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Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. In May 2006, she was the runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol.
Her self-titled debut album was released on RCA Records on January 30, 2007, and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 381,000 copies (as of December 2010). The album's first single, "Over It", was a Pop Top 30 hit and was certified gold in 2008. Her second album, Unbroken, was released on Verve Forecast Records on January 5, 2010, and debuted at No. 27 on the "Billboard 200". The album featured the single "Had It All", which peaked at number 22 on the AC chart. It has sold 45,000 copies as of January 2011. Her third album, the holiday-themed Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You, was released on October 12, 2010. The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart, while the single "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" peaked at number 16 on the "Billboard" AC chart. As of January 2011, this album had sold 23,000 copies. McPhee released her fourth album, Hysteria, on September 18, 2015. She released her fifth album, I Fall in Love Too Easily, composed of jazz standards, on November 17, 2017.
McPhee has also established an acting career, co-starring in The House Bunny and Shark Night 3D. She played Karen Cartwright, one of the lead roles on Smash. From 2014 to 2018, she starred in CBS' Scorpion as Paige Dineen.
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Now, if Russia really did see tactical nuclear weapons as "just like artillery," then sometime during the 1980s Afghanistan would have become a 250,000-square-mile expanse of warm glass. This is one difference between a Kyl and a Kissinger: Kissinger generally stayed calm and rational when assessing an adversary.
Hold on. Under New Start, America, like Russia, could deploy 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads, each of which is way, way more powerful than the bomb we dropped on Hiroshima. The way deterrence works is that if Russia fears that even a few of these warheads could find their targets — vaporizing, say, Moscow, St. Petersburg and a couple of lesser cities — then it won't initiate the use of nuclear weapons. Kyl's apparent fear that Russia's tactical nuclear arsenal could somehow neutralize our entire deterrent force is ludicrous — another triumph of fear over cool reason.
I could go on, listing Kyl's arcane anxieties about the menace of a resurgent Russian Bear and subjecting them to the kind of logic that a Kissinger or Rice would deploy. But to keep talking about Russia would be to keep the conversation where Kyl wants it and so distract us from a basic fact that Kissinger and Rice appreciate: Fundamentally, this treaty isn't about the threat posed by Russia's military.
Here are some of the treaty's key virtues: It would increase our confidence that Russian nukes aren't going stray and winding up in terrorists' hands (by re-establishing inspections that lapsed with the expiration of the first Start treaty); it would strengthen a partnership with Russia that could help keep Iran nuke-free and help contain the North Korean threat; it would show non-nuclear nations that the great powers are making a good faith effort to reduce their stockpiles, thus rendering these nations more amenable to a much-needed tightening of the world's nuclear non-proliferation regime.
Maybe it would be an oversimplification to say that, decades after the Berlin Wall fell, Kyl is mired in a cold war mindset. Not all of his fears are about Russia. On Saturday his big concern was that the treaty might somehow keep us from building a missile defense system that could bat down projectiles coming from Iran or North Korea.
Yet even here, while evincing a post-Berlin-Wall perspective, he seems stuck in pre-9/11 mode, unaware that the most pressing threats to America aren't from nation-states.
Even if you think that a North Korea or Iran might someday, in the distant future, possess both the capacity and the craziness to launch a suicidal attack on us, there is a much more immediate threat: that North Korea, desperate for cash, would sell nukes to terrorists who could sneak them into the United States and detonate them; or that some Russian general might cut such a deal with a terrorist. Both of these prospects will loom less large if New Start is ratified.
By the way, the idea that the treaty itself prevents us from building a missile defense system is so groundless that even Kyl isn't quite embracing it. His real fear, he says, is that a vague reference to missile defense in the (non-binding) preamble will be seized on, however wrongly, by the Russians, who will use it to cause trouble down the road. And why deal with threats that actually exist when you can spend your time obsessing over things Russia might do down the road?
A version of this column appeared in print on December 21, 2010.


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by Virginia Salas Kastilio December 9, 201811:00 am January 11, 2021
This Is Why Cryptocurrency Is Not a Success (Yet)
I'm not a hater of cryptocurrency. In fact…
I have invested over 100k into cryptocurrency …
I first entered the industry in 2017
I am currently involved with 7 cryptocurrency companies …
I love cryptocurrency and believe it will literally change the world.
But it hasn't yet, and I'm glad… because the fact it isn't a mainstream success is the exact reason why it will change the world someday soon.
I'll explain why in this article.
First, let's go back to 1999 when mobile technology just started to have an impact…
People of all ages began to carry a phone in their pocket. You could connect with anyone at any time, and because the early days of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) were also underway, you could connect with these people anywhere on the globe.
The thing is… hardly anybody knew what VoIP was!
By 2003, Skype launched. People could now call anyone anywhere in the world for free!
But, still, nobody knew about this, and those who did only used it for certain occasions. The technology just wasn't ready yet, and it still made the most sense to use your phone most of the time.
It remained this way for the best part of a decade…but, then, in 2009, WhatsApp entered the market, and in 2010 Apple launched Facetime.
In 2011, Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 Billion!
And in 2014, Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 Billion!
Within a few years, millions of people used VoIP to make calls from their smartphones.
But the thing is…hardly anybody still knows what VoIP is!
It's a linchpin to modern society, connecting millions of people across the globe every single day. Yet nobody talks about it, and most people aren't even aware they're using it.
But each time you use WhatsApp… or iMessage… or Facebook Messenger… you are.
I mention this because, today, Cryptocurrency is in a similar place to where Skype was in 2003.
Digital currency is nothing new, just like VoIP wasn't at the turn of the millennium. But something is happening behind the scenes that will soon make Cryptocurrency a linchpin to tomorrow's society.
And the fact that it isn't a mainstream success today is the exact reason why it will become a fundamental part of how we live tomorrow, so long as we focus on a few IMPORTANT aspects as soon as possible!
What Needs to Happen Next for Cryptocurrency to Take Over the World
I recently spoke to my friend Jack Nikogosian, founder of ARYZE (also known as "Bitcoin Jack", and a guy at the forefront of the Cryptocurrency scene since the beginning).
In 2015, Jack lived off Bitcoin for an entire month, paying for EVERYTHING using it.
It was the most expensive month of his life!
But this experiment showed him how powerful cryptocurrency could be, and the major barriers standing in its way today. When I asked him what he thought the biggest obstacles were, two came to mind:
1: We Need Fewer Technicians and More Visionaries
Like me, Jack sees the bigger picture, appreciating the massive impact cryptocurrency "can" have.
He told me, "cryptocurrency will become the backbone of the future economy, not the economy itself".
This is important to note, because many people look at cryptocurrency as a new form of currency, going to war against the Dollar, Pound and Euro.
It's not about creating new funds, but rather reinventing how we manage and transfer funds!
At the moment, we have so many "technicians" focussed on speed, efficiency, and faster confirmations. All this is important… but this is NOT what will make cryptocurrency a success.
Jack said he believes the time has come to focus on DESIGN: the user interaction and journey…
It needs to be a seamless transition so both businesses and consumers alike don't have to change what they're already doing. Just think about "Contactless Pay" and how it's so easy for everyone to use.
You didn't have to learn anything new…
You didn't have to change your routine…
The change was simple and seamless, and the same needs to happen with crypto…
2: Cryptocurrency as a Framework
Jack also said that Cryptocurrency (and traditional utility tokens like Ethereum) isn't for people to use, but rather for businesses to build upon so the end-user doesn't even have to be aware of the process.
Think about how the World Bank works…
The World Bank doesn't directly "affect" people every day; it just works behind the scenes, ensuring your payments are made and your money gets transferred …
You don't need to think about the World Bank or how it works… you just know it does.
Both Jack and I believe this is Cryptocurrency's destiny: to become a financial framework that allows:
Easier and quicker payments (across the globe) …
Efficient transfer of funds from one currency to another …
Seamless payment to suppliers, vendors, and everyone else in the value chain …
As we spoke, Jack used the example of someone walking into a shop and buying a $100 bracelet.
As a consumer, you hand over your credit card. You know the money doesn't exist, but you also know you will "pay off" the bill at the end of the month. For you, as a consumer, it's easy.
It's easy for the business, too.
They simply swipe your card and the funds enter their account a few days or weeks later.
But there are many moving pieces in the purchase of this bracelet:
Visa has to take their cut …
As does the bank …
A company in India mined the raw material …
Another business in Thailand worked on the bracelet …
Someone else packaged it in Germany …
All these moving pieces need their cut of your $100, and what cryptocurrency offers as a framework is an instant, efficient, and seamless transfer of funds to EVERYONE.
Lots of time is saved, and everybody gets more value out of their money…
And the effect of all this on YOU as a consumer or business owner? MINIMAL!
You still use your card and pay in dollars, and everything else "just" happens behind the scenes.
Only, because of cryptocurrency, it's smarter and more efficient, which is good, because as Jack says, "in this Smart World, we need Smart Money"
It Is Not About Owning or Paying With Bitcoin!
The longer we focus on introducing a new type of currency into the world, the longer it will take for cryptocurrency to succeed.
The longer we focus on how much to invest in Bitcoin, the longer it will take for cryptocurrency as a whole to fulfil its potential.
As my mentor and friend Manuel Batista recently said to me, "one of the biggest obstacles right now in cryptocurrency is the false hype and financial aspect. People seem to care more about when to buy or sell, rather than understand the blockchain technology – and the true potential it has."
Manuel is the CEO of Socratescoin, so he is another guy at the forefront of the industry. He sees what works but also understands what is holding it back…
People like him and Jack (with companies like ARYZE and Socratescoin) need to build frameworks that fit into what already exists.
They need to create seamless customer experiences, so the people using cryptocurrency have no idea they are.
They can build a bridge between the old, traditional financial world that we have all grown up with and the new age of efficient digital currencies that this "SMART" new world so desperately needs!
Once this happens, cryptocurrency will become a linchpin of society (just as VoIP is).
Until then, it will remain a technology with a lot of potential, but one that divides opinion.
After reading this, I hope you're excited about the future. Because, although there's a lot of "noise" around the industry, there are also visionaries like Jack and his team building the frameworks we need.
And if you want to continue the conversation and learn about my own thoughts on cryptocurrency, follow me on Instagram, where I share exclusive news, ideas, and interviews …
Virginia Salas Kastilio
Virginia Salas Kastilio is a serial entrepreneur who was named one of Inc. Magazine's top 26 Women to Change the World. Having built multiple empires, she is currently helping "reconnect" humanity and bring consciousness into the mainstream through The I Trust You Movement (after previously disputing the social media landscape through her agency, Gini.TV). Virginia currently lives in Bali as she scales I Trust You and mentors some of the most influential thought-leaders of our time in personal growth and well-being.

