Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) say athletes who had been through work capability assessments are finding they can no longer afford to compete or train because of benefit cuts. Glasgow Against Atos campaigners say this evidence from SDS shows that Atos, who carry out work capability assessments on behalf of the DWP are 'unfit' to sponsor the Commonwealth Games 2014.
From the Herald, Saturday 19th April, 2014.
DISABLED athletes are being forced out of sport because of the UK Government's welfare reforms, their national body has warned.
With only three months to go to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) said athletes who had been through work capability assessments were finding they could no longer afford to compete or train because of benefit cuts.
The organisation told MSPs its staff and associates from across the country had reported the impact of assessments on the sportsmen and women. Even board members of the governing organisation for disabled sport north of the Border have been affected.
Elite athletes preparing for Glasgow 2014, which runs from July 23 to August 3 and includes five disabled sports, are not thought to be affected. However, sources claim welfare reforms are hitting potential stars at grassroots level. The changes, designed to tighten criteria for sickness and disability benefits, have seen hundreds of thousands of people judged to be fit for work and ineligible for Government support.
But the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said it was a "worldleader in support for disabled people", pointing to its role in the Paralympics.
The SDS claim is part of evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Public Petitions Committee and a submission calling for the scrapping of the UK Government's work capability assessor Atos as a Glasgow 2014 key sponsor.
A petition, by the Glasgow Against Atos campaign, has drawn support from the Scottish Trades Union Congress, which said the 2014 Organising Committee had to ask whether it was "satisfied the actions of Atos are compatible with their published values".
The agency, which is leaving its DWP contract, has been the subject of public and political criticism as it administered fit-for-work tests for sick and disabled people as part of the Government's bid to reduce welfare spending. The SDS letter to MSPs states: "The recent welfare reforms have undoubtedly had an impact on those with a disability in Scotland and recently SDS has noticed some athletes and players have been adversely affected by the outcome of work capability assessments.
One senior figure within disabled sport said the problem is "not confined to an isolated one or two individuals" but an increasingly significant issue, adding many athletes associated with SDS have been angry about the Atos sponsorship.
Glasgow 2014 said Atos had "demonstrated unwavering commitment to driving forward the Olympic and Paralympic movements by providing dedicated practical support to athletes for the last 10 years".


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John Moe: Going to Harvard or MIT can be tough, what with the cost and it being really hard to get in and the moving to Massachusetts and all. How about taking classes from either Harvard or MIT at home on the Internet and it's free and everyone gets in?
That's the idea of Ed X, a new partnership launched by the schools yesterday. Classes start in the fall. Online.
Anant Agarwal is president of Ed X.
Anant Agarwal: Students do five to 10 minute videos, interlaced with online exercises that give instant feedback. There's no emails -- it's all browser-based and online. There's Interactive laboratories where you play with laboratory components in Lego-like fashion, you build things online. There's a discussion forum you go on and you can enter your questions and so on and either the staff or more commonly other students answer them.
Agarwal teaches at MIT, both in a classroom and in an open online course.
Agarwal: I teach the MIT course 6002, and my team and I teaching 6002X online -- it's the same hard course. The grading uses the same standards, and so if several people are able to show mastery of a subject, so be it. They deserve to be recognized with a certificate.
For Ed X, that certificate will be called a Certificate of Mastery. Which is neat but not quite a Ph.D or anything anyone's ever heard of. So what good is it?
Elaine Allen of the Babson Survey Research Group at Babson College has been studying online education for 10 years.
Elaine Allen: It will have value in technical jobs, because right now you can go out and get a certificate in Microsoft technology, so I think this will have value at that point and also in keeping your skills current. But will it get you a job? I don't think so.
Allen says this approach in higher education won't be a novelty for long.
Allen: Up until now, everything was just replicating face to face classes. And now you're seeing, and they are big name institutions, that are coming online and essentially giving away their courses. In the long run, they will have less maintenance in terms of faculty, so they can give them away, but I'm not sure what long term they will be getting back.
Moe: Certainly the keg parties aren't as fun -- sitting alone at your computer.
Elaine Allen: Yeah, but you don't have to dress.
And now, Tech Report Theater. Producer Larissa Anderson will play Google, I play the Gmail product known as Mail Goggles.
Mail Goggles: You wanted to see me, boss?
Google: Have a seat, Mail Goggles. As you know, a few of our experimental products are going permanent.
Mail Goggles: Right, I heard about instant Gmail translation into different languages. So cool, I'm happy for it.
Google: But we're going to have to let some products go.
Mail Goggles: But I'm Mail Goggles! Someone's going out drinking; they know they might send emails to an ex-girlfriend or boyfriend later, so they switch me on!
Google: Then they're forced to solve a math problem before the message will send. You were a fun idea.
Mail Goggles: So what's the problem?
Google: People didn't use you. Anyone with the foresight to switch on Mail Goggles was too smart to send stupid messages anyway.
Mail Goggles: I hate it when great ideas get torpedoed by common sense and logic.
Google: Good luck to you.
Mail Goggles: Do you think Yahoo is hiring? Yahoo Mail Goggles!


