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PlayStation Plus Free Games March 2021
February 24, 2021 March 24, 2021 Editorial Team
St. Patrick's Day is fast approaching. And while many of us may not even be Irish, we still like to dress up in green and celebrate. But instead of needing a leprechaun, we've got Sony guiding us to the free games at the end of the rainbow, with a total of four freebies this month. And so, here are the PlayStation Plus free games March 2021 which are available for download on Tuesday, March 2.
First, there's Final Fantasy VII Remake, the 2020 complete revamp of the original Final Fantasy VII first released in 1997 on the PlayStation One. Follow Cloud on his adventures as he teams up with the eco-terrorist group Avalanche to stop the evil corporation Shinra from sucking up the planet's life essence.
Next, there's Remnant: From the Ashes, a third-person action RPG featuring game mechanics similar to the Souls series. Wander a post-apocalyptic earth as you set out to put an end to the inter-dimensional evil known as Root that has destroyed the world.
Specifically for the PS5, there's Maquette, a brand-new puzzle adventure. Recreate memories by performing actions on a table, which causes the outside larger world to follow suit.
Lastly, Sony is also giving away the PSVR action shooter title, Farpoint. Set on a hostile planet, use the PSVR Aim Controller to destroy dangerous aliens and stay alive.
All four PlayStation Plus Free Games March 2021 have Platinum trophies to unlock.
The easiest one, by far, is Maquette. If you follow a video walkthrough, the Platinum can be unlocked in under 5 hours.
The Platinum for Remnant: From the Ashes will take around 60-70 hours of gameplay, but is of average difficulty despite borrowing mechanics from the Souls series.
Final Fantasy VII Remake will require two full playthroughs, one on Hard mode, which in turn will need a lot of grinding to prepare for. Expect around 70-80 hours for the Platinum, and to be challenged during your Hard mode run.
The most difficult of the four Platinums is Farpoint which, though can be done in 30-40 hours, will require some serious shooting skills as well as some strategies.
Categories: EditorialTags: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Maquette, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Plus Free Games, PlayStation Plus Free Games March 2021, PlayStation VR, PSVR Aim Controller, Remnant: From the Ashes
Final Fantasy VII Remake Trophy Guide
September 16, 2020 September 28, 2020 Editorial Team
Final Fantasy VII Remake Trophy Guide. Difficulty: *** A third-person action RPG and remake of the 1997 game first released on the PlayStation One. The Platinum is of average difficulty, but quite time consuming.
Final Fantasy VII Remake *** 54 Square Enix Business Division 1 Japan 44 7 2 0 0
Why the *** difficulty?
Final Fantasy VII Remake is an action RPG and a retelling of the original 1997 Final Fantasy VII. While the game mostly follows the same story, characters, dialogue, and music from the 1997 original, the graphics have been completely redone, and the battle system has changed to a hybrid of real-time action and strategic RPG elements, similar to the fighting system in Final Fantasy XV.
Set in Midgar, a dystopian metropolis, Soldier turned mercenary Cloud Strife has joined Avalanche, an eco-terrorist group attempting to stop the Sinra megacorporation from using up the planet's life force. As cloud embarks on missions for money, he soon sympathizes with Avalanche's cause as well as its members, leading him to face a deadly nemesis from his past.
Final Fantasy VII Remake received positive reviews with an average score of 89%, praised for its re-imagining of the original game while remaining true to its roots, new combat system, colorful characters, beautiful graphics, and for being overall superior to its original.
The difficulty is relatively average, although you will need to put in a fair number of hours into obtaining the Platinum, hence the 3-star rating. There are no missable trophies to worry about, as a chapter select allows you to go back and mop-up anything you are missing. Two full playthroughs are required, one on either Easy or Normal, and a second on Hard mode.
Expect around 70-80 hours for the Platinum.
In the beginning, you have the option of playing on Easy or Normal. The former will make the gameplay quicker, while the latter will better prepare you for your Hard playthrough, so the choice is yours. You will need to complete the game on any mode in order to unlock Hard mode.
There are no missable trophies to worry about, so feel free to play at your leisure towards the end of the game. If you wish to avoid much backtracking however, we recommend completing all 24 available side quests, and find all 31 music discs for the Disc Jockey trophy.
After you finished your first playthrough, it's time to use the chapter select and mop up anything you missed. This will include the Best In The Business trophy for completing all the side quests, as you will need to replay Chapter 9 and make different choices that allow you to complete the previously missed quests. In addition to Chapter 9, you will also need to replay both Chapter 3 and Chapter 8 in order to unlock the different bridal dresses for the Dressed To The Nines trophy. Check out the Final Fantasy VII Remake trophy guide links under our Links tab for more details, as well as which trophies you still may need and their requirements.
Keep in mind, however, that you will still need to replay the game on Hard mode, where you can complete the missing quests as well as obtain three of the nine bridal outfits, if you wish to avoid much backtracking. Lastly, it's time for your playthrough on Hard mode. Here, enemies have more health and deal more damage. In addition, you will be unable to use items, and MP cannot be regenerated by resting on a bench nor through completing quests. Make sure to come prepared, such as having useful material maxed out, and acquiring the Gotterdammerung accessory which, when equipped to Cloud, will make things much easier. Hard mode can be selected from the chapter select, though the entire chapter must be played on Hard for it to count.
During this playthrough, remember to complete the missed quests in Chapter 9 and make different choices in order to view the final three bridal dresses, if you haven't done so already. Completing the game on Hard mode will unlock the Hardened Veteran trophy, and if you've been following this roadmap, the Platinum trophy as well.
Here's a great Walkthrough by PowerPyx:
https://www.powerpyx.com/final-fantasy-7-vii-remake-walkthrough-all-chapters-side-quests/
IGN has a Walkthrough here:
https://www.ign.com/wikis/final-fantasy-7-remake/Walkthrough#Chapter_3_Materia.2C_weapons.2C_and_accessories_Checklist:
A detailed Walkthrough by Andrew Testa:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/168653-final-fantasy-vii-remake/faqs/78276/introduction
And GoldenSun has a detailed Walkthrough here:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/168653-final-fantasy-vii-remake/faqs/78285
Here's a great Trophy Guide by AerisFlowerGirl:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/final-fantasy-7-remake/guide/
And a great Trophy Guide by mrrj46:
https://psnprofiles.com/guide/9997-final-fantasy-vii-remake-trophy-guide
PowerPyx has a great Trophy Guide here, with plenty of videos:
https://www.powerpyx.com/final-fantasy-vii-remake-trophy-guide-roadmap/
And a useful Trophy Guide by Niraj Shah:
https://www.xtremeps3.com/2020/04/05/final-fantasy-vii-remake-trophy-guide/
And RPG Site has a useful Trophy Guide here:
https://www.rpgsite.net/feature/9636-final-fantasy-vii-remake-trophy-guide-how-to-earn-the-platinum-trophy
A video demonstration of the Heavenly Dart Player trophy by PowerPyx:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=8Xzvm0ZtekQ
A Cleanup Crew trophy video demonstration by PowerPyx:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YDVU9nME4E
And PowerPyx's In Lockstep trophy video demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsJOvrR8HPY
A Dressed To The Nines trophy walkthrough by chrisanimeguy:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/final-fantasy-vii-remake/344127-dressed-nines.html
A video by PowerPyx showing All Music Disc Locations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWksYToncM
Categories: PS4 DatabaseTags: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Square Enix, Square Enix Business Division 1
Tokyo Game Show 2019 Highlights
Just two days after a typhoon ripped through the area, game developers, distributors, gamers, and otaku alike filed into the Makuhari Messe Convention Center just outside of Tokyo, to attend the Tokyo Game Show 2019. While there were slightly fewer companies attending this year, TGS 2019 did see a new record of 2,417 booths (2,338 last year) which means plenty of games to try, and things to see.
The largest promotional event was Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Remake, being shown-off at both the Sony PlayStation and Square Enix booth. The original Final Fantasy VII was released on the PlayStation One in 1997, and is arguable one of the most beloved titles in the series. Visitors at the Sony booth could have their picture taken while wielding Cloud Strife's massive sword.
The other big title this year was Capcom's Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion, which is actually a game in itself than simply an expansion. While Sony had playable demos of the game, the Capcom booth displayed life-sized monsters. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne was released last week.
This year, SEGA combined their booth with their subsidiary Atlas, promoting the upcoming Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Persona 5 Royal, both for the PS4, as well as the Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for the Nintendo Switch. Other titles included the Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix for the Switch, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim for the PS4, as well as games in their SEGA Partners division including Granblue Fantasy: Versus, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Shenmue III, and Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order.
Konami continues to make its comeback with such upcoming titles as Contra: Rogue Corps, and Super Bomberman R. Though most of their efforts are being put into the mobile gaming market, with such playable games as Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, Dance Dance Revolution, and Beat Mania II DX.
Due to the lack of room, this year saw a lot less arcade-targeted VR titles, and more home oriented ones, including the dancing game Space Channel 5, and a meteor shooting game by students at Kobe Denshi College. Also, with over 4 million units sold, Sony is far from giving up on their PlayStation VR, with such playable games as Marvel's Iron Man VR, Concrete Genie, and a new Hatsune Miku VR game.
One of the cooler VR accessories I saw were the Cybershoes by a Kickstarter group. Resembling beach sandals, you strap them to your feet or shoes, sit in a chair, and simulate walking or running while playing your favorite VR title. Simple but effective.
With all those extra booths this year, the Indie game area was packed tight with playable titles. Some that I played included Magical Girl's Chronicle: Magusphere, which combined the cuteness of magical girls with the violence of blowing up tanks and enemies with guns and bazookas. And Liberated by Polish company Walkabout, where you literally play through the panels of a graphic novel. Both games will be out on the PS4 next year.
Overall, there were no big surprises this year at the Tokyo Game Show 2019, but still had plenty to offer and gave us a peak at what's to come.
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written by Damon Finos
Categories: EditorialTags: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Atlus, Beat Mania II DX, Capcom, Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, Concrete Genie, Contra: Rogue Corps, Cybershoes, Dance Dance Revolution, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Grandblue Fantasy: Versus, Hatsune Miku, Hatsune Miku VR, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix, Konami, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Liberated, Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Persona 5 Royal, SEGA, Shenmue III, Space Channel 5, Square Enix, Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order, Super Bomberman R, Tokyo Game Show, Tokyo Game Show 2019, Walkabout, Yakuza: Like a Dragon


