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Hermione Granger In A Hostage Situation – White House Down
Ok, so you have created Super Soldiers, you have visited other Planets, destroyed entire Cities, messed with Nuclear Monsters, fought for the Independence of your new country, survived the raw Power of the Weather, gone back in time to fight Sabre-Toothed felines, destroyed entire Cities (again), claimed Shakespeare was a fraud and have been hit by a bolt of Lightning: so your next logical step must be to invade the White House right?….Right?
Released in 2013 by Columbia Pictures; Directed by Roland Emmerich and Produced (as well as written) by James Vanderbilt; White House Down is an Action/Thriller film about an attack on the White House. What is supposedly one of the biggest spec script purchases in cinema history; White House Down happened to be released the same year as another film very similar to it by idea at least in Olympus Has Fallen directed by Antoine Fuqua. I personally have not seen Olympus Has Fallen; but being a fan of Roland Emmerich, this film has been on something of a to do list for a while, and as Independence Day: Resurgence has just been released, I thought I should give Emmerich's previously latest (BIG) film a look over.
Current President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) has recently been generating controversy over a potential peace treaty that would involve removing armed forces from the Middle East. John Cale (Channing Tatum) is a police officer who formerly fought in the military, and has been assigned as a bodyguard to speaker of the house; Eli Raphelson (Richard Jenkins). Cale really wants to work in the secret service, but after an interview with former college acquaintance and Secret Service agent Carol Finnerty (Maggie Gyllenhaal), he is turned down for the role. Not wanting to let his politically interested swat daughter Emily (Joey King) down, he takes her on a tour of the White House where they run into the President who puts a shout out for Emily on her Vlog. Meanwhile, Secret Service head Martin Walker (James Woods) is celebrating his last week there and orders Carol to go home. As the morning progresses, a janitor detonates a bomb within the US Capitol Building. Raphelson and Finnerty are taken to an underground command centre underneath the Pentagon, while Vice President Alvin Hammond (Michael Murphy) is taken aboard Air Force One. The White House is locked down separating Cale from his daughter, and a group of mercenaries led by Emil Stenz (Jason Clarke) start killing off security and take hostages, with Cale escaping just in time. Walker escorts the President to the building's Emergency Operations Room, but there kills Sawyer's guards, and reveals himself as the group's leader. Cale arrives in the nick of time after failing to locate his daughter and rescues the President.
Outside the press arrive, and news circulates fast, but Emily using her phone gets video footage from inside, outside, before she gets captured by Carl Killick (Kevin Rankin). Meanwhile Walker and Stenz bring in Skip Tyler (Jimmi Simpson) to hack the building's databases, but still require the President to unlock a nuclear weapons briefcase (or Nuclear Football if you so wish). At the Pentagon, Carol clashes with army general Caulfield (Lance Reddick) as to how they handle the situation while Vice President Hammond plans to switch control to himself. Cale manages to get a line through to Carol who tells him the best way of getting the President out. The military is already positioned outside, but require the President's permission to storm the building. Using Emily's video they are able to ID the men, and from Walker's wife, they discover that Walker is dying and wants revenge on Sawyer for the death of his son. Cale and Sawyer eventually find a way out in a secret tunnel (built by JFK to move Marilyn Monroe in and out of the White House), but find it rigged to blow. They make another desperate scheme to get out by using the Presidential Limo, but it gets turned over and crashed into a pool. After a quick kerfuffle with Walker and Stenz, an explosion erupts, presumably killing Sawyer and Cale. Hammond is then sworn in as President and orders an aerial attack on the White House.
With this knowledge, Cale tries to stop the choppers from being destroyed, but after fighting with Stenz, he is unsuccessful. Skip meanwhile finally breaks into the databases and taking over NORAD, fires a missile at Air Force One, killing everyone on board. Raphelson is sworn in as President and orders an air strike on the White House. After discovering that Emily is Cale's daughter, Stenz and Walker threaten to kill her if Cale does not give them the President. The President surrenders himself, and Walker reveals that he really admires the President, but wants to destroy the Middle East with a Nuclear Strike. Cale, now with knowledge of the Air Strike and inspired by an old painting, sets fire to several rooms within the White House. After freeing the hostages, Cale fights and kills Stenz. Using the football, Walker has begun targeting the cities in the Middle East, but is killed before he can launch them. With Sawyer and Emily safe, Emily runs outside and waves the Presidential Flag to call off the Air Strike. Emily is branded as a hero, but Cale and Sawyer hear from Finnerty to discover that Walker did not call in the Mercenaries. Raphelson – hoping that the aerial attack on the White House would destroy the evidence – is discovered to have conspired with Walker and wanted to send troops back into the Middle East, going against Sawyer's treaty. Raphelson is arrested by Sawyer's orders, who then names Cale as his new Special Agent and takes both him and Emily on a helicopter ride.
If you look at the poster for this film, one thing that immediately becomes abundantly clear is that this film comes from the Director of the films: Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012. Highlighting this piece of information is by no means a bad thing; many big films that get released today carry information like this on similar lines as it is a great way to advertise a movie. With a film like this highlighting that it is indeed Roland Emmerich who directed it, and that his previous work includes those previously mentioned films highlights, that if you liked those films you might like this one. The added benefit is that as well as that, people who may not have seen those films, but were big popular films; know that this latest film must be of some noticeable attention to note where this new film is coming from also. There is a bad side to this though, as though while those films may not be teaching lessons or winning awards, advertising those films based on their legacy puts pressure on newer films to stand out, because though while Emmerich's output over the last 20-30 years has been rather successful, it does not mean that the latest film he releases is pure gold (this does not just apply to Emmerich's output, but to others of course, but we are not talking about them). In stark contrast to his previous and better known works, White House Down is actually a much smaller film. Films like the ones mentioned above have usually involved a worldwide catastrophe caused by events out of human control, whereas here we have an action orientated film about a building under siege. OK, it's not just some ordinary building, it is the White House after all, but there is no Aliens, No Weather, No Prophecies, just humans. Going into this film I had no real previous knowledge of this film other than seeing a bit of it on TV. So I was completely unaware as to what was going to happen other than expect certain and specific Emmerich movie trademarks. Some people have suggested similarities to films like Die Hard and Air Force One, where as I can see elements more similar of The Rock myself. Setting up an attack on the White House is going to be hard for anyone who dares attempt it, and so far the only time I have seen it work was in an episode of 24. In this case though we get a pretty good idea of what one could look like that is very thrilling, but also very believable.
For the first 30 minutes I must say that this film is rather boring. It suffers some lighting effects, the characters are all rather dull and unimpressive and not much happens. This sort of continues even into the movies main events. But then the film turns everything around and just makes it work, and by the end, I was literally on the edge of my seat. Setting up was definitely a weak spot for this film, and even when things do get going my overall excitement level was rather 'MEH!' But then you get big moments, big scenes, explosions, fights, special effects galore and even a shift around for the film's characters, and it becomes an extremely enjoyable film. I am not necessarily saying that a film needs to have explosions and large amounts of special effects to be good, but it certainly did help to get this film going and generally improve. On the whole it was a combination of nearly everything that finally made it exciting enough to keep watching, get involved and see it through to its rather glorious end. I was looking around on Kermode Uncut (at time of writing) and spotted a post talking about a film that Kermode did not like for the first 30 minutes but then absolutely loved. Now I did not actually watch the video (have since, it was not White House Down, it was Mamma Mia!) but through my mind I wondered if he was talking about this, because I certainly felt that way about it.
The cast is a bit of a shot in the dark if I am honest with some cast members really standing out and others I am not going to bother talking about. Much like the film a large number, especially a lot of the film leads are a bit boring before coming good. Maggie Gyllenhaal's character is a prime example of this. She begins as a really stuck up-tight boss like character always trying to put a smile on but being far too professional and near horrid. She starts this way, and becomes a sort of political woman of action who for the beginning is not worth the hassle. But then while she is in the underground base, she sorts of turns that off and becomes really caring and understanding. I believe Blake Snyder in his book Save the Cat! said that a film is about change, and the lead character or characters must change from who they are into something better by the end. Gyllenhaal proves this by changing from her near horrid start, into a really caring and supportive character by the end and becomes a real stand out. She is much better in this than she was in The Dark Knight (at least she is not grumpy the whole time in White House Down). The same could be said for James Woods. When I saw this on TV, I just could not take Woods seriously as the villain; he seemed to be more like James Woods in Family Guy rather than James Woods playing a character such as he did in Shark. But then he turns it around also, when you hear of the 2 reasons why he is doing what he is doing, and then as the film picks up pace you forget about him being Woods (although it's hard with such a strong and recognisable voice) and see him more as this very respectful but now very corrupt character who is about to do the unthinkable. He becomes not necessarily a psychopath, but a really good political villain, a leader, not someone who does the killing, but someone who does the ordering.
Like many other films of this genre; comes packed with other actors although not necessarily leads of note who also deserve a mention. People such as the tour guide Donnie (Nicolas Wright), who acts like a comic relief in similar style to the Gadget man from xXx (Michael Roof) but is quirky as he does it. He is not a clown; just someone who takes his job seriously, even in such a tense situation. Then you have someone like Emily's mother Melanie (Rachelle Lefevre) who adds that real outside tension to the story with the knowledge of her daughter being caught up in the distress. Then there is someone powerful, but also rather scary in Lance Reddick playing General Caulfield. Recently I have been playing Call of Duty: Black Ops II and noted how in that they cast Tony Todd as an Admiral. I thought it was a strange move as his voice does not really lend itself to high military position as it sounded more intimidating than commanding, but I wondered if that was what the film makers were going for here with the casting of Reddick as an army general. He almost seems schizophrenic, if not psychopathic, that combination of look, attitude and voice, it's very similar I feel to that of Todd in Black Ops II. But it works; he is an interesting cast choice, but still a powerful and intimidating presence that just demands your attention when he is on-screen.
In a similar vein it's a lot like the character provided by Jason Clarke. I really enjoyed his presence in this film. He was more like a physical bad guy in comparison to Woods, and as the early film appearances ramped up, I was constantly asking, why not just Clarke; why Woods too? Clarke is a man of action and a real tough nut to crack and has some terrific scenes and one of the film's best lines ("No, I don't want cake! I'm diabetic!"). But it felt like the producers either had other plans for who they wanted in that part, or had ideas as to whom they wanted Clarke to be like, as Clarke does feel, act and look a bit like Kim Coates I feel. I really did think that at least earlier on, Clarke really helped get this film going, that though while the film was struggling to get a grip and make ground; it already had the perfect man as its villain, delivering a constant presentation right to its end. The character of Emily similarly got me confused with actors, as I thought she was being played by Ivana Baquero from Pan's Labyrinth. Emily is an interesting one as she seems less like a damsel in distress, but more like Hermione Granger in a hostage situation. She shows herself as a similarly tough nut with great understanding of the President and what he does, and shows a lot of respect for that, but similarly she is also trying to be the stereotypical grumpy teenager, which does not work all too well as she does do a lot of talking rather than sulking. She is pretty fun though, and takes away from the idea that kids are not strong independent people, nor are entirely harmless or are just going to sit in a corner and cry, as Emily shows great courage and confidence throughout and becomes one of the film's major and bravest heroes.
The dynamic between Foxx and Tatum is uncanny. They work off each other so well. For the earlier parts this film feels like it's some kind of Action buddy movie, but then becomes something of a Wrestling Tag Team with one being unable to be without the other. They come from different backgrounds, different worlds; but are incredibly realistic and pure joy. Singularly and before they meet, they both struggle. But when they do meet, and come to rely on each other, it's so impressive to see how they just click and work off each other like they have done it before. Foxx is very serious and political, while Tatum is heroic and protective. They both respect each other and come to know each other as their opposite equal. Without each other they have no real influence or direction over this film, but together, they are inseparable, and you don't want them to become separated at all, because without them, this film is virtually worth nothing.
A film like this would be a bit out-of-place if it wasn't for some large scale Special Effects. I do think this film struggles with back drops and lighting. The lighting looks especially bad. Some cases it can be too dark, and other a bit too overcast. It's just a bit annoying as there is hardly ever a clear picture. When you combine this with the similar back drops, it sets the film in a world that does not look real. Some of the film's special effects similarly struggle. It's not as good as the effects in Independence Day 17 years previously, and as this film touts it's from the same director, it's a bit of a let-down. That is until about half-way through, and then it shines. From the explosion in the Capitol Building, to the destruction of Air Force One and the flight of helicopters through the streets of Washington, while it may not be a giant alien spaceship casting a city sized shadow, scenes such as these create incredible spectacles that forever stand out as moments which are not only a wonder to behold, but also become moments that help improve the film as they continue.
