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According to OECD figures, that included 18 million people in 2018. The lower middle class, or, in other words, people at the lower end of the middle income scale. Maike Cohrs of the debt counseling service can confirm this: "We do notice that there are many who, let's say, belong to the lower middle class, who go to work, who could actually get by quite well with their income, but who quickly get into financial trouble due to payment obligations, high rents and now high cost of living and energy prices." "They have to deal with people who call them in despair and are afraid." "Colleagues from the municipal utilities companies call us because they want to be trained in dealing with social crises," technical officer Martin Debener told DW. The debtor and insolvency counseling services of the Diakonisches Werk in Cologne and the German Parity Welfare Association of North Rhine-Westphalia have also noticed that more people are worried they can no longer cope with rising prices and energy costs. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Fear and anxiety Germany unveils plan for energy-cost crisis Initial figures confirm this: The Society for Consumer Research (GfK) found that Germans are expecting to earn ever-lower incomes in the future, according to a report in the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Christoph Butterwegge, a researcher on poverty, said that povertyhad long since ceased to be a phenomenon associated only with marginalized groups. This is very clearly reflected in the current crisis. The consequence of this is that the promise of advancement is gradually being replaced by fear. Meanwhile, relegation or advancement into adjacent social groups has increased, though more people are moving down up. There is a difference of several thousand euros a month in income between the bottom and the top. And if you look more closely, the shrinking of the middle class does not affect the entire group - because the middle class is far from homogeneous. It's a decline that mostly occurred before 2005. The middle class is also shrinking overall. The share of the middle-income group as part of the population's total income fell from 74% to 67% in Germany between 19. According to the study, their chance of belonging to the middle-income group is on average 10 percentage points lower than in the mid-1990s. That is particularly true for "young people, for whom it is becoming increasingly difficult to secure a place in the middle class," notes the joint study by the OECD and the Bertelsmann Foundation. The middle class has long represented a promise of social advancement in Germany, but the good times seem to be very much over. "And that was a kind of integrative center of society to which people wanted to belong." "The middle class has always also been something towards which those who do not yet belong to it aspired to," he added. "There is still a relatively broad middle class in Germany, to which a significant portion of the population belongs, or at least can belong if one makes an effort and is hard-working," Patrick Sachweh of the Inequality and Social Policy Research Center at the University of Bremen told DW. Germany's middle class is slightly larger than the OECD average, alongside countries like Denmark or Slovakia. Around 73% of people in Germany describe themselves as part of the middle class, according to a study by the Bertelsmann Foundation and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Many people want to be part of the middle class, to the extent that some of those who don't necessarily belong to it socioeconomically nevertheless consider themselves a part of it. The middle class provides a large chunk of Germany's tax revenue, which helps ensure that the welfare state is secure, and the middle classes generally have a relatively high level of confidence in democracy, providing a certain stability. There are various definitions of who exactly belongs to it, based primarily on disposable income.Īccording to calculations by the Institute of the German Economy (IW), this was between €1,700 to €3,100 ($1,650 - $3,000) net income per month for a single person in 2019, and €3,540 to €6,640 net household income for a couple with two children. The middle-income group, the middle class, is a pillar of German society that has sustained the country for many years. They are many, and so far they have lived comfortable lives: Teachers, public servants, and craftspeople. We expect to level up the vibe this year tenfold!”Ĭustomers can purchase GNB’s Get on the Bus Week beers at, on the GN mobile App, or one of Great Notion’s 7 locations in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento or Berkeley. “Get on the Bus Week was super rad last year with almost every customer blown away by the flavors of our GOTBW flight. “We are hype to kick off the Spring season the right way with our outdoor PDX beer garden and hella fun beers,” exclaims Great Notion CEO Paul Reiter. beer garden will also have giant Jenga, giant Connect 4, cornhole and more fun. Food will be provided from the amazing Papi Sals like last year, but with rad food collaborations from their friends! Additional details to come on that note from GNB’s local Oregon Instagram account, The Division St. The outdoor beer garden is slated to serve beer flights, full draft pours, packaged beer to go and merchandise starting on Thursday, April 20th (4/20) with open hours Thurs-Sun 3-9 and then beginning in June, 12pm-9pm 7 days a week. Get on the Bus Week also coincides with the reopening of Great Notion’s Portland SE Division St. Tattoo bus at Division with Great Notion tattoos $1 off draft pours on Bicycle Day 4/19 for customers who ride their bike into any of our taproomsįun scratch off contests with prizes with purchase of GOTBW flights, a la Monopoly style where customers can win free merchandise, discounted beer or even a FREE BIKE!