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Esta é uma lista de acidentes de transporte ocorridos no Brasil. Estão incluídos apenas acidentes que envolvam mais de dez vítimas fatais. Está classificada conforme o tipo de meio de transporte, e em ordem cronológica.

Aéreos
Ver também: Lista de acidentes aéreos
  28 de abril de 1952 - Voo Pan Am 202, falha mecânica causou a queda à sudoeste de Carolina, em plena Floresta Amazônica, matando todos os 50 ocupantes.
  20 de agosto de 1960 - Um Douglas DC-8 da Panair do Brasil cai na baía de Guanabara, causando o primeiro acidente com vítimas de uma companhia aérea brasileira. De 105 ocupantes, 15 vieram a falecer.
  23 de novembro de 1961 - Um jato Comet 4 das Aerolineas Argentinas sofre pane nos motores durante a decolagem no Aeroporto de Viracopos em Campinas, matando as 52 pessoas que estavam a bordo.
  14 de março de 1970 - Queda de avião da Paraense Transportes Aéreos na baía do Guajará, em Belém, matando 38 pessoas.
  12 de abril de 1980 - Voo Transbrasil 303 Um Boeing 727 da Transbrasil cai em Florianópolis no estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil. causando a morte de 54 pessoas.
  8 de junho de 1982 - Voo VASP 168 - O Boeing 727-200 se chocou contra a Serra da Aratanha, no Ceará, matando todos os seus 137 ocupantes.
  21 de março de 1989 - um Boeing 707 cargueiro da Transbrasil que fazia a rota Manaus-São Paulo cai no Jardim Ipanema, a menos de 3 quilômetros do Aeroporto de Cumbica, deixando 25 mortos e mais de 100 feridos.
  3 de setembro de 1989 - Voo Varig 254, em que morreram 14 pessoas ao fazer pouso forçado em área próxima Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Brasil.
  31 de outubro de 1996 - Voo TAM 402, em que morreram 99 pessoas, quando o avião caiu perto do Aeroporto de Congonhas, em São Paulo, Brasil, quando decolava.
  30 de agosto de 2002 - Um Embraer EMB-120 Brasília cai em Rio Branco, Brasil, em meio a uma tempestade. Somente oito das 31 pessoas a bordo sobreviveram e a aeronave torna-se economicamente irrecuperável.
  14 de maio de 2004 - Um Embraer EMB-120 Brasília da Rico Linhas Aéreas cai próximo de Manaus, Brasil, matando todas as 33 pessoas a bordo.
  31 de março de 2006 - Voo TEAM 6864, Um LET410 choca-se contra uma montanha próximo de Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, matando todos os 19 tripulantes.
  29 de setembro de 2006 - Voo Gol 1907, em que morreram todas as 154 pessoas a bordo, no estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil. O avião colidiu contra um Legacy.
  17 de julho de 2007 - O Voo TAM 3054, de procedência do Aeroporto Salgado Filho em Porto Alegre para o Aeroporto de Congonhas em São Paulo, com 187 pessoas a bordo, derrapa e sai da pista recém-reaberta do Aeroporto de Congonhas após pousar, em seguida sai do aeroporto e atravessa a avenida Washington Luís, colide com um depósito da TAM Express e explode em seguida. Morreram, além das pessoas no avião, 11 pessoas que estavam no depósito da TAM Express e 1 taxista que estava abastecendo seu carro no posto de gasolina ao lado.

Em passagem de nível
  21 de maio de 1990 - Treze pessoas morreram e cerca de 30 ficaram feridas em um acidente envolvendo um trem e um ônibus. O trem de carga arrastou o coletivo na periferia de Santo Ângelo. Três gestantes perderam seus bebês.

