![]() "Throughout my lifetime, I've never given a thought to having piles of money or being rich or doing anything like that. Here's a quote from the book "We Who Are Alive and Remain:" ![]() I want to achieve that kind of mindset about life. What mattered was the simple things the most important things. ![]() Shifty had such a simple way of living life. The author took extreme pains to write this book, reading many books by others to find out more about Shifty, listening to interviews of Shifty, talking to Peter Youngblood Hills (who played Shifty in the miniseries), taking things Shifty told him during the writing of the book "We Who Are Alive and Remain" (an excellent read, and one of my favorites on Easy Company). Shifty didn't actually write it, and I think that's okay. I mean, Shifty's son came to Marcus Brotherton and asked him to write a book about his beloved dad, so if he can trust him, I think we can.Īnd because of the superb job the author did, I had to remind myself that this is an authorized biography. He would never have put words into Shifty's mouth that he didn't feel would come from Shifty's heart. The author wrote this with the utmost respect, I know. It was written near perfectly to sound just like Shifty. I'm always cautious about books like this, and can you blame me?Īfter the first few chapters though, I began to relax and realize that this is probably what Shifty would have written. I was a little wary, because after I got this book I found out it wasn't actually written by Shifty, but by Marcus Brotherton, in Shifty's voice. Shifty’s War is a tale of heroism and adventure, of a soldier’s blood-filled days fighting his way fromthe shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how one man’s skills as a sharpshooter and engagingly unassuming personality propelled him to a life greater than he could have ever imagined.īoy, was I ready to bawl when I finished this book! I do not know what it is about Easy Company that I love so much, but I cry just about every time I finish a book about one of the members or the whole company. He parachuted into France on D-day and fought for a month in Normandy eighty days in Holland thirty-nine in the harshly cold winter of Bastogne and for nearly thirty more near Haguenau, France, and the Ruhr pocket in Germany. Little did Shifty know his finely-tuned skills would one day save his life-and the lives of his fellow paratroopers.Īs one of the original men who trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, Shifty was one out of only two soldiers in Easy Company to initially earn the coveted expert marksman designation. His father trained him to listen to the woods, to “see” without his eyes. Look for the Band of Brothers miniseries, now available to stream on Netflix!Īs a boy, Darrell “Shifty” Powers’s goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be. From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers.
0 Comments
This was an opportune time because in 2009 digital book sales were up 176% and in 2010 were expected to top $500 million in the U.S. Michael Serbinis had grander ambitions for Shortcovers and wanted to spin it away from Indigo and create Kobo. Less than year after Short Covers went live it provided eBooks to customers in over 200 countries who have downloaded its reader application over 1 million times online and through devices including smartphones, desktops and popular e-readers like the Sony Reader. Shortcovers was launched in 2009 and Indigo completely financed the development of an app for Android and the iPhone to read e-books. After a few years of meetings and going back and forth, Short Covers was going to be a reality. He constantly pitched the idea to management. Serbinis started to lobby Indigo about getting involved in the seachange of e-books very early on. He founded and was CEO of supply-chain agency BookNet Canada and the co-founder of Bookshelf.ca, Canada’s first online bookstore, which was acquired by Indigo Books and Music in 1998. Michael Tamblyn played a major role at Short Covers and was hired by Serbinis in 2009. He returned to Canada in 2006 and joined Indigo Books and Music. Over this period he obtained a master’s degree in engineering and a few patents. ![]() He founded it in 1997, and went on to sell it to CriticalPath in 1999, for whom he was CTO and EVP marketing for some time. The first company he started, DocSpace, was an internet leader in security. Michael Serbinis was the brainchild behind Short Covers and eventually Kobo. The future is bright for Kobo and they continue to release two new e-readers every single year. They quickly took over the Canadian market and started to expand into foreign countries in a really intelligent way. The company burst onto the scene in 2009 in Toronto, Canada. ![]() Kobo is the second largest e-reader and ebook retailer in the world. ![]() The Premier Edition opens up Schedule D and Schedule E, which are used for capital gains and losses (such as stock sales) and rental income and loss, respectively. Maybe this is okay if you just picked up one or two freelancing assignments during the year, but if you’re truly running a small business with many expenses, I would recommend that you pony up and go for the Self-Employed Editionsince your tax deductions will likely put far more cash back into your pocket than the $50 spread between the Deluxe Edition and the Self-Employed Edition. This is true for the Premier Edition as well. You can also report self-employment income on Schedule C using TurboTax Deluxe Edition, but there’s a catch: you can’t report expenses. ![]() TurboTax Live: If you would like a real tax expert to review your Deluxe Edition return through TurboTax Live, your total cost is $119 for your federal return and $49 per state return. ![]() Credits such as the Child and Dependent Care Credit and the Retirement Savings Credit.Adjustments to income such as the student loan interest deduction and educator expenses.Itemized deductions on Schedule A such as the mortgage interest deduction, property tax deduction, state income taxes deduction, and charitable contributions deduction.The Deluxe Edition is the most popular paid TurboTax plan since it accommodates taxpayers with a typical middle-class tax situation but doesn’t necessarily have all the bells and whistles associated with the more expensive plans.