Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) is the most international business school in Sweden with the largest study abroad program of any Swedish business school. In some programs, 85 percent of our students study abroad at one of our partner universities for at least one semester. Many students study abroad for two or even three semesters.
JIBS has the most active and largest business/economics program in Sweden in terms of exchange. The international students studying at JIBS are totally integrated with the Swedish students, taking courses together delivered in English as well as sharing apartments in the student accommodation.
Jönköping is a fast-growing city with a population of 129,000 and is the centre of a region with some 380,000 inhabitants. It is located in a county characterized by its innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. The city is easily accessible and there are excellent links between Jönköping and the major cities in Sweden, as well as a good connection to the rest of the continent.
All courses are taught in English. Click here to search the course catalogue.
1.One year of completed university studies within business administration, economics, informatics, law, or political science for bachelor level students.
2.The equivalency of a bachelor degree of at least 3 years (180 ECTS credits) in length for master level students.
3.Fluency in English equivalent to a TOEFL score of at least 575 with at least 4,5 in "Written test (TWE)" (paper based), 213 with at least 4,0 in "Essay Rating" (computer-based) or 90 with at least 20 in "Written test (TWE) (internet based). IELTS: with an overall band score of 6.5 and no part under 5.5.
The language of study is English. The home institution is responsible for insuring the fluency in English of the students. Students without the adequate level of English run the risk of failing the courses.
Exchange students apply to study at JIBS through their home university. Once selected by their home university, they are required to apply to JIBS on-line.
Applications are due at JIBS by May 1 for students wishing to begin studies in August (autumn/fall semester) and by November 1 for students wishing to begin studies in January (spring semester). The application documents must reach JIBS by these deadlines.
The Period of Studies (Autumn or Spring or Full Year).
Level of Studies (either Bachelor or Master).
The coordinator at the home university will then be provided with the usernames and passwords for their students. The students are then required to fill out all the information requested in the application online such as personal information, choice of courses, and so forth. The students must print out the confirmation of choice of courses, have it signed by the coordinator at their home university, and then mail it to the JIBS international coordinator together with the transcript of academic records before the application deadline. These documents must reach JIBS by the application deadline. JIBS will mail the students' letters of acceptance as soon as we receive the documents mentioned above.


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Shinco India launches 65-Inch 4K Smart TV at Rs. 59,990
Posted by Qayam Published: February 06, 2019, 2:26 pm IST
New Delhi: In a bid to cater to the ever-growing demand of technologically advanced smart TVs with big screen size, Shinco India launches its 65-inch affordable smart range 4K LED TV at Rs. 59,990.
Available at www.shinco.in, Shinco India's flagship technology-driven products comprise of a 55 inch, 49 inch and 43 inch smart TVs with a line-up of a wide range of models that boast an outstanding enhancement in design, R&D functioning and hardware-eminence with ultra-slim screen fluency.
With a cutting edge Quantum Luminit display, the range of 4K Ultra HD SMART LED TVs is fused with a Wide Color Gamut that supports 95% NTSC and the HDR10. It is a step towards more realistic TV images with a 10-bit display.
Shinco has also added 'Voice Recognition' feature into the Smart TVs, that allows the users to command the TV via the Sensy Remote App installed on the user's smartphone.
Shinco India's Smart LED TVs range comes with an "Air Click Remote" designed with a QWERTY Keyboard, which allows seamless operations possibly from any corner of the room. They come with a built-in 20 Watts Sound Bar powered with Boosted Tweeters, which simply raises the bar of sound with utmost clarity. And, all these come with 1 GB RAM and 8 GB ROM. Connectivity options include Bluetooth,3HDMI,2USB, Ethernet and many more features.
With Android 7.0 version, Shinco enhances the user experience of viewing entertainment apps on televisions and allows users to download their favourite apps via the APP store.
"I believe the bigger screen size amplifies the users' viewing experience. With a debut in the big screen size market with our 65-Inch variant at competitive pricing, we aim to cater to the needs of our valuable customers across India. And, overall with the enhanced specifications, we aim to provide an amazing immersive viewing, sound and smart experience for our customers," said Arjuun Bajaj, Director of Videotex, Founder of Shinco India.
Having a network of more than 800 plus service centres, Shinco offers its services PAN India. The 'Shinco' app is available on Google Play Store allowing you to easily drop-in a request for installation/repair of your device or register your product online.
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Is Broccoli Man Made? What is the Real Story?
February 7, 2022 by Staff Writer
Is Broccoli Man Made? Yes, broccoli is a man made vegetable. It is unknown how many years ago broccoli first appeared, however, it is thought that early types of this plant appeared more than 2000 years ago. It was first grown in Italy and then brought to America and England in the 1700s. Before spreading through the rest of the world.
For as long as people have been farming, they have produced particular naturally occurring fruits and vegetables. This is done to develop more hardy and abundant species in the given climate.
