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INSIDER TIPS - HOW TO CREATE THE BEST LINKEDIN PROFILE
INTERVIEW WITH RICK PALAIA
Senior Enterprise Relationship Manager at Linkedin
Linkedin is quite intuitive and will take you through the basic steps you need to take to build your profile. However how do you make the most of your profile? How do you stand out from other profiles similar to yours? We interviewed Rick Palaia, Senior Enterprise Relationship Manager at Linkedin and got a few handy tips for you.
RUN A COUPLE OF QUICK TESTS
Once your profile is built, check it. Try to have an objective eye or ask a colleague / a friend to check it for you:
1/ The first digital impression:
What is the first impression you get when you land on your Linkedin profile. Is this picture the best reflection of who you are? Is your tag line punchy and informative enough?
Your tag line must show how you want to add value and to whom? 'Accountant seeking new opportunities' doesn't say much about you.
2/ Test to see how much people can get from your profile on a personal level:
Input some of your personality! This will be the difference you are going to make vs other profiles with similar experiences. This is too often neglected.
Include your interests and what gets you excited outside of work. Showing your personality helps you stand out when an employer judges the cultural fit of one profile vs another with the same set of skills.
To build the personal aspect of your profile, fill in the interest section but also be careful in the way you structure your profile, the style you use. You want to get across the way you are. You want to attract the right cultural fit.
Ask yourself this question 'Why me'. Outside of your skills, what makes you different from anyone else. You can ask a family member / a friend to help you. It should read quite obviously.
Don't use bullet points or use a resume style, this is not your resume! Make it a bit more conversational.
3/ Mobile test:
57% of the LinkedIn traffic comes from mobile. Go on the mobile version of your profile and in about 15 sec (average time spent on a page) challenge yourself to find as much info as you can. You can also ask a friend / colleague to do it for you and check if the info they gathered reflects you the right way. If not telling much, then your profile might not be optimal.
AVOID THESE COMMON MISTAKES:
1/ People with not enough information.
You need to explain what you've done.
2/ People with too much information.
THIS IS NOT YOUR RESUME, it complements a resume.
Tricky hey?! You need to find the right balance. Ask yourself these questions:
- What is my unique value prop? How can you help out someone else?
- What am I looking at when building my profile? What is my goal building this profile?
GO BEYOND YOUR PROFILE
Make sure you have fully completed your profile and go beyond.
You can add some attachments. It brings your profile to life. To tell more of a visual story you can add pictures, power point presentations...Let's be honest, just text isn't really exciting.
Use the tests to make sure you represent yourself the right way. Think about who your audience is, what are they looking for?
Today, your LinkedIn profile could get you the interview you want, resume's aren't what they used to be and if your LinkedIn profile is well-built some employers might by-pass the resume all together.
Remember humans recruit humans, you are more than a set of skills!
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What the brain of a guy who climbs massive cliffs without ropes can teach us about fear and why you need to know about 'Mental Rehearsal'
It's hard for most of us to process what Alex Honnold does.
A 30-year-old climber, Honnold is known as the master of a discipline known as free solo climbing, which involves scaling vertical walls without the help of ropes, harnesses, or anything that might break a fall.
The penalty for failure on those climbs is death.
Most of us would be overcome by fear long before we hauled ourselves ropeless up the first 100 feet of the 2,500 foot El Sendero Luminoso limestone cliff in Mexico, which Honnold scaled in 2014. Yet somehow he remains calm, no matter what — to the point that he's known as Alex "No Big Deal" Honnold.
People always him if he's fearless, to the point that he's said he gets tired of answering the same questions. But it's a fair question — is there something different about Honnold's brain? Is he truly fearless?
The climber has always insisted that HE DOES FEEL FEAR, HE JUST PREPARES TO THE POINT THAT HE KNOWS HE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HIS GOAL BY MENTALLY REHEARSING EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN. Yet some of his climbs, including at least one recent one up a route he'd never ascended before, make you wonder if he really understands what it's like to be afraid.
To get to the bottom of that, journalist J.B. MacKinnon, writing for Nautilus, asked Honnold if he'd be willing to get a brain scan with an MRI.
Honnold said yes.
The brain scan
Cognitive neuroscientist Jane Joseph of the Medical University of South Carolina agreed to do the scan. Mainly, she was looking to answer two questions: First, if he had a healthy amygdala — the part of the brain that responds to threatening or scary stimuli (and controls many of our reactions to other phenomena) — what was happening there? And second, what drives him to do this? Is it a pursuit of some rewarding feeling, some hit of dopamine?
The full Nautilus story is worth a read, but basically, Joseph and others who reviewed the MRI found nothing wrong with Honnold's brain. His amygdala was there and didn't seem damaged. However, there was no activity there even when the research team showed him a series of images designed to get that region firing — disturbing and shocking things. Another climber whose brain was used a control lit up just as expected, but Honnold's remained silent.
It seems that despite the normal physiology, there was nothing that looked like a normal fear response.
The reward response showed interesting results as well. Things that would normally trigger a surge just didn't. Basically, Honnold was an extremely high sensation seeker, according to Joseph. Basic "reward tasks" weren't interesting enough. He sought out what most people consider insanely thrilling or dangerous sensations in order to feel satisfied, and for him (perhaps especially due to his fear response), that meant free solo climbing.
Unlearning fear
But that still leaves the question of why Honnold's brain works the way it does when confronted with frightening stimuli. To understand that, we have to go back to the explanations Honnold has always given — he understands that some moments are scary, but is able to mentally work past them.
On a recent episode of The Tim Ferris Show podcast, Ferris asked Honnold how he handles the mental preparation for a climb that he knows will be particularly challenging.
"When I'm planning on doing something challenging, I spend the time sort of visualising what the experience will feel like and what the individual sections of it will [feel like]," said Honnold.
"Particularly if it's a free solo, I'm climbing ropeless, then I'll think through what it will feel like to be in certain positions, because some kinds of movements are insecure and so they're kind of scarier than other types of moves, and so it's important to me think through how that will feel when I'm up there, so that when I'm doing it I don't suddenly be like 'Oh my God, this is really scary!' I know that it's supposed to be scary, I know that's going to be the move, I know what it will feel like, and I just do it."
Honnold's mental prep sounds like a psychological technique known as "mental rehearsal," which is used to get ready for anything difficult. Research has shown it can help doctors perform better. Astronauts like Chris Hadfield say it's an essential part of their preparation for spaceflight.
If you've already thought through how everything could feel, even when it goes wrong, you're prepared if things actually do go south.
MENTAL REHEARSAL IS THE KEY
Rehearsing the way that certain scary moments will feel means that those moments feel "right" when they happen, instead of feeling surprising. In Honnold's case, we can't know exactly why his brain didn't perceive the stimuli as worthy of amygdala activation. Perhaps his probably already naturally hard-to-trigger fear response has been essentially trained out of him through his own mental exercises. Joseph thinks you could probably still trigger it, it would just take something a whole lot more intense.
And while mental rehearsal (along with climbing ability, strength, and what sounds like a natural way to approach climbing without fear) helps Honnold perform at his best, it's a technique that can be incorporated into anyone's day-to-day life.
CHECK HOW TO INCLUDE MENTAL REHEARSAL IN YOUR LIFE HERE.
Whilst you might not be climbing a mountain without a rope anytime soon this can help you prepare for a job interview, a difficult conversation, or a marathon. In Honnold's case, it's enough to get him ready to dangle thousands of feet above the rocky ground.
Source: Business Insider Australia
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Paul Burgess has worked with Sex Pistols on a number of occasions as a photographer and designer. He is also co-author of the book Satellite: Sex Pistols published by Abstract Sounds in 1999. In 2000 he designed the film poster and promotional material for the film The Filth and the Fury directed by Julien Temple.
In 2002 he provided archive material and Art Direction for the Virgin Sex Pistols Box Set. Burgess also photographed the band on the British tour in 1996, the American tour in 2003 and the 2007 gigs at Brixton Academy.

