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Home Skydiving News The 'Sport' of Full Contact Skydiving is a Hoax
The 'Sport' of Full Contact Skydiving is a Hoax
Recently UFC featherweight contender Urijah Fabe produced a video promoting something called "full contact skydiving." This sport involved two men punching, kicking, and otherwise trying to do one another harm while falling from a great height. There was also a referee involved to enforce the rules, which included no interference with equipment (i.e. the parachute) and to stop the fight and open the chute when it was time. There were shots of competitors training in one of those chambers that levitate people with blasts of compressed air.
At first glance full contact skydiving seemed to be the stupidest and yet most exciting "sport" ever devised by sensation craving, risk embracing young men. Jumping out of a perfectly good air plane and falling through the air would seem to most people to be exciting enough. Trying to inflict harm on one another while doing so would seem to be pushing the envelope. Despite the exploits of many stunt men in action films, fighting while falling seems to be a quick prescription for an early death when that sudden stop on the ground occurs.
As it turns out, "full contact skydiving" and the video that advertised it was a hoax perpetrated by Fabe and some friends to publicize Amp energy drink, which is the sponsor of the pro fighter. Faber, whose profession involves beating up other men, does not do so while skydiving. Indeed he has never skydived at all.
Just because the sport was fake designed to advertise a product, one suspects that there are a lot of people, having seen the video, who will want to try it for real, at considerable risk to life and limb.
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Nicholas: Telling the Duncan-Williams story [Review]
"Stop judging people if you don't know their full story."
This was the thought that kept running through my mind when I recently watched 'Nicholas,' a play that was conceived, scripted, narrated and enacted to tell the life story of a revered man of God in Ghana.
The truth is, Uncle Ebo Whyte and his Roverman crew do not disappoint when it comes to putting up quality plays to drum home whatever message they want. So when I watched 'Nicholas,' I was not surprised – rather, my respect and admiration for the crew increased.
Uncle Ebo Whyte – CEO of Roverman Productions
It was crafty, revealing and engaging!
The narrator
The play opens with Andrew Adote, clad in a clerical, exuding 'man-of-God' qualities and actually preaching in his baritone voice.
In fact, in the beginning of the play, I thought he was coming to play the role of a pastor in one scene, vanish and come back in another costume to play a different role. But he comes in after every scene to 'preach' in the same clerical– then it occurred to me he was the narrator.
Andrew's narration is set on the pulpit where he preaches to his congregation about the goodness of God to him, using his personal life as a case in point. So he leads the congregation (audience) on to the scenes as they unfold.
The story is about a certain Nicholas who went through pain, ridicule, hardship, and heartbreak in life.
He survived D&C in his mother's womb after his mother had attempted to abort him. His twin got successfully aborted, leaving him to survive.
Growing up, Nicholas was academically poor. He would rather go to push truck at the market when he dresses up for school. And to him, his hatred for school was as a result of his low performance. He was too old for his class that he was mockingly called 'school papa.'
He escaped death at the hands of an executioner for ritual purposes; he had a very narrow escape from being thrown into the sea for being a stowaway on a ship.
He battled with unseen forces that left him with the loss of three fingers.
He went to College before learning how to read and write; he has gone from one failure after another, from one misfortune after another but is still standing strong and making an impact beyond the shores of his motherland.
Nicholas! is a celebration of one man's fight for survival and significance and of God's amazing grace. From being the least likely to succeed of his father's 37 children, Nicholas has accomplished more than most of his generation and gives all the glory to God.
It's all about Duncan-Williams
The 'Nicholas' story is actually about Archbishop Duncan-Williams, the Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of Christian Action Faith Ministries (CAFM).
Many people have heard stories about how he lost his three fingers and his popular divorce story but may not have had the opportunity to know how and why they happened.
Watching the play, I got to know Duncan-Williams better. I have come to appreciate the challenges he went through.
In fact, the archbishop who was also present at the National Theatre to watch the play, was dumbfounded when he watched his story been expertly told on stage.
Stage plays are very difficult to produce. It really involves so much to make things seem real. Honestly, not all props or settings can be represented on stage.
So I understand when they had to resort to technology to portray certain settings on the LED Screen.
At least they were able to tell a good story with the lighting, props and technology.
Roverman's actors are not ordinary. These are very talented individuals who are adept in not less than three performing arts disciplines – dance, music, drama.
They wowed the audience with their exquisite acting prowess.
My star actor in cast was Andrew Adote, who played Nicholas (the preacher man). He was the narrator (the Duncan Williams) around whom the story revolves. His deep voice was not his only arsenal. He was able to imitate the posture, diction, tone and inflection of the archbishop to the hilt.
In fact, he has exhibited his immaculate acting abilities through almost all the Ebo Whtye plays I have watched him feature in. His versatility is unmatched.
Great actor by all standards!
Orientation to change
Every piece of art work carries a message – a message with a particular focus on affecting a particular aspect of human life.
Just as I stated in my preamble, 'Nicholas' is not a panegyric on Duncan-Williams, but a story that admonishes people to be careful about how they judge others.
When he got divorced, he received backlash from many people including his own pastors and church members, some of whom had even worse marital problems. People broke him down. He was judged and condemned but God did not give up on him.
In fact, one's position determines their vision; a reason it is expedient that before you condemn people, you get to know their full story and understand their actions.
'Nicholas' will show again at the National Theatre on 2nd & 3rd December, 2017 but after that, I'll be glad if it is taken round the country for a lot of people to see.
It will be great inspiration to people.
By: Kwame Dadzie/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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Stem leaves strongly appressed when dry, linear-lanceolate, base broadened, ovate to oblong; costa long-excurrent, sharp; proximal cells short-rectangular; distal laminal cells smooth, quadrate to short-rectangular, with quadrate to short-rectangular lumens, distal lamina 1-stratose; gemmae absent. Peristome not seen.
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Boris Godunov {81} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/29/1928.
BORIS GODUNOV {81}
Mussorgsky--Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov...........Fyodor Chaliapin
Prince Shuisky..........Angelo Badà
Pimen...................Léon Rothier
Grigory.................Mario Chamlee
Marina..................Jeanne Gordon
Varlaam.................Paolo Ananian
Simpleton...............Alfio Tedesco
Nikitich................Louis D'Angelo
Shchelkalov.............George Cehanovsky
Innkeeper...............Henriette Wakefield
Missail.................Giordano Paltrinieri
Xenia...................Ellen Dalossy
Feodor..................Mildred Parisette
Nurse...................Ina Bourskaya
Lavitsky................Millo Picco
Chernikovsky............Vincenzo Reschiglian
Conductor...............Vincenzo Bellezza
Orchestration by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Director................Armando Agnini
Set designer............Alexander Golovine
Set designer............Alexander Benois
Costume designer........Ivan Bilibine
Translation by M.Delines, E. Palermi, G. Pardo
Synopsis of Scenes
Act I, Scene 1: The wall of Novodievitchi Convent, in the Great Environs of Moscow
Act I, Scene 2: A cell in the Convent of Miracles
Act I, Scene 3: The square between the two Cathedrals of the Assumption and of the Archangels
Act II, Scene 1: An inn on the frontier of Lithuania
Act II, Scene 2: Apartments of the Czar in the Kremlin at Moscow
Act II, Scene 3: Garden of the Castle of Michek
Act III, Scene 1: The forest of Kromy
Act III, Scene 2: Hall of the Duma in the Kremlin
[Chaliapin always sang Boris in Russian.]
Review of Francis D. Perkins in the New York Tribune
Chaliapin's Boris Thrills Audience at Metropolitan
Moussorgsky Work Again Heard at the Opera
"Boris Godunoff," with Feodor Chaliapin as the tragic Tsar of the title role, was heard for the second time this season at the Metropolitan Opera House last night before an intent audience occupying all the available space.
Mr. Chaliapin's unforgettable Boris is no longer a novelty here, but repeated hearings give repeated cause to admire the potency of the impersonation, the combination of voice, gesture and expression in a poignantly dramatic whole. It is the most complete example offered here of the Russian's marvelous art as a singing actor. There was no doubting the impression made on the audience by the fifth scene, with its convincing portrayal of the terror, bordering on madness. The basso, after the first act, was in excellent voice.
The performance, in general, had life and effectiveness. Mr. Chamlee was a commendable Dmitri, and Messrs Rothier and Bada did good work as Pimen and Schuisky. Mildred Parisette played the boy, Theodore, for the first time, with very satisfactory results. Jeanne Gordon, as Marina, was best in her lower notes, but could not free her higher ones from some hardness of tone. The love scene possessed spirit. Mr. Ananian did well as Varlaam, and Mmes. Dalossy, Bourskaya and Wakefield and Messrs. Cehanovsky, Paltrinieri, Tedesco, D'Angelo, Picco and Reschiglian completed the cast. Moussorgsky's music was very capably conducted by Mr. Bellezza.
Boris Godunov: Conductor [Bellezza, Vincenzo]
Boris Godunov: Boris Godunov [Chaliapin, Fyodor]
Boris Godunov: Prince Shuisky [Badà, Angelo]
Boris Godunov: Pimen [Rothier, Léon]
Boris Godunov: Grigory [Chamlee, Mario]
Boris Godunov: Marina [Gordon, Jeanne]
Boris Godunov: Varlaam [Ananian, Paolo]
Boris Godunov: Simpleton [Tedesco, Alfio]
Boris Godunov: Nikitich [D'Angelo, Louis]
Boris Godunov: Shchelkalov [Cehanovsky, George]
Boris Godunov: Innkeeper [Wakefield, Henriette]
Boris Godunov: Missail [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
Boris Godunov: Xenia [Dalossy, Ellen]
Boris Godunov: Feodor [Parisette, Mildred]
Boris Godunov: Nurse [Bourskaya, Ina]
Boris Godunov: Lavitsky [Picco, Millo]
Boris Godunov: Chernikovsky [Reschiglian, Vincenzo]
Ananian, Paolo [Bass]
Badà, Angelo [Tenor]
Bellezza, Vincenzo [Conductor]
Bourskaya, Ina [Mezzo Soprano]
Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
Chaliapin, Fyodor [Bass]
Chamlee, Mario [Tenor]
D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
Dalossy, Ellen [Soprano]
Gordon, Jeanne [Mezzo Soprano]
Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
Parisette, Mildred [Soprano]
Picco, Millo [Baritone]
Reschiglian, Vincenzo [Baritone]
Rothier, Léon [Bass]
Tedesco, Alfio [Tenor]


