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About Casino Cruise
Casino Cruise is an online casino website developed by casino players, for casino players. Casino Cruise prides itself in knowing what players want and enjoy in order to provide the most enjoyable experience for players.
As suggested in the name, the Casino Cruise website models itself off the glamorous casinos found on the world's best cruise liners, with all the glitz and glam that goes with it, and focusing on offering the best customer service and promotions.
Owned by Genesis Global Limited, Casino Cruise is licensed by the Malta Gambling Authority as well as the United Kingdom Gambling Commission.
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|Casino Name
|Casino Cruise
|Web URL
|New Zealand, Canada, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, India, South Africa, Sweden, Bulgaria, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Venezuela
|Bulgarian leva, Canadian dollars, Swiss francs, Czech Republic korunas, Denmark kroner, Euros, British pounds sterling, Croatian kunas, Mexican pesos, Norwegian kroner, Peruvian nuevos soles, Polish zlotys, Romanian lei, Russian rubles, Swedish kronor, US dollars, Venezuelan bolívars, South African Rand
|English, Swedish, German, Finnish, Norwegian, Arabic
|Microgaming, NetEnt, Evolution Gaming, Nyx Interactive, Play'n GO, Quickspin, Red Tiger Gaming, Yggdrasil, Skywind, Isoftbet, Oryx, Relax
|Welcome package: (4 deposits) $1000 Welcome Bonus + 200 Free Spins
|Deposit Methods
|Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, paysafecard, skrill, Neteller, ecoPayz
|Withdrawal Methods
|Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, Neteller, Ecopayz, Bank Transfer
|Support Ways
|Live Chat: YES / Email: [email protected] / Phone: 00356 27782286
|Gambling Commission of Great Britain, Swedish Gambling Authority, Malta Gaming Authority
|Number of Casino Games
|Payout Percentage
|Average Withdrawal Time
|2 Days
|Mobile App
Casino Cruise Website
It is obvious that as per the name, the Casino Cruise website is filled with graphics referencing cruise line casinos. Players are surrounded by images of striking and remarkable cruise liners, players taking part in table games dressed to the nines, and guests lounging by the on-deck pool. This theme is carried through to the promotion on offer at Casino Cruise, such as the "Tuesday Pool Party" promotion.
The website is easy to use and navigate, with all features, menus and tool bars clearly identifiable. Frequently asked questions as well as support for payment methods are easy to find for new users.
Casino Cruise uses Net Entertainment software, and has a wide selection of games form industry leaders such as NextGen Gaming, Evolution Gaming, Microgaming, Oryx Gaming, and Play n Go.Player's will need to have Flash installed on their devices in order to utilize the gaming software.Player's are able to change the speed of reels on slot games, as well as set auto bets on almost all games, which is a much sought after feature by many players.
Live Casino
Casino Cruise offers players the option of partaking in their favorite cruise casino game, hosted by a live casino dealer, transporting them to a luxurious cruise casino.
The virtual reality or live games available on Casino Cruise include:
Casino Cruise even offers live games in a variety of languages, appealing to a larger audience, and adding to the feel that players are on an international cruise liner. These foreign language games include Svensk Roulette, Deutsches Roulette, and French Roulette.
Casino Cruise has one of the largest variety of live games, providing players with endless options of games, tables and dealers.
Mobile Casino
Slot Selection
Casino Cruise offers players a wide selection of online slot games, as well as "free play" slot games. This allows players to play a certain selection of slot games using free credits as opposed to any actual money. This means that players can utilize these games as fun mobile games, alternatively, try a game before committing real money to play.
Casino Cruise offers its players an introduction to slot machines, including odds, how-to, strategy and a glossary of terms.
Casino Cruise has a wide variety of slot games, including classic slot games as well as jackpot slot games, catering to a wide audience of slot game players.
Payment methods
Prior to depositing funds, player's are required to verify their account and provide certain personal information. Player's are able to deposit funds into their accounts using a variety of methods, including direct payment from Visa and Mastercard debit or credit cards, online transfer through Easy EFT, or using the online e-wallet platforms Skrill and Neteller. Funds are loaded immediately to a player's account.
Withdrawals are done through online bank wire transfer to a bank account or debit and credit card, Skrill or Neteller, or alternatively EcoPayz. Withdrawals will only be made to the same account that funds were deposited into the player's account on Casino Cruise.
Payment terms
Player's are required to make a minimum deposit of 15 NZD's, and are also limited to depositing 7800 NZD into their account in a single transaction.
Withdrawals to Skrill, Neteller and EcoPayz are instant, however an online bank transfer can take 3 to 5 working days. The minimum value that a player may withdraw is 100NZD and the maximum that can be withdrawn from a player's account in a single transaction is 3600NZD.
Casino Cruise is entitled to charge a fee of 2% at the time of withdrawal or depositing funds, with the minimum charge payable being 1,50NZD.
Bonus Offers
Welcome Package
Upon signing up for a Casino Cruise account, players are awarded with a substantial casino bonus of 1500NZD and 200 free spins.
Weekly cash back
Player's can earn a weekly cash back bonus of 10% (up to a maximum of 312NZD) from live games
Weekend bonus
Every Thursday, Casino Cruise rewards players with bonus and freebies for use from Thursday to Sunday.
Bonus terms
Welcome offer
The welcome bonus is not available as one lump payment. Rather, player's are awarded with bonuses for their first four deposits, as follows:
- 1st deposit, the maximum bonus payable is matched to the deposit value, to a maximum of 312NZD, and 200 free spins;
- 2nd deposit, the bonus is matched to the bonus at 50%, to the maximum value of 312NZD;
- 3rd and 4th deposits, the bonus is matched to the bonus at 25%, to the maximum value of 460NZD.
Players must remember to claim their bonuses on the 2nd to 4th deposits, they need to input the relevant bonus code.
Cash Points
Players can earn cash by accumulating points. For every 30NZD bet made, a player will earn 1 point. Once a player has collected 1000 points, they may redeem the points for the corresponding cash value.
Customer support
Casino Cruise offers various methods of customer support, including a frequently asked questions page as well as an easy to access payment page that clearly sets out all the details for making payments and withdrawals on a player's acount.
Casino Cruise offers clients e-mail support at [email protected], as well as a complaints avenue at [email protected] Casino Cruise also offers a telephonic helpline, which many online casinos do not offer. Casino Cruise offers a helpline number specific for the area within which the player is situated, however, it is not clear what the relevant carrier charges may be in this regard.