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Marc Cáceres, head os Tecil Technical Service, has received this week technical training at the new European Headquarters of Advanced Instruments in the United Kingdom.
Technical managers of main european distributors also attended (Alemania, Italia, República Checa, Francia, Bélgica, Suiza y Suecia).
These technical experts deepenned the knowledge of the automatical osmometer Osmopro and the new monosample osmometer Osmo1 just launched early this year.
After receiving theorical explanations, they were tested, having to perfomr different types of repairs both hardware and software "in situ" on osmometers previously manipulated by the instructor.
Continuous improvement of our products requires keeping up-to-date to new technologies, which is the reason that laboratories with osmometers installed by Tecil, have peace in mind of work with the state-of-the-art equipment and technical service in continous training .
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The study was presented at the 22nd European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine "EuroMedLab 2017" held from 11 to 15 June 2017 in Athens, organized by IFCC and EFLM.
The findings of the study indicate that "the most important requirement for rapid diagnosis is sensitivity, and from this perspective the e-Diagnosis POCT Reader has excellent diagnostic ability (sensitivity = 100%) as well as excellent discrimination capacity Of bacterial infection and antibiotic counseling (specificity = 100%).
The test also has excellent sensitivity, with zero percentage of false negatives and low percentage of false positives for the detection of severe sepsis.
The E-Diagnosis POCT Reader allows convenient and safe measurement of procalcitonin (PCT) with results available to clinicians within 15 minutes at the point of care. "
According to Dr. Ana Rodriguez of the Neurocritics Care Unit, this study, together with other studies performed by the biochemistry laboratory on Procalcitonin, could motivate "the evaluation of the functionality of the POC Reader of e-Diagnosis on the pediatric population compared with the reference method."
The Virgen del Rocio, according to its managers, represents the largest hospital complex in Spain, due to its volume of care, its infrastructure and its technological endowment, so the involvement of the laboratory department improves the quality assurance of the POCT and the ability to control tests performed outside of the laboratories.


Twitter shareholder Jim Porter filed a shareholder derivative lawsuit in California federal court this week against a slew of Twitter executives. According to Fortune, the complaint claims that the defendants concealed the truth about Twitter's slow user growth in order to inflate the stock price and sell their personal stock holdings "for hundreds of millions of dollars in insider profits." Porter's argument rests on Twitter's portrayal of the company's growth to shareholders, claiming that over time they deceptively switched the user activity metrics to keep up a high growth appearance. As an example, Porter claims that the micro-blogging company's 2014 10-K form, an annual report required by the SEC that provides a comprehensive summary of the company's financial performance, was false and misleading because it did not tell shareholders that it had switched the primary user engagement metric from timeline views to Daily Average Users (DAUs). Timeline views actually reflect how often a visitor engages with the site, while DAUs is a broader category which could thus inflate user engagement metrics. The significance of this change is that is made it appear as though more users were Tweeting when in fact user engagement was on the decline.
Porter also accuses the Twitter executives of profiting from this insider knowledge, providing evidence that the executives have sold large volumes of their personal shares since February 2015 under "suspicious circumstances." Porter is seeking repayment of profits made since February 2015, a "shake up" of the board of directors, and the imposition of new financial controls.
Twitter's poor financial performance since its IPO has been an existing trend, and in the eyes of investors this lawsuit is likely yet another nail in its coffin.