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By Kat Thomas
Edible Skinny
How Heaven Must Look at Night -- A Evening of Art and Culture in Las Vegas
"Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night." --Chuck Palahniuk, in "Invisible Monsters"
Friends the Musical Parody, Las Vegas
Even though Edible Skinny spends quite a good amount in the desert oasis of Las Vegas (this is due to the fact that my official residence is here (when not on the road...)), I sometimes forget to cover the blooming cultural scene in my City of Lights!
So because the Glitter Gulch deserves to be trophied as much as any other city out there, here's some AWESOME art and culture (and non-gaming) ways to experience the CREATIVITY that Sin City has to offer!
FIRST FRIDAY LAS VEGAS
On the first Friday of January, we started our night of CREATIVITY at one of Las Vegas' largest community events: First Friday Las Vegas. This outdoor art party is an ever growing community festival in Downtown Las Vegas fostering creativity and culture. This artist inspired event strives to constantly and emphatically seek, discover, inspire, and explore creativity in all its forms.
Featuring art, music, food, and much more; you never know what's going to happen at a night at First Friday. You could see a street artist spray paint his next masterpiece, perhaps watch the event get live streamed from Jimmy Kimmel Live (who's original hometown in Sin City), or even meet Mowgli the Dinosaur, a giant 10 foot T. Rex bedazzled with 150,000 rhinestones by BlingOSaurus!
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After our fill of the DTLV art scene it was off to check out FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, a hilarious new musical that lovingly lampoons TV's Friends. This show celebrates the wacky misadventures of your favorite group of 20-something pals as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life, and love in 1990s Manhattan! It's a seemingly typical day at New York's only coffee shop, Central Perk, until an unexpected runaway bride with an iconic haircut enters the picture and kicks the whole gang out of second gear! Definitely not Cirque du Soleil, this production arrived at the D Las Vegas via an extended run in the New York Off Broadway scene at St. Luke's Theatre.
The musical features the six main characters from the cast: Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Joey, Phoebe, and Monica (who was played by standout Erin Baltsar). The delightfully naughty new confection recreates our favorite moments from all 10 years of Friends (will they won't they kiss moments, tons of coffee consumed, pivoting, and (of course) a turkey on Monica's head) through an uncensored, fast-paced, music-filled romp. We laughed! We cried! We Unagi-ed!
https://www.thed.com/
CULTURE & CANNABIS LAS VEGAS
Mogli, the sparkly dinosaur, may be rented for a day. Or purchased for only $49,000
We then ended the night with some art and sticky! Culture & Cannabis Las Vegas is a celebration of the bridge between intertwining world of marijuana and art! This is one of those underground events that is so hip they don't have a website, just an Instagram page... Located at CMXX event space in the 18b Art District, the night involves a slew of up and coming hip hop acts, a fashion show by Omni Models, DJs, and up to 40 cannabis art, non-profit, ancillary, and apparel brands. Just note, that Culture & Cannabis does not promote the open consumption of cannabis as Social Use is still illegal in Nevada (though it is coming soon real real soon)!!!
https://www.instagram.com/cultureandcannabislasvegas
Kat Thomas is the Editor in Chief of Edible Skinny, a site dedicated to making your life postcard worthy. She is also the CEO of the creative media company This Way Adventures. You can find more about both brands at http://www.thiswayadventures.com
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Congress Near Deal on Genetic Test Bias Bill
Lawmakers are close to an agreement to clear the way for a bill prohibiting employers and insurers from discriminating on the basis of genetic tests.
Congress reached an agreement clearing the way for a bill to prohibit discrimination by employers and health insurers on the basis of genetic tests.
Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican who had been almost single-handedly holding up action on the bill, said in an interview Tuesday that most of his concerns had been resolved and predicted that the bill would pass soon.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who is chairman of the Senate Health Committee, said a bipartisan agreement had been reached to move the bill to the Senate floor.
Proponents say the new law, more than a dozen years in the making, would help usher in an age of genetic medicine, in which DNA tests might help predict if a person is at risk of a disease, allowing action to be taken to prevent it.
Some of the tests already exist, like one for breast cancer risk, and new ones are being introduced almost every month. But backers of the legislation say many people are afraid of taking such tests because they fear the results would be used to deny them employment or health insurance.
"This bill removes a significant obstacle to the advancement of personalized medicine," said Edward Abrahams, the executive director of the Personalized Medicine Coalition. His group is an organization of drug and diagnostic companies, academic institutions and patient groups that advocate using genetic information to choose the most appropriate treatment for each patient.
The agreement would end a 13-year odyssey for the bill, first proposed in 1995 by Louise Slaughter, a House Democrat from western New York, who has been promoting it ever since.
The bill, called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, or GINA, has had broad support in Congress but has never managed to pass both houses in the same session.
It passed the Senate by votes of 95 to 0 in 2003 and 98 to 0 in 2005 but was kept from a vote in the House by Republican leadership. Last year, with Democrats newly in control, the House approved the bill 420 to 3. But this year Senator Coburn had placed a hold on the bill, preventing the Senate from voting on it.
One of Senator Coburn's main concerns was that the bill might subject employers to civil rights lawsuits stemming from disputes over medical coverage. And employers that also finance their own health insurance, he said, might be sued twice. "We would have created a trial lawyers' bonanza," he said.
Senator Coburn, a medical doctor, had called for a "firewall" between the employer and insurance sections of the bill. "We withstood all the criticism we got from lots of people, and now we got it fixed," he said.
Proponents of the bill say the negotiated changes do not affect the substance of the legislation.
Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who is the Senate majority leader, sent an e-mail message to his colleagues Tuesday asking for unanimous consent to bring the bill forward to the Senate floor. Debate would be limited to two hours, with only one amendment being offered to reflect the agreed-upon changes.
Olympia J. Snowe, Republican of Maine, who has been a leading sponsor of the legislation in the Senate, called on her colleagues Tuesday to pass it. "More than a decade after we began the effort to protect Americans from genetic discrimination, the Senate is finally poised to see the fruition of those efforts," she said in a press release that quoted another senator describing GINA as "the first civil rights act of the 21st century."
President Bush has indicated that he supports the bill, although the White House has expressed concerns, citing among other things the need for a firewall. Those concerns have also been dealt with in recent negotiations, Congressional staff members said.
GINA would make it illegal for health insurers to raise premiums or deny coverage based on genetic information, and would prohibit employers from using such information for decisions on hiring, firing, promotions or job assignments.
Genetic information, for the law's purposes, would include not only tests that determine variations in a person's DNA, but also a family history of a particular disease.
But GINA does not prohibit discrimination once someone already has a disease, and some experts said such protection would have to be the next step.
"You don't want to be denied health insurance when you are at risk for breast cancer," said Sonia M. Suter, an associate professor at George Washington University Law School. "But it seems to me you really don't want to be denied health insurance when you have breast cancer."
The bill is expected to help mainly those applying for individual health insurance policies. That is because existing federal law already prohibits group insurance plans from discriminating against an individual based on genetic information.
Some 35 states have laws against genetic discrimination in employment and 47 have them against discrimination in health insurance, according to an article in The New England Journal of Medicine last year by Kathy Hudson, director of the Johns Hopkins Genetics and Public Policy Center in Washington. But the laws vary widely. It is not clear whether the new federal law would take precedence.
Some groups representing businesses opposed GINA, saying it was an unnecessary and costly burden on employers. They said that such discrimination was not a problem and that there had been no cases brought under any of the state laws.
"We do certainly think that this legislation is a solution in search of a problem," said Michael J. Eastman, executive director for labor policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a business lobbying group.
But backers of the bill say such cases have occurred, although the people involved often do not come forward.
Moreover, they say, genetic testing is in its infancy. Just in the last several months, companies like Navigenics, 23andMe and Decode Genetics have started to offer scans of a person's entire genome, looking for signposts that might signify risks of various diseases. In less than a decade it could become affordable to determine one's entire DNA blueprint.
Supporters of the bill say that fear about misuse of genetic information has also discouraged people from participating in studies aimed at finding new genes that carry disease risk. Francis S. Collins, the director of the federal government's National Human Genome Research Institute, told Congress last year that about a third of people with family history of a disease declined to participate in such research at the National Institutes of Health.
Health insurers have generally expressed support for the bill, with some reservations. They say the bill might interfere with their ability to request certain genetic tests — like ones that would help determine the best treatment for a patient.
"There are appropriate uses of information, there are appropriate questions to ask, as long as there is no discrimination," said Mohit Ghose, spokesman for America's Health Insurance Plans, a lobbying group for the health insurance industry.
Some experts, while welcoming the bill, said it did not go far enough.
Mark A. Rothstein, director of the bioethics institute at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, said GINA did not cover life insurance and long-term care insurance and that there already were legal ways for prospective employers to gain a job candidate's health information.
"GINA promises more than it delivers," he said.