EU tax on digital photo cameras?
According to Digitimes listening to Taiwan industry sources, Europe would be about to introduce a customs tax of 4.9% specifically for digital cameras including the ability to record videos. A small price increase to expect in June or July this year on imported cameras (Sony, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, etc.) but it would not involve Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras that are not featuring that kind of ability.
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Share this Story: The Divide, Part 3: Hostility, threats over vaccines escalating against staff
The Divide, Part 3: Hostility, threats over vaccines escalating against staff
Trevor Wilhelm
Dec 03, 2021 • December 3, 2021 • 5 minute read • 53 Comments
Vaccination centre and other health-care staff have become the targets of harassment, threats and worse. In this Nov. 25, 2021, photo, people opposed to COVID-19 vaccinations protest outside Devonshire Mall's vaccination centre on the first day children ages five to 11 became eligible for the shot. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star
Editor's note: The Divide is a three-part series looking at the issue of COVID-19 vaccination mandates in Windsor. Part 1 ran on Thursday and Part 2 ran on Friday.
Windsor police have investigated multiple acts of aggression against COVID-19 vaccination centre and health-care staff, including one incident where someone splashed hot tea on a hospital worker.
The Divide, Part 3: Hostility, threats over vaccines escalating against staff Back to video
There have also been punctured tires, verbal abuse and death threats, forcing the hospital to beef up security.
"It's one thing to threaten me," said Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj. "But frontline staff? No way. What for? Really, what for? Does that prove you're a bigger person when you threaten the frontline staff or spill hot tea on them? What does that prove?
"Or puncture their tires? That's dangerous. One of those staff could leave there and get into a car accident.
"If you don't want to get vaccinated, don't get vaccinated. But don't take it out on the staff who are doing their job."
Const. Darius Goze said Windsor police are investigating incidents at Windsor Regional Hospital and the vaccination centre, but he wouldn't give an exact number.
He also would not confirm details of the incidents or reveal if any arrests have been made.
"Windsor police have been made aware of these threats of violence and property damage to hospital staff," said Goze. "We have investigated each report and we've addressed them on a case-by-case basis. Additional protocols have been put into place as well to support those involved."
Protests along with incidents of harassment, belligerence and abuse have escalated across the country in tandem with growing opposition to divisive COVID-19 protocols.
In some cases, misinformation is the culprit. The only full-time physician in the small northern Ontario town of Latchford is closing her practice after a tide of anger and criticism from people who mistakenly believed she was refusing care to unvaccinated patients.
Locally, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has said that threatening calls, emails and online posts targeting staff escalated to the point that it shut down comment sections on social media posts.
Last week, protesters were ejected from Devonshire Mall property for trespassing and confronting parents or guardians taking children into the vaccine centre.
Also last week, former PPC candidate Victor Green posted the vaccine centre's phone number on Facebook, urging people to overrun the booking system with fake appointments so children would be unable to get their shots.
"I would have said, no, people aren't like that." Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj is shown at the former St. Clair College field hospital on Aug. 11, 2020. (NICK BRANCACCIO/Windsor Star) Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
The anger and frustration have not been reserved for health-care workers.
There were protests outside Windsor city hall after the vaccine mandate for municipal employees took effect Nov. 15, and some Transit Windsor drivers have faced aggression from people unhappy with mask requirements on buses.
On Nov. 4, a man allegedly planted a homemade bomb set on a timer at Windsor Assembly Plant. There was an explosion, but no one was hurt. The suspect, who worked as a custodian at the plant through a third-party vendor, was reportedly a vocal anti-vaccine protestor. Police have not confirmed that as a motive.
Krystle Bernauer, founder of Windsor/Essex Citizens and Businesses Against Discrimination (WECBD), said the relatively small number of people making threats and harassing people do not represent most people in the fight against vaccine mandates.
"We don't condone attacks on anyone, whatever their opinion is," said Bernauer.
"I've never recommended anyone harass or give threats. We've never recommended anybody call the call centre at all."
She said the group posts rules of conduct for rallies and other gatherings on its Facebook page.
"When it came to the vaccine clinic, we put out a PSA (public service announcement) about respecting people, property, health and safety guidelines, because we're not looking to cause problems," said Bernauer.
"We just want our presence to be known and that there are concerned people in the public that feel there is misinformation, and that education about the vaccine is extremely important to us. It's not an attack on whether or not you choose it."
Despite calls to keep things civil from both health-care leaders and those leading the charge against vaccine directives, frontline workers continue to face regular doses of threats and verbal abuse.
Front-line health care workers have faced harassment, threats and worse. But there have also been plenty of open displays of support for their pandemic work, including by this father and son shown outside Windsor Regional Hospital's Met campus on March 27, 2020. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
It has prompted a shift in priorities for the off-duty police officers helping with security at the vaccination centre.
"Our concern in the beginning was someone coming in and stealing the vaccines because back then it was liquid gold," said Musyj.
"Now it's flipped to having the off-duty police officers there to protect the staff from people coming in and being verbally aggressive because they feel they're being forced to get vaccinated to save their job or go to a bar. They feel they're being forced to be vaccinated and they're taking it out on staff."
After a string of threats, Musyj said he lets phone calls go to voicemail if he doesn't recognize the number or there is no caller ID.
But in some cases, some people have gone beyond verbal abuse.
Musyj said there have been "multiple" cases of metal and nails thrown in the staff parking lot at the vaccination centre.
"And staff's tires being punctured," he said. "We had to scan the parking lot with magnets. We have security cameras out there now on the parking lots."
The Divide, Part 1: Vaccine mandates have drawn a line in the community
The Divide, Part 2: COVID-19 has caused a healthcare battle in more ways than one
'We are seeing an explosion of cases' — pandemic surging in Windsor-Essex
At Windsor Regional Hospital, an unvaccinated man poured hot tea on a screener through an opening in the protective barrier.
"Spilling hot tea on a staff member because you're not happy with the rules with respect to visitation is totally inappropriate," said Musyj. "It's off the charts."
"Same guy then threatens my family by name. As we're dealing with the first issue, he then tells the staff, 'Don't worry about it, I'll take care of Dave.' He then mentions my family's names. Like my immediate family by first name."
Musyj would not give any more details, including when it happened or at which campus, but said the employee was not badly injured.
"If someone had said to me back in December of 2019 that we'd be dealing with these issues, I probably would have lost a lot of money on the bets," said Musyj.
"I would have said, no, people wouldn't do that. No, people aren't like that. It's not going to get to that point."
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Sean Penn 'frustrated' with the world and is 'glad' he's old