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Russia Rapidly Stockpiles Gold Bullion As Fears Of World War 3 Intensify
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Russia has begun rapidly stockpiling gold bullion from across the world as fears grow of an imminent World War.
The Central Bank of Russia has been buying bullion at an unprecedented rate, according to Argentine financial expert Gabriel Rubinstein.
The stockpiling of gold is to protect the Russian economy in the event that World War 3 breaks out.
"Countries stockpile gold for strategic and defensive reasons; for instance, in case relations between nations are damaged and their currencies lose their value," Rubinstein told Sputnik Mundo.
Sputniknews.com reports: If there is such a situation, according to the expert, gold reserves would be the basis for a new currency or other valuable assets in the future.
"Gold, this eternal financial resource, has a real value if compared to other financial assets. The Russian government believes that it's better to have more gold resources than dollars. Hypothetically speaking, if Russia holds tons of US dollars and the US wanted to damage its economy, this would be possible through currency manipulations," Rubinstein said, adding that gold guarantees against such a scenario.
The Russian Central Bank has significantly increased the pace of its gold purchases. In the period between January and September 2017, the regulator bought 4.2 million troy ounces of the precious metal worth over $5 billion, 15 percent more than in the same period last year.
As of October 1, the Russian Central Bank holds $73.6 billion in gold reserves, compared with $65.5 billion a year ago, according to its data.
Russia increased its purchases of bullion after sanctions were imposed by the United States and the European Union following the 2014 referendum in Crimea and the beginning of a military conflict in eastern Ukraine. Since then, according to the World Gold Council, the Russian Central Bank has been adding some 100 tons to its gold reserves each six months, more than any other central bank in the world.
Currently, Russia is the world-seventh largest holder of bullion, and if the current pace of its gold purchases continues it is likely to move to the sixth place, surpassing China with its current reserves of 1,842 tons.
During the past decade, the Russian Central Bank has changed its gold and foreign exchange reserves management policy, including decreasing the share of euro from 40 to 26 percent and increasing its gold reserves from $8 billion to $73.6 billion as of October 1 of this year.
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IMPACTS USA Founder, Barbara Lloyd, recently moderated a panel at the 2014 Infrastructure Symposium in San Francisco, sponsored by Region 9 of the American Society of Civil Engineers. "Public-Private Partnerships" also featured other panelists representing technical advisors, investors, academia, and corporate finance professionals. We discussed several cutting-edge public-private partnership projects in California -- the Presidio Parkway, Rialto Water/Wastewater, and Carlsbad Desalination projects. Download the panel presentation here for more information.
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Kat's Blog: What Makes An Author?
There has been a lot of talk lately, people saying that e-writers aren't real authors cause we could cut the mustard with the big print houses. So tonight on my BTR show we e-people are going to talk about it. Join me and my guests, e-publisher Lea Schizas, e-editor and author Nancy Bell and e-author L.J. Holmes as we discuss the things being said and what we think about it. And feel free to add your own opinions as well. The show starts at 6 pm EDT. Go to www.blogtalkradio.com/katholmes1212 to join in the chat room or dial 619-393-6798 to talk to us directly. I hope you'll join us.
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Country star with 25 Billboard-charting hits to play Sept. 6 in downtown Edgerton
We're turning the streets of downtown Edgerton into one big party on Friday, Sept. 6 as Chilimania 2019 weekend kicks off with Country Edge, an outdoor concert headlined by country music star Craig Morgan.
"We have always been committed to bringing top-quality entertainers to Country Edge and this year is no different," said Country Edge co-organizer Casey Schmeling. "Craig Morgan has been a big name for a long time, and we are so proud to be bringing him to Edgerton. This is not a show to be missed!"
Morgan, one of country music's best-loved artists, has charted 25 songs on Billboard and thrills crowds with signature hits including "Bonfire," Almost Home," "Redneck Yacht Club," "International Harvester," "This Ole Boy," "Wake Up Loving You" and the four-week No. 1, "That's What I Love About Sunday."
Rounding out the lineup is Saving Savannah, a dynamite Milwaukee-based act playing "country music as it should be." The band also appeared on the Country Edge stage in 2018 opening for Morgan Wallen, and was so well-received by the crowd that they earned an invite back again this year.
Advance tickets to Country Edge are on sale now. The cost in advance is $20 for general admission, or $60 for the VIP experience.
New this year, Country Edge offers an exclusive experience to those who purchase a ticket to the Morrison's VIP Garage. Sponsored by Morrison's Auto of Edgerton, the VIP Garage offers early admission to the show, a pre-show party from 5-7PM featuring food by Two Brothers Bar & Grill and drinks from a private bar, pre-show entertainment by singer/songwriter Brooke Nunn, a stagefront viewing area, reserved portable restrooms, VIP-only raffles, and more.
To purchase advance VIP or general-admission tickets, visit CountryEdgerton.com. General-admission tickets will be sold at the gate for $25 on the day of show. Children 12 and under will be admitted free with paying adult.
What is Country Edge?
Now in its fourth year and held on the Chilimania grounds, the only chili you'll find during Country Edge will be for sale from our food vendors. What you will find is a lineup full of some of the finest local, regional and national Country music acts kicking off the Chilimania weekend on our Main Stage.
"Country Edge was created as a way to cater to all the country music fans in southern Wisconsin," Schmeling said. "For years we got requests to book country acts, but it was difficult to mix them into our rock-based lineup. We decided to dedicate a separate event specifically for the country-music crowd."
In just a few short years, Country Edge has gained a reputation for bringing big-time talent to small-town Edgerton. The lineup routinely features up-and-comers and hitmakers alike, supported by some of the finest regional talent from Wisconsin and beyond. For instance, Country Edge 2018 was headlined by rising star Morgan Wallen and his #1 single "Up Down."
What is Chilimania?
Since 1990, the Chilimania festival has been held annually on the Saturday after Labor Day in downtown Edgerton, Wisconsin. Started as a Jaycees fundraiser, the festival grew so much over the years that it was eventually spun off into its own 501(c)(3) organization, Chilimania, Inc.
Chilimania now spans two days in early September: a Friday-night country music concert and street party known as Country Edge, followed all day on Saturday by the main event, Chilimania, including two chili cook-off categories, a 3PM public chili tasting and People's Choice award voting, as well as Edgerton's Best Bloody Mary contest. The 2019 dates are Sept. 6-7.
Chilimania's mission is to promote the Edgerton business community, social responsibility, and to raise funds to support the education of our youth. Each spring, proceeds from the previous year's festival fund scholarships to graduating Edgerton High School seniors.
In May 2019, Chilimania awarded 10 scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each. The organization also made more than $5,000 in donations to a wide variety of community-based organizations and projects. For more information, visit chilimania.com.
Additional Country Edge event details
Country Edge is an outdoor show that will be held, rain or shine, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 on North Henry Street in downtown Edgerton, WI. Gates open at 6PM (5PM for VIP ticket holders). General admission ticket holders are encouraged to bring a lawn chair, as this is a street festival and no formal seating is provided. Bleachers will be provided in the VIP area.
Advance tickets to Country Edge are on sale now. The cost in advance is $20 for general admission, or $60 for the VIP experience. General admission tickets will be sold at the gate for $25 on the day of show. Children 12 and under will be admitted free with paying adult. To purchase advance tickets, visit CountryEdgerton.com.
Held the weekend after Labor Day in downtown Edgerton, Chilimania is home to the Wisconsin State Championship CASI-Sanctioned Chili Cook-Off.
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Rihanna and Bobby McFerrin's music in hell January 28, 2023
Flash: Another shooting in Cali.. Governor told during meeting on separate lunar new years weekend massacre January 23, 2023
Information being revealed about alleged Monterey lunar new year shooter Huu Can Tran January 23, 2023
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California Governor Newsom says he was meeting with Monterey Park shooting victims when he was pulled away to be told of another mass shooting, this time in Half Moon Bay.. Current number of death ... Read moreFlash: Another shooting in Cali.. Governor told during meeting on separate lunar new years weekend massacre
Gunman Huu Can Tran, 72, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Sunday.. Tran was found dead in van in Torrance, California after Monterey mass shooting .. Ten dead, ten injured, on Saturday during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations..
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We are recruiting for a permanent HVAC manager for our client in Ferndown.
The role will be office based and also visiting sites to price up jobs.
A strong background in Ventilation and Air Conditioning Engineering is essential.
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There are myriad perils in crafting a live performance using only vinyl 45s. At least according to a highly amusing "educational" film that plays at the outset of DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist's new Hard Sell show, which lists such wax-mastering challenges as "The disc is spinning [faster], so DJs have to move quicker to access desired points on the record" and "Those big holes can really wreak havoc when you're cutting it up!" But if anyone can make scores of vintage seven-inches submit to a DJ's creative will (not to mention unearthing them from dusty record bins in the first place), it's this duo of longtime friends and collaborators. Hard Sellis the third installment of the Shadow and Chemist live-with-45s tour series. It follows 1999's Brainfreeze — where the accompanying mix album, with its convenience-store motif, has become a bootlegged rarity after earning a cease-and-desist letter from 7-Eleven — and 2001's Product Placement. While those previous productions focused mainly on the funk, Hard Sell goes further, incorporating mostly-forgotten honky-tonk, metal, doo-wop, novelty, easy listening, electro, and new wave singles. Using eight turntables, four mixers, and loop pedals, Shadow and Chemist aren't simply mashing up tunes during two continuous, one-hour sets; they're weaving disparate musical elements into elaborate setpieces with an artistic approach that approximates Shadow's classic, the 100-percent-sampled Endtroducing. In Philadelphia, an early stop on the tour, the pair expertly flitted around the decks below screens that displayed arresting visuals as well as shots from cameras mounted to the DJs' wrists and gear. The effect was to put you right inside a mix that moved from hyperkinetic to woozily psychedelic. Shadow and Chemist put on an impressive musical display that makes it easy to buy what these guys are sellin'.


