You see, the special sauce is their secret recipe, and that is why their reputation has travelled all around Canada.įurthermore, the hardworking manager, chefs who are killed culinary, and Haida’s professional staff are rated among the best Sandwich restaurants in North Vancouver. ![]() This sandwich has chicken and beef deli, green pepper mozzarella cheese, ketchup, potato sticks, mushroom, and again s special kind of sauce. The pizza sandwich is an excellent choice for people like me who cannot decide between sandwiches and pizza. Also, I really suggest you try cheese sausage and a pizza sandwich. I tried Haida Royal, which had beef Sausage, chicken and beef deli, tomato, mushroom, lettuce, pickle, cheese, chipotle and a kind of special magic Sauce. The sandwich has a considerable size in this style, and the soft bread is loaded with hot, delicious ingredients like beef, chicken, chips, and fresh flavoured veggies. Haida sandwich is known for its Persian-style sandwiches. Besides, Haida sandwich is one of the places in North Vancouver that the quantity and quality will surprise you. Thanks, Denny.If you are Iranian or interested in Iran, I recommend this place because the place is reminiscent of shops in Iran. These notes WILL RESCUE YOU too and put your show & business up on the next level. Their show was TOO COMPLICATED and Denny’s Notes DID come to the rescue for them. Two of those friends were the type that just weren’t “getting it.” They were working hard and not SMART. In fact, after I returned the DVD’s, I called Denny and ordered 4 MORE copies to give to my close friends in Magic & Clowning. My show has a BETTER flow and it’s gotten me more work from those precious referrals.ĭenny & Lee Lecture Notes have been the BEST lecture notes I’ve EVER read. In that first year, I’ve INCREASED my Close-Up Magic rates and agents have been calling me more than ever. After that, I promptly sent back ALL of the other DVD’s UNOPENED (over $100 worth) to their prospective dealers asking for refunds or store credit. Ladies and Gentlemen, I read through his notes 3 TIMES just to feel the thrill I got from the first read-through. At that same time I found Denny’s Notes on his site and ordered them “just for the heck of it.” When I had the time, I decided to open Denny’s notes first before the other DVD’s. ![]() Three years ago I ordered a bunch of DVD’s from different places looking for the answer to MAKING MORE MONEY in fields like Trade Shows, Restaurants, and Holiday Shows. and in ALL my years of scrambling, “gigging”, and eeking out a living, nothing has changed me for the better like the lecture notes of Denny Haney. I’ve performed in 14 different states, demoed in 2 magic shops, and am a member of S.A.M. ![]() I’ve performed Magic, Juggling, Unicycling, Three-Card Monte, and more for close to 20 years. “Folks, I represent one of the MANY hard working full-time entertainers in this country. These notes have been highly praised by many working magicians on the road today.īelow is an unsolicited review of these notes: Pacing and structure can make the difference between a good act and just an act consisting of a bunch of tricks. Perhaps the most important segment of the notes is the section on Structure of an act. Topics covered are finding yourself, your style, various types of acts including the pros and cons of each, personality, simple self promotion, dealing with agents, and much more. These were written in the 1990′s and present the views of “real life” performing from one magician’s perspective. Here are the lecture notes that many magicians have used to turn their performing hobby into a full or part time career.
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![]() I even put the apps on whitelist (removing app optimization on my phone) If I pause a song it isn't scrobbled directly, but it will be scrobbled as soon as I continue listening or start listening to new songs, if the 50% were already reached)ĭo you have Poweramp v3 Alpha? Because I've tried the exact settings above with the play store Poweramp version and I'm still missing scrobbles. Note that newer android versions have battery saving features and kill apps if they're not on the whitelist as soon as the screen is disabled, so you need to put SLS on the whitelist. Scrobble via Simple Last.fm disabled (yeah, sounds weird but it really works) Now I found a solution and it works fine since 3 hours using SLS, my settings are: I'd issues scrobbling too with Poweramp v3 alpha. (Others available: Anroid Music Player, Spotify, Sony Ericsson Music Player) When to scrobble When you press the scrobble now button Scrobble point 50% (a bit pessimistic, I'll probably raise this as confidence with Last.fm app scrobbling improves) Scrobble via Official Last.fm app: unticked (was ticked until yesterday) The scrobbling settings in Poweramp are as follows: It's not really a problem, as I know I've got one reliable source of scrobbling, which surprisingly turns out to be via the Last.fm app. Now I actually don't know if SLS has been going 95% on my scrobbles too. Damn. Do you have only SLS checked in Poweramp settings, and only Poweramp checked in SLS settings? I encountered the duplicate scrobbles problem too. I'll keep my eye on it for a few days and update with any findings or suspicions.