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The residents of an old age home in Goa band together to solve a mysterious death in this novel

When a body is found hanging in the garden of an old age home, the unlikeliest detectives in Goa get to the case in Bulbul Sharma’s new murder mystery novel.

Deven spread out a large sheet of paper on the table as the others watched. They were sitting around the dining table, not eating for once but discussing the murder. Deven had declared he was in charge and when no one protested he appointed Rosie as his assistant. Prema was not pleased at all but after giving Rosie a dark look as if to say, “You wait and see what I do to you”, she kept quiet. Maria had agreed to help them, though she was not sure how. “You get information from the inspector for us. He is so infatuated by you and will tell you every detail of the case,” Rosie told her. Maria was surprised to see the sparkle in her faded eyes.

Cyrilo had already been to the village and found out from the grocer that the dead woman was a stranger and no one knew where she had come from. A few people said they had seen her driving around in a big car but they hadn’t spoken to her.

“Why should we? We have nothing to do with her kind of people,” they said. “They come and go like summer flies. Why should we care?”

“I asked everyone at the market too but they said they had never seen her in Trionim before this summer. The grocer said a rich woman had come last week to his shop to order a large quantity of bottled water and five family packs of ice cream but sat in the car the whole time so he didn’t get a good look at her face. The driver paid and he could hear her scolding him in Hindi for taking so long. She used some really good abuses which the grocer hadn’t heard before. He was quite impressed. She was the only stranger around here except for the foreign tourists hanging about near the beach,” said Cyrilo. “Imagine buying five family packs of ice cream in one go.”

“So at the moment we don’t have anything to start with except this.” Deven wrote the following down in bold letters.

  1. Woman found dead in Happy Home (hanging from mango tree)
  2. Woman’s identity not known but could be from Delhi
  3. Seems to be very rich

“Why Delhi? How can you be so sure?” asked Yuri. He had not yet told them about the photograph. He wanted to see it once more and then reveal it but he could only do that if Olga called him to the villa. Maybe he would go and hang about there. If that Rana fellow came out, he could always pretend to be a Russian tourist looking for a hotel.

“I know why you wrote that. You think she’s from Delhi because she spoke in Hindi and abused the driver. Only people from Delhi are so free with bad words,” said Prema, giving them a gleeful smirk.

“You should know, since you are from Delhi,” muttered Rosie, keeping her voice low. She knew that Prema was hard of hearing and the barb would not reach her.

“I heard what you said, Rosie. I may be from Delhi but I come from a very respectable family. My father was a senior officer in the railways,” said Prema.

“My father was also in the railways,” said Rosie.

“Well, I’m sure he was a railway guard. My father was the station manager in Saharanpur. We always travelled first class. Our cook travelled with us in second class,” Prema retorted.

Rosie kept quiet. Her father was indeed a railway guard and she wondered how Prema had known. He was a brave, honest guard and had been awarded a medal by the local mayor once. She wondered if she should tell Prema that and shut her up.

“If you ladies have finished telling us your family history, may I continue?” asked Deven, looking at them sternly like a schoolteacher. His glasses were perched on his nose and his eyes looked very bright.

“Inspector Chand told me that the woman had been drugged and then killed. She was already dead when they brought her here. It was definitely murder. The body has been sent to Panjim to a forensic team,” said Maria, looking at them. She thought it was very brave of them to help solve the crime but she felt uneasy. Should she allow them to get involved? What if they got hurt? What if the killer was still around? But she had never seen them look so happy and excited. They had huddled together all day talking to each other, planning things. It was sad that an unfortunate woman’s death had brought them together but that was what life was like when you got so old.

At their age, anything – a broken-down car, a petty theft, a funeral and even a death – was exciting. It broke the monotony of their everyday lives.

One day she too would become like them and get a thrill every time she heard of a death in the neighbourhood.

“MURDER.” Deven wrote this in big, bold letters and looked at them. “I knew that for sure. I knew it was murder the moment I saw the body. I noticed her fingers were badly bruised. She must have put up a fight,” he said quietly.

“Write that down too,” said Yuri. “What for?” asked Cyrilo.

“Just like that. It’ll fill up the sheet a little bit. I hate seeing a blank sheet,” he said.

“Maybe you can draw a dead body hanging from a tree.” Prema threw him a nasty look.

“Good idea. Here, take my pen,” said Cyrilo with a smile, sliding his pen towards Yuri, who quickly picked it up. He began to draw a long, wavering line.

Deven snatched the pen away. “Don’t be idiotic, you two,” he said angrily. “We must draw up a plan. Enough of this rubbish talk. I will give each of you a task and you must report back to me in the evening. You have to talk to people, find out every little detail. We must follow each clue and link them all together to reach a conclusion. The most important thing is to find a person with a motive. Who gained from this woman’s death? We also have to find the boy who saw the body first. He could lead us to other people. Someone must have seen the body being brought into the garden of the Happy Home at night. We have to do this very carefully. I don’t want any of you to make mistakes.” He glared at them.

“He thinks he’s back in his office and we are his employees,” whispered Rosie to Cyrilo and giggled. Deven was suddenly looking taller and smarter, like a general in the army. Rosie smiled at him, twisting her curls with her fingers and thinking that marrying for the third time might not be a bad idea.

Excerpted with permission from Murder at the Happy Home for the Aged, Bulbul Sharma, Penguin Random House India.