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Laughter in the Dark
By Thessaly La Force
It was difficult to ignore the fact last night that Google was the official sponsor of the National Book Awards after-party, held at Cipriani's Wall Street. "It's our party," one Googler said to a guest. Posters, printed in Helvetica font against an all-white background said so, too, just as boldly, but it was the large Google-colored shag rugs that were literally tripping up partygoers, causing a stumble or two by the dance floor. Editors, writers, agents, and publicists mingled with geeks as waiters passed out trays of mini hamburgers and rum cocktails with glowing Google-colored ice cubes. Bookcases with free Google notebooks were there for the taking, perhaps to inspire next year's hopefuls to pick up a pen. But it was the books by Colum McCann and T. J. Stiles, last night's winners, that everyone wanted. James Franco, who sold a book of short stories to Scribner this year, was overheard telling a companion: "Well, I was going to do a movie version of 'Laughter in the Dark,'" a title which captured the incongruity of the evening. The Google-N.B.A. pairing seemed precipitously poised, especially since one appeared to be cannibalizing the other. Laughter in the dark, indeed.


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Q: Cuckoo sandbox: showing CuckooCriticalError:Please update your configuration I have installed cuckoo sandbox with windows7 32 bit as guest os. I have edited the "machine" and "label" field properly in "virtualbox.conf". The vm is named yo-7. But I am getting this error "[root] CRITICAL: CuckooCriticalError: Please update your configuration. Unable to shut 'yo-7' down or find the machine in its proper state: Timeout hit while for machine yo-7 to change status" while executing "sudo python cuckoo.py" after displaying the following
[lib.cuckoo.core.scheduler] INFO: Using "virtualbox" machine manager
Here is the content of virtualbox.conf file
[virtualbox]
# Specify which VirtualBox mode you want to run your machines on.
# Can be "gui", "sdl" or "headless". Refer to VirtualBox's official
# documentation to understand the differences.
mode = gui

# Path to the local installation of the VBoxManage utility.
path = /usr/bin/VBoxManage

# Specify a comma-separated list of available machines to be used. For each
# specified ID you have to define a dedicated section containing the details
# on the respective machine. (E.g. cuckoo1,cuckoo2,cuckoo3)
machines =yo-7

[yo-7]
# Specify the label name of the current machine as specified in your
# VirtualBox configuration.
label = yo-7

# Specify the operating system platform used by current machine
# [windows/darwin/linux].
platform = windows

# Specify the IP address of the current virtual machine. Make sure that the
# IP address is valid and that the host machine is able to reach it. If not,
# the analysis will fail.
ip = 192.168.56.101

# (Optional) Specify the snapshot name to use. If you do not specify a snapshot
# name, the VirtualBox MachineManager will use the current snapshot.
# Example (Snapshot1 is the snapshot name):
#snapshot = Win7snap1

# (Optional) Specify the name of the network interface that should be used
# when dumping network traffic from this machine with tcpdump. If specified,
# overrides the default interface specified in cuckoo.conf
# Example (vboxnet0 is the interface name):
#interface = vboxnet0

# (Optional) Specify the IP of the Result Server, as your virtual machine sees it.
# The Result Server will always bind to the address and port specified in cuckoo.conf,
# however you could set up your virtual network to use NAT/PAT, so you can specify here
# the IP address for the Result Server as your machine sees it. If you don't specify an
# address here, the machine will use the default value from cuckoo.conf.
# NOTE: if you set this option you have to set result server IP to 0.0.0.0 in cuckoo.conf.
# Example:
#resultserver_ip = 192.168.56.1

# (Optional) Specify the port for the Result Server, as your virtual machine sees it.
# The Result Server will always bind to the address and port specified in cuckoo.conf,
# however you could set up your virtual network to use NAT/PAT, so you can specify here
# the port for the Result Server as your machine sees it. If you don't specify a port
# here, the machine will use the default value from cuckoo.conf.
# Example:
#resultserver_port = 2042

# (Optional) Set your own tags. These are comma separated and help to identify
# specific VMs. You can run samples on VMs with tag you require.
#tags = windows_xp_sp3,32_bit,acrobat_reader_6

A: Your possible problem is in the ip, you must change maybe to 192.168.56.1, it's the ip by  default that virtuaboxl assign to virtual machine other thing it's the internal ip of the host then it's 192.168.1.10x (1 or 2). I hope explain me well, it may be little confusing.

A: the label should be the virtual machine's name, not the username in the vm system

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Sarah currently serves as a board member for the Nova Scotia Community College, Phoenix House, and on the Mount Allison University Board of Regents. A recipient of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 and an alumnus of the Governor General's Leadership Conference, Sarah is certified by the U.S.-based Institute for Crisis Management and by IAP2 for Public Participation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (honours) from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, and a Masters in Media Studies from Concordia University in Montreal. Sarah leads NATIONAL's Talent Working Group.


By Melaney A. Linton | July 5, 2016, 8:02 p.m.
For more than 30 years, Planned Parenthood health center staff served the New Orleans community from an actual house: the living room served as the waiting area, the kitchen as the lab, the bedrooms as exam rooms.
Some might call it cozy or even charming, but it was far from ideal – which is why I'm so thrilled to announce that last week Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast officially opened our brand new, state-of-the-art health center in New Orleans.
This victory didn't come easy. From the day Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast announced plans to build a new health center, its opponents were on the attack.
First, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals tried to stop the new health center from being built with unnecessary, politically motivated regulations against abortion that were eventually thrown out. Then former Governor Bobby Jindal and his cronies in the state Capitol launched an investigation into Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast's existing health center operations in Louisiana, and attempted to block Medicaid patients from seeking care at Planned Parenthood health centers. He failed too.
Even when an arsonist poured gasoline on the foundation of the new building last summer, we weren't swayed. We at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast knew it was more vital than ever that we push forward to expand care for the women, men, and young people of New Orleans.
So we did — thanks the thousands of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast supporters who have stood with us every step of the way. Because of their compassion and support, our doctors, nurses, and other staff in New Orleans will be able to provide birth control, STD testing, and other critical care to twice as many patients as before. And soon, our health center staff will also be there for women who have made the decision to end a pregnancy. It's an enormous milestone in Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast's efforts to fight for reproductive rights and health care access in the South.


