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Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister for seventh time in 2 decades
The BJP won as many as 74 seats to emerge as top scorer in the NDA team
Updated At: Nov 17, 2020 07:17 AM (IST)
Janta Dal-United national president Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar at Rajbhawan in Patna. PTI
New Delhi, November 16
Nitish Kumar was on Monday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time in two decades, in presence of top leaders of the NDA, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda, but as political observers said, with "diminished clout and strength".
The BJP, which won as many as 74 seats to emerge as top scorer in the NDA team, has given him two deputies Tarkishore Prasad (Katihar MLA) and Renu Devi (Bettiah MLA) in place of Sushil Modi whose resettlement plans are still under wraps.
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Kumar was sworn at a ceremony attended by top BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda.
The selection of senior leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi is aimed to infuse freshness in Bihar leadership and send a clear message to the cadres.
They suit the critical caste combinations as also the party's aim to revamp, expand and form the next government on its own in the state.
"The BJP was portrayed as a party of upper castes and Prasad and Renu Devi represent underprivileged sections. The move is also an indication that things are not going to be the same, there was too much proximity between Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi and obviously the central leadership also wanted to change the status quo. It is a new beginning for Bihar BJP," observers said.
While the BJP dabbles in caste chemistry to expand beyond the traditional upper caste support base, the selection of Renu Devi is also being seen as an effort to engage women voters who are believed to have supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi majorly in these elections.
So far as four-time deputy CM Sushil Modi is concerned, speculations are he may be accommodated in the Narendra Modi Cabinet in the Centre via the Rajya Sabha or sent to a Raj Bhavan.
आदरणीय @NitishKumar जी को फिर से मुख्यमंत्री बनने की बधाई। आशा करता हूँ सरकार अपना कार्यकाल पुरा करेगी और आप एन॰डी॰ए॰ के ही मुख्यमंत्री बने रहेंगे।
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Meanwhile, induction of JD(U)'s Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, who was the Speaker in the Assembly for past five years, proves the BJP's hard bargain for the post.
The NDA bagged 125 seats in the 243-member assembly. Individually the saffron party won 31 more seats than 43 of Kumar's JD(U), which had 71 MLAs in 2015.
Though detractors believe BJP managed to wrest power with help of smart permutations and combinations and 'vote katua' strategy "otherwise how could Tejashwi Yadav, despite a larger share, end up with no power".
With 75 MLAs, RJD is the single largest party. In terms of vote share also the RJD topped with 23.1 per cent followed by the BJP at 19.5 per cent, 15.4 per cent of the JD (U) and others at 18.8 per cent.
The difference of votes between NDA and 'mahagathbandhan' is of a few thousand.
Smart strategising by central leadership, Shah, Nadda, Bhupendra Yadav, not just managed to get BJP the lead but become the dominant force in the NDA.
"Nitish Kumar may no longer have the same say as earlier with Sushil Modi who was almost seen as his aide," say observers.
Though senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have endorsed Nitish Kumar, speculations continue to do rounds about the viability of the new government.
Meanwhile, apart from Kumar, Prasad and Renu Devi, five MLAs from BJP and JD(U) and one each from HAM and VIP were sworn in the Cabinet which may be expanded at a later stage. The new ministers include Mukesh Sahni, the president of VIP which won four seats though he lost, and Santosh Kumar Suman, whose father Jitan Ram Manjhi is former CM and president of HAM.