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Theater Review: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL (National Tour)
by Lawrence Bommer on February 14, 2020
in Theater-Chicago,Tours
DISCO'S ONCE AND FUTURE DIVA
As the song says, "Dim All The Lights" — or set them to scorching splendor. Anyway, the giant mirror ball is back, scintillating and scattering flecks of light throughout the Nederlander Theater. The ensemble is gallivanting in sequin suits and skirts. The song is "Last Dance," the final exaltation in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. It's an apt apotheosis following 100 minutes of retro disco of the highest caliber.
We don't need to know that Summer died eight years ago, at 62, of lung cancer. As the very first song puts it, "The Queen is Back." As if she ever left…
In fact there are three "queens" in this Broadway tour, playing in Chicago until February 23: Duckling Donna (Olivia Elease Hardy) is the impressionable Boston pre-teen who, debuting in 1968 in Hair!, moves from gospel to soul to pop with lighting speed.
Disco Donna (Alex Hairston) is the phenom who married a man from Munich, the city where she launched into the singer's stratosphere with "Love to Love You Baby" and "I Feel Love" — which is just what her audiences did too. Summer returned to America in 1975, just in time to be crowned the "Queen of Disco." The championship was utterly unchallenged on dance floors everywhere, from Studio 54 to eternity.
Finally, Diva Donna (Dan'Yelle Williamson) looks back on five Grammy Awards and a chart-busting, barrier-breaking legacy of "Hot Stuff" and "Unconditional Love," as well as a blown-up scandal in which she seemed to attack her huge gay following.
Very much in the storytelling spirit of such jukebox/bio musicals as The Buddy Holly Story, Jersey Boys, and especially Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, this 2017 creation with songs by Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jabara and others and a book by Colman Domingo, Robert Cary and director Des McAnuff, shares the life through the music — two dozen near and solid hits performed by 22 hoofers and belters.
Played by a busy band of four, the electronic sound is back, along with classics like "Bad Girls," "Stamp Your Feet," "MacArthur Park," "I Believe in Jesus," and "She Works Hard for the Money" (here a tribute to working women everywhere and particularly to Summer's litigation to get full payment for her studio success).
The look fits the sound. Electric blue proscenium frames focus the marvelous video panels whose projections (by Sean Nieuwenhuis) paint the stage in more colors than eyes can register. For a show that's about disco as much as Donna, there's much less group choreography (by Sergio Trujillo) than you'd expect, mainly at the start and end.
But in between there's enough of the real and legendary Donna Summer, manifested three-fold, to satisfy the "Friends Unknown" as "I Remember Yesterday." Not a dull note or moment for club kids of all ages.
reviewed at Nederlander Theatre;
ends in Chicago on February 23, 2020
tour continues nationwide
for dates and cities, visit Donna


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HHS Chief Technology Officer Announces Health IT Research Project at Indian Health Service
The Office of the Chief Technology Officer within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a contract launching a formal research project focused on health IT modernization at the Indian Health Service (IHS).
How an Entrepreneur-in-Residence changed the culture at CMS
By Patrick Conway, MD, MSc – When I came to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2011, I pulled the results from the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey – a survey of federal employee satisfaction.
Modernizing our Public Health Surveillance Systems
By Paula Yoon – Disease surveillance is the foundation of public health practice providing essential data to inform decision making and respond to health threats.
Seeking Public Input on the HHS Open Government Plan for 2016–2018
One of the roles that the IDEA Lab and the Office of the CTO perform to serve the HHS community, our stakeholders, and the public, is that of a 'virtual village square' to promote engagement of new ideas about how we do the people's business.
HHS is Open
By Susannah Fox – On his first day in office, President Obama announced administration policies to make government serve the American people better through greater transparency, collaboration, and participation. Known as the federal government's Open Government Initiative, each agency has developed a plan every other year outlining steps.
Making Space for Innovation in Health Care
By Mona Siddiqui – As a third year medical student, these were the words I heard from the surgical fellow running my team. His message was clear: you have a role and you have your tasks-don't rock the boat.
Invent Health: Finding Common Ground
By Susannah Fox – How many times have we heard people say, "If we could put a man on the moon, we can fix XYZ health care problem"? Or: "Hey, it's not rocket science, right?" So, when I met Dava Newman, the Deputy Administrator at NASA, and began a conversation with her about innovation at our agencies, I was eager to learn how to apply their famous "horizon mission" spirit to health and human services.
Health Datapalooza 2016 – Why You Can't Miss It
By Greg Downing – Founded in 2010, the Health Datapalooza grew from our innovation efforts here, from a very simple belief—if federal government data were made available for innovators to use, new health applications, technology platforms, and services could be created.
Opening the Spigots of Health Data in the U.S. and UK
By Susannah Fox – I never feel so American as when I'm traveling abroad. And my most recent trip was the pinnacle of this experience since I was representing the U.S. government at the Health and Care Innovation Expo organized by the UK's National Health System (NHS) in Manchester, England.
The Future of Aging and Technology
By Susannah Fox – You might be wondering why a Chief Technology Officer would be part of a conference on aging. Isn't tech a young person's game? First of all, I love Alan Kay's definition: Technology is anything invented after you were born.
I'm the New CTO of HHS
By Susannah Fox – When I left the Pew Research Center to advise companies and organizations that share my vision for health care, I thought life couldn't get better.


20. SMfSB - R code associated with the second and third editions of the book Stochastic Modelling for Systems Biology, by Darren J Wilkinson, published by Chapman & Hall/CRC Press.
22. xPos-a - Development of a simulation-based optimization algorithm handling (hopefully) both uncertain and multicriteria evaluations.
23. splinesurv - A package containing utilities for nonparametric Bayesian analysis of clustered survival data. The baseline hazard function and frailty density are modeled using penalized B-splines. Regression and spline parameters are estimated via MCMC.
26. Simulation of clustered multi-state data - R functions implementing the simulation procedure proposed at http://www.slideshare.net/federicorotolo/a-copulabased-simulation-method-for-clustered-multistate-survival-data to generate survival data with a clustered and multi-state structure.
28. Probability distributions - Provide a handbook on probability distributions with plenty of code example for plotting, fitting and/or using probability distributions.
29. Corbi - A collection of bioinformatics tools for general purposes such as network query, protein structure alignment, gene expression analysis.


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FM Towns Marty — ігрова приставка, випущена компанією Fujitsu в 1991 році виключно для японського ринку. Була першою 32-розрядної ігровою системою (проте, в іншому світі такою вважається більш відома Amiga CD32, що вийшла в 1993 році), мала привід CD-ROM і вбудований дисковод. Marty програмно сумісна зі старими іграми для комп'ютерів FM Towns.
Також існувала друга версія системи, FM Towns Marty 2, що має можливість підключення до мережі Інтернет і більш швидкий процесор (AMD 386 на частоті 25 МГц). Існувала думка, що Marty 2 використовувала процесор 486, однак на практиці це не підтвердилося.