This plant's name was derived from the Italian word "Broccolo." Broccolo is Italian for "the blossoming crest of a cabbage." The majority of broccoli varieties are cool-season crops that struggle in hot summer conditions.
Broccoli grows best in temperatures ranging from 17 to 24 °C (62 to 75 °F) regularly. Thomas Jefferson grew some of the first broccoli on American soil. However, broccoli did not become popular in the United States until the 1920s.
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica) is a delicious green plant in the cabbage family (family Brassicaceae, genus Brassica) grown for its enormous blooming head stalk and small accompanying leaves. Broccoli is a part of the Italica cultivar group of the Brassica oleracea species. It can be eaten fresh or cooked. Broccoli is a great source for vitamin K and vitamin C.
Is Broccoli Man Made
Is Broccoli Genetically Engineered?
What is the Taste of Broccoli?
Broccoli's Health Benefits
Other Man made Fruits and Vegetables
Broccoli is a genetically modified vegetable. However, not through a laboratory testing procedure. Plants developed through selective breeding differ from those created in a laboratory experiment.
Broccoli was not developed in a laboratory; rather, it was developed through selective breeding by early farmers. It is said that the Romans were the first to produce various cultivars of this plant.
They chose the plants with the most blooms to make broccoli, and the others were eliminated. As a result, while coming from the same cultivar, broccoli and cauliflower look nothing like cabbage.
The taste is bitter; glucosinolates cause the bitterness of broccoli, including isothiocyanates and other sulfur-containing chemicals, in particular.
Even though it is a man made vegetable, research shows that it is a superfood. Crops generated by selective breeding are fully safe due to the propagation strategy, allowing nature to modify the crop.
Broccoli is rich with minerals and vitamins such as vitamin C, vitamin K, potassium, iron, and folate.
Compared to most vegetables, broccoli has a comparatively high protein content, accounting for 29 percent of its dry weight.
Broccoli has a high fiber content but low in digestible carbohydrates, which benefits intestinal health.
Broccoli is high in antioxidants such as kaempferol, carotenoids, and sulforaphane.
Broccoli contains chemicals that are thought to protect against cancer.
Broccoli can help you lower your cholesterol levels.
The hybrids shown below were formed by a selective breeding procedure in which only favorable plants with desirable features were replanted to reproduce and become food.
Over hundreds of years, broccoli has been carefully selected from the original wild plant Brassica oleracea. Is broccoli man made? Yes, Roman farmers picked the plants with the most flowers to finally create the broccoli we eat today.
Broccoli spread to northern Europe by the 18th century and was brought to North America by Italian immigrants in the 19th century. It is perfectly natural and not at all hazardous.
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When it comes to tyre safety, nothing should prevent you carrying out regular and thorough checks. Not the vehicle you drive, the time of year, how few or many miles you cover or the fact you have a million and one other things to do! Checking your tyres is vital for several reasons. It will help your vehicle brake, accelerate and corner more effectively, cut CO2 emissions and save you money by reducing fuel consumption and prolonging the life of your tyres. As tyres are the only part of the car that are in contact with the road it is imperative that they are in good working order. Breaking, accelerating, steering and cornering, safely, all depend on the state of your tyres. Some simple checks will allow you as the driver and the person whose legal responsibility it is, to know how your tyres are fairing and whether there are any causes for concern. Don't mix tyre types and sizes. In this country it is illegal to mix different types and sizes of tyre on the same axel, it is permitted as long as it is a manufacturer recommended spare or space saver for a temporary purpose. Always maintain the correct tyre pressures. You should get into the habit of doing this at least once a month and always ahead of a long journey. Your vehicle tyre pressures can be found in your handbook or sometimes inside the driver's door jamb. If you are unsure you can always call etyres Liverpool and we will be able to let you know what it is. Correct pressures are related to load, speed and handling. They affect handling, braking, grip and tyre life. Prolonged under inflation puts increases strain on the rubber components causing them to deteriorate prematurely. Over-inflating means a harder ride and less of the tyre is in contact with the road, this will rapidly increase wear in the centre of the tyre and make them more susceptible to impact damage. Under-inflated tyres means that both edges on your tyres will wear prematurely. Driving around Liverpool means you may well damage your tyres as the roads are covered with potholes and speed bumps. A simple visual check is also good, this means you are aware of any lumps, cracks or tears, this may indicate internal damage and you would be well advised to book a consultation so we can inspect the tyre and rule out anything untoward. You can also remove stones and other objects embedded into the tyre so they cannot cause any damage. Try wiping away any residue on the tyre such as oil or grease as these too may cause damage to the tyres. Finally check your tread. If you are caught driving on tyres below the legal minimum tread limit of 1.6mm, you could face a fine of up to £2,500 and three points on your licence, per offending tyre! Tread provides grip and water dispersal, both diminish as the tread wears that is why we have a legal limit of 1.6mm, but we would always advise to start thinking of changing your tyres at 3mm, this will allow you to shop around and book the car in with us – we will be the cheapest, most convenient and the best service provider. Although this may seem long winded, once you have established a routine, it will become quicker and easier to achieve. You will also be safer on the roads and have better peace of mind. If you have any tyre-related questions please contact etyres Liverpool on 0151 736 0063 for expert and impartial advice or to place an order.