Authors: Jensen, C.; Panduro, T.; Lundhede, T.; Nielsen, A.; Dalsgaard, M.; Thorsen, B.
Jensen, C.; Panduro, T.; Lundhede, T.; Nielsen, A.; Dalsgaard, M.; Thorsen, B. (2018). The impact of on-shore and off-shore wind turbine farms on property prices. Energy Policy, 116, 50-59.
We present the results of a large-scale analysis on how on-shore and off-shore wind turbines affect the property prices of nearby single family residential and vacationhomes in Denmark. We find that on-shore wind turbines negatively affect the price of surrounding properties to a distance of three kilometers. The negative impact increases with the number of wind turbines at a declining marginal rate but declines with distance. In the case of off-shore wind turbine farms, we do not find a significant effect of having an off-shore wind farm in view from a property itself or from the nearest beach, likely because the closest off-shore turbine is 9 km from the closest traded home. We illustrate the policy relevance of our findings by providing maps showing how the marginal impact of a wind turbine varies across the landscape according to the spatial distribution of home density and homes values in the proximity of a wind turbine site. The results suggest that ceteris paribus, wind turbine farms should be built quite far away from residential areas with turbines gathered in larger wind farms rather than installed as single turbines.


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The new world of automatic financial account data exchange
Written by Orlando Gotay
Recently, the chief of SAT (Mexico's equivalent to the IRS) announced that his agency has begun receiving information on U.S. bank accounts held by residents of Mexico with interest paid greater than US$10.
This information helps SAT determine how many Mexicans have accounts in the United States, types and amounts of income and the banks where the accounts are held.
SAT has also disclosed that Mexico has also provided information to the U.S. Treasury on U.S. "persons" living here. According to the agreement, reported bank accounts include those with a balance of US$50,000 or over as of December 31, 2013.
While SAT referred to accounts held by "American residents" in Mexico, the agreement fine print reveals it is far broader in scope. Reportable accounts have any of a number of "U.S. indicia": U.S. citizenship, U.S. place of birth; U.S. mailing address or phone numbers, and other indications of being a "U.S. person" such as standing instructions to transfer money to stateside accounts.
Mexico reports not just personal accounts. It is required to report information of Mexico business entities that have "U.S. persons" as "controlling persons." So if a Mexican business has U.S. persons with authority over financial accounts, those accounts are reportable to the U.S. Treasury too.
What is Mexico required to report? Name, tax ID number, address, bank name, account number, and average monthly balance of the reported account. Later on, Mexico will also report interest and gross proceeds from the sale of assets credited to the account (such as sales of securities) held in custodial accounts.
Mexico will cross-reference with its own databases in an effort to detect those who have U.S. assets or income that should have been reported to Mexico but wasn't.
The United States will match information in a similar way. U.S. persons that meet thresholds were already required to file information returns, "Foreign Bank Account Reports" and "Forms 8938" to declare "specified foreign financial assets."
The good news about all this automated reporting? Deep in the bowels of the Mexico-U.S. agreement, "a fideicomiso (trust) the assets of which consist solely of real property" is not reportable by Mexican authorities to the United States. But if your Mexican fideicomiso does not meet IRS requirements, it is reportable by you on your federal tax return as a "foreign trust" anyway.
The U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has turned tax reporting for U.S. persons a high stakes game and it is already making it so for persons of other nationalities.
Orlando Gotay is a California licensed tax attorney (with a Master of Laws in Taxation) admitted to practice before the IRS, the U.S. Tax Court and other taxing agencies. His love of things Mexican has led him to devote part of his practice to the tax matters of U.S. expats in Mexico. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..


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Death toll rises to 10 after a wall of rock fell on boaters in a Brazilian lake
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A boat navigates on the Furnas reservoir on Sunday after a massive slab of rock broke away from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters on Saturday, killing at least 10 people near Capitolio city, Brazil.
Updated January 9, 2022 at 4:00 PM ET
BRASILIA, Brazil — The death toll from an accident in which a slab of cliff rock toppled onto pleasure boaters on a Brazilian lake has risen to 10, police said Sunday. Authorities worked to identify the dead and divers were searching the lake in case there were more victims.
Police Chief Marcos Pimenta said there was a possibility that some people were missing following the accident Saturday in Minas Gerais state. At least 32 people were injured, though most were released from hospitals by Saturday evening.
The accident occurred between the towns of Sao Jose da Barra and Capitolio, from which the boats had left. Video images showed a gathering of small boats moving slowly near the sheer rock cliff on Furnas Lake when a fissure appeared in the rock and a huge piece toppled onto several of the vessels.
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A tourist boat navigates through a canyon in Furnas Lake, near Capitolio City, Brazil, on Sept. 2, 2021. A massive slab of rock broke away on Saturday from the canyon wall and and toppled onto pleasure boaters killing at least six people and injuring dozens at the popular tourist destination in Minas Gerais state.
The bodies were taken to Passos city, where coroners worked to identify them. The work was difficult because of the ″high energy impact″ of the rock on the boaters, said a regional civil police official, Marcos Pimenta. He said one victim had been identified as 68-year-old Júlio Borges Antunes.
Furnas Lake, which was created in 1958 for the installation of a hydroelectric plant, is a popular tourist draw in the area roughly 420 kilometers (260 miles) north of Sao Paulo.
A tourist boat navigates through a canyon in Furnas Lake, near Capitolio City, Brazil on Sept. 2, 2021.
Officials suggested the wall coming loose could have been related to heavy rains recently that caused flooding in the state and forced almost 17,000 people out of their homes.
The head of the Applied Geology Division of the Brazilian Geological Service, Tiago Antonelli, said the cliff wall is subject to centuries of erosion and susceptible to rain, heat and cold.
"It's normal to happen in many canyons, even with rocks of that size. But nowadays, with the intensification of tourism, people are starting to get closer to these places and to register these phenomena with their cell phones," Antonelli said.
Joana Sánchez, geology professor at the Federal University of Goiás, said that authorities should have been controlling the site to prevent accidents, especially in the rainy season. The boats should have been kept at least one kilometer (0.6 miles) away from the waterfall where the accident happened, she said.
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Earlier today, I posted on my personal blog about the fear of missing out on alternate lives due to the decisions I make.
I waxed eloquent (I hope) on how worried I am that, because of ways in which I've settled in and settled down, there are no more surprises around the bend.
Funny that the same neuroticism doesn't plague the way I approach my career.