As for the soundtrack (composed by Harald Kloser); I don't actually remember much of one. I really don't. I watched this film from start to finish and I can remember hearing music, but I just cannot remember what the soundtrack presented or what it sounded like. All I can really remember is the credits music (Street Fighting Man by The Rolling Stones) which includes that track that was in V For Vendetta. It's a real shame as Emmerich's films have gone great distances to create as big as a soundtrack as the special effects and big disasters, but maybe because in contrast this film is much smaller, maybe they didn't go as far with the soundtrack. I am not saying there isn't a soundtrack or anything like that, it's just I cannot remember hearing much of one. Maybe I was just too glued to hear one.
Altogether, I really did like this movie. It combines all the elements of a good Roland Emmerich film: Action, Big moments, Special Effects, interesting characters, and an interesting story. The film is let down a bit by how it takes a while to get going, it's lighting, some effects and a missing soundtrack, but one thing this film does is Improve as it goes along. It starts off boring, but by the end it ends up as one of Emmerich's best films to date. Yes it's smaller than something like The Day After Tomorrow. Yes there is less happening than Independence Day. But what this film does present is enough of Emmerich's movie trademarks to create an amazing spectacle that will entertain all movie goers of this genre plus plenty of little extras that will entertain everyone else too. It's a proper fun and exciting action movie, one that belongs in the Action movie Hall of Fame no doubt (if there is one?).
GENEPOOL (I probably should have mentioned that neither Hermione Granger nor Emma Watson appear in this Movie, sorry).
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Top 10 Most Exciting Films In 2016
I don't know if you saw my Top 7 Films of 2015 post – if you did, thanks for the support, if you didn't; why not? – but in that post I had a little gripe at the film awards season. It was more of trying to understand why they are held in February, and not January or December, and why was it films released between February and February, and why was it Always films neither me nor the rest of the cinema going audience in general is going to see. But anyway, I had a little gripe at that before going into my Top 7 films. Why 7; well it's because I was going to do 5 instead of 10 like I did in 2014, but then I saw a film I wanted to mention (Spoiler Alert – something I don't generally do, but just thought I would include one here); It was Krampus by the way, but then I don't like the number 6 so I increased it to a number I do like…7. Anyway, had a slight gripe at Movie Awards before presenting my Top 7. It's sort of like a Movie Award, being my favourite films of the year, and it's from someone who enjoys telling people what films he's seen in that particular year. Anyway why am I talking about this now, well, this is also something like a movie award, but not as prestigious, for an entirely different reason.
Basically, the year has passed, some good films, others not, and in the time-honoured tradition since 2012, this blog is going to announce what films the blog writer (me), is looking forward to in the coming year. It's sort of like an award, but not as prestigious as it's a list of films that look good this coming year, but if the examples of last year are anything to go by, there is no guarantee that the films in this list will feature in the Top 5 (or whatever number I do Next January/December time) of my favourite films of that year, or generally if they are any good or not. Now while all of these films look pretty good (there's a major issue with number 10…and number 6), there is at least one other film I can think of that I would have liked to have add, but seeing as it was released well before time of writing, I thought I would just briefly mention the Jennifer Lawrence film Joy. The reason for not including it is the same reason why Birdman was omitted last year, because it had already been released. Anyway, Joy Looks good and I thought I would let that one have some promotion. Anyway, enough of all this, let's look forward to some stuff. So without further ado, here are the Top 10 films I am most looking forward to in the coming year.
10. Godzilla Resurgence – I know what you must be thinking; "Why is a Godzilla film, let alone a new Japanese Godzilla film only at number 10 in this list?" Good question. Don't worry, I am still a huge Godzilla fan, but as to why this is so low in the list is simple enough to answer, just rather longer to explain. The simple answer is that I don't know if I will get to see it or not. The longer explanation is; that when it comes to the release of such films in the UK, let alone anywhere in Europe, The UK and Europe are consistently ignored. Most of my Godzilla collection is American Region 1 Imported DVD's and one Blu-ray (try to guess which one). The only DVD's that are not included in that are a BFI release of the 1954 film, King Kong vs Godzilla released in 2006 for the DVD release of the 2005 King Kong…I think, the 1998 film, and the 2014 film. So, as I can get hold of some DVD's sort of OK, watching the Japanese films themselves on the big screen are close to an impossibility in my home country, so the reason for this being so low is that "Why should I build up my excitement for something that I probably won't get to see at all this year?" Ok, I do keep up to date with news of it, and like to hear new stuff. Yes there is something of a trailer out for this, plus I have seen the 'interesting' poster for the film, so I am not completely against this film (it's not the new Star Wars). Hopefully I will get to see it sometime, plus apparently overseas markets are being looked into, so there is some, if be it little hope, that I may get to see it after all. So there is some allowance for Excitement (plus it's also one of two films being released this year with the word Resurgence in the title).
9. Dad's Army – What originally sounded like a bad adaptation of a popular British Sitcom, now looks like a really promising film. I have seen the trailers a few times and it does look rather funny. Set to star Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Gambon, expect laughs galore for what so far looks like a faithful rendition to an old TV favourite.
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows – The sequel to the surprise film of 2014. Ok, it wasn't much of a surprise, in the end it was alright and Fun, and did get into my Top 10 (just) for 2014. It was a funny film and at least for me was faithful to its original material, particularly the character of Raphael. So far the new film looks like it will improve over the first film, which I felt was rather quick and got bogged down too much in the origins story of the Turtles. The first trailer released a couple of months ago makes a good first impression and already looks like a major improvement. Don't get me wrong I am looking forward to this film; I just think this film needs to accomplish more than the first and get the series on the proper track. So far it looks like the main cast is returning, along with some new cast members (including WWE wrestler Sheamus) to play old favourites. Who knows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could turn out to be the big surprise of the year, or not as the case may become.
7. Kung Fu Panda 3 – It's been nearly five years since the last Kung Fu Panda was released, and the reasoning as to why this has happened is rather sketchy as I thought DreamWorks would have been more pro-active in releasing the next film sooner. Good news however, it is a sequel and in no way a reboot. Original cast are back along with new cast members Bryan Cranston, J.K. Simmons and Kate Hudson in a story that so far sounds like an adaptation of Seven Samurai, which pings my excitement a little more. Kung Fu Panda 3 so far looks like good old Kung Fu Panda fun, and all being well should be good enough to plug up the hole that it has created since the release of its predecessor. The trailer also looks really funny.
6. Gambit – The first of three X-Men films to be featured in this list. Gambit is of course a standalone film about my Favourite X-Men character. The film is set to star Léa Seydoux and Channing Tatum, an actor whose career I am not familiar with, but already sounds like a promising choice (as does the casting of Lea Seydoux). Thankfully the film appears to be in no way connected to the events of Origin's, however as far as my knowledge goes, it appears the film is yet to begin filming, so right now does not sound all that promising for a release this year, and if it does; the relevant quality also. However, given the quality of the X-Men series recently, I am hopeful that when the release date finally arrives, be it this year or not, that it should be worth the wait in the end.
5. The Divergent Series: Allegiant – What began as a film series that was worthy of a chance has grown into a series to be looked at. Divergent was a really fun film; Insurgent meanwhile was a vast improvement over the first with plenty of enjoyable quirks to make it stand out as one of my Favourite films of 2016. Now I am more and more looking forward to the next film in the series, and see where it goes. So far all I know of this film is what I have seen from the trailer, which just looks weird. I don't get it at all. Ok, maybe the books will highlight some of the more weird bits the trailer is showing, but as I have not read the books, it's kind of hard. Also, I don't fully understand the casting of Jeff Daniels in a film like this, he just looks like someone who walked onto the wrong set, well as a far as the trailer goes. I am just worried that the high quality walls that Insurgent built, are just going to be flattened, just as the series is finally making some good headway. No matter, we'll see what we'll see. I mean so far it does look interesting and fun, and includes previous cast members in Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Zoe Kravitz and Naomi Watts (one of the big standouts of Insurgent). So while it is a mad looking trailer, the promises and successes of previous films in the series are good enough for me to put this high on my list.
4. X-Men: Apocalypse – Apocalypse is a character I have been fascinated by since I first heard mention of his name in an episode of X-Men Evolution. Since hearing that name I have for many years been researching his character, and waiting for my opportunities to experience him in some manner of speaking. Either be it in the comics, cartoons or films. So upon hearing what the plan for the next X-Men Film was going to be after Days of Future Past, I could not wait. Since after the release of DoFP, I have been checking in and out with the news of X-Men Apocalypse. I have looked into casting, filming, and even saw a rough copy of the trailer that was filmed at Comic-Con. But it's only recently I got to see the actual trailer. The film is set to star the main cast of the First Class series so far, with returning actors including James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult and the return of Rose Byrne who was sadly not in DoFP. Also in the spotlight for the next film includes classic comic characters Nightcrawler, Archangel and Psylocke to name a few, with rising actor Oscar Isaac taking the coveted role of the film's lead villain. Also set for a return is the winning team that started the whole series from the word go, in producer Lauren Shuler Donner and director Bryan Singer (with any luck the X2 theme will return as well). As is the case though with the X-Men film series, the trailer does not show much in what is likely to be happening and appears to be a bit mad on the whole, and so it's hard to see what the film is going to be about, however as this is the next film in a long line of extremely good films, I am hopeful that come release day, everything is going to be great.
3. Deadpool – Since the dawn and for nearly every year in the current century, cinema appears to be awash with movies about Comic Book Superheroes. Now while this is all being well, and most of these are usually fun, there seems to be a level of child-friendly-like-ness to all of these films so far, and very little of the blistering action seen in the comics, as said fights could be considered un-child-friendly. Well in 2016 that is all likely to change with the release of Deadpool. Based on the X-Men Character of the same name, this will be one of two 'planned' standalone X-Men films due for release this year. This is not Deadpool's first time on the big screen, but his last appearance did not go down to well, and was one of the low points of an already bad film. Things have appeared to move on however, and so far Deadpool is beginning to stand out as one of the must see films of 2016. Returning to the role, of which he also played in the bad film; is Ryan Reynolds. Looking at the trailer, the film appears to have Deadpool presented in his correct red and black, sword wielding, gun shooting, breaking the fourth wall…ing self that has become so loved by fans of the character everywhere. The trailer looks fantastic and from what I have seen of images here and there, Deadpool may not be the only X-Men Legend in this film, as the film looks like it will also star Colossus. Deadpool looks Fantastic, and it also looks really funny too, if this film lives up to the hype, this should be one of the best films of 2016.
2. A Monster Calls – About this time last year, I read a book. Ok, I read many books, but I read a book in the space of just a few days, and at the end of which made me cry, becoming the first book I have read to make me do so. Since then I have looked through bits of it every now and then, and have come to like it as one of my 2 Favourite books. The book is written by the 2 time Carnegie Medal winning author Patrick Ness whose other works include The Chaos Walking Trilogy and More Than This. Anyway, why am I talking about this so far yet un-announced book? Well, in 2016, there is due to be a film release of this book, of which the title is, as the book: A Monster Calls. Not much info is readily available about this film other than Juan Antonio Bayona is directing it, Patrick Ness himself is writing the script for it, and that Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver and Liam Neeson are going to be starring in it. Ok, so there is quite a bit of info on it actually, but not as much as other big films of the year, but given from what I experienced in paperback form this time last year, if that is anything to go by, then A Monster Calls already looks very promising.
1. Independence Day: Resurgence – In 2012, The Walt Disney Company purchased the rights to Star Wars from George Lucas with plans to make some new films. More than likely; 20th Century Fox probably weren't best pleased by this announcement, especially as it was 20th Century Fox who took the original risk to produce the space film series after practically every other major studio turned down Lucas's idea. It would be fair to say that 20th Century Fox were probably a bit miffed by this news; if it wasn't for them having their attention on something else far more promising. You see as far back as 2011, they have had their eyes on the sequel to a film which when released in 1996 cast a shadow over the world's cinema's and did so well that all other films to that date were left in its shadow; and now, 20 years later; INDPENDENCE DAY returns. It's been a long time coming, but the team of director Roland Emmerich, producer Dean Devlin and actors Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman return once more to save planet earth from an impending alien invasion. News of this film has been mostly scarce (except for those actively looking for it) but just a few weeks ago, a trailer was finally released, and it looks EPIC (and I don't use that terminology all that often). Everything I have read to date, plus the number of times I watched the trailer continues to get me excited about the release of this film. This time around it looks like the invasion from 20 years ago was just a Beta test, and things are going to be a whole lot worse for planet Earth. The trailer looks Fantastic, I have not been as excited about a single film trailer since the first teaser for the 2014 Godzilla film in December 2013. I have watched it over and over again since I first saw it, and I simply can't get enough. It won't long now until the film gets released, but I am more excited about this film more than any other due to be released this year. I don't know how it's going to turnout when it is finally released, but like many other films in this list, it's one I am going to be keeping a keen eye on in the year to come.
GENEPOOL (2016 will feature a resurgence in the word; resurgence…..possibly).
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I Have Finally Gotten Round To Playing Demigod, And I Have No Idea What I'm Doing


