Face waxing is when you wax all of your face and is very popular in the Asian world but not so much for the Europeans. The first time it is done the skin will often come out in welts.
This can happen quite a lot with first time waxing on any sensitive area. It happened to me when I was in Italy. I had gone to have a facial and while I was lying there with the mask jst taken off suddenly I felt a rip across my upper lip. "What have you done?" I said to the therapist. You have a moustache she said and I took it away it is ugly. The next day I came out in these lumps all over my upper lip which apparently are called welts. I was furious. Now I have to look awful during my holiday with all these horrible bumps and they hurt. Not only that I suddenly noticed when I looked in the mirror that when I pouted I had lines all around my top lip. I have always bleached my moustache blonde and now I know that it covered up all the lines I have and to my horror I realised that I was going to have to grow it back and go through this embarrassing time while the new growth appeared. I was not a happy bunny!
The ladies that do wax areas on their face normally stick to eyebrows in the area below their brows, upper lip and chin and some very brave girls have the inside of their nose waxed. the nose unfortunately makes me wince far too much to even think about having it done. These same ladies also use threading.
So remember, in most cases if it is your first time having your face waxed then you are more than likely to come out in welts. The second time will or should be fine. If you are in doubt then ask any Asian woman as they do know but do not talk about it as it is not really known outside their world. And if you do know about face waxing then please talk to me about it on my blog. I will be so grateful.


The report shows that for the first time, nonstore retail sales, which include e-commerce sales, totaled more than those for the department stores that anchor most traditional Class B and Class C malls.
Portland rents have increased 0.4% over the past month, but are down slightly by 0.3% in comparison to the same time last year, according to a new April report from Apartment List.
The face of campus retail is changing. For decades, universities were known for their dearth of retail beyond a college bookstore. But now, retailers both large and small are seizing the opportunity to expand their operations beyond traditional shopping centers and onto university campuses where they can capture the attention of a niche audience: students.
From the Gap to Family Dollar, retailers are announcing hundreds of store closures, with no end in sight.
You have recently seen many articles or may have taken classes on Qualified Opportunity Zones. There is much discussion about whether the program will truly spur economic development or whether it is simply more tax breaks for wealthy developers. Much of the information we have read is confusing and sometimes inaccurate.
There has been a shift in demand for rental housing due to demographic and other changes in our society.
Millennials are driving fitness, beauty and wellness concepts, many of which operate on membership models and drive regular shopper traffic.
It's clear from almost every metric that the Portland multifamily sector's performance in 2018 outstripped that of the prior year in virtually every respect: rent growth increased, sales volume was up more than 30 percent and the number of new units added to the market during the year is way, way up.
While auto leadership teams prepare for technological disruption, few are focused on the possible double punch of a recession and shifting demographics that is likely to slash automotive sales before new technologies take off. That scenario could leave many companies weakened and some unable to survive the transition.
How to Prepare for the New Office Space Trends. -The average worker spends 40% of the day at their desk. Eighty percent of work is defined as "collaborative." Forty-three percent of respondents in a survey indicates that less than 5% of their worksite include enclosed offices. More than 80% of workers spend their time engaged in collaborative work.


Jammu: In a twin terror attack, three heavily-armed militants dressed in army fatigues today stormed a police station and an army camp in Jammu region killing eight people including a Lieutenent Colonel, casting a shadow on the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif.
Four policemen were among the five killed in the audacious 'fidayeen'(suicide) attack on the Hiranagar police station in Kathua while three army personnel including Lt Col Bikramjeet Singh died in a similar strike shortly afterwards on the army camp at nearby Samba, officials said.
A Colonel-level Commanding Officer (CO) of the unit was among the three injured in the attack at the camp where a 16 Cavalry formation is stationed.
The three militants first barged into the police station near Jammu-Pathankot National Highway around 6.45 am and indiscriminately fired after hurling a grenade, police said.
Four policemen, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector, were killed and another ASI was injured in the attack that also left a civilian dead, DIG Shakeel Baig said.
The militants later hijacked a tempo truck on the highway, boarded it and forced its driver to move towards Jammu, police said.
The truck was stopped outside the Army camp at Samba and the militants then opened indiscriminate firing on jawans deployed at its security gate before they stormed the premises.
They barged into the Army Mess where they resorted to heavy indiscriminate firing as troops geared up and retaliated resulting in fierce gunbattle which was still on.
Senior Army officials said three Army personnel, including a Lieutenant Colonel, were killed and three others including the Commanding Officer (CO) of the unit were injured.
Army have moved in crack commandos and quick action teams inside the camp.
The attack came a day after the Prime Minister left for the US where he is scheduled to meet Sharif on Sunday for talks which have been opposed by BJP.
This morning's attack is seen as a bid to derail the meeting from across the border.


The Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring is in a close second position for my favorite SUV, right behind the larger CX-9. I like big cars, no clue why as we are only a family of four but it's a third row that gets my top pick each and every time. With that said, If I were in the market today for a new car the CX-5 would be a contender.
Mazda redesigned its worldwide best-seller for the 2017 model year, and by the numbers, it's both heavier and smaller than the model it replaces, yet it's by far a much better family crossover than before. If you are in the market for a crossover without the hefty price tag, this may be your next vehicle. With a MSRP starting at just $30,695 this is an extremely affordable crossover/CUV option.
Looking for a Sedan? Take a look at my review of the 2017 Mazda 6 i Grand Touring.
The 2017 Grand Touring Premium model boasts more comfortable seats, a cabin with nicer leather and real stitching and even a steering wheel that has been reconfigured for comfort. The cockpit features the same great Mazda ergonomics that I love, but now the dashboard boasts an improved design that looks a class above the older versions with new metallic accents and a strong horizontal theme.
The 2017 edition features better available equipment, including a power lift gate, auto-leveling LED headlamps and a full head-up display that puts the speedometer, speed limit data pulled from the new traffic sign recognition system, navigation and more information right in the driver's sight-line.
The heads up display was probably my favorite added feature. It keeps you from looking anywhere but in front of you, adding that extra bit of safety behind the wheel. It would even go as far as showing me when a stop sign was coming up on my commute.
That blind-spot monitor includes rear cross-traffic alert when reversing at low speeds and is part of Mazda's i-ActivSense suite. The suite also includes adaptive cruise control that works in low-speed traffic, a forward pre-collision alert with automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning with lane keeping assist.
The engine hasn't changed much for this second generation, but the available options has been pared down. Gone is the old 2.0-liter with manual transmission base model combo; Mazda's 2.5-liter Skyactiv-G engine with standard six-speed automatic transmission is now the only combination available.
The 2017 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring gains G-Vectoring Control, which helps minimize the need to make steering corrections on the road. This system connects the steering and power-train control for more direct and natural steering response. I found it easy to control and in the rain could feel the shift forward so the vehicle gripped in slick conditions.
No matter the weather the CX-5 will get you there with the I-active AWD. This new feature predicts when all-wheel drive might be needed, monitoring everything from outside temperature to throttle input and braking patterns. It then preemptively optimizes torque distribution to help curb traction loss. You may never even notice the change, I know I didn't in a nasty summer storm.
You lost me on this one Mazda. Where is the apple car play? Available features include bluetooth connectivity, navigation with a seven-inch touchscreen, a Bose premium audio system, steering wheel audio controls, two front UBS ports and HD radio.
The navigation was very basic, and not correct even at times. For such a modern car this part was a real miss for me.
The 2017 Mazda CX-5 Grand Touring is extremely functional as a family car. Offering 23 mpg city, 29 mpg highway; 26 mpg combined it is easy on the purse when it comes to filling up. Trips to and from school, practice and dinners wont empty the tank.
My family of four fit comfortably and nobody was yelling for leg room. Trunk space was rather large offering 30 cu ft with the 2nd row up and with it folded down it gave a whopping 29.6 cu ft. You can certainly fit home improvement projects in their easily.
If you are in the market for a crossover this is a great car. It is loaded with top safety features and the Predictive I-Activ AWD will give you peace of mind in any driving condition.