- Provides players with in-depth introductions to the various types of games, giving them the tools to have the most enjoyable experience
- Compatible with mobile devices, and software retains quality and speed on mobile devices
- A VIP Club available offering various benefits to players included special bonuses, and account managers.
- The Welcome package is much more attractive on the face of it. The actual bonus offered may not total 1500NZD as advertised, as the bonus value is dependent on the value of the deposit made
- The numerous promotions all have individual terms and conditions, which can be complicated for a player to follow
Casino Cruise FAQs
1. When was Casino Cruise founded?
Casino Cruise is a place that people come when they want to have the fun atmosphere of a cruise along with the games that they love to play. Someone who is trying to have a good time gambling without feeling overwhelmed should be sure that they have come here because they can relax on this site fairly easily. This is the kind of place that people come to when they want to lift a weight off their shoulders while playing.
2. How can I deposit to Casino Cruise ?
Deposits at Casino Cruise are easy to make, and they are all done on a secure server. Someone who is trying to make the best choices for their Casino Cruise gambling should have a look at the account page so that they can invest in the casino, add money, check how much they have left, and calculate all the bonuses they have accumulated.
3. How do I withdraw from Casino Cruise ?
Withdrawals in this casino are also done with the secure server, and someone who is trying to get their money back can get it back much faster because they are using the secure server. The player can pull their money out to a bank account or credit card, and they will have a very easy time using that money once it is back in their account.
4. What Are The Games At Casino Cruise?
Games at Casino Cruise are helpful to everyone because they are the only way for people to latch onto the site and stay loyal. Most players who come to the site have a favorite game, or they need to start playing so that they can try everything. These players will find that they can use the Casino Cruise site as a place to try out everything, search for their favorite game, or go to a genre that will be the most fun.
5. Is There An Mobile App?
There is an app, and this app can help people sign onto their account, play their favorite games, and enjoy endless amounts of play. The players will save money, and they will have a way to add money to their account or do withdrawals as they need. These players can use this app on any device because they have one for all major platforms.
6. What bonuses does Casino Cruise has?
Bonuses are up to $200 and 50 free spins if the player wants to make a big deposit to start their account. The players who take the bonuses from the site right away, and there are others who keep coming back because they want to have more ways to earn money from the site. These bonuses are laid out on their own page, and the site even releases new bonuses every season to give the players more chances to earn money.
7. What free spins bonus does Casino Cruise have?
Players can get 50 spins, and they can use those spins to make any choices that they like for their slot machine play.
8. What wagering requirement applies to bonuses?
Wagering requirements only state that the players need to use their bonus cash before betting their real money. Bonus cash that has been used to earn winnings can be withdrawn.
9. What is the terms & conditions of the bonus?
The terms and conditions on the site are no more complex than the wagering requirements, and players do not need to worry about surprise rules that apply to certain games.
10. What support options does Casino Cruise offer?
Customer care is offered over the phone, on email, and on the live chat line. The site has a customer care team that looks after each customer when they have questions.


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Unbelievable tales from One Who Knows.
'It is a comfort in wretchedness to have companions in woe'.
We're taking a bit of a breather while the world rearranges its underpants. Meanwhile, the other blog is here.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
One of the girls in the Acquisitions Team is deaf. As the team's generally assumed to be the people answering everyone else's 'phones they try to make sure to arrange that somebody else is around to cover that function. A neat trick given how few of us there are backstage. Today, for once, the arrangements fall down for an hour or so because of hospital appointments and meetings off site. Which doesn't stop our senior managers and Tilly Floss putting their 'phones through to the Acq. Team for the afternoon. Sigh...
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Young writers and artists aged 5-14 are invited to submit stories, poems and art exploring their connections with the vibrant cultures of Latin America and Southeast Asia. They are encouraged to write in English, any languages of these regions or a creative mix of different languages as well as to send any forms of visual art! Language experts from the University will translate the writing for bilingual publishing.
These journals will be released later this year for distribution in January 2020, one focuses on Latin America and the other on Southeast Asia. A copy of each will be given to every primary, intermediate school and public library in New Zealand.
The National Library, Services to Schools, will promote this initiative by providing access to books to inspire young writers and artists to make a creative submission. In addition, teachers will be invited to join workshops to support the project in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in April 2019.
For the past three years, Toitoi has produced quarterly journals celebrating the curiosity, courage and creativity of a wide diversity of young people in New Zealand.
"Toitoi's purpose is to inspire conversation, connection and collaboration by young people through the arts. We are excited to see what our young writers and artists create," says Charlotte Gibbs, editor of Toitoi. "The connections can be real or imagined, big or small, past, present or future."
When approached by the School of Languages and Cultures with the idea of creating journals exploring connections with other Asia-Pacific regions, Toitoi was excited to take up the challenge.
Associate Professor Sally Hill, Head of the School of Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington agrees, "So many young people in New Zealand are connected to or are curious about the countries of Latin America and Southeast Asia. We're thrilled to be part of a project that celebrates these young people's knowledge and creativity and highlights their intercultural skills as well as their imaginations and talents."
Both CAPE directors, Matthew O'Meagher (Latin America CAPE) and Professor Siah Hwee Ang (SEA CAPE) are enthusiastic about having Toitoi as a launch-pad for young New Zealanders to let loose their creative talents on important themes like mixed identities, language learning, and experiences travelling to these regions, and at the same time showcasing the Southeast Asia and Latin America connection to a wider young audience.


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LAMP Seminary is blessed to recognize another 2018 Graduate. Tim's story (below) is common among LAMP students who are seeking to receive training for the Gospel ministry in the PCA in the context of their local church. For more information contact LAMP Seminary at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (954) 816-5813.
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My educational road has been a long one. For the last 11 years, I've had the joy of serving as an un-ordained Assistant Pastor for Youth and Family Ministries at Faith Reformed Presbyterian Church in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. I began taking seminary classes at Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington DC in 2009. While the classes at RTS were excellent, the class schedule and travel time needed to attend RTS were difficult for me. As a full-time Youth Pastor, husband and father of 4, the needs of ministry and family life often had to come before education. In His good providence, the Lord provided another way for me to complete my degree through LAMP Seminary.