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Bahrain: Risk of Death Penalty
The Christian Coalition for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) makes an urgent appeal to stop the death sentences in Bahrain
On the 21st of February 2018, the military's high court of appeals of Bahrain will retry eight men that have been convicted after an unfair verdict, including confessions obtained under torture. Four of the men have been sentenced to death and are at risk of seeing their conviction confirmed.
On the 27th of December, after an unfair trial, the military's high court of appeals sentenced 13 men on charges of forming a terrorist cell and attempting to assassinate a senior official of the Bahrain Defense Forces and revoked their citizenship. Five of the men are on exile and the remaining eight in custody have appealed the court's decision.
Among them, Sayed Alawi, Sayed Fadhel Abbas, Mubarak Adel Muhanna and Mohamed Abdulhassan Al Mutaghawi have been sentenced to death. Mohamed Shehabi, Hussain Shehab, Mohammed Al Najar and Mohammed Al Ajami have been sentenced to 7 years of prison.
According to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), the defendants were subjected to torture after their arrest.
Some of them, such as Mohammed Al-Shehabi et Mohamed Abdulhassan Al Mutaghawi, have been victims of incommunicado detention for several months while others, such as Sayed Alawi and Sayed Fadhel Abbashave, been held in incommunicado detention for nearly a year despite desperate attempts of their families to get in touch with them.
None of the defendants were allowed to communicate with a lawyer before the trial. Some of them have had to wait for the third hearing before being allowed to contact one. Their families were threatened of retaliation if they diffused the torture allegations of the defendants. This is the first sentence handed down by a military court against civilians since the constitutional reform of the 3rd of April 2017, allowing the military court to try civilians. The rise of death sentences and military trials is the result of the authoritarian governance in Bahrain, which continues to
The upsurge in death sentences and military trials is symptomatic of authoritarian governance, which continues to lead a campaign of repression with impunity against the opposition.
The resumption of executions
22 Bahrainis are currently sentenced to death. After seven years of de facto moratorium, executions resumed a year ago. On the 15th of January 2017, Ali Al-Singace, Abbas Al-Samea and Sami Mushaima were executed after being sentenced after an unfair trial, to the point that the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions qualified their execution as extrajudicial.
On the 29th of January 2018, the Supreme Court of Appeal confirmed a new death sentence. The Civil Court of Appeal sentenced Maher Abbas Ahmad on the 11th of May 2017 based on confessions he signed under treatment of torture. If the king ratifies his sentence, he can be executed at any moment.
The standardization of the use of military justice
In 2011, the year of the beginning of uprising in Bahrain, the National Security Court, an emergency court, founded by the Bahraini Ruler on March 15th, 2011, sentenced several human rights defenders and political opponents. Three months later, under international pressure, he ordered the creation of a Bahraini Independent Commission for Investigation (BICI) to investigate the events - namely, violent repression - that took place in Bahrain during February and March 2011. As a result, in November 2011, the BICI published a report in which it severely criticized the unfair trials led by National Security Court, demanding that a civil court retried the cases. At the time, the authorities had accepted that.
In contradiction with the recommendations of the BICI and in violation of the international laws concerning the right to a fair trial that Bahrain has signed, on the 3rd of April 2017, the monarch amended the constitution in order to give the jurisdiction of the military courts the right to try civilians. The above-mentioned 13 convicts are the first victims of this decision.
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Evergrande Group Statistics for 2023
Posted In: Business , Real Estate , Resources
It's fair to say that, the Evergrande Group has had a lot of controversies. We're going to explore why that is and also cover Everangrade Group statistics and some facts, too.
The Evergrande Group, founded by Chairman Hui Ka Yan, is a Chinese company established in Guangzhou in 1996.
With a sale amounting to $110 billion, assets worth $355 billion, and over 1,300 developments worldwide, it became China's second-largest property development in 2020.
The strategy that Evergrande had implanted was buying short-term loan-supported land and selling apartments instantly at a cheaper rate which eventually helped this Chinese property company to grow at a quicker pace. As per its interim report, it employed a total of 163,119 staff at the end of June.
However, the China-based company had gathered an enormous sum of debt during its expansion process. By the end of August 2021, Evergrande had a debt of over 300 billion US dollars.
Simultaneously, the per month sales of the company also witnessed a decline, making it fail to pay off its debt. And that's the breaking point for the company.
In no time, the reports of Evergrande failing to pay off its bond came out, and global attention turned toward the company.
With the fall in their market, the two banks in Hong Kong declared that they would not give any new loans to the buyers of Evergrande homes.
Additionally, various rating agencies downgraded the creditworthiness of the property developer, making the scenario even worse.
1 Key Evergrande Statistics
2 Evergrande Group Financial Statistics
2.1 Revenue of The Evergrande Group from 2010 to 2020
2.2 Evergrande Has a Revenue Segment of Over 464 Billion Yuan in Property Development in 2020
2.3 Contracted Sales Area of Evergrande Group During 2010 and 2020
2.4 Net Profit of Evergrande Group from 2010 to 2020
3 Evergrande Group Statistics: Size
3.1 Evergrande Owns Over 1,300 Real-Estate Projects in China
3.2 Evergrande Has a Debt Amounting to 300 Billion Dollar
3.3 12 Million Homeowners Live in Properties Constructed by Evergrande
3.4 Evergrande Operate Enough Land to Cover the Whole Territory of Manhattan
3.5 Evergrande Is Indirectly Responsible for Creating 3.8 Million Jobs
3.6 The Debt of Evergrande Is Equivalent to 2% of China's GDP
4 Evergrande Asset and Liability Statistics
4.1 Total Assets of Evergrande Group During 2020
4.2 Total Liabilities of Evergrande Group Between 2015 and 2020
4.3 Gearing Ratio of Evergrande Group from 2015 to 2020
4.4 Better Half of The Assets and Liabilities of Evergrande Group 2020 Belongs to Its Property Development Section
4.5 Value of Different Asset Types of Evergrande Group as Of 2020
4.6 Value of Borrowing Types of Evergrande Group as Of 2020
4.7 Value of Borrowings of Evergrande Group During the Year 2020, by Maturity Period
5 Evergrande Stock Performance Statistics
5.1 Per Month Performance of Evergrande Group Shares During the Years 2020 and 2021
5.2 Annual Performance of Evergrande Property Services Shares During 2020-21
5.3 Monthly Performance of The New Energy Vehicle Group Shares of The Evergrande Group During 2020-2021
6 Some Interesting Facts about Evergrande
Key Evergrande Statistics
1. Evergrande has a revenue segment of over 464 billion yuan in property development in 2020
2. Evergrande owns over 1,300 real-estate projects in China
3. Evergrande has a debt amounting to 300 billion dollar
4. 12 million homeowners live in properties constructed by Evergrande
5. Evergrande operate enough land to cover the whole territory of Manhattan
6. The debt of Evergrande is equivalent to 2% of China's GDP
7. Evergrande is indirectly responsible for creating 3.8 million jobs
8. Better half of the assets and liabilities of Evergrande Group 2020 belongs to its property development section
9. Net profit of the Evergrande Group as of 2020 is 31.4 billion yuan
10. Gearing ratio of Evergrande Group reduce by 10%
Evergrande Group Financial Statistics
Revenue of The Evergrande Group from 2010 to 2020
According to historical statistics, the revenue of the China-based property developer Evergrande has increased significantly during the period of 2010 to 2020.
During the year 2010, the company had a revenue of 45 billion yuan, whereas its revenue increased to 133 billion yuan in 2015.
Moreover, its revenue has shown a significant rise since then, with numbers touching 507 billion yuan in 2020. However, along with revenue, its liability has magnified too.
Evergrande Has a Revenue Segment of Over 464 Billion Yuan in Property Development in 2020
Source: Navesink International
Evergrande group is not limited to making houses only; they're also into offering life insurances, manufacturing sports goods, and more.
However, they're mostly into property developments. As per the surveys carried out, it is seen that the property development sector of the Evergrande group has generated a revenue of 464 billion yuan as of the end of 2020, among total revenue of 507 billion yuan.
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Contracted Sales Area of Evergrande Group During 2010 and 2020
China's property developer, Evergrande, has contracted sales of over 723 billion yuan in 2020, which used to be 601 billion yuan in 2019; that is, it shows a rise of 20.3% in a year suppressing its target by 111%.
Talking about the sales area, it rose to 80.9 million square meters from 58.5 million square meters in just one year.
Meanwhile, as of December 2021, its contracted sales reduced to 44.9 billion yuan, and the sales area dropped to 5.1 million meters.
Net Profit of Evergrande Group from 2010 to 2020
As per the data collected, the Chinese company generated a profit of around 31.4 billion yuan in the year 2020.
Evergrande Group Statistics: Size
Evergrande Owns Over 1,300 Real-Estate Projects in China
Evergrande, being China's second-largest real estate company, has constructed over 1,300 real-estate projects in over 280 cities across the nation. Most of these are sprawling houses.
Moreover, experts believe that if the Evergrande group collapses, it'll greatly impact the entire Chinese economy.
Evergrande Has a Debt Amounting to 300 Billion Dollar
Source: AsiaNews
Although Evergrande was once China's top property developer, it is now facing a huge backflush. According to recent statistics, it currently has an estimated liability of 300 billion dollars.
That's enough to cover the full liability of Panama ($31.7 billion), Iceland ($20.3 billion), the Philippines ($97 billion), Peru ($93.3 billion), and Bulgaria ($46.5 billion) combined.
12 Million Homeowners Live in Properties Constructed by Evergrande