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Popular cities to stop between Oludeniz and Prague
How far is Oludeniz to Prague by car
How far is the distance between Oludeniz and Prague? The direct drive from Oludeniz, Turkey to Prague, Czech Republic is 1643 miles or 2644 km, and should have a drive time of 25 hours in normal traffic.
Oludeniz to Prague drive time with breaks
Driving from Oludeniz to Prague takes about 25 hours if you do it nonstop, but depending on whether you're switching off with someone else or doing the trip solo, your food preferences (fast food vs. sit-down), or your stamina, it'll almost definitely take longer.
Most guides recommend stopping for 30 minutes for every 4 hours of driving, and driving up to 8 hours a day. For a typical driver who's not stopping to see too many sights, we expect a road trip to from Oludeniz to Prague to take 4 days. During those 4 days, you'll drive for 25 hours in total and take 2 hours for breaks.
When taking breaks, you might as well check out some of the sights too! Take a look at the best stops on a Oludeniz to Prague drive for some inspiration.
What cities are between Oludeniz and Prague?
If you're thinking of driving between Oludeniz and Prague and thinking of staying a night, it's worth looking at a few of the cities that are on the route. The most popular cities to stop between Oludeniz and Prague are Istanbul, Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava, Belgrade, Sofia, Selcuk, Thessaloniki, Marmaris, and Sarajevo. Istanbul is the most popular city on the route — it's 8 hours from Oludeniz and 16 hours from Prague.
Going back? How far is Prague from Oludeniz?
Honestly, it shouldn't differ by too much, but if you're curious about the drive back, check out the reverse directions to see how far Prague is from Oludeniz.
On your trip from Oludeniz to Prague, stop by Istanbul, Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava, Belgrade, Sofia, Selcuk, Thessaloniki, Marmaris, and Sarajevo! Make sure to visit Istanbul, the most popular city on the route, and see Istanbul's top attractions like Hagia Sophia Museum / Church (Ayasofya), Blue Mosque, and Basilica Cistern.
Marmaris is a Mediterranean resort town along the Turkish Riviera (also known as the Turquoise Coast) with a busy, pebbly beach and long seafront promenade. It's known for its lively nightlife on Bar Street, which is home to open-air clubs and music venues. Marmaris sits in a valley between pine-forested mountains and clear waters, which are popular sailing and diving destinations.
7% as popular as Istanbul
35 minutes off the main route, 8% of way to Prague
Selçuk is a town near Izmir, in western Turkey. It's the gateway to Ephesus, a vast, ancient city with the remains of a large theater and the Library of Celsus. South is the House of Virgin Mary, a domed chapel and religious shrine. Near Selçuk, a marble column is one of a few remains of the Temple of Artemis. The Ephesus Museum has more items from the temple, plus other artifacts excavated from the Ephesus site.
19 minutes off the main route, 15% of way to Prague
Istanbul is a major city in Turkey that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait. Its Old City reflects cultural influences of the many empires that once ruled here. In the Sultanahmet district, the open-air, Roman-era Hippodrome was for centuries the site of chariot races, and Egyptian obelisks also remain. The iconic Byzantine Hagia Sophia features a soaring 6th-century dome and rare Christian mosaics.
7 minutes off the main route, 33% of way to Prague
Thessaloniki is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia and its capital is the city of Thessaloniki.
1 hour off the main route, 50% of way to Prague
Sofia is the capital of the Balkan nation of Bulgaria. It's in the west of the country, below Vitosha Mountain. The city's landmarks reflect more than 2,000 years of history, including Greek, Roman, Ottoman and Soviet occupation. Medieval Boyana Church has 13th-century frescoes. Built by the Romans in the 4th century, St. George Rotunda Church has medieval and Ottoman decoration dating to the 10th century.
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a compact city on the Miljacka River, surrounded by the Dinaric Alps. Its center has museums commemorating local history, including Sarajevo 1878–1918, which covers the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an event that sparked World War I. Landmarks of the old quarter, Baščaršija, include the Ottoman-era Gazi Husrev-bey Mosque.
4 hours off the main route, 66% of way to Prague
Belgrade is the capital of the southeast European country of Serbia. Its most significant landmark is the Beogradska Tvrđava, an imposing fortress at the confluence of the Danube and the Sava rivers. The fort is a testament to the city's strategic importance to the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Serbian and Austrian empires, and it's now the site of several museums as well as Kalemegdan, a vast park.
10% as popular as Istanbul
Budapest, Hungary's capital, is bisected by the River Danube. Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connects the hilly Buda district with flat Pest. A funicular runs up Castle Hill to Buda's Old Town, where the Budapest History Museum traces city life from Roman times onward. Trinity Square is home to 13th-century Matthias Church and the turrets of the Fishermen's Bastion, which offer sweeping views.
Vienna, Austria's capital, lies in the country's east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud. The city is also known for its Imperial palaces, including Schönbrunn, the Habsburgs' summer residence. In the MuseumsQuartier district, historic and contemporary buildings display works by Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt and other artists.
Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is set along the Danube River by the border with Austria and Hungary. It's surrounded by vineyards and the Little Carpathian mountains, crisscrossed with forested hiking and cycling trails. The pedestrian-only, 18th-century old town is known for its lively bars and cafes. Perched atop a hill, the reconstructed Bratislava Castle overlooks old town and the Danube.
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More compensation for humans killed by wildlife demanded
Albertina Nakale Windhoek-There are calls to adjust the compensation in relation to loss of human life to N$10,000 for funeral arrangements, and N$500,000 for death reimbursement for injuries sustained by wildlife animals. These recommendations were revealed by Weich Mupya yesterday, a committee member of the National Council standing committee on Habitat on the public hearings conducted on the motion on Huma-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) in the regions from September 9 to October 6. The committee also recommended a trust be introduced that would take care of all losses incurred due to HWC. "Effect, therefore, allowances of N$5000 for kids and N$1000 for school going ones per month. The grant payments to continue up to the age of 21 years," Mupya told the National Council. The committee found that the current compensation scheme in relation to the current National Policy on HWC Management of 2009 was overwhelmingly scoffed at by all witnesses in all the places where hearing sessions were run. He said in the Zambezi and the two Kavango regions, issues involving loss of human life were almost indistinguishable in terms of the contexts, the agents of violence and the fashion in which the violence on human beings took place. Further, he noted motives that put residents into harm's way originated from the insufficiency of food sources and other services such as portable water. "People descended on rivers to access water for consumption also for food sources such as fish and some consumable water lilies. Crocodiles and hippopotamuses attack were quite frequent in the Zambezi and in the Kavango East Regions," he revealed. Equally, he noted, in the Zambezi and Kavango regions, low-socio-economic situation of many rural women saw these people lose their lives as they frequented the riverside in search of reeds that grew by the riverside. Some forms of losses to human life came about as a result of attacks human beings suffered from elephants that encroached upon villages especially during night. For livestock attack compensation, they proposed that all compensation should encompass calves, heifers, cows, bulls and oxen, and the offset amounts were established. They were established that compensation for a cow (low quality breeds) be compensated for N$8,000, bulls (low quality breeds) for N$10,000, goat (high quality) N$2,000, pig N$2,000, donkey N$1,500, calf (0-6 months) N$1,000, calf (6-12 months) N$2,500, cow (best breeds) N$15,000, bull (best breeds) N$20,000 TO n$25,000, sheep N$2,200, goat (low quality breed) N$1,000 while a horse can fetch N$5,000. He said the compensation should be inclusive of all places where such cases occur, that is either in the kraal or anywhere on the grazing areas. For crops, the committee recommend that an amount of N$1,500 per quarter of a hectare be compensates while an amount of N$6,000 to be paid per hectare. They recommended to the ministry of Environment and Tourism to respond quicker to HWC concerns and that responses to loos of human life and injuries be carried out on helicopters.
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Day 3: Grand Theft Online
On Wednesday it was our last full day with Rockstar, so while they were getting everything set up in the penthouse for our multiplayer action, we went out to Central Park and had an interesting few hours taking pictures and videos of pigeons. Unlike yesterday with the PS3's, today we're all using Xbox 360's for the multiplayer. No idea why, just Rockstar seem to prefer it, possibly due to the fact all of the 360's came with headsets for communication. They did say the PS3's were easier to set up originally which is why we used them for Single Player. One major thing I noticed between the two consoles is that the PS3 has sharper graphics and much better shadows. It may just be down to the 360 version running off the development hard drive, but the shadows were quite jaggy and flickered a lot. Other than that though, everything looked roughly the same on both, and the controls may be slightly easier on the 360, but that kind of thing doesn't make any difference at all anyway.
On the way back from Central Park, we decided we wanted the driver to stop at Rockstar's main offices. We then proceeded to infiltrate the building, but we were thwarted by the insane security guard who baffled us with his cunning linguistic skills. He uttered something along the lines of "you no have appointment, you no go een, okay?". Casey (Zidane from GTAGaming) called one of our contacts inside their main offices, but he said they were too busy and that we should basically fuck off back to the hotel and leave them alone. Not in those exact words obviously, but we knew what they meant ;).
At 7 ish we went upstairs to the penthouse and started multiplayer. First was deathmatch, which Chris (TheGTAPlace.com) won. I failed miserably at it and I'm still struggling to understand how I can empty 40 times as many bullets into someone without them dying, then for them to kill me in two or three with the same weapon. I think you need to tap shoot rather than hold it though, but I'm not 100% sure. We then did a regular Race which I absolutely ripped to shreds. It was insanely funny watching everyone else crash all over the place, but I finished a good 2 minutes ahead of whoever came second, which frankly was embarrassing for everyone else. GTA Race was next and that was a LOT of fun. Huge car pile up on the first corner and everyone ended up running around on foot or on scooters trying to catch up to the super cars. That gametype is so fun. If you fuck up the first corner you've basically lost, so you can spend the next 5 minutes setting up a massive roadblock and watch the carnage ensue.
We did Cops N' Crooks for a bit too. All of the reviews have said this is the best gametype, and it was pretty fun, but we seemed to enjoy doing various set ups on GTA Race, such as all firetrucks, or all ice cream vans only. I think those kind of games are only going to happen when there's 12 guys in the same room together though, because you can limit the vehicles to a certain class, but not force people to use the same vehicle. Just make sure you play with friends and chat over XBL letting them all know to use a specific vehicle.
Cops N' Crooks was over a bit too quick for us. By the time we found a vehicle near our spawn, the cops had already pretty much mowed the boss down. I of course, a loyal henchman of his, ran the hell away to avoid myself getting killed. Screw the boss, it's every man for himself! Deal Breaker was another fun gametype which is based on Gone In 60 Seconds. You've gotta find a car, steal it, and take it to the lockup. Whoever steals the most wins, but some cars are full of drugs, so steal them for a 10x bonus!
Myself and Chris played Free Mode, and a few other guys decided to join. It literally is single player, messing around in the city, but you can see your mate flying a helicopter into your head, or pushing you off the Empire State Building. Leading the police on a 6 wanted star chase past the other guys in the hopes that they get massacred. Get 16 players on that and the fun will literally never end.
If you miss the old GTA games however, fear not. A few of the old glitches are still here. There are some places where your feet will disappear into the ground, or where you'll fall through a wall and teleport onto the road etc. The AI can sometimes get a little stupid too, for example when I called a taxi from Roman, the driver just kept ramming it into a wall, so I had to kill him through the windscreen and then steal it off him. Not really ideal, but it works.
Any multiplayer game with Rocket Launchers only as the weapon is absolutely immense. Bodies flying everywhere, shit getting blown up constantly, it's just so much fun. Make sure you try that if you fail badly at shooting with normal guns, as I appear to.
One of the funniest things we saw when playing Multiplayer was a small roadblock that Zidane set up at the finish line to one of the races. Random pedestrian cars crashed into them, then more racers hit them and got stuck, and more peds and so on. By the end of the race there was a 20 car pile up and no one could get through to the finish. That's the thing with GTA online, you can literally make the game do whatever you want. This multiplayer will not get old, and if it does, you're doing it wrong. I'll also take this opportunity to mention how awesome it is blasting someone in the face with a shotgun through their windscreen when they're parked in traffic. The whole window gets full of blood and it just looks great. Murder has never been so fun.
After we'd finished playing multiplayer for a few hours, we went onto the roof of the penthouse. A few of us even went into the hot tub which was nice and warm. Kyle, Jordan, myself, Chessey and Mark from Rockstar were all in there, meanwhile I forced Casey (Zidane) to be my drink slave, getting me can after can of red bull. Good job kiddo!
We eventually got kicked out of the penthouse at 4:30 AM because Chessey wanted to sleep for an hour before she had to catch a plane, so I went back to my room and watched some shitty TV again for a few hours. I go home tomorrow... That sucks!
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The Big Joe Slow Jam returns with Pacers big man Kyle O'Quinn!
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Today, Big Joe went into the Pacers locker room and did his first Blue & Gold Slow Jam with big man Kyle O'Quinn!
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Now I want the result from field 1 - field 2 in field 3
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Microsoft's announcement last week touting a first version of its Millennium operating system was a bit premature, but the company has finally shipped the first beta.
Microsoft's announcement last week touting a first version of its Millennium operating system was a bit premature, but the company has finally shipped the first beta of its next consumer operating system to testers.
Last Friday, Microsoft announced it had released the first beta--or test version--of the next-generation operating system for consumers and home PC users. However, the company subsequently confirmed that the prototype software did not actually go out on Friday. It was actually shipped today, the company said.
Microsoft continues to add to its operating system stable.
software developers to identify and fix bugs before the final release is shipped to stores. Microsoft internal code-name for the operating system is "Millennium."
Delays in software development are fairly routine, and for Microsoft this is hardly new territory. Windows 2000, the corporate OS that is expected to debut at the Comdex trade show in November, has been pushed back repeatedly. Windows 98, the consumer operating system Millennium is designed to replace, was also delayed.
Microsoft's popular Office 2000 software suite was delayed several times, too.
"Today, Microsoft released beta 1 of Millennium, the next version of Windows for consumers, to testers and partners," the company said on Friday. In fact, Millennium was simply not ready in time, a company spokeswoman said yesterday.
Shipping delays have an impact on PC makers and home PC users, as well as retailers who sell the standalone version. In addition, Microsoft is also hurt by this type of tardiness--the company's stock usually takes a hit whenever a final release date is pushed back.
Typically, Microsoft has blamed delays on the complex process of perfecting operating systems, which will run on many different types of computers with many different software applications. This time, though, the software was not held back because of any specific bug, the spokeswoman said.
"Honestly, I'm not aware of any technical reason of why it was held back. Things take longer than anticipated. It will be released very shortly," she said yesterday.
Millennium is the company's final release in its Windows 98 trilogy, which includes the original Windows 98 as well as Windows 98, Second Edition. After Millennium, which is due late next year in its final form, Microsoft will shift its next consumer operating system to the Windows 2000 code base, which is considered more stable than the Windows 98 family of products.
Millennium focuses on improving four key areas, according to Microsoft: simplicity and ease-of-use; greater digital media and entertainment support; home networking; and improved online access from the desktop. The first beta focused on the simplicity features, which are designed to ensure a computer "just works," according to the company.
The Millennium beta testing group consists of about 5,000 testers, the spokeswoman said, who will be notified when the first beta is eventually ready later this week. "It will be ready really, really soon," she promised.
The delay was first reported by BetaNews, a Web site for beta testers. "It is very possible a last-minute bug was discovered which would have jeopardized the widespread release," according to the site.
"There's nothing really to point to," the spokeswoman said. "It's just taking slightly longer than we thought it would."