Rodoviários

 Acidente do Rio Turvo: o acidente aconteceu em 24 de agosto de 1960, quando um ônibus levando 64 estudantes de São José do Rio Preto para Barretos caiu de uma ponte no rio Turvo, município de Guapiaçu. 59 estudantes faleceram. Até hoje, é o maior acidente rodoviário em número de vítimas fatais ocorrido no estado de São Paulo.
 17 de julho de 1988 - Colisão entre dois ônibus da Viação Garcia no quilômetro 231 da Rodovia Raposo Tavares, em Paranapanema. Ambos veículos trafegavam no mesmo sentido. O ônibus que viajava na frente parou repentinamente devido à animais na pista e foi atingido na traseira; Com o impacto caiu de uma ribanceira de 15 metros na represa de Jurumirim, próximo à ponte que separa os municípios de Angatuba e Paranapanema. O acidente resultou em 35 pessoas feridas e 39 mortos.
8 de setembro de 1998 - Um acidente ocorreu na Rodovia Anhanguera, no quilômetro 179 do sentido norte, na altura da cidade de Araras, envolvendo 5 veículos, sendo destes 2 ônibus com romeiros, a maioria deles da cidade de Anápolis. 53 pessoas faleceram no local e mais 6 posteriormente, sendo a maioria carbonizadas após uma colisão entre o primeiro ônibus com um caminhão carregado de combustível que veio a explodir. Os demais veículos, devido à espessa fumaça, adentraram as chamas, elevando ainda mais o número de vítimas. Hoje em Anápolis existe a Praça dos Romeiros, em homenagem às vítimas desta tragédia.
 21 de fevereiro de 2004 - Um ônibus da Viação Itapemirim que viajava de Fortaleza para Salvador cai em um açude próximo à cidade de Barro (Ceará) matando todos os seus 46 ocupantes. A vedação das janelas para garantir o isolamento térmico do ar-condicionado dificultou a saída dos passageiros. Um homem que circulava a cerca de 100 metros de distância do ônibus relatou que logo após o acidente viu o motorista quebrar o vidro e sair, ficando agarrado ao retrovisor, pouco depois o veículo afundou completamente.
 22 de janeiro de 2006 - Dois ônibus da viação Andorinha, que trafegavam em sentidos opostos pela Rodovia Raposo Tavares colidiram no km 538 em Regente Feijó. No momento do impacto, o veículo que seguia em direção à São Paulo trafegava a 122Km/h, enquanto que o veículo que viajava para Presidente Prudente trafegava a 85Km/h. O inquérito policial apontou que a colisão foi livre (nenhum dos veículos tentou frear) e que ambos motoristas estavam acordados no momento do acidente, que resultou em 32 óbitos.
 22 de julho de 2008 - Um ônibus da linha Porto Xavier-Porto Alegre da empresa Viação Ouro e Prata colide com uma carreta no km 371 da BR-386, município de Fazenda Vilanova, matando 13 pessoas e deixando 20 feridos.
 7 de janeiro de 2012 - Um ônibus da linha João Pessoa-Cajazeiras da empresa Expresso Guanabara colide com uma carreta no km 463 da BR-230, entre os municípios de Sousa e Aparecida, matando 7 pessoas e deixando 15 feridos.
 23 de outubro de 2012 - Um ônibus da empresa Auto Viação 1001 invade a pista contrária e colide com um carro na altura do quilômetro 100 da Rodovia Rio-Teresópolis. Depois, o ônibus voltou para a pista sentido Rio, mas - desgovernado - entrou na mata. Quando finalmente parou, as pessoas foram jogadas para a parte da frente, a mais atingida no impacto com as árvores. O acidente deixou 14 mortos, 11 no local e 3 posteriormente.
 22 dedezembro de 2013 - Um ônibus da Viação Nossa Senhora da Penha saiu às 20h15 de sábado (21) de Curitiba (PR) e seguia para o Rio de Janeiro (RJ) onde deveria chegar por volta das 9h30 de domingo (22). O veículo de dois andares, modelo Marcopolo Paradiso 1800 DD, que levava 54 pessoas — 53 passageiros mais o motorista —, quando capotou em uma ribanceira de aproximadamente dez metros de altura em São Lourenço da Serra, na Grande São Paulo, por volta das 2h de domingo, e tombou ao bater no solo. Treze passageiros morreram na hora. Ao todo 32 pessoas foram levadas a hospitais da região. Dessas, uma morreu a caminho do hospital e outra algumas horas depois, na UTI. Toda a cabine da parte de cima do veículo foi completamente destruída, todos os mortos estavam no nível superior do ônibus. Não houve evidências de marcas de freiadas na pista nem de pane mecânica do veículo, as investigações levam a crer que o motorista tenha dormido na hora do acidente. O acidente foi amplamente divulgado na mídia, e diante dos descasos, procedimentos executados pela empresa responsável e forma como aconteceram o acidente, puseram em dúvida o sistema do transporte turístico rodoviário brasileiro e a segurança dos ônibus modelo Double Deck amplamente utilizado por diversas empresas do mercado.
  27 de janeiro de 2014 - um ônibus da Empresa Gontijo de Transportes, que fazia a linha São Paulo (SP) - Paulo Afonso (BA) transportava 38 passageiros, quando colidiu com um trator de esteira, no km 322 da BR-110. O trator era transportado em uma carreta, quando se soltou e caiu na pista, ficando parado em uma curva. Sem visão da pista, o motorista do ônibus colidiu lateralmente com trator, destruindo parte do veículo, por volta das 6h10. Todas as ambulâncias da região foram solicitadas para ajudar no resgate das vítimas. Pelo menos 21 pessoas ficaram feridas. o resultado foram 14 vitimas fatais, inclusive o motorista.
  18 de maio de 2014 -Um grave acidente envolvendo um ônibus da Viação Princesa dos Inhamuns, no km 303 da BR-020, na localidade de Jubaia, no Município de Canindé, deixou 18 pessoas mortas e outras 23 feridas, O ônibus saiu da cidade de Boa Viagem com destino a Fortaleza. Segundo informou a empresa, no veículo, havia 39 passageiros além do motorista e outro funcionário, totalizando 41 pessoas. Os feridos foram levados para o Hospital de Canindé e para o Instituto Doutor José Frota (IJF).
  27 de outubro de 2014 - Um ônibus da empresa Jabotur Turismo Ltda. que retornava de uma excursão em São Paulo trazendo estudantes e professores da Escola Estadual "Dom Gastão Liberal Pinto" da cidade de Borborema (SP) colidiu com uma carreta que transportava óleo vegetal e teve sua lateral arrancada com o impacto da batida, deixando 13 mortos, entre alunos e professores.
 11 de janeiro de 2015 Um grave acidente envolvendo um ônibus de turismo deixou ao menos 9 mortos mais o motorista, e vários feridos na madrugada do domingo (11) em Santa Catarina. O veículo da empresa Reunidas saiu de Posadas, na Argentina, e tinha como destino Florianópolis. O ônibus caiu em uma ribanceira de 50 metros em Alfredo Wagner, na Serra Catarinense, por volta das 3h20, segundo a Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF). O ônibus trafegava em uma média de 70 km/h. Depois da leitura do disco do tacógrafo, a PRF interpretou que o coletivo variava entre 60 km/h e 80 km/h durante a viagem, velocidades compatíveis com as estradas do percurso. Após a saída de pista, o veículo chegou a 122 km/h, velocidade apontada na colisão. A ANTT afirmou em nota que recebeu o comunicado do acidente por parte da Reunidas. Em nota, o órgão afirmou que o km 107 da BR-282, onde houve a queda da ribanceira, não fazia parte do percurso autorizado pela ANTT para essa viagem, no entanto, a agência irá aguardar a conclusão do inquérito policial para tomar medidas administrativas necessárias. As causas do acidente ainda não são conhecidas e serão investigadas.
 14 de março de 2015 - Um dos piores acidentes em rodovias da história do Brasil e o maior acidente rodoviário da história de Santa Catarina. O ônibus, modelo Scania K112, da empresa Costa & Mar Turismo, saiu de União da Vitória (PR) as 23h no dia anterior, com destino em Guaratuba (PR), por volta das 17h30, rampou por 120 metros e caiu de uma altura de 20 metros numa Ribanceira na Estrada da Serra Dona Francisca (SC), cerca de 105 km do destino final, e vitimou 51 pessoas (15 homens, 20 mulheres, 5 adolescentes e 11 crianças). Sobreviventes e testemunhas informaram o ônibus teria sido substituído por um outro ônibus após apresentar problemas mecânicos em Mafra (SC), após o conserto o coletivo teria parado para pegar passageiros de uma Van (da mesma excursão) que também teria tido falhas mecânicas. Não houve evidências de marcas de freiada na pista, e conforme o relato de um dos sobreviventes o ônibus teria perdido o freio. Segundo a Secretaria de Segurança Pública do Paraná e a ANTT a empresa tinha apenas uma autorização do Departamento de Estradas de Rodagem do Paraná (DER-PR) para viajar até Guaratuba, no litoral do Paraná, dentro do estado, com determinado ônibus, no entanto, o trajeto foi feito por Santa Catarina com outro veículo, extrapolando também a quantidade de passageiros autorizada que era de 31 e havia 58 mais o motorista no momento do acidente. O acidente, amplamente divulgado na mídia, novamente pois em dúvida o sistema de transporte turístico rodoviário brasileiro no que diz respeito a segurança do trajeto na Serra Dona Francisca e o transporte clandestino de turistas no país.
 8 de junho de 2016 - Um grave acidente envolvendo um ônibus da empresa Viação União do Litoral, matou dezoito estudantes que vinham de universidades de Mogi das Cruzes. O ônibus tombou em um pedra e capotou enquanto passava na Rodovia Dom Paulo Rolim Loureiro - SP-98. A tragédia ocorreu por volta das 23 horas da quarta-feira.
19 de junho de 2017 - Acidente com ônibus clandestino mata 11 pessoas em Salinas, no norte de Minas. O acidente envolveu um coletivo clandestino que partiu de São Paulo com destino a Euclides da Cunha (BA). Muitos corpos foram mutilados e outros ficaram presos sob a carcaça do ônibus, cena que chocou os primeiros socorristas. A suspeita da Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF) é que o condutor tenha cochilado ao volante.
 25 de Novembro de 2020 - Um acidente envolvendo um ônibus e um caminhão na Rodovia Alfredo de Oliveira Carvalho (SP-249), próximo a Taguaí, interior de São Paulo, deixou pelo menos 41 mortos, segundo o Corpo de Bombeiros. De acordo com a Polícia Militar, o acidente ocorreu às 6h30 da manhã desta quarta-feira (25), no km 171 da pista norte. O veículo transportava funcionários da empresa do ônibus.