As per the official website of Evergrande, it has constructed properties for more than 12 million homeowners and has projects in 280 cities across the country.
This implies that more people live in properties constructed by Evergrande than in any of these countries- Portugal (population 10.1 million), Sweden (10.1 million); Greece (10.4 million); or Cuba (11.3 million).
Evergrande Operate Enough Land to Cover the Whole Territory of Manhattan
According to an announcement made in February 2022, the Evergrande has already constructed around 7.3 billion square feet of land and is now constructing 1.4 billion square feet of it.
When compared, Manhattan has a land area of 6.4 billion square feet or 23 square miles.
Evergrande Is Indirectly Responsible for Creating 3.8 Million Jobs
Evergrande says that although it has employed around 200,000 people, it is indirectly responsible for generating 3.8 million jobs each year.
That's nearly enough jobs to employ the entire population of the city of Los Angeles, with a population of 3.98 million as of 2019, or every single person who lives in the state of Connecticut having a population of 3.5 million.
The Debt of Evergrande Is Equivalent to 2% of China's GDP
Evergrande currently has a debt of 300 million dollars which is around 2% of China's total 14.7 trillion dollars gross domestic product (GDP).
Its liability is more than the total GDP of any of these countries: Qatar ($146.4 billion); Finland ($271.2 billion); Hungary ($155 billion); or Zealand ($212.5 billion)
Evergrande Asset and Liability Statistics
Total Assets of Evergrande Group During 2020
The value of the total assets of the China-based property developer Evergrande amounted to 2.3 trillion yuan as of 2020.
After the year 2015, Evergrande's assets rose significantly, almost tripling during the last five years. However, by the end of September 2021, Evergrande missed repayment of a dollar-denominated offshore bond.
As a result, the dire financial situation of the company came into the spotlight.
Total Liabilities of Evergrande Group Between 2015 and 2020
As of 2020, the liability of the Chinese real-estate company Evergrande amounts to nearly 2 trillion yuan. Within a small span of six years, the liability of the company has increased by over three times.
However, Evergrande has minimized its gearing ratio considerably over the last few years. Moreover, the Chinese government has also made plans to deleverage the real estate industry and direct investments into other productive sectors.
Gearing Ratio of Evergrande Group from 2015 to 2020
Source: Daily Sabah
The gearing ratio is an indicator that measures the financial leverage of an enterprise and displays how much it relies on debt financing.
Since the year 2017, the real-estate company Evergrande has minimized its gearing ratio by over 10 percent, which is quite incredible. As of 2020, the current gearing ratio of the company is around 31.1 percent.
Better Half of The Assets and Liabilities of Evergrande Group 2020 Belongs to Its Property Development Section
As discussed, most of the segment of the Evergrande group is the real-estate company. And that is why most of the assets and liability of the group belong to the property development.
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By the end of 2020, the property development segment of Evergrande Group holds an asset of 1.8 trillion yuan.
Simultaneously, the real-estate segment holds a liability of 847 billion yuan. As per reports, banks are the largest debtor of the Chinese company.
Value of Different Asset Types of Evergrande Group as Of 2020
In China, it is obvious for real-estate developers to collect a down payment from the purchasers before starting the process of construction.
The practice is good for developers as it helps them to finance the land purchase and construction process. However, the case is not the same for buyers.
This practice puts home buyers at risk because if the real estate developer by any means fails to conclude the construction, the buyers will be at a huge loss.
The assets value of construction in progress of Evergrande group as of 2020 amounts to 47 billion yuan.
Value of Borrowing Types of Evergrande Group as Of 2020
The total borrowings of Evergrande Group (including banks and other borrowings) amount to nearly 421 billion yuan.
When compared with the data of last year, it is observed that Evergrande has deducted its long-term debt using borrowings with shorter maturity.
The collateral of the borrowings included land-use rights, properties and equipment, properties under development, and many more.
Value of Borrowings of Evergrande Group During the Year 2020, by Maturity Period
Statistics show that the debt of Evergrande group that is due within a period of one year was valued at 336 billion yuan as of the later part of 2020. Additionally, it is 47 percent of its total borrowings.
Although it has reduced its long-term borrowings, it needs to be reduced more if the company wants to survive in the market.
Evergrande Stock Performance Statistics
Per Month Performance of Evergrande Group Shares During the Years 2020 and 2021
Source: BondEvalue
The prices of each share of Evergrande Group at the Hong Kong Exchange amounts to 2.27 Hong Kong dollars as of 21 September 2021.
Compared to its share price in 2020, it has a significant decrease. Due to which the China-based real estate developer Evergrande faces a liquidity crisis of over two trillion yuan and threatens its future existence.
Annual Performance of Evergrande Property Services Shares During 2020-21
As per the Hong Kong Exchange, the per-share price of Evergrande Property Services fell to 4.2 Hong Kong dollars on 21 September 2021, compared to the previous year.
As the real-estate developer segment contributes a huge part to the Evergrande group, a fall in the prices of shares is a huge loss to them.
Monthly Performance of The New Energy Vehicle Group Shares of The Evergrande Group During 2020-2021
Like every other famous and big company, the Evergrande group is not limited to the real-estate developer segment.
Its other businesses include Evergrande Life Insurance, etc. Moreover, a few years back, the Chinese company started a new vehicle company.
However, with the fall in the market of other Evergrande groups, the Evergrande Vehicle Group has also seen a downfall.
According to statistics, Its share price decreased to 2.9 Hong Kong dollars at the Hong Kong Exchange as of 21 September 2021 (which is quite less than last year's stats).
Some Interesting Facts about Evergrande
Evergrande was founded in the year 1996
It was established by Xu Jiayin (Hui Ka Yan)
The headquarter of Evergrande is located in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
As of 31 December 2020, there are 123,276 employees
As of 2020, its revenue amounts to 507.250 billion yuan (the US $77.713 billion)
The current operating income of the company is 63.520 billion yuan (the US $9.732 billion)
Its net income is 8.076 billion yuan or the US $1.238 billion
The total assets of Evergrande as of 2020 is 2,301 trillion yuan (the US $306.410 billion)
Evergrande has total equity of 350.431 billion yuan (US$53.687 billion)
It ranked 122nd on the Fortune Global 500
Evergrande is a China-based real-estate company established back in 1996. Evergrande Group is mainly a real estate developer, but it also has other associated businesses, that includes Evergrande Life Insurance.
Along with it, the conglomerate also operates Shengjing Bank. Based on the statistics provided, it is pretty clear that the company has been facing a huge loss since late 2020.
However, the Chinese property service company is implementing new strategies to overcome its loss. Also, it is the second-largest real estate company in China. So, if it collapses and fails to recover, the Chinese economy will be greatly affected.
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What would you like to see on our Read Tuesday website?
Reminder: The Read Tuesday concept is our effort to provide readers with a Black Friday or Cyber Monday type of sales event specifically for books. You can learn more about it through the link below.
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The Read Tuesday banner, once it is ready.
A description of the Read Tuesday concept.
A separate list of quotes from authors and readers who are looking forward to the event. If you'd like to contribute, all you need to do is give me your quote, whether you're speaking as an author or reader, how you'd like your name or nickname to appear, what I should put for your location (or leave blank, if you wish), and if you would like me to include, say, your author website. You can contact me by email from my about me page, or leave a comment (whatever you prefer). I intend to sprinkle some throughout the website, and have one page dedicated to it if there are enough.
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I definitely agree with the catalog idea. That would be a big benefit for the overall event. What about a participant image to be put on a blog or FB icon to help bring attention to the event?
I'd like to at least start with a main catalog, and then deal with the problem of size if and when it happens.
Personally, I like the idea of promoting e-books as gifts. To that end, I'd like to write a quick guide on how to gift an e-book for people who aren't familiar with how e-readers work.
I know, it sounds dreadfully obvious to all of us, but my experience talking to people about e-books is that even people who are familiar with on-line shopping often have no idea that Amazon (and B&N, too, I think) allows customers to send content directly to another's Kindle.
For example, I can point out that it's a no-risk proposition, since the recipient has the option to exchange the book for Amazon credit of equal value. Also, as I mentioned before, e-books have no shipping cost and don't need to be wrapped.
I, for one, don't agree with a catalog, since it would be hard or impossible to keep up with in the future, and too much work for Chris or the other admins. I think individual authors should promote themselves under the umbrella of 'Red/Read Tuesday' using unified icons/banners/like buttons/hashtags/blog posts etc.
Thank you for sharing your input. I also feel that authors should be able to take advantage of these Read Tuesday promotional opportunities, and that they may be much more valuable than a master catalog. I may be able to make an automated catalog, which would remove the workload issue.
I'm so excited about this. I don't know what I can do to help, but you can be sure I am following closely. Giving books for gifts has always been a 'What can I get' solution for me and this will make it much easier.
Thank you for offering support. 🙂 The gift idea should be a valuable part of this. One way to help for now is to share ideas if you get them; participation on Read Tuesday will be a big help.