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All women growing up in India, South Asia, or anywhere in the world frankly; will remember in some form or the other that gentle girlhood admonishing, “Nice girls don’t do that.” I kept recalling that gently reasoned reproach as I watched Sharp Objects (you can catch it on Hotstar Premium). Adapted from the author of Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn’s debut novel Sharp Objects has been directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, who has my heart since he gave us Big Little Lies. It stars the multiple-Oscar nominee Amy Adams, who delivers a searing performance as Camille Preaker; and Patricia Clarkson, who is magnetic as the dominating and dark Adora Crellin. As an actress myself, it felt great to watch a show driven by its female performers.

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A point the show makes early on is that both the victims of the introductory brutal murders were not your typically nice girly-girls. Camille, the traumatised protagonist carrying a burden from her past was herself not a nice girl. Amma, her deceptive half-sister manipulates the nice girl act to defy her controlling mother. But perhaps the most incisive critique on the whole ‘Be a nice girl’ culture, in fact the whole ‘nice’ culture — nice folks, nice manners, nice homes, nice towns — comes in the form of Adora’s character and the manner in which beneath the whole veneer of nice, a whole town is complicit in damning secrets and not-so-nice acts. At one point early on in the show, Adora tells her firstborn Camille, with whom she has a strained relationship (to put it mildly), “I just want things to be nice with us but maybe I don’t know how..” Interestingly it is this very notion of ‘nice’ that becomes the most oppressive and deceptive experience of young Camille, and later Amma’s growing years.

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It takes different forms, but always towards the same goal — to silence the not-so-nice details of what the experiences; sometimes intimate experiences of women might be. This Culture of Silence is propagated from the child’s earliest experience of being parented by society in general. Amongst the values that girls receive in our early years — apart from those of being obedient, dutiful, respectful, homely — we also receive the twin headed Chimera in the form of shame and guilt.

“Have some shame!”

“Oh for shame!”

“Do not bring shame upon…”

Different phrases in different languages, but always with the same implication. Shameful things happen to girls who are not nice and that brings ‘shame’ on the family or everyone associated with the girl. And nice folks do not talk about these things. Nice folks go on as if nothing has happened.

It is this culture of silence that women across the world today, are calling out in many different ways. Whether it is the #MeToo movement or a show like Sharp Objects; or on a lighter and happier note, even a film like Veere Di Wedding punctures this culture of silence, quite simply by refusing to be silenced and saying the not-nice things, or depicting the so called ‘unspeakable’ things that could happen to girls. By talking about the unspeakable, you rob it of the power to shame you; you disallow the ‘Culture of Nice’ to erase your experience. You stand up for yourself and you build your own identity.

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The next time I hear someone say, “Nice girls don’t do that!”, I know what I’m going to say — I don’t give a shit about nice. I’m just a girl! And that’s okay!

Swara is a an award winning actor of the Hindi film industry. Her last few films, including Veere Di Wedding, Anaarkali of Aaraah and Nil Battey Sannata have earned her both critical and commercial success. Swara is an occasional writer of articles and opinion pieces. The occasions are frequent :).

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And the Oscar Goes to:

Moonlight, 2016

Directed by: Barry Jenkins

Starring: Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monai, Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland

Moonlight, the recipient of 2017’s Oscar for Best Picture, is a movie adaptation from Tarell Alvin’s unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. The film is presented in three parts, each exploring a different time in Chiron’s life (as a youngster: Little; a teen: Chiron; and an adult: Black) as he faces the hardship of a drug-abusing mother, bullies and struggling to accept that he might be gay.

From start to finish Moonlight comes across as something entirely different; a focus on themes and characters overtake the usual focus on a strict A-to-B plot, which, in my opinion, has both positives and negatives. On the plus side, the acting within this film is amazing; everyone’s part comes across as natural and it’s no surprise to see Mahershala Ali win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and Naomie Harris nominated for Best Supporting Actress. The performances are flawless from start to finish. As well as the acting, praise must be given to both the editing and the cinematography teams within the film, as they truly earned their Oscar nominations. The editing is immaculate, with camera shots cutting from one point to another to perfection; not lasting a second too long or a second too short.

However for me it is not without criticisms. While it had superb cinematography, editing, writing and acting, a lack of a traditional plot did disappoint. I couldn’t help think back to 2012’s Silver Linings Playbook (starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence) where they tackled an issue seldom seen in major films (dealing with mental health issues) but they did so where they also had a plot (the romance of Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as well as the dance competition they were training for); Moonlight did not have this. It had a love interest; throughout the three stages of Chiron’s life we also see Kevin, Chiron’s closest friend. From childhood friends to sexually experimenting teenagers to estranged adults, Kevin’s part seems to simply confuse Chiron’s feelings without the traditional happily-ever-after we’ve come to expect from a love story. And while it focuses on Chiron’s dealing with all of these things (rather than the love story) it does seem to be lacking a plot and an ending for me.

That being said, Moonlight also took home the Oscar for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Original Music Score and Best Director; Moonlight was nominated for a total of eight Oscars at the 2017 awards which is a fantastic achievement. A brilliant film with regards to acting, writing and cinematography, I just felt it lacked the traditional plot I’ve become accustomed to.