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In case there was a crash or technical defect , contact back the company customer service in the headquarter , the device will be delivered For a period ranging from 10 to 15 dao of work , the defective part in the product will be replaced , and in case there is no spare parts or alternative product or the product lifetime has ended or stoped production , re-evaluating the product at the discretion of the company to it , And put the amount in the customer's account to buy another product or take money back .
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Youth poverty is generally ignored in political debates in both Europe and the UK. When youth inclusion is discussed, it tends to be in the context of labour market inclusion. Yet, labour market participation does not necessarily guarantee social inclusion. In a context of high youth unemployment and poor quality jobs, new policy proposals are needed to tackle rising youth poverty.
The idea for these blogs occurred after we attended the academic Journal of Youth Studies international conference in Copenhagen (March 2015). During the conference we were struck by the large number of research presentations from all over the world where poverty seemed to be the dominant theme, although this was not articulated (or perhaps even intended) in some instances. Despite many discussions about structural contexts (i.e. poverty) only the opening keynote speech was explicit about the significance of poverty in research about young people. In a context of rising youth poverty, the academic community needs to do more to engage more directly with the concept of poverty, particularly in relation to youth, and to fulfil its own responsibilities by undertaking more research about youth poverty in the UK (and Europe).
In this series of blog-posts we discuss the circumstances and conditions for young people in poverty across Europe, highlighting England and Scotland in particular where we are involved in research in this area. We argue that youth poverty should be central to any future debates about the development of social and economic policy in Europe and the UK and especially in the run up to the General Election 2015. Unless a greater effort can be made by all of us, we feel that the war on poverty cannot be won. What we say and do (or don't say and don't do) to address the issue of poverty which surrounds Europe says everything about us as a nation, as citizens of that nation and of course, as human beings. We view this series of blog-posts as an important first step in highlighting the significance of youth poverty across Europe and for generating discussion and debate about an increasingly important topic. We would welcome the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across all disciplines on future posts and related articles.
Youth poverty is absent from the EU political agenda. What is more, it seems that the European Union seems determined to avoid the issue altogether. For example, the latest Eurostat publication on the situation of young people in Europe Being Young in Europe today (link) describes demographic trends, health, education and labour market participation, as well as access to the digital world for both children and young adults. Yet, in the chapter that examines living conditions only the situation of children is examined.
The absence of youth poverty from the political agenda may not come as much of a revelation to UK readers, as youth poverty is similarly absent from the political debate in the UK. The analysis of the political party manifestos produced by "academics against poverty" (link) concluded that: "All parties do poorly in addressing equality or the position of young people".
Is it that young people are not poor? No. Across Europe as a whole young people today are more likely to be poor than older adults, including pensioners. In 2013, the last year for which Eurostat provides comparable data, 23% of European youth (that is, almost one in four) had an income below the poverty line. The corresponding figure for older working age adults is around 16% (i.e. a 30% gap). Furthermore, the issue of youth poverty in Europe is not limited to the poorest countries in Southern and Eastern Europe. In fact, the highest income poverty rates are observed in countries with low overall poverty rates: Denmark and Norway. With around 22% of its youth living in income poverty the UK fares close to the European average (23%).
The relative position of young people has worsened during the recession. As can be seen in the graph below, between 2008 and 2012 youth poverty increased, from 20% to a peak of 23% in 2012. During the same period poverty rates for the 25-49 age group have remained stable at around 15%, resulting in a widening gap between generations. The finding is hardly surprising given the impact of the recession on youth labour markets. Young people were amongst the hardest hit by the 2008 economic downturn, which saw youth unemployment rates skyrocket across the continent and surpass 50% in Spain and Greece. Across the OECD young people under 25 are more than twice as likely to be unemployed than older adults. In the UK the proportion is fourfold.
In this context, the European Union has launched a number of initiatives to promote youth social inclusion with a strong commitment to the reduction of youth unemployment. Given the data discussed above, the European Union concern with youth unemployment is very welcome. It is also insufficient.
European interventions in the field of youth tend to equate integration and inclusion with labour market participation. Activation has been consecrated by the Commission as a key principle for youth interventions, by recommending that 'benefits are only awarded if the young person is engaged in active job search or in further education and training' (European Commission, 2010, p. 17). The activation drift is not exclusive to the youth domain, and it can be associated with a wider trend in the OECD countries, towards increased individual responsibility for social failures.