Chelsea Ships Bell clock that I have fully restored to its original condition. Movement was completely disassembled and cleaned, movement also required several bushings to be replaced. The brass case has been completely polished and a fresh coat of. Clock is very heavy weighing in at 14 pounds and 10 ounces. Clock Dimensions measurements are as followed: Overall width of clock is 10 1/2" and the depth is 3 3/4". Study pictures carefully as they are part of my. 5 Chelsea key with this clock. If you have any questions about clock don't hesitate to ask we will be most helpful.
We strive to display our items honestly and give you a quality product you will enjoy for years to come. The item "Fully Restored LARGE Chelsea Ships Bell Clock" is in sale since Monday, February 11, 2019.
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Kirsty's Blog News - March
Kirsty's Blog
Having had a series of important equipment upgrades we have been buzzing all year, the variety of albums, singers and musicians, voice overs and backing tracks has been astounding.
Offbeat Projects & News March 2015
We recently had the pleasure of recording a program for BBC Radio 4 with respected journalist Alan Little. Alan was reminiscing on his Sarajevo experiences on a program produced for BBC producer Hilary Dunn by Loftus Media.
David Scott is a 70's Rock influenced lyricist who came to Offbeat as he was looking for somewhere to record the many songs he had written over the years. The first album The Butterfly's Dream was a collaboration with Offbeat producer Iain McKinna which took 18 months to record. It featured a mixture of very talented musicians, the aim of it being to showcase his lyrics and songwriting skills.
David is now back at Offbeat recording his next album The Dance Macabre which includes the awesome drummer Ted McKenna (pictured right) giving the album improved dynamics and quality. To record Ted's drums they went to Heartbeat Studio just outside Edinburgh which is run by the lovely Dave Valentine with talented engineer Ed Logan. Ted's kit is rather large and we needed a bigger space to get the sound that was required for this album. Ted was the drummer for the Sensational Alex Harvey Band (for all of there 9 albums) and Tear Gas, Michael Schenker Group, Rory Gallagher's Taste and The Party Boys. He has drummed on four tracks so far and we are planning to go back to Heartbeat at the end of the month to record his drums on the rest of the album. Other guests on the album are synth player Luis Albornoz-Parra, guitarists Keith More and ex Blue Oyster Cult founding member slide guitarists Joe Bouchard.
Offbeat has had a long association with Heartbeat Studio's as a place to record music projects. Iain and I first worked there in 1984 with singer, producer Chris Harley (aka Chris Rainbow) mixing an album of ours under the name Zed. We also recorded Spirit Of The Glen, a trilogy of albums for Universal Music there as well as many other projects over the years.
Here's an excerpt of the song I Must Join from The Butterfly's Dream. It features Luis on Analogue Synths and Iain on Vocals, Guitars Bass and Drums.
You just never know who is going to walk through the door at "Offbeat studios" and to our surprise in walked a very nice Indian man called Dr Avinash Bansode (pictured), he wanted to record a Mindfulness CD. He is based in Edinburgh but runs mindfulness courses all over the country for people who want to learn about being mindful, which is in the form of some very peaceful meditations that can enhance your life and help you deal with you're everyday hassles and stress's of life. Most people don't really have the time for these things but this particular set of CD's are designed specifically for the "Busy Person" and is a great tool to have for your life. I really enjoyed doing the editing for this project which involved putting together five x 30 minute audio files from the narration he recorded here at the studio.
We are also involved with talented and gorgeous Nigerian born singer Norine Babs. Norine and Iain have been collaborating for a while now on some of her R&B Soul based songs.
Quite a few years ago now Iain produced an album for Gospel singer Christine Robbin. It was through Christine that Norine was made aware of Offbeat. Most of the material for Norine is actually written in the studio from melodies that Norine creates and it and evolves over time into some pretty exciting productions. As with a lot of collaborations with singers and lyricists Iain interprets the melodies into musical parts, sometime using references provided.
This is a very pretty specialised approach to music production which Iain has developed working with many vocalists and lyricists over the years. It's what makes Offbeat unique and keeps us very busy working with artists from all over the World.
Here's a short clip from her excellent song United
We are very busy here working on the recording and production of an album with a World War 1 theme which we can't say too much about at this stage. It's a huge project with lots of collaborators, details to follow in a future blog.
Majk Stokes
Canongate Books - Audio Book
Allie Fox
Harmonic Overdrive
Offbeat 2020... Oxygen provided!