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Oscar nominations: Best Supporting Actress (Naomie Harris); Best Director (Barry Jenkins); Best Original Music Score (Nicholas Britell); Best Cinematography (James Laxton); Best Film Editing (Nat Sanders, Joi McMillon)

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Ratings Elsewhere:

Metacritic: 99

Rotten Tomatoes: 98%

IMDB: 7.5/10

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Belinder teacher Larry Martin takes commanding lead in first day of Jeopardy finals. Belinder second grade teacher Larry Martin continued his string of Jeopardy brilliance Thursday with a performance in the first day of the two-day Teachers Tournament finals that put him $9,199 ahead of his nearest competitor. One of the other finalists — Lexington, Ky., Latin teacher Claire Bishop and Midvale, Utah, math teacher Steve Mond — would have to make up the gap between them and Martin from the first day to overtake him for the title. The champion is guaranteed prize money of at least $100,000. The second and third place finishers are guaranteed $50,000 and $25,000 respectively. Martin is sure to have an enthusiastic crowd cheering him on in the Belinder gym when the final Teachers Tournament episode airs today at 3:30 p.m. on KSHB.

Raiders, Lancers will meet again in LAKC finals. One of the fiercest rivalries in Kansas City sports in recent years will be renewed on Saturday as the Lancers and Pembroke Hill meet yet again in the Lacrosse Association of Kansas City title game. The Lancers advanced to the title game with a 12-6 win over Blue Valley on the field at UMKC Thursday. Pembroke held on for an 11-9 win over Rockhurst for its ticket to the finals. The Lancers and Pembroke met in the first ever LAKC title game in 2012, with the Lancers defeating Pembroke in overtime. The two met again in the title game the following year, with the Lancers again emerging as champions. The Lancers edged Pembroke 11-10 in a regular season game at SM East earlier this month. The LAKC title game is Saturday night at UMKC.

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For the latest in “Good Morning America’s” Tough Jobs series, Cuomo, sledgehammer in hand, hit the bricks with Signature Interior Demolition, a demolition contractor based in Queens, N.Y.

Cuomo was trained in the fine art of demolition as the men of Signature Interior Demolition forcibly remodeled an old restaurant for the new one that would take its place.

Phil Troia, foreman for the group, already went throught the site with contractor Phil Morgan of Hecho Inc, and they determined the entire bar area would be the first target. A wall, floor, bathroom and sink all had to go. Planning for such a large job takes all day, Troya said.

The saying in demolition is “build up, tear down,” meaning the crew works its way from the top of the project down. That said, Cuomo went after the walls first.

Prying off the wallpaper was the first order of business.

“See, I felt good about that because I was really hurting the wallpaper,” Cuomo said after a particularly large piece dislodged.

Then Cuomo took a sledgehammer and crowbar to the sheetrock and quickly learned that even if you’re tearing something up, there’s technique to it.

According to Troia, it takes six months to train someone before he’ll let them try to take down a wall and ceiling on their own.

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“The love of money”a 19th century poem against money preachers

The Love of Money © 2016 Simon Peter Sutherland

Recently I acquired a 19th century scrapbook.

The scrapbook contains a lot of truly interesting things. Newspaper articles, letters, pictures, concert advertisements, and toward the front there is a poem. This poem is called “The Love of Money” and speaks against money preachers and ministers of the 19th century. It begins with a quote from 1 Timothy 6: 10 “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows”.

In that text, Paul was stating that many had been led away from Truth and walked away from Christ and lost what they had and in doing so fell into a life of misery.

The poem is an insightful warning and one that is even still so relevant to our day, where so many people fall away from Truth and into error out of their love of money, and the pursuit of acceptance. As Bob Dylan once wrote; “money doesn’t talk, it swears“.

The old poem reads like so;

“MONEY ! oh money ! thy praises I sing,

Thou art my Savior, my God, and my King;

Tis for thee that I preach, and for thee that I pray, And make a collection twice each sabbath day.

I have candles, and all sorts of dresses to buy,

For I wish you know that my church is called high-

I don’t mean in structure of steeple or wall,

But so high that the Lord cannot reach it at all.

I have poor in my parish who need some relief –

I preach to their poverty, pray for their grief;

I send my box round to them, morning and night,

And hope they’ll remember “the poor widow’s mite.”

I gather my knowledge from wisdom’s great tree,

And the whole of my Trinity is £,s, and d ;

Yes, pounds, shillings, and pence, are all that I crave.

From my first step on earth to the brink of the grave.

When I’m laid low, and my body at rest,

Place a box on my grave, – ’tis my latest request,

That friends may all see who come for reflection,

I can’t rest in peace without a collection.

Money’s my creed, I’ll not pray without it,

My heaven is closed ‘gainst all those who doubt it;

For this is the essence of parson’s religion-

Come regular to church and be plucked like a pigeon.

My pay may be hundreds or thousands a year-

Double it, treble it, still I’ll be here

With my box or my bags, collecting your brass,

For I can’t do as Jesus did -ride on an ass.

I’ll have carriage and horses, and servants, and hall, –

I am not going to foot it, like Peter and Paul;

Neither like John – live on locust and honey, –

So out with your purses, and down with your money.

Fools sometimes ask what I do with this money !

They might just as well ask what bees do with honey !

 I answer them all with a wink or a nod;

I keep three-birds myself, and give praises to God.

In the cold silent earth I may soon be laid low,

And sleep with the blest that went long ago;

I shall slumber in peace till the great resurrection,

Then be first to my legs to make a collection.”

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Is it Time to Adopt the Millennials Work Life Balance Approach?