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Jeffrey Silverman
Jeffrey Silverman is a composer and music producer. As a composer, he has dozens of films and television projects to his credit. His music can be heard on virtually every cable and network channel including FOX, BRAVO, A&E, MTV, THE HISTORY CHANNEL, BIOGRAPHY, and TLC. His latest symphonic film score for TURNER ENTERTAINMENT airs in late 2007.
His talents as a record producer and orchestrator have garnered him three platinum records. Jeffrey has multiple recording projects to his credit.
As a theatre composer, Jeffrey has had four musicals presented on the New York stage. Earlier in his career, Jeffrey conducted Broadway shows including Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance starring Bernadette Peters and the original Broadway production of Les Miserables.
Jeffrey divides his time between Los Angeles and New York.
Client lists are available upon request.
Contact: 818.802.7253 or sparrows18 [at] gmail [.] com
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Patrick Kaleta was taken to the hospital on a stretcher last week. ©2013, Dan Hickling, Olean Times Herald
Sabres' Kaleta nearing return following scary neck injury
BUFFALO – If Sabres agitator Patrick Kaleta has his way, he'll return to the lineup tonight against the Montreal Canadiens
Forget that the winger left the First Niagara Center on a stretcher last Tuesday after injuring his neck and spent the night in the hospital. Forget that he's only been through one non-contact practice. Forget that coach Lindy Ruff wasn't sure if the 26-year-old has even been cleared to play yet.
"I'm available whenever the coaches may need me, no matter what the case may be," a smiling Kaleta said Wednesday. "I have a high pain tolerance. I can battle through whatever."
Ruff said that's Kaleta's "enthusiasm pushing through."
"I think in all fairness that'll be a coach's decision and I'll make a wise one on that," Ruff said about Kaleta returning so soon.
Read: Kaleta will likely miss his fifth straight game tonight.
Kaleta, who has a long history of neck injuries, feared for the worst after Toronto's Mike Brown hit him into the boards as he turned early in a 4-3 overtime loss.
"You realize why you play the game when you have to get taken to the hospital on a stretcher," Kaleta said. "You think about certain things (like), 'Hopefully, everything's OK, or, 'Is this going to be the last time I'm ever going to suit up?'"
Ruff wants the ultra-aggressive Kaleta to calm down a bit on the ice to preserve his career.
"I think there's an obligation that Patty has to be … a little bit more careful in some situations (like) …. not getting his back turned at all costs, trying to protect the puck and take a blow that maybe he doesn't have to take," Ruff said. "He's going to have to be better at (it). That's just for his own well-being and his career. That's a fragile area."
In other injury news, defensemen Christian Ehrhoff (muscle strain), Robyn Regehr (lower body) Andrej Sekera (bruised foot) and Mike Weber (maintenance) all missed practice Wednesday. Regehr, who's on injured reserve, skated alone before his teammates.
Ehrhoff will likely miss his second game tonight.
Sekera, Ruff said, is progressing and can exercise off the ice.
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Best For Film Presents 2 – the aftermath
Posted by John Underwood On August 19, 2013 0 Comment
Well, looks like we did it again. Last week saw the second incarnation of Best For Film Presents…, our immediately legendary film club, and Twitter has been alive ever since with joyful testimonials, chucklesome anecdotes and lighthearted threats of bloody recrimination. Our theme this month was shorts, and we were thrilled to be able to offer three films made by various members of the Best For Film writing team. (If you just shivered with longing at the words 'Best For Film writing team', why not join us?) So, here's what you missed.
The evening got off to a cracking start thanks to the tireless efforts of the Genesis Cinema gang, particularly manager Ally and head barman Ali (you get used to it). On our special cocktail list for the evening were an outrageously cheap caipirinha, the short and sexy Brazilian cocktail, and a tall, fruity DVB, invented specially for the occasion. Why 'DVB'? You'll find out later. We kicked off the programme of events with Mike, an ultrashort film directed by veteran BFFer Cal King and starring our very own Duncan Vicat-Brown and Florence Vincent. It's based on the premise that maybe zombies spend so much time chasing people because they really want a hug, which is clearly the best idea ever. Wishing you'd seen it now? Consider yourself catered for:
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Isn't that wonderful? We followed up this screening and each of the others with an interview, videos of which will be available onsite very soon. More importantly, however, Mike was followed by an acoustic set from the legendary Felix Hagan, time-travelling troubadour and purveyor of peerlessly passionate songs. We can't really capture the sheer grandeur of having him perform a ten minute beat saga about the First World War on what is, alas, only a website, so here's the video for his latest song with his group The Family. See if you can spot another BFF stalwart among the disciples!
Maybe if Jesus had lightened up a bit and tossed a few doughnuts around he wouldn't have ended up nailed to that tree, eh? There's a message there, kids! And vicars. Anyway, on to our second film of the evening. You're probably familiar with the work of Bustabowl Productions through their superb debut feature The Better Man, which premiered at the Genesis just a few months back. We were honoured to be instrumental in the completion of Cooks, a film shot three years ago but only completed in the last fortnight after we expressed an interest in screening it. Directed by Matt Tindall and Josh Bennett and written by Tom McInnes and Richard Wallace (we think that's right), the story of TV chefs Adrian and Andy (David Sykes and McInnes) and their spectacular fall from grace is creatively obscene and endlessly watchable. We can't show you the whole film, but here's the opening scene – you miss out by seconds on Duncan Vicat-Brown's inspired supporting role. Yes, him again.
Once the audience had spent twenty minutes asking the Bustabowl boys incoherent questions ("What happened to the gypsy?"), we led our troupe of dancing rats into the netherlands of the Best For Film Quiz. Last month's quiz was largely predicated on everyone else emulating the Best For Film team's habit of memorising Nicolas Cage trivia, but for the August contest we made things more interesting by splitting the focus – as well as our time-honoured 'guess the film from its stupid foreign title' round, we offered a round devoted to Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and a gruesome catalogue of death scenes curated by our resident horror columnist Duncan Vicat-Brown (look out for the next instalment of Abattoir Blues later this week, gore fans!). In fact, given that he'd managed to appear in all three of the films on offer, we went the whole hog and threw in a round about Duncan as well. AND we made him a drink (see above). We didn't have time to show this mildly homophobic techno remix of his main scene in Cooks, but we do now so that's alright.
Once the spot prize cakes had been distributed and the Quiz-Winning Dicks had claimed their prize as two-time quiz champions, it was time for the final film of the evening. Directed and written by Jamie Drew with appearances from our very own Janina Matthewson and (obviously) Duncan Vicat-Brown, haunting/housing department crossover flick Anna vs. the Dead took us two days to get working – and even then it was a bit out of sync. Since it's a truly cracking film and you won't have got the full effect even if you did come along, we're pleased to present the entire short below. Fun fact: the noise at the beginning is a massively slowed-down female orgasm!
And that, as the impressively waterproof John said in A.A. Milne's 'Happiness', is that. We have yet to announce the theme for Best For Film Presents 3, although we can tell you this: it'll be on September 10th, and there's a strong chance that you'll be acacited about the film we'll be showing. Acascuse me? Yes, we did say acacited…
Huge thanks as always to the Genesis, who have basically recreated Eden by putting a cinema, a cocktail bar and a pie shop in the same building. We're also very grateful to our directors Jamie, Cal, Matt and Josh, our interviewees Cal, Florence, Duncan, Matt, Tom, Richard, Duncan, Jamie, Janina, Adam and Duncan, the incomparably organised Ella Risbridger and the sickeningly talented Felix Hagan. See you all next time!
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Vulture View, my long-awaited book with Steve Jenkins, has just been released by Holt. Yippee! Look for a review of it in the October 15th issue of Booklist.
For those of you that want to learn more about vultures, here are some good links.
I have had plenty of interactions with turkey vultures. When I was in high school I worked at Pete Conroy's raptor rehabilitation center at Furman University in Greenville, SC. We took care of a young, rather clueless turkey vulture. I learned then just how shy and retiring these birds are in comparison with hawks and owls. I also learned how to gather roadkill. Yes, whenever I saw a dead opossum, I would pull my little blue King Cab to the side of the road and go pick up the carcass. This involved grabbing its long pinkish tail and swinging the thing into the back of the cab. This was dinner for the turkey vulture. When you are taking care of animals, you do whatever is necessary. Actually, it's not a messy job, at all, thanks to that sturdy opossum tail.
Jeff and I have also seen turkey vultures migrating through Panama. I will try to post some photos of those turkey vulture kettles another day. We saw them swirling by the hundreds and thousands.
Now when I see turkey vultures I think of the words of the book. I think of the lovely illustrations by Steve Jenkins. Wait until you see the vulture faces! Why, they are positively attractive! It is amazing what art and some cut paper can do.