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Great! That wind sure will dry things out.
Hate to see this wind when things are already so very dry, but those intrepid mustangs just go right on doing their mustang things!
These winds! We've had them bad here also.


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Rosebud Sioux Tribe will create the largest native-owned and managed bison herd in North America
Posted on May 7, 2020 by lrinspire
In the Lakota creation story, beings emerged from the Wind Cave in South Dakota's Black Hills—some in human form and some in buffalo form. There's no difference between people and buffalo in this worldview.
"We're Lakota people and that means we're buffalo people," said Wizipan Little Elk, the CEO of the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation (REDCO), the economic arm of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. "They've always taken care of us and we need to take care of them."
And the Rosebud Sioux tribe will do just that with the commitment of 28,000 acres of native grassland for the creation of a new plains bison herd. With a capacity to support 1,500 animals, the Wolakota Buffalo Range will become North America's largest Native American owned and managed bison herd.
The project is being advanced by a partnership between REDCO and WWF with support from the U.S. Department of the Interior. Over the next five years, the Department of Interior will send hundreds of bison over to the newly created space from federally managed herds. The historic project will increase the overall number of Native American owned bison by an impressive 7% nationally.
"We see it as a point of pride," Wizipan Little Elk said. "That we can have the largest native managed and owned buffalo herd. We can show that socially impactful, socially responsible business with multiple bottom lines can work and that it creates multiple positive impacts locally and globally."
WWF and bison restoration
Over the past five years, WWF has invested more than $2.2 million in bison restoration efforts with indigenous communities in the Northern Great Plains. This new opportunity, which aligns strongly with Lakota foundational values and beliefs, will offer a model for cultural and ecological restoration efforts by Native American nations across the US.
"This announcement matters for several reasons: it represents a homecoming for this iconic species, and it's also a reunion with the communities who lived with them for centuries in a symbiotic relationship," said Carter Roberts, president and CEO of WWF. "We are honored to be partners in this effort with the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation and the U.S. Department of the Interior, and we look forward to seeing the bison return to the Rosebud Reservation later this year."
The first transfer of bison from the Department of Interior herds will take place in the fall.
A return to history and tradition
Massive herds of bison once roamed all the Great Plains and much of North America. Unsustainable western expansion decimated those populations in a matter of decades, but now projects like this are helping to bring large herds back. WWF's goal is to restore 5 herds of at least 1,000 bison each in the Northern Great Plains by 2025.
For Wizipan Little Elk, this is a return to history and tradition—not only in terms of buffalo, but in terms of Lakota values. Of perseverance and self-reliance. Of resiliency, community, and family. And the project meshes well with other new initiatives happening on this land. Next year, the first native language immersion school on Rosebud will open. Lakota immersion classrooms will get to visit the buffalo herd as part of their education—a meaningful interaction that will link their past and future.
"I think when we look out and see those buffalo and their hooves touch the land, it's going to be relatable for everyone," Wizipan Little Elk said. "Especially given our history."
For more information, visit rosebudbuffalo.org.
Article by Allison Henry, the article originally appeared here
This entry was posted in Healthy Lifestyle and tagged Buffalo, Pte oyate, Rosebud, WWF by lrinspire. Bookmark the permalink.
7 thoughts on "Rosebud Sioux Tribe will create the largest native-owned and managed bison herd in North America"
Angelica on May 9, 2020 at 4:57 AM said:
Good article but I had a problem with this statement
"Unsustainable western expansion decimated those populations in a matter of decades"
How vastly incorrect. Be blatantly honest in your journalism. The systematic killing of buffalo by the US GOVERNMENT to starve the indigenous people to guarentee their dependency on the us government, decimated those populations in a matter of decades.
Melvin .F. Farmer "Junior" on May 10, 2020 at 8:02 AM said:
That's what's up Sicangu Lakota Oyate 👊🏽
#MaLakota ✊🏽
Joe on June 20, 2020 at 12:24 PM said:
What kind of preventative measures will be taken so the herd doesn't become inbred and unhealthy
Marsha Johnson on June 22, 2020 at 4:26 AM said:
I'm so very happy for the Lakota People. God and Mother Earth are Smiling 👍
Lorne kinistino on July 1, 2020 at 8:56 PM said:
Started our herd in Canada with only 1bull and 6 cows and 3 bull calls and 4 cows calls no govt help
Ment to say calfs