King's is excited to have launched a one-to-one coaching programme where a coach meets with one child for one hour a week for one year. We are working in a local primary school in Catford partnering with the UK charity Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) and will soon be launching in another school in Lewisham.
TLG aim to bring hope and a future to struggling children. Every day there are children across the UK that are facing difficult circumstances in their lives such as bereavement or family breakdown, or who may struggle with a lack of confidence or have no role models. We want to play our part as a church to bring a hope and a future to some of these children and families locally.
We are starting this initiative as a small step in response to the issue of knife crime in our community and our concern for our young people, and in the belief that if we can engage with young people at an early age we can make a difference to the choices they will go on to make.
To find out more about TLG, visit their website where you can also order your free copy of Out of the Ordinary: The TLG Story.
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Nigerian inflation slowed for 17th Month in July, 2018: CBN Governor.
Annual inflation in Nigeria slowed for the 17th month in a row in July, 2018 to 11% percent, compared with 15.37 percent in December, 2017 said the Nigerian Central Bank Governor, Mr.Godwin Emefiele today Tuesday, 24th July, 2018.
For the 17th consecutive month, inflation rate has continued a downward trajectory, declining from 11.61 per cent in May to 11.23 per cent (year-on-year) in June and now 11.20 per cent in July 2018.
The latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) indicated that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, stood at 11.23 per cent in June, a 0.37 percentage point drop over the 11.61 per cent posted in May.
The decline represents the 17th consecutive disinflation since January 2017.
An analysis of the new figures showed that increases were recorded in all Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP) divisions that yield the headline index.
On a month-on-month basis, the headline index increased by 1.24 per cent in June 2018, up by 0.15 percentage points from the rate recorded in May 2018.
The percentage change in the average composite CPI for the 12-month period ending June 2018 over the average of the CPI for the previous 12 months period was 14.37 per cent, 0.42 percentage point drop over the 14.79 per cent recorded in May 2018.
The urban inflation rate eased by 11.68 per cent (year-on-year) in June 2018 from 12.08 per cent recorded in May 2018, while the rural inflation rate also eased 10.83 per cent in June 2018 from 11.20 per cent in May 2018.
On month-on-month basis, the urban index rose by 1.24 per cent in June 2018, up by 0.14 per cent from the 1.10 per cent recorded in May 2018, while the rural index also rose by 1.23 per cent in June 2018, up by 0.15 per cent from the rate recorded in May 2018 (1.08) per cent.
The corresponding 12-month year-on-year average percentage change for the urban index was 14.71 per cent in June 2018.
This is less than the 15.10 per cent reported in May 2018, while the corresponding rural inflation rate in June 2018 was 14.08 per cent compared to 14.53 per cent recorded in May 2018.
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The Oscar Buzz: "Moana" vs. "La La Land": Who Should Win Best Original Song?
"Moana" vs. "La La Land": Who Should Win Best Original Song?
While the Best Picture category may be the biggest award given out on Oscar Night, there's few other categories that could be as exciting as Best Original Song. This is because, unlike having to watch hours of movies, it's a category that distills the art form to a brief ditty. They are the indicator that most will have for these movies, and it's none more present than for soundtrack-turned-radio hits. This year has a phenomenal list (and Sting) to choose from, but there's probably only two that are neck and neck with each other: La La Land and Moana. Which film should win the category, and in the case of La La Land: which one of its songs? The following is a defense and exploration of each of the three songs likely to take home the top prize.
Among the things that 2016 will be remembered for is that it revived the movie musical genre after years of stagnation. Between La La Land and Moana, the fall season was blistering with catchy tunes that accompanied some of the best that cinema had to offer. Even non-musicals like Sing Street and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping had ear worms that rose above the mediocrity of what generally passes for Best Original Song nominations. While this year isn't perfect, it did have an interesting narrative from the start. Would this be the year that Moana's Lin-Manuel Miranda achieved his EGOT, or would this be the year of La La Land with Justin Hurwitz getting a deserved win for arguably one of the best musicals of the short millennium.
While I don't usually invest too much effort into this category, I have fallen in love with both of these films and have listened to the soundtracks extensively. I understand the subjectivity that comes with these two films. One is an upbeat family movie about cultural identity, and the other is an upbeat ode to the Golden Age of Hollywood. I would be lying if I said that I didn't have pleasure in sitting outside their theaters listening to their rich tapestry of music while I waited for my show to start. If I had more time, I would go into each soundtrack and explain why I favor Moana's music more, but like La La Land's story better. Instead, I will just start with the latest Disney princess movie.
I am slightly disappointed that Moana didn't get a double nomination. I LOVE "Where You Are" and feel that it is a contemporary version of Beauty and the Beast's "Belle" both conceptually and in quality. However, there is an obviousness to "How Far I'll Go" getting nominated that may undermine its chances. It is the call to action song that every good Disney movie has. The only difference is that Miranda's lyricism and rhythms don't have the continuity of Frozen's "Let It Go." It would take kids a few listens to get the whole thing down. It's not a bad song on first listen, but what Moana's soundtrack has is a series of songs that become enriched with time.
Even with this hindrance, it's a powerful song. Auli'i Cravalho's voice sings with power, and that chorus has probably the strongest energy in the category. There's also the lyricism, which shows complexity within a simple and repetitive pattern that captures the yearning to travel to sea and make a difference. This is the song of ambition and hope. It's one of Disney's best songs in quite a few years - at least since Tangled. Besides Trolls' "Can't Stop The Feeling," it is also the one most recognizable to those who haven't seen the movie. It's an all important tool to dominating this category, as I'm sure there's millions of people who hate "Let It Go" but only know what Frozen is.
Besides it being just a great song, there's the other narrative that every other song doesn't have. This could be an EGOT win for Miranda, whose stature in the past few years has been phenomenal. He's only begun to show his post-Hamilton potential, and it's lovely. If he doesn't at least tie Alan Menken's song nominations by the end of his career, then we'll be worse off as a society. That of course is the one detriment that could go against him. He could win next time. Also, Moana may have raked in more money than La La Land, but the consensus around awards season is different. The film lost Best Original Song at the Golden Globes to La La Land, which may bode as a threat to its potential win. Though to be fair, the Golden Globes' track record with predicting The Oscars' Best Original Song category is extremely lousy.
Then there is La La Land, whose double nomination isn't that surprising given its success during awards season. The only advantage that Moana has over La La Land that having double nominations may cause them to split the vote bad enough to get Miranda the award. It's a trick that defeated All About Eve when all four of its Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominees lost. Yet in the hypothetical situation, the popular rumor is that La La Land will dominate the night in ways not seen in years (I would say since Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, but I don't see it winning 100%). Yet the question becomes which song will, for lack of better words, shine brightest.
Let's be honest. "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" is the better song. I still wish that "Another Day of Sun" or "Someone in the Crowd" made the cut instead of "City of Stars," but that will be discussed momentarily. For now I would like to explain why "Audition" should win. It's the centerpiece song. I found myself being reminded of the powerful finale in Cabaret as Emma Stone sang amid a blank backdrop about the foolishness of artists. It's so heartfelt, earnest, and raw. It captures the emotions of creativity and the pain of opening yourself up to everyone. Most of all, it comes at an emotional moment within the film that also reflects a turning point. While this is a category that should be based on how good a song is, the placement of it within a film is also key to its lasting impact, and I think that "Audition" has that staying power because of how Damien Chazelle directed the moment.
It also helps that this may be the year of Emma Stone. I do believe that she is going to get Best Actress in spite of my hopes that Jackie's Natalie Portman would have. She just has the more memorable performance that balances happiness and sadness, desperation and freedom, and the exuberance of what the film wants to be. In fact, "Audition" is arguably one of the premiere scenes that will be featured on her reel when people look back on her career. She doesn't do much, yet her cadence empowers the vocals, hitting emotions that only work in song. It's a performance unto itself, and it's what I would put forward as why she deserves Best Actress. It also helps that it's just a powerful song that panders to Academy ideals of artists sacrificing their talents for unknown rewards.
I'm sure it's a controversial opinion, but I think that "City of Stars" is one of La La Land's lesser songs. However, it's considered the front runners for the category. The only logical reasoning behind this is that it serves as a recurring motif, returning throughout the film to punctuate character growth and development. I don't even know which version of this song is being considered. Is it the stripped down version that Ryan Gosling sings, or is it the duet with Stone later on? Either way, it's a simple song that feels a little understated as a Best Original Song winner. In fact, both of La La Land's choices have more of a melancholic vibe than I'd usually associate with this category. Why not nominate something upbeat?
With all of that said, I get why "City of Stars" is nominated. Theoretically it fits a similar ground to The Muppet Movie's "The Rainbow Connection." It isn't about elaborate production. It's about what is being sung. There is a longing in Gosling's singing that feels very familiar to artists everywhere. He wants to believe that his next potential dead end will actually lead to something wonderful. The uncertainty fills the music and makes the simple and recognizable piano riff (the one advantage over both other songs) get stuck in your head. Of course, it should be noted that Gosling's singing is far more understated and lacks the showiness of Stone. For an understated song, I don't get why it's the front runner.
Which of the five Best Original Song nominees do you think will win? I really hope that "How Far I'll Go" is the surprise hit of the night, if just because I see it being a Disney classic in decades to come. It may lack immediacy, but it definitely sticks with the listener once it's accepted - I believe it also has the best craft of these nominees. Meanwhile, if La La Land has to win, I hope it's "Audition," because it feels eager and lively. Most of all, I'm just glad that musicals are being represented this year. The category could've been stronger, but the fact that it's a neck and neck race between the two films with the catchiest numbers, it's not a bad place to be.