Īmong other things, this edition allows you to take the following tax deductions and credits: Next I’ll give an overview of each of the TurboTax plans followed by another table, this one showing what’s covered and what’s not in all of them. Small Business Owners, Including Freelancers You’ll find that their prices are typically higher than H&R Block and other competitors. While TurboTax is an excellent product, it definitely comes at a premium. I’ll get into the details of each of these plans later, but for now let’s touch on pricing. If you have any semblance of complexity in your tax situation whatsoever, you’ll likely need to pony up for one of TurboTax’s paid editions, be it the Deluxe, Premier, or Self-Employed. On May 4, 2022, TurboTax’s parent company, Intuit, entered into an agreement with the state attorneys general of all 50 states along with the attorney general of the District of Columbia, to not usher users into one of its paid products if it’s eligible to use a free product, whether it be TurboTax Free Edition or using TurboTax to use the IRS Free File program. In fact, the TurboTax Free Edition is quite limited compared to the H&R Block Free Online Edition.īelow is a table comparing what you get with the TurboTax Free Edition with what you get with H&R Block Free Online.Īs you can see, the H&R Block Free Online Edition provides support for far many tax situations than the TurboTax Free Edition. If your tax situation is more complicated than that, you’ll need to use one of the paid editions. who has a small amount of interest and dividends,.whose only income is reported on a W-2,.The only problem is that your tax return has to be extremely simple for you to qualify to use the Free Edition. If you would otherwise qualify to have your return prepared for free, this TurboTax Live service is specifically called TurboTax Basic.īut if you qualify for a free return through TurboTax Free Edition, I’m not really sure if you need a professional to look over your return because your return is likely quite simple. TurboTax Live: If you would like a real tax expert to review your “free” return through TurboTax Live, you will have to pay a fee for both federal and state review. Unlike some tax software that gives you a free federal return but then makes you pay to file your state return, the TurboTax Free Edition is free for both your federal and state returns. The good thing about the TurboTax Free Edition is that it’s truly free. I like to start my tax software reviews by discussing the free version of the software since I know that this piece of information is all some of my readers want to know about. At RV Depot we offer the best new and used RV’s, trailers, 5th wheels, motorhomes & camper trailers in Dallas County and Tarrant County. Bad credit? No credit? Bankruptcy? Divorce? Repossession? NO problem! Traditionally the type of RV’s that other companies offer for "Buy Here Pay Here/In-House Financing" consumers have high mileage, and are early model inventory. Here at RV Depot we offer "Buy Here Pay Here" RV financing to consumers in Tarrant County and Dallas County with bruised, damaged or just plain bad credit we don’t worry about repossession, bankruptcy, divorce, or debt. If you are looking for a new, used, slightly used or pre-owned RV then you have come to the right place. ![]() We are the home of the low-down payment, easy financing, and easy terms on all of our RV’s! Call today or apply online for quick and easy in-house car financing we can get you approved and on the road in your new RV in no time! RV Depot has the best buy here pay here/in-house financing RV’s that Dallas County and Tarrant County TX, and Dallas County have to offer. Bad credit? No credit? NO Problem! Let our friendly buy here pay here/in-house RV finance staff help you find the recreational vehicle that fits your style and fits your budget. Need RV financing? As a buy here pay here/in-house financing RV dealer we can get you approved and, on the road, today in most cases. We carry a great selection of used RV’s, RV trailers, Motorhomes, 5th wheel RVs, campers and motorhomes for sale, in Dallas County and Tarrant County. ![]() We cater to many surrounding areas such as: DFW, West Texas, Odessa, Midland, Garland, University Park, Rowlett, Carrollton, Grand Prairie, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Richland Hills, North Richland Hills, Forrest Hill, Haltom City, Colleyville, Irving, Watauga, Mansfield, Fort Worth, Duncanville, Cedar Hill, Keller, Southlake, Grapevine, White Settlement, Arlington, Benbrook, Saginaw, Crowley, Burleson, Richardson, Mesquite, Addison, DeSoto, Lancaster, Farmers Branch, Duncanville & Balch Springs, Midland, Odessa, big spring, Pecos, Monahans, Kermit, Van Horn, Andrews, Lamesa, Big Lake, Snyder, Seminole, Fort Stockton, Colorado City, Dallas, Fort Worth, Cleburne, Jal, Bennett, Hobbs, Monument, Lovington, Eunice. ![]() RV Depot is a new and used RV and trailer dealership serving customers in Dallas County and Tarrant County. Welcome to RV Depot’s website, home of the “Buy Here Pay Here” used RV, RV trailer, Motorhome, 5th wheel RV financing specialists in Arlington, TX. ![]() You can set rally points for new units fresh from barracks and war factories. You set the waypoints and assign units to them, rather than being able to SHIFT-click waypoints on the fly. A basic, if slightly awkward, waypoint system has been added for movement. Build orders can now be stacked (although only up to a maximum of 5), but you can't queue the building of buildings (because Tiberian Sun has retained its predecessor's quaint system of being forced to place the building only after it's been "built"). Clicking on one of the unit pictures on the right-hand side of the screen starts its construction. Perhaps rather too familiar - the mechanics of controlling your base have only been marginally improved. Tiberian Sun will feel very familiar to anyone who has played the