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Illegal use of the name of Maya Plisetskaya
The name of Maya Plisetskaya has been used illegally again and again by the Imperial Russian Ballet under the direction of Gediminas Taranda.
A few years ago, Maya Plisetskaya withdrew her permission previously granted to have her name used by the aforementioned ballet group. Nevertheless, the Imperial Russian Ballet still uses her name to promote their performances - as happened recently in Cyprus where the performance posters even announced Maya Plisetskaya's appearance in a dance role. Such deliberately false announcements are a deception of the audience. Another performance with her alleged appearance shall take place in Lisbon in October. The Foundation has now taken legal action to put an end to the further misuse of Maya Plisetskaya's name.


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Henare O'Keefe has a simple message for the many disadvantaged people he works with: You may be a victim of your past, but you needn't be a prisoner of it.
For Henare, it's this philosophy that inspires him to continue battling some of society's toughest social issues. He believes in the goodness of people, and uses warmth and compassion to inspire change.
Henare and his wife, Pam, have fostered more than 200 children, including Phillip Rhodes, now an internationally acclaimed opera singer. Henare is a leading figure in Flaxmere and a national campaigner against violence in homes and in communities.
Winning the 2012 Kiwibank Local Hero Award put Henare under the spotlight and, he says, attracted more people to "advocate for the Flaxmeres of this world, to help them reach their potential".
"There are lots of people out there who want to support and help others but don't know how to do it. Winning the award shone some light on what we do, and let people know that they could join us in uplifting others," says Henare.
Henare emerged as a community leader in 1994, helping run a resource centre for struggling families after the closure of the Tomoana freezing works forced hundreds of local people into joblessness.
Through the creation of the U-Turn Trust, Henare and his team of supporters run the Flaxmere Boxing Academy ("warriors in the ring and ladies and gentlemen in the home") and a housing trust, and support the alcohol-free MAC Sports Association.
They also run a horticultural course and a mobile barbecue that spreads the anti-violence message. Henare's mantra is "we're taking our community back one sausage at a time".
One of the trust's latest projects is the Jarmy Army campaign, which aims to ensure every Flaxmere child goes to bed in winter in a warm pair of pyjamas.
Henare has been busier than ever since winning the 2012 Kiwibank Local Hero Award. He says it has been especially rewarding to see Flaxmere' s rejuvenation inspire other communities.
With nominations for the 2017 awards now open, Henare urges other New Zealanders to nominate their own community heroes for national recognition.
"Pam and I don't own anything. We're not governed by KPIs or outputs, and we're not beholden to anybody — we just respond to what's in front of us," says Henare.
Do you know someone whose contribution makes New Zealand a better place? Nominate them for the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards today at nzawards.org.nz. Nominations close September 30, 2016. #bestofus.
What makes a serial entrepreneur tick? We grabbed 5-mins with Kendall Flutey the co-founder of financial capability app, Banqer.


Scotland witnessed a seven per cent rise in beach litter last year. PIC: Alexa Pope/Surfers Against Sewage.
Scotland's biggest ever beach clean-up will get underway this month with organisers seeking volunteers to help clear the country's coastlines of as much plastic as possible.
The organisation Surfers Against Sewage has set up a string of events in Scotland as part of its Big Spring Beach Clean with beaches from Aberdeenshire to the Hebrides, East Lothian and Fife to be cleared (see full list below).
Around 20,000 volunteers are expected to take part in the clean-up across the UK with hopes to attract at least 1,500 people to Scottish beaches for the events.
Most recent figures show that beach litter in Scotland rose seven per cent last year, with 491 items found every 100 metres.
Further rises in ocean plastics and beach litter are predicted.
The Scottish Government announced earlier this year that it would legislate against the sale of plastic cotton buds - one of the most common items found on our shorelines.
A spokesman for Surfers Against Sewage said the Big Spring Clean Up was a "timely call to action" with David Attenborough's recent series Blue Planet 2 helping to focus minds on the issue of ocean plastics.
"In the last decade, the Big Spring Beach Clean has grown into one of the largest and most impactful marine conservation actions in the world.
Volunteers in Scotland will be asked to record and share the presence of millions of items of avoidable plastics with the results to be shared with the UK Treasury consultation on single-use plastics.
Items to be collected and charted include plastic bottles, bottle tops, coffee cups and lids, straw, plastic bags and bathroom plastics such as toothbrushes, disposable razors and cotton buds.