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FINN Partners Adds Pharmacy Podcast Network (PPN), Expanding Omni-Channel Communications Approach That Strengthens Client Ties to Influential Health Audiences
Championing Frontline Health Professionals Dedicated to Improving Access and Care, PPN Reaches over 100K+ listeners, Pharmacists, and Other Health System Influencers
NEW YORK, November 22, 2021 — Global independent marketing and communications firm FINN Partners today announced that starting December 1st, the Pharmacy Podcast Network (PPN) – a news organization known for hosting and distribution of content that reaches 100,000+ in the pharmacy community – will join the agency. PPN and its new digital magazine Rx Influencer will operate as a unique unit of FINN, led by Todd Eury, vice president and executive producer. Eury, based in Pittsburgh, PA, will report to Gil Bashe, Global Health Chair, FINN Partners.
"Iconic newsstand media such as Forbes and BusinessWeek are evolving their business models – inviting once-readers to become paid 'participant columnists' – while The Atlantic and Wall Street Journal thrive on edgy digital content and mainstage conferences. Today, ideas and opinions are honed and expressed across medium and channels – and FINN is following that lead, too," said Peter Finn, Founding Partner, FINN Partners.
"Pharmacists are central in every health setting – from neighborhoods to hospitals; long-term care residences to payer formulary committees; and in Federal and state policy forums. Payer, provider and product innovation clients seek to reach this influential community, and PPN has evolved into the go-to content and digital platform for connection to this influential audience," said Todd Eury, vice president and Executive Producer, Pharmacy Podcast Network, a FINN division.
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PPN has 100K+ monthly listeners to its programs and is ranked as one of the nation's leading business audio programs alongside the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and Bloomberg podcasts, making it the dominant leader in podcasting for the pharmacy industry. PPN also has some 20+ clients across the health ecosystem that sponsor their own podcast series, including the American Pharmacists Association, Omnicell, Surescripts and Rx Safe. The PPN Twitter handle is followed by more than 25,000 people.
Producer Todd Eury will be part of the FINN community and continue to operate PPN independently and maintain authority over content decisions. FINN will have a direct connection to breaking trends, policies and the needs of this front-line health professional community – growing in its importance to driving public health measures and operationalizing decentralized clinical trials for patient participation in drug development.
FINN at the forefront of an "omni-channel" communications approach.
"Beyond our leadership strength in earned and content media, thought leadership platforms, publishing, social media and podcasting, FINN has been expanding its reach to enable client voice and priorities to be heard and reinforced," said Gil Bashe, Global Health Chair, FINN Partners. "Our goal is to explore how to be a stronger, direct bridge between clients and their customers. Pharmacists have that direct connection and demonstrated their life-saving importance once again in responding to COVID-19 vaccination urgencies," he added.
A number of FINN clients – across Practices, geographies and services – are focusing on the pharmacy sector for many reasons. These include leaders in consumer personal care, over-the-counter products, behind-the-counter devices to monitor and keep-in-check heath concerns and vaccines that prevent serious, preventable illness. Pharmacy is the link from sick care to self-care.


Tony J. Simon, Ph.D. » — Director - Dr. Simon is a pediatric cognitive neuroscientist. His research focuses on the interactions between neural, cognitive, affective and stress biology differences in young people with genetic disorders that produce learning difficulties, behavioral dysregulation and psychopathology. Dr. Simon has spent over a decade and a half investigating how dysfunction in specific neurocognitive processing systems, such as attention, and spatial or temporal processing generates cognitive impairments in thinking about space, time, numbers as was as real world challenges like math, using money and navigation. He has developed and is testing a digital neurotherapeutic intervention (in the form a video game) to minimize such disability. Dr. Simon's current main project is a National Institute of Mental Health funded longitudinal study on risk and protective factors for psychosis proneness in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion (Velocardiofacial/DiGeorge) syndrome based on the interaction of neurocognitive and affective processing and stress reactivity.
Kathy Angkustsiri, M.D. » - Associate Professor of Pediatrics — Kathy received her B.A. in psychology with a minor in Human Biology from Stanford University. She attended New York University for her medical training and completed a pediatric residency at Children's Hospital Oakland. She joined the 22q Research Center and Clinic during her fellowship in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and has been working with the team for over a decade. Her research interests include the parent-child relationship, optimizing functional and behavioral outcomes, and the interaction of physiological arousal with anxiety and adaptive behaviors. Dr. Angkustsiri is medical director of the 22q Healthy Minds Clinic and also sees patients with 22q and other neurodevelopmental disorders in the Massie Family Clinic.
Ingrid Leckliter, Ph.D. » - Psychologist — Ingrid is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in developmental neuropsychology. She has more than 20 years of experience providing clinical services to children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their families. She earned her Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1984 and completed post-doctoral training in clinical neuropsychology at Oregon Health Sciences University in 1986. Learning disorders are an area of particular interest to her. Dr. Leckliter is committed to helping families understand their child's unique strengths and cope with their child's special needs. This process enhances the child and parent relationship, thereby supporting the child's emotional coping skills, and his or her functioning in society.
Danielle Harris, B.S. Junior Specialist – Danielle received her undergraduate degree in Human Development from UC Davis in 2016. During her time at UC Davis, she supported adults with developmental disabilities in her community and worked part-time as a preschool teacher at Kids on Cowell in Davis. After graduation, Danielle taught at Discovery Learning Center, an outdoor preschool in Fair Oaks, CA. Seeking an opportunity to contribute to the development of mental health treatments, Danielle began her career as a research coordinator with the 22q11.2 Research Center and Clinic. Danielle guides families in their journeys near and far to the MIND Institute, administers cognitive assessments, behavioral tasks, and questionnaires, and supports the operations of the lab.
Veena Do, B.S. Junior Specialist - Veena graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Science in Genetics and Genomics. During her undergraduate, Veena worked under Dr. Popa and Dr. Simon on the behavior and EEG testing of teen anxiety, and the risk and protective factors for psychosis proneness in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. In addition to working at the MIND, she was a research assistant at the UC Davis Medical Center Emergency Department in determining the efficacy of improved medical protocol and products, and at the UCDMC Main Hospital as part of the Code Blue Simulation Team. Veena continues to work with Dr. Simon on psychosis proneness, administering cognitive assessments and collecting EEG/ERP data.
Anthony Schmiedeler, M.S. Junior Specialist – Anthony received a B.A. in Human Biology with a minor in Religious Studies from the University of Kansas followed by a M.S. in Psychology from Avila University in Kansas City, MO. While attending graduate school he worked full-time, first as a psychometrician, administering psychological test batteries for neuropsychologists. Anthony then worked as a research assistant at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, primarily helping conduct studies centered on the biological and perceptual components of hallucinogenic symptoms in people with schizophrenia.
Samantha Linton, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher - Samantha graduated from the University of Sheffield with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 2013, followed by a Master of Science in Psychological Research Methods in 2015, and a PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience in 2018. Samantha specializes in the use of psychophysiology, most commonly EEG/ERP techniques, to study emotion processing in developmental populations, with a particular interest in how anxiety may influence how adolescents process emotional cues in their environment. She is currently working with Dr. Simon on his longitudinal study on risk and protective factors for psychosis proneness in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion (Velocardiofacial/DiGeorge) syndrome.
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Michael Rosholm (født 19. juli 1964) er en dansk økonom og professor ved Aarhus Universitet.