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Cheap insurance at a time of heightened risk
by Nicholas Hops
July 2021· 9 min read
We believe the monetary and fiscal policy responses to Covid-19 are supportive of the gold price
AngloGold and Gold Fields have vastly improved their businesses, yet can be bought at a discount
Historically, due to poor fundamentals, we have not held gold shares; this has changed
Nicholas Hops is Head of South African Equity Research and a portfolio manager with eight years of investment industry experience.
OVER THE LAST two years, the gold spot price has risen strongly, from $1 200 to $1 800, after peaking at $2 035 an ounce. The uncertainty brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic drove a flight to safety into the yellow metal in 2020, as record capital flowed into gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In addition to the pandemic itself, the policy response from governments and central banks stands to support the gold price over the medium to long term. The global policy response has seen dramatic money printing, the expansion of central bank balance sheets and novel fiscal policies that put money directly into consumer pockets. Combined with a 13-year global equity bull market, we think that risks in the system are high. Gold is an inexpensive insurance against risk, and we believe that the gold equities currently provide historically cheap exposure to gold.
The gold price has performed well as a hedge over time, displaying a negative correlation to most financial assets. Unlike the rest of the commodity suite, the gold price does not have a strong relationship with typical supply/demand fundamentals or cost curve dynamics. In recent years, gold has exhibited a very strong relationship with real yields, which have become increasingly negative in developed markets, with gold rallying in this environment. Viewed as a risk-free/insurance asset, the zero yield on gold becomes more attractive as the real yield on other risk-free assets, such as government bonds, goes more negative. With the potential for higher inflation in the coming years and greater central bank tolerance of this, we believe the environment for the gold price is supportive.
Elevated gold prices and negative real interest rates are both indicative of a desire for risk protection. Before the advent of gold ETFs in the early 2000s, if investors wanted risk protection through gold, the only way to access this was to own gold equities. For this reason, the premium paid for risk protection was particularly high, with investors accustomed to paying multiples of net present value for the privilege of gold exposure. ETFs provided the opportunity for exposure to the gold price without the cost inflation, capital allocation missteps and operational risk that have been endemic to the miners over time. Poor capital allocation over time from the gold miners and an attractive alternative in the ETF market contributed to a meaningful de-rating within the gold sector, with the South African (SA)-listed gold companies performing worse than their peers, and gold equities underperforming the gold price and the stock market over meaningful time periods. Multiples have come down dramatically over all time periods and the premiums investors used to pay have now turned into discounts (Figure 1). At the end of June 2021, the top eight gold miners in the world had a combined market capitalisation of $153 billion, lower than the $180 billion invested in ETFs.
HISTORICALLY POOR ALLOCATORS OF CAPITAL
At the top of the last gold bull cycle in 2012, the gold sector, on average, continued to invest heavily in growth projects, and mergers and acquisitions. When the gold price began to decline, these capital commitments were met with debt as operating cash flows subsided. This left the entire industry needing to reduce costs, which had run up aggressively with the gold price, and reduce debt over a multi-year period. The gold sector's poor cost control, poor capital allocation and high valuations all contributed to Coronation not having had a meaningful position in gold equities for nearly two decades. We believe a lot has changed.
In recent years, the gold industry has displayed far better control over unit cost and capital expenditure, enabling companies and their shareholders to capture more of the rising gold price. Now that balance sheets are repaired and cost control has improved, the surplus free cash flow generated stands to be invested in smaller value-accretive growth projects and paid back to shareholders in the form of dividends. Several of the top global gold miners have increased their payouts to shareholders and we strongly believe there is further room for improvement.
Despite these improvements, investors are now able to buy the stocks at large discounts due to general disenchantment with the mining sector, and the gold miners in particular. While the gold sector is improving from a capital returns perspective, it lags the diversified mining sector and even the platinum sector. We believe that the gold sector overall has learnt valuable lessons from the last few cycles, much like we have seen in the diversified miners. Figure 2 shows this very nicely.
SA GOLD COMPANIES' IMPROVED RELATIVE POSITION
The SA-listed gold stocks have long traded at increasingly large discounts to their global peers, something they have largely deserved until now. We believe a discount is warranted due to shorter mine lives and higher costs, but nowhere near the c.50% discount they currently trade at. The relative discount stands at the widest it has ever been, at a point in time when we believe the relative differential is at its smallest. Our analysis shows that the primary drivers of rating differentials over time are production outlook and cost curve position. Over the next five years, the production and cost outlook for AngloGold and Gold Fields has not been this good for two decades, and they stand to dramatically improve their position versus their peers. This is not being reflected in valuations.
Both AngloGold and Gold Fields have greenfield and brownfield projects available to them, with the potential to boost production by 31% and 25%, respectively, from 2021 to 2025 (Figure 3). This is in stark contrast to the last two decades and, importantly, from a shareholder perspective, the projects are high quality and low cost, all with the potential to bring down average group production costs. Delivery on these is critical, but in mining nothing is ever easy, as the recent fall of ground at AngloGold's Obuasi mine has highlighted. Over the next five years versus their major international peers, AngloGold and Gold Fields have the strongest volume outlook; delivering on this could go some way to narrowing the rating differential.
Given that production from AngloGold and Gold Fields has declined so precipitously over the years, it is important to understand why. AngloGold has been the worst performer in this regard, and it is worth highlighting that the investment plan that Gold Fields has implemented over the last five-plus years has done good work to stabilise its portfolio and form a base from which to grow.
Over longer time periods, the overarching theme across the two businesses has been a move away from their SA assets towards a more international portfolio. SA gold mines are incredibly deep, risky to operate and largely high cost. Through a combination of asset sales, spinoffs and mine asset closures, both companies have reduced their share of production from SA materially (Figure 4). This has been the right strategy, albeit a painfully long one, given the original dominance of SA in their portfolios, and shareholders now stand to reap the rewards. Outside of Barrick Gold Corporation, both AngloGold and Gold Fields have seen the largest production declines of the majors over the long term. As shown in Figure 3 above, this is about to change.
AngloGold and Gold Fields are in the third quarter of the global cost curve, but, due to the flat nature of this curve, there is not too much separating them from their major global peers. The average All-in Sustaining Cost (AISC) of the top eight gold producers in the world for 2020 was $1 050, with both these counters within a percentage point of this average. Additionally, they have both shown better cost control than their peers over the last decade, leading to a narrowing of the cost gap between them. Figure 5 shows how dramatically the cost gap has improved for AngloGold and Gold Fields versus their peers over the last decade.
As previously mentioned, we expect the new projects and internal investment to enable both businesses to close this gap even further over the medium to long term. AngloGold, for example, is targeting a group AISC of $800 to $1 100 in 2025 versus the $1 059 it achieved in 2020. The company is investing heavily in the business in 2021 and 2022, which will see AISC temporarily rise before the investments bear fruit, leaving the business in better shape for the long term. Gold Fields is a few years ahead of AngloGold on the portfolio investment programme, with the results coming through in its operational performance. Both miners are investing in their existing assets to improve their life of mine. Adding reserves 'through the drill bit' is the cheapest way of bringing additional ounces into the business and responsible capital allocation.
Over the last decade, both AngloGold and Gold Fields have suffered from declining production, over-indebtedness and relatively high costs. As a result of recent and future investments, these drivers stand to reverse and improve dramatically going forward. Both companies have well-funded, high-quality growth projects that are coming online over the next five years, and improved balance sheets mean that surplus free cash flow stands to be returned to shareholders instead of debtholders in this period. Paradoxically, at the time where both of these businesses have the best forward-looking outlook that they have had in two decades, the multiples one is paying have never been lower and the margin of safety never higher.
Combining the pricing of the gold equities with our view on the potential for a strong gold price environment, we believe the protection one buys through exposure to the gold price has never been cheaper than it is today. +
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No matter how you love your horse, it will never have rights over it once you sell it. To seal the deal by being sure that you are willing to transfer the ownership rights of the horse to a new buyer, you should fill out and issue a bill of sale for the horse.
Before a buyer expresses his or her interest in a car on sale, the first thing they will want to know is whether you are willing to issue a bill of sale to a willing buyer. Because this document is necessary, use the following form to prepare the file.
A property bill of sale is a document describing the nature of property under bid or specific sale. It is the document used to convey the willingness and ability to forego the property by transferring the ownership rights to a potential buyer.
If you are not willing to fill out, sign, and issue a bill of sale for real estate, it is difficult to find a buyer who will buy your home. Since the only way to sell the home is by issuing a bill of sale, you can use this form to do so.
The purpose of a standard bill of sale form is to convey your willingness and ability to forego movable goods in exchange for money. A buyer wants to see this document and ask to own the original copy before they can pay for the goods you want to sell.
It is important to prepare a bill of sale for an item before you meet with the target buyer. The customer in question will not buy the goods if you are not willing to transfer all the ownership rights. Use the form below to prepare a sample bill of sale.
If you intend to sell your trailer to a willing buyer, you must be willing to issue a trailer bill of sale. At the end of the day, the buyer will ask for the file, so it is important to prepare the document before you meet with the potential customer.
Once you sell your truck, you can never get it back. You must sell the ownership rights, too. No buyer will be willing to take the risk of buying the truck if you cannot give him the rights of ownership.
When you fill out and issue a bill of sale form to a willing buyer, you are simply telling them that they have all the ownership rights of the property in question.
A vehicle bill of sale template is free to download. Instead of spending a lot of time on your computer try to get the document done, you can use this sample form to fill out a bill of sale.
You can only sell a gun if you are willing to transfer its ownership rights. To assure the interested buyer that they have the full rights to the gun, you should sign a bill of sale for guns.
Jewels are precious items; people who buy them will demand a bill of sale because they intend to keep the ownership rights of the items. You can fill out, sign, and issue this form to the willing buyer.
What Does a Bill of Sale Form Look Like?
Before you sell any durable goods, you must understand that one of the significant questions a willing buyer is likely to ask you are about a bill of sale. A bill of sale is an important document because it acts as the means by which a willing buyer can judge your willingness to sell your goods for the agreed price. It also shows your ability to transfer the ownership rights to the purchaser. A bill of sale can act as proof of agreement for the sale of an item and its ownership rights in the case of a dispute.
Who Should use a Bill of Sale Form?
A bill of sale document requires the participation of two people: a possible seller and a willing buyer. The customer expresses their interest in buying an item, the seller provides the product plus the bill of sale, and then the two parties sign the deal. If necessary, the seller and the buyer can close the deal in the presence of a witness.
There are many sample forms available for free download. Therefore, there is no real reason why you should create a printable bill of sale template from scratch. At the end of the day, you are able to not only close a great business deal but also you save a lot of your time.