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package com.ericsson.eiffel.remrem.generate;

import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
import com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured;
import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.util.Base64;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.jar.Attributes;
import java.util.jar.JarFile;
import java.util.jar.Manifest;

import static com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured.given;

@ActiveProfiles("integration-test")
@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment=WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
public class EiffelRemremControllerIntegrationTest {
    JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();

    @Value("${local.server.port}")
    private int port;
    private String artifactPublishedFileName = "ArtifactPublished.json";
    private String artifactPublishedBody;

    private String activityFinishedFileName = "ActivityFinished.json";
    private String activityFinishedBody;

    private String activityFinishedDuplicateKeysFileName = "ActivityFinishedEventDuplicatedKeys.json";
    private String activityFinishedDuplicateKeysBody;

    private String version = "1.0.0";

    private String credentials = "Basic " + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString("user:secret".getBytes());

    @Before
    public void  setUp() throws IOException {
        RestAssured.port = port;
        artifactPublishedBody = loadEventBody(artifactPublishedFileName);
        activityFinishedBody = loadEventBody(activityFinishedFileName);

        if (version == null) {
            version = getMessagingVersion();
        }
    }

    private String loadEventBody(final String fileName) throws IOException {
        URL url = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(fileName);
        assert url != null;
        String path = url.getPath().replace("%20"," ");
        File file = new File(path);
        final byte[] bytes = Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath());
        return new String(bytes);
    }

    public static String getMessagingVersion() {
        Enumeration resEnum;
        try {
            resEnum = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResources(JarFile.MANIFEST_NAME);
            while (resEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    URL url = (URL)resEnum.nextElement();
                    if(url.getPath().contains("eiffel-remrem-semantics")) {
                        InputStream is = url.openStream();
                        if (is != null) {
                            Manifest manifest = new Manifest(is);
                            Attributes mainAttribs = manifest.getMainAttributes();
                            String version = mainAttribs.getValue("semanticsVersion");
                            if(version != null) {
                                return version;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception e) {
                    // Silently ignore wrong manifests on classpath?
                }
            }
        } catch (IOException e1) {
            // Silently ignore wrong manifests on classpath?
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Test
    public void testUnauthenticatedNotAllowed() throws Exception {
        given()
                .contentType("application/json")
                .body(artifactPublishedBody)
                .when()
                    .post("/eiffelsemantics?msgType=eiffelartifactpublished")
                .then()
                    .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
    }

    @Test
    public void testSendArtifactPublished() throws Exception {
        given()
                .header("Authorization", credentials)
                .contentType("application/json")
                .body(artifactPublishedBody)
                .when()
                    .post("/eiffelsemantics?msgType=EiffelArtifactPublishedEvent")
                .then()
                    .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK)
                    .body("meta.type", Matchers.is("EiffelArtifactPublishedEvent"))
                    .body("meta.version", Matchers.is(version));
    }

    @Test
    public void testSendActivityFinished() throws Exception {
        given()
                .header("Authorization", credentials)
                .contentType("application/json")
                .body(activityFinishedBody)
                .when()
                    .post("/eiffelsemantics?msgType=EiffelActivityFinishedEvent")
                .then()
                    .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_OK)
                    .body("meta.type", Matchers.is("EiffelActivityFinishedEvent"))
                    .body("meta.version", Matchers.is(version));
    }

    @Test
    public void testDuplicateKeyInBody() throws IOException {
        activityFinishedDuplicateKeysBody = loadEventBody(activityFinishedDuplicateKeysFileName);

        given()
                .header("Authorization", credentials)
                .contentType("application/json")
                .body(activityFinishedDuplicateKeysBody)
                .when()
                    .post("/eiffelsemantics?msgType=EiffelActivityFinishedEvent")
                .then()
                    .statusCode(HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
    }

}

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Jonkheer, au féminin jonkvrouw, est un titre d'appel néerlandais utilisé aux Pays-Bas et en Belgique, dans ce dernier pays en relation avec le titre français d'« écuyer », qui n'a pas d'équivalent féminin.

Ces termes connotent l'appartenance à une famille noble d'une personne dépourvue d'autre titre de noblesse.

Étymologie
Comme le mot allemand Junker (à l'origine juncherr), jonkheer rassemble deux mots et signifie étymologiquement « jeune seigneur ».

On trouve aussi une forme contractée aux Pays-Bas : jonker, utilisée par exemple pour désigner François de Bréderode (1465-1490), « Jonker Frans », chef d'une insurrection (la « guerre du Jonker Frans ») menée en Hollande contre Maximilien d'Autriche, alors régent des Pays-Bas bourguignons, de 1488 à 1490.

« Jonkheer/jonkvrouw » et « écuyer » en Belgique
Dans ce pays, à la suite d'un arrêt de la Cour de cassation de 1927, « Jonkheer » est considéré comme un titre nobiliaire.

Étant donné que le titre français d'écuyer est relégué à la fin du nom, précédé d'une virgule, le titre de jonkheer peut se traduire par « [prénom] [patronyme], écuyer ». Comme le titre de jonkvrouw ne se traduit pas, les titres de jonkheer et jonkvrouw peuvent être utilisés en français.

L'administration belge considère en fait les mots « jonkheer » et « écuyer », bien qu'ils n'aient ni le même sens ni la même origine, comme interchangeables et ils sont utilisés sur les cartes d'identité et les convocations électorales.