Han blev cand.oecon. i 1993 og ph.d. i økonomi i 1998. Titlen på hans ph.d.-afhandling var "Transitions in the Labour Market". 1997-99 var han adjunkt på Aarhus School of Business og 2000-2002 lektor først samme sted og siden på Aarhus Universitet. 2002-2006 var han forskningsprofessor ved universitetet og fra 2006 ordinær professor sammesteds.

I 2006-12 var han vismand, det vil sige medlem af formandskabet for Det Økonomiske Råd.

Siden 2013 har han været en del af ledelsen i TrygFondens Børneforskningscenter, og siden september 2020 har han været formand for Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd.

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text:
Norm Proulx and the Genuine Love of his Grandchildren
Kristian Partington
Norm Proulx's granddaughter Ivy decided his name should be Pop-Pop when she was two-and-a-half years old. Her Mom Meghann jokes that he would've been just as happy if Ivy called him Norm; they are kindred spirits, after all, and from the moment her personality began to show itself the family could tell there was a strong connection between Pop-Pop and this quiet, shy, yet silly little girl, no matter how she addressed him.
Norm, Ivy and Wes at a recent visit to Riverside Glen. Ivy
"has asked every day since then if we can go back
to Pop-Pop's place to play playdough," Meghann says.
As Meghann talks about the binding thread between her father and her children, which the family chose to highlight in this year's Schlegel Villages Grandest Grandparent contest to mark Grandparent's Day in early September, her son Wes motors around the village library, half crawling half shuffling.
He's a busy boy, her second child, so much unlike his older sister in that respect.
"They're so totally different," Meghann says of her children. "Ivy is much more like my dad; they're very reserved and quiet and silly at the same time." She looks to her father. "You guys are kindred spirits, I think," and he smiles and nods in agreement.
Families can be like that, Norm agrees, with lots of similarities and differences, but beautiful connections much the same.
Wes, still not able to walk, seems to be the definition of impulse. At one point as Pop-Pop is talking, Wes crawls under his grandfather's feet hanging down from his wheelchair, trying, it would seem, to untie his shoelaces, almost as if he's going to tie one foot to the other in a classic prankster move. Norm simply smiles.
Meghann, Wes and Norm are being treated to a catered lunch in the library at Riverside Glen where Norm has lived for just a few months. It's their prize for their Grandest Grandparent entry randomly being chosen among several shared through social media via Schlegel Villages.
The 'Grandest Grandparent.'
Meghann does most of the talking, describing the love she and her brother Alex knew growing up and the fond memories they both have of Guelph. Her maternal grandparents had a rolling farm on the edge of town, she says, and as kids they would summer there and spend practically every holiday traipsing the property. She recalls as a girl visiting Riverside Park, directly across the street from the village her father now calls home, and she would ride the miniature train and antique carousel there that are iconic in so many people's memories.
Now as a family they make new memories at the park, like the late summer day Norm decided to leave his wheelchair at home and walk into the park alongside Alex as Meghann and the children went ahead. Norm insisted on riding the carousel that day with Ivy, Meghann says, and she can't help but remark how her memories and those created on days like that between her father and children seem to overlap.
"I never thought that one day I'd be coming back here and doing the same things with my kids as I did with my grandparents," she says, looking to her father, "and sharing the same moments that you shared with us."
Norm's quiet smile shines through as once again Wes tries to untie his Pop-Pop's shoes.
Perhaps these cycles of memory explain why the family wanted to highlight the love between Norm, Ivy and Wes, for it illustrates the love of the wider family as it has passed down generationally.
That love is truly genuine and in her children, Meghann sees much of her father and the influence he's had throughout life. That love makes her smile often, and it's why in her mind her father is the 'Grandest Grandparent' of all.