There is no consideration of the conditions in which this labour market integration occur or their potential for poverty reduction. While getting a job is a way out of poverty (see this recent report by the ONS) the ability of labour market integration to reduce poverty depends on the quality and stability of the jobs provided. And yet, policy initiatives often focus on increasing young people's motivation and skills while job creation is largely absent from the discussion, as are job quality and social security.
The neglect of issues around quality of work, job insecurity and social protection risks generating long term problems as not only unemployment, but also precariousness and limited entitlement to social security have consequences in terms of future risks of poverty and unemployment, and challenge the long term integration of young people. This is particularly worrisome in a situation in which, young people are already experiencing more temporality and substantially lower wages than adults (ILO, 2010). The use of such measures in a context of recession, in which unemployed people have fewer opportunities to find a job, seems even more problematic. The enforcement of conditionality risks excluding some of the most vulnerable from the safety net, precisely at times when they may need it the most.
This post has focused on the European context; it is also a good summary of the issues faced by young people in the UK. Data published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) gives us a very good indication of the scale and scope of poverty across the UK today and highlights the serious nature and extent of a problem which remains stubbornly prevalent and very awkward for politicians to deal with. Perhaps most notably over the past ten years there has been a significant demographic shift in the data which now shows alarmingly high levels of poverty amongst young people. For example, 16-19 year olds now represent the highest proportion of people by age group living in poverty in the UK – equivalent to 32% in 2014 (around one in three) and this rate is increasing fast over time.
The government has responded with initiatives, such as the Youth Contract, that aim to reduce youth unemployment. These initiatives are built on the same premises of activation and conditionality as EU initiatives, and are thus exposed to the same shortfalls. Labour market integration by itself does not sufficiently protect young people from poverty and social exclusion (but do not take my word for it, and check this post from Lisa Whittaker on youth poverty in Scotland).
Political action must be taken to address the problems of youth poverty, both in Europe and in the UK. More so since poor young people are likely to become poor adults, and in the long run, poor pensioners. The five recommendations for the European Union that concluded the recently published EAPN report on Youth Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe (link) show a way forward to develop European policy in the field of youth.
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Mappy is a game I always play whenever I fire up MAME and haven't anything in mind to actually play. I'm terrible at it, but I play it quite a lot. Imagine my surprise when I found this NES-only sequel existed. Not only that, it's pretty good too.
Like the original, it's a platformer where the gimmick is trampolines. You bounce on them to reach higher platforms. It differs from the original in a similar way to how Pac-Land and Mighty Bombjack did over their predecessors – by making it a side-scroller. Sort of.
You collect 6 items in each level then head for the exit. Sometimes, you have to obtain an item from a sub-level to open the exit. Once you've done all 8 levels and given your girlfriend a load of cheese, the game restarts with different level layouts and a different set of items to collect. Run through all the levels four times, and that's it! Well, the game starts again, but it's effectively completed. Which is what I did.
Author deKayPosted on April 15th, 2018 April 15th, 2018 Tags completed, mappy, nes, retroLeave a comment on Mappy-Land (NES): COMPLETED!
Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs (NES): COMPLETED!
As a big fan of the later games by the same developer (Psycho Fox, Magical Hat and Decapattack) I've always intended to play Kid Kool. For some reason, it has never worked for me on either OpenEmu on the Mac, or on RetroPie. I recently rebult my RetroPie image and it now works, so who knows.
Seems I probably shouldn't have bothered, as it's awful.
It's closest to Psycho Fox, unsurprising since it's an 8-bit title. Like that game, you have a creature that sits on your shoulder that you can throw. Unlike Psycho Fox, you can't punch, which is where the first frustrating thing comes in. You can still jump on things, but not being able to punch is a massive issue, making some of the game impossible if you don't have the shoulder pet.
Other issues are present in Psycho Fox too, like the bizarre momentum and ability to just incredibly high but barely horizontal at all unless you're running. In the later game, this is mostly negated by better level design and the ability to turn into different animals with different physics models, but here – especially with the flick-screen, rather than scrolling, vertical movement – it's crippling.
Then there's the bosses, which are repeated (with very minor differences), and are all incredibly easy. In addition, you have to complete the whole game in under an hour in order to "win" properly. And the name! Oh my, what a terrible name for a game.
It's a shame I didn't enjoy it due to how flawed it is, but it's still interesting to see how they improved so many things for the follow-up titles.
Author deKayPosted on April 8th, 2018 April 8th, 2018 Tags completed, nes, retroLeave a comment on Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs (NES): COMPLETED!
NES Remix (Wii U): COMPLETED!
I'll say now that I don't have all 600 (I presume) stars. I also don't have all of all the stars for the Remix I, II and Bonus Modes. I definitely don't have all the Three Rainbow Gold Stars for everything either. However, I consider the game completed and everything left is "extra content".