We have found that of all the generations mixed in the employment pool for 2017, the Millennials are the recipients of the most negative comments from their co-workers. Perceptions and comments I have heard are: “They are lazy. They only care about themselves. They want everything immediately and don’t want to pay their dues. They’re always on their devices. They want to work remotely. They want to leave work early for family functions.” So why is everyone complaining? Don’t most of us want many of these things as it relates to work vs. personal life? Why is there such a backlash against Millennials who want these things now? Are the older generations upset that they weren’t bold enough to ask for these things when they were new to the workforce?

The hourly mentality of the 40-plus-hour workweek is very difficult for this younger group of workers to wrap their heads around. Why do they need to put in a set number of hours at work for the sake of putting in hours at work? Shouldn’t the goal be for productivity and getting the job done and focus on accomplishments and not effort? Maybe the Millennials are on to something!

If you’re a business owner, take a look at the world through the eyes of your employees. They often see you as the owner coming and going as you please (or so it appears) and they would like to have some or all of the same freedoms. In fact, we have found that not only are Millennials looking for these same freedoms today, but nearly the entire workforce is looking for this supposed work/life balance.

I think this work/life balance issue can use a little reframing. I have a lot of trouble with the “slash” part of the work/life balance. You know, the “/” which divides the “work” part from the “life” part. Perhaps what the Millennials have figured out is that the two things really can‘t be divided with a slash. Maybe they‘ve discovered what I‘ve know since my childhood. Growing up with a business owner meant that the lines between work and personal life were always a bit blurred for me to the point where they almost became one in the same. Phone calls were interspersed between relatives, friends and co-workers. Clients were also good friends who came to our house for dinner. I‘d stop by the office to use one of the computers to do some schoolwork.

Think about it from a business owner standpoint. There‘s no “switch” at the end of the “work” day where owners just turn off their brains and stop thinking about work. You can‘t stop thinking about a proposal for a new customer, a tough discussion you need to have with a long-term employee, or the current cash crunch. There‘s also no “switch” during the day where owners turn off their brains and stop thinking about their personal life. Thoughts of their spouse, kids, in-laws, friends, etc. pop into their heads. They get phone calls, emails, texts and Facebook messages throughout the day from these folks. Guess what, that “switch” doesn‘t really exist for the employees either!

So instead of trying to continue to divide these two things, we should instead embrace and celebrate how they are intertwined. What would your personal life be like if you didn‘t have work? You might enjoy your spouse and kids, but if you were with them all the time you might not enjoy each other so much!

Let‘s stop feeling guilty about texting our spouse or kids during the day; just don‘t abuse it and spend hours trolling Facebook or Twitter. And let‘s not give our significant others grief when they‘re checking email after dinner … just don‘t do it during dinner!

Time to Adopt Millennials Work Life Balance Approach?

Let‘s change the conversation to celebrate how life and work depend on each other and should be intertwined and stop trying to break them apart with this silly “/” thing. And next time you feel steam coming out of your ears from a Millennial who is “on their device,” maybe you should take a deep breath and instead of blowing up at them you should try complimenting them on how well they are molding together their work and personal lives!

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Advantages & Disadvantages of Business Reports

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Small businesses often find themselves preparing business reports in the process of evaluating and planning for their long-term performance. It's usually a good idea for those preparing a financial report to understand some of the objectives of doing so and the potential limitations that might arise. Business reports are a powerful tool if used correctly, but only if those using reports are aware of their disadvantages.

Basics of Business Reports

Business reports are documents prepared by employees or managers that provide regulators, investors and creditors with information about the performance and strategies of the business. Among the most important business reports are financial statements -- the company's balance sheet, cash flow and income statements -- that are used to assess business growth. Other important reports include the business plan and mission statement, which provide direction for the company and benchmarks for management and employees.

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Perhaps the most significant advantage of business reports is that they provide information to management and investors that is critical to decision-making. Business reports usually identify key areas of strength and weakness in the company's management, a running record of the business's performance and guidance for the company's strategic priorities. Financial statements give the company the ability to compare their performance with competitors or with previous time periods, both of which are critical for securing and maintaining growth.

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Business reports are often required by government regulators and lending agencies. This is especially true for businesses that are publicly traded, which must regularly disclose their financial statements and other guidance that can be used by investors to evaluate the company's risk. In addition, both lenders and private investors usually want to review the company's reports to better understand how their money will benefit the company and assess their likelihood of earning a return.

Limitations of Business Reports

While business reports are incredibly useful for management, they also have their limitations. There is often considerable cost of time and money in preparing reports, which has the potential to limit a business's financial and logistic ability to invest in operations or expansion. Some reports are inadequate to get an accurate picture of the entire business, or of the financial conditions in which they operate. Reports may not always be as comparable as they appear -- differences in accounting methods can create difficulty. Finally, reports are also limited by the quality of the information that is available and the competence of those preparing them, so it's helpful to keep in mind any potential limitations in collecting meaningful data.

Potential to Neglect Qualitative Information

Financial statements in particular are often limited to those aspects of the business that can be quantitatively reported, even though the business might enjoy significant assets along more qualitative measures. For example, a business that has hired well-qualified and motivated people will not account for doing so on a financial statement, even though this asset may outweigh a business's temporary financial shortcomings.

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      Established company 7 years old. We manufacture specialty unique surgical steel items in adult market and sell wholesale/ distribution only direct to stores, store chains and distributors. We have built a strong customer base worldwide with distribution and customers in Germany, Austrailia, New Zealand, UK, Norway & the US. Our company struggled through the first 5 years but our constant inovation and unique product lines have taken hold and exploded.