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Q: Getting all the dates between two selected dates Good afternoon, I'm new to programming and I'm working with VB.NET.
I need to get the difference between two dates and then list all the intermediate dates in listbox1. I tried the following code but it doesn't work.
Private Sub breaks()

    Dim date1 As Date = DateTimePicker1.Value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")
    Dim date2 As Date = DateTimePicker2.Value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")

    While date1 <= date2
        Dim result = date1
        ListBox1.Items.Add(result)
        Dim term = 1
        date1 = DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(term)

    End While

End Sub

The function is called within a button. When executed it only shows the sidebars but is blank.
The image shows start date 03/10/2020 and end date 03/16/2020, however the result (listbox) does not return anything.

I expected my result to come:
03/10/2020
03/11/2020
03/12/2020
03/14/2020
03/15/2020
03/16/2020
the interval between them.
Can anyone tell me what's wrong?

A: You should avoid using strings for datetimes until they need to be text.
The variable date1 can be used for all the dates, like this:
Dim date1 As Date = DateTimePicker1.Value
Dim date2 As Date = DateTimePicker2.Value

While date1 <= date2
    ListBox1.Items.Add(date1.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy"))
    Dim term = 1
    date1 = date1.AddDays(term)

End While

Also, you should make sure to set Option Strict On as the default for new projects, and set it for the current project.

A: You can use some linq for a simple solution
ListBox1.DataSource =
    Enumerable.Range(0, 2 + DateTimePicker2.Value.Subtract(DateTimePicker1.Value).Days).
    Select(Function(offset) DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(offset)).
    ToList()

It generates a list of numbers to act as the offset from the initial date, then adds them the specified number of times (different between the dates in days) to create all the dates. No loop required.
Credit to this answer
Edit:
This can also be similarly applied to a DataGridView, but in order to make a single column, we would need to select an anonymous type.
DataGridView1.DataSource =
    Enumerable.Range(0, 2 + DateTimePicker2.Value.Subtract(DateTimePicker1.Value).Days).
    Select(Function(offset) New With {.Date = DateTimePicker1.Value.AddDays(offset)}).
    ToList()