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Freshmen biology majors Tabitha Meythaler and Rodrigo Ramírez and junior marketing/advertising student Rafael Zarifa (from left) look at some of the musical instruments created for their SCI-150 class. The redesigned course emphasized a music theme to teach students science concepts. (Photo by Elizabeth Tinajero)
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Kaylah Adams (right) performs on her church bell xylophone wind chime along with a team of fellow students in Dr. Randy Boyles' SCI-150 section. It is made out of various tools. (Photo by Lana Sweeten-Shults)
Kaylah Adams took her place behind her church bell xylophone wind chime. She glanced to her bandmates, nodded and then …
ClaaAAANK!!
Goonggg!!!
The chime spat out a reverberating sound capable of startling living creatures – and did — when Adams tested the homemade instrument she fashioned out of the "loudest tools that my grandpa had" (mostly wrenches) in preparation for her Science 150 class at Grand Canyon University.
The chatter before her 20-second-long performance, accompanied by fellow GCU science students playing a pan flute made of straws and a thumb piano created out of rake tines, had nothing to do with songs that have a good beat and are easy to dance to.
Andrea Strock wrote the bulk of the course material for SCI-150, a science course with a music theme overhauled by about a dozen CSET professors across disciplines. (Photo by Elizabeth Tinajero)
Instead, she and her bandmates – actually, her classmates in Dr. Randy Boyles' class – displayed data charts that noted the frequencies and wavelengths produced by the instruments they engineered. They gabbed about nodes, antinodes and harmonics.
The musical instrument assignment was just one of the projects students tackled in SCI-150 Critical Analyses in Science, an innovative critical thinking class, not for music majors, but for the College of Science, Engineering and Technology's prehealth and forensic science students.
About 1,000 students in 13 sections hone their critical thinking skills in the introductory-level course — a science-focused, critical-thinking-and-analysis boot camp, if you will.
A dozen CSET professors across disciplines in think-tank sessions collaborated to overhaul the course before the fall semester and meet weekly to refine the material under the lead of physics instructor Andrea Strock, who wrote the bulk of the course material, and Dr. Brian Sillanpaa, Assistant Professor of Pathophysiology.
Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa's landmark book, "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses," rocked the academic world when it was released in 2011. The authors studied more than 2,300 undergraduates at colleges and universities across the country and found that they improved very little, if at all, when it came to critical thinking.
Michelle Nguyen made a percussion instrument out of Snapple bottles. The sound comes from the water and the glass vibrating. (Photo by Lana Sweeten-Shults)
"As recently as May of 2016, professional services firms PayScale and Future Workplace reported that 60% of employers believe new college graduates lack critical thinking skills, based on their survey of over 76,000 managers and executives.
"Clearly, colleges and universities across the country aren't adequately teaching thinking skills, despite loudly insisting, to anyone who will listen, that they are," writes Rob Jenkins in the article "Why College Graduates Still Can't Think," published by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.
Rafael Zarifa displays this sunflower guitar created by Madison Oliva for the SCI-150 musical instrument project. (Photo by Elizabeth Tinajero)
Said Sillanpaa, "I think Dr. Jon Valla (CSET Assistant Dean) and Dr. Bina Vanmali (Sciences Program Director) realized a few years ago that we really needed a critical-thinking course freshman year so we could teach students how to critically think, scientifically reason and analyze, because we want to give them the best opportunity later in their classes. The further they go along in their STEM careers and their classes, the more critical thinking we're requiring."
By the time students reach more advanced 300- and 400-level courses, it's almost 100% case studies, meaning "they have to know how to critically think, first and foremost, among all of their other skills," Sillanpaa added.
Once students are practicing health professionals in a hospital, for example. Sillanpaa said they have to discern if what a patient is telling them is important or merely an interesting side note. Those critical thinking skills are "not going to be natural to them, and they're going to struggle."
This Rube Goldberg machine touted a breakfast theme. A swinging banana started a domino effect that ended with the machine making a sound. (Photo by Lana Sweeten-Shults)
"You see that (struggle) anytime that they have to do anything that involves multiple-step problem-solving later on in their college career," Strock said. "So we're trying to help them with that hurdle early."
Boyles, who teaches biology, genetics, microbiology and exercise science, said the course previously moved in a more traditional fashion through two weeks of biology, two weeks of chemistry and two weeks of physics concepts.
Now faculty members are incorporating concepts from all three of those disciplines concurrently under one theme.
"Bina tasked us with an interesting twist to the class," Strock said. "She wants it to have a music theme, so we're running with that. We're trying to integrate not only biology, chemistry and physics but also music into the curriculum."
Since SCI-150 casts such a wide net, with students in a variety of majors at various academic levels taking the course (and with varied faculty, too), the theme needed to be something universally relatable.
Tabitha Meythaler is shown with a keyboard-type instrument that includes colorful test tubes. (Photo by Elizabeth Tinajero)
Using music as a science backdrop seemed perfect.
It is through science, after all, that we know sound is created by vibration and that the frequency of vibration is what makes different sounds.
"Everyone can relate to music," Vanmali said.
"We have chemists, we have physicists, we have biologists, we have forensic scientists. … I think this is very unique in that there are so many backgrounds even though they're all STEM," Sillanpaa said. Those varied backgrounds "give so many great, unique perspectives" to add to the SCI-150 conversation.
Students in the redesigned course delve into more collaborative, hands-on, group-based projects, such as the musical instrument project.
"When I'm teaching, I can honestly say that I don't go more than 10 minutes at a time of lecturing before it's, 'OK, you guys talk about this with each other, come up with some good answers, and then we'll discuss it as a class,'" Sillanpaa said. "We're doing a lot of that really research-based pedagogy that you would see in the best K-12 schools."
Esme Vigil presented her team's Rube Goldberg machine, which made a sound after a knocked-down detergent bottle hit a Snuggle box, which sent an egg-shaped lip balm down a ramp and into a bowl. (Photo by Lana Sweeten-Shults)
In the musical instrument project, students' instruments, which they made out of anything they wanted (Strock said they even could go to the Lopes Lab to engineer something), had to produce at least three notes. Not only did students play their instruments but, in their presentations, they spoke about science concepts related to sound, from harmonics to how pitch is related to frequency.
Students even studied the inner, outer and middle ear in lessons leading up to the presentations.
Sillanpaa emphasized that this isn't the typical middle school project of making a musical instrument for the sake of making a sound.
"It's much more than that. We want to incorporate the science we've been teaching the entire semester," he said.
Besides musical instruments, students also made their own Rube Goldberg machines. The machines, named after cartoonist Rube Goldberg, perform a simple task but accomplish that task in an indirect, and usually unnecessarily complicated, way.
Freshman biology major Lianna Landeros displays this instrument created for the University's SCI-150 class. (Photo by Elizabeth Tinajero)
Students were charged with making their machines out of common household objects. The goal: for the machine to produce a sound.
But the bigger picture, said Strock, is this: "It's not really about building the Rube Goldberg machine as much as it's about them thinking through the process of things going wrong – about how they can fix things."
It was what she emphasized to students in one of her SCI-150 classes: "You guys are going to give us a little intro, tell us about your machine and, probably the biggest thing is, tell us about your process."
That's where the critical thinking comes in.
On presentation day, students rotated from project to project, listening to their fellow classmates' presentations and then evaluating the machines.
Mark De La Fuente presented his team's "Ding! Gumball" creation – a gumball machine that requires the user to pull a lever that releases a barrier. The gumballs roll past the barrier down a half-tube ramp into a metal bowl to produce the required sound.
One problem the team encountered was that the gumballs flew out of the bowl. The team's answer: build a backboard onto the bowl.
"An object stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force, right? Just like in basketball, you put up a backboard," so the bowl needed its own backboard, De La Fuente explained.
Prehealth and forensic science students required to take SCI 150 said having to make Rube Goldberg machines and musical instruments forced them to be creative. (Photo by Lana Sweeten-Shults)
Another complication: making sure the angle of descent wasn't such that it would lead to a higher probability of the gumballs shooting out of the bowl, De La Fuente said, followed by more physics talk about acceleration and the angle theta.
Teammate Viviana Quiroz, a freshman biology major with an emphasis in prephysician assistant, said the fun of the class is that it's so hands-on.
"It's a lot of critical thinking," added teammate Emma Smith, a freshman forensic science major.
Junior physician assistant major Ryann Agnew said the project required her to think outside the box when creating her team's marble machine, dubbed The Tear Inducer.
Rodrigo Ramirez is pictured with this instrument created by Elijah Smith. (Photo by Elizabeth Tinajero)
"It made us have to be really creative in ways we're not used to," she said. "This is kind of like engineering, having to factor in all the different variables."
Sillanpaa said students have told him that even though the course is rigorous, SCI-150 has been their favorite course so far at GCU.
Strock reasoned, "I think they like that they get to be part of this scientific community that's discussing ideas and relevant research. They feel like their voices are heard, even as first-year GCU students."
"I think it's because they are actually seeing this is not just information but information we get to talk about. We get to analyze it, we get to apply it," Sillanpaa said. "It seems to be speaking to them; it seems to be resonating."
You can reach GCU senior writer Lana Sweeten-Shults at [email protected] or at 602-623-7901.
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Q: In org-mode, how to automatically turn of a certain minor mode for a particular file I am writing a table in org-mode that is broader than the screen. Visual-line minor mode is enabled per default, which is useful in most situations. However, visual-line mode wraps my broad table at the edge of the screen, which makes it unreadable. Therefore I would like to turn off visual line mode for this particular file.
The way I would preferably like to implement this is via a file header. Is this possible?

