![]() ![]() The boy tearfully tosses his cat down the garbage chute and has to hide from Karen that the doll killed the cat. Seeing that Rooney hurt Andy, Chucky begins to strangle the cat until Andy stops him.Īndy comes home from school one afternoon and finds that Chucky stabbed Rooney to death for seeing him as a threat to Andy. On one occasion, Andy’s cat Rooney scratches him. Chucky does so, but his recording device also plays back Andy’s words about Shane, which makes him mad when he hears them and gets Andy in trouble with Karen. He starts to teach Chucky how to scare Shane by showing him how to make creepy faces. However, Andy finds that he can talk to Chucky about his feelings toward his mom dating Shane, and Chucky forms a genuine attachment to Andy. He gets commands wrong and inadvertently creeps Andy out by waking him up at night. ![]() He tries to name it, but the doll refers to itself as Chucky (voice of Mark Hamill).Īndy has a hard time getting Chucky to do what his functions are supposed to do. Andy turns the doll on, and it starts to speak to him. Karen brings the doll home as an early brithday gift for Andy, but he doesn’t seem interested in it. When Wes refuses to give it up, Karen blackmails him by reminding Wes that he cheated on his wife, so he lets her have it. Karen’s boss Wes (Amro Majzoub) plans to send the doll back so that it can be compacted, but Karen wants to take it home for Andy. She's able to preserve her existence virtually, implying that wherever there are electronics, M3GAN will find a way to keep living.At work, a customer brings back a defective Buddi doll (the same one from before) after complaining that its eyes were glowing red. Even at the Funki office, she can hack their computer systems and prevent them from turning her off, making her more effective than one of Skynet's Terminators. Before she kills Bruce, M3GAN uses various computer systems to stay alive. There's nothing supernatural about how M3GAN operates she's a robot that Gemma programs to be Cady's companion, but her drive to preserve herself is as strong as the one for protecting Cady. At the end of subsequent sequels, this process would continue, with the murderer able to transfer his essence into other Good Guy dolls, perpetually keeping himself "alive." His main goal was to move his soul into a human host, thereby gaining all the benefits of being flesh and blood rather than being a toy, but Chucky's power is reliant on the supernatural, which isn't as quantifiable as technology. In the original Child's Play, serial killer Charles Lee Ray could put his vile soul into a Good Guy doll and live on. RELATED: Why Child's Play Is The Most Consistent Horror Franchise In Terms Of Quality ![]() However, even though Chucky has more in common with a killer robot than ever before, M3GAN still has the upper hand for various reasons. Thanks to a bug in his programming and some physical damage, he's overprotective to the point of killing anyone who threatens his main buddy Andy. In the poorly received 2019 Child's Play reboot, Chucky's origins were altered, and in the current iteration, he bears more resemblance to M3GAN than his supernaturally inspired predecessor. When they don't get what they want, like the love and affection of their playmates, their tantrums are genuinely terrifying. ![]() Both toys have murder on their minds, and they've both cemented themselves as horror icons through their unique personalities and gruesome kill counts. The titular character in M3GAN, the Blumhouse horror movie about an artificial intelligence child's companion with a homicidal glitch, has been repeatedly compared to Chucky, the tiny terror from the '80s classic Child's Play and current star of its reboot series, Chucky. When it comes to dolls duking it out, M3GAN would beat Chucky in a pint-sized showdown. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Your health care provider may take a sample of the mucus that comes up when you cough, also called sputum. X-rayĪ chest X-ray can show irregular patches in the lungs that are typical of active TB disease. Other tests of the blood sample can help determine if you have active disease.Ī negative result means you likely do not have a TB infection. A positive test shows that you have either a latent TB infection or active TB disease. One lab test finds out whether certain immune system cells can "recognize" tuberculosis. Blood testsĪ sample of blood is sent to a lab. It doesn't necessarily mean you don't have an infection. People who had a TB vaccination might get a positive test even if they have no infection.Ī negative test means that your body didn't react to the test. A positive test indicates you likely have either a latent TB infection or active TB disease. ![]() ![]() This test is seeing if your immune system reacts, or has made an antibody, to tuberculosis. The size of the raised skin is used to determine a positive or negative test. Within 48 to 72 hours, a health care worker will check your arm for swelling at the injection site. Skin testĪ tiny amount of a substance called tuberculin is injected just below the skin on the inside of one forearm. Your provider will determine whether a skin test or blood test is the best option. You have health risks for active TB disease.You were likely exposed to a person with active TB disease. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() The USDA explains: "Bone-in poultry products that are injected or marinated with a solution containing butter or other edible fat, broth, stock or water plus spices, flavor enhancers and other approved substances must be labeled as basted or self-basted. Some turkeys are sold as "basted" or "self-basted" at supermarkets. Cooking times for unstuffed turkeyīasting involves brushing and squirting the juices from the turkey that spill onto the roasting pan back onto the bird to help keep it moist while cooking.ĭepending on what ingredients you spread over your turkey, according to BBC Good Food the baste can be a mixture of juices from bacon, pancetta and butter combined with lemon, herbs and spices.īasting can be done around every hour during the cooking process. Below are the approximate cooking times for turkey, according to their weight, as outlined by the USDA. Stuffed turkey will take longer to cook than unstuffed turkey. Stuffed turkeys will take longer to cook than unstuffed ones. This temperature ensures those nasty salmonella bacteria are all blasted, and your turkey is safe to serve. That’s their recommendation for all turkey that starts out raw. (If you stuffed the turkey, the stuffing, not just the meat, should be 165☏). Homemade stuffing seen in a casserole dish. The USDA says to cook your turkey to a minimum internal temperature of 165☏. Let the cooked turkey stand for 20 minutes before removing the stuffing. ![]()
![]() ![]() NEHS, a program of Sigma Tau Delta, serves students and faculty in high schools throughout the country and provides an outreach to thousands of students and faculty who share a commitment to excellence in English language arts. Sigma Tau Delta is also the proud sponsor of The National English Honor Society (NEHS). Sigma Tau Delta also recognizes the accomplishments of professional writers who have contributed to the fields of language and literature. Sigma Tau Delta's central purpose is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies. With over 750 active chapters located in Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States, there are more than 1,000 faculty sponsors, and approximately 8,500 members inducted annually. Exhibit high standards of academic excellence and Serve society by fostering literacy.Promote exemplary character and good fellowship among its members.Foster all aspects of the discipline of English, including literature, language, and writing.Provide, through its local chapters, cultural stimulation on college campuses and promote interest in literature and the English language in surrounding communities.Confer distinction for high achievement in English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies.A member of the Association of College Honor Societies, it was founded in 1924 at Dakota Wesleyan University. Sigma Tau Delta is the International English Honor Society. Form to request an Equivalency Evaluation for English transfer credit.Diverse Teaching, Diverse Learning Series.Teacher Certification: English/Language Arts and Reading Grades 7-12.IA/TA Application, Guidelines, and Resources.Departmental Documents and Administration.Texas State College of Liberal Arts Department of English ![]() ![]() ![]() Sources were used, the information was interpreted differently, and the This schedule may disagree with other launch schedules because different.Vehicle will launch the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission into orbit Vehicle will launch the German SARah 2 and 3 radar Earth imaging satellites into orbit Vehicle will launch several Starlink Internet satellites into orbit Vehicle will launch the Worldiew Legion 1 and 2 Earth imaging satellites into orbit Vehicle will launch SDA Tranche 0 satellites into orbit for the U.S. All launch dates and times are subject to change and are listed in 24-hour format. This schedule does not list launches that have not been publicly announced. To receive this launch schedule and launch updates by e-mail, click here. ![]() For detailed information about this schedule, refer to the Notes section below. military launches are withheld until they are publicly released or reported in the news Generally accurate at the time of publication, but may disagree with other sources. It is a composite of unclassified information from open sources. This schedule lists rocket and missile launches from Vandenberg SFB for the next several months. Vandenberg Rocket and Missile Launch Multimedia library. To access launch photos, videos, and audio reports, visit the Stay tuned as we monitor the countdown.A Taurus rocket carrying Taiwan's ROCSAT-2 satellite lifts-off from Space Launch Complex 576EĪt Vandenberg SFB. So far, SpaceX