Origine et signification du terme
Quant à l'origine du titre de jonkheer, des milliers de chartes attestent qu'à l'époque médiévale, il était porté du vivant de leur père par les fils de seigneurs, de bannerets, de pairs et même de comtes, dans tout l'espace germanophone, auquel appartenaient l'actuelle Région flamande de Belgique et l'actuel royaume des Pays-Bas, où l'on parle le diets, thiois ou niederdeutsch (bas-allemand). Les anciens prenaient toutefois soin de préciser le rang de la maison dont ces damoiseaux, fils cadets (puînés) ou en attente de succéder à leurs pères respectifs, étaient issus : s'il s'agissait d'une Maison baronniale, on écrivait par exemple  (jeune baron ou libre-sire d'Herbenstein), tandis que si le père du jouvenceau était comte, on écrivait par exemple jonggraaf van Nassauwe (« jeune comte de Nassau »).

En effet, aux Pays-Bas (de même que dans de nombreuses parties de l'Europe continentale), seul le patriarche de la plupart des familles nobles portait le titre de noblesse attaché au fief (une seigneurie, une terre à bannière, une pairie, un comté) qui se transmettait à l'origine exclusivement par la descendance masculine. C'est pour cette raison que l'essentiel de la noblesse néerlandaise et belge ne portait pas (et ne porte jusqu'à ce jour) d'autre titre que celui de jonkheer, précédé du prédicat qui leur revient de droit: Hoogwelgeboren Heer. Ce prédicat, qui figurait également dans la plupart des actes de langue française (« haut et puissant seigneur »), a quant à lui complètement disparu dans les oubliettes de l'histoire nobiliaire francophone.

Équivalents européens
Il existe des équivalents dans d'autres pays européens, par exemple en Autriche (), en Italie () et en Allemagne ().

Cependant, le terme allemand Junker a pris au cours du  en Prusse orientale une signification particulière, incluant une forte connotation militaire, absente du terme néerlandais (voir par exemple le livre d'Ernst von Salomon, Les Réprouvés)

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 DE GHELLINCK VAERNEWYCK, X., Petit traité de la noblesse en Belgique : II. Bibliothèque héraldique, Bruxelles, 1948.
 DE WIN, P., & JANSSENS, P., 'Orientation bibliographique - oriënterende bibliografie', in: Het Adelsrecht en de Raad van Adel (1844-1994)/Le Droit nobiliaire et le Conseil héraldique (1844-1994), Brussel/Bruxelles, 1994, .
 DE BELDER, J., 'Adel en burgerij 1840-1914', in: (Nieuwe) Algemene Geschiedenis der Nederlanden, XII, Bussum, 1977, .
 DE PESSEMIER 'S GRAVENDRIES, P., Adel in Vlaanderen verleden, heden en toekomst, [Gent, 2010].
 JANSSENS, P., 'De restauratie van de adelstand in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden', in: Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis, 12, 1981,  421.
 GÉRARD, J., & REMY, R.A., Histoire de la noblesse belge, Bruxelles, 1983.

Titre de noblesse
Noblesse néerlandaise
Noblesse belge

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Q: What is causing the y-coordinate to be incorrect? So I've created an erb block that iterates through a set of images, and then displays div.tagged for each image at the given coordinates. In this particular case the block iterates through 4 images. What I've created below works great however the coordinates for the tags are off. Any ideas? Here's a jsFiddle that shows the code in action. Thanks in advance.
ERB:

<% if @new_manual.present? %>
    <% n = 0 %>
    <% @new_manual.steps.each do |step| %>
        <% n += 1 %>

        <% i_connection = Contact.find(step.input_contact) %>
            <span class="i_contact i_contact<%= n %>" data-pos-x="<%= i_connection.pos_x %>" data-pos-y="<%= i_connection.pos_y %>"  data-pos-width="<%= i_connection.pos_width %>" data-pos-height="<%= i_connection.pos_height %>" ="spanid<%= n %>" data-index="<%= n %>">

        <% o_connection = Contact.find(step.output_contact) %>
            <span class="o_contact o_contact<%= n %>" data-pos-x="<%= o_connection.pos_x %>" data-pos-y="<%= o_connection.pos_y %>"  data-pos-width="<%= o_connection.pos_width %>" data-pos-height="<%= o_connection.pos_height %>" id="spanid<%= n %>" data-index="<%= n %>">
            <% cord = CordType.find(step.contact_item) %>

    <div class="image_panel<%= n %>" style="float:left; width:600px; position:relative;">

        <%= o_connection.product.full_name %> uses a  <%= cord.name %> to plug into <%= i_connection.product.full_name %>

        <%= image_tag(i_connection.image.image.url(:large)) %>
    <div class="i_tagmap<%= n %>">

    <div class="image_panel<%= n %>" style="float:left; width:600px; position:relative;">
        <%= image_tag(o_connection.image.image.url(:large)) %>
    <div class="o_tagmap<%= n %>">

    <% end %>
<% end %>

jQuery:

CSS
.image_panel{
  float:left;
  width:600px;
  position:relative;
}
.image_panel img{
  left:0;top:0px;
  max-width: 600px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.tagged {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3000;
}

.main_panel{
  margin: auto;
  padding: 10px;
  width: 1000px;
}

A: I think part of the problem is the parent that the .tagged position: absolute is anchoring to. A position: absolute element anchors to the closest parent with a position. In this case, that is your .image_panel. But your last .image_panel contains other text that pushes down the picture, while the .tagged stays in place. You should make sure there is a position: relative div around only the img and the tag map div.
However, this fixes only some of your examples. It fixes your very last one, but not your first one.

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To prevent your handcrafted incense from smoking heavily or burning too fast, always dilute fragrances first with Incense-Making Base DPG, and air dry your incense thoroughly before packaging or burning.
Gather your lip balm tubes together in a cluster and bind them with a rubber band, then stand them in a glass baking dish. They won't tip over when you fill them and, if any balm spills, just scrape it up and save it for later use -- so there's no waste!
Watch temperature closely when heating melt-and-pour soap. Keeping your soap base below 140°F will extend the life of your molds and actually improve performance of some glycerin bases.


Only in the United Kingdom, more than 25% of people are affected by high blood pressure.
High blood pressure or hypertension causes extra stress in the blood vessels and vital organs.
According to the American Heart Association, rowing can be one of the best exercises to reduce high blood pressure.
Canopy combines spending time outside a closed environment with a heart-healthy exercise, and can also be combined with music.
To reap the best health effects, try to keep your heart rate at moderate levels.
As stated above, physical activity not only helps control high blood pressure but also helps in weight management, strengthens the heart, and reduces stress levels.
A healthy weight, a strong heart, and a good emotional health are crucial to blood pressure.
Among other good physical activities are running, cycling and swimming.


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December 7, 2009 7:39AM
How Michigan Could Save $3.5 Billion a Year
By Andrew J. Coulson
Michigan is facing a projected $2.8 billion state budget shortfall. As a result, Governor Granholm has cut $212 million from state public school spending — rousing the ire of parents and education officials around the state. But if Michigan merely converted all its conventional public schools to charters, without altering current funding formulas, it would save $3.5 billion.
Here's how: the average Michigan charter school spends $2,200 less per pupil than the average district school — counting only the state and local dollars. Put another way, Michigan school districts spend 25 percent more state and local dollars per pupil, on average, than charter schools. Sum up the savings to Michigan taxpayers from a mass district‐to‐charter exodus and it comes to $3.5 billion.
Anyone who wants to check that calculation can download the Msft Excel 2007 spreadsheet file I used to compute it. It contains both the raw data from the relevant NCES Common Core of Data files, and all the calculations. Among other things, it shows total per pupil spending and the pupil teacher ratio for every charter school and every public school district in the state. (Unlike certain climatologists, some of us researchers not only keep our data around, we're actually happy to share them).
Journalists who have questions about this file are welcome to get in touch. Note that it is also viewable, I believe, with the free OpenOffice spreadsheet program, though I haven't tested that.
Education and Child Policy, Government and Politics