A: I don't think setting the file-local visual-line-mode variable will work. Typically (these days, at any rate) you need to use the eval pseudo-variable to enable or disable minor modes that way.
You can do this in the header:
# -*- eval: (visual-line-mode 0); -*-

or in a comment block at (generally) the end of the file:
# Local Variables:
# eval: (visual-line-mode 0)
# End:

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Q: Override the filter from plugin in child theme I have a filter below from plugin file:
$review_num_fetch = apply_filters('tourmaster_review_num_fetch', 5);

I want change the number from 5 to 3, I've tried change it like below:
// reviews number
function tourmaster_review_num_fetch_custom () {
    $review_num_fetch = apply_filters('tourmaster_review_num_fetch_custom', 3);
}

remove_filter('tourmaster_review_num_fetch', 10);
add_filter('tourmaster_review_num_fetch', 'tourmaster_review_num_fetch_custom', 10);

But it's wrong. I'm not sure why, I hope get some explain about it, TIA!

A: That's not how filters work. Much like a filter in real life, something goes in, it gets changed, and the result goes out. Filters always take in a parameter and return something. They're an opportunity to change something
So if we take this:
$review_num_fetch = apply_filters('tourmaster_review_num_fetch', 5);

This means the plugin uses 5, but it has given other code an opportunity to change this to another value. It does this by passing it to the tourmaster_review_num_fetch filter then using the result. So hook into that filter and return a different value to change it.
When that line runs, WP looks at all the filters registered, passes the value, and then replaces it with what the filter returned.
This is what a filter that adds 1 to the value looks like:
function addone( $in ) {
    $out = $in + 1;
    return $out;
}

And this is how you would add it:
add_filter( 'tourmaster_review_num_fetch', 'addone' );

With that you should have all the knowledge needed for implementing your solution