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'Valheim': what does this Viking action video game have to have exceeded the number of players of 'Rust' or 'Apex Legends' in two weeks
The figures are impressive. Some, so high: in its first week, a million games sold on Steam. At two weeks old, peaks of 367,443 simultaneous players in the last 24 hours on Steam, leaving behind competitors like 'Rust', 'Apex Legends', and approaching 'PUBG'. From 8,000 users on February 2 to more than 164,000 in just seven days. Others are surprisingly low: in addition to its short time in the market, the Iron Gate AB team that has put it on its feet only had five people.
'Valheim' still has a long way to go: not only 'DOTA 2' and 'CS: GO', the two most popular Steam games, are far away (not so much 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds', which it will possibly overtake in the coming days ), but his lack of travel has not yet borne fruit in another of the indisputable tests of popularity in the medium: Valheim has had peaks of 119,942 viewers on Twitch, still far from other titles with much more following like 'Rust', which goes through peaks of 935,587 viewers.
A Viking hit
Still, its performance and popularity is impressive in such a short time, and with the game still in Early Access (they expect it to stay there for a minimum of a year). The secret of its impact could be in its mechanics of action and survival in a procedural world. The Viking setting distances itself from more realistic approaches such as'Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'and plunges into pure fantasy, showing us a purgatory where there are other warriors recently killed in combat and with a large number of creatures to eliminate.
The game has also been praised for its ability to build structures, and for the high difficulty that throws the viewer, which makes it a game not particularly accessible, and that makes seemingly banal decisions, such as trying to cross a river or climb a small cliff, doom the player to a new death. From the absolute nothingness with which the game begins, without weapons or equipment, to the construction little by little of material, objects and places with which to defend oneself and from which to feed.
Unfortunately, the game is seeing its trajectory partially tarnished by a very destructive bug that they have not yet been able to patch and that completely removes progress in the game. Iron Gate CEO has recommended via Twitter to users to make backup copies of their games to avoid losing them, and not to exit the game by pressing Alt + F4, an action that seems to generate the failure.
On the other hand, Iron Gate has made public its plans to launch new content and improvements in the game for the next few months. Without a doubt, a title to keep an eye on if it continues to grow at this speed.
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How a long-lost Caribbean text started a US Kabbalah revival
Laura Arnold Leibman
The discovery of a new text from Barbados turns our understanding of when Kabbalah came to America on its head. (JTA montage)
PORTLAND, Ore. (JTA) – From the day after Passover through Shavuot, Jews count down the days to commemorate the barley sacrifice, or Omer, given at the Temple in honor of the Israelites' journey from Egypt to Mount Sinai.
Although you could fulfill the mitzvah of "counting the Omer" merely by reciting the blessing and stating the day's count, many Jews use the Omer period to renew their souls. People enslaved to anxiety or material possessions use the ritual to seek transformation into individuals living a purposeful and meaningful life.
Historians have long believed that American Jews first started using the 49-day count as a form of self-help sometime between 1880 and 1920, when masters of the Jewish mystical tradition, or Kabbalah, arrived in New York from Eastern Europe.
But a recently rediscovered text the size of a smartphone shows that in truth, Americans began their Kabbalistic counting over 100 years earlier.
In 1821, Matthias Lopez, a prompter for a Philadelphia theater company, donated a small Hebrew manuscript from Barbados, "Sefer Shel Sefirot HaOmer" (1775), to the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Before "Sefer Shel Sefirot HaOmer" ("The Book of the Counting of the Omer") was written, early American prayer books contained the basic count. In contrast, the Barbados Omer book leads readers through a series of daily mystical meditations focusing on Psalm 67, "I shall raise my eyes to the mountains"; "Ana Bekoach," an incantation attributed to a rabbinic sage of the first and second centuries CE; and the names of God. These meditations were believed to have healing and protective powers.
The book fills an important gap in our previous understanding of how Kabbalah was used in early America. Yet historians have largely ignored "Sefer Shel Sefirot HaOmer" for the nearly 200 years that it's been housed in the archives of the Library Company of Philadelphia. The title page and cover are likely to blame, as they bear the name of Matthias's father, Moses Lopez, an obscure Barbadian immigrant who was assumed to be the author.
I, too, would have ignored the miniature volume if I hadn't been obsessively researching Moses for a book I am writing about multiracial Jews during the Age of Emancipation. At the heart of my narrative are siblings Sarah Rodrigues Brandon and Isaac Lopez Brandon, who were born enslaved to Moses' mother. Sarah and Isaac obtained their freedom with the help of their wealthy Sephardic father, converted to Judaism, left Barbados and married well.
But the Brandons could not leave their enslaved pasts completely behind, as Moses and Matthias Lopez immigrated to New York and Philadelphia shortly before the siblings did. The Lopezes served as a reminder of Sarah and Isaac's early life in bondage.
Consequently, when I go to any archive, I always look for evidence from both families. In essence, I have been stalking Moses and Matthias Lopez, eager to see what light they shed about former Barbadian Jewish slaves and slave owners.
Because of my historical sleuthing, I knew how Moses Lopez wrote his numbers. The numerals in the Omer book didn't match his handwriting. I also knew that Moses couldn't even write his name in Hebrew, let alone pen a Hebrew manuscript of this quality. But mere months before the book was written, the extremely learned Sephardic rabbi Raphael Haijm Isaac Karigal, who had authored the first rabbinical sermon printed in the U.S., came to Barbados, where he became a close friend of the Lopez family. The handwriting matches Karigal's surviving letters. The meditations also correspond to those Karigal learned and used in Hebron, where he was raised.