Īhhhh. So now I'm getting almost double scrobbles (I say almost as it's 100% via Official Last.fm app and maybe 90-95% from SLS), I can easily delete the doubles. (I assume this is because I have "Other music apps" selected in the "Scrobble from" section of the Official Last. All of a sudden 100% of Official Last.fm scrobbles are appearing! how odd. All I did was uncheck "Scrobble via Official Last.fm app" in the Poweramp settings. I didn't uninstall it, as I use it to check stats etc now and again. ![]() In other words, Poweramp should just let SLS know to add a song to the scrobble cache, and no network traffic happens until I intervene.Īlso it seemed that the Official Last.fm app wasn't working as I was getting maybe 5-10% of its scrobbles through (which is why I installed SLS to save the day, despite losing the occasional scrobble).Īnyway I took your advice regarding the Official Last.fm app. Due to system limitation, a song can only be added to the listening history by being completely played, you can drag the scrubber to the end instead of skipping as a workaround.I wondered as I read your post how, given my scrobbling setup, the official Last.fm app would "get in the way" of the Simple Last.fm's scrobbles, seeing as I Have SLS set up to not send scrobbles until I hit the "scrobble now" button. ** You don't need to open Eavescrob while listening, it will compile your listening history on startup. * Eavescrob works partially with Apple Music streaming service, only songs that have been added to 'My Music' will show up in your listening history. Background scrobbling, landscape mode, 3D Touch support, fine-tuned animations and clean user interface without ads Tap to love your now-playing song, scroll up to view your listening history, and use force touch to upload your pending scrobbles. ![]() Use Apple Watch companion app for instant access on your wrist. Use Today Widget to love your now-playing song and access your Last.fm profile anywhere, anytime ![]() Sync now-playing song to Last.fm automatically while Eavescrob is running in foreground Love and unlove a song or share its link directly in the app See what your friends have been listening to, or even share your recent activities from the iMessage extension Discover similars and trendings for songs, albums, artists and tags Read details about your favorite songs, albums and artists Glance at your Last.fm profile, get statistics for various time periods and weekly listening report View your listening history, batch edit and scrobble to Last.fm instantly **Please DO NOT change username on last.fm, current auth API won't work after a username change.Įavescrob 3.0 will be rewritten to fix all issues, thank you for waiting.Įavescrob is the ultimate scrobbler and reader for Last.fm with elegant design.Įavescrob works with built-in Music app and some other apps that play music from system media library. ![]() You go to a certain cafe and you just read,” Gosztyla said. “Maybe it's your routine that every week you buy yourself a nice cup of coffee. If you have a big pile, maybe devote a couple of days to reading.Īnd decide how you’re going to spend that reading time: are you going to devote it to do a deep dive, or just scan what you’ve collected, take notes and decide what to keep and what to toss. To stay on top of what you’re collecting, Gosztyla offered this advice:īlock out a time each week, like two hours on Fridays, to read. Some of the alternatives to Zotero include, Mendeley, EndNote, RefWorks and Sciwheel. You can integrate Zotero to several apps and programs, including, Word, Google Docs and literature mapping tools like ResearchRabbit. “If you’re not using a reference manager, I highly, highly recommend them,” said Gosztyla. You can also highlight and annotate PDFs. You can create many folders and subfolders, and also share folders. It will save the item to your desired Zotero folder. ![]() When you come across a study or article that you want to save, click the plugin. You can use Zotero in a browser, but for a more powerful experience, download it and install the Zotero plugin for your browser. It’s a free, open-source reference management tool and can store and organize your research material, including PDF files. There are several free online tools that can help you store what you find during your research instead having dozens of open tabs on your browser.Ī popular tool developed by and for journalists is DocumentCloud, where you can upload documents, search the text, annotate, extract data, redact and edit.Īnother option, popular among academics, is Zotero. Use research management software to file your research. This August 2022 article from Wired lists some of the more popular RSS feed readers.ģ. Gosztyla spends a few minutes every morning scrolling through her RSS feed reader - her favorite is Feedly - to check for new published research in her field. Here’s a good explainer by Lifewire on how to find RSS feeds and add it to a reader. ![]() Once you have a link for the RSS feed, you can then add it to a free or paid RSS feed reader. RSS stands for “really simple syndication.” An RSS feed reader - or RSS feed aggregator - gets all the new articles or studies published on a website and brings them together in a timeline that you can quickly scroll through. Gosztyla’s solution is using an RSS feed reader. Both Pubmed and Google Scholar let you set up email alerts for specific keywords. “It kind of overwhelms your inbox after a while,” said Gosztyla.