      Our company did not start with capital and the massive demand and growth has placed us in a bind. We require a quick injection to roll over the hump and proceed to the next level of our companies growth. We require $50,000 quickly. Though it is not a large amount it is enough to achieve this transition. Currently our production times are 3 weeks while our customers sell out times are running 1 to 1 1/2 weeks to re- order. We are losing 3 sometimes 4 orders per month per customer (15 to $30,000 of loss monthly) as we haven't been able to buy beyond demand to hold ready ship stock. Having finished stock for immediate shipment alone would almost triple our gross sales per month which are at between 12 to $15,000.

      We are offering twice the investment amount back for this investment. The total amount paid back would be $150,000 and would be recieved via 15% off the top of P&L monthly statement untill invesment and investment profit is paid. Please contact me regarding all the specific details of this only if you have access and ability to extend these funds quickly, the clock is running on our side to meet some crutail upcoming demands.

      Investment will be used for the following:
      2 machines that will make certain operations 300% faster.

      Raw stock and outside process cost for the volume needed above standing orders to achieve proper stock levels to support 3 week manufacture turns.

      Additional raw stock for producing the next run to replace moving stock

      Initial payroll support for adding another employee

      Meet show cost for our booth at important large volume buyer show in California to which we are being featured in the show mag.

      Remove small outstanding outside processes debt. ie... steel supplier.

      Now before its asked why we don't go through a tradtional lender. My wife/ business partner has MS and her medical bills toasted her personal credit, as well mine would not due. Though our company is spottless in this regard outside of one current small debt to a supplier, they do not distinguish us from the company itself.

      Is the return on this investment a trick?

      Hardly we are paying a premium for the investment for several sane reasons. We need it fast, we know what it will do for us, where it will lead short term and long. Further we are in essence buying out any permanent attachment or ownership in the company via investment in it. We will however at the close of investment amount payout choose one sku# (simple small staple product) in which from that time on 100% of the the monthly sales profit of that item will be payed out permanently (think of it as physical stock in the company) If such a time comes the sales fall below what we feel a reasonable royalty should be we reserve the right to switch that benefit to a different sku# that is performing better.

      This is not a joke so please only legitimate investors with the amount requested available reply.
      I can be contacted here to start with however would insist on personal conversation with anyone offering the investment amount.

      I can supply detailed info which shows where we currently are and if we achieve ready ship stock where we would be based on the timing intervals of our customers re-orders after receipt of wares. I hope this forum holds legitimate investors looking for a valued investment and I haven't erred in taking the time to post this. I am not comfortable in having to do this in this setting but the capital need is superceding that choice of comfort.


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The Answer To Infection

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DIGESTED FLESH – The Answer To Infection

Humanity, a filthy mark of creation
Drones of the universe
Infect the blood of the helpless victims
Feel the "Rage" in the blood
Flowing like an overgrown abscess
Feed on your own kind
Misanthropic feast of carnage

Victim, feel the teeth vise down
Into your throat, beating pulse

I dig my hand into your bowels

The bleeding~
I turn my attention
To the intestines
Hunger overpowers my urge
I need you infected

Tear the limbs from the socket
A popping,
A crackle,
A Snack……

I will make your grave
The answer to infection
For you are vile
The answer to infection
For they will embark
On their own destruction
The answer to infection~
Love, god, humanity
An illusion of the past
The answer to infection
We left you sleeping
The asnwer to infection
The demise of man
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Mildura district/zone activity… Birthdays!!,volleyball and games!

IMG_0527Our activity was a success. We did the volleyball thing, then came in church for lunch –  sang to our Birthday Elders – Bryner, Shortland, and Siaw – and games. Bohnanza and Pirates games were hits. Bean fields were springing up all over the place and throwing the dice made two Las Vegans feel right at home. We had a wonderful day full of joy and goodness. Having sisters in the district is such a plus. We love all the missionaries!  Refreshed! Now pressing forward again. – finding God’s precious sheep.

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About Rinat and Jacob Sneg – Your Vancouver Mortgage Brokers

Jacob (Yaakov) and Rinat Sneg
are husband and wife and business partners. They are proud parents to Shira, Adi and Maya.  When they opened our Vancouver mortgage brokers business, it was their goal to bring the value of unique, original thinking to the Canadian system for the benefit of our clients.

Jacob and Rinat arrived in Canada in the summer  of 2003. Jacob was an economist with an MBA in Finance, and immediately started in the mortgage business as an independent agent. At the same time, Rinat, an organizational psychologist (M.A.) began running workshops for new comers to help them with immigration to Canada. After three years, after Jacob had won many awards attesting to his achievement, they opened their own franchise, Covengo known today as ‘Sneg Mortgage Team’. Their significant volume of deals, is giving them an access to the best terms and rates for their clients.

Since they opened their brokerage, they have financed properties in Vancouver (East and West), Richmond, Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Surrey, Langley, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Vancouver Island. Some of the deals were done at a distance, without even meeting the client. At the end of 2012, the two expanded beyond the Vancouver area to serve clients in Ontario. Their aim was to serve Israelis in Toronto, Vaughn, Markham and other cities, offering service in Russian and Hebrew from experts who studies the Canadian system inside and out.

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Today they are active Canada wide and their name is carried by the strong power of happy clients

In the last years, Rinat and Jacob have consistently been in the top 5 percent of mortgage brokerages in Canada in terms of volume. What distinguishes them from others is not their ability to offer the best rates, or their creative solutions or even their sincere, communication: Those are simply necessities at mortgage world, and you can’t be satisfied with just that. What distinguishes their service is the strategic management of your mortgage. To Rinat and Jacob, your mortgage is not just a tool to finance a property, but to create a new order in your life, and your family’s life, helping you create the financial life that you envision. The management of your mortgage is planned to make this happen.