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The original Star Trek ran on television from 1966-1969. The sets were ridiculous, the acting wooden (except for Leonard Nimoy--he was always good), and the plots were usually ham-fisted. But there was a charm in those original 79 episodes* that inspired a worldwide fandom, five television spinoffs (with more on the way), and 13 movies (with more on the way).
The recent movies have gone a long way towards making Star Trek more universal in its appeal (it also doesn't hurt that with the explosion of Super Hero movies nearly everyone is self-identifying as a geek), but for most of its existence, Star Trek was reserved for a specific subculture of fandom. One that I'm proud to say I belong to!
*Except for "Spock's Brain"--that one was just stupid.
Posted by Arie Van De Graaff at 7:25 AM
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I happen to be the one person on Earth who still loves "Spock's Brain." Well, maybe Sheldon Cooper as well.
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The Periyar Tiger Reserve is one of the most famous Tiger Reserves of India. The Reserve has an area of 77,700 ha, including Periyar Lake, (area 2600 ha). The boundaries are Madurai and Ramanadhapuram districts in the east, Kottayam district in the west and Pathanamthitta district in the south. It was one of the first Project Tiger areas of the country. This IBA lies among rolling hills and forested valleys that stretch across a section of the Western Ghats. It falls more or less steeply to populated lowlands on all sides, except along the northwest boundary flanking the more cultivated parts of the Cardamom Hills, and in the northeast and southeast corners where narrow corridors link with outlying hill areas, the High Wavy and Panthalam ranges, respectively. The northern and eastern boundary of the Park follows the Kerala/Tamil Nadu border along the crest line for about 90 km. The lowest elevation is 150 m along the Pambiyar river in the Kerala foothills, but this is not typical as most of the Reserve lie between 750 to 1,500 m. The Periyar lake sprawls through the uneven terrain with many bays, islands and long creeks winding up side valleys. Most of the land was not cleared before being flooded, and the bare, gaunt skeletons of long-dead forest hardwood still litter the water. The maximum depth is 42 m and the shoreline is generally steep. The vegetation of the Sanctuary is mainly composed of Tropical Evergreen Forest and Semi-evergreen Forest. In the central part of the Sanctuary, Moist Deciduous Forest and grasslands predominate. Reed brakes are primarily located in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests (Chandrasekhran 1973). There is Eucalyptus plantation in the buffer zone in the west. Among the 1,272 plant species that are considered endemic to the southern Western Ghats, 515 species were collected from Periyar (Sasidharan 1998). A new species of orchid, Habenaria periyarensis has been described from here. This shows the importance of Periyar Tiger Reserve as a biodiversity hotspot.
AVIFAUNA: This IBA is one of the most visited places in south India. Birdwatchers come to see the Western Ghats endemics and forest birds. Despite the presence of a large artificial lake, aquatic bird life is rather poor overall, apparently due to the deep waters of the lake. So far, 315 species of birds have been identified (Robertson and Jackson 1992). Sixteen species of birds are considered as endemic in the Western Ghats. BirdLife International (undated) calls them restricted range species, i.e. they have distributional range less than 50,000 sq. km. According to Stattersfield et al. (1998), this area lies in the Western Ghats Endemic Bird Area (EBA). Fourteen out of 16 restricted range species are noted from this site. This is not only because a large number of birdwatchers visit this are but mostly due to the good natural habitat. BirdLife International (undated) has classified species based on biome assemblages. This site lies in Biome-10 (Indian Peninsula Tropical Moist Forest) where 15 species have been found that represent this biome. Eleven of the 15 Biome-10 species are noted from this site, which is also a sort of record. In very few sites, we were able to record so many species. Periyar is also an important wintering site for many long distance migrants such as Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis, Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris, Largecrowned Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis, Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda, Pied Thrush Zoothera wardii and others. Periyar is one of the few sites where the occurrence of the Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola has been confirmed. In India, the Wood Snipe breeds in the Himalaya and winters in southern India. Its population has drastically declined, apparently due to habitat loss in the breeding areas, and hunting in wintering areas (BirdLife International 2001).
OTHER KEY FAUNA: Periyar is renowned for its herds of wild Asian Elephant Elephas maximus, seen on the edge of Periyar Lake. Tiger Panthera tigris is also not uncommon. Periyar has perhaps the best representative forests where most of the southern Western Ghats endemic and rare mammal species are found, such as the Lion-tailed Macaque Macaca silenus, the Nilgiri Langur Trachypithecus johni and the Travancore Flying Squirrel Petinomys fuscocapillus (Ramachandran et al. 1986). Wild Dogs Cuon alpinus, uncommon in other forests, are regularly seen in Periyar, chiefly around the lake where their main prey such as Sambar Cervus unicolor, Barking Deer Muntiacus muntjak, Mouse Deer Moschiola meminna and Wild Boar Sus scrofa concentrate. Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica and Gaur Bos gaurus are very common in this Sanctuary.
Zacharias et al. (1996) noted 35 species of fish, including 13 endemic to the southern Western Ghats. Two new species, namely Lepidopygopsis typhus (Schizothoracinae) and Crossocheilus periyarensis (Cypriniidae) were recorded from Periyar Lake, while Echathalakanda (Barbus) ophiocephalus (Cypriniidae) was rediscovered from Periyar river. This was believed to be extinct.
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HATHAWAY WINS AGAIN AT JUKASA AND TAKES HOME CHAMPIONSHIP
HAGERSVILLE, ON - SEPTEMBER 12: The NASCAR PintyÕs series at Jukasa Motor Speedway in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada on Saturday, September 12, 2020. (Photo by Matthew Manor/NASCAR)
Hagersville, Ontario- September 12, 2020- With 2 wins under his belt in the 2020 NASCAR Pinty's Series FanCave Challenge, Hathaway and his #3 Kubota Chevrolet team lead the Championship points standings going into the season finale at Jukasa MotorSpeedway on Saturday.
Practice before the 2-race event was a quick 30 minutes. The Team's efforts in the shop prepping the car meant only minor tweaks on their race set up trackside. Hathaway drew the fifth place starting spot for the Motomaster 125.
Hathaway, with a pristine handling race car, worked his way up through the running order to take the lead on lap 47 of the race. He set a quick pace and stayed in the top 3 until taking the lead for the final time in the race on lap 79. He broke away from the rest of the pack with a full straightaway, 6-second lead, bringing home his 3rd victory of the 6-race series.
Hathaway started 3rd in the 2nd race of the day and once again played it smart, patiently working his way to the lead on lap 25 and comfortably kept his #3 Kubota Chevrolet in the top 3 for the rest of the race, finishing 3rd.
After a very successful season with 3 wins in 6 races, posting 5 top 5 finishes, 6 top 10 finishes and 393 laps lead, Hathaway dominated the 2020 season on track and was crowned the 2020 NASCAR Pinty's Series FanCave Challenge Champion.
Hathaway was full of pride and emotion during the Championship ceremonies. "I can't say enough about how proud I am of this Team and what we have accomplished this season. The shop prep was awesome, with countless hours put in by the guys during the week and on weekends, making my job easier to go out and win races. Our EHR group is so dedicated and loyal. Thanks to Kubota for their unwavering support during these unprecedented times as well as Total Lubricants Canada and Kugel Bearing."
Team principal Ed Hakonson was also on hand for the Championship ceremonies at Jukasa. "Jay and the boys did a great job this season. The crew in the shop not only prepared Jay's car but also helped to field 3 other teams. I think that really demonstrates their commitment to this team and to the sport during these trying times we are all facing. Congratulations to NASCAR on a successful 2020 season."
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Behind the success of VTubing with Leaflit Mitsuha
Chris Penwell
The popular virtual streamer explains the appeal of VTubing, and why it continues to grow in popularity.
Murmurs of excitement fill the air as a new day begins in the Free Trade City of Mothergreen. Business is booming in the buzzing town as merchants open up shop. Working as a guild receptionist for adventurers, a half-slime/half-faerie named Leaflit Mitsuha greets her clients with a beaming smile as she offers up contracts. When she gets home, she carries that same energy almost every weeknight for humans in our world and non-humans alike as she streams her favorite games.
Leaflit is a VTuber, a character from a relatively new phenomenon for streaming on Twitch and YouTube. With anime-like 3D models and personalities, these virtual idols deliver a blissful carefree stream to their audience. And they're popular. On YouTube, eight of the 10 most superchatted channels are for these virtual streamers, who bring about a positive burst of energy for those struggling during the COVID pandemic.
When asked why VTubing's become so popular, Leaflit explained it "has taken off because it removes all of the barriers that there are for streaming." She said that "it allows you to kind of be more yourself." Leaflit admitted she is quite introverted in real life, but as she streams, she brings out a bright, spirited, and bubbly personality on screen.
As a female streamer, she said that it's a way to avoid possible unfair backlash for her gender.
"It's comfortable to have the wall of a monitor in front of you; it kind of removes, I guess, a lot of risk," Leaflit said. "Then, VTubing is like a second wall in a way, right where you can kind of be more comfortable."
Another reason VTubing has become more popular is the current rise in anime and interest in Japanese culture within Western territories. Last year, the My Hero Academia super hero manga series sold better than the likes of Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman, as the Japanese medium dominated the top 10 best sellers list according to GamesRadar and the NPD Group.
Leaflit's VTubing avatar
"I've always had the situation where I'd watch an anime, I'd feel really invested in the character, and then it just ends," said Leaflit. However, with VTubing, she said that the story doesn't have to end, and the audience can stay connected to their beloved character over a longer period of time. "So you can actually interact with the anime, you can actually keep watching it; you'll feel like your investment kind of ends when it ends," Leaflit explained.
Furthermore, interest in VTubing skyrocketed last year as Gawr Gura was the first to break one million subscribers for Hololive, a Japanese talent agency specializing in Vtubers, according to Polygon. The shark-themed VTuber now has over 2.4 million subscribers at the time of writing.
Despite this rush of interest, Leaflit feels like possible sponsors aren't utilizing the industry enough. "There's definitely a lot more interest in [VTubing], than there [is] support as far as advertisers and such." She has been successful in getting deals like showcasing the mobile game Star Trek: Fleet Command.
"People tend to, like, kind of feel they trust what [VTubers] say more as long as you really, really like the product, and I feel like a lot of companies are really not capitalizing on that," Leaflit explained. She argued that "there's a lot of products that could be used by people within the target audience, for VTubers or streamers in general"
"There's a lot of streamers that all you would really need to do is get in contact and like, provide some kind of value to them, right?" Leaflit said. If the product is something she believes in, she said she would "more likely" work on a sponsorship for less money because it's easier to convey the message to her audience. It would however depend on how intrusive the sponsorship would be.