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Hollywood legend Steven Seagal coming to Lincoln
Tickets are now on sale
Photo: Steven Seagal's Twitter page
By Joseph Verney Local News Reporter
Hollywood actor Steven Seagal is coming to Lincoln this winter to entertain people with drama, conversations and stories from his career.
The American actor, film producer, screenwriter, martial artist and musician is famous for his role as Casey Ryback in the two Under Siege films, as well as starring in The Patriot.
The Engine Shed in Lincoln will host An Evening with Steven Seagal on Tuesday, December 3 at 7pm.
Tickets are now on sale priced at £38.50 and can be purchased online here.
The 67-year-old will also take part in a Questions and Answers session with fans on the night.
Controversially, Seagal, who holds American, Serbian and Russian citizenships, was made Russia's Special envoy to the United States by President Vladimir Putin in 2018.
The Engine Shed in Lincoln will host 'An Evening with Steven Seagal'.
Seagal will also visit Belfast, Dublin, Manchester and Newcastle.
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Imprisonment without charges: Russian journalist remains in Ukrainian prison a year on
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By Paul Antonopoulos On May 16, 2019
KIEV – Wednesday marked the first year since the arrest in Kiev of Kirill Vyshinsky, head of the news portal RIA Novosti Ukraine, accused of high treason and support for the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass.
One year ago, on May 15, 2018, Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky was arrested in Ukraine. He was charged with treason and support for the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in the Donbass region of Ukraine.
The journalist continues to state that his arrest is part of a campaign by the Ukrainian authorities to seek support before the 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Vyshinsky's arrest sparked criticism from different rights groups for journalists who claim that such detention is unacceptable in a democratic society.
To show solidarity with the journalist, yesterday near the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow, an action was taken in support of the journalists, public figures, human rights activists and all those who want to demonstrate their solidarity with Vyshinsky.
In April 2019, journalists wrote to the winner in the Ukrainian presidential elections, Vladimir Zelensky, a letter calling for him to contribute to the release of the head of the RIA Novosti branch office in Kiev. The letter was signed by more than 250 journalists from Russia and other countries.
In a letter published on May 14, Vyshinsky, who is currently imprisoned in Kiev, thanked his colleagues for their support and for sending the letter to Zelensky.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also stood in his favor and said Vyshinsky's arrest was politically motivated. Putin added that the incident demonstrated an unacceptable policy on the part of Kiev.
On May 7, 2019, the Kiev court decided to extend Vyshinsky's arrest until July 22.
It remains to be seen what the new Ukrainian president's position is on the release of Vyshinsky. It is expected that Russia will exert pressure on Kiev to release the journalist.
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Govt decides to get rid of NRO ministers, officers
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LAHORE - The federal government has, at last, reached the decision of relieving the NRO-beneficiary ministers and other high officials. As per reports, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, after continuous hearsay of a change in the government, has started working on the strategy of releasing pressure by sending the NRO-tainted ministers home, and he kept engaged in serious deliberations over the matter during the last 48 hours. Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Defence Production Abdul Qayyum Jatois controversial news conference left everybody in the government stunned. Well-informed sources say that PM Gilani has apparently succeeded in making the President House convinced that the pressure exerted by the news of change of government can be reduced if NRO-tainted ministers are shunted out. The proposal is also on the board that the prime minister should form a new cabinet so that any minister may not feel light. Political circles are of the view that the coming 48 hours are very important in connection with the changes in the cabinet. However, some ministers have already written their resignation, the sources said. It is also being said that the termination of some envoys and high-level officers whose names are present on the list of the NRO beneficiaries is also on the board.
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Govt nominates 47 officers for National Management Course
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Solution of Kashmir conflict
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» Br. James Kline – Diocese of Pittsburgh
Br. James Kline – Diocese of Pittsburgh
Horowitz Law | Dec 17, 2018 | Abuser Profiles, Catholic Church
Brother James Kline
Diocese of Pittsburgh
1930-1935: Chaminade High School (Dayton, OH)
1935-1938: Immaculate Conception School (Washington, D.C.)
1938-1940: Incolegio San Jose (Rio Piedras, PR)
1940-1947: North Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, PA)
Summary of Allegations Against Brother James Kline:
Brother James Kline was ordained a Marianist priest in 1932, who served in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. According to media reports, in 2014, a fellow Marianist Brother, Bernard Hartman was facing trial in Australia on child abuse allegations when one individual came forward to allege abuse at North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh.
After the Diocese of Pittsburgh sought information on other possible victims, allegations were made against 7 other brothers, including at least one against Kline. He worked at the school from 1940 until 1947. He also worked in Puerto Rico, Ohio, and Washington D.C. The head of Marianist Order apologized in writing to the Diocese and students.
Kline died in 1997.
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Once upon a time, the hybrid payment processor known as Neteller was a fantastic option for real cash gambling in Canada. In 2019, however, you can no longer make a Neteller deposit. Slots sites and other gambling venues are now not permitted to accept Canuck Neteller accounts, even though it can still be used for other purchases by Canadians.
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As well as withdrawing their services from countries in which online gambling is illegal in 2007, Neteller also opted to withdraw from markets where the legal status of online gambling is a grey area. Unfortunately, as of 2019, that includes Canada.
It may have been one of our top-rated payment methods but all hope is not lost – there are plenty of other desposit/withdrawal options that will let you enjoy playing slots online and are CA compatible.
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If you're using Net+ you would then enter your card details but, if you're using Neteller as an e-wallet, you would be directed to Neteller to complete the transaction instead.
With a lethal combination of speed and security, it's a big shame that Canadians can no longer use Neteller slot machines.
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Neteller is part of the Paysafe Group, a large organisation that uses lots of different solutions to process payments. Neteller and paysafecard are two examples of their products, both widely used in the online gambling space.
How do their payments work?
In effect, when you make a payment at sites accepting Neteller, you're actually paying Neteller who then pay the site on your behalf. The advantage of this is that it keeps your credit card/bank details hidden.
Does Neteller allow online gambling payments?
In Canada, no. Canadians can use Neteller to make other types of transactions, but using it for real cash gambling is a luxury reserved for those who dwell in countries where online gambling is explicitly legal.
How safe will I be if I use it online?
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It would be very unusual to find a casino that charges fees for a Neteller deposit. Slots sites and online casinos are such big fans of e-wallets that sites accepting Neteller sometimes even offer a cash back bonus for using them!
As a general rule, any fees that are accrued are usually absorbed into the online slots site/casino's operating costs so you don't need to worry too much about them.