īicycle Day hats and other cool merchandise! Triple Dank Shark - 10% Uber-dank Hazy Triple IPA with Strata, Nelson Sauvin, Citra and Galaxy hops POG Frog - 6% Tart Ale with Passionfruit, Orange and Guava Merriest Dankster - 10% Haze for days! Hazy Triple IPA with Columbus, Simcoe and Enigma hops Surprise unexpected color to celebrate the trip! Bicycle Day - 7.5% Fruited Sour Ale with Peach, Apricot, Pineapple and Orange.Reefer(m) Madness - Remember the fun Reefer Madness movie?!?! 6.3% Smoothie-style tart ale with Strawberry, Blueberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Mangosteen and Marshmallow. Unique beers that only appear annually on this heady week to look out for and try in beer flights, regular draft pours or packaged 16oz cans to go include: What is Get on the Bus Week one might ask? It’s GNB’s celebration of the week encompassing Bicycle Day (the first recorded LSD “trip” by Albert Hoffman on 4/19) and of course the celebration of cannabis on 4/20. With that culture in mind, GNB is celebrating its second annual Get on the Bus Week with special beer and merch drops on Bicycle Day 4/19. Owners Paul Reiter, James Dugan and Andy Miller are big fans of Oregon legend Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters, thus the brewery name and beer references stemming from Sometimes a Great Notion. It’s available for Windows PC, Xbox, and. It's even better now that 20 new games have arrived from Bethesda and ZeniMax thanks to the now-official acquisition by Microsoft. For those who have never played Outriders before, well, it is an online-only video game that relies on cooperative action with multiple players. Outriders, Weird West, Prodeus, Beacon Pines, Despots Game, Moonscars, Shenzen I/O (Windows), and Last Call BBS (Windows) are all leaving Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass on September 30. Popular titles like Moonscars, Prodeus, and the action-packed Outriders by Square Enix are on the way out, as reported by PureXbox. Microsoft just dropped the list of games that will say goodbye, and we're here to give you the scoop. It's a solid deal for those that don't care to own titles or intend to play through them more than once. We have got some news about the games leaving Xbox Game Pass in the last weeks of September 2023. Xbox Game Pass is $9.99 a month with the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate version coming in at $14.99, including Xbox Live Gold into that updated price. Once you locate your game files, right-click OUTRIDERS-Win64-Shipping.exe, then select Run as administrator. Both offer Xbox players a chance to play over 100 titles at no additional cost, including day-one launches of first-party titles. In your library, right-click Outriders, then click Properties. Today marks the release of the New Horizon update for Outriders The New Horizon update is a significant and more importantly, entirely free, content update for Outriders, which you can start playing today on Xbox One, Xbox Series X. We loved our time with the shooter, which you can learn more about right here with our hands-on impressions.įor those that don't have a Game Pass membership at this time, here's what you need to know. With this service, there are two options to choose from: the Xbox Game Pass and the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Outriders is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series XS, Windows 10 PC, and with Xbox Game Pass on Console and PC. You can take to the world of Outriders solo or with friends to build up skills, explore untold dangers, make a new future for humanity, and figure out just what the heck that mystery signal really means. When you're shopping for a budget wireless gaming headset, you have to be prepared to spend more than you would on a budget wired gaming headset. Microphone quality isn't up to par with wired model Read our full HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless review. They're pricey, but within reason for their specs, and they certainly deliver on everything you could want for gaming, and listening to music, on your PC. Though all things considered, I struggle to imagine a customer who wouldn't be happy with these as a wireless gaming headset. Sadly, the mic is your fairly standard affair and while it will work just fine for chat in games, it's very basic and uninspired when it comes to sound quality. This coupled with the equally soft ear cups makes for a very cozy experience, and does an excellent job of blocking out noise. The top band is thick and has soft padding underneath. I'm someone who struggles with too much weight or tightness on my head, and I have a real sensitivity to uncomfortable headsets. The Cloud line is always touted for comfort and despite the hefty battery this still definitely fits the bill. If you've ever wanted to know what it sounds like having a Cacodemon suddenly show up and whisper sweet blah-things into very specifically your left ear then these can absolutely deliver. I loaded up some Doom Eternal and promptly terrified myself. I was able to easily locate hidden batteries by directional beeps in Deep Rock Galactic, and had a wonderful time bouncing along to the tight beats of Shadow Warrior 3. When playing games the directional sound is also very nice. These do an excellent job, and are definitely one of the better gaming headsets I've used to listen to music on. It's always fun to listen to some of my favourite sound heavy songs on a good pair of cans and try to pick the different instruments or bites used. It's absolutely loud enough but I can listen to it at full volume and still be fairly comfortable.