LAMP Seminary was the perfect fit. The quality of the coursework was on the same level as what I had at RTS. The coursework, lectures, reading, were all very similar, but the schedule was much more flexible. I even had one of the same professors with LAMP that I had previously at RTS. But another added bonus for me was that my LAMP studies were able to be much more integrated into my current ministry at Faith Church.
Because the Lord has led me through this less traditional route, I have been given the blessing of having an immensely practical training in pastoral ministry. Through LAMP, I have been personally mentored by a Pastor with over 40 years of ministry experience, Rev. Dan Perrin. I've also had more time available to learn from the ordained Pastors and elders of Faith Church. Having served with seasoned Pastors and having had the privilege of sitting in with Faith Church's session for 10 years, I have been able to have a front-row seat in watching how other elders have shepherded and guided the flock, often through challenging situations. LAMP Seminary has given me the flexibility to be able to work through classes even with a busy schedule, and to be able to directly apply what I was learning to my daily ministry.
I completed my degree through LAMP Seminary this past spring, and was licensed by the Susquehanna Valley Presbytery in May 2018. Not only did LAMP equip me as a Youth Pastor, but it also prepared me to follow God's call for my future as well. I have accepted a call to Pastor Memorial Presbyterian Church in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Lord willing, our family will be moving at the beginning of the coming summer to follow the Lord's leading. We are excited to see what He will do as we follow His call across state lines. I am very thankful for the men who put so much of their time and energy into mentoring and training me, and for the needed structure and guidance that came through LAMP Seminary.
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Divorce means starting a new life, and that includes building financial responsibility and independence. Many new divorcees will have to deal extensively with finances for the first time in years or perhaps their entire lives. These steps will help ensure a smooth transition in your financial life.
Speak with your lawyer.
This assumes you hired a divorce attorney – which is highly recommended. Although a divorce lawyer's primary job is to assist with the divorce itself, they have an interest in seeing their clients succeed post-divorce as well. Your family law attorney is likely to have a number of good suggestions, from expanding on the tips in this article to referring you to professionals, organizations, or support groups to help you along. Even if your divorce is already finalized, your lawyer will probably be happy to spend a few minutes giving you some advice.
Make a budget.
Your divorce probably caused significant changes to your cash flow and responsibilities. Now is the time to remake a proper budget from the ground up. Evaluate your income sources and try to anticipate an entire month's living expenses. Then maintain a record of all income and expenses and re-evaluate your budget periodically. Is your financial path sustainable? If you are going into debt, what expenses are you able to trim? If you are able to save, are you setting aside that money in order to avoid the temptation to overspend?
Depending on your asset levels, you may wish to speak with a financial planner or accountant for help protecting your wealth.
Update estate plans.
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Reassess your insurance coverage.
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In all your dealings with money, exercise caution and seek expert advice when you need it. With a little effort and planning, your post-divorce financial life can be secure and rewarding.
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Having been involved with VR from the beginning, it was "Back to the Future" for me, where with my development team, we proudly demonstrated our latest eyewear reference design, a 50deg Wide Field of View (WFOV) headset named DigiLens ArHUD. Now, I should clarify this is not a product itself, but a demo aimed at other companies whom we would like to manufacture their own AR headsets which incorporate DigiLens' waveguide optics.
Its early days, but we chose to integrate a 720p binocular pico-projector from an established DLP maker, a state of the art Leap Motion hand sensor providing excellent real time hand tracking, all in conjunction with 3D graphics and object "physics" courtesy of Unity3D. Add a real time Arduino head tracker and "voila", waveguide enabled WFOV AR eyewear, exceeding Magic Leap and HoloLens FOV. Boy, it sure helps to have these "off the shelf" interoperable components and sub-systems for ease of integration. Especially on our development budget! (no pun intended). In my old days of VR, we literally had to devise and hone each and every component ourselves! From the graphics processor/floating point co-processor PC cards including parallel bus backplane and operating system, to the headsets with WFOV "Field Lens" refractive optics and LCD panels (20 years on, no change here for VR "diving mask" headsets today), strain sensors for "Exoskeletal" hand tracking, and the low latency IR head tracker we developed … What a trip down memory lane.
But this WFOV capability DigiLens have achieved was not inevitable. There was a great deal of waveguide development involved.
It required a comprehensive upgrade of many aspects of our core technology, including the waveguide substrate glass index, matching the DigiLens Reactive Monomer Liquid Crystal Mix holographic photopolymer index, our material deposition or "coating" process, the exposure tooling design and finally the waveguide design including more advanced diffractive optical features. This design addressed the application specific user ergonomics, in this case requiring a super large Eyebox (the part of the waveguide eyeglass you look through), suitable for the night vision application where the soldier is moving "fast and sometimes furious"!
The outcome, a transparent AR waveguide which will form the kernal of our performance improvement strategy and roadmap. Whether it's a product for architectural visualization, consumer gaming, telepresence or night vision in which it is used today. We plan in the future to move to higher resolution, widen the FOV up to 150deg or more, laminate waveguide eye tracking and add analog focus for 3D vergence accommodation. ArHUD will eventually be used in immersive, low latency VR applications, switching between AR or VR as the transparent outside world will be electrically switched and blocked – yet another advantage of our Liquid Crystal based electro-optical platform technology. Our goal, a true merger of AR, VR and MR applications into lightweight all day wearable DigiLens based "XR" Eyewear.
In case you have further interest, I had the privilege to speak at Augmented World Expo last month where I shared a few slides, which also provided an opportunity to chart our journey and exhibit along with many others in AR. It's certainly an exciting time for XR eyewear display makers like us, much like the 90s were in VR, driving toward cloud powered, hands free, human-computer interaction.
AWE 2018: "DigiLens Switchable Bragg Grating Waveguide Optics for AR Applications"
Translations for your convenience
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Don't donate to TV stations, donate to military & govt instead: President Duterte
By Azer Parrocha
"I will not mention it but yung mga (those) prominent TV network, I'm giving you a testimony, personal. Ang sabi (They say), mag-donate kayo, used clothes ganun, sa kanila (to them) then they'll give you a bank account number where you can deposit your donation. You're better off giving it to government or to the military and let them distribute it direct," Duterte said in a situation briefing at the Provincial Capitol Guest House in Isabela.
Duterte claimed that he personally saw how staff members of a TV station, which he did not name, would sort out donations that were usable for them.
"Because I have a TV program, nakikita ko yung matatanda diyan sa opisina (I can see the older employees in the office) they were sorting out the things that were usable or are usable for them," Duterte said.