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SERIAL GRILLERS
Serial Grillers is a quick service restaurant focused on American Food and Craft beer offerings. Started as a food truck in 2012, and quickly found success and popularity within Tucson, AZ. Serial Grillers currently operates 4 restaurants in Tucson. Being featured on The Cooking Channel, The Food Network and numerous publications has brought success never previously imagined and thanks is owed to AMAZING customers and the BEST employees.
Expect unique twists on your favorite American foods and drinks. Eat your way through the menu from Hannibal to Texas Chainsaw Massacre and enjoy a light-hearted theatrical Serial Killer theme. Serial Grillers joins horror-movie lovers together in an inviting space with creative offerings.
Serial Grillers started as a food truck in 2012 serving a variety of cheesesteaks and burgers by brothers William and Travis Miller. Through word-of-mouth, the food truck organically grew into a full-time endeavor and the brothers quit their previous jobs to pursue the American dream. After 12 months in business, Serial Grillers expanded into a brick-and-mortar restaurant and expanded its menu to sell pizza, calzones, salads, cold sandwiches and hot paninis. Its original location started as a take out only operation and has since expanded 3 times. Its second location opened in 2017 at River and La Cholla and has since doubled its seating capacity and added a bar. A third location opened in 2018 off Houghton rd in Vail, which is the largest of the three. In January 2020 the fourth location opened on Cortaro Farms rd. In 2021 we will bring more to Tucson and will continue its Born and Raised mentality to further its Tucson roots.
Serial Grillers + Craft Beer
Serial Grillers has embraced Craft breweries from around the U.S. and incorporated it as part of our growing business, so much so, that branching into Beer and Wine Taproom locations has become the next step. Craft, A Modern Drinkery, a Serial Grillers sister company, is set up to open Fall of 2018 and will continue to support local and regional produced craft beers. Craft is a spinoff of the Serial Grillers concept which will be hyper-focused on beer events and introducing everyday customers to the growing industry of U.S. Craft Beer. Visit Serial Grillers and Craft, A Modern Drinkery and help support local business and the American Dream.
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Federal Budget 2022
By Sun Life Global Investments Tax & Estate Planning Team
The post-pandemic budget - increased spending on health care, defence and housing.
A post-pandemic blueprint
Over the last two years the Federal government spent massively on combatting COVID-19 and its economic fallout. In this year's budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland shifted focus to a number of areas, including increased spending on health care, national defence, climate measures and housing. The budget also contains new tax measures, with the deficit expected to decline to $52.8 billion this year from $113.8 billion in 2021.
To help you understand how the 2022/23 budget affects individuals and businesses financially, our Tax and Estate Planning Team has provided this analysis.
Here are the highlights.
Note: There were no changes in the personal tax rates and in the capital gains inclusion rate in this budget.
1. Measures Concerning Individuals
A Tax-Free First Home Savings Account (FHSA)
To help Canadians save for their first home, Budget 2022 proposes to introduce the Tax-Free First Home Savings Account that would give prospective first-time home buyers the ability to save up to $40,000. Like a registered retirement savings account (RRSP), contributions would be tax-deductible, and withdrawals to purchase a first home, including investment income, would be non-taxable, like a tax free savings account (TFSA). Tax-free in, tax-free out. The government intends to work with financial institutions to ensure that a Tax-Free First Home Savings Account could be opened and contributed to in 2023.
Eligibility. To open an FHSA, an individual must be a resident of Canada, and at least 18 years of age. In addition, the individual must not have lived in a home that they owned either:
At any time in the year the account is opened, or
During the preceding four calendar years.
Individuals would be limited to making non-taxable withdrawals in respect of a single property in their lifetime.
Once an individual has made a non-taxable withdrawal to purchase a home, they would be required to close their FHSAs within a year from the first withdrawal and would not be eligible to open another FHSA.
Contributions. The lifetime limit on contributions would be $40,000, subject to an annual contribution limit of $8,000. The full annual contribution limit would be available starting in 2023.
Unused annual contribution room could not be carried forward, meaning an individual contributing less than $8,000 in a given year would still face an annual limit of $8,000 in subsequent years. This is an interesting constraint, given that RRSP and TFSA contribution room can be carried forward to future years with only limited constraints.
An individual would be permitted to hold more than one FHSA, but the total amount that an individual contributes to all of their FHSAs could not exceed their annual and lifetime FHSA contribution limit.
Withdrawals and Transfers. Amounts withdrawn to make a qualifying first home purchase would not be subject to tax. Amounts that are withdrawn for other purposes would be taxable.
To provide flexibility, an individual could transfer funds from an FHSA to an RRSP (at any time before the year they turn 71) or registered retirement income fund (RRIF). Transfers to an RRSP or RRIF would not be taxable at the time of transfer, but amounts would be taxed when withdrawn from the RRSP or RRIF in the usual manner. Transfers would not reduce, or be limited by, the individual's available RRSP room. Withdrawals and transfers would not replenish FHSA contribution limits.
If an individual has not used the funds in their FHSA for a qualifying first home purchase within 15 years of first opening an FHSA, their FHSA would have to be closed. Any unused savings could be transferred into an RRSP or RRIF, or would otherwise have to be withdrawn on a taxable basis.
Individuals would also be allowed to transfer funds from an RRSP to an FHSA on a tax-free basis, subject to the $40,000 lifetime and $8,000 annual contribution limits. These transfers would not restore an individual's RRSP contribution room.
Home Buyers' Plan. The HBP will continue to be available as under existing rules. However, an individual will not be permitted to make both an FHSA withdrawal and an HBP withdrawal in respect of the same qualifying home purchase. This will create unique planning considerations for qualifying individuals who plan to purchase their first home in the next few years.
Doubling the First-Time Home Buyers' Tax Credit
The First-Time Home Buyers' Tax Credit is intended to provide support to Canadians buying their first home. Budget 2022 proposes to double the First-Time Home Buyers' Tax Credit amount to $10,000. The enhanced credit would provide up to $1,500 in direct support to home buyers. Spouses or common-law partners would continue to be able to split the value of the credit as long as the combined total does not exceed $1,500 in tax relief. This measure would apply to homes purchased on or after January 1, 2022.
Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit
Budget 2022 proposes to introduce a Multigenerational Home Renovation Tax Credit, which would provide up to $7,500 in support for constructing a secondary suite for a senior or an adult with a disability. Starting in 2023, this refundable credit would allow families to claim 15 per cent of up to $50,000 in eligible renovation and construction costs incurred in order to construct a secondary suite.
Doubling the Home Accessibility Tax Credit
The Home Accessibility Tax Credit provides support to offset cost on renovations and upgrades that make homes safe and accessible. Budget 2022 proposes to double the qualifying expense limit of the Home Accessibility Tax Credit to $20,000 for the 2022 and subsequent tax years. This will mean a tax credit of up to $3,000 — an increase from the previous tax credit of up to $1,500 — for important accessibility renovations or alterations.
Ban on Foreign Investment in Canadian Housing
The Government proposes to introduce new legislation that would prohibit certain foreign entities and people who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents from acquiring non-recreational, residential property in Canada for a period of two years.
Refugees and people who have been authorized to come to Canada under emergency travel while fleeing international crises would be exempted. International students on the path to permanent residency would also be exempt in certain circumstances, as would individuals on work permits who are residing in Canada.
Property Flippers Pay Their Fair Share
Budget 2022 proposes to introduce new rules to ensure profits from flipping properties are taxed fully and fairly. Specifically, any person who sells a property they have held for less than 12 months would be considered to be flipping properties and would be subject to full taxation on their profits as business income. Exemptions would apply for Canadians who sell their home due to certain life circumstances, such as a death, disability, the birth of a child, a new job, or a divorce. Exemptions will be set in forthcoming rules and Canadians will be consulted on the draft legislative proposals. Where the new rule applies, the Principal Residence Exemption would not be available. The measure would apply to residential properties sold on or after January 1, 2023.
Dental Care for Canadians
Budget 2022 proposes to provide funding, over five years to Health Canada to provide dental care for Canadians. This program will start with under 12-year-olds in 2022, and then expand to under 18-year-olds, seniors, and persons living with a disability in 2023, with full implementation by 2025. The program would be restricted to families with an income of less than $90,000 annually, with no co-pays for those under $70,000 annually in income.
Making the Switch to Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) More Affordable
To help make ZEVs more affordable for Canadians, the federal government has offered purchase incentives of up to $5,000 for eligible vehicles since 2019. Budget 2022 proposes to extend the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) program until March 2025. Eligibility under the program will also be broadened to support the purchase of more vehicle models, including more vans, trucks, and SUVs, which will help make ZEVs more affordable. Further details will be announced by Transport Canada in the coming weeks.
Phasing Out Flow-Through Shares for Oil, Gas, and Coal Activities
Budget 2022 proposes to eliminate the flow-through share regime for fossil fuel sector activities. Oil, gas, and coal exploration and development expenditures will no longer be allowed to be renounced to flow-through share investors for flow-through share agreements entered into after March 31, 2023.
Help for Canadians Who Want to Become Parents
Budget 2022 proposes to allow medical expenses related to a surrogate mother or a sperm, ova, or embryo donor that are incurred in Canada for 2022 and subsequent taxation years to be claimed. This would include costs that have been reimbursed to a surrogate for in vitro fertilization procedures and related expenses. Budget 2022 also proposes to allow fees paid to fertility clinics and donor banks in Canada in order to obtain donor sperm and ova to be eligible under the Medical Expense Tax Credit for 2022 and subsequent taxation years.
Next Steps Towards a Minimum Tax for High Earners
The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) has not been substantially updated since its introduction. Budget 2022 announces the government's commitment to examine a new minimum tax regime, which will go further towards ensuring that all wealthy Canadians pay their fair share of tax. The government will release details on a proposed approach in the 2022 fall economic and fiscal update.
Strengthening the General Anti-Avoidance Rule
The general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) is intended to prevent abusive tax avoidance transactions, while not interfering with legitimate commercial and family transactions. Budget 2022 proposes to amend the Income Tax Act to provide that the GAAR can apply to transactions that affect tax attributes that have not yet been used to reduce taxes. This measure would apply to notices of determination issued on or after Budget Day.
2. Measures concerning businesses
Cutting Taxes for Canada's Growing Small Businesses
Small businesses currently benefit from a reduced federal tax rate of nine per cent on their first $500,000 of taxable income, compared to a general federal corporate tax rate of 15 per cent. A business no longer has access to this lower rate once its level of capital employed in Canada reaches $15 million. However, phasing out access to the lower tax rate too quickly—and then requiring a small business to pay more in tax—can discourage some businesses from continuing to grow and create jobs. Budget 2022 proposes to phase out access to the small business tax rate more gradually, with access to be fully phased out when taxable capital reaches $50 million, rather than at $15 million. This measure would apply to taxation years that begin on or after Budget Day.
The introduction of a new 30 per cent tax credit for Critical Mineral Exploration
A new Tax Credit for specified mineral exploration expenses incurred in Canada and renounced to flow-through share investors will be introduced. The tax credit would apply to certain exploration expenditures targeted at nickel, lithium, cobalt, graphite, copper, rare earths elements, vanadium, tellurium, gallium, scandium, titanium, magnesium, zinc, platinum group metals, or uranium, and renounced as part of eligible flow-through share agreements entered into after Budget Day and on or before March 31, 2027.
Employee Ownership Trusts
Employee ownership trusts encourage employee ownership of a business, and facilitate the transition of privately owned businesses to employees. Budget 2021 announced that the government would engage with stakeholders to examine what barriers exist to the creation of these trusts in Canada. These consultations revealed that the main barrier to the creation of employee ownership trusts in Canada was the lack of a dedicated trust vehicle under current tax legislation tailored to the requirements of these structures. Budget 2022 proposes to create the Employee Ownership Trust—a new, dedicated type of trust under the Income Tax Act to support employee ownership.
Environmental measures
A New Tax Credit for Investments in Clean Technology. Budget 2022 announces that the Department of Finance Canada will engage with experts to establish an investment tax credit of up to 30 per cent, focused on net-zero technologies, battery storage solutions, and clean hydrogen. The design details of the investment tax credit will be provided in the 2022 fall economic and fiscal update.
Support for Business Investment in Air-Source Heat Pumps. Budget 2022 proposes to expand the accelerated tax deductions for business investments in clean energy equipment to include air-source heat pumps. To support job creation and growth in clean technology manufacturing in Canada, the government proposes to extend the 50 per cent reduction of the general corporate and small business income tax rates for zero-emission technology manufacturers to include manufacturers of air-source heat pumps.
Investment Tax Credit for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)
Budget 2022 proposes a refundable investment tax credit for businesses that incur eligible CCUS expenses, starting in 2022. The investment tax credit would be available to CCUS projects to the extent that they permanently store captured CO2 through an eligible use. From 2022 through 2030, the investment tax credit rates would be between 37.5 per cent and 60 per cent depending on the type of investment. To encourage the industry to move quickly to lower emissions, these rates will be reduced by 50 per cent for the period from 2031 through 2040.
Requiring Financial Institutions to Help Pay for the Recovery
Budget 2022 proposes to introduce a temporary Canada Recovery Dividend, under which banking and life insurers' groups will pay a one-time 15 per cent tax on taxable income above $1 billion for the 2021 tax year. The Canada Recovery Dividend will be paid in equal installments over five years. Budget 2022 also proposes to permanently increase the corporate income tax rate by 1.5 percentage points on the taxable income of banking and life insurance groups above $100 million.
Preventing the Use of Foreign Corporations to Avoid Canadian Tax
Currently, some people are manipulating the Canadian-controlled private corporation (CCPC) status of their corporations to avoid paying the additional refundable corporate income tax that they would otherwise pay on investment income earned in their corporations. This may be done in a number of ways, such as by moving a corporation into a foreign low-tax jurisdiction, by using foreign shell companies, or by moving passive portfolios to an offshore corporation.
Budget 2022 proposes targeted amendments to the Income Tax Act to ensure that, for taxation years that end on or after April 7, 2022, investment income earned and distributed by private corporations that are, in substance, CCPCs is subject to the same taxation as investment income earned and distributed by CCPCs.
3. Other measures
Bill C-208 Follow-up
The Income Tax Act contains a rule to prevent people from converting dividends into lower-taxed capital gains using certain self-dealing transactions—a practice referred to as "surplus stripping." Private Member's Bill C-208, which received Royal Assent on June 29, 2021, introduced an exception to this rule in order to facilitate intergenerational business transfers. However, the exception may unintentionally permit surplus stripping without requiring that a genuine intergenerational business transfer take place. Budget 2022 announces a consultation as to how the existing rules could be strengthened to protect the integrity of the tax system while continuing to facilitate genuine intergenerational business transfers.
Review of tax treatment for large corporations that invest in residential real estate
Budget 2022 announces a federal review of housing as an asset class, in order to better understand the role of large corporate players in the market and the impact on Canadian renters and homeowners. This will include the examination of a number of options and tools, including potential changes to the tax treatment of large corporate players that invest in residential real estate. Further details on the review will be released later this year, with potential early actions to be announced before the end of the year.
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Robert Mugabe's former deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose sacking led to the autocrat's downfall, now seems likely to be the next head of state of Zimbabwe.
On Sunday, Mnangagwa was named president of the ruling ZANU-PF party in place of Mugabe.
That put him one step ahead for the top job as Mugabe resigned today.
Nicknamed "Ngwena" (The Crocodile) because of his fearsome power and ruthlessness, the 75-year-old Mnangagwa had appeared to have been outfoxed by Mugabe's wife, Grace.
The First Lady, a former typist, who is 41 years younger than her husband, lobbied the veteran head of state to ditch his vice president, a long-serving lieutenant, to further her own political ambitions.
But Mnangagwa has close ties with the military, which was alarmed at Grace's rise, and the generals intervened.
It was the climax of a long feud between Grace and Mugabe's deputy to be in pole position to replace the ailing leader when he died or retired.
Mnangagwa — a long-time party loyalist and hardliner who, say some, could prove as authoritarian as Mugabe — initially fled to South Africa after his sacking.
But the dramatic seizure of power by the military returned him to centre-stage.
Mnangagwa thereafter occupied a host of cabinet positions — but relations between him and his political mentor were not always cosy, and the younger man was no stranger to presidential purges.
The 2008 elections, when he was made Mugabe's chief election agent, changed Mnangagwa's fortunes.
He once remarked that he had been taught to "destroy and kill" — although he later claimed to be a born-again Christian.