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No Candy Thermometer? No Problem!
I went to high school with a girl named Yoshi Nishibara and today is her birthday. I don't know why mumble-mumble-mumble years after we graduated, I can still remember this. But I can. (The first boy I ever kissed celebrated *his* 32nd birthday eight days ago. I don't know why I remember that either.)
Yesterday, however, was my friend's husband's birthday. And…since last year at this time, I was all about vegan baking, I'm afraid my friend's husband (and my friend…whose birthday happens to be at the end of November) got stuck with more than their fair share of my vegan experiments. And…since I've had tres leches on the brain, I decided there was really no better way to celebrate my friend's husband's birthday than with a cake that is decidedly non-vegan — three milks *and* a whole mess o' egg whites.
The recipe I found on Epicurious said that tres leches is a Nicaraguan cake often served during the holidays…which I suppose makes it even *more* poetic as I sorta, kinda spent upwards of five minutes *in* Nicaragua while I was in Central America a few weeks back.
I don't think my cake pan was *quite* big enough…as the sponge cake sort of exploded over the edge, giving itself a muffin top. But…no worries, I guess…you're supposed to cut off the hardened top layer anyway. (And, for the record, it smelled really, really good…like, almost worth eating on its own?)
I think my favorite part of making this cake was the meringue. I've blogged before about how meringues are my nemesis…(damn you, you ridiculously clean bowl!) but this recipe called for making it in a totally new way…and I confess I was transfixed! You get four egg whites ready in a mixer…and they sit around and wait while you bring sugar and water to a boil on the stove. As soon as the sugar/water mixture is boiling, you start up your mixer.
Now, the directions say to keep the sugar/water on the burner until it reaches "soft ball stage" on a candy thermometer…and then add it to the egg whites and turn the mixer on really high until it is shiny and cool. But, alas, I do not *have* a candy thermometer…just a meat thermometer. And, you know, sometimes my ingenious solutions work out really well…and sometimes they are absolute disasters. Luckily, this time it was the former. (I told an old coworker about this and he said, "Sure…I mean, candy? Meat? What's the difference?") I Googled "soft ball stage" and learned that it's 235°F to 240°F. And my meat thermometer goes up to 220 (although the highest cooking temperature it has listed is 180 for poultry…). So…I decided that I would wait until it hit 220 and then leave it on the burner for another minute or two…and then surely it would be at 235ish. And…I gotta say I was a little skeptical about the adding-it-to-mixing-egg-whites part…but, it totally worked. Like a charm. A beautiful meringue. (I don't think it looked *quite* as pretty ON the cake…and I briefly flirted with the idea of tossing it back in the oven to brown those peaks…but…then I decided I should maybe leave well enough alone…)
(Sidenote: Candy thermometers really make me feel like it's the holidays. That's because [I am told] my great-grandmother was a whiz at pie-baking and candy-making…and it was from her that my aunt learned everything she knows about pies [I think — I *may* be taking a little creative license here…] and my mom learned everything she knows about candy. And so, in the Decembers of my youth, my mother would make fudge and penuche to hand out to friends and coworkers…making this the one time of year she used her candy thermometer…)
So…fun fact: The milks in question are sweetened condensed, evaporated and heavy cream. You mix all of that up with two tablespoons of optional rum (and, who are we kidding? I *obviously* included the rum…but had to buy a GIANT bottle of it…and so will theoretically have a little Captain in me for years to come…). Then you just sort of slowly pour it all over the sponge cake with the sawed-off top and it soaks it up. I was a little concerned that I was over-liquefying it because my cake wasn't big enough…but I didn't actually end up sampling it in the end…so…dunno.
I made the cranberry compote, too…which I thought was supposed to be more like a sauce…but, according to another quick Google, is whole fruit in syrup. (Although I think it is crazy-ridiculous that the recipe says to add four cloves…and then to remove said cloves before serving. It's a big fruity glob — one could spend hours searching for individual cloves. And, for whatever reason, I totally just flashed on a movie with Pee Wee Herman and the circus — Big Top Pee Wee? — in which there's a really tall guy with a super-tiny wife…and she sings a song about being a needle in a haystack…which I can only imagine is sort of like finding cloves in cranberry compote…[why do I remember that all this time later, too?])
I *also* thought it was kind of funny that the recipe said to add just enough water to make the cornstarch "slurry." I think I added a *little* too much and in fact made it "wet." (Cornstarch is some crazy stuff…going from liquid to solid to liquid…it's almost a little trippy.)
Then…my friend gave me a copy of the latest issue of Yoga Journal that has a story entitled, "The Joy of Baking," and includes — get this — a recipe for a vegan chocolate cake. (Aww…while I was assembling the tres leches cake, I also found my disembodied Santa and snowman heads that are supposed to go on holiday cupcakes…and I briefly thought about repurposing one for a happy December birthday…but, in the end, I decided that the disembodied heads will be fine in their baggie for another year…)
So…the writer talks about growing up in a remote town and receiving cakes from church ladies who would go out of their way to deliver them to cheer someone up or to celebrate something. THEN she goes on to say that through this practice she "learned early on the joys of nourishing the heart through food." And she quotes a yoga guy from Berkeley who says, "It's not unlike the kind of nourishment that comes from romantic love. Food prepared with loving intention is spiritual."
And I'd never thought of that before! (Insert the obvious joke about how I've been able to stay single for so long…) But, I mean…I think she's right. There *is* something sort of deep and meaningful and connecting-you-to-the-Everyman and whatnot that happens when you bake stuff for people. It makes them happy. And making them happy makes you happy. And that makes you feel good…regardless of how often you actually flex your overtly spiritual muscles. (And surely being a spreader of joy buys you some leeway in the eyes of organized religion?)
And, I mean, I've long known the therapeutic effects of baking — still one of the only things that always calms me down when I'm upset — and…as I put the finishing touches on my book proposal, I am realizing that baking-as-coping-mechanism is a really big theme. No matter what's going on, I've always been able to turn to it…and it *always* makes me feel better. (I am actually trying to think of a good title with a new spin on a common baking phrase. Suggestions welcome.)
And I *totally* know what she means about interacting with strangers on the street when she's hauling around giant baked good carriers…and then the warm, fuzzy part: After baking cakes as offerings for a year, she says she learned "…when we offer up our labor, time, energy, love and craft — humble and imperfect as they might be — with no expectation of return, people respond in kind, and tenderness opens up in the space between." (Which almost makes me think I should tackle a similar experiment in 2010…)
And, while I don't really get the yoga connection that she goes on to talk about (I am seriously uncoordinated and exercising in public is one of the things I fear more than anything)…I really like what she says right there. It actually reminds me a lot about Julia Child in My Life in France…who says you should never apologize for any mistakes…because 1) you were nice enough to make something for everyone and they should be gracious, dammit (my paraphrase); and 2) if you're making them eat something gross, they shouldn't have to boost your ego, too.
And that's something that I'm still learning how to do…whenever I offer up something, I immediately want to apologize for all the imperfections — watch out for wax paper on the bottom…and be careful of those cloves I didn't remove…and it may be too watery…and the meringue looks a little funny… — it's not easy to just say, "Bon appetit," and leave it at that.
(And, speaking of Julia, my own sister just MET Julia Powell at a book signing…and she was sweet and asked ahead of time if I had any questions…and I, of course, sent over about 1,000…and, wouldn't you know? My sister got them all answered for me. [And — hey — I suppose I could even go to the Meat Hook tonight myself…if I am feeling particularly brave.])
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Everyone who is getting ready to start another work week tomorrow will hate me for this and they will have absolutely no sympathy for me — and I readily admit they have every right to feel that way — but…here's the deal: I have way too much time on my hands.
And I know this is a dream scenario! This is what everyone who has to get up at 6:30 five days a week and crowd onto stuffy trains and halfheartedly sludge through 8-hour stints in proverbial cubicles dreams about…and instead of embracing all of this time that I have, I find it almost paralyzing in that these days of nothingness stretch on and on forever and I can theoretically look at the rest of my life and say, "Huh. I have nothing to do."
And, in theory, it's the exact opposite. It's unending: There are countless jobs I *could* apply for and dozens of pitches I could send out and — most importantly! — a book proposal I keep swearing that I am about to finish…and yet there's this strange thing that happened when I finished my copywriting project…even though the project didn't take up *that* *much* time every day, it was at least something that I had to do in order to meet a deadline and something that was earning me some money…and it made me feel like I had some sort of purpose…and after that was said and done each day, I could embrace my freedom and go to (broken record) Trader Joe's or the movies in the middle of the day while everyone else was at work and say, "This is nice! I am lucky!"
But without that project, I go to Trader Joe's or I go to the movies…and I wonder whether I am actually living the life of a responsible adult…or if I am reverting back to some sort of woman-child. I mean, let's face it — all that separates me from massive loserdom is that I don't live with my parents. (Take away my Brooklyn apartment and you have yourself a cautionary tale…) Or, alternatively, I feel like if I had made *slightly* different life decisions thus far and had a husband and/or a child — some living being to take care of that didn't, you know, meow — that my life would have some sort of purpose that it doesn't right now.