"Maniwala kayo sa akin (Believe me) as your president, I'm giving you what I saw and what I have learned so 'yan lang muna (that's all for now)," he added.
The President acknowledged that people have a tendency to distrust the government's sincerity in terms of disaster relief efforts but noted that most officials are really just doing their job.
"Hindi naman mapilit ang perception ng tao sa amin (We cannot force the perception of people on us)," Duterte said.
"But most of the officials who have sworn their duty to the people, nandiyan 'yan nagta-trabaho (they're just doing their job)," he added.
Duterte also lauded the local government units (LGUs) of Isabela province for their quick disaster response on the onslaught of the typhoon.
"Ang pumunta ako dito is (I came here) to congratulate the officials, the governor, vice governor and everybody of you who were ready at the forefront really to face the onslaught and I admire the preparation…" Duterte said.
He called on officials anew to build more gyms that could serve as refuge centers for families displaced by calamities and minimize the use of public schools as evacuation centers.
Duterte, meanwhile, said he was unsure about calling for a revolution against mining, noting that it has "abused" the resources of the country.
He criticized "mining people" for occupying and mining watershed areas.
"I don't know if I'd have to call a revolution just for mining. Revolution in the sense that I'll not use the arms but I'll force them out," Duterte said, adding that he would have to consult with his economic team.
The mining industry has been contributing at least PHP70 billion to the government every year.
Duterte said he did not "hate" mining as long as it was legal, but noted that such an activity "cannot go on."
"I do not hate mining--it's allowed but I would say that the time has come when our motherland is overused and abused and this cannot go on," Duterte said.
"I'd like to ask them how much PHP70 billion can do to the country if you compare it to the losses of the Philippines because of mining," he added.
Duterte earlier said he would someday confront Congress on the need to close the mining industry following the Itogon mining site tragedy.
"He (Duterte) has insinuated already that it is right time for everyone to consider doing away with mining," Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said.
Roque said the President is amenable that his suggestion would need a legislative approval, possibly by repealing the Philippine Mining Act. (PNA)
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December 31, 2016 at 14:09 #15043
My proposal would simply be that
cycleway:left=opposite_lane and cycleway:right=opposite_lane
cycleway:left=opposite_track and cycleway:right=opposite_track
be treated as equivalent to
cycleway:left=lane and cycleway:right=lane
cycleway:left=track and cycleway:right=track
adding (expanding your change of 8 December 2015)
In the examples below, I have rendered lanes and tracks differently. And I drive on the left!
Showing the difference between rendering of cycle tracks and cycle lanes (current mapping)
Showing proposed rendering of contraflow cycle lanes and tracks in a one way street (using proposed tag transform)
Showing rendering of a one-sided cycle track with two-way cycle traffic (using oneway:bicycle=no as at present)
Attachments:January 4, 2017 at 13:13 #15079
Hi John,
cycleway:left=track AND cycleway:right=track to cycleway_track=cw_track_both
cycleway:left=lane AND cycleway:right=lane to cycleway_lane =cw_lane _both
… will be included in the January update.
Once the update is online I willl try the "opposites" and provide a download link for this version of UK-map.
Thanks for your efforts and best regards
ChristianJanuary 26, 2017 at 11:32 #15439
Hi John,
For the next update I modified the TagTransform:
<!-- cycleway lanes/tracks --> <translation> <name>unify oneway:bicycle=no and transfor to oneway:bicycle=ow_bic_no</name> <description>unify oneway:bicycle=no</description> <match mode="and"> <match mode="or" type="way"> <tag k="oneway" v="yes"/> </match> <match mode="or" type="way"> <tag k="cycleway" v="opposite"/> <tag k="cycleway" v="opposite_track"/> <tag k="cycleway" v="opposite_lane"/> <tag k="cycleway(:left|:right)" v="opposite_track"/> <tag k="cycleway(:left|:right)" v="opposite_lane"/> <tag k="oneway:bicycle" v="no"/> </match> </match> <output> <copy-all/> <tag k="oneway:bicycle" v="ow_bic_no"/> </output> </translation> <translation> <name>cycleway lanes</name> <description>cycleway lanes</description> <match mode="or" type="way"> <match mode="and" type="way"> <tag k="cycleway:left" v="lane"/> <tag k="cycleway:right" v="lane"/> </match> <match mode="and" type="way"> <tag k="cycleway:left" v="opposite_lane"/> <tag k="cycleway:right" v="opposite_lane"/> </match> </match> <output> <copy-unmatched/> <tag k="cycleway_lane" v="cw_lane_both"/> </output> </translation> <translation> <name>cycleway tracks</name> <description>cycleway lanes</description> <match mode="or" type="way"> <match mode="and" type="way"> <tag k="cycleway:left" v="track"/> <tag k="cycleway:right" v="track"/> </match> <match mode="and" type="way"> <tag k="cycleway:left" v="opposite_track"/> <tag k="cycleway:right" v="opposite_track"/> </match> </match> <output> <copy-unmatched/> <tag k="cycleway_track" v="cw_track_both"/> </output> </translation>
Please take a look if this matches your needs
Best regards
ChristianFebruary 1, 2017 at 14:46 #15492
Thanks for this. Nearly but I don't think this quite matches the need.
a) You only transform oneway:bicycle="no" to oneway:bicycle="ow_bic_no" on one way roads but oneway:bicycle="no" may apply to unilateral cycle lanes on two way roads. See example L1b on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle#Cycle_lanes_in_bidirectional_motor_car_roads
b) You should also transform opposite lanes to normal left/right/both lanes for them to be rendered. See for examples M3a and M3b on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle#Cycle_lanes_in_oneway_motor_car_roads — I think your transformation only maps the lanes if they are on both sides of the road. Example M1 shows the need to not assume oneway:bicycle="no" is already included in the tagging
cycleway:left=opposite_lane -> oneway:bicycle=no -> cycleway:left=lane cycleway:right=opposite_lane -> oneway:bicycle=no -> cycleway:right=lane cycleway:left=opposite_track -> oneway:bicycle=no -> cycleway:left=track cycleway:right=opposite_track -> oneway:bicycle=no -> cycleway:right=trackMarch 7, 2017 at 20:52 #15976
Any thoughts or progress?March 8, 2017 at 01:02 #15978
Some real world examples may help
a) You only transform oneway:bicycle="no" to oneway:bicycle="ow_bic_no" on one way roads but oneway:bicycle="no" may apply to unilateral cycle lanes on two way roads.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4541272 has cycleway:right=track and oneway:bicycle=no. I want to be able to render the oneway:bicycle=no.
b) You should also transform opposite lanes to normal left/right/both lanes for them to be rendered. — I think your transformation only maps the lanes if they are on both sides of the road. Example M1 shows the need to not assume oneway:bicycle="no" is already included in the tagging
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/390822564 has cycleway:right=opposite_lane and oneway=yes and oneway:bicycle=no. I want to render the bike lane.April 24, 2017 at 12:17 #16615
Declined or deferred? Or just lost?May 1, 2017 at 16:00 #16732
Declined or deferred? Or just lost?