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In 2017, the median household income of 55405 residents was $56,365. 55405 households made slightly more than 55310 households ($56,250), 55941 households ($56,250), 56243 households ($56,250), and 56676 households ($56,125) . However, 14.8% of 55405 residents live in poverty.
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Shortly after 1985, the Global Community Assessment Centre (GCAC) has researched and developed a process for global voting. Since then GCAC has conducted several global voting on issues. There are 161 nations that have so far been surveyed. Some results are shown here. More surveys will be completed in the coming months and published here. Global voting has been and will continue to be a strong mean of obtaining the global opinion on issues. This method is different than data obtained from government agencies of the 161 nations. Data from those agencies are important but global voting is also very important. Global voting probes directly into a population. It is actually direct democracy.
3. Acquire funds to be administered by the Global Protection Agency ( GPA ) for the implementation of the sanctions.
9. powerful lobbying groups forcing decision making at the UN.
and that the permanent members of the United Nations are showing a destructive leadership to the Global Community, it has become clear that the United Nations should be replaced by Earth Government. Earth Government's action on the international scene shall be guided by, and designed to advance in the wider world, the principles which have inspired its own creation, development and enlargement: democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, equality and solidarity, and for international law in accordance with the principles of the Global Constitution. Earth Government shall seek to develop relations and build partnerships with third countries, and international, regional or global organisations, which share these values. It shall promote multilateral solutions to common problems, in particular in the framework of Global Parliament.
In general, populations of all lifeforms grow exponentially that is by a steady proportion of whatever was there before. When there is no practical limit on resource then populations usually grow maximally and the only limit is that of the reproductive capacity of the female animal. About 10,000 years ago, human beings were obliged to commit themselves more or less fully to agriculture and the human population was 5 to 10 million. Then about 2,000 years ago, after only 8,000 years of large-scale agriculture, the human population was 100 to 300 million. After this time, the exponential growth of the population entered its rapid phase. The billion mark was passed by 1800 A.D. By year 2000, the human population exceeded 6 billion. Thus agriculture allowed a thousand-fold increase in numbers over a period of 10,000 years. Obviously something has to be done! We propose a tight global policy, benignly implemented, or it will be very nasty indeed. In practice, a human population of 10 to 12 billion would be too uncomfortably high and would add a high strain on world resources. What kind of world population would be reasonable? What goal should we aim at? A population should be small enough to be sustainable indefinitely and still allow plenty of leeway for ourselves and other lifeforms. It should also be large enough to allow the formation of healthy civilizations. Comprehensive population policies are an essential element in a world development strategy that combines access to reproductive health services, education and economic opportunities, improved energy and natural resource technologies, and to healthier models of consumption and the 'good life'.


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Cfp: Lived Religion: An Ethnographical Insight
6th ETHNOGRAPHY AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
University of Bergamo (Italy) – June 8-11, 2016
Panel Convenors: Alberta Giorgi (Universidade de Coimbra), Stefania Palmisano(University of Torino) and Giovanna Rech (University of Trento)
Religion today lies at the heart of a cultural and political debate, related to immigration, human rights, the role of women and democracy in general. Various questions are asked about what criteria define a lay, pluralistic space and its physical and symbolical boundaries. From this point of view examination of multiple expressions of religiosity in the human body, in physical and symbolic spaces and in the relationship among individuals, and between individuals and space, assumes critical importance.
For over a century, social sciences have been highlighting that "religion" is a plural category, a composite set of organizations, actors, practices, beliefs, meanings, relations, values and traditions. Since the 1980s, the concept of "lived religion" has expressed a living, fluid, pluralistic and everyday dimension of religions: religion is part of daily life; religiosity is expressed through a variable set of collective and individual, institutionalised and informal, hybrid and codified practices.
We believe that an ethnographical prospective allows us productively to examine such religious ecology and with this end in view we invite contributions dealing with the theme of religion in daily life – lived religion – based on solid empirical analysis.
The areas in which the theme may be declined include:
Native religions in today's world;
Religious tradition and innovation;
Female religious experience, for example in churches, in alternative spirituality, in religious groups/movements and in politics;
Mobile religion including pilgrimages and religious tourism;
Religion, economics and consumption;
Religion, the human body and mass media.
Proposal submission deadline: 15 January 2016
http://www.etnografiaricercaqualitativa.it/?page_id=27


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The GENTYANE platform is affiliated to INRA (Centre de Clermont-Theix) and more particularly to the Biology and Plant Improvement Department (BAP).
(3) to ensure a technological watch enabling new tools to be implemented that respond better, more quickly and at a lower cost to users' expectations.
The team is composed of engineers and technicians, experts in genotyping and sequencing. We have a building with all the safety features : electrical, fire and access control.
o SNP with AXIOM technology (up to 675000 SNP in chip format 96 and up to 55000 SNP in chip format 384).
High throughput DNA extraction : The GENTYANE platform offers automated DNA extraction in Sbeadex or LifeStock chemistry (magnetic beads) on an oKtopure robot with a throughput of 1536 samples per day.
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There are many stereotypes associated with sales professionals. There's the slick-dealing used-car salesman type who makes people feel suspicious. There's the natural-born salesman who walks into the room and is instantly everyone's new best friend, with talents in every area and the best jokes. Then, there's the talesman, the unknowingly annoying salesman. Ask this type for the time and you'll get how to build a watch. Then there are the salespeople who don't realize their potential. These are the ones who can grow into great salespeople.
Recognizing personality traits or habits that hurt you in a sales call could dramatically change your career trajectory. How can you find out if what you're doing is wrong or right? Someone has to tell you, and you have to humbly consider the validity of their words. These may come from a colleague, boss, blog, book, seminar speaker or a tiny voice within. Once those words resonate enough to strike a chord, the freedom of new possibilities can be uplifting. You can begin laying the concrete foundation to greater sales and career success. It is invigorating!
I have experienced and grown in career-changing ways by recognizing my weaknesses. A couple of years ago I was an average to below-average salesman. I masked it by working harder and longer than anyone else. I would go through the sales cycle of ups and downs, and burned out quickly. My biggest problem was not ever thinking about the good, bad and ugly of my ability to sell. I never reflected, analyzed or critiqued myself, and my mediocre numbers showed it.
On a long road trip, I downloaded an audio book by a famous sales guru who completely changed my worldview on sales. In 2014 my sales increased by 98 percent from 2013. I hit my sales target by August and kept rolling. My lead-to-sales ratio was nearly double the next-closest rep. More importantly, a sales rep I had trained and mentored closely nearly doubled sales in his territory. Acknowledging one's weakness can tell you whether you are a salesman or a talesman.
Don't answer questions customers didn't ask.
The reason: Answering a question not asked by clients means you're not discussing what they find valuable. People pay for valuable, not worthless, things.
Ask questions, lots of questions. Then listen.
A salesman listens closely to every possible clue to discern a client's true needs. A salesman asks questions, and answers the client's questions with more questions. "How long does it take to install?" asks the client.
The reason: Salesman Sal learned more about potential objections and found the real reason for the client's question. You are there to provide a solution, and cannot do that until you know the actual problem.
Tally uses more words than his new stamp overlay has fibers. Answer questions in simple terms. When a client asks how a product sticks, Tally lets his fancy knowledge of chemistry and acronyms dominate the conversation. Too bad the client didn't ask about the product's chemical characteristics that would ensure a bond strength greater than 400 psi, because Tally would have knocked his answer out of the park.
The reason: Not until I started working in decorative concrete did I care about installation process or proprietary formulas. I just wanted it to look good and last many years. While some incredible people out there want extreme technical knowledge, most do not. Understand and learn quickly where your client falls on this spectrum. Every client is different, and most of them are not engineers. Listen to the question and respond appropriately.
Speak less than your client.
Sal lets his customer do most of the talking, and if conversation stops he asks another question. When asked how the product sticks, Sal responds, "That's a good question. Is bonding a concern or are you concerned how we install the product?" Whatever the answer, Sal has learned valuable information and can appropriately answer.
The reason: You have less chance of talking yourself out of the sale if you're not doing most of the talking. Letting clients talk reveals subtle clues about their real problem. Hearing yourself talk gains nothing. Hearing your clients talk may reveal how to sell them a solution.
Don't pretend or you'll offend.
Tally likes to build strong relationships with clients, but his good intentions hurt when he pretends to be knowledgeable in subjects of which he knows little. He notices his potential client's affinity for an out-of-town football team so he comments about how great the quarterback is at scrambling. Unbeknownst to him, the quarterback, and his reputed "cement feet," retired a year ago. Distrust begins to grow and the client now wonders what else Tally might have misinformation about.
The reason: Misinformation on any subject is potentially a deal breaker. Stick to being a decorative concrete expert because those experts are few and far between. Always assume your client knows more about everything else. If you don't have an answer to a question, tell the truth and find it for them.
Be honest about your knowledge.
Sal is known for being a straight shooter who never misleads clients. His honesty has led to exponentially more word-of-mouth leads than any of his competitors. Sal even recommended a competitor when his team couldn't complete a job in time. Sal got the job without meeting the client's deadline because of his honesty and the client's comfort level with him.
The reason: With the fear of bad contracting ethics a reality, it's imperative to build trust. Lying to build trust is wrong on every level and will doom your business. Honesty is what everyone wants. Never compromise your client's trust with seemingly unimportant lies.
So, are you a salesman or a talesman?
Here is some parting advice: Don't stop trying to better yourself in every aspect of your sales process. You can grow your territory, business, income and personal successes. Never blame any of your sales hurdles on anyone but yourself.
Every obstacle is an opportunity, and every opportunity is a chance to gain capital. Capital is not always monetary, but gain is always positive. You can always improve, and you can never sell too much.
Leave the tall tales for people writing about harpooning large white whales! It takes guts to discover your bad habits, and it takes heart to overcome them. There is never a better opportunity to start than right now! Become a salesman, and wear that badge with pride.
Joshua Lemon is sales manager at Sundek of Washington, and a national sales trainer for Sundek Products, with expertise in value-added selling techniques and commercial sales. He can be reached at lemonj@sundek.com.
As time has gone along, polished concrete has picked up market share and damaged contracting companies at the same time. If the profit margins of this industry do not rebound soon the fear is that polished concrete will become an extremely rare and specialized process.