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<Root>
  <TestCase name="testAggregateHints">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ AGG_STRATEGY(TWO_PHASE), RESOURCE(mem='1024') */
count(deptno), avg_sal from (
select /*+ AGG_STRATEGY(ONE_PHASE) */ avg(sal) as avg_sal, deptno
from emp group by deptno) group by avg_sal]]>
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    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[AGG_STRATEGY inheritPath:[] options:[TWO_PHASE]], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{MEM=1024}]]
Aggregate:[[AGG_STRATEGY inheritPath:[0] options:[TWO_PHASE]], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0] options:{MEM=1024}]]
Project:[[AGG_STRATEGY inheritPath:[] options:[ONE_PHASE]], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0] options:{MEM=1024}]]
Aggregate:[[AGG_STRATEGY inheritPath:[0] options:[ONE_PHASE]], [AGG_STRATEGY inheritPath:[0, 0, 0] options:[TWO_PHASE]], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0, 0] options:{MEM=1024}]]
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  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testCorrelateHints">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ use_hash_join (orders, products_temporal) */ stream *
from orders join products_temporal for system_time as of orders.rowtime
on orders.productid = products_temporal.productid and orders.orderId is not null]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[USE_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[] options:[ORDERS, PRODUCTS_TEMPORAL]]]
Correlate:[[USE_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0] options:[ORDERS, PRODUCTS_TEMPORAL]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testCrossCorrelateHints">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ use_hash_join (orders, products_temporal) */ stream *
from orders, products_temporal for system_time as of orders.rowtime]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[USE_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[] options:[ORDERS, PRODUCTS_TEMPORAL]]]
Correlate:[[USE_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0] options:[ORDERS, PRODUCTS_TEMPORAL]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testFilterHints">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ resource(parallelism='3') */ avg(sal) as avg_sal, deptno
from emp group by deptno having avg(sal) > 5000]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Filter:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Aggregate:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0, 0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testFourLevelNestedQueryHint">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ index(idx1), no_hash_join */ * from emp /*+ index(empno) */
e1 join dept/*+ index(deptno) */ d1 on e1.deptno = d1.deptno join
(select max(sal) as sal from emp /*+ index(empno) */) e2 on e1.sal = e2.sal]]>
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    <Resource name="hints">
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Project:[[INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[IDX1]], [NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[]]]
LogicalJoin:[[NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0]]]
LogicalJoin:[[NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0, 0]]]
TableScan:[[INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[EMPNO]], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 0] options:[IDX1]]]
TableScan:[[INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[DEPTNO]], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 1] options:[IDX1]]]
TableScan:[[INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[EMPNO]], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 1, 0, 0] options:[IDX1]]]
]]>
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  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testHintExcludeRules">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select empno from (select * from (select /*+ preserved_project */ empno, ename, deptno from emp) where deptno = 20)]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testHintsInSubQueryWithDecorrelation">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ resource(parallelism='3'), AGG_STRATEGY(TWO_PHASE) */
sum(e1.empno) from emp e1, dept d1
where e1.deptno = d1.deptno
and e1.sal> (
select /*+ resource(cpu='2') */ avg(e2.sal) from emp e2 where e2.deptno = d1.deptno)]]>
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    <Resource name="hints">
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Aggregate:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{PARALLELISM=3}], [AGG_STRATEGY inheritPath:[] options:[TWO_PHASE]]]
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Aggregate:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{CPU=2}], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1] options:{PARALLELISM=3}], [AGG_STRATEGY inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1] options:[TWO_PHASE]]]
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0] options:{CPU=2}], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1, 0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
]]>
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    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ properties(k1='v1', k2='v2'), index(ename), no_hash_join */
sum(e1.empno) from emp e1, dept d1
where e1.deptno = d1.deptno
and e1.sal> (
select /*+ properties(k1='v1', k2='v2'), index(ename), no_hash_join */
  avg(e2.sal)
  from emp e2
  where e2.deptno = d1.deptno)]]>
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    <Resource name="hints">
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Aggregate:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[ENAME]], [NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[]]]
LogicalJoin:[[NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0, 0, 0]]]
LogicalJoin:[[NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 0]]]
TableScan:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 0, 0] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 0, 0] options:[ENAME]]]
TableScan:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 0, 1] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 0, 1] options:[ENAME]]]
Aggregate:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[ENAME]], [NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[]]]
TableScan:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[0, 0] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0] options:[ENAME]], [PROPERTIES inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] options:[ENAME]]]
]]>
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  <TestCase name="testHintsInSubQueryWithDecorrelation3">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ resource(parallelism='3'), index(ename), no_hash_join */
sum(e1.empno) from emp e1, dept d1
where e1.deptno = d1.deptno
and e1.sal> (
select /*+ resource(cpu='2'), index(ename), no_hash_join */
  avg(e2.sal)
  from emp e2
  where e2.deptno = d1.deptno)]]>
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    <Resource name="hints">
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Aggregate:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{PARALLELISM=3}], [INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[ENAME]], [NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[]]]
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
LogicalJoin:[[NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0, 0, 0]]]
LogicalJoin:[[NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 0]]]
TableScan:[[INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 0, 0] options:[ENAME]]]
TableScan:[[INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 0, 1] options:[ENAME]]]
Aggregate:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{CPU=2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[ENAME]], [NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[]], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0] options:{CPU=2}], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1, 0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
TableScan:[[INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0] options:[ENAME]], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] options:[ENAME]]]
]]>
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  <TestCase name="testHintsInSubQueryWithoutDecorrelation">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ resource(parallelism='3') */
sum(e1.empno) from emp e1, dept d1
where e1.deptno = d1.deptno
and e1.sal> (
select /*+ resource(cpu='2') */ avg(e2.sal) from emp e2 where e2.deptno = d1.deptno)]]>
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    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Aggregate:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Filter:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Aggregate:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{CPU=2}], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0] options:{CPU=2}], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1, 0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
Filter:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0] options:{CPU=2}], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0] options:{PARALLELISM=3}]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testHintsPropagationInVolcanoPlannerRules">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ use_hash_join(r, s), use_hash_join(emp, dept) */
ename, job, sal, dept.name
from emp join dept on emp.deptno = dept.deptno]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="planBefore">
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LogicalProject(ENAME=[$1], JOB=[$2], SAL=[$5], NAME=[$10])
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    LogicalTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, EMP]])
    LogicalTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, DEPT]])
]]>
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    <Resource name="planAfter">
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EnumerableProject(ENAME=[$3], JOB=[$4], SAL=[$7], NAME=[$1])
  EnumerableHashJoin(condition=[=($0, $9)], joinType=[inner])
    EnumerableTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, DEPT]])
    EnumerableTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, EMP]])
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testHintsPropagationInVolcanoPlannerRules2">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ no_hash_join */ ename, job
from emp where not exists (select 1 from dept where emp.deptno = dept.deptno)]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="planBefore">
      <![CDATA[
LogicalProject(ENAME=[$0], JOB=[$1])
  LogicalFilter(condition=[IS NULL($4)])
    LogicalJoin(condition=[=($2, $3)], joinType=[left])
      LogicalProject(ENAME=[$1], JOB=[$2], DEPTNO=[$7])
        LogicalTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, EMP]])
      LogicalAggregate(group=[{0}], agg#0=[MIN($1)])
        LogicalProject(DEPTNO=[$0], $f0=[true])
          LogicalTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, DEPT]])
]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="planAfter">
      <![CDATA[
EnumerableProject(ENAME=[$0], JOB=[$1])
  EnumerableFilter(condition=[IS NULL($4)])
    EnumerableMergeJoin(condition=[=($2, $3)], joinType=[left])
      EnumerableSort(sort0=[$2], dir0=[ASC])
        EnumerableProject(ENAME=[$1], JOB=[$2], DEPTNO=[$7])
          EnumerableTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, EMP]])
      EnumerableSort(sort0=[$0], dir0=[ASC])
        EnumerableProject(DEPTNO=[$0], $f0=[true])
          EnumerableTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, DEPT]])
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testHintsPropagationInVolcanoPlannerRules3">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ no_hash_join */ ename, job
from emp where not exists (select 1 from dept where emp.deptno = dept.deptno) order by ename]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="planBefore">
      <![CDATA[
LogicalSort(sort0=[$0], dir0=[ASC])
  LogicalProject(ENAME=[$0], JOB=[$1])
    LogicalFilter(condition=[IS NULL($4)])
      LogicalJoin(condition=[=($2, $3)], joinType=[left])
        LogicalProject(ENAME=[$1], JOB=[$2], DEPTNO=[$7])
          LogicalTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, EMP]])
        LogicalAggregate(group=[{0}], agg#0=[MIN($1)])
          LogicalProject(DEPTNO=[$0], $f0=[true])
            LogicalTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, DEPT]])
]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="planAfter">
      <![CDATA[
EnumerableSort(sort0=[$0], dir0=[ASC])
  EnumerableProject(ENAME=[$0], JOB=[$1])
    EnumerableFilter(condition=[IS NULL($4)])
      EnumerableMergeJoin(condition=[=($2, $3)], joinType=[left])
        EnumerableSort(sort0=[$2], dir0=[ASC])
          EnumerableProject(ENAME=[$1], JOB=[$2], DEPTNO=[$7])
            EnumerableTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, EMP]])
        EnumerableSort(sort0=[$0], dir0=[ASC])
          EnumerableProject(DEPTNO=[$0], $f0=[true])
            EnumerableTableScan(table=[[CATALOG, SALES, DEPT]])
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testIntersectHints">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ breakable */ deptno from
(select ename, deptno from emp
intersect all
select name, deptno from dept)]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[BREAKABLE inheritPath:[]]]
Intersect:[[BREAKABLE inheritPath:[0]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testJoinHintRequiresSpecificInputs">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ use_hash_join(r, s), use_hash_join(emp, dept) */
ename, job, sal, dept.name
from emp join dept on emp.deptno = dept.deptno]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[USE_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[] options:[R, S]], [USE_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[] options:[EMP, DEPT]]]
LogicalJoin:[[USE_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0] options:[EMP, DEPT]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testMinusHints">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ breakable */ deptno from
(select ename, deptno from emp
except all
select name, deptno from dept)]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[BREAKABLE inheritPath:[]]]
Minus:[[BREAKABLE inheritPath:[0]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testNestedQueryHint">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ resource(parallelism='3'), repartition(10) */ empno
from (select /*+ resource(mem='20Mb')*/ empno, ename from emp)]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{MEM=20Mb}], [RESOURCE inheritPath:[] options:{PARALLELISM=3}], [REPARTITION inheritPath:[] options:[10]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testQueryHint">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ properties(k1='v1', k2='v2'), index(ename), no_hash_join */ *
from emp e1
inner join dept d1 on e1.deptno = d1.deptno
inner join emp e2 on e1.ename = e2.job]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[ENAME]], [NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[]]]
LogicalJoin:[[NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0]]]
LogicalJoin:[[NO_HASH_JOIN inheritPath:[0, 0]]]
TableScan:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[0, 0, 0] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 0] options:[ENAME]]]
TableScan:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[0, 0, 1] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 0, 1] options:[ENAME]]]
TableScan:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[0, 1, 0] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [INDEX inheritPath:[0, 1, 0] options:[ENAME]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testQueryHintWithLiteralOptions">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ time_zone(1, 1.23, 'a bc', -1.0) */ *
from emp]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[TIME_ZONE inheritPath:[] options:[1, 1.23, a bc, -1.0]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testSameHintsWithDifferentInheritPath">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ properties(k1='v1', k2='v2') */
ename, job, sal, dept.name
from emp /*+ index(idx1, idx2) */
join dept /*+ properties(k1='v1', k2='v2') */
on emp.deptno = dept.deptno]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}]]
TableScan:[[INDEX inheritPath:[] options:[IDX1, IDX2]], [PROPERTIES inheritPath:[0, 0] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}]]
TableScan:[[PROPERTIES inheritPath:[] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}], [PROPERTIES inheritPath:[0, 1] options:{K1=v1, K2=v2}]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testSnapshotHints">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ fast_snapshot(products_temporal) */ stream * from
 orders join products_temporal for system_time as of timestamp '2022-08-11 15:00:00'
 on orders.productid = products_temporal.productid]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Project:[[FAST_SNAPSHOT inheritPath:[] options:[PRODUCTS_TEMPORAL]]]
Snapshot:[[FAST_SNAPSHOT inheritPath:[0, 1] options:[PRODUCTS_TEMPORAL]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testSortHints">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select /*+ async_merge */ empno from emp order by empno, empno desc]]>
    </Resource>
    <Resource name="hints">
      <![CDATA[
Sort:[[ASYNC_MERGE inheritPath:[]]]
]]>
    </Resource>
  </TestCase>
  <TestCase name="testTableHintsInJoin">
    <Resource name="sql">
      <![CDATA[select
ename, job, sal, dept.name
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SUPER Cheap fares from DC to LAX, $147. I haven't seen them that cheap in a while.
Flights to Australia for under $1,000. They've been cheaper but this is a pretty solid fare.
Southwest is having a pretty decent fare sale right now as well.
AMEX is firing back at Chase Sapphire with 5X points on airfare purchases going forward. That's a huge bump in the bonus level and represents a big chunk of savings/points for folks who buy a lot of airline tickets. It's good when banks compete!
AMEX holders who have are planning travel to Asia should look for this offer to earn 20,000 bonus points on $1,000 in airfare purchases. You don't have to spend $1,000 on one ticket, and you have until the end of November to purchase tickets, not fly. Should be a nice bonus for some folks.
From good news to bad, with the apparent development that Delta is now charging variable pricing for partner awards, even when those partners aren't charging more. While I don't love it, it means playing the game smartly for those of us still chasing world travel using points or miles.
This may be the best way I've ever heard for an AvGeek to spend $35. Hands down.
Want to design the livery on an A380? You can do that and win two free airline tickets if they pick your design.
What do you do when an airline strands you at a different airport than the one you're going to and tells you it's up to you to find your own way to your destination?
As a guy who loves to travel, I always enjoy the thought of squeezing in an extra destination along the way. Here's a situation where it looks like visa fees get in the way of tourism. I don't have enough knowledge of this specific situation to say that this is a response to fees the US charges for people to enter our country (often called reciprocity fees, wonder why), but that's a pretty steep fee for only a 1-year visa.
LOT Polish Airlines is spinning up a long route. LAX-Warsaw is ~6,000 miles. As Ben mentions, the only saving grace here is that the fleet is all 787s for this route. Is it weird that I want to fly from DC to LAX to try out business class 6,000 miles in the other direction? Wonder if there are good donuts in Poland…..


The Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) year runs from 1 April to 31 March. FBT is one of those areas that many employers struggle with; not because the tax is complex but because of the level of detail required to fulfill your obligations.
The reforms to the treatment of living away from home allowances and related benefits have been finalised and there are a series of important changes that employers need to be aware of.
Require a higher level of substantiation.
If the new conditions are not met, the full amount of any LAFHA paid to an employee will be subject to FBT. If the conditions are met, the tax the employer needs to pay on the compensation provided to employees living away from home can be significantly reduced.
Maintain a home in Australia – The employee must maintain a home in Australia (which is their normal place of residence) for their immediate use and enjoyment at all times while living away from that home for their work. For example, the home cannot be rented out.
Complete a declaration – The employee has provided their employer with a declaration about living away from home.
Special rules apply to employees who are working on a fly-in fly-out or drive-in drive-out basis. These employees do not have to maintain a home in Australia and the 12-month limit on concessional tax treatment does not apply.
Transitional rules apply to permanent residents who have employment arrangements for LAFHAs in place prior to 7.30 pm (AEST) on 8 May 2012. These employees are not required to maintain a home in Australia for the concessional treatment to apply and the concession is not limited to a maximum period of 12 months until the earlier of 1 July 2014 or the date a new employment contract is entered into, or the existing contract is varied in a material way.
The transitional rules also apply to temporary residents who maintain a home in Australia.
an employee is promoted and the underlying terms of the employment arrangement do not change.
Another issue that comes up is determining whether someone is actually living away from home or just travelling. The ATO is looking closely at Australian taxpayers claiming LAFHAs to make sure they are not incorrectly claiming exempt LAFHA.
If somebody is living in Sydney but travelling to Melbourne on an ad hoc basis every other week for work, they are simply travelling. They may be entitled to travel deductions but cannot claim an exempt LAFHA. If the person relocates temporarily to Melbourne, keeps their home in Sydney for their use (can't be rented out), then it's more likely they can claim a living away from home allowance. You need to double check to get the distinctions right.
In-house fringe benefits arise when employees or their associates receive goods or services provided by their employer which are identical to or similar to those sold by the employer to customers as part of their business. Common examples of salary sacrificed in-house fringe benefits include retailers who provide discounted clothes to employees or private schools discounting school fees for children of employees.
Under the old rules, the taxable value of in-house fringe benefits is 75% of either the lowest price at which an identical benefit is sold to the public or under an arm's length transaction, depending on the nature of the benefit. This can be reduced by a further $1,000.
Access to $1,000 tax-free threshold is no longer available.
The changes applied from 22 October 2012 but only if the benefits are provided under a salary sacrifice arrangement. Transitional rules ensure that the concessions can still apply up to 31 March 2014 where the salary sacrifice arrangement was put in place before 22 October 2012.
A common area of confusion is motor vehicles. Where a motor vehicle owned or leased by the business is used by an employee for private purposes (including travelling between home and the workplace), then FBT is an issue that needs to be managed. The Tax Office will once again be specifically targeting motor vehicles that are owned by businesses so it will be important to identify any potential FBT issues before the Tax Office does.
Another common area of confusion is entertainment. Entertainment can be almost anything from food, drink, recreation such as movie tickets, to non-work based travel. If you provided any entertainment benefit to employees, such as an employee attending a business lunch, then FBT applies. Entertainment is an area of continued focus for the Tax Office as the FBT treatment also interacts with the treatment of these expenses for income tax and GST purposes.


Traffic jams and overcrowded sites leave many feeling they hit a dead end during the holiday, report Jiang Xueqing and Hu Yongqi in Beijing.
Crawling along at just a few kilometers an hour, Jiang Qian, a 25-year-old tour guide, and her group of 49, were trapped in a traffic jam for more than 18 hours on Oct 3. They were traveling from Kunming in Yunnan province to Lijiang, a well-known regional tourist spot.
Vehicles carrying tourists from across the country packed the mountain road, making it a huge parking lot, said Jiang. With no stores or bathrooms en route, people were famished and were forced to "do their business in bushes on the side of the road".
Instead of arriving at Lijiang at 8 pm, the group finally made it to their destination at 4 am the following morning.
"People kept complaining, saying they wouldn't have come if we'd warned them about the traffic," said Jiang, who lost her voice explaining the situation to angry tourists. "We had no idea the traffic would be that bad."
Jiang said she had fewer customers than last year and most of the vehicles on the road were private cars. Some had traveled from Guizhou and Sichuan, and even further afield, from Heilongjiang province.
"I have been traveling this route for five years, and have never seen worse," she said.
The nation's roads were toll-free for the first time during the National Day holiday, from Sept 30 to Oct 7, for vehicles of seven seats or fewer. The new policy prompted many to take to the roads, but eventually the long delays caused chaos.
According to the China Highway Information Service, eight major expressways were still jammed on Oct 7, when the holiday officially ended. Experts said the traffic and tourism authorities should learn the lesson and be better prepared in future.
Jiang said her group waited in line for 10 hours to visit Yulong Mountain, the most famous tourist spot in Yunnan. "They waited so long, but in the end they didn't have the time or space to stop to take a good look at the snowcapped peak. Crowd surges forced them to move on," she said.
The massive influx of visitors prompted hoteliers to hike their room prices, from the usual 70 yuan ($11) per night to 1,100 yuan, she said. Many people had to sleep in their cars.
Yu Haijun, a 55-year-old from Heilongjiang province, complained that her trip to Beijing had been a mistake: "I could barely move for the crowds at Tian'anmen Square. I had to wait 30 minutes to use the bathroom or to buy overpriced drinking water," she said. "I gave up on visiting the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. It wasn't sightseeing it was people-seeing."
Visitor numbers to the Forbidden City reached a record 182,000 on Oct 2. The same day saw thousands of tourists stranded at a cable car station on Huashan Mountain in Shaanxi province. Many visitors demanded a refund after waiting in line for more than three hours to no avail.
The wave of tourists left civic administrators under huge pressure, and by the end of Sept 30 about 50 metric tons of garbage had been left on a 3-km-long beach in Sanya, Hainan province.