  • Our role doesn’t end after we find you the best mortgage. You’ll find we ask many questions, which might not seem directly related to finding a mortgage: We do this, so we can save you the most money over the life of your mortgage, not just the next five years. A good rate today is important, but you shouldn’t stop there. It’s the small print and the flexibilities in the contract that will control how much savings we can create for you”.

The fact that they have access to more than forty banks and lenders, and that at any given moment there is a new rising star offering a deal, buys you peace of mind and buys the leverage to maneuver your mortgage. Rinat and Jacob don’t care what the name of the bank or lender is; for them, it’s important to make sure your mortgage is a flexible tool that will also protect you from the shock of rising interest or payments you cannot afford.

Right now, the two Vancouver mortgage brokers know that tomorrow can be quite different: why shouldn’t you start preparing? This is what they do, and they enjoy every bit of it. When you call Rinat and Jacob, you will find that they respond very quickly, leading the process strongly and efficiently. Your questions will be answered with a smile, and explanation on everything will be provided. Rinat and Jacob see your mortgage file as an investment portfolio; just as you choose to trust your money with an investment expert who will make it grow, you trust them with your mortgage to manage it and save you as much as possible. What you get with Rinat and Jacob is strategic management service over the whole 25 – 30 year of the life of your mortgage.

Over the last years, they’ve created a team of realtors, lawyers, insurance agents and brokers, inspectors, appraisers, renovation experts, financial planners, and other experts that would love to help you; this team is another part of their commitment to making your mortgage take care of you. Rinat and Jacob do mortgages in a way you haven’t experienced.

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Socoder -> Off Topic -> WarioWare Gold - 3DS

Posted : Thursday, 08 March 2018, 15:51
Jay - WarioWare coming to Switch. Wasn't that a dream of yours?
Posted : Thursday, 08 March 2018, 15:51
Sure, but the thing only mentioned the 3DS..

Additionally, they stated "Over 300 minigames".
The ORIGINAL had Over 200...
Even if you ONLY took 100 minigames from each version, that's still over 400, not 300..
Lazy f'ing developers

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Posted : Thursday, 08 March 2018, 16:09
Sorry my mistake. 3DS indeed.

They might be 300 new games, rather than the best of the other games. I dunno.

I've got one of the Wario Ware games, but never played it. It's on my Ambassador 3DS too.
Posted : Thursday, 08 March 2018, 16:40
If you haven’t yet played one, do so. They’re a lot of fun!!

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Posted : Friday, 27 July 2018, 16:09

Well, the game came out, today, and got promptly'ish delivered about 12:30
I sat playing the game relentlessly and have almost entirely unlocked all of the micro games.
I got through story mode within about two hours, and for the rest of the night have been replaying the various modes to randomly unlock the scraggly leftovers.
I’ve about 10 or so microgames left to unlock through basic random chance, and then all the "capsule toys" which include music tracks, silly figure things, and of course the larger Minigames, Like Pyoro...
I’ve a ton of those capsules to unlock, but ...

There's not an awful lot left to do, if I’m honest..

I’ve pretty much played the joy out of it, within the space of a day. And, really, nothing "new" happened in all that time.
It really is just a collection of the old stuff, but not in anywhere near as good a way as Rhythm Paradise/Heaven MegaMix did it,
If you’re about to shell out £35 and haven’t picked up Rhythm Paradise/Heaven MegaMix, then I suggest you grab that instead.

Honestly, I just didn’t get the usual WarioWare vibes from this...

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Posted : Saturday, 28 July 2018, 02:22
Additional (Because I ranted about it over at AGameAWeeek, this morning!)

For the most part, the minigames work exactly as they used to, and that's a glorious thing!
But I've a number of issues, most of which boil down to the incredibly bland menu system.

As you know, I hate making menus, so I'm hardly one to speak of such a thing, but the menus in this game are just so very bland.

Character select - bland menu.
Minigame select - bland menu.
Toy/capsule select - bland menu.

When the original game was released on the GBA, it was made up of a desktop-icon style GUI, which was meant to simulate Wario's laptop.
Now, 25 years later, it's just a barebones looking menu. Nothing special happens in the menus.

The storyline, too, doesn't really ever go anywhere. There's an attempt at making things a bit more interesting, but it feels like the creators felt like simply replicating the original GBA version was surely more than enough.
But it isn't.
Especially when you only half-arse the rest of it.

If you look at the sheer breadth and scope of the Rhythm Heaven/Paradise Megamix game from a couple of years ago, it's a drastically different affair.
Sure, everything is accessed from a menu, but the menu is lively, has a certain feel to it, and just feels so much like a giant sprawling collection of things.

Here in the new WarioWare. Well, it's just a pile of static tiles, in a grid, in the middle of the screen.
It doesn't "do" anything. It doesn't "feel" like a vast collection. It's just a plain grid.

.. And then there's the number of microgames.
The original GBA version had (IIRC) 240 minigames.
If you take those, add the minigames from WarioWare Twisted, and add the minigames from WarioWare Touched, you get another 200 or so from Twisted and then another nearly 200 from Touched.