īut the sound quality truly is incredible. A lot of that has to do with the volume you're running the headset at, and volume is probably my only real complaint. That impressive battery life is of course, a best case scenario. I have been using this thing for gaming and music listening pretty consistently for the past week and I'm not even at 50% battery yet. I spent a work day listening to music and checked the battery again: I swear it still said 80%. Out of the box this unit was reporting having about 80% charge, so I decided to leave it there to see how well that held. The real bargains will be found in the best gaming headsets guide, but not all of them provide the cableless freedom the ones below will. If you're a serious audiophile whose primary focus is music instead of gaming, you should check out our picks for the best headphones for gaming (they're not just for gaming). But it's worth noting that a Bluetooth connection is often used only for a battery-saving option because, as a gamer, you will want to go for an essentially lag-free dedicated dongle connection instead. I'm glad we're seeing more headsets featuring Bluetooth connectivity since it frees up a USB slot that a wireless dongle would take up, and you can connect your phone to them. The best gaming headsets I've tested will last a few days on a single charge-30 hours of battery life is a decent starting point-but the Cloud Alpha Wireless goes for 300 hours. Alongside fantastic audio quality it bares two of the most important features that wireless headsets need: a flawless connection and a great battery life. Our favorite wireless gaming headset is the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless. Terrain and models not included (but are already abundant elsewhere on the workshop). Missions and battlefields are in bags at one end of the map - they can be selected individually by right clicking and searching, or you can press "R" to randomize them and then drag from the bag to draw a random mission/battlefield. I'll add more over time after, but I consider that a good starting goal.ġ) place a battlemat on the center of the board (it will snap to center, or any of the other four centerline gridpoints)Ģ) Lock the mat in place (press "L", or right click -> edit toggles)ĥ) Place (and then lock) terrain as normal My current goal is to make at least 3 FAST each for Onslaught and Incursion/Combat patrol size maps, and 6 maps for strike force (as that is where the majority of games seem to be played). When fully implemented players should be able to set up a full table in seconds. There will be different versions of each map theme for each game size. These are built to be compatible with any mission of the appropriate board size. Over a hundred fresh terrain pieces with the following themes:Ĭounters for Turn, and each player's command & victory pointsįully Automatic Terrain Setup is a collection of pre made terrain setups. Robust and easy to use dice roller, courtesy of Gatosec. WTC 2021 Terrain map overlays (maps with 3d terrain coming soon)ġ7 Bespoke secondary Objective reference cards for all of the generic secondary objectives 3 Onslaught missions (Eternal War mission pack, 9th edition core book) 9 Strike Force missions (Grand Tournament 2020 mission pack, Chapter Approved) 9 Incursion missions (Grand Tournament 2020 mission pack, Chapter Approved) 3 Combat Patrol missions (Eternal War mission pack, 9th edition core book) There are 24 matched play mission overlays made exactly to official specification, composed of: includes complete mission detail pages for each. Overlay Mission System with which the deployment zones, objectives, objective range circles, and other mission-pertinent zones for any given mission can be unobtrusively added atop any battlemat with a single mouse drag. What this is: A very simple and easy to use platform for playing 9th edition 40k on TTS. If you know of a solution other than "make a custom asset bundle in unity and just make the collision box really small", please let me know! I would be massively grateful! Until I find a solution or TTS adds that, I will not be working on this mod because honestly I find it incredibly frustrating to work around that missing feature. The primary reason is that I need an efficient way to work with the collision meshes of objects. PSA: This mod isn't actively updated right now. Following on the heels of The Chords, The Crew-Cuts also released a version of the song in 1954 and they went one better in the August when they soared to the No. Such was the popularity of the song that The Chords even added some new words to it and used it as a to promote Robert Wagner, who was running for the Mayor of New York City, in his first election campaign. 215 on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This would be the only time the group would achieve chart status, but Rolling Stone have named it their No. 2 in the pop charts and No.5 on the R&B chart. It was first recorded that year by The Chords as a B-Side to “Cover of the Cross” which had been a hit for Patti Page and it would become their only hit when it reached No. The “sh” was added to it to make it sound like the noise from a nuclear explosion, that was a fear paramount in the thoughts of Americans at the time, the “alangala alangala” emanated church bells, and the rest of the song was spent giving out the message that everything was OK and life could be good. Written and published by members of the Bronx group, The Chords, in 1954, this nonsense song is often referred to as the first Doo-Wop song that would become a popular success and has been said to be the first time that a white audience would experience a black R&B song.