The Barbados Omer book is the earliest known American example of contemplative Kabbalah aimed at laypeople. Karigal died in Barbados two years after writing the book. Moses Lopez lived on, and migrated north when the economy floundered in the Caribbean, bringing the small book with him when he moved to the United States in the 1790s.
The book's journey is telling. Prior to 1820, the Caribbean had the largest and wealthiest Jewish communities in the Americas. In fact, Caribbean Jews played a key role in shaping American Jewish history by sending spiritual leaders, congregants and funds north to U.S. congregations. The Brandons helped fund Philadelphia's second synagogue building, and their cousin's husband became its hazan.
While the Barbados Omer book did not lead to a widespread change in ritual practice in early America, it has strong parallels with later Omer revivals and with the influx of Eastern Sephardic Kabbalism during the 20th century. As the 1820s bloomed, Caribbean communities ceded their central role to Jewish communities in northern cities.
Tracing the travels of early Caribbean immigrants to the United States reveals where these West Indian Jews went, what they took with them and how they changed American Jewish life.
is the award-wining author of Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life (Vallentine Mitchell, 2012) and other works. She currently works at Reed College and has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University, Utrecht University, the University of Panama, and Bard Graduate Center.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of JTA or its parent company, 70 Faces Media.
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From Motion Capture to Performance Capture – Sampling Movement in the Real World into the Digital Space
Published September 7, 2016	TM111 3 Comments
Tags: mocap, motion capture
In Augmented TV Sports Coverage & Live TV Graphics and From Sports Tracking to Surveillance Tracking…, we started to see how objects in the real world could be tracked and highlighted as part of a live sports TV broadcast. In this post, we'll how the movement of objects tracked in the real world, including articulated objects such as people, can be sampled into a digital representation that effectively allows us to transform them into a digital objected that can be used to augment the original scene.
Motion capture, and more recently, performance capture, techniques have been used for several years by the film and computer games industry to capture human movements and use them to animate what amounts to a virtual puppet that can then be skinned as required within an animated scene. Typically, this would occur in post-production, where any latency associated with registering and tracking the actor, or animating and rendering the final scene, could largely be ignored.
However, as motion and performance capture systems have improved, so too has the responsiveness of these systems, allowing them to be used to produce live "rushes" of the captured performance with a rendered virtual scene. But let's step back in time a little and look back at the origins of motion capture.
Motion capture – or mo-cap – refers to digitally capturing the movement of actors or objects for the purposes of animating digital movements. Markers placed on the actor or object allow the object to be tracked and its trajectory recorded. Associating points on a digital object with the recorded points allows the trajectory to be replayed out by the digital object. Motion capture extends the idea of tracking a single marker that might be used to locate a digital object in an augmented reality setting by tracking multiple markers with a known relationship to each other, such as different points on the body of a particular human actor.
An example of how motion capture techniques are used to animate the movement of objects, rather than actors, is provided by the BLACKBIRD adjustable electric car rig. This rig provides a customisable chassis – the length of the vehicle can be modified and the suspension is fully adjustable – that can be used to capture vehicle movements, and footage from within the vehicle. Markers placed on the rig are tracked in the normal way and then a digital body shell overlaid on the tracked registration points. The adaptable size of the rig allows marked points on differently sized vehicles to be accurately tracked. According to its designers, The Mill, an augmented reality application further "allows you to see the intended vehicle in CG, tracked live over the rig on location".
Motion capture is a relatively low resolution or low fidelity technique that captures tens of points that can be used to animate a relatively large mass, such as a human character. However, whereas markers on human torsos and human limbs have a relatively limited range of free movement, animating facial expressions is far more complex, not least because the human brain is finely tuned to tracking human expressions on very expressive human faces. Which is where performance capture comes in.
Performance capture blends motion capture with at a relatively low resolution, typically, the orientation and relative placement of markers placed around limb joints, with more densely placed markers on the face. Facial markers are tracked using a head mounted camera along with any vocal performance provided by the actor.
Performance capture allows the facial performance of human actors to drive the facial performance of a digital character. By recording the vocal performance alongside the facial performance, "lip synch" between the voice and mouth movements of the character can be preserved.
As real-time image processing techniques have developed, markerless performance capture systems now exist, particularly for facial motion capture, that do not require any markers to be placed on the actor's face.
In the case of facial markerless motion capture, multiple facial features are detected automatically and used to implicitly capture the motion of those features relative to each other.
As well as real time mocap and markerless performance capture, realtime previews of the digitally rendered backlot are also possible. Andy Serkis' tour of his Imaginarium performance capture studio for Empire magazine demonstrates this to full effect.
Virtual cameras are described in more detail in the following clip.
SAQ: What is a virtual camera? To what extent do virtual cameras provide an augmented or mixed reality view of the world?
Originally developed as techniques for animating movements and facial performances in games or films that were then rendered as part of a time-consuming post-production process, the technology has developed to such an extent that motion and performance capture now allow objects and actors to be tracked in realtime. Captured data points can be used to animate the behaviour of digital actors, on digital backlots, providing a preview, in real time, of what the finally rendered scene might actually look like.