No, that's not a cop-out either. I have managed to 3-star all of all the individual game challenges, netting me a gold frame around each title screen. I even managed to 3-rainbow-star one of the games. I've also managed to get at least 2 stars for each game on Remix I, and 2 or 3 stars on all bar one challenge on Remix II. Importantly, I passed the credits screen after finishing Remix I so technically I finished the game there, I suppose.
There's only Bonus that I'm missing some challenges on. Most of them are because they're not yet unlocked (I have 551 stars, and the next challenge unlocks at 560), but two are because they're impossible. Namely the "beat an invisible opponent" Tennis one (it's not hard because he's invisible, it's hard because aiming is impossible), and the "get a hole in one" Golf one – I can't even get it on the green, never mind in the hole.
So while I'm sure I'll attempt and reattempt some of the as-yet not 3-starred challenges, for now I'm calling the game completed. I'm certainly not going to try and get rainbow stars for everything, that's ridiculous.
Author deKayPosted on February 9th, 2014 February 25th, 2014 Tags completed, nes, nes remix, wii uLeave a comment on NES Remix (Wii U): COMPLETED!
I turned my Wii U on to play Super Mario 3D World Woohoo Meeeoow (as it's called on the title screen) but loaded this instead.
Some of the challenges are getting sillyhard now. I mainly did Super Mario Bros ones, and one of them involves beating all the bosses, another that required you to beat all the bosses with a fireflower (which is actually much more difficult), and another that I'm stuck on where you have to collect all the coins in several sections of levels very quickly. One of the sections is from a later underwater level and it's full of bloopers and cheep cheeps and fire bars and PANIC.
In other news, Baseball is rubbish.
Well this was a lovely surprise from Nintendo. No idea it was coming at all, and then suddenly at the end of last week's Nintendo Direct, Iwata went all Apple and said "Take a look at this…" and "It's available now!".
There used to be a game called Game Centre Challenge, which had longer-than-Wario-Ware but still short challenges based on retro games. Except those retro games didn't actually exist – they were fake retro styled titles. This is real, with real NES games replacing the not-real NES game clones. And, I believe, it's by the same developers.
You're given a set of NES titles, broken down into short challenges. Like, collect 20 coins in Mario before the time runs out. Or smash 5 barrels in Donkey Kong. Or beat the first boss in Zelda without losing any health. You're rated up to three stars depending on how fast and well you manage this, and as you gain stars you unlock more games and challenges.
In addition to the breakdown of old games into what is essentially boot camp for game skills, there are various remix levels which make things different. Like, how about playing Mario like an endless runner? Or Ice Climber with just a spot of light following you, while everywhere else is dark? Or Pinball with invisible flippers? Or Donkey Kong as Link instead of Mario – and Link can't jump?
Also as you play, you get some sort of score called B. I'm sure it's a reference to a game but I can't recall which. The symbol is like that for Bitcoins so I've been assuming it's that. Every thousand or so B you obtain, you unlock stamps of characters and other sprites from the games, which you can use in Miiverse to make hilarious (well, mine are hilarious) pictures. I've found unlocking these stamps to be more of a draw to play the game than the stars, actually.
I've heard there are about 200 challenges in total, so 600 stars up for grabs. I have just 250 so far, but I do have 3 for most of the challenges I've attempted. I've not got that many Rainbow Stars (for being even better than 3 stars), although I have fully Rainbow Starred all the Pinball challenges.
It's Retro Week on ugvm! But, it would appear that I'm out almost every night this week. Thank the lord for a spare hour today, and my OneStation.
In case you've forgotten, the OneStation is a portable Famiclone, not much larger than a Game Boy Micro.
Anyway – the games. First up was Pinbot. I was impressed that the ball physics were much better than I was expecting. Most 8-bit pinball titles are pretty poor in this regard, but Pinbot felt reasonably realistic. It was still very hard though, and no single game on it lasted more than about 3 minutes.
Then it was time for Ice Climber. I remember, back in 1992-ish, Ice Climber was the second game I ever played on the NES. The first was Golf. Anyway, I was hooked then, and always wanted a NES afterwards. It's still great, and much easier than last time I played. I made it up to Mountain 9, before finding it impossible to progress as there was a wall I couldn't jump over. Tch.
Oh! I had everything I needed! All I had to do was show the purple tentacle the police badge, and I had access to the main lab, and Dr. Fred, and the big off switch!
Wendy saved, plot foiled, game overed!
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So it seems the water from the pool can be given to the plant to make it grow, and by getting one kid caught by Ed you get a few minutes to raid his room. That helped me progress a bit, and I even managed to get the meteor arrested, and have access to the lab!
However, I can't find an envelope (which I think I need to send this demo tape off), and I can't get into the safe, so I'm stuck again. Bah!