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November UFC New York City , New York. In UFC, the cage plays a major strategic purpose in a fight. To pin a guy against a cage to then launch an attack happens a lot.
Also, when a guy is pressed up against a cage on the ground, it can be harder to pull off submissions on him, but his mobility is greatly reduced.
The other factor is when watching a caged mma match as a live audience. It can be difficult to see what is going on between the chain links.
It is a matter of personal preference on whether you prefer the ring or the cage. But since this is a tribute site to Pride, we are going to say the ring was superior to work moves and more professional to fight in.
In both organizations, fighters were not allowed to hold onto the ropes or cage for leverage, which is good. Of course it still happens a little in both.
Stomps, soccer kicks to the face, and knees to the head of a grounded opponent: While this clearly makes fights much more violent, the strategic aspect of allowing these rules is obvious to any fighter.
To not allow these rules completely changes the strategy of how to approach a fight. For instance, if a guy fails when taking a shot, and the other guy sprawls, the guy who failed at his shot is still relatively safe because the other guy cannot throw knees to the head of a grounded opponent.
This is defined as a guy who has his hands or knees on the ground, so being on all fours qualifies. The guy who failed at his shot does not have to pay the price with knees to the head for not getting the takedown.
Securing the side mount is not nearly as effective when these rules are not allowed. By not allowing soccer kicks to the face there is no reward for the guy who stands up before the other guy to launch a soccer kick.
These are huge strategic differences to a fight, and some would argue the UFC rules are designed to protect wrestlers, which is the most popular combat sport in America.
It is not for the faint hearted. But the strategic and entertainment value of allowing these rules makes the fights much more realistic and exciting.
The Pride rules were overall more realistic. Because they were more realistic, some consider it too violent for mainstream American audiences which is hypocritical - consider the violence in many movies and video games in America.
A white collar sport. Up-kicks from the man on bottom: Other than to protect wrestlers on top. I guess we want to fix the rules to show that wrestling is the best type of fighting style, but when the rules are as they are, its easy to give wrestlers an edge.
Wrestlers did well under Pride rules too though. An up-kick has huge strategic value for the man on bottom. You can definitely inflict damage on the guy on top with a good up-kick, or a slashing heel kick, and also prevent pouncing attacks and flying stomps from the guy on his feet while the other remains on the ground.
I do believe UFC should allow up-kicks in the future. UFC rules are watered down designed to protect wrestlers. No Elbows to the Face: You would think considering how violent Pride was that they would allow elbows.
This does make UFC more brutal in this respect. Elbows are a cheap shot to cause blood, just like headbutts. The majority of the time y ou will not knock a guy out throwing elbows.
But you will cut him badly, getting blood everywhere and potentially causing a stoppage of the fight due to the cut. Did you beat the other man?
Not really, you just cut him bad using the sharpest point on your body. Some people think making a guy bleed with elbows is strategic.
Comebacks are possible under this system. Fighters do not stall in the later rounds if a fighter knows he won the earlier rounds.
We have all seen those boring "lay and pray" fights where a guy is just stalling his way to a decision victory. Ten Minute 1st Rounds: This is an extreme test of endurance.
The majority of fights end in the first round. It is hard for people to truly understand what a test of physical fitness this is until you try it.
It will be one of the most exhausting things you ever do. It also helps avoid guys getting saved by the bell. Fighters are allowed to wear wrestling shoes in the ring: I have mixed feelings about this rule.
Fighters can fight guys in different weight classes: I love this one He can throw more powerful shots and take more damage.