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Christine Fleck-Bohaumilitzky (* 1955 in Linz) ist eine österreichische römisch-katholische Theologin, Pastoralreferentin und Supervisorin.

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Aufgewachsen in Linz, studierte sie in Innsbruck Medizin, Philosophie, Germanistik und katholische Theologie, u. a. bei Hans Bernhard Meyer und Herlinde Pissarek-Hudelist. Ihr Studium schloss sie 1982 mit der Sponsion zur Mag. theol. ab. Danach war sie im Religionsunterricht an weiterführenden Schulen im Bistum Innsbruck tätig.
Später arbeitete sie als fachliche Leiterin des Vereins Verwaiste Eltern München e.V., sie bildete sich fort in Themenzentrierter Interaktion nach Ruth Cohn (Diplom), Klinischer Seelsorgeausbildung (KSA)/ DGfP, zur Supervisorin (DGSv, RCI) und zur Beraterin für Ethik im Gesundheitswesen CeKIB

Seit 2002 arbeitet sie als Pastoralreferentin in der Klinikseelsorge in der Erzdiözese München und Freising. Außerdem ist sie in der Notfallseelsorge tätig.
Von 2008 bis 2016 nahm sie einen Lehrauftrag an der Fachhochschule Oberösterreich (Studiengang Soziale Arbeit) im Themenfeld Trauer wahr.

Christine Fleck-Bohaumilitzky ist verheiratet und hat zwei erwachsene Töchter.

Mitarbeit in Fachverbänden
 Bundesverband Verwaiste Eltern in Deutschland e.V. (VEiD) (Mitglied des Gründungsvorstands, im Vorstand 1997–2006, als Schriftführerin, als 2. und 1. Vorsitzende)
 Bundesverband Trauerbegleitung e.V. (BVT) (Gründungsmitglied, Mitglied der Fachgruppe Qualifizierende)
 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin (Sektion Supervision (Sprecherin der Sektion) und Sektion Spirituelle Begleitung)
 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Supervision und Coaching (DGSv)
 Supervision und TZI im Ruth-Cohn-Institut International
 Gesellschaft für Pastoralpsychologie in Bayern

Werke (Auswahl)

Publikationen in Buchform
 Eine Untersuchung »rhythmischer« Ordinariumsgesänge im Hinblick auf ihre Verwendbarkeit in der Meßfeier, Innsbruck 1982, (Hochschulschrift Innsbruck, Univ., Diplomarbeit)
 (Hrsg.) Überall deine Spuren. Eltern erzählen vom Tod ihres Kindes, München 2000, ISBN 3-7698-1283-2.
 Wenn Kinder trauern. Wie sie lernen, mit Verlusten umzugehen ; kindliche Vorstellungen von Leben und Tod ; die individuelle Auswirkung von Kummer (= Ratgeber Erziehung), München 2003, ISBN 3-517-06698-2.
 (Hrsg.), mit Christian Fleck (Hrsg.), Du hast kaum gelebt : Trauerbegleitung für Eltern, die ihre Kinder vor, während oder kurz nach der Geburt verloren haben, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-7831-2717-1 und ISBN 3-7831-2717-3.
 (Hrsg.), mit Christian Fleck (Hrsg.), Wenn Kinder vor ihren Eltern sterben. Ein Begleiter für verwaiste Eltern, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-7831-2931-1 und ISBN 3-7831-2931-1.
 (Redaktion), Bundesverband Verwaiste Eltern in Deutschland (Hrsg.),Tod eines Kindes – Hilfe im Notfall. Hinweise für Rettungsdienste, Krisenintervention, Notfallseelsorge, Klinikpersonal, Polizei, Pädagogen, Bestatter, Leipzig 2011.
 Wenn Kinder trauern. Was sie fühlen – was sie fragen – was sie brauchen, Ostfildern 2016, ISBN 978-3-8436-0871-8.
 mit Dorothée Becker (Leitung), Torsten Kamp (Leitung), Barbara Antweiter, Axel Doll, Christian Fleck, Katja Goudinouidis, Anne Gruber, Susanne Kiepke-Ziemes, Urs Münch, Susanne Preuss, Constanze Remi, Susanne Schiek und Ursula Wenzel-Meyburg, (Fachreferat Curricula der Arbeitsgruppe Bildung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin), Kompetenzbasierte berufsgruppenunabhängige Matrix zur Erstellung von Curricula für die Weiterbildung curricularer Lerninhalte in Palliative Care/Palliativmedizin (KoMPaC), Bonn 2017, ISBN 978-3-933154-80-4. (online verfügbar)