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Heribert Jakob Sturm (* 2. November 1934 in Fürstenfeldbruck; † 13. Januar 2020 in München) war ein deutscher Künstler und Hochschullehrer-

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Sturm studierte von 1957 bis 1961 an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Bildhauerei bei Heinrich Kirchner (Meisterschüler 1960) und Kunsterziehung bei Anton Marxmüller. 1972 bis 2000 lehrte er an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, ab 1983 als Professor für Bildhauerei und Kunsterziehung. 1979–1982 war er Mitglied des Präsidialkollegiums. Bei ihm studierten u. a. Michael Wesely, Iris Häussler, Nezaket Ekici, Albert Coers, Notburga Karl, Thomas Link, Hubert Sedlatschek, Stefanie Trojan. Sturm war Initiator einer Außenstelle der Kunstakademie in Straubing, unter dem Namen INDEPENDENCE SR. Diese existierte 1986–2000 in einem ehemaligen Schlachthof und diente als Ort für größere experimentelle und installative Arbeiten und für Ausstellungen (u. a. 1998 Ausstellung von Stipendiaten der Wilhelm-Reissmüller-Stiftung zum Austausch zwischen München und Carrara). Sturm lebte in München, in Dreifaltigkeitsberg und in Wies bei Rattenberg im Bayerischen Wald, wo er eine Scheune zum Atelier ausbaute.

Sprache, Schrift und Zeichen und ihre Bewegung im Raum bilden den Hintergrund von Sturms Objekten und Installationen. Bekannt wurde er durch bildhauerisch-konzeptuelle Arbeiten, vor allem im öffentlichen Raum, die häufig geschichtliche und politische Bezüge aufweisen, etwa seine Arbeit A Dolfuß zur Ausstellung Bezugspunkte 38/88 beim Steirischen Herbst in Graz 1988. Sturm ließ eine Betonstele mit rechtwinklig angeordneten Nuten, scheinbar ein Element eines Steckverbindungssystems oder eine rein formale, minimalistisch-konkrete Skulptur, so mit einem Kran über einer Wasserfläche schweben, dass sich ihr Grundriss mit der Form eines Hakenkreuzes widerspiegelte. Damit thematisierte Sturm die Ambivalenz der Moderne und der Gegenwart: "Ordnung und System bringen das Menetekel der absoluten Autorität an die Wand." Als Ort wählte er das Rosarium, eine Parkanlage am Opernring, wo im März 1938 Nationalsozialisten ein Denkmal für den ihnen verhassten österreichischen Politiker Engelbert Dollfuß zerstört hatten. Im Titel "A Dolfuß", was als Hommage an den Politiker gelesen werden kann, verbirgt sich aber auch der Vorname Adolf Hitlers.

Die Beschäftigung mit dem Nationalsozialismus und damit der eigenen erlebten Kindheit zieht sich durch viele, auch medial unterschiedliche Arbeiten Sturms. So etwa die zweiteilige Fotoarbeit Europäischer Gestus I und II (1983/1988, Sammlung Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München), in der das Bild einer Venus-Statue dem einer KZ-Gefangenen gegenübergestellt wird. Beide bedecken mit der Hand ihre nackte Brust, machen dieselbe zeichenhafte Geste.

Der Recherche- und Reflexionsprozess fließt in die Arbeiten mit ein, oder ist selbst Gegenstand und wird veröffentlicht, etwa in Wo ist Montgomery? – Der Traum des rechten Winkels, entstanden zur Ausstellung Hofer Herbst 1987. Hier reflektiert Sturm im Katalog in einer assoziativen Collage aus Bildern und Texten die Macht von Namen; Ausgangspunkt ist die Assoziation der Lage der Stadt Hof in der "Wüste" der bayerischen Provinz, mit Akteuren des 2. Weltkrieges in Wüstengebieten Afrikas, etwa dem britischen General Montgomery, damit die Präsenz der Erfahrung von Krieg allgemein. Die Mehrdeutigkeit des Namens, der gleichzeitig verschiedene Personen und Städte bezeichnet, die damit verbundene Ambivalenz ist das Thema. Daran anschließend beschreibt Sturm in Der Traum des rechten Winkels den Umschlag einer rein konstruktiven Gestaltungsaufgabe in das historisch belastete Symbol des Nationalsozialismus, Überlegungen, die er in der Skulptur zur Ausstellung in Hof und in A Dolfuß bildhauerisch umsetzt.

Das Moment des Umschlagens bzw. Umkippens von zunächst rein visuellen Elementen in plötzlich wahrnehmbare Bedeutung in Verbindung mit physischen Prozessen ist auch für weitere Arbeiten kennzeichnend: Wort und zugleich performatives Objekt ist TILT (1990). Die Buchstaben "T I I T", die zunächst nur als sinnfreies Palindrom, als symmetrische Konstruktion und nicht als Bedeutungsträger erscheinen, sind horizontal auf einem Winkel an der Wand befestigt und mit Hilfe einer Metallstange senkrecht nach unten austariert. Wenn man den kleinen liegenden Balken hinzufügt, der das "I" zum "L" macht, kommt das Ganze aus dem Gleichgewicht, es realisierte sich unmittelbar die Bedeutung des Wortes, das im selben Moment lesbar wird ("tilt" = engl. "kippen, sich neigen"). Um Sinn sichtbar werden zu lassen, bedarf es einer Handlung, die Arbeit hat somit den Charakter einer Aufführung.

In ΜΙΜΗΣΙΣ (1997) greift Sturm einen zentralen Begriff der Kunst- und Literaturtheorie auf, die Mimesis. Er gestaltete den Begriff als ein symmetrisches Wortbild aus den Buchstaben des griechischen Alphabets, entsprechend dessen Herkunft aus der antiken Kunstphilosophie. Drehbar gelagert, rotieren die Buchstaben und lassen das Wort von vorne und hinten als Palindrom lesbar werden. "M" und "Σ" scheinen sich wechselseitig je nach Rotation zu imitieren, veranschaulichen so den Begriff insgesamt.

ΣIΣYΦOSOΦYΣIΣ (1991), (fiktiver) Satz und Skulptur zugleich, arbeitet in vergleichbarer Weise mit Ähnlichkeiten und Symmetrien von Buchstaben zur Herstellung von Mehrdeutigkeit: Der Name des mythologischen Helden Sisyphos, der der Legende nach dazu verurteilt war, ewig einen Stein einen Berg hinaufzurollen, ist ansteigend so auf eine Metallplatte aufgebracht, dass er sich palindromisch in einer weiteren, quer dazu stehenden Platte spiegelt und im absteigenden Spiegelbild in den Begriff PHYSIS übergeht, der die körperliche (menschliche) Natur bezeichnet.

Ausstellungen (Auswahl)
 1968 Sub-Art, U-Bahnhof-Baustelle Giselastraße, mit u. a. Jürgen Claus, Ägidius Geisselmann, Manfred Hollmann, Edgar Knoop, Otfried Narewski, António Costa Pinheiro, Jürgen Reipka, HA Schult, Waki Zöllner.
 1987 Hofer Herbst '87. Mit Angelika Bader & Dietmar Tanterl, Herbert Rometsch, Heribert Sturm, Matthias Wähner.
 1988 Steirischer Herbst Graz, Bezugspunkte 38 / 88, Schuld und Unschuld der Kunst 1988. Mit Dennis Adams, Peter Baren, Jacques Charlier, Walter Daems, Braco Dimitrijevic, Fedo Ertl, Bill Fontana, Jochen Gerz, Hans Haacke, Eric Hattan, Werner Hofmeister, Gruppe Irwin, Peter Kogler / Romana Scheffknecht, Beate Passow, Norbert Radermacher. Kuratiert von Werner Fenz.
 1991 Kunst im Abbruch, im öffentlichen Raum / Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Straße 13 München 1991. Mit Kuno Lindenmann, Boris Nieslony, Beate Passow, Kurt Petz, Heribert Sturm.

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Literatur
 Werner Fenz (Hrsg.): Bezugspunkte 38/88. Graz Innenstadt 15. Oktober – 8. November '88. Steirischer Herbst Graz 1988, ISBN 3-900642-01-X.
 Helmut Friedel (Hrsg.): Ansichten. Photographische Bilder Münchner Künstler. Ausstellungskatalog Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München, München 1994, ISBN 3-88645-119-4.
 Helmut Friedel, Gabriele Czöppan (Hrsg.): Angelika Bader & Dietmar Tanterl, Herbert Rometsch, Heribert Sturm, Matthias Wähner: Hofer Herbst '87; Freiheitshalle Hof, 6.10.87 – 31.10.87. Kulturamt der Stadt Hof 1987.
 Verena Kraft (Hrsg.): Kunst im Abbruch, 26. Juli – 18. August 1991, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Straße 13, München. Kulturreferat München 1991.
 Jakob Sturm: Orte möglichen Wohnens. Meine Geschichte, mein Weg in die Kunst und von der Utopie. Axel Dielmann, Frankfurt a. M. 2020, ISBN 978-3-86638-272-5
 Thomas Zacharias: Akademie und Irrwitz. Schlaglichter auf die Münchner Kunsthochschule in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, unveröff. Manuskript. Akademie der Bildenden Künste München 2016.

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Signals from missing Argentinian submarine
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Disappeared: This is the missing submarine San Juan with 44 people on board. The Argentine Navy lost contact with the boat on Wednesday.PHOTO: ARMADA ARGENTINA
Posted By: Pieter Wijnen 19. November 2017
Satellite signals from missing Argentinian submarine
Seven distress signals have been sent from the Argentinian submarine which has been missing since Wednesday, the country's defense department announces.
The signals that were sent out on Saturday night indicate that the crew of the submarine has attempted to connect with the outside world via satellite. Through seven attempts, they have failed to connect to a communications center, writes CNN.
– We are now working to determine exactly where the signals have been sent from, but we assume they are coming from the missing submarine, the ministry reports.
The distress signals were sent on Saturday between 10.52 am and 3.42 pm local time, according to the channel. They vary in length between four minutes down to 32 seconds.
A large search operation is underway, and it is sought both from the air and water after the missing U-Boat 'San Juan' and its crew of 44. The Argentinean Navy has received assistance from six countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
– We will do everything we can to find the submarine as quickly as possible, says President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, on Saturday. The search area is doubled.
It is four days since the Argentine Navy lost contact with the crew on the submarine 'San Juan'.
First female submarine officer
Among the 44 missing people is Argentina's first female submarine officer, Eliana María Krawczyk (35).
– Let's pray together for everything to be resolved and for nothing has happened to the crew. On the sea they are all brothers, it's not like a boat which sails on the surface. Submarines are more risky, says her father Eduardo Krawczyk to the Argentine newspaper Todo Noticias.
The latest signals from the submarine came Wednesday morning when it was on its way back to the naval base at Mar el Plata 400 kilometers south of Buenos Aires after a routine mission to Ushuaia at the southern tip of the country.
The intense rescue mission originally included three ships and a helicopter.
– As the hours pass, we are more likely to face a tragedy, but there is still hope, said Fernando Morales, a maritime expert and vice president of the Argentine Navy to The New York Times.
The submarine, type TR-1700, is one of a total of three that the Argentine Navy possess. It is 65 meters long and seven meters wide and was built in Germany in 1983. It has undergone several refurbishing and adaptations, the latest in 2014.
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Dick Schoonover
Editor, Park Bugle
Dick Schoonover, 84, of Woodbury, died July 9, 2020.
Dick graduated from Murray High School in 1955, where he played football, basketball and baseball, earning a letter in all three sports over four years. Murray is also where he met Beryl. Dick and Beryl were married in 1956 and started their family in St. Paul.
Dick went to work for his father Chuck at the family business, Schoonover Auto Rebuild, taking it over in the mid-1960s after Chuck's early passing. In 1973 he moved Schoonover Auto Rebuild to Shoreview, where he lived.
Dick helped develop legislation, rules and procedures granting rights to consumers and leveling the playing field with auto insurers.
He was preceded in death by grandson, Patrick. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Beryl; sons, Jeff (London Savant), Scott and Mike (Gayle); six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and sister, Jody Roche (Michael).
Memorial service was held June 13 at King of Kings Church in Woodbury. Memorials preferred to Patrick Schoonover Heart Foundation through playforpatrick.org or King of Kings Lutheran Church, Woodbury, through kingofkingswoodbury.org.
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A Newly Increased Trump Tariff on Chinese Goods Will Rattle the Art Market in America, Trade Experts Say
Art dealers are collateral damage in the President's escalating trade war with China.
Eileen Kinsella, August 29, 2019
President Donald Trump. Photo by Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images.
Dealers of Chinese art and antiques were already reeling after the administration of President Donald Trump decided earlier this month to include works of art on a list of Chinese goods subject to a 10 percent import tariff starting September 1.
Now, as Trump's trade war with China has escalated, that figure has been raised to 15 percent, and trade experts are fuming.
"Based on the new Chinese tariffs, it appears yet again that Trump prefers the law of unintended consequences to more thoughtful regulation," attorney and art law specialist Thomas Danziger of the Danziger, Danziger & Muro law firm tells artnet News. "The global Chinese art market will definitely take a hit, but it is hard to see how this will have a material impact on Chinese trade policy. [Trump] probably gave as much thought to the tariffs as he did to his last tweet."
The five percent hike will make it that much more difficult for dealers to compete, says Peter Tompa, the executive director of the Global Heritage Alliance, an advocacy group based in Washington, DC. One looming issue concerns the problem of consignments. "No one wants to pay the tariff up front to consign something in the US," he notes.
New York-based dealer James Lally of JJ Lally & Co. called the tariff "ill-conceived and harmful," adding he regrets that "the logic of our arguments has been overwhelmed by politics."
A large engraved white-glazed Cizhou Meiping. Northern Song Dynasty, (A.D. 11th Century). Image courtesy of J. J. Lally & Co., New York. Photo: Oren Eckhaus.
But dealers have been bracing for the new levies for weeks. On August 19, after the initial 10 percent tariffs were announced, the Art Dealers Association of America released a statement saying that the "imposition of tariffs on art from China will have a detrimental impact on many American art dealers. With the tariffs in place, it will be virtually impossible for these businesses to price artwork competitively within the global art market." The group also noted that artists were likely to be negatively affected.
The ADAA noted its earlier unsuccessful efforts to stop the tariffs from being implemented. As the Trump administration was reviewing proposed tariffs in 2018 and 2019, the association requested that paintings, drawings, collages, decorative plaques, original engravings, prints, lithographs and original sculptures be removed from consideration.
The group also urged its members across the country to formally share feedback with the Office of the United States Trade Representative about "the detrimental impact to their individual businesses and the artists they represent."
In June, following a hearing, Tompa wrote that if the tariffs were implemented, the move would be "warmly welcomed by the Chinese government and the art auctioneers and dealers in China because it will likely drive many of China's American competitors out of business and further redirect sales to Chinese dealers serving a mostly Chinese clientele."
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10 memorable racing liveries to remind you of faster times
07 April 2020 - 10:00 By Motoring Reporter
Page 3 starlets (left to right) Melinda Messenger, Jordan and Emma Noble help launch the Jordan 198 at the beginning of the 1998 Formula One season.
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Racing liveries are the epitome of fine art in motion: colourful high-speed design studies that can - if done correctly, of course - make even the slowest of cars appear fast when they line up on the grid.
Here we take a look back at some of the more memorable ones to have flashed through the pages of motorsport's history books.
Jacques Villeneuve's BAR-Supertec 01 in the Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 16 1999.
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1999 BAR 01 | "Zipper"
Primed with an almost limitless supply of tobacco-fuelled spending money, the British American Racing (BAR) team joined the Formula One circus in 1999 with high hopes and expectations.
Unfortunately its challenger, the BAR 01, was plagued by reliability issues and failed to score even a single championship point. Still, at least it looked cool.
BAR had wanted to run two cars with different liveries (555 and Lucky Strike), but the FIA wouldn't allow it. To get around this issue, the team's graphic designers got creative and penned a unique love-it-or-hate-it solution where one side of the car was dedicated to Lucky Strike and the other to 555. Separating them was a zipper than run down the centre of the car.
The Sauber SHS C6/Ford Cosworth of Hans Stuck, Jean-Louis Schlesser and Dieter Quester leads the team car driven by Walter Brun and Siegfried Muller, Jr. during practice for the 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 20 1982 at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France.
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1982 Sauber C6 | BASF
Driven by the likes of the Hans Stuck and Walter Brun, the Ford Cosworth-powered C6 was probably one of the least successful racing cars to wear the Sauber name. Its silver C9 and C11 successors would overshadow it in every conceivable way.
Still, what it lacked in competitiveness the C6 more than made up for in the aesthetics department, with an utterly hypnotic BASF livery that continues to play tricks with your eyes to this very day.
Juha Kankkunen drives his Toyota through a large puddle during the 1993 Rally of Great Britain.
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1993 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185 | Castrol
Right up there with AOL chatrooms, Seinfeld and the Sony Discman, the pairing of Castrol with Toyota is about as quintessentially 90s as one can ever hope to get.
The green, red and white Celicas expertly driven by Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol thrust Toyota into the World Rally Championship (WRC) limelight and in doing so proved to the globe that this Japanese marque could do more than just churn out millions of dull Corolla sedans.
The Lotus 49 driven by Graham Hill at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix.
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1968 Lotus 49 | Gold Leaf