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Short Arm. Short Shrift. Good Riddance.
Roscoe Tims
There are not many occasions where I'd agree with Stephen Jones, The Times doyen of rugby writers, but this is one of them.
The ELV 'short arm' sanctions were not adopted by the IRB this season after a vociferous campaign by the northern unions and journo fellow travellers like Mick Cleary and Brian Moore from the Daily Telegraph.
They did their job well. Finally, a good decision by the IRB 'old farts'. I wholeheartedly agree with them and good riddance to this load of old bollocks.
If I had wanted to watch a more 'simplified' game, one without a contest in some aspects of play, I'd go down to Shark Park and be bored out of my wits looking at one dimensional hit ups by forwards who wouldn't know how to spell 'experimental' and whose bail conditions have yet to be revoked…..
The dumping of the ELV free kick sanctions is a positive move in my opinion. Many of you will not concur with those sentiments but like global warming, there are skeptics abound who think that Australian rugby is better off without them.
Did we miss the ELV 'free kick' sanctions during the just past Wallaby Spring Tour? Not that I can recall.
Did anyone say how poorly entertained we were during this tour because the ELV sanctions weren't in place? Not that I can recall.
If I remember rightly, most of the games were a real contest with tries scored and generally plenty of excitement.
The only thing we were moaning about was how inconsistent the Wallabies were and a few 'what ifs'; like what if we scored a couple more points we could have won the Grand Slam.
In fact, the Wallaby v Wales match was one of the best we'd seen in the past few years, a feast of expansive rugby.
Not forgetting that the All Blacks v France match on the same weekend took running rugby to another level. I didn't hear people whingeing about how stilted it was or how little time the ball was in play?
I really like scrums. I really like lineouts. I really like mauls. They're the fabric of the game. And I really like watching George Smith and co fight for possession at the breakdown.
Sure, there are continuing issues with the breakdown but in my view these have been going on for years and are not insurmountable.
The leather patch brigade would say 'bring back rucking'. Yes, that would sort it out but sadly today's soft-c*ck society couldn't cope with it.
Little Johnnie's mum couldn't bear the thought of a few tags on his back. Maybe they could bring back rucking at U19 level and above….nah, forget it!
Re-setting scrums can become a bit of a bore and slows up play a bit but referees have just got to grasp the mettle and penalise the wrong-doers.
Maybe, in addition to Stu Dickinson, all referees could all be sent to scrum 're-education camps' to be tutored in the 'dark arts'.
The biggest bane on the game at the moment is the bloody endless and aimless kicking we see every week. And the fact of the matter is that it's not going to be fixed up by introducing the ELV sanctions.
I really don't believe that the team that's strong enough to win possession and is going forward should be penalised (short arm) because they haven't recycled the ball from the breakdown within 5 seconds. It's ridiculous and counter productive.
Constant turnovers don't necessarily make for a better spectacle. How can you really build pressure under these circumstances? It's just style over substance.
I don't mind watching the odd game of Sevens rugby but this sort of fluff is not the sort of thing I want to see week in and week out.
I think the ELVs that were adopted were fairly sensible (i.e. 5m behind scrums, pass into 22m kick out rule) and there seemed to be a consensus by most unions about them.
I can understand northern unions opposing the 'pulling the maul down' provision as it weakens one of their main strengths and is probably a bit dangerous as well.
I note that they are now re-focussing more on the 'truck and trailer' obstruction aspects of the maul and appear to be tightening up on this.
I don't see anything substantially wrong with the style of rugby that is played under the currently adopted laws. You know, if the Wallabies had won the Tri-Nations and the Bledisloe Cup nobody would give a shit about the ELV sanctions.
The reason crowd numbers are dropping off is because we've been losing all the time. We came last in the Super 14, last in the Tri-Nations and last in the Bledisloe. It's self perpetuating.
Style can be a factor – just ask the Waratahs. However, the reality is start winning games and you'll win the crowd.
Roscoe Tims @@LanceFree
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THE SORCERESS OF KARRES — Snippet 43
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"Forward nova gun turret manned and ready for action," said the Leewit over the intercom.
Pausert clicked the bridge manual firing relays off. "You have fire control, forward turret," he said formally. "Stern turret?"
"Stern turret ready too, Captain," said Vezzarn over the other channel. "Let's go get them. Only I hope we aren't going to fly so wild this time, Captain. It was all I could do not to lose my lunch, let alone keep shooting."
"We'll try a steep dive toward that star cluster there. The colorful one on the starboard bow. We're going try and skim the gravity well of white dwarf on…"
"Captain," interrupted Goth. "Do you recognize that star cluster?"
There was something familiar about it, about the reddish-brown dust haze of space debris and dust that hung about it, in the blackness of space. "I should," said Pausert. "I know I should. What is it, Goth?"
"I reckon it's the Megair cluster, Captain. From the other side."
Pausert looked again and nodded. "You're right. That's what…? About four ship days from Uldune controlled space, at normal cruising speed. I figure. I didn't realize we were this close to being on the far side of the Chaladoor."
"It's also a pretty bad neighborhood, Captain."
"We don't have a lot of choices, Goth."
"Guess not." She started assembling the wires as the Phantom ships edged closer. "I've seen those ship somewhere before. Weird shape they've got."
"Mebeckey said they were Melchin. Or maybe even Illtraming."
Goth paused in her laying out of the lattice of black wires. "Illtraming! That's what Marshi and her crew of thugs were looking for. The Illtraming map. And she said finding the Illtraming was more important than life."
Pausert tugged his chin. "There has to be a tie-in somewhere."
"They're closing on us, Captain," said the Leewit. "Nearly in firing range. And two more bandits coming in from twelve o'clock."
"Time to Sheewash," said Goth firmly. She reached out and took his hand. The wires rose and twined like snakes forming a truncated cone. A ball of incandescent orange fire sparked into existence above it, roiling with wild energies. The Venture leapt like a stag and the starscape blurred. Distantly, the captain was aware of the nova guns with their shivering blue fire sheet-lightning. There was a burst of retina-searing amber incandescence to the portside. Chatter from the radiation meters.
"Got that torpedo a bit late, Captain," said Vezzarn apologetically.
"Keep firing!" yelled the Leewit.
The ridged spiky hull of the Phantom alien ship was very close in the viewscreens, with them driving a straight line towards it, alive with the electromagnetic dance of the nova gun lightnings. Goth seemed to twitch them over at the last moment, sending them diving in an escape curve toward the Megair Cluster, where the stars loomed out of the debris.
Debris at this speed would be hard to dodge. But then they were among them, jinking… and the Sheewash pattern wires collapsed. "Can't do it too long, Captain. Tired after the Egger route," said Goth.
She looked exhausted. Pausert still could not get over the fact that he'd never realized that Goth had looked like Vala. One just didn't see what one didn't expect to see. Abstractly, he understood what had happened. When he'd first met Goth, she'd been only ten years old. Very intelligent, precocious — sometimes even disturbingly so — but also clearly still a child.
Vala and the Goth of today, on the other hand…
Uncomfortably, Pausert finally accepted something he'd been almost studiously ignoring for months now. More than three years had passed since he met Goth and she was well into puberty by now. Her figure was still girlishly lean, but there was no longer any way she could possibly be mistaken, even at a distance, for a boy.
Neither could Vala — and, for the Pausert of the time, a fourteen-year-old boy who was himself undergoing puberty, that had made for a very different emotional introduction. Years had passed, and the memory of what Vala had actually looked like had gotten fuzzy. Between that, and the red hair, and most of all meeting the two girls on either side of puberty, he could understand why he'd never spotted the identity. As Goth had changed, in the years she'd been with him, he hadn't seen her growing resemblance to Vala. She'd just been Goth… growing up.
And grown up a lot more than he'd realized! The kiss that Vala had given him as she left was something he'd never forgotten. Now, it came with a real jolt to realize that for Goth — today's Goth — that kiss had happened just yesterday.
He wondered for a moment if their looks had had anything to do with that fateful decision so long ago now, back on Porlumma, when he'd rescued the witches of Karres. Being fair to himself, though,. probably not. He didn't like to see anyone abused. Anyway, he'd already rescued Maleen and the Leewit before he'd even set eyes on Goth.
Not long after he'd met Goth, she'd announced her intention to marry him once she reached marriageable age — which was sixteen, for the people of Karres. Pausert hadn't taken the whole thing seriously, of course. At the time, the difference between ten years of age and sixteen had seemed enormous. But it came with another jolt to realize that more than half that time had already elapsed.
And Goth still seemed as determined as ever.
As for Pausert… He really hadn't ever been able to forget that kiss.
He wasn't ready to deal with this. It was almost with relief that he forced his mind aside to deal with the perilous situation of the moment.
"Not too safe here anyway," he said, untwining his fingers from hers and taking control of the ship. The Sheewash drive was plainly not a "drive," so much as some kind of sequence of tiny jumps thought space-time, because it left the Venture far ahead of the pack of Phantom ships, but also with no extra velocity. The captain pushed his throttles forward, causing the Venture to increasingly shake and sway because of the roughly aligned repaired tube.
"She doesn't feel so good, Captain," said Goth. "You think we got hit back there?"
"No, we had a run in with a space rock earlier. Broke a tube-bracket. We did a repair-job on the cinder-block world we found Mebeckey on. The alignment's not perfect, I'm afraid. I just hope it's a good enough weld."
Goth cracked an enormous yawn. "Sorry. It's been a very long full day for me. Back on Nikkeldepain and here."
"Sleep a bit. I'll call if I need you," said the captain, keeping a wary eye on a cloud of shattered rocks that was showing on one of the screens. The dust in the system made guiding the ship even more difficult, hanging in drifting curtains obscuring both the view and the instrument detection. On the positive, the same factors should make it a good place to hide and evade pursuit — which was probably why the Megair Cannibals used this system themselves.
Then Pausert looked at the rear-screens and realized how wrong he was. He had to dodge space debris — but Phantom ships appeared to go straight through them. And whereas the Venture been dealing with twelve in the englobement, there were more of them now. Far more.
At the same time, he noticed that they did appear to avoid the really, really big rocks — anything with enough mass to have a gravity field worth mentioning. He got that gambler's feeling, the prickle on the back of his neck, that he'd come to realize was a klatha sense too. This was valuable information for Karres. The intangible Phantoms didn't take to gravity. That was why they'd avoided worlds. Some kind of gravity tractor would make a weapon against them.
Goth gave a quiet little snuffly snore from the control chair next to him. "The Leewit," he said quietly into the intercom. "Can you bring Goth a blanket? I think you can stand down from the guns. I've got to keep a look-out for obstacles."
"Sure thing, Captain. I got a couple more. You got to anticipate them," said the Leewit, gleefully. "I'm glad to have Goth back. It was hard being told I had to be responsible for you on my own."
Which, Pausert was ready to bet, was exactly what Goth had told her to be. That explained the un-Leewit-like behavior. He smiled to himself. It was a question of perspective, he supposed. He'd had the delusion that he was the one being responsible for them. Oh well, it worked both ways. He concentrated instead on the crowded region of space ahead. A couple of light-hours away was a reasonable sized world with a slew of moons and a series of rings. If the Phantoms didn't like gravity, that would be a good place to hide up and rest. He really didn't want to push the Venture to far on that slightly misaligned tube. The vibration would probably shake loose something else, let alone break his weld.