Isn't the NES great? Well, aside from mine which keeps resetting, anyway. Thank the baby Jesus for my NeoFami, eh? Anyway.
This is another point-and-click adventure that I never completed "back in the day". I thought I'd see how I fared with Man Brains. Interesting Trivia about Maniac Mansion: I first played the game in Germany, on my German exchange partner's C64. He had it on disk, and it took fourtyeightyteen weeks to load. The best bit, was it was all in German, and I kept forgetting the difference between "Gehen" and "Geben". Amazingly, it probably taught me more German than the rest of the trip.
So I picked Bernard the Nerd (I recalled that you need to fix stuff at some point, and he'd be the man for the job) and Syd the Musician (for no good reason). And I've progressed loads. However, I'm now stuck at two points.
Firstly, I can't get into Ed's room. I didn't grab his package in time (I clicked the stamps on it by accident) to I don't think I can coax him out of his room any more. Also, I can't get the plant to grow. I suspect I need the chemicals, but I fed them to the green tentacle earlier. Oh, and I'm not sure how to get the arcade machines working either. I've fixed the wires in the room next to the plant, I think, but there's still no power. Tch.
Never done that before! In fact, I don't think I've ever got further than the Room of Fire With The Firedrake In before now. Mind you, I haven't played it for probably 10 years or more, so I could be putting down my younger self, intelligence-wise.
Some really obtuse puzzles marred it a bit, and the constant burning out of torches (although I found if you don't die, they last longer) was a pain as I felt rushed, but overall it was enjoyable and I feel like I've achieved something in completing it. Not least because I won the King's daughter at the end. Aces!
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I recall that this point-and-click adventure game was hard. Mainly due to the lack of logic in the puzzles, and the try-every-item-on-every-object gameplay.
So far, I've not been stuck, mainly because I can do some of it from memory. However, I don't know how to get past the wraith (I thought it was use the slingshot, but no), so I've saved for now.
Ah, Rare. Remember them, back when they were good? Before they'd even started work on Kameo, which was about selventyfourten years ago? When they first became Nintendo game developers? Well, this is the sort of thing they wrote.
Sadly, this hasn't stood the test of time as well as Rescue Rangers. It looks fine, and the music and title screen is great and all, but the controls are terrible. Most of this is due to the floaty way the snakes jump, and the isometric angle. In fact, the angle causes all sorts of jumping problems, especially when you have to jump round corners but can't tell if you're jumping round-and-up, round-and-down, or round-to-your-death. This makes it overly frustrating and not really much fun.
I did reach level 8 though, both properly and using the warp on level 1, but then the NES reset itself again. I switched to using my NeoFami instead of the NES, but the slight speed increase (the NeoFami is 60Hz NTSC, the NES 50Hz PAL) just made things worse so I gave up.
Next week on ugvm (the newsgroup, that is) has been designated Retro Week. In preparation, I fished out my NES and some games. This was one of those I decided to try.
And, it's pretty good. Yeah, it's a standard platformer, but there's nothing wrong with is so far as I can see. Well, aside from the nasty limited continues and the go-back-to-the-start-of-the-level when you continue thing, but that's normal for games of this era. I reached the first end of level boss, but then my NES decided to reset itself. Tch.


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How-to: Tax Filing For Retrenched Employees In Malaysia
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Written by Fiona Ho
In 2018, about 21,000 Malaysians lost their jobs. According to findings reported by the Malaysian Employers' Federation (MEF), 30,000 workers are expected to be laid off in 2019.
MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan had highlighted his concerns in an interview with a local Chinese daily back in February about the economic outlook for Malaysia and the challenges facing employers.
"In Peninsular Malaysia, employers are not only affected by the 10% hike in minimum wage but also the new policy requiring them to pay Socso for their foreign workers.
"We can expect some employers to revamp their business model, resulting in retrenchment," he added that employers are increasingly concerned about higher input costs.
Human Resource Minister M. Kulasegaran has also announced in Parliament last year that half of those who lost their jobs this year were workers within the Klang Valley.
Added to these statement are the wave of actual retrenchments reported recently, including PayPal's closure of its Malaysian office as well as retrenchment undertaken by Media Prima Bhd's subsidiary Sistem Television Malaysia and Malay language daily Utusan Melayu offering voluntary separation scheme to 1,300 of its employees.
Seeing that its once again income tax season in Malaysia, how do workers who have been retrenched or are facing retrenchment declare their annual income for last year (2018)? Read on to find out how your income should be declared in these unfortunate situations.
What is retrenchment?
It is a strategy adopted by companies or corporations to reduce the diversity or the overall size of its operations. This strategy is often used to cut expenses with the goal of becoming more financially stable.
Typically, the strategy involves withdrawing from certain markets or reducing manpower as part of a cost restructuring plan. In a retrenchment exercise, companies can lay off workers due to cost, business or operational factors.