other games in the series. Your task is to use any means necessary to defeat the enemy. ![]() A similarly equipped opposing faction is doing the same thing elsewhere in the area. The game is similar in concept to many others, tracing its ancestry back to Dune: you mine naturally- occurring minerals - in this case Tiberium crystals - take them back to your refinery, convert them to money, then spend it on units and buildings to improve your army. As fans will know, the good guys are the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and the cultists are known as the Brotherhood of Nod. It's a straight up fight, good NATO types versus the religious fanatics with the mad and sadistic frontman. Through the ruined cities and vast tiberium fields, two forces fight for the planet. Tiberium, a strange and mysterious mineral which sprouts from the ground, has covered much of the planet, killing or mutating most of the human race with its deadly emissions. Follow-up to the popular Command and Conquer: Red Alert, the new game brings the concept forward a decade or seven, to a post-apocalyptic-style future world. ![]() It was originally due in 1997, but was held up after Electronic Artsbought Westwood, the game's developers, from Virgin last summer. How long has it been? Surely one of the most eagerly awaited (and most delayed) sequels in recent times, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun has finally made it to release. Your infantry squad lies dead or wounded on the ground, and as the enemy turns its fire on the now useless factory, you sit back in satisfaction. One manages to crawl his way through the defensive fire to enter the nearby factory. Two engineers jump out before it returns to the ground. As the enemy garrison begins to slaughter your infantry, the APC emerges unchallenged on the now unmanned quiet side of the base. They set about laying waste to the enemy power facilities as you switch your attention to the subterranean APC you have lurking undetected beneath the base. A small part of the laser defense network fencing in the base is down, creating a gap large enough for your elite squad to enter. Then an explosion fills your field of vision. The first two fall to the waiting SAM sites. As your squad approaches, your helicopter squadron arrows over the enemy's heads. Leaning forward in your chair, your breathing grows shallow and silent, as if any noise you might make could alert them to your presence. Your squad creeps closer and closer to the enemy defenses. ![]() Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.įorgive, forget. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you. It’s not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. Forgive everybody.įorgiveness is the key to action and freedom. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. It really has nothing to do with the other person.įorgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. ![]() The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward. We read that we ought to forgive our enemies but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.įorgiveness is the greatest gift you can give yourself. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart, one who looks for the best in people. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.Ī broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.īe the one who nurtures and builds. Steve Maraboli To your girlfriend or boyfriendįorgiveness eliminates the wounds of the past from the mind and the heart.įorgiveness is a funny thing. And if you’re not doing that for yourself, you cannot do that with anyone else. Love is forgiving, accepting, moving on, embracing, and all encompassing. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that. There isn’t time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. Men forget, but never forgive women forgive, but never forget. No matter how much you love someone - the capacity of that love is meaningless if it outweighs your capacity to forgive.Īny fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. About relationshipsĪ happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you. It takes a strong person to say they’re sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.Ī heart filled with anger has no room for love. I believe forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship. Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. They are fundamental for our survival.įorgiveness is a powerful expression of the love within our soul. If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive.Ĭompassion, love, and forgiveness, however, are not luxuries. There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.ġ0. To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.ĩ. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.Ĩ. True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”ħ. Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.Ħ. Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.ĥ. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.Ĥ. Forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.ģ. Let’s begin with ten of our favorite quotes about forgiveness.ġ. These words offer wisdom, hope, and inspiration for a better life. Best forgiveness quotes and sayingsįind out why better health and well-being is linked to forgiveness. ![]() These forgiveness quotes can help you overcome grudges and move on to a more peaceful, stronger, and healthy life. Forgiveness is one of the most elusive virtues of the modern age it just doesn’t come easy. Twitch has been supported by significant investments of venture capital, with US$15 million in 2012 (on top of US$7 million originally raised for ), and US$20 million in 2013. The company was headquartered in San Francisco's Financial District. Twitch had about 80 employees in June 2013, which increased to 100 by December 2013. Since then, Twitch has attracted more than 35 million unique visitors a month. It launched officially in public beta on June 6, 2011. In June 2011, : 40 the company decided to spin off the gaming content as TwitchTV, inspired by the term twitch gameplay. The gaming category grew especially fast, and became the most popular content on the site. When was launched in 2007 by Justin Kan and Emmett Shear, two recent Yale graduates, the site was divided into several content categories. History Founding and initial growth (2007–2013) As of May 2018, Twitch had over 27,000 partner channels. ![]() As of February 2020, it had 3 million broadcasters monthly and 15 million daily active users, with 1.4 million average concurrent users. In 2017, Twitch remained the leading live streaming video service for video games in the US, and had an advantage over YouTube Gaming, which shut down its standalone app in May 2019. Twitch acquired Curse LLC in 2016, an operator of online video gaming communities and introduced means to purchase games through links on streams along with a program allowing streamers to receive commissions on the sales of games that they play.