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#111 Re: The Garden » Brave Internet Browser (must get for firefox users) » 482 weeks ago
I used it only a couple times. It looks too basic and I am used to things being in a certain way and I don't like changes so I am back to using Chrome. I might remove my ad blocker, it worked better with Firefox than with Chrome.
#112 Re: GN'R Downloads » cd.com tracker/forum » 483 weeks ago
Tracker? 
#113 Re: The Garden » Brave Internet Browser (must get for firefox users) » 483 weeks ago
Ok. I am downloading it right now. I stopped using Firefox a couple months ago, now using Chrome but the ad blocker I added is slowing everything down. Hopefully Brave will work better for me. Thank you for the tip, Pollux.
#114 Re: GN'R Downloads » cd.com tracker/forum » 483 weeks ago
Never been a fan of NewGNR.com... Amazing it's still online. I always thought CD.com would outlive it. Obviously I was wrong. 
I think CD.com started to die a slow and painful death when they decided to upgrade their software to SMF 2.XX. They basically killed off what made them stand out (ie their cool design) because SMF2.XX doesn't allow you to close those spaces between forums. The last time I visited it felt like the admin had restarted the forum from scratch. 
#115 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 483 weeks ago
Every EU migrant can stay in UK after Brexit: all 3.6 million to have residency rules or get amnesty
Peter Dominiczak, political editor
7 OCTOBER 2016 • 11:07PM
All EU nationals currently living in Britain will be allowed to stay following Brexit, after the Home Office discovered that five in six could not legally be deported.
There are around 3.6 million EU citizens living in the UK, more than 80 per cent of whom will have permanent residency rights by the time Britain leaves the union in early 2019, official research has concluded.
The remainder – more than 600,000 people – will be offered an amnesty, with several Cabinet ministers telling The Telegraph that those citizens will be offered the right to stay permanently, in a policy that may prove controversial.
Theresa May, the Prime Minister, has refused to guarantee the rights of EU citizens currently living in the UK, saying she believes that the Government must not “reveal its hand” ahead of Brexit negotiations, which will begin when she triggers Article 50 next year.
Once an EU citizen has been in the UK for more than five years, they are given permanent residency rights.
Home Office research has concluded that when Britain leaves the EU, just over 80 per cent of EU citizens in the UK will qualify for residency, sources said. “The remaining people will, of course, be allowed to stay in the UK,” a senior source said.
“That’s a given. We just need to work out exactly how we do it.”
Another Cabinet source said: “They will be allowed to remain in Britain. But it is important that reciprocal agreements are made with the EU to ensure that British people abroad get the same rights.”
Although Cabinet ministers are privately giving assurances that they will all be allowed to stay in the country after Brexit, the Home Office is still working on a way to identify the exact number of Europeans living in the UK and establish how long they have been here. The amnesty plan is in its infancy and will raise fears that EU migrants could begin travelling to the UK in large numbers before Brexit.
Some officials believe the Government will, therefore, have to announce a cut-off date for new arrivals after which the amnesty would not apply.
The health department is also conducting a major study on arrangements with Spain to allow British expats to get free medical treatment abroad.
Liam Fox, the International Trade Secretary, was criticised this week after saying that the status of EU nationals living in Britain is “one of our main cards” in the Brexit negotiations and cannot be guaranteed.
He said: “The Prime Minister has made it very clear – we would like to be able to give a reassurance to EU nationals in the United Kingdom, but that depends on reciprocation by other countries.
“I think we would all hope that what we get is a totally open, reciprocal agreement where UK citizens in other European countries are free and welcome to stay there, as would those who have already settled in the UK.
“But again, as the Prime Minister said, to give that away before we get into the negotiation would be to hand over one of our main cards in that negotiation and doesn’t necessarily make sense at this point.”
As many as 1.6 million EU citizens resident in the UK come from the so-called EU14, those nations that were part of the EU before 2004, followed by 1.5 million from the eight Eastern European nations that joined 12 years ago.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10 … iven-amne/
FAQ | Brexit and EU nationals living in Britain
How many EU nationals are there in Britain?
The Office for National Statistics says 2.1 million EU nationals were employed in the UK in the first quarter of this year – 224,000 more than in the same period in 2015.
Where are they from?
Poles make up the biggest group - there are about 800,000 living here since the EU's big eastward expansion in 2004. The next largest cohort is the Irish, with 385,000 citizens, followed by 300,000 Germans. EU citizens living and working in Britain legally don't have the right to vote in the EU Referendum.
What will happen to them after Brexit?
David Cameron, when he was prime minister, insisted there was no guarantee that EU nationals would automatically maintain the right to live in Britain in the event of Brexit.
Brexit campaigners rubbished this, saying there’s no way people who live and work legally in Britain would be deported.
The situation isn’t likely to change for at least two years while the re-negotiation with Brussels takes place.
So what’s true?
EU nationals already living in Britain at the time of Brexit would almost certainly have individual “acquired rights” under the 1969 Vienna Convention which means they can stay.
After Brexit, the ability of other EU nationals to live and work in the UK will depend on the immigration policy the UK adopts regarding EU citizens.