According to a Forbes report in October 2015, the "great depression" in the oil market has claimed over 200,000 jobs worldwide, with 2% of the casualties from Malaysia.
The sudden loss or lack of income isn't just a terrifying prospect, it also means an increase in non-performing loan (NPL) in the country, resulting in higher debts for individuals, especially for people with financial obligations such as a home loan or a car loan.
What happens when you get retrenched?
One of the first things to ask after you've been laid off is whether you are entitled to any termination benefits after the end of the employment relationship.
As an employee, your right to a termination benefit upon retrenchment depends on whether or not you are covered by the Employment Act (EA).
In general, an employee is only covered by the EA if their wages do not exceed RM2,000 a month, or if their occupation is a manual one, irrespective of how much they earn (applicable for workers in Peninsular Malaysia and Labuan only; Sabah and Sarawak have their own Labour Ordinances),
If an employee falls within the scope of the EA, he is entitled to termination benefits if he has been employed for at least 12 months. The termination benefits payable are as follows (or the amount in the employment contract if it is higher):
10 days' wages for every year of employment if he has been employed for less than two years
15 days' wages for every year of employment if he has been employed for two years or more but less than five years.
20 days' wages for every year of employment if he has been employed for five years or more.
Meanwhile, an employee who is not covered by the EA is only entitled to termination benefits if it is provided in the employment contract. If it is not stipulated in the contract, then it is up to the employer's discretion on how much termination benefits to pay, or whether or not to pay.
According to the Inland Revenue Board Malaysia (LHDN), when an employment ceases, the employer may make a lump sum payment to the employee. The lump sum payment may be described by the employer as compensation for loss of employment, ex-gratia, contractual payment, retrenchment payments or gratuity, etc.
However, one should note that gratuity is not the same as "loss of employment" in this context, SIMways Formulation's consultant Choong Hui Yan points out.
For one, gratuity is normally referred to as a fixed amount that is presented in recognition of an employee's services. As such, gratuity is normally paid upon an employee's resignation or retirement after serving for a long period of time.
"It is to recognise the past services rendered by an employee," said Choong.
Meanwhile, retrenchment is linked to a loss of employment as the employee is being laid off prior to the end of the contract of service, Choong added.
She explained, "Under Malaysia's taxation system, gratuity would be taxed under s13(1)(a) while the loss of employment would be taxed under s13(1)(e) of the Income Tax Act 1967. Both come with different types of tax exemption. The Act was last revised in 2013.
In any case, the circumstances and nature of the payment must be reviewed to determine the real character of the payment. The amount paid on the termination of an employment may consist of the following two elements: (a) it is attributable to the loss of employment such as redundancy (compensation); and (b) it is attributable to the past services of the employee (gratuity).
The purpose of the lump sum payment has to be established in order to determine the tax treatment of the payment received by the employee.
However, it is important to note that some employers may carry out termination disguised as retrenchment as a way of dismissing unwanted employees. If you feel that you have been unfairly retrenched, you can bring a claim against the employer by making a complaint or claim to the Department of Industrial Relations Malaysia, Industrial Court, Civil Courts or Labour Court.
Meanwhile, employers who are carrying out retrenchment due to serious financial difficulties may be excused from paying retrenchment benefits.
How to file your taxes when you get retrenched?
According to LHDN on their website, compensation for the loss of employment is a payment made by an employer to his employee before or after the date of termination, and a certain amount of this payment is exempted from tax.
This compensation is exempted from tax if compensation received is due to ill health, and the other cases:
Termination before July 1, 2008 – exemption of RM6,000 for every completed year of service with the same employer or with companies in the same group.
Termination on or after July 1, 2008 – exemption of RM10,000 for every completed year of service with the same employer or with companies in the same group.
Adam was working in his previous oil-and-gas company for five years, and was recently retrenched. He received RM60,000 in compensation in 2015.
Under local tax laws, he is entitled to RM10,000 exemption for each completed year of service. So if he serviced the company for five completed years, RM50,000 out of the RM60,000 he received is entitled for tax exemption (RM10,000 x 5).
However, compensation received by a director (not service director) of a Control Company is fully taxable.
Should complications occur when you get retrenched, SIMways Formulation's consultant Choong Hui Yan advises you to collect ALL the documents that you can get your hands on to prove that the lump sum payment you receive is a compensation for loss of employment. For example, you will be required to show a letter of dismissal, contract, or even the description of the payment voucher, then discuss the matter with LHDN.
Further, you will be required to present your pay slip and EA form to prove that you have completed your said tenure of services to the LHDN.
"Sometimes, our interpretation of "termination benefits" may differ from the LHDN. Thus, should any complication occur, you must try to explain the issue with LHDN. If necessary, you may even need to engage a tax specialist to talk to LHDN," advised Choong.
This article was first published in April 2016 and has been updated to include the latest changes on this topic.