Īnother common method is setting up keyword email alerts. But that may not be the best option for organizing research. ![]() Many journalists, especially those who write about academic research, subscribe to journal email lists. Stay on top of current research with RSS feeds. Some of the popular literature mapping tools, which offer free versions, include ResearchRabbit, Inciteful, Connected Papers and Litmaps.Ģ. And then you can see the hubs - what are the papers that everyone cites that you should probably read.” “Each paper will cite other papers, and what you can do is make a giant map of all the papers in a specific subject area. “Imagine papers like nodes in a network,” Gosztyla said. But they’re not the most efficient tools for finding research related to a specific academic study.Ī better approach is using literature mapping tools, which show the connection between research papers. Pubmed and Google Scholar are go-to research platforms to find academic research. When journalists report on a new study, it’s important to consider where that study fits into the larger body of research. Find related research with literature mapping tools. She's the authors of 2022 Nature career columns, "How to Find, Read and Organize Papers" and "How to Manage Your Time as a Researcher." īelow is a list of tips and tools that Gosztyla shared during the panel.ġ. candidate in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program at the University of California San Diego, shared her organizational approach as a scientist, which journalists can easily adopt. ĭuring a panel at the 2023 Association of Health Care Journalists conference in St. They use a variety of tools to organize their work, some of which journalists can also use to organize materials. It can be overwhelming at times.Īcademics too must collect a large number of documents. Journalists collect a lot of stuff while reporting, especially for big stories and projects: interviews, documents, research papers, articles. Miller, The Journalist's Resource March 21, 2023 MaOrganizing your research: A scientist’s tips for journalistsīy Naseem S. Organizing your research: A scientist’s tips for journalistsīy Naseem S. ![]() Give the text file the extension ".CLF" instead of ".TXT" so that the script can evaluate it. 400 colour systems as CLF file.įor your own colour tables, create a plain text file (UTF-8) with lines in the form: The Scribus file can of course also be output as a pdf. ![]() Depending on the number of colours, it takes up to several minutes until all pages have been created. The programme creates DINA4 pages with 49 colour patches each. The application is very simple: Start Scribus, select the script and then the Lab colour value file (.clf). It creates documents with colour fields from colour value text tables. Gregory Pittman has written a useful script for the free layout software Scribus.
This game is definitely worth the money, but the IAPs are not necessary. I managed to get through the first four main areas, all the way to Stark tower, and I didn't have one bit of fun. Go buy the real game on the PlayStation or Xbox, mobile games are supposed to be simple time-wasters with a little bit of challenge, this game will simply make you frustrated and angry. The only characters worth anything are those who can fly or regenerate health, as they can get over obstacles easily or get through the level easier if you can find a quiet corner to heal so you don't restart at the beginning. ![]() The enemies hurt you way too easily, especially if you're dealing with more than two, and hearts drop way too little. The controls are finicky at best, you die way too easily, and unlike the real Lego games, when you die, you don't lose coins and wait a few seconds before getting back up again, you go back to the start of the level, and without a jump button, it makes it incredibly difficult to get past obstacles especially when timed or you have an oncoming threat you're trying to get away from, as your frantic taps can be interpreted in a wide variety of ways, and simply trying to move around can trigger the dodge mechanic, which can easily send you toppling off the building. Switch between “Console” and “Touch Screen” controls to find the play-style that suits you best.Use fast-paced combat moves and activate Super Moves like Hulk’s Thunder Clap and Iron Man’s Arc Reactor.Battle enemies using super power abilities such as flight, super strength and invisibility.Complete 45 action-packed missions as you chase down Cosmic Bricks across key locations from the Marvel Universe.Select character families can be accessed at any time through purchase via our in-game store. Over 91 playable characters, such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine, and more can be unlocked as you progress through the game.No internet connection is needed to play this game. ![]() ![]() Also make sure you have installed the most recent firmware. This game is filled with many hours of content and cinematics that take up a lot of space! You’ll need 2.2gb of available space on your device if you install over wifi, but only 1.1gb of space if you download on your computer and then sync.