teams at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are counting down to a Falcon 9 liftoff from Launch Complex 40 at 4:21 p.m. Today's mission has an 87-minute launch window. Thanks for joining us for today's live coverage of SpaceX's O3b mPower mission for SES. Welcome to live coverageĢ:45 p.m.: Good afternoon everyone. New T-0 launch timeĢ:55 p.m.: SpaceX is now targeting liftoff of the Falcon 9 at 5:21 p.m. Space Force forecasters expect conditions to be greater than 90% favorable for liftoff. In about 20 minutes we expect the SpaceX launch director to conduct a poll to determine whether or not to proceed with fueling the Falcon 9 ahead of today's launch attempt. One hour until liftoffĤ:21 p.m.: Now within one hour to liftoff. Stay tuned.Ĥ:30 p.m.: The SpaceX launch director has updated the liftoff time to 5:48 p.m. If SpaceX cannot begin fueling on time, the mission will likely scrub. and the close of the available launch time today. We're monitoring updates to see if the SpaceX launch director will be able to conduct a fueling poll in about 20 minutes to proceed with fueling the Falcon 9 or not ahead of today's launch attempt. One hour until liftoffĤ:48 p.m.: Again within one hour to liftoff. "Go" for fuelingĥ:08 p.m.: The SpaceX launch director is "go" to begin fueling the Falcon 9! Liftoff is slated for 5:48 p.m. Fueling underwayĥ:15 p.m.: SpaceX has begun fueling the 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 40 ahead of liftoff at 5:48 p.m. This evening's launch will include an eastern trajectory and drone ship landing in the Atlantic Ocean, so there will be no local sonic booms this time. and all appears to be well with the count. 10 minutes until liftoffĥ:38 p.m.: SpaceX continues counting down to liftoff at 5:48 p.m. Updates from Friday's event below: Liftoff!ĥ:48 p.m.: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Weather forecasters with the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron said in a report on Thursday that launch conditions are expected to be 90% "go." Only a slight chance of clouds should linger for Friday's launch attempt.įor the latest, visit /launchschedule. Known as O3b mPower 1 and 2, the spacecraft are set to liftoff during today's 87-minute launch window. Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station hosts the O3b mPower mission for SES, a Luxembourg-based satellite operator. Friday afternoon for the liftoff of a Falcon 9 from Florida. Read our full post-launch story here.įollow along as SpaceX targets 5:48 p.m. The rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral and landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Update: SpaceX launched this mission at 5:48 p.m. ![]() Please support it with a subscription here. Journalism like this takes time and resources. Space is important to us and that's why we're working to bring you top coverage of the industry and Florida launches. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you do choose to chance going with this company, DO NOT USE OREGON TRAIL MOVERS. It wasn't and even worse, to try to order another one was out of this world the most frustrating experience I have ever had. They actually told us the correct amount of pods to order which is why we checked and tripled check with 1-800-pack Rack to make sure what they were saying was true. UNFORTUNATELY, the 800 Pack Rack has our pods in storage, so will have to play this out with them, but please JUST GO WITH Pods Company. People make mistakes, but to get ZERO HELP from 1-800-Pack-Rack, and to deal with UNPROFESSIONAL, AGGRESSIVE, MOVERS - OREGON TRAIL MOVERS, was completely unacceptable. Mind you, I have my new buyers that I supposed to be moving in that evening. I was completely caught off guard, and asked what happened, both movers got aggressive in their tone with us and said it was not their fault and we'll have to find another way. Oregon Trail Movers showed the following day to load the last of our things in the 16 ft pod, half way through, they said we will need another pod. We deserve 1/2 of our money back not to mention the $1k I'm sure that it will cost to book a hotel until our stuff gets dropped off. $300 reimbursement is a joke! Our entire move has been a disaster from start to finish. When they picked up the pod we had already moved out but found out that they pulled our mailbox out of the ground and did not put it back in so when our buyers came for their walkthrough they had taken photos and thought the mailbox was broken and hit by a car. Then was not able to get the truck/pod up our driveway because they said it was too steep they so had to leave it at the bottom by the mailbox leaving us to walk every piece of furniture, boxes etc to the bottom of our driveway in the road. We paid over $4000 for what? More of a headache than anything.