For the actor in such a performance space, there is an element of make believe about the setting and the form of the other actors they performing with – the actors can't actually see the world they are supposed to be inhabiting, although the virtual cameraman, and director, can. Instead, the actors perform in what is effectively a featureless space.
For the making of the film Gravity, a new rig was developed known as the Light Box, that presented the actors with view of the digitally created world they were to be rendered in, as a side of effect of lighting the actors in such a way that it looked as if the light was coming from the photorealistic, digital environment they would be composited with.
SAQ: how might performance capture and augmented reality be used as part of a live theatrical experience? What challenges would such a performance present? Feel free to let your imagination run away with you!
Answer: As Andy Serkis' Imaginarium demonstrates, facilities already exist where photorealistic digital worlds populated by real world characters can be rendered in real time so the director can get a feel for how the finished scene will look as it is being short. However, the digital sets and animated characters are only observable to third parties, rather than the actual participants in the scene, and then only from the perspective of a virtual camera. But what would it take to provide an audience with a realtime rendered view of an Imaginarium styled theatre set? For this to happen at a personal level would require multiple camera views, one for each seat in the audience, the computational power to render the scene for each member of the audience from their point-of-view, and personal, see-through augmented reality displays for each audience member.
Slightly simpler might be personally rendered views of the scene for each of the actors so that they themselves could see the digital world they were inhabiting, from their perspective. As virtual reality goggles would be likely to get in the way of facial motion capture, augmented reality displays capable of painting the digital scene from the actor's perspective in real time would be required. For film-makers, though, the main question to ask then would be: what would such immersion mean to the actor's in terms of their performance? And it's hard to see what the benefit might be for the audience.
But perhaps there is a middle ground that would work? For example, the used of projection based augmented reality might be able to render digital backlot, at least for a limited field of view. Many stage magicians create illusions that only work from a particular perspective, although it limits the audience size. Another approach might be to use a Pepper's Ghost style effect, or even hide the cast behind on-stage behind an opaque projection screen and play out their digitally rendered performance on the screen. Live animated theatre, or a digital puppet show. A bit like the Gorillaz…
Motion and performance capture are now an established part of film making, at least for big budget film producers, and digital rushes of digital backlots and digital characters previewed in real-time alongside the actors' performances. It will be interesting to see the extent to which similar techniques might be used as part of live performance in front of a live audience.
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You have lost a tooth, maybe a few. Maybe you've been living with dentures that are not meeting your needs; they are slipping or causing sores on your gums, or limiting what you can eat. You've heard about dental implants, but you have not made that call to your Grayslake dentist to learn the fine details of this restorative treatment. What's stopping you? We suspect it may be one or more of these stories . . .
No one is "too old" for dental implants, just like no one is too old to enjoy their natural teeth. Tooth loss is not a simple aspect of aging; there are several factors that could lead to this problem. Regardless of your age, you need to be able to chew food, and you deserve to eat the variety of foods that appeal to you. You also deserve to speak openly, form all the sounds of speech, and to feel good about your smile. These are reasons to get dental implants, whether you are 40 or 90.
This statement is a clue to the next story that many people tell themselves about implants. But we'll get to that in a moment. The fact is, you deserve to get dental implants because you deserve to have teeth that function and look good. You deserved the natural teeth that served your needs for all those years and, even if your oral health was not the best. Just like there is no hard-and-fast rule about age, there are also no guidelines that dictate who "deserves" to have a healthy, attractive smile after tooth loss.
And here we have it, the fear that treatment is just too expensive and you should settle for something more affordable. The fact is, there is no way to replace missing teeth without investment, and there is no way to live with the missing tooth or teeth without some steep consequences. To set this lie straight, about implants being too much, remember that the upkeep of dentures or a bridge typically, over time, extends beyond the cost you would pay for implants.
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On Monday, April 15, Councillor Lori Baldwin-Sands will forward a motion to declare a climate change emergency for the City of St. Thomas.
In order to convince council to accept the motion, Coun. Baldwin-Sands is calling the public to action. Anyone who supports the motion and wants to see immediate action addressing climate change should come to the gallery at City Hall on the night of the meeting. Another avenue is sending letters of support to council members, showing the public's desire for city-wide action regarding the earth. Baldwin-Sands believes that the motion is unlikely to be accepted by the council unless there is evidence of widespread support.
The motion to declare a climate change emergency was first put forward in late March, but deferred by council. If the motion is accepted, St. Thomas will join several other Canadian cities that have declared a climate change emergency, including Kingston, Hamilton, Vancouver and Edmundston, NB.
If you want to support Councillor Lori Baldwin-Sands' motion, go to St. Thomas City Hall tonight. Council starts at 7pm and the item will be close to the end of the agenda. You can enter by the side doors on Mondamin Street and go to the 4th floor.
Well LBS won't be around to worry about how the City of St. Thomas deals with climate change. She intends to run federally in the fall to be the MP. This is just for show.