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In injury news, Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward is on the disabled list with a hand abrasion and Ben Zobrist is still out with his wrist injury and currently on the 10-day disabled list. Zobrist stayed back in Chicago to do rehab before being activated by the Cubs eventually.


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Hey You! is a funny, thought-provoking and satirical look at society's obsession with aspiring to perfection. Writer Joe Nawaz, director Emily Foran and actor Aaron Hickland have done a great job bringing the energetic, nonsense spouting Brad Peelawn to the stage.
On my arrival at the venue, the American motivational speaker is circling the foyer and then up in the bar the male nutrition and men's body shape specialist is shouting down his mobile phone at levels not experienced since Dom Joly entered our lives with Trigger Happy TV all those years ago.
It's my first time at Accidental Theatre in Wellington Buildings in Wellington Place close to City Hall. What a great space. No normal process to purchase a drink - you buy a book from the shelves and the drink comes free.
The 40 minute 'pre-sen-tation' sees Peelawn enthusiastically speak of 'junk food jihadis', men's struggles with low testosterone and the importance of 'women pleasing lu-bi-do' and later captures thoughts from the audience with a giant net, during the net evaluation segment of the performance, naturally.
The one man show is so fast-paced it seems like the audience has only been in their seats for five minutes when it ends. Perhaps intentional given the head-melting intentions of gurus such as Peelawn in real life.
Nawaz was inspired by his own experiences when sitting down to create the character. The festival publicist extraordinaire and former journalist, admits he felt the influence of the bombardment of late night informericals and what they were saying to men.
Keen to explore how people are 'constantly being told that they aren't happy with themselves', Brad Peelawn was born to take advantage of those sucked into the idea they can think themselves thinner, cleverer, or whatever other ideal requires reaching.
After decades of 'exploiting and deranging women's senses' men are now targeted and three times international best-selling author Peelawn is the man for the job at Accidental Theatre's building tonight. Not quite the equality we had been hoping for but this is the world we live in.
The team behind Hey You! has achieved its goal of bringing theatre to audiences in an interesting and funny way, without so much as one mention of the Troubles.
I would love to see Peelawn take to the streets of Belfast to 'perform' and I bet, rather worryingly, there would be someone so moved by his absurd messages they would be ready to sign away their hard earned dollars out of desperation to achieve the body beautiful.
Following the lively performance I do a little market research of my own, which I am sure Peelawn would approve of. One man's verdict is that Hey You! is 'a sensitive portrayal of the crisis in 21st century masculinity as caused by the lack of real man's jobs and everybody getting fat.' I couldn't have put it better myself. And it's very funny too.
With a few tweaks and a little fleshing out, if you'll excuse the reference, and a little bit of creative finessing Hey You! will take Edinburgh audiences by storm next year. It's exactly the right type of performance for the weighty subject matter.
If you are a man who hates himself as much as the salesman would hope for then keep an eye out for the 'Brad Peelawn Academy of Male Beauty and the Sciences' YouTube channel which is expected to emerge in the coming months.
Practical advice it will probably be short on but it will give you a laugh and we all know, rather than self-loathing, protein shakes, crazy diets and gut busting equipment, that is definitely the best medicine (combined with eating a balanced diet and moving more, according to those pesky experts).
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A Fine Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto Cycle Concludes
Romain Descharmes concludes his generally impressive cycle of Saint-Saëns piano concertos with this coupling of the formerly popular Fourth, and the increasingly popular Fifth. His performance of the Fourth, the composer's most original work in the medium, is impressive. It's a difficult work to pace; there's a lot of slow music, and the thematic material is expressively pretty neutral. If the work is "about" anything, it's a study in thematic metamorphosis and chromatic counterpoint versus diatonic harmony.
Descharmes and conductor Marc Soustrot understand the music well. The opening variations are nicely contrasted, the ensuing Andante attractive in its flow. The long finale effectively integrates the ongoing return of the main themes, with Descharmes weaving into and out of the instrumental textures smartly and sensitively. It's an interpretation that consistently holds your attention, and rewards your patience.
The "Egyptian" Concerto isn't quite as good. The outer movements are fine, especially the rollicking finale, but the long central movement could be more effectively shaped, its "orientalisms" indulged just that more characterfully. Still, as in the Fourth, the performance reveals a lot of meaningful detail, especially in the finale, and Descharmes isn't afraid to take a step back and let other instrumental colors take center stage once in a while. Ultimately this complete set of the five piano concertos stands among the best out there, even if everyone will have favorite individual performances. This is an achievement of which everyone can be proud.
Reference Recording: No. 5: Magda Tagliaferro (Philips); Complete set: Anna Malikova (Audite)
SAINT-SAËNS, CAMILLE:
Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 "Egyptian"
Descharmes, Romain (piano)
Soustrot, Marc (conductor)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
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