Company secretaries are responsible for ensuring that an organisation complies with standard financial and legal practice and maintains high standards of corporate governance. Although, not strictly required to provide legal advice, they must have a thorough understanding of the laws that affect their areas of work.
Providing legal/financial advice during and outside of meeting.
All applicant should possess a minimum of OND/HND/B.Sc in Business Administration, Law, English or any related discipline. Other professional qualification is an added advantage.


I think it is fair to say that while Johnny Ramone was the sanest member of THE RAMONES, he was also the most dictatorial and, possibly, the nastiest. While he has been chastised in places for his totalitarian, Right Wing Conservative ideals and Pro-American patriotism, we should be thankful he was at the helm of a band riddled with mental illness, dysfunction and addiction. This autobiography of the late Johnny Ramone is as acerbic and cutting as the man himself always appeared, yet there is a stark honesty and wit about his words that have rarely surfaced in his public persona.
The book starts with a prologue, written by Ramone, that's indicative of what is to follow as he states that he beat up Malcolm McLaren, beat up his bandmates Dee Dee and Joey and, in a shocking slice of honesty, admits that he got a NYC Cop to release a large can of Mace into a RAMONES audience. It's a blunt opening displaying Ramone's ambivalence towards what people may think of him.
A good proportion of the book is dedicated to his early days and makes for excellent reading as he tells of his closeness to his father and of the infamous rebellious nature that appeared early on. He doesn't gloss over his mean streak; he states that he had a two-year violent streak during which he was, "just plain bad," while his views on the Vietnam situation could be summed up with the statement that the US should "bomb the place into oblivion." From there it moves onto his ill-fated first marriage and to his 'vision' that he had to get his life together, which lead to the formation of THE RAMONES.
The story of the band is a familiar one, of course. It's been told many times in other books, but the Johnny Ramone perspective adds a new dimension to it. His well-documented friction with Joey Ramone is not as sensationalised as it appears in other books; here Johnny makes it clear he had little time for Joey socially but fails to display the animosity that the RAMONES legend has created.
His on-road stories, while probably not intending to be, are as funny as anything Dee Dee has ever written be it having two stress factors on a European tour - one was sharing a van with TALKING HEADS while the other was Europe itself (with France in particular being "unbearable"). Other notable comments include Stonehenge being 'just a bunch of rocks' and that capital punishment should be televised. There is also a first-hand account of the vicious attack he suffered on the NYC streets.
The book, and to a degree Ramone's attitude, takes a notable shift in mood when he starts to write about the cancer that finally killed him. It's brutally honest writing; I had to stop reading in parts due to the graphic reality and emotional gravitas of his situation. His actual passing is written about by a number of his closest friends. In many ways, this makes for slightly surreal reading. Here is an autobiography being written by a man who is aware of his imminent death but released several years after his actual passing.
As a document of Johnny Ramone's life, the book is a concise and unflinching testament uncluttered by any fanciful word play. As another chapter in the epic history of THE RAMONES it lacks the hyperbole of Dee Dee's telling and doesn't dwell on the Joey Vs Johnny feud that Mickey Leigh's (rather excellent) I Slept With Joey Ramone could be guilty of.