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package org.scalajs.testsuite.javalib.util

import java.{util => ju}

import scala.reflect.ClassTag

trait CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapTest extends CollectionsOnMapsTest {

  def originalFactory: MapFactory

  def factory: MapFactory = {
    new MapFactory {
      override def implementationName: String =
        s"synchronizedMap(${originalFactory.implementationName})"

      def empty[K: ClassTag, V: ClassTag]: ju.Map[K, V] =
        ju.Collections.synchronizedMap(originalFactory.empty[K, V])

      override def allowsNullKeys: Boolean =
        originalFactory.allowsNullKeys

      override def allowsNullValues: Boolean =
        originalFactory.allowsNullValues
    }
  }
}

trait CollectionsOnSynchronizedSortedMapTest extends CollectionsOnSortedMapsTest {

  def originalFactory: SortedMapFactory

  def factory: SortedMapFactory = {
    new SortedMapFactory {
      override def implementationName: String =
        s"synchronizedSortedMap(${originalFactory.implementationName})"

      def empty[K: ClassTag, V: ClassTag]: ju.SortedMap[K, V] =
        ju.Collections.synchronizedSortedMap(originalFactory.empty[K, V])

      override def allowsNullKeys: Boolean =
        originalFactory.allowsNullKeys

      override def allowsNullValues: Boolean =
        originalFactory.allowsNullValues
    }
  }
}

class CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapOnHashMapTest
    extends CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapTest {
  def originalFactory: MapFactory = new HashMapFactory
}

class CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapOnLinkedHashMapInsertionOrderTest
    extends CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapTest {
  def originalFactory: MapFactory = new LinkedHashMapFactory(false, None)
}

class CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapOnLinkedHashMapInsertionOrderWithLimitTest
    extends CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapTest {
  def originalFactory: MapFactory = new LinkedHashMapFactory(false, Some(50))
}

class CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapOnLinkedHashMapAccessOrderTest
    extends CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapTest {
  def originalFactory: MapFactory = new LinkedHashMapFactory(true, None)
}

class CollectionsOnOnSynchronizedMapOnLinkedHashMapAccessOrderWithLimitTest
    extends CollectionsOnSynchronizedMapTest {
  def originalFactory: MapFactory = new LinkedHashMapFactory(true, Some(50))
}