Īs with many large app installations, we advise that you restart your device after installing as this will resolve some stability issues. Take control of Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Captain America, Wolverine and many more Marvel characters as they unite to stop Loki and a host of other Marvel villains from assembling a super-weapon capable of destroying the world! 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In 2165, she had become Wellspring's Mayor, having taken over following her father's own stint after he died. After the end of Authority Wars, Loosum, as others Resistance leaders, secretly signed Project Dagger, a secret pact against the suspected not so destroyed Authority.Īfter the war ended, Loosum became Wellspring's ambassador, negotiating deals with other groups. In one, she was captured by a group of Rangers, because Loosum was to kill by mistake one of their people. Loosum, as all her family, joined the fight against the Authority, making alone a lot of risky intelligence or assasination missions. She gives her life battling a horde of mutants to allow the protagonist and the injured captain escape. Later, as Nicholas enters the Authority Prison, she is found alongside John Marshall as a prisoner. She is later taken prisoner by the Authority after Dan is captured, interrogated, and fails to provide information on Raine's whereabouts, in order to prevent the Authority from capturing him. In the novel, Loosum has a larger impact on Raine's actions, providing more information on the surrounding wasteland upon their first meeting. If Raine completes the training course to Loosum's specifications, he will be able to purchase wingsticks from her uncle, Halek. In 2135, after Nicholas Raine is rescued by Dan and brought back to his home, 17 year-old Loosum offers to train him in the use of wingsticks. She is the sister of Phallinx Hagar and a niece to Durar and Halek Hagar. Loosum was born sometime around the year 2118, the daughter of Dan Hagar. Gene Vincent appeared on 7 September 1963, and Ringo Starr in 1962, while he was drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the town's Rink venue (now demolished and the site of industrial units) hosted major British and American pop stars. The current arms of South Derbyshire District Council, which bear the motto "The Earth Our Wealth" and also reflect this heritage. The Latin motto adopted: E terra divitiæ ("Riches from the earth") also referred to the mineral industries of Swadlincote. The arm rose from flames, indicative of mining of fireclay and coal. Above the arms was a crest depicting a human arm holding a billet or: a yellow brick for the local brick-making industry. The Tudor roses were taken from the arms of Derbyshire County Council. The quartered ermine and red field of the shield was taken from the arms of the Stanhope family, Earls of Harrington. The dedication of Gresley parish church to Saint George and Saint Mary was represented by their symbols: a cross and a fleur de lys respectively. Round the edge of the shield was a bordure or border in a " vairy" pattern of red and ermine, from the arms of the Gresley family, who took their name from the parish. The urban district council was granted a coat of arms in 1947, in a design that reflected how Swadlincote was formed of part of the ancient parish of Church Gresley. Ĭoat of arms of the former Swadlincote Urban District Council In 1974 the urban district was merged with Repton Rural District and part of South East Derbyshire Rural District to form the present South Derbyshire District. Under the Local Government Act 1894, this became Swadlincote and District Urban District, renamed Swadlincote Urban District in 1951. Its area consisted of three civil parishes: Church Gresley, Stanton and Newhall and Swadlincote. ![]() ![]() The first local-government body for the town was Swadlincote District local board of health, formed in 1871. Today the town has also the Roman Catholic church of Saints Peter and Paul. Swadlincote also had a Wesleyan chapel by then. Įmmanuel Church of England parish church is a Gothic Revival building consecrated in 1846, designed by Henry Isaac Stevens and completed in 1848. The Public Health Act 1875 created a huge demand for locally produced pipes. The properties of the clay mean it is easily shaped into pipes that are resistant to sewage. This makes it particularly suitable for salt glazing. Swadlincote is one of only six places in Britain with clay deposits of such quality. The fire-clay strata in the coal measures has a high alumina content. One traditional bottle-shaped kiln survives in Alexandra Road. These industries continued to expand until the Second World War. The presence of coal and clay in the area led to urbanisation, as collieries, brickworks and potteries came to dominate. The first record of mineral extraction in the area is from the end of the 13th century, but the area remained rural until the industrialisation in the 18th century. It was part of the parish of Gresley (latterly Church Gresley) until the 19th century. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded Swadlincote as a small manor. Local residents sometimes shorten its name to "Swad". Past forms of the name include Sivardingescote and Swartlincote. Swadlincote's name is derived from the Old English Swartlings Cottas, Swartling being a man's name and cottas meaning cottages. ![]() Castle Gresley is 2 miles (3 km) to the south-west and Albert Village 1.5 miles (2 km) to the south. It also covers Newhall, Oversetts, Midway and the villages of Church Gresley and Woodville, with the sub-district of Goseley. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire, 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Burton upon Trent and north-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and 11.5 miles (19 km) south-west of Derby. Swadlincote is a former mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, England, lying within The National Forest area. Problems playing this file? See media help. ![]() The stories still share a surprising number of plot elements. Collins has stated that she was unaware of Battle Royale when working on The Hunger Games. In it, high school students are sent to a remote island in a rigged fight to the death. ![]() A 1999 novel by Koushun Takami that was adapted into a 2000 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Battle Royale is far more violent and morally ambiguous than The Hunger Games. Personally, I am uncomfortable with how children are used in The Hunger Games, and even more uncomfortable with one of its immediate predecessors, Battle Royale. Set in a dystopian future, the premise features televised Olympics-style battles to the death among 24 teenagers selected from the 12 colonies that had rebelled against the ruling class. With almost 25 millions copies in print, Collins’ series of young adult novels are a phenomenon in their own right. Three more episodes are currently planned (the last book will be split into two parts, like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.) So you can count on Hunger Games sequels in the near future. ![]() Should it match that title’s receipts, The Hunger Game could top $150 million within days.ĭespite muted reviews from old-line media like Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, and Time, The Hunger Games has already helped to boost the stock price of distributor Lionsgate by over 80% in the past three months. Opening today, the movie has already broken the first-day sales record on Fandango, topping the previous leader, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. If you’ve somehow avoided the marketing juggernaut behind The Hunger Games, the film version of Suzanne Collins’ novel is poised to become the first box-office blockbuster of 2012. ![]() Lily marries Ryle hoping the good will outweigh the bad, and the mother-daughter dynamics evolve beautifully as Lily reflects on her childhood with fresh eyes. When Ryle is not in the throes of a jealous rage, his redeeming qualities return, and Lily can justify his behavior: “I think we needed what happened on the stairwell to happen so that I would know his past and we’d be able to work on it together,” she tells herself. Lily swears she’ll never end up in another abusive home, but when Ryle starts to show all the same warning signs that her mother ignored, Lily learns just how hard it is to say goodbye. The provocative opening takes a dark turn when Lily receives a warning about Ryle’s intentions from his sister, who becomes Lily’s employee and close friend. They meet on a rooftop in Boston on the night Ryle loses a patient and Lily attends her abusive father’s funeral. Hoover’s ( November 9, 2015, etc.) latest tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence with romantic tenderness and emotional heft.Īt first glance, the couple is edgy but cute: Lily Bloom runs a flower shop for people who hate flowers Ryle Kincaid is a surgeon who says he never wants to get married or have kids. Although Cherry might have been aiming for an angst-y, emotional romance, weak characterization and plotting don't provide enough fuel to keep readers invested.Ī blend of romance and the personal journey misses its mark. The romance is a barely-there afterthought, as the novel focuses instead on Oliver and Emery forgiving themselves for past mistakes and trying to heal. After this rough beginning, the book meanders through Emery’s life as a single mother and the return of her domineering, unsupportive family. When Oliver learns the incident caused Emery to lose her job, he’s ashamed and decides to hire her as his personal chef. Deeply intoxicated, Oliver vomits all over her car, pees in her houseplant, and passes out. Unable to leave her idol in such a condition, Emery decides to take him home since her daughter is safe overnight with a neighbor. Oliver’s scuffle with the crowd in the bar is posted to social media, and the paparazzi arrive. Emery is star-struck when she recognizes Oliver but is quickly disappointed by his rudeness and hard drinking. Emery is estranged from her conservative, religious parents and is struggling to make ends meet, having dropped out of culinary school after her daughter, Reese, was born five years ago. ![]() He flees the concert venue in a panic and ends up at a dive bar where single mother Emery Taylor works as a server. Nevertheless, he agrees to a solo performance after being pressured by his selfish girlfriend to resume his career. Oliver self-medicates with alcohol and can't find solace in music because it reminds him of his brother. Oliver Smith and his twin, Alex, were world-famous pop stars until six months ago, when Alex was killed in a car accident. A musician and a single mother battle their inner demons. |