īy 2015, Twitch had more than 100 million viewers per month. That month, the service was acquired by Amazon for US$970 million, which later led to the introduction of synergies with the company's subscription service Amazon Prime. At the same time, 's parent company was re-branded as Twitch Interactive to represent the shift in focus – was shut down in August 2014. ![]() In October 2013, the website had 45 million unique viewers, and by February 2014, it was considered the fourth-largest source of peak Internet traffic in the United States. ![]() The popularity of Twitch eclipsed that of its general-interest counterpart. The games shown on Twitch's current homepage are listed according to audience preference and include genres such as real-time strategy games (RTS), fighting games, racing games, and first-person shooters. Content on the site can be viewed either live or via video on demand. It was introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform. Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of, Inc. Twitch is an American video live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and " in real life" streams. O'Brien sees the included VR controllers as possibly becoming optional one day, even maybe being left out of the box and bought separately, but not yet. And if you're going to have these big eye relief areas inside of these headsets, they're going to stay really big." "For now, what we can do is just try to address the majority of the market as best we can with these types of setting changes, because we have to get the headsets lighter. "As we get to much lighter glasses, people will probably be bringing more of their prescriptions to it in the future," says O'Brien. My concern is about the limited prescription options at the moment. The headset doesn't work with glasses: instead, it has prescription-adjusting diopter dials inside. O'Brien sees cloud computing, driven by eye tracking's ability to compress graphics data via a technology called foveated rendering, as a way of eventually shrinking the processors on future headsets, getting smaller and fitting on more people. "If you think about the streaming business, these streamers, these TikTokkers, all these kids that create the really compelling, fun experiences that just keep drawing you back in? That's not in the metaverse today, We need to create more opportunities for less sophisticated immersive content creators to get involved, and then create more economy." "I think developers will be using cloud computing, being able to actually get their content into the metaverse much faster, and much more efficiently," he said. O'Brien acknowledges that the sticky, mass-market appeal of VR and AR aren't here yet. ![]() But HTC already has its own line of wearable VR body trackers and wristbands, and more accessories could follow. The headset's controllers are the same standard ones that HTC has for the Vive Focus 3, which follow the same game controller-like playbook as the Meta Quest 2 and others. ![]() While the hardware doesn't have its own eye-tracking tools onboard, eye- and face-tracking add-ons are coming later in the year. ![]()
![]() Leverage your professional network, and get hired. Visit Report It! for details about how to file an incident. Today’s top 304 Technical Designer jobs in Los Angeles, California, United States. If youre getting few results, try a more general search term. Email the Title IX Coordinator or call 48 for more information. People who searched for fashion design jobs in Los Angeles, CA also searched for accessories designer, apparel designer, fashion merchandiser, costume designer, pattern maker, fashion buyer, fashion stylist, footwear designer, visual merchandiser, associate designer. Department of Education, Assistant Secretary, or both. Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator or to the U.S. Designer -.25 signet jewelers jobs available in hendersonville, tn. As required by Title IX, ASU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education programs or activities that we operate, including in admission and employment. Title IX protects individuals from discrimination based on sex in any educational program or activity operated by recipients of federal financial assistance. Fashion Designers Near Los Angeles, CA Grant Writers Near Chicago, IL. ![]() Pay transparency nondiscrimination provision. ![]() Employee rights and responsibilities under the family and medical leave act (04/16).A remote job is a fine way to start a new career. Leverage your professional network, and get hired. VF Corporation outfits consumers around the world with its diverse portfolio of iconic lifestyle brands, including Vans, The North Face, Timberland, JanSport. 569 Entry Level Creative jobs available in Los Angeles, CA on Indeed. People who searched for assistant designer jobs in Los Angeles, CA also searched for textile designer, fashion assistant, menswear designer, fashion illustrator, assistant stylist, fashion forecasting assistant, knitwear designer, fashion designer, handbag designer, footwear designer. The following resources provide information about employee rights and responsibilities. Today’s top 112 Fashion Designer jobs in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |