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Valeriano Bozal Fernández (ur. Madryt, 24 listopada 1940) – hiszpański filolog, historyk i historyk sztuki hiszpańskiej. Szczególnie interesuje się życiem i twórczością Francisca Goi. Regularnie współpracuje z Muzeum Prado.

Urodził się w czasie dyktatury generała Franco. Studiował filozofię na Uniwersytecie Complutense w Madrycie, gdzie później wykładał. W okresie transformacji ustrojowej w Hiszpanii kierował czasopismem Komunistycznej Partii Hiszpanii Nuestra bandera. Pisał teksty polityczne a także o wpływie komunizmu (którego był zwolennikiem) na społeczeństwo i sztukę.

Wybrane dzieła
 Una alternativa para la enseñanza, Madryt, Centropress, S.L., 1977.
 El arte del siglo XX : La construcción de la vanguardia (1850-1939), Madryt, Cuadernos para el Diálogo, 1978.
 Sátira y tragedia, las imágenes de Castelao, Sada, Do Castro, 1987.
 Antes del informalismo. Arte español, 1940-1958: colección de arte contemporáneo, Madryt, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 1996.
 Arte y ciudad en Galicia, siglo XIX, Santiago de Compostela, Fundación Caixa Galicia, 1990.
 Goya y el gusto moderno, Madryt, 1997.
 Pinturas negras de Goya, Madryt, 1997.
 Johannes Vermeer de Delft, Madryt, 2003.
 Arte solidario. Exposición conmemorativa del primer aniversario de los atentados en las estaciones de Atocha, El Pozo y Santa Eugenia, Madryt, Comunidad de Madryt, 2005.
 Francisco Goya, vida y obra, Madryt, (Aficiones, 5-6), 2005.

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Hispaniści
Hiszpańscy historycy sztuki
Hiszpańscy krytycy sztuki
Urodzeni w 1940
Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Complutense w Madrycie

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Series, Part #3: GDPR Consent and Fair Processing
By Guest Contributor on September 18, 2017 Posted in International Privacy Laws, Websites
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 which comes into force in May 2018, will introduce major changes to the law on the processing of personal data in the European Union. Over the next several months, several European Union law firms we work very closely with will join us in providing you with more information on the GDPR. Different themes will be tackled month by month to help you prepare for the GDPR deadline.
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Consent as a lawful basis for data-processing
Every data processing activity requires a lawful basis. Such lawful basis may be provided directly by law, or by consent granted by the data subject, both according to the statutory requirements set out in the Directive 95/46/EC and, importantly, national data protection laws. This general principle remains unchanged under the GDPR, however, the new Regulation provides for new or additional requirements for such consent to be a lawful basis for processing and transfer of personal data.
Pre-requisites for valid consent – Fair processing notices
First, the GDPR requires that any consent of the data subject regarding the use of its personal data must be "freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous" and, in comparison to the Directive, it puts additional hurdles in front of the controller seeking consent: The consent must be specific to the respective data-processing action and therefore needs to be "clearly distinguishable" from any other matters that may be covered in the same document, Article 7 (2). And Article 7 (4) and Recital 43 make it clear that a consent is not given freely if the performance of a contract or provision of the service is made conditional upon such consent, or if there is "a clear imbalance between the data subject and the controller". Further, Article 7 (3) requires that the data subject is given the right to withdraw its consent at any time and as easily as giving it, and the right to have their personal data erased and so removed from further processing, Article 17.
Second, these requirements come with the strict obligation of the controller to fully inform the data subject on the relevant issues and their rights before the consent is given. As already required under the Directive, the individual must be informed about the categories of personal data to be processed, the purposes and term of processing, the identity of the controller and any possible recipients of the data. The lack of transparent, complete and timely information would make the consent invalid.
Third, the GDPR requires the data subject to signal its consent by "a statement or clear affirmative action". Thus, where under the Directive 95/46/EC controllers could rely on implicit or "opt-out" consent, the GDPR requires that the consent must be expressed "by a statement or by a clear affirmative action", see Article 4 (11). As long as the individual's consent is clearly indicated, such action might consist of "choosing technical settings for information society services" or "another statement or conduct", including, e.g., ticking a box on a website, see Recital 32 of the Regulation. But, silence, inactivity, or pre-ticked boxes will no longer serve as valid consent by the data subject.
Where explicit consent is one of the possible grounds for compliance
The GDPR extends the definition of special categories of personal data that are particularly sensitive "in relation to fundamental rights and freedoms" of the individual and require "specific protection", see Article 9. Besides those already mentioned under the existing Directive, like information on racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, the GDPR in Article 4 also includes genetic data, biometric data, and data on the individual's sexual orientation. The processing of those sensitive data in each case requires "explicit" consent, probably excluding consent by the individual's conduct or use of technical settings.
The same will apply under the GDPR with regard to consent required from children. Article 8 sets out the default position that children may only give consent in relation to online services without parental authorization from the age of 16. However, the Regulation allows member states to deviate from that rule, as long as the minimum age is not below 13 years. Explicit consent may also be required where the controller plans to make decisions about the data subject based solely on automated processing, including profiling (Article 22) or where the personal data is transferred to countries which do not provide a level of protection assessed as adequate (Article 49).
Burden of proof and administrative penalties
It goes without saying that the controller bears the burden of proof that the above requirements for a valid consent are complied with, and this may itself result in increased costs and administrative burdens for the controller. And the maximum fines for violations of these requirements range from €10 million to €20 million, or 4% of global turnover if greater.
What has to be done to be compliant
The changes from Directive 95/46/EC to GDPR discussed in this article will mostly affect organizations that rely on the data subject's consent as a lawful basis. (In many situations, of course, it will be more appropriate to rely on one of the alternative grounds for processing, such as legitimate interests.) They will have to thoroughly review the consent mechanisms they have in place to ensure that the information duties are fully complied with by valid fair processing notices, that the consent mechanisms are appropriate to the nature of the consent being sought, that consent is clearly "opt-in" and freely given even where the data subject is in a state of dependency, e.g. with employees, and that the consent can be withdrawn easily. Note that until detailed guidance is issued by the grouping of data regulators, WP29, it is unclear how far consent will be available at all within an employer/employee or similar relationship. Finally, consent given in the past might well not be compliant with the new requirements and the controller may therefore need to seek new consents, potentially resulting in considerable work load.
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Various Artists: Afrikya Volume 1
Deanne Sole
Afrikya Volume 1
Subtitle: A Musical Journey Through Africa
Label: Rasa Music
UK Release Date: Available as import
This album was co-compiled by a chef and a DJ. The chef's name is Marcus Samuelsson, and Afrikya Volume 1 is a companion to his African-food cookbook, The Soul of a New Cuisine. Cue bad joke on the subject of the music being "easily digestible," which it is. Afrikya Volume 1 wanders carelessly from South Africa to Mali to Cape Verde without expecting the listener to have heard music from any of these places before -- old favourites like Ladysmith Black Mambazo are jumbled up against newcomers like New York's Bole2Harlem and there's one really nasty violation of Miriam Makeba and the Philani Mothers by Kid Loco, who throws backbeats around as if he's punching the singers in the gut. The blurb calls it "a hip, contemporary musical celebration that completes an amazing adventure" but the desire to be hip and contemporary has pretty much squashed away everything that might have been amazing about the adventure. Amazing would have been music taken from Africa itself, not filtered through the workaday world music section of the DJ's local record store. My optimism gene tells me they're tricking us with this PR grot and secretly saving the amazing for Volume 2.
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Q: Superclasses methods for subclasses Java Does a subclass need to rewrite each method of the superclass or it isn't mandatory to do so but the subclass can override some methodes of the superclass. I am a bit confused.

A: Subclasses are not required to override any parent methods, even though they can. The only way to force a child class to override a method is to make that method abstract (and the parent class has to be abstract as well).

A: If a subclass wishes to introduce unique behavior for invocation of a method that it inherited, then that method must be overridden.
The most common cases for this:  toString, equals and hashCode are all eligible to be overridden for all of your custom classes, given that your custom class doesn't want to leverage Object#toString, Object#equals or Object#hashCode, which are all "unhelpful" for your custom implementations.
If a subclass does not wish to introduce unique behavior for invocation of a method that it inherited, then this is unnecessary.  You can rely on the parent class' behavior instead.
If your parent class is abstract, then you have no choice but to implement what methods the parent class chose not to implement.
If you're implementing an interface, the same principle as abstract classes applies - because the interface does not implement anything itself, you must implement the methods that the interface prescribes.

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Theatrical Review: COUPLES RETREAT
Writers: Vince Vaughan, Jon Favreau, and Dana Fox
Director: Peter Billingsley
Cast: Malin Akerman, Vince Vaughn, Kristin Davis, Jon Favreau, Jason
Bateman, Kristen Bell, Faizon Love, Kali Hawk.
I'd like to say that I had high hopes for COUPLES RETREAT and I was disappointed, but in reality my expectations weren't very high going into this movie. Don't get me wrong, I love the dynamic duo that is Vince Vaughan and Jon Favreau, but the idea of watching couples hash out their marital issues is all too reminiscent of my parent's divorce from which I endured with only minimal emotional scarring (hi, Mom!).
When tasked with writing this review, I wanted to simply state, "give me my two hours back" and be done with it. But what kind of reviewer would that make me?
When you consider the cast of COUPLES RETREAT, one might think that there is no way this movie would be anything but unfunny. What you don't know is that COUPLES RETREAT is a serious movie about relationships being forced as a romantic comedy that doesn't manage to actually address the relationship issues the couples, of which that are too many, are supposed to be experiencing.
The movie marks the feature directorial debut of Peter Billingsley (a.k.a. Ralphie from A CHRISTMAS STORY) and features a host of talented actors - Malin Akerman, Vince Vaughn, Kristin Davis, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Faizon Love, and Kali Hawk.
Jason (Jason Bateman) and Cynthia (Kristen Bell) are a couple of anal retentive PowerPoint enthusiasts who, in trying to conceive a child, have succeeded to micromanage all the life out of their relationship. In a final effort to save their marriage, they enlist the help of their friends to finance a trip, by way of a group discount, to Eden, a five-star resort that offers relationship counseling.They've lured their friends there under the pretense that while they have chosen to partake of the resorts relationship counseling, their friends can enjoy a romantic getaway with all the amenities. As nothing ever goes as planned, the couples soon find themselves trapped in paradise and forced by the pushy resort staff to examine their relationships.
Joey (Jon Favreau) and Lucy (Kristin Davis) play high school sweethearts now trapped in a loveless marriage. Both have wandering eyes and are counting the days until their teenage daughter leaves for college. Their whole relationship is one big joke about how they try to bed other people.
Dave (Vince Vaughan) and Ronnie (Malin Akerman) seem to be the ideal couple. They have two beautiful children and the extent of their problems seems to be deciding on new tile for their kitchen and a toddler with an overactive bladder and no grasp on the appropriate places to relieve himself.
The newly divorced Shane (Faizon Love) is struggling to keep up with his 20-year-old girlfriend Trudy (Kali Hawk). These characters feel like afterthoughts added to bring in some diversity and are not very believable as "part of the gang."
Once they arrive at the resort, they come to find out that in order to enjoy all that Eden has to offer, they must fully participate in a highly regimented program which begins with 6 AM counseling sessions with therapists played by John Michael Higgins and Ken Jeong (who, once again, is the unsympathetic doctor), mandatory couples yoga, as well as couples skill-building exercises. which leaves little time for the fun stuff like jet skiing, snorkeling, or sex under the resort's fabled waterfall.
The movie includes the typical vacation/rom com clichés; there is the new age guru Marcel played by LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL himself, Jean Reno. Salvadore (Carlos Ponce) is the sexy yoga instructor with an eye for the married ladies and Stanley (Peter Serafinowicz) is Marcel, the worshiping concierge who is the enforcer of the resort's strict policies.
Essentially Vaughan is playing the character he's been in every other movie (and so is everyone else for that matter). His dialogue is wordy and there are plenty of moments where he rants about some trivial thing in that way that has endeared him to our heart but it just comes off as excessive and annoying here. There's many failed attempts to recreate the banter between Vaughan and Favreau that we loved so much in SWINGERS or MADE, but the two only have one good scene together which takes place in a sauna and deals with Favreau's infidelity.
The female characters are all largely forgettable and seem to exist solely to look good in their underwear and/or swimwear and prove that the storyline is not strong enough to support such a large cast. You are left to wonder if perhaps, the film would have been better if it focused on one of the couples as a wacky vacation comedy.
By the end, each of the characters seems to have come to some realization about their relationship, but it just seems rushed and forced, as the filmmakers have relied to heavily on our preconceived ideas of the characters.
If you've seen the trailer, it's probably not worth you suffering through the two hour long movie, (unless of course you are a masochist). The film is mediocre at best, with most scenes feeling overlong and relies heavily on gags involving erections or other unsightly male body parts. I found myself trying to count the many shameful product placements. I would recommend this only for home-viewing as the film, which was shot in beautiful Bora Bora, looks like a "screen-saver" and just as such should be viewed while you are focusing on something else.
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there was many humors and gave huge message for married couples. couples retreat is really funny movie load of humors and of course it shows very sensitive cases of marriage lives in very dramatic way.
good movie with good cast
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Aula Magna Pacinotti Ingegneria
Largo Lazzarino Pisa
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opportunità di internazionalizzazione per ingegneri
programmi dell'Università di Pisa
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The field of optimization is providing important tools for formulating and solving problems in data analysis and machine learning. These applications are driving fundamental optimization research in new and interesting directions. In this talk, we give an overview of the interactions between optimization and data analysis. We discuss several canonical problems in data analysis and several techniques from optimization that are relevant to these applications. We then show how the optimization techniques are "mixed and matched" to address the data analysis problems.
Stephen J. Wright is a Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests lie in computational optimization and its applications to many areas of science and engineering. Prior to joining UW-Madison in 2001, Wright was a Senior Computer Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory (1990-2001), and was a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago (2000-2001). During 2007-2010, he served as chair of the Mathematical Optimization Society (the leading professional society in optimization), and he served the maximum three terms as an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). He is a Fellow of SIAM. He also serves on the Science Advisory Board of the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics.
Prof. Wright is the author or coauthor of widely used text / reference books in optimization including "Primal Dual Interior-Point Methods" (SIAM, 1997) and "Numerical Optimization" (2nd Edition, Springer, 2006, with J. Nocedal). He has also authored 100 refereed journal papers on optimization theory, algorithms, software, and applications, along with over 50 refereed conference papers and book chapters. He is coauthor of widely used software for linear programming (PCx) and quadratic programming (OOQP) based on interior-point methods, and GPSR and SpaRSA for compressed sensing. His paper on SpaRSA won the Baker Paper Prize from IEEE for best paper in any archival publication of that society in the period 2009-2011.
Prof. Wright serves on the editorial boards of the leading journals in optimization (SIAM Journal on Optimization and Mathematical Programming, Series A). He will become editor-in-chief of SIAM Journal on Optimization in September 2014. He is currently section editor of SIAM Review. His recent research has encompassed algorithms for fundamental optimization paradigms, as well as applications in such fields as machine learning and computational biology.
Enhancing Ammonia Removal in Constructed Treatment Wetlands
Il giorno Giovedì 8 Maggio p.v. alle ore 12.00 presso l'Aula IDR1 (1° piano sede di via C.F. Gabba 22 del Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Energia, dei Sistemi, del Territorio e delle Costruzioni)
il prof. Marc Watson Beutel
(Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA)
terrà una conferenza dal titolo:
Enhancing Ammonia Removal in Constructed Treatment Wetlands"
per informazioni e contatti: Prof. Renato Iannelli r.iannelli@ing.unipi.it
Marc Beutel
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
Enhancing Ammonia Removal in Constructed Treatment Wetlands
The presentation will begin with an overview of the nitrogen cycle and a discussion of nitrate removal in a constructed treatment wetland in Washington's Yakima Valley that treats row crop irrigation runoff. The presentation will then discuss results of a laboratory experiment to enhance ammonia removal via oxygen addition to surface-flow wetland mesocosms. While constructed treatment wetlands are efficient at removing nitrate from wastewaters, they are much less effective at removing ammonia. Oxygen addition was expected to alleviate this limitation. Oxygen addition increased ammonia removal rates by an order of magnitude. Oxygen addition also lead to a significant increase in ammonia oxidation potential in wetland sediment, with levels in oxygenated wetland sediments 2–3 orders of magnitude higher than those reported in the literature. Phylogenic analysis of sediment revealed substantial differences in microbial diversity in oxygenated and non-oxygenated wetlands, including the presence of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (Nitrosomonas oligotropha) and denitrifying bacteria only in oxygenated wetland sediment. Results show that oxygen-activated nitrification wetlands, a hybrid of conventional oxygenation technology and wetland ecotechnology, hold promise in economically enhancing rates of ammonia removal and shrinking the wetland area needed to polish ammonia-dominated secondary effluent. The presentation will end with a brief discussion of a proposed field study to assess greenhouse gas emissions from a large constructed treatment wetland in southern California that treats nitrate-rich river water prior to percolation into a groundwater basin used for drinking water.
Marc Beutel is an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Washington State University, in Pullman, Washington, USA. He earned a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He has also worked as a staff engineer at a large water utility and as a senior engineer at a national water resources consulting firm. Dr. Beutel's research focuses on the control of dilute pollutants in surface waters, including mercury in lakes and reservoirs. He has published over two-dozen peer reviewed articles and has performed research funded by multiple agencies including the National Science Foundation. He can be contacted at mbeutel@wsu.edu.
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Several components including flowers, the venue and lighting can play a large part in making an event look fabulous. Something else you might want to consider playing a part in your extravagant decor is your food! Your food can not only satisfy the hunger of your guests but also look great incorporated around your decor and design. Paula LeDuc Fine Catering is one company that I have come across that does this perfectly. They invest just as much thought in the taste of their food as the design. From the food itself, to the serving pieces... it is all about the presentation and they do it beautifully!


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Are Big Online Publishers Even Making Money?
Garrett Parker 5 years ago
The general consensus among those who don't know much about online publishing is that the business is a veritable cash cow when it comes to being successful. After all, the idea of online publishing is to get the attention of the general population throughout nation and hook them with interesting and need-to-know material. That alone makes it seem as though the industry would flourish no matter who was publishing the content. However, the truth is not quite as simple as all that. In fact, it is quite the opposite, as many online publishers find out the hard way that attracting the attention of the people is easy enough, it's keeping it that becomes difficult.
Why Do Online Publishers Lose Money?
Take a moment to think about it. Online publishers live and breathe by the content they produce, and the ads that guide people to that content. Over the past several years ad blockers have been on the rise, and as such those publishing firms are beginning to lose out on the revenue that these tend to bring. Now it's not such a disastrous thing to lose ad space, as word of mouth and other solutions can work just as well to stimulate the public's awareness of such sites.
But then the other shoe drops
If people don't pay attention to these sites then there is no buzz, there is no word of mouth, and as a result there is no market to pander to. Online publishers tend to empty their pockets in order to gain the needed attention from the general public to stimulate their business, and in doing so begin to lose vast amounts of money that cannot be adequately replaced without making certain sacrifices. You might have already guessed that these sacrifices come in the form of losing employees due to their inability to meet payroll needs, losing ad space due to the inability to pay for such services, and even losing their domain for the same reason.
Online publishers rely heavily on the notice of the public, and without this in place they do not far nearly as well. On a good day the number of subscribers and users on their sites should number in the millions if not tens of millions. This type of traffic can keep a publisher in the black quite easily, but depending on how big their brand is and how much overhead they have, they might still be just getting by. Their numbers need to remain high in order to pay their employees and to pay for the often exorbitant amount of ad space they require to get the attention they need and desire.
Ad blockers are, to the average person, a rather good thing when considering how many ads simply pop up out of nowhere each time you visit most sites. To an online publisher however they are tantamount to someone sticking hand in their face and tell them that their presence is not welcome. If a publisher can't find a way to get their ads seen then they must spend even more money attempting to find different venues that will allow their content to get out to the public. In doing this they continually sacrifice a bit of their company a bit at a time in order to stay relevant within their industry.
The idea of losing money to make money is a very common notion in such an industry, as it is largely understood that a company has to, at times, take a noticeable loss to gain a bit of momentum. Sometimes however, that loss is so substantial that these companies will come to almost a dead stop rather than bounce back as they need to. When that happens they usually will have the option of selling what is left of their company to the highest bidder or tearing everything down only to start again.
No matter what happens, the truth of the matter is that online publishers exist in a feast or famine industry, where every ad they publish and every last line of content is crucial. Some companies have actually figured out the formula to success and are currently riding high, while others have felt the definite sting of defeat when having to fold up their laptops and move on.
Here are just a few.
Making Money:
Founded in 2009, this smart-talking blog spot is made up of a small number of employees that decided to create their own little space away from those they felt had abused and misused their talents. As of now the company is still a small, tightly-knit group but has increased its readership to roughly seven million and counting. It is a bit smaller than the average online publisher, but it has gained a following of roughly seven million readers since its inception and those numbers are still growing. It is a very profitable company at this time.
This company was founded in 2006 by HuffPost co-founder Jonah Peretti and has turned a nice profit during its tenure. The company has around 40 million subscribers and counting, and is primarily known for its always popular "Top Ten" lists and other such articles that generate a great deal of interest among readers.
Not Making Money:
Despite its 73 million subscribers this publisher has not been profitable since was acquired by AOL in 2011. It had a brief moment in 2010 when it was able to turn a profit, but ever since that it has been largely downhill. This is a bit surprising considering that most people know about this publication and use it quite extensively.
This is the perfect example of what can happen when a publishing site does not live up to its own hype. Founded in 2012 and fueled by Facebook, Elite Daily was set to become one of the hottest commodities around. But when it was bought by Daily Mail in 2015 the site went almost completely belly-up, generating a $31 million dollar loss that has been extremely trying for its new owner to deal with. Where once the Daily Mail believed they had a new and innovative publishing tool to reach millennials on their level, now they have little more than regret.
The next time anyone happens to blurt out that those online publishers that specialize in generating internet buzz are making bank on user-friendly content, remind them that this business is just as uncertain as anything. In an industry where getting people's attention and keeping it is how you make a living, nothing is ever certain.
The Growth of the Sponsored Content Market
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Garrett Parker
Garrett by trade is a personal finance freelance writer and journalist. With over 10 years experience he's covered businesses, CEOs, and investments. However he does like to take on other topics involving some of his personal interests like automobiles, future technologies, and anything else that could change the world.
10 of the Most Clever Stock Ticker Symbols of 2016
How Virtual Reality Game Entropia Universe Plans To Create 3 Million Jobs
How Online Ticket Brokers are Scamming Millions of Dollars Using Bots
10 Potential Scenarios For Life at the New DreamWorks Animation Studios
Steven Rothberg Shares The Secret to CollegeRecruiter.com's Business Longevity
Dissecting the Multi Billion Dollar Business of Televangelism
Does Best Buy Drug Test All Its Employees?


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Discovering Mauna Kea, The Tallest Mountain in the World
The first time I heard of Mauna Kea, I was sitting in an overstuffed Central Line carriage on the London Underground. My quiz app asked for the tallest mountain in the world, and I cockily clicked on 'Mount Everest.' A red message flashed on the screen: Wrong!
The app highlighted 'Mauna Kea' as the correct answer, a place of which I'd never heard. I Googled it rather indignantly and found that, sure enough, it was indeed the tallest mountain in the world.
Everest is the highest, standing at a staggering 8,848m (29,029ft) above sea level but if you measure from base to peak, it's Hawaii's Mauna Kea that takes the title of tallest mountain in the world. This behemoth of Big Island lies largely hidden beneath the ocean surface but is a monumental 10,203m (33,476ft) from base to peak.
Fast forward a few years, and I unexpectedly found myself on Hawaii en-route to the US as part of Atlas & Boots' trip around the world. We had only eight hours on the island – just enough time to drive across it, visit the summit of Mauna Kea and drive back. We were worried about missing our boat off the island but decided to take the risk. What a payoff!
The Haleakalā silversword.
Mauna Kea is one of those rare natural wonders that are deserving of, yet hidden from, the world stage. The mountain has a quiet stillness rare among such grand attractions. The path to the summit offers panoramic vistas above the cloud line. The sweeping volcanic landscape dotted with silversword, an alien-like plant native to the island of Hawaiʻi, add to the mountain's surreal quality.
Our first stop was at the Visitor Information Station, where we paused for 30 minutes to acclimate to the altitude. Mauna Kea is one of the few places on the planet where you can go from sea level to over 4,000m (14,000ft) in two hours, so altitude sickness is a very real possibility. A team of researchers actually lives on the mountain because travelling to sea level and back up several times a week would wreak havoc on their bodies.
Mauna Kea Observatory.
Our second stop was at one of the mountain's numerous observatories. Mauna Kea, home to 13 working telescopes operated by astronomers from 11 different countries, is one of the most important land-based astronomy sites in the world. Its location is ideal because of its dark skies, low humidity, clean air, good weather and proximity to the equator.
However, plans to build one of the world's largest, most powerful telescopes – the Thirty Meter Telescope – have caused controversy among environmentalists and Native Hawaiians, to whom the mountain is sacred. We would advise that you check on current proceedings to ensure the best possible visit.
After the observatory, we continued to our third and final stop: the summit. We obtained permission from a ranger to hike from the viewing area to the true summit, a further 20 minutes up. With warnings to take it slow (at 14,000ft, there's 40% less oxygen in the air!), we headed up.
At the summit of the tallest mountain in the world, we found some of the most incredible views we've ever seen. A vivid blue sky blazed bright and boundless above us. Below, a contrast of volcanic earth and pure white snow gave way to the glittering Pacific Ocean.
Kia and Peter at the Summit.
We had the entire summit to ourselves and spent an hour taking in the views and, naturally, feeling on top of the world.
When the time came, we descended the mountain for our race back across the island. As we drove, we wondered what other undiscovered sights lay ahead of us; how many hidden wonders would dazzle us in years to come. And, then, we decided that we didn't want to know. After all, the greatest pleasure of travel is the pleasure of true discovery.


Twelve churches came together to walk the length of the famous Soho Road, to celebrate and share a historic moment. The Good Friday walk saw communities walking side by side and then culminating in an uplifting faith inspired service held near the Soho Road Gurudwara. The event was a national observance and celebration of the Good Friday message across all denominations.
Reflecting on the event, Sewa Singh said: "It was a fantastic opportunity to walk with colleagues along the Soho Road to show unity and to encourage others to join in the walk. We have always maintained that there are good working relationships, with the majority of people working together well. It is important that we celebrate each other's religious and cultural events together. Sikhs are committed to working in partnership with those from all faiths and none to ensure the wellbeing of all. I am pleased today went as well as it did".
Reverend John Mall from the Baptist Church in Handsworth was ecstatic that colleagues from the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ) and the Nishkam Civic Association (NCA) had turned out to support the walk. He captured the moment by saying, "It is really great to see our Sikh brothers and sisters here supporting us and making this event even more special for all to enjoy".
Rev John Mall than made a heartwarming announcement on the PA system to publicly thank the Sikh community and to inform all attendees that the Sikh volunteers had put on refreshments and hot tea as a mark of love and respect for all gathered at the event".
The serving of refreshments and tea to all the by-passers and Walk of Witness attendees was only made possible by the dedication of volunteers. The volunteers came from the Gurudwara, Nishkam Centre, neighbouring businesses, including Marg Sat Santokh (a timber merchant and fitted kitchens supplier), Nishkam Pharmacy, the Photo Shop, the Flower Shop and MySafety Hub. Rev John Mall said that the volunteers had added a whole new dimension to the Good Friday event a nd it was the icing on the cake.
Mr Mandla went on to say, "The volunteers as always demonstrated that sacrificing time and serving fellow citizens was a priceless undertaking for them. We are happy to be part of today to mark a joyous day with our friends".
Amrick Singh from the Nishkam Centre remarked on the warmth generated at the event despite the very cold weather spell being endured. He commented, "Having spoken to distinguished colleagues today at the event like Ricky Dehaney, Desmond Jaddoo, Rev John Mall and Pall Singh from the Lozells Project the sentiments shared were that the day demonstrated why Handsworth was so special and also exemplified what the resurrection meant. It was about the truth always being victorious and living for ever; it was about sacrificing oneself for others; it was about forgiving and looking forward; and it was about celebrating our differences whilst rejoicing in our uniqueness. All religious traditions and faiths are based on the foundations of compassion, mercy and forgiveness.
"Greater collaboration and partnership working across people of all faiths is clearly evident and present in Birmingham, we should all be proud of this".
Chaired by Bhai Sahib (Dr) Mohinder Singh it aims to serve and uplift society through the practice of core values – nishkamta, or the spirit of selflessness, being one of them. Inspired by spirituality, GNNSJ has generated a flourishing culture of volunteering, which has contributed immensely to transform visionary projects into reality.


Tramadol provides effective relief for many different types of pain. This medicine works well for those who have too many aches that will not leave and make it difficult to sleep. Typically this is used to treat chronic and severe pain within the body. Tramadol is excellent for decreasing pain in these injured areas.


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Q: How do I keep the code clean (independent) from the dependencies like Sequelize or any other ORM? Here is an example:
I am creating a Family Tree application, where a user can create a new Family, add members, add relationships like couples, children/parent etc.
I am trying to use SOLID principles and keep Entities (Family, Member, Couple Relationship, Ancestry Relationship) independent of the ORM.
If I use Sequelize (mysql) today, but in future I wish to switch to Mongoos(mongodb). How do I inject the dependency so that migration in the future would take minimum changes?


Rules are the same as international Softball rules as governed by the world body, WBSC-SD.
Masters is a very popular version of softball for those over the age of 35+. Masters events are played domestically and internationally.
Tournaments often accommodate men and women and typically cover three age divisions +35, +45 and 55+ across three grades, as below.
For teams, the category you compete in is based on the age of the youngest team member by a particular date.
The expected number of competitors at the 2017 World Masters Games is 1800. For more information on this event click here.
The largest multi-sport event in New Zealand. 5,000+ participants who will enjoy more than 50 different sports and world class nightly entertainment in the Games Village located in Whanganui's CBD. Click here for more info.
Masters rules are the same as the Softball with some minor adjustments.


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A Topically Applied Skin Lotion That Modifies Your Genes
Future genetic therapy could be as simple as applying a topical lotion, with nanoscale compounds soaking through your epidermis to...
By Rebecca Boyle | Published Jul 2, 2012 11:00 PM
Future genetic therapy could be as simple as applying a topical lotion, with nanoscale compounds soaking through your epidermis to tweak your DNA. This new class of nucleic acid structures could guard against some types of skin cancer, according to researchers at Northwestern University.
Despite its tendency to dry out or burn in the summer sun, human skin is an incredibly tough barrier, preventing all kinds of invaders from entering the body. While a skin cream can be a useful way to target certain skin-related disorders, it can only go so deep. This new breakthrough from Amy S. Paller and Chad Mirkin at Northwestern combines chemistry and dermatology to break on through.
It uses agglomerations of nucleic acids, each about 1,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. When dispersed in a topical lotion, the nucleic acid clumps can breach all the skin's layers. Once they're inside the cells, they can selectively turn off disease-causing genes. The acid agglomerates can distinguish between healthy and mutant genes, like those that can cause cancer.
The acid clumps are actually small interfering RNA, also known as siRNA, which can regulate gene activity. They are highly customizable, and can be programmed to target a specific gene. In this case, the researchers studied epidermal growth factor receptor, which is associated with certain types of cancer. The RNA particles surround a tiny gold nanoparticle, forming a dense sphere. The resulting "nanostructure" can break through the skin entirely, and the RNAs broke down the EGFR gene.
The researchers tried it on mice and on human skin, and found no side effects after one month. The researchers call it a landmark achievement. "The skin is a very tough barrier to go through, which is why this effective gene knockdown has not been accomplished before," Mirkin said in a statement.
The paper appears in today's edition of the linktext_Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences_.


The thread titled "Jesus Believers Might Be Shocked" because it tripped a virus warning package, indicating the entire thread has been infected with unknown malware.
I have moved the thread until we can get it disinfected, to prevent any member from inadvertently gaining access and having their computer harmed as a result.
We will get the thread moved back into the open as soon as possible. Please keep in mind that we only have a couple on staff who can deal with this sort of thing, both from a knowledge and an access standpoint, so it may take some time. Your patience is appreciated.
If any other threads on RatSkep trip anyone's virus warnings, please notify all Staff immediately, via a PM to Senior Moderators and Global Moderators.
Oh, no, do you know since when?
Within the last week, I think - pretty sure I've checked that thread within that time frame.
Oh. Was it from a link or something? Does this happen a lot?
Unknown source. It is quite rare here. Fortunately.
I thought so, I never heard of it until now. Sorry for all the questions. I hope this doesn't happen again. I was in that thread.
It might be a false reading. The whole of twitter, including twitpic and the browser version of tweetdeck, was sending a malware warning to many Chrome users the other day, but there doesn't seem to have been any actual malware.
Best to be safe though, which is why we don't have much of a problem here.
This one claims to have links from religion facts DOT com (link broken for protection), which McAfee asserts is a known malware distributor, and that visiting the page is likely to upload malware onto one's computer.
So, if you have not followed the link you should be fine.
Apparently this was a false alarm, as some suggested. Not only is the warning no longer appearing, the link cited in the warning doesn't even seem to exist in the thread.
The thread has been moved back to the Christianity forum. If anyone detects problems with it, please notify staff immediately.
It might be worth noting that RatSkep itself is completely malware-free.
Any outgoing link (on any website) can contain malware, in theory so when any AntiVir pops up a message is because they scan the content, incl. potential harms, some of which -as has been suggested- are false alarms.


God is the only one and true living God, completely perfect, and existing eternally in three distinct persons (Father, Son, & Holy Spirit).
Reigns with providential care over all of His creation, His creatures, and the flow of human history according to the purposes of His grace.
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1; See also Psalm 19:1-3; Isaiah 64:8).
"He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His authority" (Acts 1:7; See also Ephesians 4:6; Timothy 1:17).
Eternal Son of the Father, Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. As God incarnate He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. After living a perfectly sinless life He died upon the cross, the just for the unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to the Scriptures, and is now at the right hand of the Father as our Intercessor. He will come again to consummate His kingdom establishing perfect righteousness and peace.
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14; See also Psalm 217; Isaiah 53:1-2).
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made" (John 1:1-3; See also John 17; Galatians 4:4-5).
Fully divine, He was responsible for inspiring holy men of old to write the Scriptures. Through illumination He enables people to understand the truth of the same. After the ascension of Jesus Christ, He was sent to indwell, guide, teach, and empower all followers of Christ; as well He was sent to convince the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment.
"The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters" (Genesis 1:2; See also Psalm 139:7-10; Joel 2:28-32).
"In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory" (Ephesians 1:13-14; See also Romans 8:14-16; 2 Peter 1:21).
Mankind is the crown of all God's creation, created as male and female in His own image. Originally mankind was created innocent and enjoyed perfect personal fellowship with God. In disobedience man fell from God's grace and thereby inherited both physical and spiritual death. Consequently, all people are born with a sinful nature, are separate from fellowship with God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth" (Genesis 1:26-28; See also Genesis 3; Psalm 1).
"And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward Him and find Him. Yet He is actually not far from each one of us, for In Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your own poets have said, For we are indeed His offspring" (Acts 17:26-28; See also 1 Corinthians 15:21-22; Ephesians 2:1-10).
Salvation is the redemption of the whole person from the guilt, punishment, and power of sin; and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Salvation has been accomplished by the completed work of Jesus Christ on the cross where he willingly died by the shedding of His own blood for our sins, and was raised from the dead victorious over sin and death. Salvation is a process which involves the continual growth of the believer in this life being molded into the likeness of Jesus by the work of the Holy Spirit, for the glory of the Father. Those who reject Jesus Christ in unrepentance and unbelief will be forever separated from God's presence in hell, and those who by grace in humility repent and believe in Jesus Christ will be forever united with Him in heaven.
"I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heal" (Genesis 3:15; See also Exodus 3:14-17; Isaiah 53:3-6).
"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace" (Ephesians 1:7; See also 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Titus 2:11-14).
The Scriptures were written by men divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit. Therefore, as originally given, the Bible has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error for its content. It is God's own revelation of Himself to mankind, and is thus the standard by which all human conduct and beliefs should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.
"The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God will stand forever" (Isaiah 40:8; See also Deuteronomy 17:19; Psalm 119:11).
"For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart" (Hebrews 4:12; See also 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21).
The Church is the Body of Christ including all the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, language, and people group. The local church is a group of believers who are joined by covenant to worship God, be edified through the Bible, prayer, and fellowship, and are committed to the proclamation of the gospel and the observance of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
"So those who received His word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers" (Acts 2:41-42; See also Matthew 16:15-19; Acts 13:1-3; Colossians 1:18).
God will bring the world to its appointed end in His own time and in His own way. Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly to judge all people. The unjust shall be resurrected for eternal judgment, and the righteous will be resurrected for eternal life. Jesus' second coming is every believer's hope and is both a present and future grace to be enjoyed.
"They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea" (Isaiah 11:9; See also Isaiah 2:14).
"For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will repay each person according to what he has done" (Matthew 16:27; See also 2 Corinthians 5:10; Philippians 3:20-21; Revelation 3:11).
Aletheia Church's Statement of Faith is consistent with the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 of the Southern Baptist Convention and can be reviewed at www.sbc.netbfm/bfm/2000.asp.


Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun. Less than half of the size of Earth, it is the second smallest planet in the solar system. Mercury has very little atmosphere, and similar to the Moon, has a dusty surface covered with craters. These craters are the result of years of steroids and other objects hitting the planet. Beneath the rocky layer, Mercury is mostly comprised of iron. The weather on Mercury has extreme variations—between 950 degrees Fahrenheit at its hottest and less than -300 degrees at its coldest. Mercury's orbit is elliptical, which means that there is a lot of variation in terms of the distance between the planet and the Sun. At the closest point in the orbit, the distance is about 27 million miles, and at the furthest, this increases to about 41 million miles. This orbit takes only 88 days, compared to a year on Earth which lasts 365. However, Mercury does not spin as fast as Earth, so a Mercurian day (the time it takes for the planet to make one full rotation) lasts 59 Earth days.


Beating the blues of online travel agencies OTA cost is becoming a very real problem, with estimates that the cost of doing the booking is now 20 percent of turnover .One of the advantages for the small accommodation providers is the ease of doing bookings, but the inherent problem with this is that a lot of providers became reliant on it..and like any addiction once its got you its to late.
Online bookings now account for 52 percent of bookings and that no is growing very fast at 10 percent per annum. It does give the small places un heralded exposure that they could not achieve by them selves and equals the playing field in a like for like situation. But with the rates for taking bookings becoming a high cost reality the benefits are coming under the microscope.
The early evolution of the OTA was to provide a last minute booking service so as to increase full occupancy ,this initial worked well and the culture of mutual existence worked well. During that time many OTA popped up creating a competive culture in the online travel world. But as things evolved that market has shrunk to only a few handful of players with many players been bought out and the marginal players closing. Today the market is basically consolidated into 2 players Bookings.com and Expedia and there associated banners .With them has come a increase in fees.
Recognising the cost the large players have now started to build in house booking systems with strong digital marketing and TV advertising to support there product. Building brand loyalty. They recognise that if they can reduce the booking cost they might as well offer that incentive to there customers which is a win win .
So what can you do to reduce your online travel agency expenses. The most important way now would be to drive sales direct to your website, and here are a few ideas to help you achieve this.
How can you increase direct bookings?
This one is as obvious as it is self-explanatory. What better place for potential guests to make a booking than at the very place where they are getting a virtual fee of your property – your website.
Certain robust cloud property management systems (PMS) allow you the website-web booking engine integration from within the scope of the PMS. This ensures that the website visitors have real-time information of your inventory, room rates, etc. This is one of the easiest tips to increase hotel direct bookings.
Social media is not a buzz word or a fad. It is real! Businesses across the globe have transformed the way they operate thanks to social media, and hospitality industry is no exception. Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and the likes are all great platforms for potential guests to discover you and learn about you.
By integrating a booking engine into your brand's Facebook page, you can really make hay while the proverbial sun shines!
The magic of social media platforms is that people have access to photographs, comments, opinions, experiences, etc. on your very page. And if they like what they see, they should have the option to book right away before they change their mind.
Guest experience is sooner or later going to become your priority number one. We say this because the stats are all pointing in that direction.
Consider this, 98 percent of travellers read hotel reviews and of them 80 percent consider them extremely important before making the reservation. A property with a good online reputation stands a better chance at getting more hotel direct bookings.
A good way to improve your hotels reputation is to sign up with a review site that allows you to integrate it into your website, like TripAdvisor. This way, every time a guest leaves you a positive review on your website, it will appear on your TripAdvisor page and vice versa. This apart, you must also put in the effort to respond to reviews, no matter good or bad. This communicates a sense of responsibility and builds trust in potential guest.
Own up to your mistakes, in case of a negative review, and incentivise them to come back to you so you can undo that experience and make them happy! All these things speak volumes to the potential guest.
The best part about direct bookings is that you have complete control over it, unlike with OTAs. Give your website visitors an offer that will force them to make a hotel direct booking. Whether you choose to give your direct bookers a free spa coupon upon booking with you, or a 15 percent on their food and beverage bill, or even a 50 percent on their next stay with you – the options are plenty and the choice is entirely yours.
Whatever works best for you, for the season, with your target audience, is in your budget – throw in that offer. Publicise this offer so that more and more people come to check you out. It's a win-win for everybody.
Direct booking is a boon for hotels across the globe and regardless of how big or small the hotel, everybody wants to cut down on OTA commissions.
6.Build a database of your customers and keep them informed.
Send news letters out on a periodical bases like 4 times a year and offer them your current special ,link with activity providers so they can enjoy savings and maybe help plan their holiday or stay.
Google add words can be a cheap way to advertise your place and put you at the top of the page. The most important thing is to make sure the message on your add reflects your accommodation so as to reduce click costs. Comparing click cost to booking costs can be a good addition to your marketing strategy.


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The Mansakan languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. Dabawenyo is the principal native language of the Davao region; however, there is a high degree of bilingualism in Cebuano among their speakers. Most speakers have shifted to Cebuano today.

Classification

Overview
The Mansakan languages are:

Dabawenyo
Mandayan
Mansaka
Mandaya
Kamayo
Kalagan (a dialect cluster)
Mamanwa

Gallman (1974)
The Mansakan subgrouping below is from Gallman (1974).

Individual languages are marked by italics, and primary branches by bold italics.

Mansakan
North Mansakan
Kamayo North and Kamayo South
Dabaw
Dabawenyo (Davaoeño)
Eastern Mansakan
Isamal
Caraga (Karaga)
Kabasagan, Boso, Mansaka, Mandayan
Western Mansakan
Kalagan and Tagakaolo
Mamanwa

References

Central Philippine languages


Paparazzi Ethnographer (that's me!) bringing you the latest news of the not-so-famous, and today is no exception. Brought to you directly from the retirement party of UC Berkeley anthropologist Nelson Graburn is evidence of what can only be described as an academic celebrity pile-up.
But before we even go there, we need to introduce our latest discovery, the talented and stunningly straight forward jazz singer, Abby Diamond and her act, The Diamond Jim's — Voilà!
"What a set of pipes," is all that could be heard by anyone who dared to whisper aloud about Abbey's vocals when the band started up.
Okay, let's get back to business. Nelson Graburn, world renown arctic anthropologist, Inuit arts, inventor of the phrase fourth world (referring to indigenous modernity) and creator with his bear hands of an anthropology of tourism — is retiring. After 48 years, he's decided to call it a day.
Let's take a look at who came out to see the master off.
Oh my Lord, is that who I think it is? Meg Conkey, archaeologist extraordinaire (another one!) and Junko Habu, who actually worked in the Arctic for a bit, if I recall — no wait, she's famous for Pacific Rim archaeology of Japan, on sabbatical last year, but back to the trenches.
Laura Nader and Nelson Graburn, wow, two anthropological heavies in the same room and friends after all these years. Mariane Ferme of Sierra Leone ethnography fame, and Stephania Pandolfo. And all these folks have written books, multiple books.
Good grief. Science, what a Life!
Tomeko Wyrick, btw, worked the room splendidly. She's in charge of the Archaeological facility, or at the very least making sure things run smoothly, and she was in fabulous form. There they are! Kathy Graburn and the Song Bird, Cecily Graburn. Oh, pardon me, the Opera Singer. The first time I saw Cecily sing, I thought to myself, shhh, let's listen – and then Boom! Her voice was so strong it practically shook the rafters apart. Cecily also plays and teaches violin.
Phew! That about does it for now. Congratulations Nelson!


Austin's forecast for Monday: Expect Monday to start out cold and warm up to 70 degrees by the afternoon, the National Weather Service said.
It will be in the 40s until around 10 a.m., when it will reach either the high 60s or even 70 degrees by the afternoon, the service said. It will be in the 50s again, starting at 7 p.m., for the rest of the night.
Expect warmer highs and lows through the work week, with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s, the service said.
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Black President is an American punk rock band. It was formed in 2005 by Circle Jerks/Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson and Goldfinger guitarist Charlie Paulson.

History
The band was originally formed in late 2005 by Hetson and Paulson, who were joined by Jason Christopher (New Dead Radio) on bass and vocals, Roy Mayorga (Nausea) on drums, and Christian Martucci (The Strychnine Babies, Dee Dee Ramone) on vocals.  Mayorga was unable to commit to the band due to previous commitments with Stone Sour. He was temporarily replaced by Wade Youman (Unwritten Law), and later by Ty Smith (Guttermouth, Bullets and Octane).  Mayorga returned in time to record the debut album and has been permanently replaced by Dave Raun of Lagwagon.

Since forming, the band has toured with Bad Brains, Guttermouth, the Germs, Suicidal Tendencies, and The Bouncing Souls and performed stints on the 2008 Warped Tour as well as Riot Fest 2008.

On February 25, 2008, the band announced they had signed a deal with Cobra Music.  At the time of the announcement, Hetson had left the band. Other members of the band cited Hetson's conflicting commitments with Bad Religion and Circle Jerks as the reason for his departure.  Guitar duties were picked up by Martucci, reducing the quintet to a four-piece.

Their self-titled debut album was released September 16, 2008. The band also filmed a video for the song "Suspects." According to a MySpace blog post titled "in the war room", the band recorded 14 songs total: "12 originals, an alice cooper cover & a surprise track to be released early next year."

Band name
The band came up with the name before Barack Obama had announced his 2008 run for the United States presidency.  The band addressed the name in a March 2008 MySpace blog post titled "our name & barack obama":

Excerpts from the blog post were quoted in an article on Barack Obama in The Washington Post in which the band was mentioned.

Band members
Current members
 Christian Martucci – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2005–present)
 Charlie Paulson – lead guitar (2005–present)
 Jason Christopher – bass, backing vocals (2005–2007; 2008–present)
 Dave Raun – drums (2009–present)

Former members
 Greg Hetson – rhythm guitar (2005–2008)
 Wade Youman – drums (2006)
 Ty Smith – drums (2007)
 Pat "PK" Kim – bass (2007)
 Roy Mayorga – drums (2005–2006; 2008–2009)

Discography
 Black President (2008, Cobra Music)

References

External links
 Black President at MySpace.com
Cobra Music

Punk rock groups from California
Hardcore punk groups from California
Rock music supergroups
Musical groups established in 2005
Musical groups from Los Angeles


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"Amor de Chocolate" é uma canção do artista musical brasileiro Naldo Benny contida no seu primeiro álbum ao vivo, Na Veia Tour, de 2012. Foi composta por Naldo Benny.

Em 7 de outubro de 2012, Naldo fez uma apresentação ao vivo de "Amor de Chocolate" no programa televisivo brasileiro Domingão do Faustão. O artista também apresentou a canção juntamente com "Exagerado" no programa televisivo Caldeirão do Huck em 15 de setembro e em 26 de junho no Legendários juntamente com "Meu corpo quer Você", ambos em 2012.

Lista de faixas

Desempenho nas tabelas musicais
Em 2 de janeiro de 2013, "Amor de Chocolate" alcançou a primeira posição entre as canções mais vendidas na loja digital brasileira da iTunes Store, antes se encontravam no topo "Esse Cara Sou Eu" de Roberto Carlos e "Gangnam Style" do rapper Psy, que alternaram na liderança desde novembro de 2012. Além da versão álbum, "Amor de Chocolate" gravada em estúdio também fez aparição nas dez primeiras posições, mais precisamente na 8ª colocação. Mais tarde, as duas versões ficaram nas duas primeiras posições simultaneamente.

Na Brasil Hot 100 Airplay, a música debutou na última posição. Na semana de 20 de abril de 2013, subiu para a 77.ª colocação, e na semana seguinte, conseguiu seu melhor número nas três melhores posições da parada.

Histórico de lançamento

Singles de 2012
Canções gravadas por Naldo Benny
Canções de electropop


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Lokoja is a city in Nigeria. It lies at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and is the capital city of Kogi State. While the Yoruba (Oworo), Bassa Nge and Nupe are indigenous to the area, other ethnic groups of Nigeria, including the Kupa-Nupe, Hausa, Ebira, Igala, Igbo, Bini/Edo, and Tiv have recently established themselves.  Projected to be the third fastest growing African continent city between 2020 and 2025, with a 5.93% growth. It was listed a second class township by the 1917 township ordinance of the colonial administration. This shows that Lokoja is an old city.

Etymology
Different ethnic groups lay claim to having named the city.

 The Yoruba ( Oworo ) people believe the name comes from Ilu Oke Oja ("The settlement located on the hill did not fall").
 The Hausa believe the name comes from Loko Ja ("A red corner") and that the city was named by the emir of Zazzau.
 The Nupe believe the name comes from Patti Lukongi ("The hill of doves").
 The Igala believe the name comes from the expression Lewa ka je Eja (Come, let's eat fish).

History
The area that would become Lokoja has been inhabited for hundreds of years by people from different ethnic groups prior to the arrival of Europeans. The migrations of these groups to the area could be in part accounted for by its nearness to the banks of the Niger and Benue rivers. Some of the first groups of people to settle in Lokoja were the Oworo people/Yoruba from Ile-Ife, Hausa and Nupe. It is said that they migrated from Baro and some parts of present-day Niger State to the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers. This area eventually became a center of trade. Example are the Kupas and some of the Kakandas.

The Nupe and Zazzau emirs historically appointed the Hausas as political leaders, while the Nupe filled the position of religious leader as chief imam of Lokoja. Lokoja was ruled by the following Maigari of Lokoja (Hamza, Dauda, Musa, Muhammadu Maikarfi). The British then installed a Muslim convert called Bukar (originally named Abigel), who designated his residence at Yaragi Madabo Junction of Lokoja as the new Lokoja palace. In time, the position fell to Alhaji Yahaya Muhammadu Maikarfi, and after his demise, Alhaji Kabiru, his son, succeeded him. The people sustained themselves by engaging in farming and hunting activities at Agbaja hill. Lokoja has an abundance of hills which were popular for hunting. At Mount Patti ("Patti" being the Nupe word for hill), there is a tree where the names of hunters were recorded in Ajami and Latin script.
When Dr William Balfour Baikie arrived at Lokoja first in 1854 and later in 1857, he played a role in encouraging the outward movement of the people from their hilly settlements. He did this by influencing Muhammadu Maikarfi, then the Maigari of Lokoja. Muhammudu Maikarfi was then succeeded by Abigel (who converted to Islam and was renamed Bukar), who was widely seen as a stooge of the British.

The Bassa-Nges believe that they settled at the foot of Mount Patti when they came into Lokoja, before later moving again and migrating to settle across the Benue, just to the north of the Igalas. Whatever the case may be, it is difficult to categorically state in what order any or each of these groups came after the Oworos to settle in Lokoja town. These different groups lived in different quarters of the town but were closely related socio-politically. They interacted freely and tolerated one another. Present day Lokoja is ruled by the Maigari (chief) of Lokoja, and his 12 Hakimi (Sub chiefs) It is important to note however, that each group have their own local criteria: for example, the Maigari has no jurisdiction over the Olu of Oworo, but he does have authority over Ganaja, Kwakware, Sarkin Numa, Adankolo, ward A to ward E and other villages of the Lokoja Holland that is the Salkawa people.

The present modern settlement at Lokoja was established in 1857 by the British explorer William Baikie at the site of an earlier model farm constructed during the failed Niger expedition of 1841. Lokoja was the capital of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the chief of Lokoja at that time was Alhaji Muhammadu Maikarfi. Lokoja remained a convenient administrative town for the British colonial government after the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria in 1914. The first Governor-General, Sir Frederick Lugard, governed the new nation of Nigeria from Lokoja. Other subsequent settlers into the city include the Yoruba (mainstream), the Igala, the Igbira (Igbira Tao and Igbira Koto), and the Bassa-Nge people. However, there are other groups apart from the ones mentioned above but they are classified as temporary visitors and non indigenous. These include the Igbo, Tiv, Edo, etc.

The city's population has since grown to an estimated count of over 90,000 inhabitants. It is a trade center with respect to its agricultural products; this is because it is situated at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers, and is close to the federal capital of Nigeria in Abuja. It is also home to Kogi State Polytechnic and the newly established Federal University Lokoja.

Near Lokoja, in Ajaokuta, are metallurgy facilities and iron ore mines.

The Local Government Area
Lokoja is also a Local Government Area of Kogi State with an area of 3,180 km2 and a population of 195,261 at the 2006 census. It is bounded by the Niger in the north and east upstream from the capital until the border with Kwara State, and includes the city of Lokoja. The postal code of the area is 260.

Climate

Geography

Lokoja lies about 7.8023° North of the equator and 6.7333° E east of the Meridian. It is about 165 km Southwest of Abuja as the crow flies, and 390 km Northeast of Lagos by same measure. Residential districts are of varying density, and the city has various suburbs such as Felele, Adankolo, Otokiti and Ganaja. The town is situated in the tropical Wet and Dry savanna climate zone of Nigeria, and temperatures remain hot year-round.

Religion and culture
Given the multiethnic nature of the town, there are various festivals, events and socio-cultural activities depending on the people group. Thus, no particular group's festivals or their socio-cultural activities can be said to be the most prominent. For instance, the Agbo masquerade festival is celebrated by the Oworo people between the months of March and April every year. Other Okuns also celebrate the Oro / Egungun festival while generally, the fishermen in Lokoja celebrate the Donkwo fishing festival and this also comes up in March/April. It is also worthy to mention that editions of Lokoja boat regatta are held, albeit not regularly.

Religiously, Islam, Christianity and traditional religion exist in Lokoja. The Muslims go to their mosques for their worship while the Christians do the same in their various churches. Religious festivals include the Muslim Eids and the Christian Christmas and Easter.

Markets

Lokoja has three major markets: New Market (International Market); Old Market; and Kpata Market. Kpata Market and New Market have their market day every Five Days. The essential products sold in these markets are grains, vegetables and general household items.

References

External links

State capitals in Nigeria
Benue River
Communities on the Niger River
Local Government Areas in Kogi State
1857 establishments in Africa
Populated places established in 1857


One of Lucha Underground's top acts, King Cuerno, known outside the company as El Hijo del Fantasma, has decided to take action against the El Rey Network. According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, his lawyers filed documents against the network and Baba-G Productions.
Back in January, Ivelisse revealed on Twitter that she'd been trying to get Lucha Underground to release her for over a year. Joey Ryan backed her claims, stating that many Lucha Underground talents who opted to stick around with the company were "seemingly punished" for deciding to stick around before season 4 tapings began. While the company has allowed certain stars to work with other promotions, like the Lucha Bros, Sami Callihan, Taya Valkyrie, Brian Cage, Johnny Mundo and more who work with Impact Wrestling, the majority of their roster has seemingly been forced to sit on the sidelines, working for smaller indie organizations and hoping for a Season 5.
Cuerno's lawyers stated that the contracts Lucha Underground, LLC offered their talent contained "restrictions that prohibited the professional wrestlers from engaging in their lawful profession." The argument stems from how the world of wrestling has changed for the good in the past five years, making it easier for competitors to make a living.
The lawyers cited the WWE, Ring of Honor, All Elite Wrestling, and Impact Wrestling as legitimate options that would give any talents stuck with Lucha Underground a chance to work in front of bigger audiences and earn better paychecks. It was stated that the contracts offered now were nowhere near as lucrative as they used to be back when Lucha Underground appeared in 2014.
The documents then detailed how little Lucha Underground wrestlers make per season, stating that it's less than $1000 per episode.
Cuerno's lawyers have also stated that there's another lawsuit at the firm filed as "a class action to invalidate certain portions of their contracts that we believe are illegal," and include Joey Ryan, Ivelisse, and Kobra Moon, among others.
Cuerno has claimed that he's lost out on thousands, along with a lucrative deal from another company due to his contract with Lucha Underground, and believes El Rey and Baba-G owe him for putative and actual damages.
That's true. Sounds pretty bad….gotta watch that fine print!
No where near that much. Lucha Underground usually has 1-3 matches per show. They can't fit the entire roster on every episode. So talent would be making maybe maybe 10-20 grand a year.


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The lure of Prague
SIGHTSEEING, PRAGUE
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An unequivocal temptation, the city of Prague demonstrates the spirit of Europe. Immortalised by the Czech expatriate author Milan Kundera in his writings, Prague is a vestibule to centuries of history. It also has a residue of Kafkaesque romance, being the birthplace of author Franz Kafka, and the poetic sensibilities of Prague born poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. Popularly known as 'the City of Hindered Spires,' it has visitors enamoured by its anachronistic spirit. The city's Old Town Square hosts its many baroque buildings and gothic churches. Besides, Prague is also extremely popular for its beer, as it produces some of the finest brews in the world. Featuring dominantly in this magical landscape is the Vltava river, lazily drifting beneath the famous Charles Bridge of the city. In all its glory, Prague is an essential European retreat. Do not miss.
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Often called the City of a Thousand Spires, Prague effortlessly meshes a myriad of cultures, leaving the traveller with a constant sense of intrigue at every turn. The best way to discover Prague is by wandering through its maze of cobbled streets, stumbling upon a church, a café or an art gallery from where you'd be hard-pressed to find your way back.
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Stroll across the Charles Bridge
Commissioned by King Charles IV in 1357, the bridge is frequented by tourists, painters and vendors alike—all elbowing one another for the best views of the Vltava River. It looks especially remarkable at sunrise, when the silhouettes of the statues lining the 600-year-old bridge seem to hover like ghosts.
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Travel back 1000 years at Prague Castle
Looming above the Vltava's left bank, Prague Castle dominates the city's skyline almost like a fairy-tale fortress. Within its walls lies a fascinating collection of museums, galleries and historic buildings built in a jumble of styles and influences. The most famous among these is the St Vitus's Cathedral, whose Gothic spires are visible from every corner in the town.
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Get lost in Prague's Old Town
Prague's dramatic history permeates the air at the Old Town Square—a neighbourhood that has remained virtually untouched since the 10th century. An ever changing line-up of musicians, dance troupes, tourists and vendors add as much charm to the square as the buildings that surround it.
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Down a pint of beer
Beer is an integral part of Prague's nightlife and culinary scene. And the price at which you can score a half-litre glass makes Prague a beer drinker's paradise. The city is bursting at the seams with pubs and bars serving the finest beer in Czech Republic.
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Cool down at the beer gardens
As soon as Prague's weather steers towards warmer evenings, the first instinct of the Czechs is to take their beer consumption outdoors, to one of Prague's legendary beer gardens. There are plenty of beer gardens dotted throughout the suburbs, some little more than a shack with a few kegs, where beer is served with a bowl of nuts or potato chips.
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Peek into history at the Lennon wall
One of Prague's more unusual attractions is the Lennon Wall, an otherwise ordinary wall that was covered with graffiti inspired by John Lennon and The Beatles, after the singer's death in 1981. Today, colourful images, pieces of found objects and messages in a multitude of languages have found their way to the wall.
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Explore the Lesser Town
A beautiful Baroque quarter, the Lesser Town (Mala Strana) is clustered around the foot of the Prague Castle. As you walk its narrow cobblestone streets, you will stumble upon ancient burgher houses, tiny boutiques, traditional Czech pubs, alfresco restaurants and intriguing buildings.
Decipher a 15th century clock
The Astronomical Clock in Prague has been ticking and pulling in the crowds since 1490 AD. Every hour, from 8 am to 8 pm, wooden apostles emerge from the trap doors and a lesson in medieval mortality is enacted by figures representing Greed, Vanity, Death and Turk.
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Admire Prague's Dancing House
The curved lines of this narrow-waisted glass tower, clutched against its more upright and formal partner, led to it being christened the name 'Dancing House'. Evocative and unique, the deconstructionist building stands in rich contrast to the cobblestone streets and traditional architecture around it.
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Take a slow boat down the Vltava
You can see many of the most striking architectural landmarks of Prague from the low-angle vantage point of a rowboat idling in Vltava. The boat tide is made even more memorable by the reflection of Prague Castle in the river or the mellow night time glow of the surrounding lanterns.
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Step into history at Karlstejn Castle
A 30 minute train ride from Prague will bring you to the Czech Republic's most visited landmark—the Karlstejn Castle. This Romanesque hilltop castle, built by Charles IV in the 14th century to protect the crown jewels, fits the image of the castles of medieval lore.
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Prague has a romantic riverside location enhanced by graceful bridges and a magnificent skyline. Add to this extravagant, fairy-tale architecture, memorable classical music, good food and great drinks, and its easy to see why Prague charms everyone who visits.
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Netflix removes 'Chappelle's Show' after a request from Dave Chappelle
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In removing the series, Netflix's motivations likely weren't as altruistic as Chappelle presents them. The company has a deal with the comedian for exclusive access to his standup specials. Had Netflix not honored his request, there's a good chance he wouldn't have wanted to work with the company in the future. Maintaining a relationship with Chappelle, at a time when competitors like HBO Max and Apple TV are signing Conan O'Brien and Jon Stewart to deals, is far more important to Netflix than whatever value the company was going to extract out of streaming an old show everyone has seen.
Chappelle went on to ask the audience and fans not to watch Chappelle's Show — which is still available to stream on Comedy Central, CBS All Access and HBO Max. "I'm not asking you to boycott any network — boycott me. Boycott Chappelle's Show. Do not watch it unless they pay me."
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