Īt drop off the truck driver was supposed to arrive in the afternoon to drop off but did not get there until about 9pm. They should at least have at least reimbursed me the cost of what it will be to stay in a hotel until they drop off our things 3 days later!! Not to mention that we already had movers booked for Saturday, appointments and deliveries scheduled for the house Monday and Tuesday etc. Now we have nowhere to go as our house is already closed and sold - our new house is an empty new build house with nothing to put in it and I have a 2 yr old and 4 yr old as well. I understand that things happen beyond our control but these companies should be prepared for this. We had upper management call us back saying they would deliver Monday instead and refund us $300 which is completely unacceptable. I would certainly recommend them to anyone else looking for a moving container company that's as inexpensive as possible! I was really happy that they were able to match the lower price of another company - that was such a big deal to us since we were trying to save as much money as possible. ![]() The container we had didn't look like it was in the best shape, but it was good enough and all of our stuff was okay so that's what mattered most to us. Instructions were clear, none of our stuff was damaged in the cross-country trip, and it was easy to call and change when our containers were picked up/dropped off. There was an instance in which we called Pack Rat to change the direction the doors on the container were facing before the container was dropped off and this change didn't happen, but it ended up being fine for us. The containers were picked up and delivered without issue, and we found the drivers to be very nice as well. I was pleased with the communication from customer service - everyone I spoke to was friendly, and if I called during a busy time, I was glad that I could just receive a call back at a later time so I didn't have to wait on hold forever. Overall I would say we had a good experience with Pack Rat. ![]() ![]() The New York Court of Appeals recognized inequality in the per-pupil spending between districts but concluded that the disparity was not great enough to jeopardize the constitutional right to education. The New York school finance system also relied on local property tax, and several districts with low funding challenged the system. The New Jersey Supreme Court found that this system violated the state constitutional guarantee of access to a “thorough and efficient” public education system. Prior to this case, the New Jersey public school funding system relied heavily on local property tax. Priest, the Supreme Court found that the system did not violate the Equal Protection Clause after determining that the system did not intentionally or substantially discriminate against a class of people. Parents of students in a Texas school district argued that the school finance system in Texas, which relied on local property tax for funding beyond that provided by the state, disadvantaged the children whose districts were located in poorer areas. *San Antonio Independent School District v. The California Supreme Courtfound the system in violation of the Equal Protection Clause because there was too great a disparity in the funding provided for various districts. Students of Los Angeles County public schools and their families argued that the California school finance system, which relied heavily on local property tax, disadvantaged the students in districts with lower income. The 1971 case, also referred to as Serrano I, was the first of three cases called Serrano v. *denotes US Supreme Court Case School Finance ![]() ![]() ![]() And right now, we sit at total equity just shy of $2 billion and a book value of $9.10. That's up more than $200 million or $0.92 per share compared to the first quarter of last year. Burford-only net income was nearly $260 million, $1.17 per share. But when you exclude YPF, unrealized gains were up 55%. From a top-line perspective, total revenues were up more than 200% driven by higher capital provision income as well as improved asset management income. Our business is episodic, but we hope to impress upon you today the momentum we're seeing in addition to the progress from YPF. And with that, Jordan is going to take you through Slide 4.Īs Chris mentioned, this was a good first quarter, driven by significant progress across the portfolio and further bolstered by the YPF case and the related assets. We're going to jump around with these slides a little bit. ![]() But - but bottom line, we couldn't be happier with how the first quarter - our first ever reporting quarter turned out, especially since the first quarter in this business can certainly have periods of historical slowness. And Jordan will take you through liquidity and OpEx. That's - and we'll talk in a minute about what we're seeing in terms of new business in the market. The portfolio at the same time is continuing to grow. And then, of course, on March 31, the last day of the quarter, we had the additional bonus of a strongly positive liability decision from the federal court in YPF case, that obviously caused an upward revaluation of that asset to some extent.