Beiträge in Sammelwerken
 mit Christian Fleck, Was trauernde Geschwister bewegt. Erfahrungen aus der Arbeit mit trauernden Geschwistern im Verein Verwaiste Eltern München – Einzelgespräche, Gruppen, Seminare, in: Wolfgang Holzschuh (Hrsg.), Geschwistertrauer. Erfahrungen und Hilfen aus verschiedenen Praxisfeldern, Regensburg 2000, ISBN 978-3791717289, S. 189–197.
 Begleitung trauernder Mütter, Väter und Geschwister, in: Wassilios E. Fthenakis (Hrsg.), Martin R. Textor (Hrsg.), Online-Familienhandbuch des Staatsinstituts für Frühpädagogik (IFP), (Erstellt am 12. November 2001, zuletzt geändert am 31. Mai 2010).
 "Warum gerade mein Bruder?" Trauer und Weiterleben nach dem Tod eines Bruders, einer Schwester. Was trauernde Geschwister bewegt, in: Wassilios E. Fthenakis (Hrsg.), Martin R. Textor (Hrsg.), Online-Familienhandbuch des Staatsinstituts für Frühpädagogik (IFP), (Erstellt am 13. März 2002, zuletzt geändert am 31. Mai 2010).
 Wie Kinder Tod und Trauer erleben, in: Wassilios E. Fthenakis (Hrsg.), Martin R. Textor (Hrsg.), Online-Familienhandbuch des Staatsinstituts für Frühpädagogik (IFP), (Erstellt am Dienstag, 18. Juni 2002).
 Trauerbegleitung und Qualität aus der Sicht Betroffener, in: TrauerInstitut Deutschland e.V. (Hrsg.), Chris Paul (Hrsg.), Monika Müller (Hrsg.), Paul Timmermans (Hrsg.), Qualität in der Trauerbegleitung. Dokumentation der 2. NRW-Trauerkonferenz, 9./10. Juni 2002 (Bergisch Gladbach), (= Schriftenreihe Praxisforschung Trauer, Band 1), Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-9808351-1-1, S. 49–54.
 Etwas andere Engel. Gottesdienst mit trauernden Eltern. Gestaltungsvorschlag, in: Anton Seeberger (Hrsg.), Beate Jammer (Hrsg.), Gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit. Von Heiligabend bis Taufe des Herrn. Ideen und Modelle, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7966-1112-5, S. 150–154.
 Trauer und Weiterleben nach dem Tod eines Bruders, einer Schwester. Die Situation trauernder Geschwister, in: Erhard Domay (Hrsg.), Annedore Methfessel (Hrsg.), Arbeitsbuch Trauernde begleiten (= Gottesdienstpraxis. Serie B, Arbeitshilfen für die Gestaltung von Gottesdiensten zu Kasualien, Feiertagen, besonderen Anlässen und Arbeitsbücher für die Gemeindepraxis) Gütersloh 2004, ISBN 3-579-03125-2, S. 98–105.
 Suizid von Kindern und Jugendlichen, in: Erhard Domay (Hrsg.), Annedore Methfessel (Hrsg.), Arbeitsbuch Trauernde begleiten (= Gottesdienstpraxis. Serie B, Arbeitshilfen für die Gestaltung von Gottesdiensten zu Kasualien, Feiertagen, besonderen Anlässen und Arbeitsbücher für die Gemeindepraxis) Gütersloh 2004, ISBN 3-579-03125-2, S. 109–116.
 Einladung zur Hoffnung. Gottesdienst zu 2 Kor 1,8-10, in: Erhard Domay (Hrsg.), Gottesdienste mit Kranken feiern. Gottesdienstmodelle, Andachten Predigten, liturgische Texte. (= GottesdienstPraxis Serie B. Arbeitshilfen für die Gestaltung von Gottesdiensten, zu Kasualien, Feiertagen, besonderen Anlässen für die Gemeindepraxis) Gütersloh 2005, ISBN 3-579-03127-9, S. 40–43.
 Die Begleitung trauernder Mütter und Väter – Trauer nach dem Tod eines Kindes, in: Werner Burgheim (Hrsg.), Qualifizierte Begleitung von Sterbenden und Trauernden : medizinische, rechtliche, psycho-soziale und spirituelle Hilfestellungen (= Forum GesundheitsMedien), Merching ab 2001, Lieferung Juni 2004, (Loseblattsammlung), ISBN 3-89827-374-1, Teil 5: Trauerarbeit und Trauerbegleitung, Abschnitt 5.9, 36 Seiten (geteilte Paginierung), 5.9.1: Der Tod von Kindern, S. 1–2, 5.9.2: Die Trauer der Eltern, S. 1–12, Einige besondere Situationen, S. 1–8.
 Die Begleitung nach dem Tod des Bruders oder der Schwester. Vergesst die Geschwister nicht …, in: Werner Burgheim (Hrsg.), Qualifizierte Begleitung von Sterbenden und Trauernden : medizinische, rechtliche, psycho-soziale und spirituelle Hilfestellungen (= Forum GesundheitsMedien), Merching ab 2001, Lieferung Dezember 2004, (Loseblattsammlung), ISBN 3-89827-374-1, Teil 5: Trauerarbeit und Trauerbegleitung, Abschnitt 5.10, S. 1–22.
 Wenn alles zuviel wird, in: Hubert Böke (Hrsg.), Monika Müller (Hrsg.), Georg Schwikart (Hrsg.): Manchmal möchte ich alles hinschmeißen! Wenn Sterbebegleiter an ihre Grenzen kommen. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2005, ISBN 978-3-579-06810-7 und ISBN 3-579-06810-5, S. 115–125.
 zusammen mit Christian Fleck, Übersehenes in den Blick nehmen. Supervision, Hospizarbeit und Palliative Care, in: Werner Burgheim (Hrsg.), Qualifizierte Begleitung von Sterbenden und Trauernden : medizinische, rechtliche, psycho-soziale und spirituelle Hilfestellungen (= Forum GesundheitsMedien), Merching ab 2001, Lieferung November 2007, (Loseblattsammlung), ISBN 3-89827-374-1, Teil 7 Qualitätsentwicklung und Qualitätssicherung in der Sterbe und Trauerbegleitung, Abschnitt 7.16, S. 1–26.
 Einige Aspekte bei unnatürlichem Tod – Mord, Suizid, Unfall, Katastrophe. In: Christina Forster (Hrsg.), Barbara Rolf (Hrsg.): Das Bestatterhandbuch. Sofort umsetzbare Konzepte und praktische Handlungsempfehlungen für das moderne Bestattungsunternehmen.  Merching 2008 (Grundwerk), ISBN 978-3-934131-75-0, Teil 4, Beratung und Betreuung von Trauernden und Angehörigen, Abschnitt 4.2.2., S. 19–30.
 in: Werner Burgheim (Hrsg.), Das Unbegreifliche annehmen : Trauer zulassen, Trauer leben, Merching 2006, ISBN 978-3-86586-002-6.
 Den Trauergottesdienst mit vorbereiten. Lebensthemen sind Themen des Glaubens, in: Fritz Roth, Georg Schwikart, Nimm den Tod persönlich. Praktische Anregungen für einen individuellen Abschied, Gütersloh 2009, ISBN 978-3-579-06829-9, S. 108–111.
 Qualifizierung in Trauerbegleitung. In: Monika Müller, Sylvia Brathuhn, Matthias Schnegg, Handbuch Trauerbegegnung und -begleitung. Theorie und Praxis in Hospizarbeit und Palliative Care., Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-525-45188-5, S. 274–280.
 mit Christian Fleck, Wann hilft Begleitung in Trauersituationen – wann ist Therapie sinnvoll? Komplizierte Trauer? Was ist das?, in: Monika Müller (Hrsg.), Franziska Röseberg (Hrsg.), Handbuch Kindertrauer. Die Begleitung von Kindern, Jugendlichen und ihren Familien, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-525-40227-6, S. 435–442.
 Mit den Augen einer Mutter, in: Georg Schwikart, Was bleibt ist die Erinnerung. Ein Begleiter durch die Trauerzeit, Schwarzach am Main, Vier Türme 2014, ISBN 978-3-89680-911-7, S. 113–116
 Trauernde Kinder und Jugendliche hilfreich begleiten. Einige wichtige Punkte für den Umgang mit trauernden Kindern und Jugendlichen, in: Bundesverband Verwaiste Eltern und trauernde Geschwister in Deutschland e.V. (Hrsg.), Michael Lindner (Redaktion), Wenn ein Kind stirbt. Hinweise für Ersthelfer und helfende Berufsgruppen, Leipzig 2022, (Aktualisierte Neuauflage), S. 14–19.

Zeitschriftenartikel (in Auswahl)

In Fachzeitschriften
 Eltern trauern über den Tod ihres Kindes, in: Heiliger Dienst, Jahrgang 55, Heft 3, 2001, S. 215–229.
 Wie Kinder Tod und Trauer erleben, in: LebensWert. Die oberösterreichische Hospiz- und Palliativzeitung, 2011, Heft 1, S. 13–16.
 Nicht jedermanns Sache. Indikatoren für Trauerbegleitung, in: Leidfaden, Heft 1, 2012, , S. 66–69.
 Der Tod eines Haustiers – oft die erste Begegnung mit dem Thema Tod, in: KiTa aktuell spezial, 19. Jahrgang, 2018, Heft 4, , S. 131–133.