Every day, I set my alarm and try to get up fairly early and tackle the day…and sometimes I do. But sometimes my alarm goes off and all I can think is, "I have nowhere to go today. It doesn't matter if I get up. If I stayed in bed all day, no one would notice and it wouldn't make any difference." Those days are hard. And, of course, I *do* have to get up eventually…but then it's late and I feel like a slob and it's hard to get into a positive mindset and actually accomplish anything after that.
Many days, I feel like I'm just making up stuff to fill time: I want to get a long black cardigan; I've been meaning to see Where the Wild Things Are; I would like to make eggplant parmesan. These things at least get my out of my apartment…but they only take up one day. Then I have to worry about the next and the next and the next…and when I think of it like that, I can sort of feel myself sliding back into that not-so-good place that defined my summer when I wasn't on the road. But. I'm trying to acknowledge what's happening and maybe reverse the slide and get back to a happier spot a little sooner. For example: I won tickets to see Rock of Ages this week. I have to find a damn fax machine in order to get them…but I won tickets to Rock of Ages! I also need to overtly recognize that it really wouldn't be better if I had a job I hate just because it's a job. And…the ladies at the Luxury Spot are hooking me up with a makeover this week. So. Plenty to do.
The biggest thing hanging over my head these days: The book proposal. My glass-is-half-full way of looking at everything has been that the universe didn't send me a full-time job because I'm really meant to write this book and that's why I have all this damn time on my hands. And I've written a lot…but (broken record again), I need an editor to help me organize everything…and I feel like Dale Maharidge's advice to just contact agents who have represented authors who have written similar books is such a crapshoot. I mean, sure, maybe I'll get lucky and one of them will be legitimately interested…but what if they aren't? I have a list of maybe a dozen agents…and if I don't hear back from any of them, I don't really have a Plan B. I keep hoping that I am going to meet someone who hears about my idea and says, "Oh, man, my friend/significant other/parent/sibling/boss/neighbor is an agent! You guys should talk! I'll make an introduction!"
And so…as sort of a means to this end, I recently wrote David Ellis Dickerson — author of House of Cards and the man behind the Greeting Card Emergency videos. I feel like he's created a successful career for himself with words and I wanted to see if he had any advice for me about where to go from here. And he did. He sent me a lovely response about how I have an idea I can definitely sell, but I have to do the proposal just right…and as my chapter summaries alone weighed in at 15,000 words, I'm pretty sure that my proposal is not just right…and so for about a week, I was feeling like I couldn't do anything else with it until I sat down with him and picked his brain. But…given that he just published a book, he's obviously busy and so I think I may have to forge ahead on my own. And it's just this huge psychological hurdle — this book is the one truly positive thing I have to cling to right now and it's the one thing I've always known I'm supposed to do…but I don't know what to do if I can't find anyone to represent me. And so I think in part I have been stalling so I don't have to actually answer the what-next question.
And I have Costa Rica coming up in two and a half weeks and there is SO MUCH planning to do…and even though I am a little stressed out about picking the wrong stuff to do or finding a horrible hotel or not being able to do much in the rainy season or finding ourselves the victims of bad roads, I am also super-excited about spending so much time with my oldest childhood friend and exploring a new part of the world. So. My to-do list for tomorrow will include making the final preparations for our trip…although I think I really like the Beaches, Rain Forests and Volcanoes Itinerary in my Costa Rica book…so Fodor's may have done a lot of the heavy-lifting for me.
So, I mean, I guess it's true that the grass is greener or that if everyone threw their problems into the middle of the room, we would all run back in and grab our own…which, though perhaps trite or jaded, is maybe not such a bad thing to remember. I don't have a 10:00 editorial meeting tomorrow in which I have to pitch stories about operations and technology in retail asset management, but I *do* have a lot of things coming up. And those things, in the grand scheme of things, are probably better fits for me than customer relationship management software or 529 college savings plans. I just need to remember that.
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Bad Boyfriends and The Lone Wolf: Or, What I've Learned from Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Whitney Houston, Theodore Roosevelt and the Wizard of Oz.
I've already more or less shared my Bad Boyfriend Theory of Freelancing…but since some time has passed, it may be worth revisiting (…at least briefly)…
Let's say for the sake of argument that I got a call a few weeks back from a publication I've been working with for several months…and it is allegedly looking to hire a full-time writer. Let's also say I've been freelancing in the interim — and getting paid to do so — so it's a fairly okay arrangement…but, for one reason or another, the actual hire keeps getting put off. And then — when I get a call out of the blue, asking if I can fill in on some breaking news — it hits me: This publication is a Bad Boyfriend. The people there know they can call me with very little notice and I will drop everything I'm doing because I'm looking for something serious and long-term…and they will continue to lead me to believe an actual relationship is possible…but, in reality, they're perfectly content with the arrangement we have because they're getting *exactly* what they want with very little commitment and they have no intention of ever making things official. And, I mean, it's not like the analogy carries far enough that I can actually break up with them…because Lord knows I need all the sources of income I can get…but this realization *did* at least help to temper my expectations…and then it got me thinking about the other Bad Boyfriends in my life.
(Warning: This is where it gets *really* self-indulgent.)
I've had a lot of Bad Boyfriends in my day. Or, rather, not even full-fledged boyfriends — just men who are content to exist on the fringes of my life…and who never have any intention of taking on a more meaningful role. And it's my fault — I'm not a helpless victim. (In fact, I'm an enabler…) Time after time, I could have saved myself SO MUCH heartbreak by directly addressing their unwillingness to be a constant presence from the very beginning…but I get so easily attached and then I have this crazy fear of losing them and all of a sudden I'm willing to sacrifice my own happiness in these crazy over-the-top attempts to convince my so-called Mr. Wonderful that he really wants to be a part of my life. And he never does! It never works! And I have literally wasted YEARS — That's right! Years! — trying to force these men into my life when they really don't want to be there in the first place. And I've been thinking about this a lot lately…and I don't know why I've done it over and over again.
(So…maybe the buck stops here? [Not my only (quasi-)presidential quote. Just wait and see.])
I guess it was the impending birthday, but I've had a lot of epiphanies in the past week or so. This is #1: I'm going to try to be happy with me. Just me. And I'm going to be happy with me before I ever again consider being happy with anybody else. (When I am upset about someone, I have a friend who says, "Protect the heart!" And she's right! For too long I've tried to give the ol' ticker away to people who don't really want it. So…I'm going to try holding on to it for awhile now…and to be really, really cautious about who gets it next time.)
When K was here, I was joking that instead of constantly referring to myself as "Lisa Lacy: Tragic Spinster," I was going to try "Lisa Lacy: Lone Wolf" on for size…even going as far as saying I'd get "LONE WOLF" tattooed on my knuckles (or at least try it out in pen). (I'm not sure if I'm, you know, Tuff Enuff to pull it off. It *would* be kind of fun to see looks on faces if I could find a pen that was realistic enough…but only if I could keep a straight face…like, "Yes, I *do* have tattooed knuckles. What of it?" Sort of like the horrifying sequined top I found at a shop in Cedarburg, Wisconsin once that said, "Dear Santa, I want it all!" Oh, how I wished I could wear it to work and act nonchalant…like, "YES. I am wearing this ON PURPOSE.")
Because, despite my best efforts to find a special someone, I always end up alone…and I'm always fine. But it always requires this, like, brute force for me to let go of someone…even when that person is a bona fide jerkface. I got really choked up in Sunshine Cleaning in the scene in which Amy Adams tells the guy who has sort of been in her life but sort of not that she can't do it anymore because he'll never be a legitimate presence and she genuinely cares about him and she deserves someone who feels the same way…because I know how hard that is to do — I've never actually *been* strong enough to let go of someone like that of my own volition. I always wait for the moment when I get hit over the head with a mallet — like, say, that roommate he's been talking about? *Actually* his girlfriend… — and then I have no choice but to move on.
I just had to go to a wedding by myself…and I felt like such a loser because I was there without a date. And I never have dates to events like that. I always feel like I'm Lisa Who Puts on a Brave Face and Goes Alone. And, in theory, that shouldn't even be an issue — I should just be Lisa and that should be fine. And here's where the first of many embarrassing quotes comes in…(I should probably remind you that flying scares me [although not so much lately because I've done so much of it] and so my deal with myself is that I can buy trashy celebrity magazines to read on the plane)…and I was reading an US Weekly that quoted Sandra Bullock saying, "I complete me. I'm just lucky that after I completed myself, I met someone who could tolerate me."
And say what you will about her acting skills or whatever, but I think she hits the nail on the head there. That's it. *I* should be enough. Whatever comes next is just gravy.