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Toronto, ON: Viking Canada/Penguin, 2005.
He was tall and thin and wore a suit and tie. The suit seemed a little worn. He had a friendly face and little round glasses. My mother told me he worked up on the top floor beside where they kept the animals. I'd been up to that floor only once. It was the hottest part of the entire building, and there was the smell and the noise. Why did they even have dogs up there, and did they ever stop barking?
It is the year 1921, and 12-year-old Ruth has no choice but to be spending her summer at the University of Toronto where her mother has been hired to be a cleaner. By chance, Ruth meets Dr. Frederick Banting, before he has discovered insulin, a treatment for Type 1 diabetes. Dr. Banting and his partner, Mr. Best, are working long hours and in a private area of the university, away from the intrusion of the protestors who are against cruelty to animals. The scientists are using dogs to experiment on while trying to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Ruth gets involved with both the protesting group and also Dr. Banting, and she feels torn between her feelings for the dogs being used in the research and also her hope for a cure for diabetes. When Ruth meets a young girl who is dying from the horrible disease, she can see the reasons for Dr. Banting's commitments.
Arriving in the lobby I spied the girl, Emma, sitting in a chair against the wall.
I found I couldn't take my eyes off her. Without a doubt I'd never seen anyone that skinny in my entire life. It looked as if her skin were stretched over the bones of her face. Was something wrong with her? Why would anyone be like that?
Elixir was well written, although I felt the introduction of the child suffering from Type 1 diabetes should have been introduced closer to the beginning of the story instead of near the end. This story hits very close to home for me as my son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of two. I personally feel a sense of immense gratitude to Dr. Banting for his sincere commitment to finding a cure, and so this book gave me a small window into what his early research days would have been like. The story was clear for me, but I think the intended target audience might need more information on the disease, and some hard-hitting facts would have been more helpful. This is a book that should be in all school libraries. There are not a lot of up- to-date nonfiction books out there on Type 1 diabetes, let alone fiction relating to the disease itself. Young people with Type 1 diabetes will enjoy reading this early years account.
Shelly Tyler is a Reference Librarian for the Manitoba Department of Education Library in Winnipeg, MB.
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54 of the best legit work from home sites and get paid via Paypal weekly or daily
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Here Best work from home companies, that hire always freelancers and nomads to work with them, flexible hours and good payout rates offered.
1. The Penny Hoarder Work-From-Home Job Portal
If you're looking for a trusted work-from-home job search site, this is your best bet. Why? Because The Penny Hoarder's editorial staff hand-picks and screens all the opportunities listed, and, well, we've got strict guidelines in place.
Pop into the job board — no account creation required — and search by keyword or job title and location. (Some work-from-home jobs have location requirements, so you can weed those out if needed.)
Each listing includes details about the hiring company, the job requirements, the qualifications, the benefits and the pay — as long as the information is available.
Job listings are added to the portal daily, so you'll always find new opportunities.
2. ZipRecruiter
This is perhaps the easiest site to navigate on this list, hence why we've listed it first.
Click over to ZipRecruiter to find your geo-tailored work-from-home job. (Even some work-from-home job opportunities have location restrictions.)
As soon as you start your search, you'll see the average salary for work-from-home jobs in your area. This will help you know what to expect. Peruse the listings to find information about the company, the pay and the employment type. You'll find details about requirements as well as information about how to apply.
ZipRecruiter will even let you know if you qualify for the position based on your credentials.
If you're not yet ready to take the plunge and submit your resume, you can always save the job for later and move on to the next.
(Psst… There's also an app for that. Download the ZipRecruiter app for job updates.)
3. AngelList
If you're looking to work in the startup world, this site can be a great place to start your remote journey. It features nearly 25,000 startups with open positions.
Sign up, and create a profile by uploading your resume or manually filling in your job experience. Then start browsing open positions.
Job categories include developer, designer, marketing and sales. The site has featured jobs from companies including Everlane, SeatGeek and Stripe.
If you click the star next to a job and the company stars your profile, you'll connect via email, where you can send a more tailored and personalized cover letter and resume.
4. FlexJobs
Tired of those too-good-to-be-true postings that really are too good to be true?
FlexJobs screens each posting — more than 30,000 of them — to be sure each company is reputable.
Choose to search for jobs by location. There, select the "Can be Done From Anywhere" option, and scan the endless listings.
Fluent in another language? Check out the number of telephone interpreter postings. Interested in words? Browse all the SEO and news writing jobs.
But here's the catch: To get the full details of a job listing, apply or access other perks (like the skills test), you must sign up for a $14.95-per-month membership.
This is the only site on our list that'll cost you, but the quality of its listings might be worth the price tag. Take a look to see whether you find enough openings relevant to your experience before signing up, and once you find the right gig, be sure to cancel your membership!
5. Glassdoor
Glassdoor is all about transparency, a welcome quality when you're researching potential employers. Find company ratings, salaries and even information about the hiring process, including actual job interview questions.
Start typing "remo…" in the location search box, and "Remote (Work From Home), US" will pop up. If you don't designate an interest area, the site will display more than 4,000 jobs.
Some job titles include customer success managers, marketing coordinators and data engineers.
6. Indeed
Boasting the position of "world's #1 job site" (according to itself at least), Indeed will likely offer you the most comprehensive search. Not only do employers post jobs directly to Indeed, the interface aggregates job postings from thousands of other sites.
Although you'll need patience to sort through the listings (and need to sniff out the ones that aren't so legit), the search options are endless and the jobs are varied: personal assistants, social media managers, voiceover artists and food bloggers.
Simply search "remote" in the location bar. But watch out for the sponsored listings at the top and bottom of the page — they might not fit your search criteria.
7. Jobspresso
Because Jobspresso only lists remote jobs, you don't have to trudge through contingencies and fine print in a job listing — you'll know it's actually a work-from-home job.
Simply select "Browse Jobs," and either choose all remote jobs or search by a career category. Keep an eye on location — some positions require you to work in a certain time zone or state.
Chug your espresso, and start exploring all the options: writer (celebrity beats included), brand manager and web developer positions abound.
8. PowerToFly
This site aims its services at stay-at-home mothers and women who want to find a flexible job that offers a decent work-life balance.
Fill out a profile, and start perusing. You're encouraged to think of it as LinkedIn; select "happily employed" if you are just that, but it never hurts to keep the door open for something better.
You'll find a specific "Remote Jobs" category you can select to search.
9. Remote OK
Remote OK aggregates remote job listings for "digital nomads" from other sites such as Stack Overflow and Indeed. You'll find mostly technology-based gigs, but there's an option to search "non-tech."
Under each category, the jobs are listed by posting date. You can also sign up for daily, weekly or monthly emails or automated updates.
10. Remotive
Yes, that's "remote" + "productive."
This site focuses exclusively on remote job listings, so simply select your desired category of profession (education, engineering or human resources, among others). Clicking on "Apply for Job" will take you directly to the company's site.
After your initial search, stay on top of new job listings by signing up for a weekly or monthly email update.
11. Skip The Drive
Although many of these listings link back to Indeed, this site's filter options can help you refine your search and find jobs that best fit your skills and interests.
You'll see full-time, part-time or contract work in a variety of categories including account management, consulting, finance and recruiter. Once you choose your niche, filter jobs by posting date to avoid reading expired listings.