Recently we have all been reconnected with our secondary classmates. It was one of the most wonderful things that happened for me this year. Xiaorong, is the other "Tay" in my class, a very sweet girl. Do not be taken in by her gentle demeanor and petite size though, she is one strong wonder woman ^^ It has been so long since we last seen each other. Before our class reunion in October (initiated by Xiaorong), she contacted me to request for a cake and some macarons for her son's, Isaac, birthday.
Isaac, like most little boys, loves Transfomers. Optimus Prime is his favourite. Did these macarons for his party and actually it was not as easy as I thought to handle the macaron batter. As I tried to minimize the use of artificial colouring, I depended largely on beetroot to get the red. That might somehow affected the texture of the macaronage. Drawing the mask features took out a bit of time as well. Besides these Transformer macarons, there were also some Hello Kitty macarons for the little girls attending the birthday party.
Here are the natural ingredients I have used for the colour. Only minimum gel colouring is added to slightly intensify the shades.
The piping took much longer than expected and I was glad to make it on time. While delivering the cake and macarons to the party venue, I was full of excitement (^-^) Yay! Going to meet XR!!! Though I was sure then that she would look exactly the same as 24 years back.
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Home Festival News 2019 06 The Power of Antithesis: Cuba
Sunday, 6/30/2019
The Power of Antithesis: Cuba
Latin American Cinema at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
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Latin America is undergoing political change at an alarming rate. As if wanting once again to do justice to its historical role as imitator and "backyard" of the United States, a neoliberal and right-wing populist rollback is sweeping the continent. This phenomenon is most striking in Brazil, but in nearby countries such as Chile and Argentina, an era of left-leaning government has also suddenly given way to thriving platforms of solidly right-wing politics. The effects have been felt immediately in the cultural realm and in cinema in particular. This is distressing news, but it's also good news, since the continent's filmmakers are coming together to form an effective counterforce that instills fear in the powerful.
Cuba: Leaving Behind the Relics of Utopia
Against the backdrop of increasingly radicalized scenarios, one small country — Cuba — manifests itself as a steadfast relic from a different era of utopian beginnings. Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of the founding of its capital, Havana, this country is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its victorious socialist revolution this year. And even though its historical leaders, Fidel and Raul Castro, no longer manage the affairs of state, the pangs of upheaval appear at first glance to be distant from the reality of Caribbean socialismo tropical. Nevertheless, there's an indication, particularly from the island's filmmakers, of the extent to which the old structures are undergoing profound changes. This year, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN is showing three films from Cuba that form a kind of triptych about the island's past, present, and future.
Cuba and the past: Twenty years after his cult film LIFE IS TO WHISTLE came out, Fernando Pérez is showing his period transgender drama DEFIANT SOULS, which he made with young Swiss co-director Laura Cazador. This film tells a true story from the 19th century. Swiss physician Henriette Faber arrives in Cuba disguised as a man, campaigns against the continuing practice of slavery, and even marries a Cuban woman. The revelation of Faber's identity was one of the biggest scandals ever to hit Cuba's society and justice system. At the same time, this story of a distant past also reveals consistently racist, homophobic, and patriarchal attitudes that, in spite of official rhetoric about equality, still subtly influence the present.
DEFIANT SOULS and THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF CELESTE GARCÍA
Cuba and the present: The documentary TO WAR by young Argentinian director Francisco Marise is the psychological profile of a generation that sacrifices its youth to the goal of establishing a new society and gambles their lives in service of the ideals of the Cuban revolution. Ex-soldier Mandarria has fought in two wars on the international mission of Cuban socialism and even now is preparing day by day for a possible American invasion. The fact that this fighting machine of old is now an aging veteran motivated only by memories of his former comrades in arms, while the young generation has already forgotten their efforts to build a better world, amounts to a tragic portrait of a lonely warrior.
Cuba and the future: In THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF CELESTE GARCÍA, his whimsical first film as director, young scriptwriter Arturo Infante introduces us to an aging former schoolteacher who's had to take a job as a guide at the local planetarium, and extraterrestrials who have lived among the local population. Suddenly the boundless expanse of intergalactic capitalism collides head-on with everyday socialist bureaucracy. Not even the future and science fiction can offer any other prospects than a return to the eternal condition in this earthly human comedy.
The fact that three films that are so fresh and that are able to include several generations of filmmakers can be made in today's Cuba has mainly to do with fundamental changes in the way that films are being produced. Until recently, the country's entire film industry was controlled by a central state-run film institute; now, however, true independent cinema exists. International artistic collaborations are also leading to a brand-new style of filmmaking. This is a process that also reflects a fundamental change in society, even beyond the film industry, and that provides courage in an age of intensified nationalism and authoritarianism — not only on the last island of bygone utopias.
Florian Borchmeyer


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Markets 2nd December 2014
German macroeconomics will determine ECB bond purchases
MADRID | The Corner | Markets are already discounting the ECB's QE of sovereign debt. That is why the risk premiums of the European periphery are now at historical low levels –take the Spanish one, for instance, which has dropped to 108 points. The yield of the 10-year bond has fallen to 1.85%. In this context, a sovereign bond purchase program still makes sense. "The latest inflation data of the Eurozone, which are at 0.3%, are a clear indicator of that," Felipe López-Gálvez, expert at Self Bank, explains. However, the program would not acquire a full meaning until the German economy showed signs of weakness. "If Germany holds on," then the ECB will not come to that extreme.
In Europe 23rd April 2014
The juicy business of speculating with Spanish sovereign debt
MADRID | By Julia Pastor | Speculators who dared to buy Spanish debt in 2012 when it yielded 7.5% and priced a record low of 88.6% made a good deal with gains of 38%, now that Spain's 10-years bonds' interests near 3% and price stands at 122.6%. Moody's thinks the country's sovereign debt is going upwards, alongside Ireland, thanks to its economic, institutional and fiscal strengh. However, Italy's rating is suffering from the opposite trend.
Spanish economy 31st March 2014
Spain sees sovereign debt interests go down by 50%
MADRID | By Julia Pastor | Spanish public Treasury will have its weekly appointment with investors on Thursday. This time the country will issue bonds with maturities of 5, 10 and 12 years, respectively. There would be nothing unusual about it if international investors' appetite for the Spanish sovereign debt were usual. However, interests in national treasuries currently reach levels of the 90's when, before euro's introduction, those bought Spain's debt during seven quarters without a break. The institution even considers the possibility of creating 50 years bonds. At this moment, the Spanish 10 years bonds yield under 3.25%. As the summer comes the benchmark debt could stand at around 3%.
Markets 22nd May 2013
Investment in Europe's periphery becoming sexier
Sure, the eurodrama is a fact. But there is a growing interest about investing in the peripheral Europe. Morgan Stanley has conducted a survey among investment managers and 38% of them expect the CDS of the Spanish sovereign bond to be between 150-200bp over the next 12 months.
World economy 7th May 2013
Cyprus bailout effects: Eurozone integration remains vulnerable
With the great amount of debate, chatter, and serious analysis about the EU's financial rescue of Cyprus from insolvency and potential departure from the eurozone, many wonder if the EU policy emerging from the Cypriot "bail out" will have a lasting impact on the political and economic integration of the Europe. In John Sydney Hopkins view, the EU rescue of Cyprus will be seen as a milestone event with a lasting impact on the EU's ability to manage the process of integration.
Markets 14th September 2012
"Weidmann threatened us and lost," says Santander's Guillermo de la Dehesa
Crystal-clear answers for the foggiest question: why is the euro zone in such dire state? Banco Santander's board member Guillermo de la Dehesa speaks of a self-inflicted crisis, the resignation cycle at the Bundesbank and how to reform the European Central Bank.
CDS relax over Ireland, Portugal and Spain
Where there is the European Central Bank's full capacity of purchasing short-term State debt, there is hope. Even the primary market has opened, although by understandably timid measures, for southern euro zone debt issuers at a sub-sovereign level like State agencies and autonomous regions. The financial City of Madrid expects this window of opportunity to expand and demand of government bonds to improve as it is already happening to banks…
Markets, Spanish economy 10th September 2012
What an unfortunately insufficient difference an ECB word makes
LONDON/MADRID | President Mariano Rajoy should manage to take this week a breath, although it will probably feel too weak. A simple look at the curve of Spain's government debt now shows a steep upward gap between the internal rate of return of two-year bonds and the cost of the medium and long-term credit for the country. Indeed, 24-month debt paper's IRR has tightened by more than 450 basic points…
In Europe 6th September 2012
European banks flee Greece
José Luis Marco, CAPITAL MADRID | Although Spanish banks have little direct exposure in Greece, the country over which hangs the euro zone exclusion threat, something different happens with several European banks: they have a direct interest in the Hellenic country both with their branches in the country and with the assumption of Greek sovereign debt. Some of the biggest banks are partners or shareholders of several Spanish banks. Banco…
In Europe 10th August 2012
The Italian elephant in the euro room
MADRID | Unmistakably, the reflection that the Italian economic indicators are mirroring should look very familiar to Spanish analysts. The slowdown wave is reaching core Europe too, by the way, as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reported this week: the European economies, whether using the ill-established common currency or one on their own, have been found to relate to each other in a more interconnected manner than previously…