That's about 600, give or take.
The 300 included in WarioWare Gold is half of that.
And barely anything's new. True, it's a "Gold", but it's like they just grabbed whatever they had lying around and chucked it onto a cart with a bland menu.

There's no DIY, there's no Snapped, and you don't even get Tomorrow Hill playing during Spitz'n'Dribble's stage..

Somewhere the game's lost its heart and soul.

Maybe I was expecting too much from this game.
I guess Rhythm Paradise Megamix spoiled me..
But I feel ultimately let down by WarioWare Gold

* I'm still wondering if unlocking further Minigames might reveal some DIY/Snapped features.. ... But it's not looking good.

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Posted : Saturday, 28 July 2018, 04:03
Shame. Seems like a massive wasted opportunity to grab new WW fans


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STHS_HoneyHollow_2In 1939, the five property owners of the 650-acre Honey Hollow Watershed united to protect the viability of their farmland. Their efforts were aided by the Soil Conservation Service (US Department of Agriculture) in Upper Darby, PA. By 1941 terraces and diversion ditches were built to control runoff on steep slopes and hedges were planted to control erosion. Their successful experiments in contour plowing and other soil and water conservation techniques served as examples for farmers around the country. This was the first agricultural area in a small watershed to show the benefits of soil, water, and wildlife conservation. Conservation education programs continue today through the Honey Hollow Environmental Education Center.

Included are the families of Forrest Crooks, Francis Fitting, Alston Waring, Samuel Hopps, and Charles Wendig. Their efforts to protect their farmland were recognized nationally in 1969 when the US Department of the Interior designated the watershed as a National Historic Landmark, the only agricultural landmark in the nation.

For more information, you can read the book The Story of Honey Hollow and the Origins of the Conservation Movement in Pennsylvania, written by P. Alston Waring, one of these property owners.


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Drums and guitars hammer out a psychedelic distress signal before Guest Star of the Year Iggy Pop saunters up to the mic and begins reading poetry with his sonorous Midwestern accent. This yields to an ominous chorus of, “So many actions, so many voices” over and over. It’s a hella auspicious beginning to PINS latest, the EP Bad Thing. It’s also a hint of what’s to come, as in; this should be interesting. It should be, but isn’t. Such a promising start doesn’t allow them to coast the rest of the time, but rather sets the bar pretty high, a height they fail to reach after track one fades out.

Before I continue, a quick side bar: thank Jeebus the self-proclaimed “old git” Pop took up the offer from PINS to guest on the track, “Aggrophobe.” It’s encouraging to see rock’s elder statesmen like Pop work with young, largely unknown acts; much like Jeff Beck did last year with his record/tour showcasing the two members of Bones. Clearly, not all old rock stars become the disconnected douchebags the punkers of old warned us against. #irony

As I was saying - this is the sixth release from PINS, a six-year-old Manchester band, and it’s a compelling mix of their influences, e.g. Jesus and Mary Chain, Hole, and My Bloody Valentine. I might add some shades of early Siouxsie as well. Also present is Joy Division as the band does a cover of “Dead Souls.” It’s not a unique take, but it’s certainly complimentary.

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Who would think that $5 could buy so much fun?  At Hot Water Beach you can rent a spade for $5 and dig your own personal hot water pool.

The Coromandel Peninsula is renowned for its long summer, sparkling sun, the bluest of sea and white sand. Beautiful coves and bays adorn the eastern coastline, offering safe and spectacular beach playgrounds.

At Hot Water Beach, just south of Hahei, there is something very unique to enjoy. For the 2 hours each side of low tide, hot water seeps up through the sand on the beach, offering the perfect opportunity for a hot pool soak.

The easiest way to create your own pool is to rent a spade from the Hot Water Beach shop for $5, draw straws amongst your group to decide who is the best digger and start having fun. Pick your spot along the beach, mark out your swimming pool perimeter and dig down just far enough to create hot water pools to languish in.

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It’s not elegant, but it is a lot of fun. When you get too hot, it’s just a short stroll to the shoreline where gentle ocean waves are perfect for cooling off. The beach is kid friendly and you’ll find the children will love building sandcastles and doing all the usual beach things as well as enjoy their own hot pool. It’s great in the summer, but can get a bit crowded, so if you’re in the area during the spring or autumn you’ll find fewer people, more space and the water is just as hot. Parking is also a lot easier.

When it’s time to go, you can wash off the sand at the cold water shower outside the shop and return your spade. The shop also has useful items for sale such as sunhats, sunglasses, jandels, swimwear, even surfboard rental.

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We recommend flying into either Tucson International Airport (TUS) or Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) and renting a car. The distance between Phoenix and Tucson is about 100 miles. PHX is a bigger airport and may offer better connections and prices. If you're staying for the whole week then you'll be in Phoenix at the end, too.

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For the Tucson portion of the week (Feb 17-23) we recommend staying in a hotel or rental house in the city of Tucson. The first weekend's venues are south of the city (40-60 minutes drive) and the training events are in or closer to town. The exception is Bisbee, which is about 100 minutes of driving.

The wide open spaces of Arizona provide some lovely opportunities for camping. While the days will be beautiful, the nights will be cold.

The area near our Saturday and Sunday events are covered by Forest Service Dispersed Camping Guidelines at https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/fishlake/recreation/?cid=stelprdb5121831 This is free primitive camping with no services provided. Contact Peg (pegdavis at u dot Arizona dot edu) a week before the event if you’d like details on where other orienteers are likely to be camping if you prefer less solitude. Lows of 23 degrees F are possible.