As a fun bonus, the site helps you calculate how much money and time you'll save each year by working from home.
12. Stack Overflow
Although this site is mostly known as a message board for developers, it also hosts a number of location-independent gigs.
Head on over to "Developer Jobs" at the top left of your screen. You can also search by contract gig or permanent options.
13. Virtual Vocations
The site will ask you to log in or register (and will interrupt your search until you do so), but the search filters are worth the time it takes to sign up.
Use the left-hand toolbar to filter job postings by category, geographic restriction, type, weekly hours, career level, education level, travel requirements and date posted.
As you click your selections, postings will update automatically. You'll see jobs in a number of categories including editing, fundraising, legal, nursing, real estate and even travel.
Its Twitter feed also regularly updates with new job postings.
14. We Work Remotely
This site might not share as many jobs as others, but it hosts some of the more quirky opportunities.
Take, for example, a company called Eating Europe, seeking a content marketing manager. Or there's the iPhone Photography School; it was needing a customer service agent.
Searching is simple. On the homepage, scroll through to find the appropriate job category, and click to see all listings. Or follow the site on Twitter.
15. Working Nomads
Comb through remote job listings based on your interest area: development, design, customer success, management, writing or system administrator.
The curated job postings are mostly focused around tech-related work, so you'll see lots of positions with titles such as JavaScript architect, Python software developer and front-end engineer.
16. Airbnb Host
Have an extra room in the house? Try renting it out on Airbnb.com. According to Smart Asset, you can pay up to 81% of your rent by listing one room in a two-bedroom home. If you're really looking to ring in the cash, renting out a private home or apartment is the way to go. According to Smart Asset's findings, rates for full apartments are significantly higher than those for just rooms, with annual profits ranging from $15,000 to $31,000 for a two-bedroom apartment.
17. Babysitter
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4. Customer-Service Rep
Some companies like 1-800flowers.com outsource customer-service operations to third-party companies who then hire home-based workers or "agents" to take calls and orders. When you call 1-800-flowers, you may be speaking with Rebecca Dooley, a retired police officer and employee of Alpine Access, a major call-center service. When you dialed the number to 1-800-flowers, your call was automatically routed to Rebecca's spare bedroom in Colorado.
Alpine Access currently employs more than 5,000 work-at-home customer-service agents who take in-bound calls (there's no outbound or cold calling) for dozens of companies. "This works perfectly for me because I can set up my hours around my family's busy lifestyle," says Dooley, who usually works 20 to 32 hours a week, depending on her schedule.
While the typical rate is $9-10 per hour, Alpine Access agents who work more than 20 hours a week are eligible for benefits plus a 401k program when they have worked for over 1,000 hours. Although, some companies consider their staff independent contractors and do not provide benefits. Some other companies that hire virtual call agents include:
LiveOps.com
Arise.com
WorkingSolutions.com
ACDDirect.com
5. Telemarketer
To qualify for this job, it's best to be a skillful communicator, well-organized, and have customer service experience. Some companies outsource their cold-calling campaigns to third parties who hire home-based workers to place the calls.
Writer, Editor, or Proofreader
9. Cyber Crafter
If you're a crafter, the internet is your showcase — and not only at auction sites like eBay. DeWitt Young of ObviousFront.etsy.com has had success turning her crafts into cash online. She has a booth at Etsy.com's Craft Mall, an amazing place where thousands of artisans and crafters offer their goods for sale. DeWitt turns salvaged parts from old TVs and VCRs into artsy necklaces, earrings, and figures. Colleen Jordan of wearableplanter uses 3D printing to create her necklaces called wearable planters.
If you need a little help kicking off your projects, Shapeways is a 3D printing company with simple apps to help you customize your own designs, anything from a wedding band in rose gold, a vase in ceramic, or your own bobble head printed in full color. All for the purpose of generating sales.
10. Online Guide or Expert
If your friends look to you for advice on things you're passionate about, such as how to choose the best car, repair appliances, or make a killer cheesecake, listen up: No matter what your area of expertise is, consider becoming an online expert guide.
Guides are freelancers with an ability to communicate well. At JustAnswer.com, users agree to pay for the answers to their questions from trusted sources like vets, lawyers, doctors, and more. As a guide, you'll be paid a percentage of the pre-negotiated price per answer and for the number of answers you provide.
11. Virtual Assistant
Many small business owners and mid- to executive-level professionals need personal assistants, but may not be able to afford a permanent position on the payroll. The solution: Hire people from remote locations to do their administrative work.
Virtual assistants handle all kinds of administrative projects, including travel arrangements, event planning, correspondence and other support services that can be done remotely via e-mail and phone.
If you have children, virtual assistant positions are highly flexible. "My children are happy that I don't miss the important things in their lives," Norris says. Check out the International Virtual Assistants Association, virtualassistantjobs.com, and teamdoubleclick.com for more information.
12. Online Tutor
If you have a college degree and the skills to tutor students online in math, science, English, or language, this is a perfect fit. Go to Tutor.com — tutors who work for the company and have passed their probationary period can earn $10 to $14 an hour.
According to Durst, "Skype and other web interface tools are bringing English language instructors face-to-face with students from around the world." Plus, as a virtual tutor, you can chose your own schedule — so if you want to get in a quick session while the kids are napping, by all means.
13. eNeighbor
Maybe you've already secured your stay at home job and are looking for a way to make even more money. Well, if you consider your neighbors like family and they trust you enough to help them out while they're at work, sign up up for eNeighbr.
The site allows you to accept and hold shipments for your neighbors when they're away, so items don't get stolen. Every eNeighbr is verified and each package is insured up to $300, so they can relax knowing that your belongings are in good hands.
14. Cooking Host
15. Data Entry Clerk
Sign up with sites like Clickworker and The Smart Crowd to complete virtual jobs like data research, data entry, translation, and testing. According to ZipRecruiter, the average hourly rate for this position is $19.
16. Petsitter
DogVacay, Rover, and Petsit match dog sitters with people who need someone to watch their fur babies while they're out of town. Sitters set their own rates and hours, and can choose to watch the pups in their own home or at the owner's place. According to Pettsitter.com, most pet sitters earn between $14 and $19 an hour.
17. Creative Service Provider
If you have a marketable skill, no matter how small or obscure, you can likely sell it for $5 at creative marketplaces like Fiverrr. Members offer everything from cover letter writing services to psychic readings to video game coaching. Most listings start at $5 per hour.
18. Car Rental Provider
19. Transcriber
Head over to TranscribeMe to earn up to $22 per audio hour for transcribing files, with top monthly earnings reaching $2,200. Competitors like Scribie pay about $5 to $25 per hour, and some Fiverrr members offer medical transcription services for $30 per audio hour.
20. Website or App Tester
Virtual workers visit and explore new websites, perform various simple tasks on the site, and provide feedback and critiques. UserTesting, for instance, pays you $10 via PayPal for everyone 20-minute round of testing you complete. You can earn up to $60 per test, and it's up to you how much work you'd like to take on each month.
Other job Gigs
BroadPath Healthcare Solutions
Cactus Communications
Robert Half International
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Imagine a Day is another collaboration between author Sarah L. Thomson and Canadian painter, Rob Gonsalves. This book is themed around day time adventures, all of which have a surreal twist to them.
The book asks the reader to imagine days when mirrors become lakes and moats are used to invite guests over instead of keeping them out. There is a fast approaching train being held up by a bridge of circus acrobats. Cities become blocks and sky scrapers are like the pickets in a fence around a yard.
My children and I read the book three times together. Then they each took turns with the book to examine the paintings and to read it with their grandparents.
The Imagine A series is so popular with them I am considering finding copies to add to our personal library.