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Contractors and farmers are increasingly in need of foreign workers for jobs from vegetable picking to sheep shearing, but employers can find themselves in hot water and with invalid insurance if it turns out their staff are not road legal.
A community licence is a driving licence issued by another EEA member state, which includes the other 27 EU countries, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
The Community licence allows them to drive a class F vehicle – an agricultural or forestry tractor – in Britain, provided they are authorised to drive either a class B (with no specific mention of agricultural vehicles) or the equivalent of our class F.
Put simply, if the licence allows them to drive a car in Britain, then they will legally be allowed to drive a tractor. Likewise, if the licence specifies an equivalent category that allows them to drive a tractor in their home country then they will also be legally allowed to drive tractors here.
The situation is subtly different for tractor drivers from non-EEA countries who are temporary residents in the UK for a period of up to 12 months.
Such operators may drive tractors in Britain if this is permitted by their foreign licence. For example, if a foreign student was authorised by their licence to drive a tractor in the country of issue, then they may lawfully drive a tractor when in Britain.
It's important to note that countries have different conventions on the classification of agricultural vehicles. Some, like Britain, have a specific category – for us it's F, which is granted with the equivalent car licence but not explicitly stated on the licence.
In other places it might be granted through a certificate of competence. In that case, you must find out exactly what your non-EEA employee can, or can't, legally drive in the issuing country.
Foreign drivers that are resident in the UK may also be able to exchange their licence for a British version.
What do the category letters mean in Britain?
Category B = car (and automatically gives you an F). You can drive vehicles up to 3,500kg maximum authorised mass (MAM) with up to 8 passenger seats (with a trailer up to 750kg).
Category F = Agricultural tractor (an F can be obtained by passing a tractor test or it comes automatically with a B licence).
Category B auto = a category B vehicle – but only an automatic one.


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I am not a contester but have participated in a few with out turning in a log of my contacts. I believe this to be acceptable and my contact for the other station would count so long as I full filled the required exchanges. The required items to count in any contest are outlined in the contest rules. If you listen in on the qso's you will discover what the requirements are. For example in many that I have participated in I was required to exchange call signs, name, qth, and the number of this qso. If it was the 4th qso in that contest then I would send 004.
Why not? The one thing I will say is that, if the number is low late into a contest, the other station often wants a repeat.


Stephen wrote (snippet): Its a sure sign of how unsuited they are as the social replacement of another human being as a companion.
@ Stephen - It depends on the situation. There are many circumstances where an animal can serve as a perfect human companion. I'm not talking about a life-long committed relationship here. I'm talking an animal can be a fantastic blast to hang out with now and then and even for a certain amount of time every single day.
@ Stephen. I strongly disagree with you there. It has been proven in many studies that pets can help teach children responsibility, caring and compassion, and all kinds of nicey nice virtues.
A human being is better suited in any circumstance you can place an animal. The problem is people have trouble communicating directly what they want and need to others in their lives and are embarrassed to do so. Instead its easier to cling to animals that are incapable of complex emotions. I cant think of a single situation, that an animal would be better suited for then a responsive thinking reasoning emotionally complex and vested human being.
Teaching a child caring, responsibility, and compassion towards an animal is a nice opportunity to learn. Those same chances are afforded to parents over and over even without animals.
A human being is better suited in any circumstance you can place an animal.
@ Stephen - Your way of thinking on this matter seems so narrow it can almost be described as rediculous. I like you Stephen but come on... give me a break.
Pet ownership is not a human right. It should be a privilege and illegal without proper qualifications, just like all other privileges. The situation today is that we have left a number of sentient beings we can communicate with to a capitalist market.
There is a huge difference between pets and animals. Some animals we can communicate directly with and control, such as felines, canines, equines (and to a lesser extent bovines and goat-antelopes) because humans have lived symbiotic with these closely for thousands of years. We have domesticated them to lesser and larger degrees.
Feral animals instinctively run away (rats) or attack us (bears), a number attack us without will (jellyfish), and some ignores us until we provoke them sufficiently (spiders, bees). Feral animals are our natural enemies and can be killed on sight without remorse for self defense purposes only. If edible, we should consume them. Because this will imply taking out most of the predators in our immediate area, humans have to compensate for these and quell the flocks. If not, the population becomes unstably high which usually ends in devastation. This is why some Bambi's must die by human hand.
Those animals we choose to share a home with are the pets and these become part of the household. They are usually also taken out of the food system and buried when dead (a very important ritual to humans). Being a pet is slavery to humans and there are stringent requirements to becoming a worthy slave owner.
Hi Stephen. All I'm saying is, we need to stop domesticating and proliferating animals as pets. But if someone really wants a pet, at least go to the shelter and boycott animal factories.
After watching Food Inc. I realized how animals are tortured in factories. Makes me so sick yet I still eat meat, i cut out pork and beef, but I still eat chicken and fish. I want to become a vegan in the future because how can I justify eating animals that suffer so much?
The Vegetarian/Vegan group here on T/A has alot of great resources that will help you on your journey! And a great community that will answer any questions you might have!
I understand. I bought a little house on the river in France. I had my private fishing hole. But I didn't even like what I did to the worms.
@ Arcus - My dogs are never incarcerated. They have people with them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week except for the rare occasion where all the people in the house go out at the same time and the dogs can handle it, trust me.
They have a dog door and go outside to run around in the very large back yard with lots of trees and stuff any time they feel like it (except in the middle of the night because we have coyotes and the dogs sleep all night anyway).
They get walked every day by me. I agree that many people should not be owning pets if the pets are not treated well. That's why I never owned a dog before. I did not have a life style that could accommodate one appropriately. Instead, I did volunteer work at the county animal shelter and at a doggie day care center.
But now that I can accommodate dog ownership, I have dogs. Actually I have never technically owned a dog my whole life, and I am 50 now. The dogs I keep referring to as "my dogs" actually belong to my next-door neighbor but we have a mutual beneficial arrangement in terms of caring for the dogs and looking out for their welfare.
One can have healthy joyous activities without having a child too. So what is your point? I don't get you at all. One can have healthy joyous activities without a lot of things. One can have healthy joyous activities without their nagging mother-in-laws too. Again, what is your point?
In my opinioin, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a human owning a dog when the relationship is mutually gratifying. I have no idea how you come to a different conclustion. I'm not going to hold it against you because I have a couple friends that feel the same way you do. Though I do not understand where they get this attitude, they have good qualities that far outweight this negative quality, and I let it slide.
I make sure my dogs are happy and I know they are happy because they do the waggy tail thing all the time and make the happy doggy noise a lot, and are active and curious and I can look into their eyes and tell when they are happy or not (most of the time). Once, when one of my dogs became very ill, I could discern the sadness in his facial expression and eyes. When he got better, his happy face and eye expression returned.
I'm glad the president of the world is not you Arucs lol.
Then that is all well and fine - you know how to keep an animal. Unfortunately, I'm a generation after you, and most people in my generation keep them locked up and on tight leashes, and mostly buy them because that is their only true companion and defender or accessory. Most people of this generation don't have time for dogs, there's so much else going on. In addition, almost everyone I know live in an inner city apartment.
If you live a bit in the burbs and have the free time to properly train them it's fine. Locked in a bathroom 14-16 hours of day is not. That's what I am railing against and you must agree it's animal abuse of the worst kind.
I completely agree except for the part about keeping an animal locked in a bathroom for 16 hours a day is the worst kind of abuse. It is horrible and I would rather the animal be euthanized than to have to live like that. I have known people who did that kind of thing and I strongly disapproved.
But at least many of these cruely warded animals are given some love, once a day, when the owner comes home from work. Others are not, and some are even beaten and physically abused on top of being incarcerated. Some are not incarcerated in a nice place like a bathrom (relatively speaking). Some are.. oh my guh, I don' even want to go into the hundreds of ways of how horribly dogs are abused. I would rather dogs not exist then to ever have to see one suffer again. That, however, is not realistic thinking.
Arcus wrote: Then that is all well and fine - you know how to keep an animal. Unfortunately, I'm a generation after you, and most people in my generation keep them locked up and on tight leashes, and mostly buy them because that is their only true companion and defender or accessory. Most people of this generation don't have time for dogs, there's so much else going on. In addition, almost everyone I know live in an inner city apartment.


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