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This Place of Worship was founded in 1910, and we understand it is still open.
A Separate Building, duly certified for religious worship, named PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, situated at Chatsworth-road, Rowsley, in the civil parish of Rowsley, in the county of Derby, in Bakewell registration district, was, on the 13th day of November, 1915, registered for solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to 6th and 7th Wm. IV, c.85. Dated 18th November 1915.
[Image 1] The Methodist Church can be readily seen is on east (right) side of the main road (B6012) coming from Chatsworth Park towards Rowsley.
'Primitive Methodist Church' is etched in stone in the arch above the doorway to the left, and there is a datestone of 1910 over the doorway nearest us. Curiously however, there is no mention of the church in Kelly's Directory of 1932.
Rowsley Methodist Church, Rowsley shown on a Google Map.
Places of Worship in Rowsley shown on a Google Map.
I have found many websites of use whilst compiling the information for this database. Here are some which deserve mention as being of special interest for Rowsley, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.
Information last updated on 1 Jan 2015 at 14:55.
Please also remember that whilst the above account may suggest that Rowsley Methodist Church remains open and accessible, this may not remain so.
This Report was created 24 Mar 2019 - 06:31:35 GMT from information held in the Derbyshire section of the Places of Worship Database. This was last updated on 6 Feb 2019 at 15:49.


Here's what's up with a few recent graduates of the OHIO MFA Playwriting Program.
Laura Jacqmin is a Los Angeles-based playwright, TV writer and video game writer, originally from Cleveland.
Television: "Get Shorty" (MGM/Epix, 2017); "Grace and Frankie" (Netflix); "Lucky 7" (ABC). Video Games: "The Walking Dead, Season 3" (Telltale Games); "Minecraft: Story Mode" (Telltale Games).
She received her BA from Yale University, and earned an MFA in Playwriting from Ohio University. Founding member, The Kilroys.
Qui Nguyen is a playwright, TV/Film writer, and Co-Founder of the OBIE Award-winning Vampire Cowboys of NYC. His work, known for its innovative use of pop-culture, stage violence, puppetry, and multimedia, has been lauded as "Culturally Savvy Comedy" by The New York Times, "Tour de Force Theatre" by Time Out New York, and "Infectious Fun" by Variety.
For tv/film, Qui's written for AMC, Netflix, SYFY, PBS, and Marvel Studios, where he is an alumni of the Marvel Studios Writers Program.
Bianca Sams is a Writer/Actor. In 2016 she was a staff writer on the WB/CBS TV show "Training Day" starring Bill Paxton, and she currently writes for "The Originals", a TV show on the CW.
Bianca graduated from New York University's Tisch School with a BFA in Acting & Dramatic Writing (TV/Film/Playwriting). She also studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA – London England). She has an MFA in Playwriting from Ohio University.
Her acting roles include the feature film RENT (feature), Serenity (film), Ruined (play), and In the Continuum (play). Her plays include: Rust on Bone, Summer Nights & Fireflies, Black. Irish., Simply Bess, Battle Cry, and At the Rivers End.
Her Television/Film scripts include: Black Wall Street (WBTV), Blackthorn (original pilot), Bridge Over Troubled Waters (feature film) and Serenity (film).
Awards and honors include Ingram New Works Fellow (Nashville Rep), Warner Brothers TV Writing Workshop, Playwrights' Center Core Apprentice (2014), KCATF Lorraine Hansberry (2nd place), KCACTF Rosa Parks Award (2nd place), Kennedy Center/Eugene O'Neill New Play Conference fellow, Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award/Athe (2nd Place 2013 & 2014), Eugene O'Neill NPC (semifinalist), TRI Research Fellowship at Ohio State University, T.S. Eliot Acting Fellowship, Tracking Board 2016 Young & Hungry List, and WriteHerList 2017.
Aaron Carter is currently an artistic producer at Steppenwolf Theatre Company where he has served as dramaturg on such projects as The Way West by Mona Mansour and Airline Highway by Lisa D'Amour.
Previously, he served as the Literary Manager at Victory Gardens Theater where he played a key role in the IGNITION Festival and was involved in the production of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Year Zero, Love Person and Living Green, among others.
As a new play developer and dramaturg, Aaron has worked with many theaters and labs including WordBRIDGE, the Kennedy Center, Timeline Theater, Route 66 and Chicago Dramatists.
Aaron has taught courses in playwriting, dramaturgy and dramatic literature at Northwestern University, DePaul University, Roosevelt University and Grinnell College. As a playwright, Aaron's work focuses on race, faith and obscure performance skills.
Aaron's play Gospel of Franklin was part of First Look 2013 at Steppenwolf, and he adapted Walter Dean Myers' Monster for the 2016/17 Steppenwolf for Young Adults season.