In Predigtzeitschriften
 Eine schwierige Aufgabe. (Joh 15,9-17). 6. Sonntag der Osterzeit, Lesejahr B, in: Dienst am Wort, 45. Jahrgang, 1994, Heft 3, S. 336–338.
 Gott kommt anders, als wir erwarten. (Mt 24,42-44) Familiengottesdienst zum 1. Adventssonntag, in: PUK 144. Jahrgang, 2005, Heft 1, S. 7–12.
 Eingeladen ist eingeladen. (Mt 22,1-14) – 28. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 144. Jahrgang, 2005, Heft 4, S. 746–750.
 Ganz neue Töne. (Jes 52,7-10) – Weihnachten am Tag, in: PUK, 145. Jahrgang, 2006, Heft 1, S. 60–64.
 Wozu der richtige Mensch zur richtigen Zeit am richtigen Ort gut ist. (Apg 9,26-31), in: PUK, 145. Jahrgang, 2006, Heft 3, S. 356–389.
 ... Am Anfang winzig klein. (Mk 4,26-34) – 11. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 145. Jahrgang, 2006, Heft 4, S. 483–487.
 Recht und Gerechtigkeit – nur ein Traum? Der Traum, den Gott träumt – 1. Adventssonntag, in: PUK 147. Jahrgang, 2007, Heft 1.
 Wo ich stehe ... – 3. Fastensonntag, in: PUK, 147. Jahrgang, 2007 Heft 2.
 Eine sehr persönliche Sache. – 17. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 147. Jahrgang, 2007, Heft 4.
 Gott hat eine Vorliebe für die Kleinen. – 4. Fastensonntag, in: PUK, 148. Jahrgang, 2008, Heft 2.
 »Was schaut ihr nach oben?« - Christi Himmelfahrt, in: PUK,  148. Jahrgang, 2008, Heft 3.
 Ganz sacht – und ganz anders als wir erwarten. – 19. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 148. Jahrgang, 2008. Heft 5.
 Bloß keine Angst! – 33. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 148. Jahrgang, 2008, Heft 6.
 Etwas Neues. – 7. Sonntag im Jahreskreis (Fasching/Karneval), in: PUK,  149. Jahrgang, 2009, Heft 2.
 Wir brauchen uns nicht zu fürchten. – Dreifaltigkeitssonntag, in: PUK,  149. Jahrgang, 2009, Heft 4.
 Geschenkt! – 32. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 149. Jahrgang, 2009, Heft 6, .
 Show Gott gegenüber? Ganz unnötig! – Aschermittwoch, in: PUK, 150. Jahrgang, 2010, Heft 2.
 Durch verschlossene Türen. – Pfingsten, in: PUK, 150. Jahrgang, 2010, Heft 3.
 Machtspielchen in Korinth – 7. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 151. Jahrgang, 2011, Heft 2, .
 Am leeren Grab. (Joh 20,1-9) – Ostern, in: PUK, Heft 3, 151. Jahrgang, 2011.
 Warum Zorn verrauchen darf - 24. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 150. Jahrgang, 2011, Heft 5.
 Von Herz zu Herz. (Jer 31,11-34) – 5. Fastensonntag, in: PUK, 151. Jahrgang, 2012,  Heft 2, S. 261–264.
 Ein neuer Blickwinkel. (Mk 3,20-35) – 10. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, Heft 4, 151. Jahrgang, 2012, S. 487–490.
 Wenig ist manchmal sehr viel mehr. – 32. Sonntag im Jahreskreis , in: PUK, 151. Jahrgang, 2012, Heft 6, .
 Recht und Gerechtigkeit – oder »Warten aufs Christkind«. – Erster Adventssonntag – 2. Dezember 2012, in: PUK, 152. Jahrgang, 2013, Heft 1, S.
 Etwas Neues. (Jes 43,16-21) – 5. Fastensonntag, in: PUK, 152. Jahrgang, 2013,  Heft 2, S. 238–240.
 Eine Frage verändert sich. (Lk 7,36-50) – 11. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 152. Jahrgang, 2013, Heft 4, S. 486–488.
 Gute Wünsche. (2 Thess 2,16-3,5) – 32. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 152. Jahrgang, 2013, Heft 6.
 Es wird nicht dunkel bleiben. – 3. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 153. Jahrgang, 2014, Heft 1.
 Bleiben wir neugierig! (Ez 37,12b-14) – 5. Fastensonntag, in: PUK,  153. Jahrgang, 2014, Heft 3, S. 316–319.
 Der Schlüssel – ein Helfer in der Not. (Jes 22,19-23; Mt 16,13-20)- 21. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 153. Jahrgang, 2014, Heft 5, S. 6 38-641.
 Wo Gott Mitleid hat – und sich einmischt (Ex 22, 20-26) – 30. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 153. Jahrgang, 2014, Heft 6, S. 773–776.
 Plötzlich verändert – 5. Sonntag der Osterzeit, in: PUK, 154. Jahrgang, 2015, Heft 3, S. 417–421.
 Ein Gegentraum gegen den Albtraum. (Dan 7,2a.13b-14; Offb 1,5b-8; Joh 18,33b-37) – Christkönigssonntag, in: PUK, 154. Jahrgang, 2015, Heft 6, S. 781–784.
 Ein Modell für andere. – 2. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 156. Jahrgang, 2017, Heft 1,
 Emmaus ist überall. (Lk 24,13-35) – Ostermontag, in: PUK, Heft 3, 156. Jahrgang, 2017, S. 393–397.
 Eine Verunsicherung, die hilft. (Mt 21,28-32) – 26. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 156. Jahrgang, 2017, Heft 6, S. 791–794.
 Gott bleibt bei seinen Menschen. - 4. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 157. Jahrgang, 2018, Heft 1,.
 Das Lied vom Gottesknecht. (Jes 50,4-7) – Palmsonntag, in: PUK, 157. Jahrgang, 2018, Heft 2, .
 Was hat Gott mit uns vor? (Jer 23,1-6) – 16. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 157. Jahrgang, 2018, Heft 4, S. 554–558.
 Weihnachten geht weiter. (Lk 2,41-52) – Fest der Heiligen Familie, in: PUK, 158. Jahrgang, 2019, Heft 1, S. 111–116.
 Alles umsonst? (Joh 21,1-19) – 3. Sonntag der Osterzeit, in: PUK, 158. Jahrgang, Heft 3, 2019, S. 395–399.
 Worauf es wirklich ankommt, oder: Gerechtigkeit, wie geht das? (Lk 18,9-14) – 30. Sonntag im Jahreskreis , in: PUK, 158. Jahrgang, Heft 6, 2019, S. 799–802.
 Anfang gut - alles gut (Mt 3,13-17) – Taufe des Herrn, in: PUK, 159. Jahrgang, Heft 1, 2020, S. 126–129.
 Es geht um Tod und Leben (Ez 37,12b-14 bzw. Ez 37b,1-14) – 5. Fastensonntag, in: PUK, 159. Jahrgang, Heft 2, 2020, S. 266–270.
 Worauf es Gott ankommt (Wie Paulus es erklärt) (Röm 5,12-15) – 12. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 159. Jahrgang, Heft 4, 2020, S. 538–541.
 Mit alles Wassern gewaschen (Gen 9,8-15; 1 Petr 3,18-22) – 1. Fastensonntag, in: PUK, 160. Jahrgang, Heft 2, 2021, S. 270–272.
 Zur Hoffnung eingeladen (Ez 17,22-24) – 11. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 160. Jahrgang, Heft 4, 2021, S. 573–576.
 Vielgeliebte Kinder (Lk 3,15-16.21-22) – Taufe des Herrn, in: PUK, 161. Jahrgang, Heft 1, 2022, S. 126–129.
 Gott kommt aus der Zukunft auf uns zu (Offb 21,10-14.22-23) – 6. Sonntag der Osterzeit, in: PUK, 161. Jahrgang, Heft 3, 2022, S. 430–433.
 Das Leben ergreifen (Tim 6,11-16) – 26. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 161. Jahrgang, Heft 5, 2022, S. 706–709.
 Das Leben gewinnen (Lk 21,5-19) – 33. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 161. Jahrgang, Heft 6, 2022, S. 829–831.
 Über den Horizont unserer Situation hinaus (Jes 49,3.56) – 2. Sonntag im Jahreskreis, in: PUK, 162. Jahrgang, Heft 1, 2023, S. 106–107.
 Übergänge - und wer uns da nahe ist (Joh 10,1-10) – 4. Sonntag der Osterzeit, in: PUK, 162. Jahrgang, Heft 3, 2023, S. 378–379.

Interviews
 Wie ist das, wenn jemand tot ist? Interview mit Beate Spindler (katholisch.de Tod + Trauer | 02.11.2012 – München)  (abgerufen am 3. November 2012)

Literatur
 Irmgard Hofmann, Rezension zu Christine Fleck-Bohaumilitzky, Christian Fleck (Hrsg.) Du hast kaum gelebt. Trauerbegleitung für Eltern, die ihre Kinder vor, wäÞhrend oder kurz nach der Geburt verloren haben. In: Ethik in der Medizin, Jahrgang 19, 2007, Heft 1, S. 79–80. online verfügbar
 Ehrenfried Schulz, Das besondere Buch (Rezensionen zu): Martina Blasberg-Kuhnke (Hrsg.), Andreas Wittrahm (Hrsg.), Altern in Freiheit und Würde. Handbuch christliche Altenarbeit, München 2007, und Christine Fleck-Bohaumilitzky (Hrsg.) und Christian Fleck (Hrsg.), Du hast kaum gelebt. Trauerbegleitung für Eltern, die ihre Kinder vor, während oder kurz nach der Geburt verloren haben, Stuttgart 2006, in: Der Prediger und Katechet, 2008, Heft 5, S. 739–740.

Weblinks

 Literatur von Christine Fleck-Bohaumilitzky im Katalog der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek
 Homepage des Bundesverbandes Verwaiste Eltern in Deutschland e.V
 Beate Spindler (Interview)

Einzelnachweise

Römisch-katholischer Theologe (20. Jahrhundert)
Römisch-katholischer Theologe (21. Jahrhundert)
Absolvent der Universität Innsbruck
Person (Erzbistum München und Freising)
Österreicher
Geboren 1955
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Thanks guys! I heard that, too. I knew, when I got my Thrill 4G, that than my phone would not have much muscle, especially for ICS, and I knew that might hurt me, later, with new apps made for fancier phones, but looked forward to a future with the stronger Optimus Max 3D, for which I could trade in my old phone (I still really enjoy my phone, though, even with its glitches). Now, I could agonize over the best 3D app for a stronger non-3d phone or upload them on a stronger computer after agonizing over the best software to use, but I want to see what it'll look like in 3D, when I take those photos and video, and see 3d videos and other glasses-free 3D pics right on it, as well. I hear the Max is available in the US. Is that true? Does the Sharp camera-phone have a US carrier or can it be rooted and what not and be serviced by one without violating the warranty? I heard it is far better than any of them, here.
Also, I wish they'd have caps to go over the lenses, when not in use. Anyway, thanks!
I can wait. I'm looking at a cloud program for my photos, now. I can wait for the next version.
The new version 3.1.4 is live on Google Play.
Thank you Phereo! I can upload, again! I might get the Optimus 3d, if it has a carrier here. I heard it does. Is it true?
PhilESieve wrote: Thank you Phereo! I can upload, again! I might get the Optimus 3d, if it has a carrier here. I heard it does. Is it true?
I have had the LG Optimus 3D Max (P-725) for almost 18 months now. It was only sold in Europe and Asia. I ordered it though a parallel shipper based in Hong Kong but who operate a New Zealand version of their service. I may be the only person in New Zealand who owns one. I have never seen another one here.
The phone is compatible with Vodafone in the UK and with 2Degrees and Vodafone in New Zealand. The frequency specs are on the link below.
Of course, it has quad-band GSM for use as phone. So it would work with any telco operating GSM frequencies for voice and GPRS data. But for HSPA and HSPA+ data it only supports 900Mhz , 1900Mhz and 2100MHz. If your telco uses any of these three for data and WCDMA voice services....You're fine. Most of Europe and Asia (outside China) may be OK.
But North America......not OK. This is because for many years the US military reserved the 900MHz frequency for their radio traffic alone.....so civil traffic is generally on 850MHz which not been used much out side North America.
So this phone would be a poor choice in Canada or the US if you wanted 3G data access. It would also be completely useless for those providers who went from CDMA to WCDMA (which is actually the new version of GSM - just to make thing confusing)....like Bell Canada.
My main phone is now a Samsung Galaxy S4, but I still carry the LG 3D Max everywhere with me. It also has a SIM in it (on Vodafone) for voice, but if I want to upload photos I do it from the phone via wifi either at home or tether to my SGS4.
The resolution of the 3D photos in this device is now somewhat low. I've grown used to higher res images with better cameras.....but the 25mm interaxial distance means the LG 3D Max is my go-to device for portraits as I can take a good 3D photo only 400mm away from the subject.
Here's a long overdue thanks to you!
Is there an old program that can upload images using my old 2007 Macbook without needing the new flash player? I could buy the memory, but don't think I have the space. Can tablets upload images to your site by sticking my memory stick into one? Is there an app for that? Why is everyone using that flash player? My roommate says html5 (or was it http5?) is the more advanced program. Why can't there be the old program and the new program for uploading pics?
BTW. I was afraid my old Thrill 4G could not download 4.whatever and work right and no newer phone had 3d. We didn't get the Optimus Max 3D, and no other carrier services any other 3d phones than its competitor, the Evo 3d, which really disappointed me.


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