Streaming is a very personal business as the content creator has a close interaction with the fans, and the reason why VTubing works so well is that the personalities can really shine.
Let's be honest. Anime fans would love to talk to their favorite characters live, and Leaflit, alongside many other VTubers, provide that. It's surprising that production studios in Japan haven't jumped on the trend. Who wouldn't want to talk to All Might, Goku, or Luffy? However, it can be tricky as the chat keeps rolling through, and there's an element of multitasking between interacting with the viewers and playing the game.
"Well, the important thing is to try to make sure that everyone feels valued, and it's really difficult," Leaflit said.
She explained that if she sees someone new in the chat, she'd try to recognize what they're saying. However, she tries her best with everyone to acknowledge as many people as she can. To help with this, Leaflit makes a habit of saying hello and goodbye to those who watch the beginning and ending of the streams. "Even if that's a small interaction, it's something that kind of makes people feel like, 'Oh, wow, you actually read my message.'" She thinks it's a very important element of being a streamer. She's been so good at this that she's had fans propose to her character, asking if she'd be their waifu; however, she takes this with funny tongue-in-cheek replies
Another important element of streaming is engagement and interaction. Channel points are a relatively new system on Twitch that lets viewers gather points by interacting on the stream, subscribing, following, or simply watching the stream. Streamers implement rewards from these channel points to encourage longer viewing. Leaflit's viewers can choose to remove or put back on her adorable hat by voting with their channel points. In addition, they can have her rate their husbandos and waifus for 1,500 points.
Building a community on platforms like Discord is also vital to the lifeblood of your channel, according to Leaflit.
"There's a lot of VTubers, so if you don't build a community, it doesn't really create a situation where people feel invested in like your stream personally, right?" she said. "You want to create a situation where people feel like they belong somewhere, I think." Avoiding politics has also helped her community feel welcoming. "It's kind of nice to just have a place where you don't have to deal with it."
During the age of COVID, people around the world have felt exceptionally lonely in isolation. StreamElements reported that Twitch saw a significant jump in viewership with a growth of 83% year over year. There is more interest growing on the platform, and that is trickling down to VTubers as well. "There definitely was like a huge spike in viewers during COVID," said Leaflit. She explained that there are fewer entertainment options, and that people look for some sort of community to be a part of in this isolated world.
With so much competition, however, it can be tough to stand out. Leaflit's advice to newcomers interested in VTubing is to research and understand who your target audience is. "You need to sit down [and] think to yourself what kind of streamer are you, what kind of skills do you have, and how can you target that in a way that's not oversaturated," she said.
She calls herself a strategic person but at the same time, she knows that she can't play a game that she hates, even if it's popular. "You still have to kind of be yourself," she explained, "If you don't like a game, people will notice it; if you're having a hard time, people will notice it." You also have to adapt and pick games that you like and are popular in the moment rather than sticking to one particular title."You have to be in the games where the viewers are." Also, she recommends that you don't pick a game with only five viewers as you're capped with the size of that audience.
Right now, it's hard to get into the VTubing industry as there are relatively few artists that can use the Live3D software. It's a tool specifically for rigging and 3D modelling a VTuber character; it also recognizes the streamer's movements like their head and upper body that is realized on-screen. The software is so niche that there are months-long waiting lists for the most popular artists on the platform.
A Leaflit stream in progress
"All the artists are so slammed right now," Leaflit said. Some have reportedly been taking advantage of this situation as they scam budding VTubers. "You just gotta be careful."
She recommends checking out other channels, finding the credit for the artist, and then contacting them for a new model. She also says that 3D is a lot cheaper than 2D work and is easier to get a mid-tier product in that space.
Something that helps Leaflit Mitsuha stand out, other than her upbeat personality, is that she streams with her faery (and real life) mother Asari. Both have played games together since being guild mates in World of Warcraft, Ragnarok Online, and Final Fantasy XIV. Because of that, she feels comfortable hanging with her as gamers. "My mom doesn't really get mad if I tease her or whatever because she's used to that," said Leaflit.
The slime makes fun of her mom for the wide skill gap they have in competitive games. Meanwhile, Asari always embarasses her during the streams as Leaflit tries to look cool and edgy in front of her friends. The duo have a charming chemistry and offer a cute alternative in the VTubing scene.
You can catch Leaflit's variety streams live from Mothergreen on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays typically starting at 6PM Pacific Time. However, she also streams randomly outside those days. They run from four hours all the way to 15 hours, if she's really into the game. Recently, she's been loving Crytek's first person shooter Hunt Showdown.
"[My audience is] like, you know, go to bed or whatever," she said. "I would be playing this anyway even if I wasn't streaming, right?" She said that she would have played on anyway regardless of the stream being on or off, so she keeps going. "I really enjoy my community; I enjoy hanging out with them, and [..] it's really the difference between playing games by yourself or having friends over, and just kind of playing games on the couch"
Chris Penwell is an upbeat video game journalist since 2013 with a Bachelor of Communications from MacEwan University. He might talk about Kingdom Hearts too much, but you can check out his podcasts Active Quest every Tuesday and Go Beyond: A My Hero Academia Podcast on Wednesdays.
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Versace Mansion: An In-Depth Tour of Gianni Versace House in Miami
Sarah Carneal
Unless you've been living under a rock your entire life, you've at some point heard the name of fashion designer Gianni Versace or Versace Mansion, or seen a star or two strolling down the red carpet flashing one of his brand's exceptionally crafted Versace dresses that probably cost more than your car. Yeah, we're talking about THAT Versace, as in one of the biggest fashion empires in the world with a massive collection that includes everything from apparel and accessories to fragrances, cosmetics, and even home furnishings.
Photo: Getty / Michel Arnaud
It's incredible to think this guy went from working as an apprentice at his mother's sewing business to founding one of the largest and most famous fashion houses in the globe. Even after his death in 1997, Gianni Versace's name, as well as his brand, continue to live on. Much like his designs, Gianni Versace's former mansion in Miami is every bit the spectacle of pure decadence that you'd expect from the fashion giant. Join us as we take an inside look at Gianni Versace's life, his career, and his lavished mansion.
Gianni Versace Mansion Miami
Gianni Versace's mansion in the sunshine state stands out as a prime example of what a fashion designer's home should be. Built in 1930 as an apartment complex by Standard Oil heir Alden Freeman, the Spanish Colonial-style structure originally featured 24 apartments that Alden used to facilitate friends and other visitors. In 1937, following Freeman's death from illness, the property was purchased for $100,000 by Jacques Amsterdam and renamed Amsterdam Apartments.
It would continue to change hands and exist as apartments until 1992, when Gianni, enamored with Miami at the time, noticed the bronze statue of Greek goddess Aphrodite that decorated the front entrance of the property (a statue that was commissioned by Freeman and had resided on the property since he had ownership) and decided he had to purchase it. Versace nabbed the complex for a meager $2.95 million along with the Revere Hotel next door for $3.7 million.
The mansion entrance in 1999 vs. today
Photos: Marc Serota, Getty / The Villa Casa Casuarina (via Vogue)
After throwing down a staggering $32 million on renovations and expansions which included actually knocking down the neighboring hotel to make way for a garden, pool, and south wing, Gianni Versace's 23,000 square foot Miami palace was finally beginning to take shape. The 24 units in the building were converted into 10 spacious suites; additionally, the finished home featured a library, a bar, 10 bathrooms, 3 living rooms, 2 kitchens, and a swimming pool with 24-karat gold mosaic tiles.
The courtyard in 1997 vs. today
The infamous pool in 1997 vs. today
Versace home also featured some of the most exotic, beautiful artwork and furnishings available at the time – all commissioned (and some even designed) by Gianni himself. The exterior of the property, protected by a black wrought-iron gate trimmed in gold, was home to a lush, tropical garden with a large medusa head mosaic built at the very center. On the third story of the home, Versace even installed a rooftop observatory painted navy blue with gold stars.
Some massively famous names once wined and dined with Versace at this home – including friends Princess Diana, Elton John, and Madonna. In fact, close friends of Gianni were assigned their own specific rooms when they decided to stay the night.
All suites were outfitted with only the finest décor, but it was Gianni's master suite that really stole the show – which not only had a private balcony overlooking the front of the property but also a lavished drawing room attached to his bedroom – all of which was decorated with vibrantly colored fabrics and extravagant artwork.
The master bedroom in 1996 vs. today
For his family, Gianni designed special rooms for his closest relatives that suited their taste – the "Azure Suite" was designed in light powder blue for his nephew Daniel, the "Signature Suite" was designed for his brother Santo, the "Aviary Suite" was for his niece Allegra, and finally the "Venus Suite" was created especially for his beloved sister Donatella.
Donatella Versace's room, in particular, was the grandest of all the family suites, boasting a whopping 1,500 square feet and featuring the only double balcony that overlooked the garden. The ceiling featured a mosaic of white roses, painted in Milan by artist Fontana Decorazioni and imported to Miami specifically for her suite.
The Versace mansion where Gianni lived and was tragically murdered is located at 1116 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139. The building is part of the Art Deco historic district in South Beach.
Who owns the Versace mansion?
After Gianni's death in 1997, the Casa Casuarina was left to the Versace family, who would go on to sell the home in 2000 for $19 million to Peter Loftin, a wealthy entrepreneur. Loftin transformed the property into a luxury boutique hotel and restaurant. After some financial troubles, however, Loftin was forced to go bankrupt, and the Casa Casuarina was sold at auction in 2013 to VM South Beach, LLC, for $41.5 million, a number that many were disappointed with since the original asking price for the mansion was set at $125 million.
Donatella Versace House
Much like her brother, Donatella Versace has quite the eye for real estate – in August 2019 she purchased an incredible historic Italian lakefront villa for $5.6 million. The 50-room vacation home is located in Northern Italy and was previously owned by Italian publisher, Arnoldo Mondadori, who purchased the breathtaking property in the 1920s. Many famous figures have spent time at the villa, including Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Mann, Walt Disney, and George Simenon.
It's believed one of the reasons that Donatella decided to purchase the home, in addition to it being gorgeous, was the fact that it is located not far from her late brother's villa on Lake Como. Donatella's estate features over 15,000 square feet of living space as well as a stunning view of Lake Maggiore. The home has four floors and boasts 20 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a study & library, and a massive fireplace that holds the signatures of all the estate's guests, including Hemingway and Disney.