Īccording to James Keyes, who was a co-writer and member of The Chords, it began its life being written in the back of a Buick and the word “boom” was slang used regularly by the kids of the neighbourhood when they were talking to each other. (James Keyes/Claude Feaster/Carl Feaster/Floyd F. The national team is administered by the Costa Rican Football Federation (FEDEFUTBOL), the governing body for football in Costa Rica. One of the best things about traveling is getting to know others from different countries, and Dublin is a delightful place to make new friends on your adventures.The Costa Rica national football team ( Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Costa Rica) represents Costa Rica in men's international football. Discovering some of the local hangouts was another highlight of the evening that wouldn’t have been possible meandering around Dublin alone. After an intriguing conversation and two extra pints, I learned more about Irish slang than ever before. Parading around Dublin’s jubilant streets with no sense of direction, I stumbled upon a group of friends enjoying a few rounds of Guinness. With an open mind and positive attitude, it’s easy to waltz into a pub and have a pint with the locals. Get to Know the Localsĭublin is known as one of the friendliest and most welcoming cities in Europe. Located in Dublin City Center, Gaiety Theatre treats Dubliners to musicals, opera, comedy shows, and traditional Irish dance performances. Olympia Theatre hosts world-renowned musicians and ranks among Dublin’s top concert venues. Irish playwrights such as Lady Gregory and William Butler Yeats laid the groundwork for the theater’s triumphant success. The Abbey Theatre is a Dublin cultural icon noted for fostering the celebrated writers of the Irish Literary Revival. Many venues helped local talents sharpen their craft and dazzle visitors with inspirational performances. Ireland has always been a goldmine for literary prodigies, and the tradition is still alive thanks to Dublin’s historic theaters. Image by Dan Kaufman from Pixabay Enjoy a Night of Theater Saunter through the alleyways near the River Liffey to explore the cobblestone streets of the rowdy Temple Bar district. Just upstream, you’ll find the Portland stone O’Connell Bridge that is wider than it is long. Walk across one of the river’s many bridges with the most recognizable being the centuries-old Ha’penny Bridge. Spanning along the river’s north and south banks, the Dublin quays pass dozens of pubs, historical landmarks, and charming neighborhoods. The lights of the city shimmer along the river at night, and you can waltz right to many of the city’s top attractions. John’s Lane Church is a short walk from Christ Church Cathedral, and this underrated Roman Catholic church has the highest steeple in Dublin.įor enchanting views of Dublin, walking beside the River Liffey is a splendid location to see every hidden corner. You may not be able to see the splendid interior design at this hour, but the architectural gems are eerily beautiful at sunset or basking in the urban moonlight.ĭublin is rich with medieval history and the 12th century St Audoen’s Church is one of the city’s oldest landmarks. Two churches you can easily walk to from the center of Dublin are Christ Church Cathedral and the awe-inspiring St. Stand in Awe of Medieval CathedralsĮven at nighttime, the cathedrals in Dublin are a magnificent sight to behold. Whichever pub you decide to visit, expect a roaring good time featuring Dublin’s best musicians. Other legendary Dublin venues to check out during your visit include Doheny & Nesbitts, The Cobblestone, and The Hairy Lemon. Famous groups such as The Dubliners have entertained multiple generations of Dublin residents, and the atmosphere at O’Donoghues is unlike any other Dublin institution. O’Donoghues is the perfect place to start your quest, and this vibrant joint in Merrion Row continues to welcome Dublin’s most talented artists. For a glimpse of Irish culture, scour the streets for the pubs known for live Irish music. These spirited festivities sometimes happen in the blink of an eye, and everyone in the pub starts singing along with musicians. Try the Celtic Burger, it is simply amazing! Listen to Traditional Irish Musicĭon’t be surprised to stumble upon one of Dublin’s many traditional Irish music sessions. Great service, delicious food, and a fantastic pint of Guinness made this traditional Irish Pub a pleasant welcoming to Dublin. You have plenty of options to choose from, but one of my personal recommendations is The Bankers Bar along the beautiful Trinity Street. 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Special thanks to our Excel MVPs David Benaim and Bill Jelen for their contribution to this month's What's New in Excel article. Subscribe to our Excel Blog and the Insiders Blog to get the latest updates. Stay connected with us and other Excel fans around the world – join our Excel Community and follow us on Twitter. You can also submit new ideas or vote for other ideas via Microsoft Feedback. Please let us know how you like a particular feature and what we can improve upon- "Give a compliment" or "Make a suggestion". Your feedback helps shape the future of Excel. Simplified Sharing across Microsoft 365Ĭheck if a specific feature is in your version of Excel Click here to open in a new browser tab Select chart elements to launch and navigate the format task pane to make changes.Ģ. PivotCharts in Excel for the web are now interactive – with an updated look and feel for buttons. 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Monospaced font is a type of font where each character has the same width, regardless of its shape or style. Monospaced Font in formula bar (Insiders Beta) That way you know not to rely on them until they are calculated. With this update, we show these stale cells by striking them out. Excel tracks stale cells internally, however, there's been no way to see which cells are pending calculation. When you edit a cell in a spreadsheet, not all cells become stale, just the ones that depend on your change. Manual calculation mode suspends calculations, which means that the values in cells can become out of date. Seamlessly aggregate and visualize your data with Python in ExcelĢ. With Python in Excel, you can type Python directly into a cell, the Python calculations run in the Microsoft Cloud, and your results are returned to the worksheet, including plots and visualizations. 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