Hi John,
Last 2 Weeks
– I prepared a complete set of multilingual maps and published it.
The videos, announcement and docs are still to be made.
– Moved the transferspace for the maps to different, failsafe location – finished this today.
A servermove for the website is in progress (Ubuntu 12, Plesk and NGinx are a constant pain).
Still have to find another CDN cause cdn77 still don't handle headers.
Still have to update the website (see latest blogpost), there are still numerous issues.
… aso…
Sorry John, thats time consuming and I want USE my own maps too – spring is finally here.
I know I'm not very responsive, sorry for this – my resources are limited.
Best regards
ChristianMay 1, 2017 at 22:49 #16735
Hi Christian
I certainly can't complain about all that you are doing!!
Enjoy the spring
JohnMay 2, 2017 at 20:00 #16748
Hi John,
Thanks for your understanding.
I really appreciate your work, your contrinutions and the theme
I walked around in Scotland mainland and on the isles for 9 summers and I really loved the OS-Maps _and_ I'm very happy that you made a theme that remembers me of those great walks and the friendly people (even keeping friendly when they drive cars) in UK a lot.
best regards
ChristianSeptember 9, 2017 at 12:13 #19950
Just a gentle reminder.
I appreciate this looks complex(!) but in reality there a just a few changes needed to your transforms in order to address incorrect rendering.
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8 Ways to Recognize a Bully
In this article, we will talk about bullying and we will give 8 ways to recognize a bully. Parents need to understand that the bullying phenomenon is usual and they should know how to protect their children. In general, bully is the person that intends to hurt another person and can be a boy or a girl. Bully can be a student with good or bad grades, coming from a wealthy or not wealthy family, with high or low educational status. Bully may be popular and high achiever or loner who has only a few friends and yearn for attention.
How can we recognize a bully?
According to the official website of the United States government https://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/warning-signs/index.html there are 8 basic ways to recognize a bully. Bullies usually;
- get into physical or verbal fights
- have friends who bully others
- get increasingly aggressive
- get sent to the principle's office or to detention frequently
- have unexplained extra money or new belongings
- blame others for their problems
- don't accept responsibility for their actions
- are competitive and worry about their reputation or popularity
Why is it so important to identify a bully?
The answer is "prevention"! Bullying has many different views. The view of victim is totally painful, but the view of bully is hard too. Parents, educators, students and school community need to realize that there aren't bad children. There are only bad behaviours. Children who treat like that have unsolved problems. We don't want to isolate those children, but we want to learn to our children how to identify that hurtful phenomenon. Besides, it's only them who know what really happens among peers. That's our special opportunity to a peaceful school environment.
For further information about bullying, try to visit the website https://www.edutopia.org/topic/bullying-prevention and watch the following video which explains when someone is being bullied.


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A learning community of students and staff, The Travelers, at team of 60 students and five adults, proposed a project in response to their concern for protecting and promoting habitat for pollinating insects. The Pollinator Gardens were created in the green space medians abutting the main parking lot in 2015. Perennial plants already at the school and native plants were selected, planted and are now cared for by our students devoted to protecting our state insect, the honey bee, as well as many other pollinating insects. The Travelers work hard to educate others on the importance of pollinating insects and the role these insects have in much of the food we eat.
Preparing the medians for planting
Gathering up the plants and settling them in their new home
Farm to school coordinator, Heather Smith, and Jeff Young dug up and split many of the perennial plants surrounding the school building. These plants needed to be removed anyway because in the summer of 2016 the sidewalks and garden beds around the school were torn up and replaced. All remaining plants were trashed.
Travelers students helped shift the plants to their new home and Heather Smith instructed the young students how to plant the flowers.
Pollinator garden mid-summer
Here is what the pollinator garden has looked like in each of the four summers since it was planted. The fence has proven effective at keeping most people from walking through.


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Grilled Venison Tenderloins
Why I Love This Recipe
Venison is not typically the best meat for grilling, but with this marinade, the steaks come out tender, juicy and deliciousThey're so tasty, in fact, that leftovers taste great cold--right from the fridge.
Ingredients You'll Need
3/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons ground mustard
1 tablespoon coarsely ground pepper
1-1/2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
2 garlic cloves, minced
8 venison tenderloin (4 ounces each)
In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the first nine ingredients; add fillets. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
Drain and discard marinade. Grill fillets, uncovered, over medium-hot heat for 4 minutes on each side or until a meat thermometer reads 160° for medium or 170° for well-done.
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Enterprise: It's the other HPC
My recent post debating the merits of Windows Compute Cluster Server as an operating system concentrated on cost and ease of use. However, the concentration on those two factors to the exclusion of other, often more important, factors was unfortunate.
Because for most of our customers, neither cost nor ease of use is what's driving their platform choice.
Robert Anderson alluded to this as he yawned about my post: "And Dan doesn't even mention the developer-productivity story..."
Rob hints one of the major reasons that makes our customers choose this platform: Microsoft has a cutting-edge platform of development tools, and they are continuing to add and innovate. In fact, in this arena, it feels like their rate of innovation is increasing. .NET continues to improve with .NET 3 out (with WCF, WPF, and Windows Workflow) and .NET 3.5 on the way. Visual Studio 2008 will be out this year, and they're also doing great things with Iron Python (open sourced, I might add) and PLINQ.
The other major reason has less to do with the current state of the art as the history: many of our customers have a huge code base that runs on Windows. Especially in finance, these guys have been buying and developing software on this platform for at least a decade and a half. And, like many enterprise customers, they're still running some pretty darn old code. And, like many enterprise customers, they use many third party applications and libraries.
So when it comes time for them to buy a cluster, the cost in changing operating system for a new cluster is much larger than the cost of the OS, the cost of installing that OS, and the cost of managing that OS.