Īnd so, in addition to that $125 million of Burford-only revenue, we've added about another $190 million from YPF, and that - those two numbers together resulted in that extraordinary outcome for the quarter. So, setting aside YPF for a moment, just looking at the business ex YTF, we're really pleased with what we're seeing in terms of portfolio activity in terms of what we're seeing in terms of revenue generation. That's almost double what it was in the first quarter last year and realized gains as part of that, we're up more than 250%. And significantly, $125 million of that was from our portfolio, just the general operation of our portfolio, the returns to normalcy. In other words, the portion of these numbers that accrues to Burford's equity shareholders like you and like me.Īnd on a Burford-only basis, our revenue went up 214% to $315 million or so. So, let me just for the sake of simplicity, frame Burford-only numbers for you. As you know, those numbers get a little bit diluted by the fact that they include some consolidated funds. We've got numbers on the slide here that are consolidated numbers. We've seen our backlog of cases moving through the courts, and that's generating an increase in velocity, and that's translating into revenue. We have seen a return to normalcy in the court system. It was an extraordinary quarter, and it reflected the - exactly what we have been saying about what we're seeing out there in the court system and in the market in which we operate. So, I'm going to start on Slide 3.Īnd I have to say the - this slide and our numbers in general really do speak for themselves. And then happy to take whatever questions you all have. We are going to adopt the process of having these calls be when we just do the quarterly numbers having these given our propensity to talk, we'll try to be brisker for these quarterly calls than we have been for annual calls. I'm joined as usual by Jon Molot, the Chief Investment Officer and Jordan Licht, the Chief Financial Officer. And welcome to our very first ever set of quarterly results, all part of the journey towards a full U.S. I think this is our third call in three months. ![]() It feels like we've been talking to you a lot lately. Please go ahead.Ĭhristopher Bogart: Thanks very much, and hello, everybody. I'll now hand it over to your host, Chris Bogart, CEO, to begin. My name is Alex, and I will be coordinating the call today. Operator: Hello, and welcome to the Burford Capital's First Quarter 2023 Results Conference Call. Reported EPS is $1.17, expectations were $0.26. Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR) Q1 2023 Earnings Call Transcript June 13, 2023īurford Capital Limited beats earnings expectations. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mitra Azizirad, General Manager, Developer Platform Marketing and Sales Check out the Visual Studio 2015 Product Editions for detailed feature and pricing information, including the current promotions we’re running so you can get the most value out of Visual Studio today.Īlso if you haven’t tried it yet, download Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6 to test out the new features and send us your feedback through the usual channels ( UserVoice, Send-a-Smile, or Connect). And the pricing of Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN will be significantly less than the current price of Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN. Getting Visual Studio 2015Ĭustomers who have an active subscription for Visual Studio Premium with MSDN or Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN will automatically get upgraded to Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN. We’ll continue to offer Visual Studio Professional, Team Foundation Server, Team Foundation Server Express, Visual Studio Express and MSDN Platforms as a part of the complete Visual Studio 2015 and MSDN portfolio. So, in addition to Visual Studio Community and Visual Studio Professional with MSDN, our new Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN rounds out the three primary Visual Studio 2015 offerings. It includes all the high value features you’re already familiar with in Visual Studio Ultimate, along with new innovation that’s coming with the 2015 release. I’m excited to share that we’re bringing the value we deliver in Visual Studio Premium and Visual Studio Ultimate into one single offering called Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN. Today, we’re announcing the editions of Visual Studio 2015 that will be available when we release the final product this summer. Last November, we made Visual Studio Community 2013 available, our free, full featured and extensible IDE for non-enterprise application development. We also want to make it easier for you to choose which edition of Visual Studio is the right one for you. We’re continuing to improve upon the power and productivity of Visual Studio, making it easier to use, no matter what platform you’re on, no matter what app you’re building. ![]() |
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