Colin Chapman's Lotus Formula 1 team caused a stir in 1968 when it ditched its traditional British Racing Green paintwork for the red, white and gold livery of Gold Leaf cigarettes: a sea-change moment in the sport's history that not only secured the team a lucrative sponsorship deal but also forever altered the way F1 would operate moving forward.
From this moment on, if you didn't have a sponsor, then you probably wouldn't be going racing.
Bobby Rahal drives the Porsche 935 K3 009 00030 during the Six Hours of Watkins Glen on July 5 1980 at Watkins Glen International near Watkins Glen, New York.
1980 Porsche 935 | Apple
Steve Jobs was a big Porsche fan in his younger years - so much so that in 1980 he and his business partner Steve Wozniak decided to sponsor the Garretson Enterprises Porsche 935 K3 that saw action everywhere from Sebring and Watkins Glenn to Le Mans and Road America.
Run by Dick Barbour Racing, the team was complemented by the driving talents of Bobby Rahal and Allan Moffat. On paper the outfit sounded like a recipe for success, but in reality the Apple-branded Porsche failed to impress with a string of DNFs - most notably at Le Mans, where it retired with a melted piston after 13 hours. Still, its striking rainbow livery earned it a cult following - one that's still celebrated to this day.
Ralf Schumacher in the Jordan 198.
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1998 Jordan 198 | Benson & Hedges
Jordan was a larger-than-life Formula One constructor known for putting out consistently great race car liveries during its time spent in the sport: 1991 to 2005.
With many countries in the late 1990s banning cigarette advertising at live sporting events, the Silverstone-based outfit came up with a novel way of making its British American Tobacco sponsorship more palatable to the powers that be. Depending on what mascot was etched across the nose of its car (either a snake, hornet or shark), the team would think up suitable substitutions for the words "Benson" and "Hedges". In the case of the 198 it was "Buzzin Hornets".
It was a subliminal advertising masterstroke: one that probably earned the team - and that aforementioned ciggie brand - more attention than they would have before.
The March 83G 4/Porsche driven by Sarel van der Merwe, Graham Duxbury and Tony Martin during practice for the 24 Hours of Daytona IMSA GT race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, on February 5 1984.
1984 March 83G 4-Porsche | Kreepy Krauly
Local pool cleaner manufacturer Kreepy Krauly sponsored an all-South African entry at the 1984 24-hours of Daytona sports car endurance race. This proved a rather savvy marketing move because thanks to a trio of talented drivers - Sarel van der Merwe, Graham Duxbury and Tony Martin - the blue, white and turquoise March won the race.
Over the top for Colin McRae as he heads towards a frozen lake during the 1997 Swedish Rally.
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1997 Subaru WRX STI | 555
The late and legendary Colin McRae exploded onto the World Rally Championship (WRC) scene with Subaru back in 1993. Starting out in a Legacy, the young Scottish driver soon switched to the all-new Impreza: a car that would in a few short years become absolutely synonymous with the dirt-slinging sport of rally racing.
While McRae provided the talent (he won the WRC drivers championship in 1995), British American Tobacco bought the unforgettable, searing blue-and-yellow livery provided by its State Express 555 line of cigarettes.
1976 Harad Ertl driving a Hesketh 308 at Jarama, Spanish GP.
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1976 Hesketh 308 | Penthouse
A swashbuckling privateer outfit started in the early 1970s by Lord Alexander Hesketh, Hesketh Racing challenged the F1 establishment with its fun-loving, playboy values. With infamous British driver James Hunt at the wheel, the team experienced its high-water mark in 1975, when it managed to finish a remarkable fourth overall in the constructors' championship. Hunt also managed to win the Dutch Grand Prix.
Unfortunately it was all downhill from there, as the young Lord ran out of money (he looked down his nose at sponsors) and left the sport for good. What remained of the team limped along until disappearing for good in 1978. It still managed to cause a stir up until that time, however, thanks to a rather risque sponsorship deal with skin mag Penthouse.
Nascar Driver Richard Petty in action in the STP #43 February 15, 1987 during the Nascar Winston Cup Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, FL. Petty finished 3rd in the race.
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Richard Petty | STP
Richard Petty (aka The King) raced in Nascar from 1958 all the way up to his eventual retirement in 1992. He won the Nascar Cup Championship no less than seven times and to this day remains the most successful driver in the sport's history.
While well-known for his love of cowboy hats and cigars, what really helped Petty distinguish himself from rival competitors was his long-lived partnership with American motor oil company STP, which started back in 1972. The sponsorship culminated in a colour scheme that blended the racer's already established "Petty Blue" paintwork with the bright "Day-Glo Red" of STP. No matter what make of car Petty drove, the livery (and his number, 43) remained the same.
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Commercialappeal.com: More action needed to address COVID-19 related food instability in America| Opinion
The following is an excerpt from an article posted in the Commercialappeal.com, July 2020
It's imperative that we do our best as a nation to ensure the food security of our most vulnerable communities.
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a trend that many had hypothesized; COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has had a disproportionate impact on minority communities. According to statistics from a New York Times article, Latino and African-American residents are three times as likely as white people to become infected with COVID-19, and twice as likely to die from it.
Among Hispanics younger than age 65, the COVID-19 death rate was 35%. For non-white, non-Hispanic people, the death rate from the disease stood at 29.5%. Both rates are substantially higher than the 13.2% rate among white people under age 65.
What government data also points out is both groups are most likely to suffer from food insecurity stemming from COVID-19, particularly children. A recent study by Northwestern University using Census data found four out of 10 Black and brown families are struggling to feed their families. They're twice as likely to struggle than white families, a disparity that one of the study's authors described as "appalling."
These disturbing trends can't continue
To help stem this problem, Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA), a nonprofit humanitarian and advocacy organization, has awarded a $12,000 grant to Mirage Academy Inc., located at 1490 Union Ave., in Memphis.
Some of the rampant transmittance in minority communities could be tied to lifestyles that are more common among these demographics, making them increasingly vulnerable to contracting the coronavirus. For one, data shows that people from both groups are more likely to work in jobs where telecommuting is not an option.
Labor Department data shows just 29% of all jobs could be worked remotely. And many of the jobs that require regular interaction with other people, largely those in the service and manufacturing sections, 43% of workers in those sectors are Black or Latino.
And, Black and brown households are more likely to live in relatively tight spaces, making it difficult to practice social distancing and have ample ventilation. The American Housing Survey, for one, found that Latino households are twice as likely to live in a crowded household (less than 500 square feet) than their white counterparts.
Since the pandemic, the food insecurity rate among Black households with kids has ballooned from 25 to 39%. Among Hispanic households, it has more than doubled from 17 to 37 percent. This is not to say that white households were immune to the socio-economic impact of the pandemic, as 22% of them have insufficient food. But here again, there's a wide disparity.
Memphis, is not an outlier to this trend
The city in recent years has been called the "hunger capital" of the United States. In 2018, it was named the "neediest city in America." One-third of the city's population, which Census figures show is 64% Black and 7% Hispanic, also lack access to cars, which makes obtaining food from grocery stores located even a few miles away difficult. With the pandemic, the food insecurity rate has likely to have only become exacerbated.
While hunger can be addressed pretty readily, the actions of nonprofits are limited, as recent news footage of long lines outside food banks have shown. Government action is necessary and ultimately more expansive.
The additional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that have been provided as part of the CARES Act have been helpful. Proposals to increase the allotment deserves support, as more funding will enable more people, especially kids, from going hungry.
During times of crisis–and the pandemic certainly qualifies as one–a people and nation are judged on how they protect those who are most vulnerable. A quarter of all households exhaust their SNAP benefits within a week of receiving them, and more than half exhaust those benefits within the first two weeks. The economic consequences of COVID-19 have increased unemployment, reducing available opportunities to secure income for millions of people.
IRUSA calls on Congress to take swift action to increase SNAP benefits, and to suspend any rules that would prohibit access for families in need. More people will rely on SNAP for the time being to fulfill their nutritional needs, especially with the number of Covid-19 infections on an unfortunate upswing in many states, including in California.
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Harmar's durable, American-made AL500 Universal Power Chair Lift is the worlds most popular outside platform lift. Features Harmar's Stars -N- Stripes aluminum deck design with Swing Away Mounting System. This model is dedicated to our veterans and commemorating Harmar's heritage as an American company.
The AL500 is easy to operate and built to last for years of trouble-free use. The universal design safely transports the power chair without making any chair modifications. Lifting Capacity - 350 lbs (160 kg). Aluminum Deck Size - 27.5" X 39".
Installed Weight - 93 lbs. Hitch Height - 5" to 18" Range. Class II or Class III Hitch.
Stars -N- Stripes Aluminum Deck. The item "Upgraded Harmar AL500 Universal Power Chair Lift with Swing Away Mount System" is in sale since Sunday, March 26, 2017.