Photos: ilsole24ore.com
Donatella Versace Home Milan
Once the home of her brother Gianni, Donatella's home in Milan is extraordinary. Little is known about the size and value, but she gave Vogue an exclusive tour during her episode of their hit series 73 Questions. Check it out below.
Versace Hotel Miami
In its present incarnation, what was once Gianni Versace's dream mansion is now open for all to enjoy as a luxury hotel!
Villa Casa Casuarina
Like anything Versace, you're gonna have to be prepared to dish out some serious cash to stay at this perfect slice of opulence – since it appears booking a room at Villa Casa Casuarina can cost you anywhere between $750 to $1100 a night (depending on the room you stay in). But when you consider that you'll be staying in a place that has played host to both Hollywood royalty as well as actual royalty, the price of a room at the villa makes sense.
The hotel offers guests the chance to stay in any one of the luxury suites in the mansion, including Gianni's suite. So, if you've always wanted to see how this fashion icon lived, you can book a stay at his former home and experience the extreme lavishness that is Villa Casa Casuarina for yourself.
Versace Mansion Dinner
Another popular hotspot at the Villa Casa Casuarina hotel is Gianni's, a restaurant that offers a night of fine wining and even finer dining! This is an absolute must for anyone staying at the hotel – seriously they say the food there is amazing!
Casa Casuarina Restaurant
Gianni's offers guests a delicious selection of Italian Mediterranean dishes and fine wines. Guests can choose to enjoy their meal in the decadent dining room or near Gianni Versace's famous gold-tiled swimming pool. Whether you want to try the Tuna Tartar from the lunch menu, the prime filet mignon for dinner, or simply try out the truffle fries on the Bar Bites menu, you're guaranteed a once-in-a-lifetime dining experience at Gianni's (hungry after all this food talk? You're not alone).
Gianni's at The Villa
Versace Mansion Tour
Though the mansion used to provide guided tours in the mid-2000s, it appears that this is no longer an option as of 2019. If you want to explore the interior of Casa Versace Miami, there are two ways to do so – either you can reserve a table at Gianni's or book a night at the hotel.
Gianni Versace Net Worth
Considering that Gianni was a 50% stakeholder in the company, which is now worth $1.7 billion, his net worth as of 2019 would have reached a staggering $800 million!
Some reports suggest he was worth $1.4 billion at the time of his death, but those predictions are unsubstantiated as far as we can tell. Who cares, though – he was rich by any measure!
100% of the Versace family shares were recently sold to the American fashion label, Michael Kors Limited, for $2 billion.
Gianni Versace Death
So, what happened to Versace? On July 15th, 1997, at 50 years of age, Gianni Versace was shot twice on the steps of his Miami, FL home upon returning from his morning stroll down Ocean Drive. On most days, Gianni would have his assistant get his coffee and morning paper for him, but his decision to walk to the shop on his own that day would prove to be fatal.
The man who committed the murder was serial killer Andrew Cunanan, who was reportedly obsessed with Gianni Versace and frequently boasted that he was close friends with the fashion designer, although this was simply a delusion of grandeur, and he was known to claim he had met and befriended other celebrities in the past.
Photo: FBI
What is believed, according to the FBI, is that Cunanan and Versace had met in San Francisco in 1990, but details surrounding exactly what their relationship remained a mystery. A 2008 article published in Vanity Fair suggested that perhaps the two had met on several occasions during those times since both parties allegedly mingled in sex-for-hire circles throughout San Francisco and Miami, but the Versace family has always denied that Cunanan and Versace knew each other, or even met, for that matter.
Andrew Cunanan was unemployed and frequently worked his way into the lives of wealthy older men so that he could spend their money. He went on to murder 5 people within 3 months, Versace included, until finally shooting himself on a houseboat in Miami Beach. He committed suicide with the same .40-caliber gun he shot and killed Gianni with as well as his other victim, former boyfriend David Madson.
The days leading up to Versace's murder are depicted in the second season of the FX series American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
The cast of "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Versace Death Photos
The photos of the crime scene where Gianni Versace was murdered are gruesome and tragic. In those old photos, dried blood can be seen along the steps leading up to the Versace Mansion, the scene grotesquely displayed in the morning sun and framed with police tape as homicide detectives analyzed the site of the murder.
On the days following Gianni's assassination, numerous people visited the scene on Ocean Drive to leave flowers and pay their respects to the late fashion designer Gianni Versace.
Photos: Jennie Zeiner, Hans Deryk, Gregory Smith – AP
What happened to Versace after his death?
Gianni Versace's remains were cremated and returned to the Versace estate near Cernobbio, Italy. The ashes were buried in the family's vault located at Moltrasio cemetery, not far from Lake Como. His funeral, which was held at Milan Cathedral, had over 2,000 attendees, including Sting, Giorgio Armani, Elton John, and Princess Diana.
Photo: Luca Bruno / AP
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Symptoms and Cures of Nightmares in Children
More in Sleep Disorders
Insomnia & More Disorders
Healthy Sleep Habits
Bad Dreams Are Common, May Need Treatment If Recurrent and Disruptive
By Brandon Peters, MD
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While nightmares are no fun for anyone, when they repeatedly affect a child it can be particularly scary. From the still of the night, a child may suddenly start screaming and crying. Initially, it can be difficult to console the child and get them calm enough to go back to sleep. Why do nightmares happen? What does it mean to have a nightmare? Does it suggest something is wrong with a child or that something bad has happened? The symptoms, common causes, and most effective treatments of nightmares are fairly easy to identify. If we as parents can understand the incidence of nightmares in children, including identifying potential causes, we can all sleep a little better. Let's take a look.
What Are Nightmares or Bad Dreams?
Nightmares are similar to dreams in that they contain vivid imagined activity during sleep, often with an intense emotional experience or memory, but they tend to be distressing when recalled upon awakening. Nightmares begin to occur in childhood and they are thought to be part of our ability to develop appropriate fear responses to real-world threats.
Nightmares are usually remembered, at least somewhat, by the person who experiences them. This is true for children as well, who can often describe the fearsome details. If the child remains asleep, not responding to questions appropriately, with little recall of the event the next morning, this instead likely represents a sleep terror.
How Common Are Nightmares in Children?
Nightmares are quite common among children. Specifically, 24% of 2- to 6-year-olds, 41% of 6- to 10-year-olds, and 22% of adolescents report nightmares. Most nightmares occur in the second half of the night when there is an increased amount of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which is often associated with vivid dream imagery. In contrast, sleep terrors usually occur in the first one-third of the night and arise out of slow-wave sleep. Most adults can recall having at least occasional distressing dreams; it might even seem unusual if an adult never recalled having a nightmare at least at some point in life.
What Causes Nightmares?
Nightmares are produced by the parts of the brain that are responsible for REM sleep. These include areas important in memory and the processing of emotional experiences, key elements to nightmares. The areas that are particularly active during REM sleep include the amygdala, parahippocampal gyrus, and anterior cingulate gyrus. These vivid dreams can seem very real, and this might be why the impacts are especially distressing to children who may not fully understand what they are.
Although most nightmares in children are a normal part of growing up, there can sometimes be other potential causes. These include:
Non-REM parasomnias (sleep terrors)
Sleep-disordered breathing (i.e., sleep apnea)
Sleep apnea is probably the most important potential cause to identify. Children with sleep apnea often experience snoring, bedwetting and teeth grinding. They may have restless, sweaty sleep with mouth breathing. During the day, children with sleep apnea may have attention, behavior, and growth problems. Treatments can help to reverse these symptoms, including resolution of nightmares.
Ultimately, if you are concerned that your child's nightmares are disrupting his or her sleep, then you should speak with your pediatrician about the need for possible additional evaluation and treatment. This may be especially important if the nightmares are frequent and begin to lead to anxiety during the daytime, especially fear of going to sleep.
In general, treatment of nightmares is not usually necessary. Most will resolve in time without any intervention. If they are particularly upsetting, it can be helpful to use dream rehearsal therapy. Medications like prazosin may rarely be used. If an underlying cause is identified, such as sleep apnea, treatment should be directed at this trigger.
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A: I heard that you got a ticket for parking in a handicapped space this morning.
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Police ID victim after body parts found in Minneapolis; public help sought
Photo: Family. Adam Richard Johnson
Updated: June 18, 2021 10:51 PM
Created: June 18, 2021 10:57 AM
Minneapolis police have released the identification of the victim whose body parts were found in northeast Minneapolis Thursday, and are asking for the public's help in the investigation.
Police said Thursday that the body parts appeared to be those of a white man in his 30s. Minneapolis Police spokesperson John Elder identified the victim Friday as 36-year-old Adam Richard Johnson, who's believed to be from Minneapolis. A family member confirmed the news to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS on Friday, adding that Johnson was a father of two.
The human remains were found at two locations—Northeast Main Street and Third Avenue as well as Third Avenue Northeast and University Avenue. Police said they still haven't been able to find all of the body.
The human remains were found at two locations—Northeast Main Street and Third Avenue as well as Third Avenue Northeast and University Avenue.
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Elder said Johnson's cause of death will be determined at a later time. He added that investigators didn't have a missing person report on Johnson and evidence indicates it was a recent homicide.
Minneapolis police said their top detectives, as well as local and state agencies, are working on the case.
They are also asking for the public's help.
"We want people to keep their eyes open, if they see anything, that is believed to be suspicious or otherwise, call 911 right away," Elder said. The public can also contact CrimeStoppers with any information.
"It may not be nothing, it may be something that can truly help us," Elder said, noting that the investigation remains ongoing and any help from the public would be appreciated.
The investigation began Thursday morning when a 911 caller said they may have found body parts.
Crime scene investigators worked for hours to gather evidence and process the scene, even using cadaver dogs.
Police have not yet said whether the body parts belonged to a missing person but said they are looking into missing persons cases.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS spoke with a neighbor who discovered some of the body parts near his house, saying they were in one black bag and one clear bag.
Police said based on the evidence gathered so far, they do not believe the incident was a random homicide.
No arrests have been reported in the case.