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Variety of Christianities – Do differences matter?
Posted on February 1, 2014 June 21, 2014 by dswisener
Within the broad spectrum of religious belief that is the Christian community, there is a movement to brush aside theological differences over "minor details" and focus on our similarities.
For the most part, I fully support this endeavour. I am an advocate of ecumenism, which is the pursuit of reuniting the many varieties of Christianity once more as one Church.
But at the same time I am beginning to see the dangers inherent in ignoring minor details. Because, first of all, we tend to disagree on what is actually minor to begin with. And secondly, maybe the things we've thought were minor actually are a whole lot more important than we realize.
That doesn't mean I advocate increasing division. It means I think we need to appreciate why we believe the things we do and what the ramifications are for those beliefs. We can still respect those we disagree with, but let's not be ignorant of what our beliefs mean for how our lives are lived.
At this point those of you not well-versed in the intricacies of various Christian traditions may wonder what some of the things are that Christians disagree on. It's a massive list, but some of the more well-known issues from off the top of my head are: the nature of salvation (by faith, by grace, with works?); importance and ways of baptizing; the processes of justification and sanctification; the meaning and substance of Communion; liturgical versus non-liturgical worship structure; etc.
These differences don't even touch on far more controversial issues like whether some groups who claim to be Christian may in fact be Christian, such as Mormons and (as claimed by some heavily Reformed Protestant elements) Roman Catholics, which could be a big deal as far as Christian salvation is concerned.
In addressing what "defines" a person as a Christian, I find a helpful rubric to be the standard established by the Christian Church in the 300s A.D. for that exact purpose: the Creeds.
From its beginnings Christianity has had a variety of interpretations. In the pages of the New Testament we read Paul lecturing the churches he helped found about remaining committed to the version of the Gospel he taught – as given to him by Christ and affirmed by the Apostles – and no other.
A variety of heresies (beliefs at variance with the standard) contended with orthodoxy during Christianity's first 300 years, culminating in the epic clash with Arianism that was the catalyst for the calling of the great councils where the Creeds were established.
The Nicene, Apostles' and Athanasian Creeds are all variations on the same theme of establishing the bedrock foundation of orthodox Christian belief as explained in Scripture and initially interpreted by the Apostles.
If one differs with the statements given in the Creeds, then one is not properly understood as an orthodox Christian. If a particular Christian practice or belief isn't listed in the Creeds, then it is not considered a foundational point of contention (Christians may disagree with one another and still consider each other as Christian).
I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God; Begotten, not made; Being of one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man: And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures: And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father: And he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets: And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church: I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins: And I look for the Resurrection of the dead: And the Life of the world to come. Amen.
The Creeds are a great starting place for establishing the foundation of Christian belief. But what, exactly, do these statements in the Creeds mean? And how are we to understand the Christian depiction of reality stemming from the Creeds and from the words of Scripture?
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7 thoughts on "Variety of Christianities – Do differences matter?"
Joseph Brag says:
It is good to see your thoughtful attention to the perplexing issue of thousands of denomination all claiming to be the Church with differing and conflicting Faiths and Spirits.
The Eastern Orthodox would respectfully disagree with some of your basic premises. We see ourselves as the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, the trunk of the tree succeeding Judaism, Christ and the Apostles. This is not triumphalism but verifiable history. The Roman Church was the first attempt at Reformation, breaking away with a different doctrine of the Church. We would also contend that the Church is one and has never been divided. Many have fallen away from the Church but the Church, the Body of Christ, remains one undivided reality and cannot be divided any more than Christ, her Head cannot be divided. Thus we reject the Branch Theory as a modern/late and heretical invention. This, being true we understand the only path of unification for all the broken branches is a return to the One Church that has never ceased to be. I will follow your posts with interest and commend you for taking on such an important issue. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1476390359255049&set=a.1476390372588381.1073741828.1476345759259509&type=1
dswisener says:
Thank you for your comment, Father. I am incredibly pro-Orthodox and pro-Catholic in my outlook and agree that if the reunification of the Church is to happen this side of Christ's return, it will be under the auspices of both Orthodox and Catholic in some form.
I think the fact that there has been this massive number of schisms in Church history is incredibly mournful and unfortunate. I don't think the case is quite as historically easy to make that there remains any one direct inheritor of the Apostolic tradition over and above any other, though surely some have far more legitimate claim than others, with the Orthodox among the few at the top of that list.
The existence of several "little o" orthodox churches prior to the Great Schism I believe speaks to this truth: from the Coptics, to the Armenians, to the Church in India likely started by Thomas, to the Church in England that existed largely in isolation until voluntarily submitting to Rome at the Synod of Whitby.
The limited historical research I've done on the Schism itself doesn't seem to indicate any clear-cut position as being entirely in the "right" or "wrong" between East and West; there was surely enough blame on both sides for deteriorating relations, and the end result was of course mutual excommunications that hold questionable legitimacy on both sides.
The primary impetus for the Reformation was also lamentably unavoidable in retrospect as Luther's critiques of the Catholic Church at the time were by-and-large legitimate, but unfortunately the Catholic Church responded by excommunicating Luther then later reforming at Trent instead of keeping Luther in the fold. Luther and his followers were thus left with no recourse but to worship God as they were able.
All that being said, surely I agree the vast majority of Church schisms have surely not been legitimate but for utterly avoidable and human reasons. There are far too many. And the "spirit of protest" that seems to inhabit much of Christian Protestantism is likely demonic.
Yet from the New Testament Church on, while initially being united under James and the Apostles, Christianity has struggled to clearly define itself universally, as Paul's pen attests, sadly. Post-apostolically, Rome surely held a position of eminence in a Church that was still loosely a confederation of orthodox and unorthodox (deemed later) teachings, though the core of course was by-and-large agreed upon. With the above examples of the Coptics, Armenians, Indians, etc., it is fairly easy to point to a mostly orthodox universal set of beliefs and arguably worship practices, but it is still nonetheless a very broad orthodoxy of practice and episcopal authority.
I should add a correction…I am not a Father, except to my children. I used to be but was laicized several years ago. It seems to me that history is rather clear. Rome added the Filioque while the East refused to change the creed. Papal infallibility and the Immaculate Conception where not docmatized unto the 1800's. Later Rome changed its soteriology under the influence of Augustine, Anselm and Aquinas along with Rationalism and Scholasticism. Rome clearly deviated from what had been held by all from the beginning.
The following remarks by Pope Gregory, in a letter to the Patriarch of Constantinople, throw light on this issue:
"But if anyone usurp in the Church a title which embraces all the faithful, the universal
Church – 0 blasphemy! – will then fall with him, since he makes himself to be called the
universal. May all Christians reject this blasphemous title – this title which takes the
sacerdotal honor from every priest the moment it is insanely usurped by one!"
An African council, in an ill-considered decision, had offered a like title to the bishops of Rome, so to honor, the holy Apostle Peter, as they supposed. And what was the response of the See of Rome? It refused this
unfitting title! Saint Gregory explained that the See of Rome had refused the honor "lest, by
conferring a special matter upon one alone, all priests should be deprived of the honor which is
their due. How, then, while we are not ambitious of the glory of a title that has been offered to
us, does another to whom no one has offered it, have the presumption to take it?"
Thus, letter after devastating letter, like a deadly artillery barrage, Pope Saint Gregory
the Great's epistles to the Orthodox bishops of his day fall with point-blank accuracy upon
today's "infallible" popes, with their claims to supremacy as "successors" of Saint Peter's throne
in the Vatican City.
In his monumental book The Papacy, Abbe Guettee — a French Roman Catholic priest
and scholar of the last century who later joined himself to the true Catholic Church, the Orthodox
Catholic Church — deals with this and many other historical incidents which bring into sharp
relief the contrast between the ancient See of Rome and today' s Vatican.
Thanks, Mr. Brag, this is very informative for me. I have to admit I am completely out of my depth as far as relations between the Orthodox and Catholics are concerned and am limited to Google searches for information at the moment! I will try to find a copy of The Papacy you mentioned by Abbe Guettee.
I would agree that during the medieval period the papacy became something totally out of line with what was originally intended. One reason I myself am not Catholic is due to my struggles with the doctrine of infallibility and the Immaculate Conception which you rightly point out were made official in the 19th Century. I have had some discussion on these points with a friend of mine who is in seminary to become a Catholic priest, and I am sympathetic to the situation contemporary Catholics find themselves in as inheritors of decisions made from roughly (give or take) 1000 – 1950…a long period of time, to be sure, and if not for Vatican II and the papcies of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, I would be less optimistic about the future of the Catholic Church.
As it stands, though, I am quite hopeful at the direction the Church has been heading, and I think we are seeing important precedents in humility and decreasing of the "monarchical" role of the papacy with Francis. But from the limited reading I have done, including the comments from St. Gregory you mention, while the Bishop of Rome shouldn't be "lording" it over other bishops and priests, I still see the warrant for it being the "first among equals," or in other words serving in a position of leadership while not demanding in rights or glorifications. St. Gregory says in some of his letters, it appears, that his "Apostlic See [is the] head of all Churches" (Epistle 13:50); "I, albeit unworthy, have been set up in command of the Church" (Epistle 5:154); and "As regards the Church of Constantinople, who can doubt that it is subject to the Apostlic See? Why, both our most religious lord the emperor, and our brother the Bishop of Constantinople continually acknowledge it" (Epistle 9:12).
While I can agree that the Catholic Church has made mistakes, I'm not sure that I can say there is any Church that has not, or that the Bishop of Rome is not supposed to be preeminent among equals in the Episcopacy. What are your thoughts?
Keep reading and searching with an open and sincere heart before God. I was once there myself, having been a baptist preacher, then a Lutheran pastor. A good read on this subject is "The Truth" What every Roman Catholic Should Know About the Orthodox Church" by Clark Carlton, a former Southern Baptist. Peace!
Read this series of articles on "Circling the Christian Buffet" for a tragic look at the results of a variety of Christianities – the result of being adrift on the seas of individual autonomy, personal preferences and sola scripture.http://heresyintheheartland.blogspot.com/2013/10/circling-christianity-buffet-part-1.html
I couldn't agree more.
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