And yet when I think about myself and my life, I'm not sure if I've ever felt that way.
And so I guess that's what New Lisa is focusing on. I'm not sure how you end up with Sandra Bullock Clarity, but perhaps that's what we'll call Goal #1.
In the meantime…when my parents first moved to Alaska, I got a call from my mother after they'd purchased snow machines (they call 'em "mobiles" down here) and snow shoes and the like, saying, "We're spending money like drunken sailors!" And the same has sort of been true of me lately. I got a haircut…and (overshare) some fancy drawers and some (sorely needed) new bedding. And now not only is my bed super-comfy, but I feel like I've exorcised some bad juju.
I had a small lapse last weekend that sort of sent me spiraling and worrying that all of this is horse pucky because I've been telling everyone who will listen about my mission to be happy with me…but then I saw the Bartender, who — as if it wasn't painfully clear before — REALLY doesn't want to be with me…and I ended up sobbing so loudly trying to get in my front door that one of my neighbors came downstairs to rescue me because he thought I was in mortal danger. But I guess when you're trying to make positive life changes, you're allowed to stumble a few steps back every now and again? The whole point is that you ultimately move forward?
Because this is where the second of my embarrassing quotes comes in. When I was getting my hair cut, I was flipping through an old People Magazine and saw a blurb about Jennifer Aniston…which was actually about a spread in *another* magazine in which she "embraced her Lonely Girl image." But…what really got me was that she said, "[I'm fully supportive of] anybody who is in a place that's not their strongest [but] is ready to push forward."
It was like Jennifer was talking directly to me! Because…the past couple of months have been rough. Between the job market and the Bartender, I've been struggling…and any sort of strong woman-y thing has really resonated with me. I saw Whitney Houston on Oprah and got all emotional when she sang, "I Didn't Know My Own Strength." That sort of kicked off this whole Whitney phase in which I revisited "Saving All My Love For You" from 1985 (which I don't actually think sets forth a very good example with its "My friends try and tell me, find a man of my own / But each time I try, I just break down and cry / Cause I'd rather be home feeling blue…)…although she redeems herself a year later with "The Greatest Love of All" (as if I even need to say it – "Learning to love yourself / It is the greatest love of all…"). (I also joked about pulling a "Say Anything" move and standing in front of the Bartender's bar with a stereo above my head playing, "Didn't We Almost Have it All?" It would almost be worth it to see the look on his face. If, you know, last weekend hadn't happened.)
And I sort of thought I had slipped back into the abyss after the latest incident, but I spent a day feeling sad and embarrassed and stupid…and, yes, I'm back to bowing my head in shame when I walk by that damn bar…but, for the most part, I have accepted that things are the way that they are for a reason (I saw a woman-y Web site with a link to Oprah.com and Steve Harvey's 5 Questions to Ask a Man Before You Get Attached…and realized that, yes, if I had asked the Bartender Question #1, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble)…and now I'm trying to just focus on things that make me happy.
I don't have my dream job, but I support myself with words…and that's gotta be something, right? I have my own apartment in a great neighborhood…and I have a landlady who calls me "sweetie" and a neighbor who will come downstairs in the middle of the night in the rain to beat up someone who makes me cry. I have an incredible circle of girlfriends. (Maybe it's a good thing I haven't gotten married yet because I really don't know how I'd ever choose bridesmaids…or, you know, I'd have them all up there with me and absolutely no one in the audience.) And I'm basically happy. I've done stuff. I've lived in England and Alaska. I've driven across the country with my mother in a giant trailer. And when I was really unhappy with my job and a career path that I felt led me nowhere I wanted to go, I quit and went to grad school to try to find something that would make me happier…and, no, it didn't work out quite the way I expected…but, on the bright side, I'm not stuck in a job that I hate…and I *do* have a lot of freedom.
So…Epiphany #2 is to sort of embrace the freedom this lifestyle affords. I've spent a year shaking my fist at the universe, determined to force it to give me a job…and I've lost this battle of wills every time. So…instead of fighting it, I'm trying to just go with it and say, "Okay…I have a steady stream of income. And I can write this stuff anytime and anywhere…" and I'm going to try to use that freedom to travel more. I was thinking Bogota would be first for my friend's dad's birthday…but, in the end, I don't think it's logistically possible. But! My oldest childhood friend is finishing her Master's in speech therapy soon…and so I think we're going to Costa Rica in November. And then another friend's family is renting an apartment in Madrid in January…so I can totally pop over there to stay with them and then get a train to London. (How about that?)
And…I've also used this I-don't-have-a-full-time-job period to work on a book and have 70,000 words now. And it's a giant mess and I really need to find an editor who can help me shape it in a coherent form…and I've been kind of reluctant to actually finish my proposal because it's so scary that one document makes or breaks all the work you've done…but, you know, I also read Sloane Crosley and Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris and think, "I could totally write that." And, heck, I may never get published…but…I've tried really, really hard to make it happen. And – don't get me wrong – I'm not giving up. I'm incredibly stubborn. But – a little rally cry for myself here — I'm trying to acknowledge it's kind of a big deal I've gotten this far. I wrote a damn book! It's a mess! But it's a *book.* (And I'm still not likely to show up at any Columbia Alumni events until I can definitively say, "Why, yes, Harper Collins *is* publishing my novel in the fall…," but, nevertheless…at this point, I at least know that when I show up at the Pearly Gates I won't have "But I never wrote a book!" on my conscience.)
One of my classmates just sent me an email quoting Theodore Roosevelt, actually (I told you there'd be another president)…and I think it does a good job of summing up my book feelings: "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
So…Epiphany #3 is that my life is okay. But, more than that, is Epiphany #4: I'm okay.
I know, I know…I'm OK, You're OK…it's so fluffy…but…it's something I've never really officially declared before. I've told the world I'm a boob countless times — and, let's face it — I am…but…I am also nice. And I am good at remembering birthdays. And I can bake the hell out of things. And there are plenty of people out there who I love and who actually love me back and who, unlike the Bad Boyfriends, I don't have to force to stick around…so why waste so much time with those who don't want to be there? More baked goods for everybody else, right?
And, you know, when K was here, we happened to catch the Wizard of Oz on TV…which we have both seen at least 1000 times…but there was a line at the end that really caught my attention this time. I *believe* it's when the Wizard gives the Tin Man his heart. He says, "A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others." And all I could think was, "Shouldn't it be the other way around?" I mean, seriously – shouldn't it be about how much love you put out into the universe regardless of how much you get back? That's the way I feel, anyway.
Or, on the Monday after Whip It's release, there's Drew Barrymore…who my mother saw on a talk show saying, "Happiness is a choice." So…I guess my whole point (if anyone has actually stuck with me this long) is that I'm trying. I'm trying to be happy with me and my life and to just be more zen about things and to take them as they come and to not worry about my life not going according to plan…and once I get to a point where I don't have to remind myself about what Sandra Bullock said in Us Weekly (or I don't, you know, tell bartenders that I miss them and screw up a month's worth of progress), then we'll know I'm ready for a Good Boyfriend.
(Although – oops – I thought I had come up with a nice little ending…but if my ultimate goal is to just be happy with myself, the Good Boyfriend comment may be out of line. But, truth be told, it *would* be nice to meet someone eventually. Just after I've worked on myself a little bit more. But, by that point, let me tell you this: He'd better be one hell of a boyfriend.)
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Google Play Protect Logo Will Now Be Shown on Google Certified Android Devices
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Google announced Google Play Protect at I/O conference this year
The company showed this feature prominently in Google Play recently
The company has been actively pushing the security feature
Google has been pushing its Play Protect feature for Android ever since it was announced back at I/O 2017. After adding the feature to Android device settings, the search giant started showing it prominently in Google Play in August. Now, the California-based company has announced that the certified devices from Google will feature Google Play Protect logo on them.
The search giant says that the certified devices from the company will come with Google Play Protect out-of-the-box, and provide users with a "suite of security features" that includes automatic device scanning for the presence of malware-infected apps. "This provides baseline protection against malware, privacy hacks and more," Google said in its blog post.
If you are wondering why Google provides the certification to Android devices in first place, the company says that it does this to ensure that customers receive secure and stable experience. "We work with manufacturers across the globe to run hundreds of compatibility tests that ensure devices adhere to the Android security and permissions model. These tests also verify that the Google apps pre-installed on devices are authentic, and that apps from the Play Store can work as intended," it said.
Google has urged customers to ask for or a certified device or looking for the Google Play Protect logo on the box while purchasing a smartphone or tablet, to make sure that it comes with the benefits of certification and "additional layers of security" that is provided by its Play Protect feature.
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