Catalina State Park camping is convenient for our Monday event. Find information about camping fees and reservations at https://azstateparks.com/catalina/camping-and-rvs/rv-and-tent-camping . Average low is 41 degrees F, record low is 19 degrees F.

For the Phoenix weekend (Feb 24-25) we recommend staying in a hotel in Apache Junction. There is also developed camping at Lost Dutchman State Park.

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Is there a way to determine programmatically if the currently running app was built and signed for development only or whether it was built for distribution? And can one determine if was build for app store or ad hoc distribution?

Is it e.g. possibly to access the code signature and get the information from there? Or are there certain files present in one of variants that don't exist in the other ones? Is part of the bundle info? Or can it be derived from the executable file?

Any hints are appreciated.

It seems that the embedded.mobileprovision file is in ASN.1 format.

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The easiest way to check is to look at embedded.mobileprovision ([[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"embedded.mobileprovision" ofType:nil]):

  • It's a bit of a pain to parse since it's a signed plist (PKCS#7 signed data, according to openssl asn1parse -inform der), but a bad hack is to just look for <plist and </plist>.
  • Development contains UDIDs and <key>get-task-allow</key><true/>
  • Ad Hoc distribution contains UDIDs (and get-task-allow=false)
  • App Store distribution contains no UDIDs.

The other thing you can check is the entitlements embedded in the executable (otool -l lists it as LC_CODE_SIGNATURE). Parsing this is even more tedious (you need to parse the Mach-O header and load commands, and for "universal" binaries which are now the default, you'll need to check the currently-loaded architecture or all architectures).

  • Development builds contain <key>get-task-allow</key><true/>
  • Ad Hoc and App Store builds contain <key>get-task-allow</key><false/>

I don't think the entitlements distinguish between Ad Hoc and App Store builds.

Apart from those and the certificate it's signed with, there's no difference between Development/Ad Hoc/App Store apps (there are a few other things in the entitlements/provisioning profile, but nothing more reliable that I can think of).

Security considerations

Neither of these are that difficult to circumvent. For the first method, the app could just "swizzle" -[NSBundle pathForResource:ofType:]. The second method is a bit more difficult depending on what API you use to read the file.

  • Thanks a lot for your useful input. The reason for determining the distribution type is that I'd like to sell a library that can be used for free during development and testing but requires a license for App Store distribution. The embedded.mobileprovision files that I found in the build directory of Xcode are binary files with some XML embedded. Is this the same once the app is installed on the device, or is the XML part installed only? – Codo Aug 7 '10 at 13:40
  • Hi Codo, I'm in the same situation... how did you end up implementing the check? – Andrea Sep 13 '12 at 23:50
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    For in house distribution you will see this: <key>ProvisionsAllDevices</key> <true/> – Sveinung Kval Bakken Apr 18 '13 at 16:45
  • @SveinungKvalBakken I'm assuming you mean Enterprise In-House distribution. I also think it can be treated like App Store distribution, unless you want to offer special licence terms for In-House distribution. – tc. Apr 22 '13 at 18:48
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    Thanks for this! I've wrapped it up in a category, in the hope that it will save someone some work somewhere down the line: – Kaolin Fire Jun 25 '13 at 20:06

openssl asn1parse -inform DEM -in *Mobile_Provision_File* -strparse 54 is the easiest way to access the data that I've found.

security cms -D -i *Mobile_Provision_File* is actually easier. The openssl command leaves some garbage in the output.

  • Brilliant. This is something I had been looking for for a very long time. – Chaitanya Gupta Jul 11 '12 at 9:50

I've extracted an embedded.mobileprovision file and pasted into an online ASN.1 viewer (e.g., and that's what a got:

   OBJECTIDENTIFIER 1.2.840.113549.1.7.2 (signedData)
   [0] {
      SEQUENCE {
         INTEGER 1
         SET {
            SEQUENCE {
         SEQUENCE {
            OBJECTIDENTIFIER 1.2.840.113549.1.7.1 (data)
            [0] {
               OCTETSTRING 3c3f786d6c20766 ... 6c6973743e0a
         [0] {
            SEQUENCE {
               SEQUENCE {
                  [0] {
                     INTEGER 2
 ... [much more]

With this and some ASN.1 knowledge, your explanation makes perfect sense.

The interesting part is the octet string starting 3c3f786d6c. That's the XML part in Apple's property list format that contains all the answers about the distribution type (developer, ad-hoc, App Store).

#if (DEBUG)
#define SERVER @""
#define SERVER @""

that's the way i distinguish the debug and release mode ,

but i have no idea for adhoc or production unless use the provision profile name

I create a gist to detect Ad Hoc build
See :

AdHoc detect with following 2 conditions :

1.embedded.mobileprovision contains field ProvisionedDevices (Debug and Ad Hoc Build contains this field ,Release not) is not DEBUG Build , we can use #ifdef DEBUG to decide it

    BOOL isAdHoc = NO;
    BOOL isDebug;

#ifdef DEBUG

    NSData *data=[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[[NSBundle mainBundle]URLForResource:@"embedded" withExtension:@"mobileprovision"]];
    NSString *str=[[NSString alloc]initWithData:data encoding:NSISOLatin1StringEncoding];
    NSRange rangeOfDevicesUDIDs = [str rangeOfString:@"ProvisionedDevices"];

    isAdHoc = rangeOfDevicesUDIDs.location!=NSNotFound && !isDebug;
    return isAdHoc;

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