The much, much larger cost would be to change those back-end systems, to rewrite or port a generation's worth of code, and to retrain new developers.
So when I hear people say things like "ISVs aren't sure about clusters of Windows machines, so they're not porting yet" I can tell immediately that the person is talking about the traditional HPC world. A world where clusters were UNIX and are now Linux, and the software that runs on them the same.
That's a different world than where I come from--an enterprise software world, where most applications are running on Windows, where the most common application of all is Excel, and where it would require a port to move to another OS.
As always, I'm not criticizing either world. They just are. Lots of people are developing in .NET, lots of people have loads of COM applications, and with ever increasing data volumes they need distributed computing to do it. Compute Cluster Server is one thing that's helping them get it done.
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Look how stars greeted P V Sindhu
From Kollywood to Tollywood to Bollywood, stars from all over India, including Superstar Rajinikanth, have congratulated P V Sindhu for her splending show in Olympics. Here we present you some such star greetings.
Hats off to you #PVSindhu …. I have become a great fan of yours … Congratulations !
– Rajinikanth
Congratulations #PVSindhu! 👏👏 You won more than just a medal and inspired an entire nation! So proud of you ..🙌 🙏
— Kajal Aggarwal
Such grit and determination! @pvsindhu1 True fighter!! 👊👍
—- Suriya
Thanks Sindhu for making our country proud! Such a fighter you are 👊🏼 truly inspiring 👍🏼 epic performance!
— Jayam Ravi
And that's how it's done … Damnnnnnn!!!! #shemadeofsteel #PVSindhu #Rio2016
– Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Sindhu 🙂 what a champion. #fighter history made. This is just the beginning. The nation loves you. We are all so proud of you
— Dhanush
#PVSindhu Congratulations and Big thanks for making us proud Sister 🙏😊👍
— Sivakarthikeyan
Proud proud!! Our champion does settle for a silver but she is worth many golds! She is our girl! Indiaaaa be proud of ur daughter #PVSindhu
— Shreya Ghoshal
Now we know India can watch badminton too ..! Thank you #PVSindhu .. Salute !!!🙏
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Returning from BETT, I've had some time to consider the landscape of the UK education system and I felt more positive than I have in a while.
In an ever changing education landscape, the tough question has always been how can any school keep their eyes on the horizon whilst proactively working in the present. This has become increasingly difficult… our yearly changing exams, battling educational theorists – research based education vs dinner table politics and the bigger and bigger knowledge base teachers are expected to 'impart', alongside the increased challenge from parents, larger classes in traditional spaces, less money, increased contact time, experienced teachers leaving in droves new teachers routinely leaving before 3 years… you would be safe to expect a rather resigned, stale and traditional BETT audience.
I didn't see this.
I saw passionate teachers and leaders, looking at the UK picture but also aware of the vast research coming from other countries – Singapore, Australia, Scandinavia. Teachers who are carefully considering their spending, slowly rolling out changes, making every penny, every decision count. Planning learning spaces that can be flexible in this world of constant changes, but that will suit and work with the children they are teaching. And using research.
I spoke to an international audience of BETT visitors who are excited to find anything that seems different, an audience that considers the learning that can happen within a space and explores how they can affect it. They are looking at the global education picture and making sure their children, in their countries are coming out competing with the best of the best. Not just in their country, but across the world.
This is an exciting time. It's tough, it's exhausting, but I am seeing schools who are not willing to compromise. Who aren't just looking at the cheapest stuff – to replace it the following year. – they're looking at what will last, what will lastingly improve learning, what will excite the students and enable that spark which ignites a passion for learning.
As a teacher, there to share a product line which I am proud and excited to be a part of, I had some awesome conversations. I came away enthused and excited about the many schools who are hoping to develop their children to complete on a global level, and determined to help the ones who are still holding back.
We had great feedback for our products… write on surfaces, strong flexible furniture at affordable prices seems to be rare. We certainly thought it was, which is why we wanted to set up in the first place. But the enthusiasm for the changes in classroom practise this might generate was hugely encouraging too. As a parent of a child about to start school (in September) I was reminded that there are much more than 'cells and bells' schools out there. And about time too.
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Many of you love the session Passion in Smoky Rubber so I'm pretty sure you will love to see the 21 sexy latex pictures.
This is for me a "Heavy Rubber" session because you will see a lot of latex but nearly no naked skin. While I love to wear tight little panties I also like to be covered in heavy rubber from head to toe like in this sesion. Do you want to hear some more details what you will see in this update?
Let me mention that I wear in this session a close latex catsuit. You know I love to show you my naked skin but I also love to show you my body totally wrapped into a latex catsuit. To make this session more interesting and different I was walking with my sexy Latex Fashion in public. You know I love wearing latex for general but be dressed in latex and walk in public is different. It is a special feeling and I enjoy how everyone is look to my skin tight dress and like my body shape.
You already like this? What do you think if I continue that I wear one of my most beautiful corsets in this session. I enjoy wearing a corset very tight like here. Do you like my transparent latex dress, which I wear on this picture? Wearing transparent latex is very sensual because you see my naked skin and my Tattoos but I am not naked. Or let say I am not really naked. Anyway that is very sexy.
Furthermore you should note that I wearing for this great set some eccentric stiletto high heels. I am sure you like stiletto high heels because it fits perfectly to this beautiful sexy latex outfit. Moreover, you want enjoy a sexy girl some stiletto high heels are a good accessories for me. Stilettos doing very sexy feet what you can also enjoy in this update. Do you think this latex outfit, which you can see on the update picture needs a dominant expression? Me too so in this session I look a little bit more dominant to make this session perfect.
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After shedding some 40% of its value since the 2012 peak, and seemingly ceding its claim as best alternative to fiat currencies to bitcoin, gold has regained some of its luster over the past few months. Many investors think it will continue to shine in 2019.
The price of gold, after suffering a steep decline through most of 2018, has staged a nice recovery in just the past 3 months. There are several factors at work suggesting that it will make a move back above the 52-week highs.
Low Real Rates
Many investors like to invest in gold as an inflation hedge. But in isolation, gold and inflation are not directly correlated. The reality is that interest rates, particularly real rates, are one of the primary drivers of gold prices.
The chart below highlights the 5-year Treasury rate, inflation, and gold. From 2016 through the middle of 2018, inflation rose from roughly 1% to nearly 3%. But yet gold traded lowered.