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Baltimore's MICA Adjunct Professors Set to Vote on Unionization
MICA part-time faculty member Hannah Brancato and organizer Maria Maisto discuss the growing nationwide trend of adjunct professors organizing in order to collective bargain for decent salaries and benefits
JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore.
In the next few weeks, part-time faculty at the Maryland Institute College of Art, or MICA, will vote on whether or not to unionize. They would join the Service Employees International Union, more commonly known as SEIU. This is part of a bigger push to unionize adjuncts across the country. Not only do adjuncts get paid significantly less than tenured professors, but they often don't receive benefits like health insurance. And with a large share of adjunct professors making up colleges' faculty, a trend to unionize could have lasting effects on higher education.
Now joining us to discuss these issues are our two guests.
Hannah Brancato is an adjunct faculty member at MICA, where she taught undergraduate art history, fiber, and foundation courses.
We're also joined by Maria Maisto, who is the president of the New Faculty Majority, a coalition fighting for adjunct and contingent equity and academic freedom.
Thank you both for joining us.
HANNAH BRANCATO, PART-TIME FACULTY, MICA: Thanks for having us.
MARIA MAISTO, PRES. AND EXEC. DIR., NEW FACULTY MAJORITY: Thank you.
DESVARIEUX: So, Hannah, you're a MICA adjunct professor, as I said, and you're obviously going to vote for unionization, 'cause that's why you're basically on the program. Why do you think part-time faculty should unionize?
BRANCATO: Basically, we need an official and sustained place at the table, a committee of part-time faculty members started working together in 2011 directly with the administration at MICA to try to make some positive changes. There hadn't been a pay increase since 1999. There were some questions about job security as it relates to contract, access to benefits, and things of that nature. And, also, the main push was actually that there was no part-time committee. There was no official representation of part-timers at the school. And so the real effort was actually to form that committee.
Those negotiations ended in some very small changes, and with the administration deciding that we could not officially form a committee that would regularly be able to meet with them. So we found that the only way to have a sustained place at the table would be to unionize.
DESVARIEUX: Alright. I want to talk about that administration, because they have not come out supporting this effort to unionize. They actually haven't taken a position at all. MICA's vice president for academic affairs, Raymond Allen, he recently told City Paper, quote:
"It's part of our values to make sure people are fairly compensated for the good work they do here. . . . [W]e decided to raise [the maximum per-class pay to $5,000] and to give them a cost-of-living increase in the future based on the [Consumer Price Index]. That was something that hadn't been done in the past, and we will do it in the future."
So this sounds like some reasonable improvements here, Hannah. Why is that not enough?
BRANCATO: So the $5,000 cap that was created is actually only for adjuncts that have been teaching for more than ten years. And the cost-of-living increase is definitely a good change, and one that is–both of those changes are a result of the organizing that was being done by the [incompr.]
Now, the problem is that there will continue to need to be changes, and like I said, the only way for us to continue to be able to negotiate with the administration as we did this year in order to get those changes made, we need to form a union, because they've told us that we cannot continue to meet with them on our own. And so that's a really important fact.
And, you know, the thing is that, sure, if it's part of MICA's value system that, you know, they respect their workers, then they should respect our right to unionize and to form this official organizing body.
DESVARIEUX: Let's get Maria into the conversation. Maria, put what's happening in Baltimore in a broader context. MICA has not taken an official stance, as I said before, but there have been other administrations that are doing different approaches and are either really oppressing schools–I should say, faculty unionizing. Can you speak to that?
MAISTO: Sure. Certainly what MICA's administration is doing is a common tactic to try to improve conditions on the surface as a tactic to discourage faculty from unionizing. So we've seen that before.
But there is a range of reactions. The best reaction in the B.C. area has been from Georgetown University, which did not oppose the adjuncts' efforts to unionize. But then we've also had some pretty stringent and robust opposition to unionizing from administrations at other places across the country.
DESVARIEUX: Which places, specifically?
MAISTO: Well, you have Pacific Lutheran. There's been a lot of opposition to unionizing. Duquesne continues to–the Duquesne administration continues to oppose its own social justice teaching in opposing unionization. There's Xavier College, there are a number of different colleges that have actively opposed unionization by their adjuncts.
DESVARIEUX: So, Hannah, I'm going to turn back to you, 'cause I have a statistic here that says MICA adjuncts do reportedly make more than other adjuncts, about 35 percent more. Do you think that you guys have a good chance of getting a union? What has been the reaction of your colleagues?
BRANCATO: There's been an overwhelming amount of support. All of our colleagues are–many of our colleagues and most of them are on board with the idea that we need [incompr.] place at the table and the ability to negotiate. As of now, any kind of benefits or perks that adjuncts are receiving, any kind of security for getting a contract the next year, being on the schedule, any kind of job security, is based on relationships and it's not sustainable. It's not a sustainable way for people to make a living. And so everybody sees the need for it, right?
So I've actually been very excited, and there's a lot of really great energy forming, and even a little bit of student support, for the idea that, you know, better pay and better working conditions for the adjunct faculty at MICA is actually going to result in a better school for all of us.
And again I want to emphasize that certainly the pay increase, which–we haven't received a pay increase since 1999 at MICA–that's not even the central point here. The central point is to have a continued ability to talk with our administration about future changes that need to be made.
DESVARIEUX: Maria, I'm going to turn to you again to get the bigger picture. Why are we seeing universities hiring more adjuncts at the end of the day?
MAISTO: Well, according to the universities and colleges, they're saying that it's because of decreases in state funding and other rising expenses. But what we actually know is that colleges and universities have made a conscious choice to balance their budgets on the backs of adjuncts by increasingly hiring faculty off the tenure track at much, much lower wages. So it's really a combination.
It's certainly true that there has been a decline in state funding, but there hasn't been a corresponding rise in attempts to persuade legislators to increase funding for higher education. So it's a combination of external factors. But really it's primarily an internal, conscious decision. It's a way also to control the faculty, it's a way to suppress academic freedom, because when you have a faculty that's all contingent, you're going to have far less feeling of security to speak out on issues ranging from curriculum to political conditions on-campus. So those are the real reasons.
DESVARIEUX: Very interesting story. We'll certainly be tracking it here at The Real News when the vote comes up in a few weeks. Thank you, ladies, both for joining us.
BRANCATO: Thanks for having us.
MAISTO: Yeah, thank you for having us.
DESVARIEUX: And thank you for joining us on The Real News Network.
Maria Maisto
Maria Maisto is a co-founder and president of New Faculty Majority: The National Coalition for Adjunct and Contingent Equity (NFM), a 501(c)6 nonprofit established in February 2009. NFM works to improve the quality of higher education by improving the working conditions of the majority of its faculty. In late 2009 she helped establish the NFM…
Hannah Brancato
Hannah Brancato is a faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is the co-founder of Force: Upsetting Rape Culture, a group working to end rape culture and promote a culture based on consent through art actions that generate media attention and get millions of people talking. Brancato is also a member of…
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Dropbox must turn free-riders into fee-payers
The Lex Column
Jan 14, 2019 – 12.53pm
Once a company goes public it has a tendency to drop off the radar until the time comes to fire up the marketing machine for a follow-up equity offering.
Dropbox listed last March. As one of the few tech companies to go public amid a general IPO lull it got attention for all the right reasons. Shares rose 36 per cent in the first week of trading, taking the company's value to $US11 billion ($15 billion). This looked all the more impressive given how unwelcoming the set up was. A dual class structure gave founders ten votes per share. Everybody else got one.
The company should be glad that the spotlight was then turned off. A sharp sell off towards the end of 2018 left the stock trading below its debut price — a fate shared by Spotify, Sonos and most of the rest of the class of 2018. Dropbox now trades at six times expected sales, down from the less realistic ten times sales at listing.
That is fair. Dropbox was looking a tad old to trade on such a sprightly multiple. Twelve years is a long time to insist that your company's main attribute is user growth. Providing cloud storage and software for companies and individuals is hardly the hippest of industries. Meanwhile, rivals including Alphabet and Microsoft loom.
Dropbox boasts over 500 million users but only 12 million pay. Photo: Courtesy of Flickr, ilamont.com
The most immediate cause for concern is the same revenue growth slowdown that raised eyebrows at the IPO. In November, Dropbox raised its revenue guidance range for 2018 and reported revenue growth up 26 per cent on the previous year. That sounds impressive until you compare it to the 33 per cent (or more) quarterly revenue pace Dropbox reported when it was still a private company.
Halting that slowdown in its top-line means squeezing more from customers. Preferably corporate customers who buy subscription software — a business that tends to be valued on higher multiples and where customer turnover is relatively light. Dropbox may boast over 500 million users but only 12 million pay. Of those, individuals still make up the bulk. Dropbox needs to come up with more ways to turn free-riders into fee-payers.


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Would A Casino Game Using Nintendo Switch's Great Features Sell Well?
February 21, 2017AD0 Comments
Nintendo is not one to shy away from their hand at creating or allowing their IPs to be used for the creation of Casino Games; We have had past Pokemon Games that have blatantly had casinos with slot machines in them, rewarding the player with Pokemon and Technical Machines, and even a Super Mario 64 DS , where Luigi was a card dealer.
With the Nintendo Switch on the brink of release, only one week and a few days away, I believe that it is possible that Nintendo would be able to design another collection of Minigames. It could be similar to 1 2 Switch, where the players can take a trip to the Casino, without actually having to step foot into one. However, this collection of games would need to take use of the screen, and so it may be very possible that this IP could take advantage of being another Wario game.
The difference with this game however is that Wario would be taking advantage of all the functionalities of the Switch and it's uses. One such use in a game is the typical slot machine, where players could detach a Joy-con, left or right, and pull it towards them. Using the HD Rumble, it could give off the sensation of pulling the lever and feeling the reels inside the machine move as you play the game. Adding a Nintendo flair would be seeing cutscenes of prizes the player could earn if they win, such as potential coins to unlock more minigames in Wario's Casino.
The next games that could be unlocked would be a Craps, where the players shake the Joy Con, and the HD Rumble would vibrate, giving the sensation of the player holding two dice in their hands. Of course the player would have to hold down the back trigger button to make sure the dice are held in place, similar to bowling in Wii Sports.
I also believe that, if this could also take advantage of Amiibo functionality, where, by tapping a specific Amiibo, players could change the dealers which could subsequently change the skin of the games and difficulty that they are playing in.
For example, if a player uses Peach, it could change the game to Easy mode and potentially allow her to be a, or Bowser for hard mode, Any Mario Amiibo to unlock a Pachinko minigame skin designed in the style of the level from Super Mario Sunshine, and even Wario's Amiibo for double in game currency for a limited time during a game.
It could also make use of the touchscreen during online multiplayer, where the player could become the dealer themselves in a game of BlackJack, and deal the cards that way, and the Joycons would vibrate less and less, giving the sensation that the player is losing cards out of their hands. With the online, on the go functionality, gamers could set up their own Casino party game night this way.
But what are your thoughts on this type of game? We know the Best Online Casino but what about about a casino video game on Nintendo Switch and using it's capabilities to the maximum. Let us know in the comments below.
Recent graduate Computer Science student. I study Game Development, Software Engineering, and in my spare time, I play video games,which is my biggest pastime. I have held gaming tournaments at my undergrad University, held exercising classes with video games, and even have my own small collection of games. My favorite series is Fire Emblem, though I play my share of Call of Duty as well. #TogetherWeRide
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