what you can afford. If you truly have no book editing budget, I recommend scrounging together a few bucks and getting a copy of Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print and The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile.
Mid-Range Prices
Mid-range prices would be editing services that fall between $2,000 and $4,000 for an 80,000-word book. Line edits and developmental editing typically fall within this range. Your editor may be retired and looking for a bit of extra income, or this could be a rising star in the editorial world with a few years under his or her belt and more than a few completed editing projects. This could also be a highly skilled author that's spent years writing various genres of fiction at various lengths, and they know what makes a good story.
Extremely High, Budget Busting Prices
Extremely high, budget-busting editing prices are those that are above $4,000, usually between $4,000 and $6,000. Though, they may be even higher than $6,000. These are the prices that extremely successful editors with decades of experience charge. They have a client list. It's a stable client list, and they're willing to take on new clients.
These prices can also be indicative of an editing and marketing package. Independent editors can offer these packages, and many independent publishers offer these packages. They may include multiple rounds of editing every time you complete a rewrite. They can include marketing, and they may include a final proofread for formatting services so that you can easily publish your book.


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When the first conservation efforts were undertaken, it was often to create reserves that restricted or even banned access for local people. Then over the decades a new focus emerged that held development and conservation as twin goals, and local people were included and consulted. In the neoliberal 90s new market-based approaches to conservation took hold too, where nature was priced and made available to buyers in the form of certified products or offsets.
Through all of this, argues conservation professor Adrian Martin, issues of social justice have been on the back burner. Even people-centric conservation can be unjust. It might include local communities in economic benefits, but deprive them of cultural traditions or of historic ownership rights. Some might take the utilitarian view and suggest that some local inconvenience is worth it for the greater good, but Martin argues that socially just conservation is more effective.
"My motive for writing this book has been to argue that we should combine conservation with justice" Martin writes, "and, moreover, that we can successfully combine these two objectives."
There are a number of reasons why socially just conservation can be more effective. The most important one is that if a conservation policy is perceived as unjust, it won't be considered legitimate. Local people will resist or undermine it. That in turn makes it more expensive to enforce, and resources end up being diverted into managing conflict.
Instead, projects are more likely to be seen as legitimate if they ensure a share of benefits, include community management structures, and respect local culture. There is a mounting pile of evidence that conservation works best when it values people, and the book has many examples from across Africa and Asia. There are detailed case studies that explore issues such as reforestation in China, or land rights in Bolivia. I particularly appreciated the detailed section on participatory forest management in Tanzania, which gives a voice to African villagers and grounds the theory in the real and complicated world.
Just Conservation: Biodiversity, wellbeing and sustainability is an overview of the question of justice in conservation – different types of injustice and how they can occur, ways of mitigating them, and the challenges of measuring success. It's a fairly academic text and not for everyone, but if you work in conservation, this is a perspective worth exploring. Martin's multi-dimensional view of justice is particularly helpful.
- You can pick up Just Conservation from Hive Books, Amazon UK or Amazon US.


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Photo by Kazuko Macher, who placed second in the 2013 Photo Contest.
The Pittsburgh Sakura Project will host its annual hanami (花見, cherry blossom viewing) on April 22.
Come enjoy the Pittsburgh Sakura Project cherry blossoms in North Park. Meet near the Boathouse, receive a map of the planting area, take a self-guided tour, and have light refreshments. Meet other people who love cherry blossoms. Take photos (you can submit them to the 2018 Pittsburgh Sakura Project North Park Cherry Blossoms Photo Contest).
The event runs from 2:00 to 4:00 pm near the North Park Boathouse (map). Those interested in light refreshments should RSVP to teruko @ andrew.cmu.edu.
The Pittsburgh Sakura Project was founded in 2007, and began planting cherry blossom trees in North Park two years later.
The Pittsburgh Sakura Project (PSP) began in 2007, with a proposal by members of the Japanese Association of Greater Pittsburgh and approval by JAGP's Board of Directors. The PSP became an independent nonprofit organization in November, 2009. We plan to plant 250 ornamental cherry trees around the greater Pittsburgh region over a 10-year period, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Pittsburgh in 1758. Our aim is for lovers of cherry blossoms to enjoy beautiful, mature cherry trees in the Pittsburgh region. The PSP will enable visitors to Allegheny County parks to enjoy the unique scenery of Sakura and strengthen bonds within the local Japanese community by creating a focal point for cultural and personal exchange. By adding the new element of Sakura to existing park scenery, we create a new aesthetic while preserving the woodland scenery, an example of cultural harmony and environmental sustainability for future generations.


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Expowood 2018
After the wave of digitization, which redefines European industry, the seventeenth fair will focus on the concept of "Industry 4.0", focusing on automation and integration of wood production processes. Flexible and digitized technologies will be presented that will be able to supply any number of products, providing repair solutions to ensure the transition from standardized to individual mass production.
Within three days, specialists will be informed about new production trends, when not the machine dictates what products are sold, and the products are those that give the form of technology. At the exhibition we will meet with a wide range of technologies from the classical standard for small workshops to large-scale production, integrated factories for the production of furniture, doors, windows, wooden houses and other wooden products. Carpenters, technologists, designers and business people will gather to learn all about the latest technologies and help in optimizing work in the industry.