On the other hand, you can see a much higher correlation between interest rates and the price of gold.
Indeed, gold declined during the early part of 2018 — coinciding with a rise in rates and the perception that the Federal Reserve was on an intractable path of tightening monetary policy.
Higher interest rates make bonds, which have a high level of safety, a more attractive return than holding the inert metal which yields nothing.
Now that the Fed has backtracked rate hikes and drawdown, the balance sheet appears to be on hold for the rest of 2019, using gold as a store of wealth is a reasonable alternative to holding bonds with historically-low yields.
In fact, with many of the other developed nations' sovereign bonds such as Germany and Japan actually having negative real rates of gold, which makes them even more attractive.
Replacing Dollar Reserves
Another major positive force at work is the trend of various countries looking to reduce their U.S. dollar/Treasury holdings and replacing it by adding to their gold reserves.
Over the past year, central banks emerged as big buyers of gold, with purchases up almost 75%. They acquired $27 billion worth of bullion, the most in almost half a century.
China has added to its gold reserves for the second time in two months, the first of such increases since 2016. China is both the world's biggest consumer and producer of gold. At the end of January, its holdings stood at 59.94m ounces, up from 58.7 in November.
Meanwhile, China's holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell for a fifth straight month to $1.14 trillion at the end of October, down 5% from the most recent peak in August 2017, U.S. government data shows. As the country's economic turbulence put downward pressure on the yuan, Beijing likely sold dollar-denominated assets to shore up the currency, contributing to the decline.
That all points to China working to reduce dependence on the dollar, as its relationship with the U.S. is strained. Total foreign-currency reserves have been steady at just over $3T over the past two years, but the mix is shifting as the country sheds U.S. Treasuries.
Other countries, such as Turkey and Russia, have taken similar actions of reducing U.S dollar/Treasury holdings while increasing purchases of gold.
Bitcoin Bubble Bust
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies were supposed to be the next revolution of money and a better alternative as a store of value. It was especially attractive to many gold bugs who have an inherent distrust of fiat or paper money.
As this Google search of headlines shows, in 2017-2018, many owners of gold were swapping their holders for BTC.
As the price bubble in cryptos bursted, that trend has reversed itself. A recent survey by Fidelity, which was one of the first and only mainstream brokerage firms to allow holding BTC in their accounts, showed that the top holders of bitcoin now view gold as their favorite investment for 2019.
Uh oh. Maybe that last item isn't too bullish at all.
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Waymarks employee survey results show great promise
Waymarks News10 May 2017
Waymarks' latest employee survey provides great encouragement as we continue to develop the organisation in line with the transforming care agenda.
The survey gave our employees the chance to feedback anonymously on their thoughts and experiences working for Waymarks.
100% of respondents said that they enjoyed coming to work, while 92% of respondents said they had confidence in the leadership group – a strong sign of trust and confidence in the future.
Similarly, 92% of respondents agreed that the organisation delivers a high quality service and our overall measure for staff engagement exceeded the benchmark point by 28%.
Steph Thompson, Managing Director of Waymarks, said: 'These survey results are so pleasing, and highlight the talent and commitment of the people we work alongside. If one measure of the health of a social care organisation is the motivation and belief of its staff, then Waymarks is very well set for the future.'


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This is going to be one of those posts that may change your life. And the subject is simple: cakes in mugs. You, yes, you, can make a cake in a mug. And you can do it in five minutes … Continue reading
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"Not bad. Not what I meant, but not bad." This line from Hercules is what I would say to describe these cookies. I expected moist but on-the-crunchy side snickerdoodles; I got 'shortbread' snickerdoodles. Could it be the fact that I … Continue reading
Chicken Fajitas in a Crock-pot!
A while ago my family and I ate at a Mexican Restaurant and we all ordered some type of Fajita. I still remember filling my warm tortilla with the stuffing from my own hot little circular iron griddle. The filling … Continue reading
Homemade Apple Pie
I don't want to startle you, but Thanksgiving is coming soon. So soon that you may already be searching for a delicious apple pie recipe if you don't already have one (do you see where I'm going with this?). Well, … Continue reading
Pumpkin Spice Chai Tea Latte
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Banana Bread
Considering most people will be eating a lot of sweets tonight since it's Halloween, I opted to make a less-sugary dessert. Just like the Marbled Cake recipe, this recipe has also been in the family for quite a while. However, … Continue reading
Chocolate-Chip Almond Cookies
Originally I planned on making White Chocolate-Macadamia Cookies; however, I wasn't able to buy macadamia nuts and so I had to change tactics. I searched the pantry and found almonds, which I reasoned would do as a substitute for macadamia … Continue reading
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Marriage, family, and law in medieval Europe : collected studies / edited by James K. Farge; introduction by Joel T. Rosenthal.
by Farge, James K.
Additional authors: Rosenthal, Joel T.Published by : University of Toronto Press, 1996 (Toronto) Physical details: xxx, 330 p. 24 cm. ISBN:0802007090.
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My husband has been complaining of not feeling well and using mass quantities of kleenex and coughing all sorts of gross things. And today? I am sneezing non-stop and using mass quantities of kleenex. And I should have my butt parked in bed, sleeping, but instead am sucked into the season finale of Desperate Housewives.
I have my priorities in order...I can always take a sick day at work ;-)
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COOPER Ruth Hall On 23rd December 2018 aged 93. Formerly of Linlithgow, latterly of Woodlea Close, Winchester. Much loved wife of the late Frank, mother to Anne & John, mother-in-law to Roger & Clare and grandmother to Imogen & Kristin. Will be missed greatly by family and the many who knew her. A service to celebrate Ruth's life will be held on Wednesday 16th January at The Chesil Suite, Chesil House, Winchester at 12.30 pm. No flowers please. Donations, if desired, to the Alzheimer's Society c/o Richard Steel & Partners, Alderman House, 12-14 City Road, Winchester SO23 8SD
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I realized halfway through the month that I'd failed to keep any sort of track of anything, and so have absolutely no idea what I might have read or watched this month. Despite the lack of updates, July was my best month for hits ever; sadly that's probably at least in part due to people hotlinking images, though the related posts are also getting a significant number of hits. On the one hand, hotlinking images is stealing bandwidth; on the other hand, it's not my bandwidth and wordpress doesn't seem to mind; on the other other hand, it's skewing my stats a bit, since they don't distinguish between image hits and actual page hits. If I can actually sleep properly, maybe I can get my drafts cleared out and start posting more often. I have fifteen drafts; a couple are notes-to-self, one is waiting for more information (either I find the relevant discs or wait for the official release), but the others are all things I wanted to post at one point. The earliest is from last November and was abandoned until I got the next book of the series (last Christmas), and at this point may wait until the next is released. I don't know why I don't think that brief thoughts are OK as posts, but I'm going to try to convince myself of that; I'd like to post more here (oddly, I've been posting on lj a lot lately, mostly musician-related ramblings, though).