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est le neuvième album studio du groupe de heavy metal/death metal mélodique suédois Arch Enemy, édité le  par le label Century Media Records. Il s'agit du premier album, depuis  (2001), à voir opérer un changement dans les membres de groupe, la chanteuse Angela Gossow étant remplacée par Alissa White-Gluz, et le guitariste Christopher Amott, par Nick Cordle.

Développement
Le , le groupe révèle le nom de l'album et sa date de sortie. Le , l'ex chanteuse Angela Gossow annonce son départ du groupe en accueillant sa remplaçante, l'ancienne chanteuse du groupe de death metal mélodique canadien The Agonist, Alissa White-Gluz. Bien qu'elle y indique avoir passé de bons moments avec le groupe, elle souhaite passer plus de temps avec sa famille et ses passions. L'ex-chanteuse restera dans les coulisses en tant que manager du groupe.

Promotion
Le premier single, , est dévoilé en même temps que son clip, le . La vidéo est la première de trois, produites et dirigées par Patric Ullaeus et sa société Revolver Film Company. Le second clip, , sort le , et le troisième, , sort la même semaine que l'album.

Sortie

Liste des titres

Membres

Arch Enemy
 Alissa White-Gluz −  frontwoman
 Michael Amott −  guitare solo et rythmique, claviers
 Nick Cordle −  guitare solo et rythmique
 Sharlee D'Angelo −  guitare basse
 Daniel Erlandsson −  batterie

Musiciens additionnels
 Per Wiberg −  mellotron
 Henrik Janson −  orchestration, cordes
 Ulf Janson −  claviers, orchestration, cordes
 Stockholm Session Strings −  cordes

 Arch Enemy − producteur
 Jens Bogren − mixage, mastering
 Staffan Karlsson − ingénieur son (voix)
 Nick Cordle − ingénieur son (guitares et basses)
 Daniel Erlandsson − ingénieur son (guitares et basses)
 Johan Örnborg − ingénieur son (batterie)
 Linn Fijal − ingénieur son (cordes et claviers)
  − pochette de l'album
 Patric Ullaeus − filmographie
 Jens Prüter − A&R

Classements

Notes et références

Album d'Arch Enemy
Album musical sorti en 2014
Album publié par Century Media Records

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