#116 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 484 weeks ago
Oh and Boris said the UK would do everything it could to help Turkey join the EU.
Is that a fucking joke?

#117 Re: The Garden » Just got a "new" car » 486 weeks ago
So for years I've been driving an old beater that my boss owned...all I had to do was put gas in...maintenance and insurance was covered by the company.
So my boss is now retired and an couple coworkers purchased the company to continue on...unfortunately they don't want the added overhead and my previous boss wants to liquidate his assets so I had the option to purchase the old car...2003 ford Taurus with almost 200k km (120k miles) for a $1000 cad ($760 usd)...with at least another grand worth of work that needs to be done to it
I opted instead to finance a 2013 Mazda3 with 82000km (50k miles) for $100 biweekly ($76 USD)
Not sure I made the right choice ... but I'm hoping the smaller car will be less maintenance and for sure it blows the old car out of the water for fuel economy.
Ford (21mpg or 11L/100km)
Mazda (40mpg or 5.8L/100km)Anyway...I'm not sure I did the right thing...I could've bought the old one and run it to ther ground
You did the right thing. No need putting money in what you call an "old beater". It would probably cost you a lot more than $760... Old cars are a drain, there is always something wrong with them.
Great savings on petrol + more environment friendly. 
#118 The Garden » Possible terror attack in Germany - at least 8 killed » 494 weeks ago
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3 shooters, reportedly clad in black
8 victims
At least eight killed in Munich shooting
Claire Jones and James Shotter in Frankfurt and Cardiff Garcia in Munich
Munich was in lockdown on Friday night after at least eight people were killed and many others injured in a shooting that started outside a shopping centre in the Bavarian capital on Friday evening.
A large police operation was under way after shots were fired at the Olympia shopping centre, about 10km north of the city centre.
Police initially described the attack as an “acute terrorist situation”. There was little information on the identity of the assailants but police said there were no indications as yet that the incident had anything to do with Islamist terrorism.
When asked if it was an Islamist attack, Peter Altmaier, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff, said: “There is no clarity and no certainty so far about that [but] we will investigate this option.”
Later, police said they had found the body of a male about 1km from the shopping centre and were investigating whether he was one of the attackers.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany’s foreign minister, wrote on Facebook: “My thoughts are with the victims and their families as well as with the brave police forces and rescue workers”.
“The motives for this abhorrent act have not yet been completely clarified — we still have contradictory clues,” Mr Steinmeier said.
Earlier, Thomas Baumann, a spokesman for Munich police, said shots had been fired at a McDonald's in the vicinity of the shopping centre at 17.52 local time.
He confirmed that three gunmen were involved in the shooting and that they were still at large, with reports suggesting the attackers had fled into the shopping centre.
Munich central railway station was evacuated and rail, underground and bus services suspended.
The Munich police used Twitter and Facebook to urge residents to stay indoors and avoid public places.
At the Nürnberger Bratwurst Glöckel in the Altstadt, a café in the city centre, diners were ordered inside and the doors locked behind them.
After shepherding people upstairs, the lights were turned off as a precaution. For about half an hour people could be seen running and walking past the café but eventually the streets emptied.
A police officer later entered the café, confirmed there was an operation under way and requested people to stay where they were. “It’s safe here,” he said.
By the café near the old town’s Frauenkirche cathedral, people were seen roaming the streets again by 21:00 local time.
Horst Seehofer, the Bavarian prime minister, rushed back to Munich from his home in Ingolstadt to attend emergency meetings.
Speaking from the White House, US President Barack Obama said: “We don’t yet know exactly what is happening there but obviously our hearts go out to those who may have been injured. It is still an active situation and Germany is one of our closest allies and we are going to pledge all the support that they may need in dealing with these circumstances.”
Boris Johnson, Britain’s foreign secretary, said he was “shocked and appalled by the terrible attack unfolding this evening in Munich, and the loss of life”.
“We stand ready to assist our friends in Germany. Our travel advice to UK nationals in the area tonight is to stay indoors and follow the advice of the local authorities.”
Security services across Europe have been on high alert after a string of terrorist attacks in public spaces over the past 18 months.
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The incident in Munich comes four days after a 17-year-old Afghan refugee attacked passengers on a train near the Bavarian town of Würzburg with an axe and a knife. He wounded five people before being shot dead by police.
Isis claimed responsibility for the attack and a video was later released showing the youth threatening to kill “infidels” and brandishing a knife. Authorities said, however, that initial investigations suggested he had no connection to jihadist networks.
German authorities have also been contending in recent months with a sharp rise in violence from far-right groups, apparently unhappy with the recent surge in immigration from the Middle East.
The Munich attack coincides with the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting in Norway by rightwing extremist Anders Breivik.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0842d92a-502e … z4FB1PXHee
Enough is enough. 
#119 Re: The Garden » Attack in Nice, France - dozens dead » 495 weeks ago
#120 Re: The Garden » Attack in Nice, France - dozens dead » 495 weeks ago
There are reports that a young boy is currently in intensive care. The hospital staff and police have no idea who he is. No one has showed up yet asking about his whereabouts. Media report that police are currently circulating his picture in the hope to identify him.