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Looks like a lot of fun! and I'm so jealous about your weather!
It was fun, but I could use a few degrees of cooler. I don't want to live where it snows but sunscreen and tank tops mid November?


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The Record: Letters, Monday, Feb. 29
Candidates attack
Trump too late
Regarding "Rubio, Cruz take the fight to Trump" (Page A-1, Feb. 26):
The groundhogs have finally confronted the shadow of Donald Trump. What took so long?
The mere fact that the Republican candidates failed to expose and exploit his transparency until the debate on Thursday is reason enough not to vote for a single one of them.
If these candidates, individually or collectively, didn't have the guts or smarts, months ago, to dismantle a fraud like Trump — who spews a mantra of bluster punctuated by sophomoric retorts, ignorant of history and facts, as well as the realities and complexities of today's issues, where every debate turns into a version of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" — how in the world can we, the American people, sleep well at night and be confident that any one of them will provide the security and judgment to protect our family and nation?
We need someone intuitive, tested and dogged enough to identify what is right as well as what is doable. We need a mature and seasoned hand at the helm to pursue the path that protects our country's interests, protects the environment, promotes peace and recognizes the needs and dignity of all our citizens as we move into the 21st century. It's time for people of action, not rhetoric.
Stephen Talercio
Mahwah, Feb. 26
Suing non-profit
hospitals is a mistake
Regarding "Hospital sued for tax payments" (Page A-1, Feb. 25):
North Bergen and the other municipalities now seeking fees or taxing non-profit hospitals are in for rude awakenings. What happens to their economies, and the state's, when these hospitals shut their doors?
Medical fees are already severely restricted by Medicare, the Affordable Care Act and other state and federal programs, not including covenants with insurers. Profit margins already are reduced, and costs and abilities of modernization and regulatory compliance cut deeply into any funding, let alone profit. The cash flow of these hospitals, their employees and secondary suppliers and supporting facilities pay more into our economy than they take.
Taxing non-profit hospitals is killing the goose that lays the golden egg. It may put food on today's table, but tomorrow there will be no more eggs.
Peter J. Peirano
Ridgewood, Feb. 25
Donald Trump says he will make America great again. He said the same about Atlantic City. Now after three or four bankruptcies, which left investors with pennies on the dollar and cheated many local businesses, leaving them with financial claims they could never recover, Trump boasts that he made a lot of money in Atlantic City and was smart enough to leave before it totally cratered.
God have mercy on America.
Margrete Glaser
Franklin Lakes, Feb. 26
Fond memories
of a Paterson mayor
Regarding "Don't honor just one mayor" (Your Views, Feb. 26):
I read with interest the letter from Thomas and Joseph DeVita suggesting that if former Paterson Mayor Martin Barnes is to be honored with a stained-glass window because he was the first African-American mayor of Paterson, their uncle, the late Mayor Michael U. DeVita, should be honored as the first Italian-American mayor, too.
I was just a youngster when Mayor DeVita was in office from 1948 to 1951, and he has always been one of my favorite mayors of neighboring Paterson. I have lived in Fair Lawn all of my life and remember all of the Paterson mayors back to William P. Furrey (1940-47). I followed politics even as a youngster. Democrat Bernard L. Stafford was mayor of Paterson when I was born in 1938.
I was disappointed when Democrat Mike DeVita was defeated by Republican Lester F. Titus when he ran for reelection. Titus was in turn defeated by Democrat Edward J. O'Byrne, who died in office in 1959.
The letter from Mayor DeVita's nephews brought back memories including one of seeing the picture in the Paterson Morning Call of Mike DeVita shoveling snow during a blizzard.
As Bob Hope used to say, "Thanks for the memories!"
Dick Engelhardt
Fair Lawn, Feb. 26
Christie hasn't been
good to New Jersey
It is very hypocritical of Governor Christie to talk about the attendance of Marco Rubio in the Senate when Christie has spent so much of his time away from Trenton himself. His record is so poor in New Jersey that our credit rating continues to decline. He also made the colossal mistake of canceling the tunnel project that will haunt commuters in the next decade.
Martin Obolsky
Westwood, Feb. 26


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Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard Aged Dark Cherry Burst
The Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard offers all of the distinguishing features of the legendary '59 Gibson, including the figured AAA maple top, the lean and muscular late-'50s neck shape, and the crystal-clear Gibson PAF pickups, at an unbeatable price. Take it from the Sweetwater guitarists: this thing delivers. The Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard has the appearance and features you've been looking for, whether you've always wanted a real '59 but didn't want to spend the money, or whether you're a proud collector who just wants an instrument to take out on the road. Tonewoods are made of solid mahogany and maple. An old gloss surface with a "VOS-like" appearance. Premium hardware and pots. The ready-to-rock Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard has it all.
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