The only thing I know that I read was Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series; I know I must have read other books before them but know I haven't read anything since. I bought and read Shadows Return, and ended up rereading the previous books. I love the first two, but stalled out on Traitor's Moon and promised myself I wouldn't start anything new until I finished it. Traitor's Moon features an excessively emo Seregil, which annoys me to no end and is the reason I failed to read it last time I tried. He has every reason to be depressed, and does eventually realize how he's acting, but it's not something I want to read. I still have 100 pages left, but Seregil seems to have snapped out of his depression, so hopefully it will go quickly; I have several library books I want to read (relatively new books by Jo Walton, Jay Lake, and Lois McMaster Bujold).
Also at some point (may have been June), I read Saiyuki Reload volume 8; sadly, the long wait has diminished some of my love for this series. I'm not active in the fandom at all (too lazy to find scans/translations, but don't want spoilers), which might have contributed to that. If I remember correctly, volume 9 was released in Japan in June, so who knows when it will be released here. I was really annoyed by the way they wrote Goku's speech, but can't remember if the previous volumes were the same way (they are currently inaccessible).
According to Netflix, I finished off Season 3 of the new Doctor Who, and watched the 1980 Flash Gordon, the first disc of the Avengers '66 (which has a draft and may eventually have a post of its own), and NANA 2. I also watched the first few episodes of the second season of Torchwood, but got annoyed at the first Gwen-centric episode and haven't continued yet. I meant to go back and write a post about Doctor Who but never got around to it, and that was at the beginning of the month, so it's too late now. I know I watched a few other things, but have no idea what now.
The 1980 Flash Gordon would have been visually spectacular in 1980; it's a bit dated now, but still gorgeous. It's too bad about the acting, though. One of the extras was the first episode of the 193x serial; I didn't know the 1980 version was more of a relatively faithful remake instead of a reinterpretation. I'm not sure I ever realized that Flash Gordon was not the superhero Flash, though. In my defense, my only real exposure to the comic's Flash was the 1990 TV series, and this was my only exposure to Flash Gordon. I'm not sure when I first saw this (probably on TV at some point in the 80s, possibly a rental in the 90s), but it was likely a vague memory in 1990; I saw it on Sci-Fi at some point since I've had cable (1999+), but at that point the TV series would have been a vague memory.
NANA 2 features recasts of several main characters, most notably Hachi (also Ren, Shin, maybe others). I didn't realize it went as far into the manga as it did (a bit farther than I'd read, though I did know the major plot point beforehand; it was one of the reasons I didn't bother continue reading the manga after Shojo Beat dropped it). It hit a major drama and angst portion of the manga, and I ended up watching most of it on fast-forward; I was kind of curious about what happened, but didn't care enough to spend the time to watch it properly, so I don't have much of an opinion about the recast characters. Ren was barely in this one, and Shin is a fairly minor character in both, so they didn't make much of a difference. The other Hachi was much more bubbly and ditzy than this one, though that was due to the plot of that part; my initial reaction was that I couldn't see her as the more serious Hachi and was glad of the recast, but that was unfair of me, since she was just acting as the plot dictated and probably would have done well as the more serious Hachi. I did like Takumi better here than in the part of the manga I'd read. They cut out all of the side plots; there was a little of Nana and Ren, but not as much as I would have expected, and the various subplots with Reira were completely gone. There was one comment of Nana's that made some sense, but would have made more with the other plots still there, and there was something Ren did that seemed very out of the blue. I don't know how much space was given to Nana and Ren in the manga, though; the part that corresponded to the part I'd read was about the same, but it seemed that the later events would have had more of their interaction. Overall, I can't judge it since the major plot point made it something I was not that interested in and didn't watch it properly.


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Letter to the editor by MCA Board Member Margaret Leitch Copeland. Read the original letter published in the Bangor Daily News July 17, 2015.
I applaud Gary Laweryson for his July 8 BDN OpEd, which highlighted how the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit boost the financial security of veterans and service members and their families. As a board member of the Maine Children's Alliance, which is committed to improving the lives of Maine's children and youth, I want to echo the importance of these credits for children in all working families that receive them.
At Maine Children's Alliance, we know children's health and well-being are compromised when families face challenges in providing for their needs. Good economic policy is good child policy. The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit encourage work and help families make ends meet, such as paying a child care provider or putting food on the table. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, about 28,000 Mainers — including 14,000 children — are lifted above the poverty line each year because of these tax credits.
Research has shown that boosting the financial well-being of low-income families, which is exactly what these credits do, results in children who are healthier, do better in school and have higher earnings as adults. These credits are a long-term investment in children who will be more productive when they themselves are grown, giving their own children a better start.
Given the success in poverty reduction and work encouragement, our congressional delegation should be working to save these tax credits before key pieces of them expire.
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The Shadow of the Colossus remaster will give players the ability to snap photos and play with unique filters. This highly anticipated remaster of a 2005 classic is not just revamping gameplay, but is also looking to enhance the way players enjoy the game. Rebuilt from the ground up, this modern remaster breathes new life into the already amazing game with modern upgrades. Players can expect a visual masterpiece from the game, which can be further augmented with different filters and a photo mode.
The filters are meant to directly augment the experience by changing the way the players view and interact with the world. The photo mode is more self-serving, as it allows players to document and share their experiences in the game. This feature is sure to exhibit the impressive redesign of the game, and will work to promote the adventures of players through the ability to download photos taken in-game.
Both these features are welcome additions to Shadow of the Colossus, but also seem to appeal to the modern gamer. The addition of filters allows the player to tailor a custom experience and use the tool to invoke the emotions they want to feel. The photo mode is more centered around the need to share, and can be seen as a play on the social media aspect in the game.
Shadow of the Colossus Comes with Two New Exciting Features
Justin Lam — January 25, 2018 — Tech
References: blog.us.playstation & gamespot