Content for Borderlands 2 are rolling in. Last week, Gearbox surprised fans by releasing Borderlands 2 's first DLC character a week early. Now, the first add-on campaign for the game gets released today on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Check out the trailers below.
If you have very little info if the Mechromancer is for you, maybe this new trailer will get you interested.
The next DLC is called Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty. DLC will include the usual - New area, characters, bosses, and most importantly, more loot!
Gearbox sure knows how to make hilarious trailers. Actually, everything about Borderlands 2 is just hilarious.
Each DLC can be bought individually of course. The Mechromancer DLC will cost you $9.99. If you pre-ordered the game you get Gaige for free, so start downloading.
Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty is the first of four DLC content planned for Borderlands 2 (Not including Mechromancer). It will also cost you 800 MS points or $9.99.


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Judith Michael's trademark storytelling verve combined with fascinating settings and characters who live on the page have won this husband-and-wife team an audience of millions. Their tenth novel, A Certain Smile, is a bittersweet story of a perfect but impossible love, set against the teeming, complex energy and hidden dangers of contemporary China.
Miranda Graham, a clothing designer and the widowed mother of two teenagers, travels to China to work with the factories that will produce her designs. Sheltered, uncertain of herself, Miranda has always stayed close to her parents and her home. At first overwhelmed by the chaotic foreignness of China, she soon discovers what she never expected or would have believed possible: a passionate, all-consuming love. Yuan Li, son of a Chinese mother and an American soldier, had his family turned upside down by the Cultural Revolution. Now, in the new China, he owns a large and successful construction company. What begins as a friendship based on curiosity and attraction soon blooms into a love affair passionate enough to topple the cultural wall that divides them. They spend every available moment together, until the realities of China--an intrusive government, corrupt businessmen, and Li's wildly ambitious son--test their love in the complex crucible of politics, nationality, and family loyalties.
Judith Michael has written an expansive, unforgettable story that explores two hearts shrouded by their own history suddenly blossoming. And they show us how true love can change a person forever, opening the way to passion, fulfillment, hope--and a certain smile.
"[A] LOVE POEM . . . An appealing tale of two very different people who find soulmates in each other. Recommended."
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Broadcom Ltd (AVGO): Are Hedge Funds Right About This Stock?
Looking for high-potential stocks? Just follow the big players within the hedge fund industry. Why should you do so? Let's take a brief look at what statistics have to say about hedge funds' stock picking abilities to illustrate. The Standard and Poor's 500 Index returned approximately 7.6% in the 12 months ending November 21, with more than 51% of the stocks in the index failing to beat the benchmark. Therefore, the odds that one will pin down a winner by randomly picking a stock are less than the odds in a fair coin-tossing game. Conversely, best performing hedge funds' 30 preferred mid-cap stocks generated a return of 18% during the same 12-month period. Coincidence? It might happen to be so, but it is unlikely. Our research covering a 17-year period indicates that hedge funds' stock picks generate superior risk-adjusted returns. That's why we believe it is wise to check hedge fund activity before you invest your time or your savings on a stock like Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO).
Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) was in 76 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of September. AVGO shareholders have witnessed an increase in hedge fund sentiment recently. There were 74 hedge funds in our database with AVGO holdings at the end of the previous quarter. At the end of this article we will also compare AVGO to other stocks including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (ADR) (NYSE:MTU), Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD), and China Life Insurance Company Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:LFC) to get a better sense of its popularity.
At the end of the third quarter, a total of 76 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a 3% uptick from the second quarter of 2016, and the third consecutive quarter in which hedge fund ownership has risen. With the smart money's sentiment swirling, there exists an "upper tier" of notable hedge fund managers who were boosting their holdings significantly (or already accumulated large positions).
Of the funds tracked by Insider Monkey, Jim Davidson, Dave Roux and Glenn Hutchins' Silver Lake Partners has the biggest position in Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO), worth close to $1.84 billion, comprising 38% of its total 13F portfolio. The second most bullish fund manager is Andreas Halvorsen of Viking Global, with a $786 million position; the fund has 3.4% of its 13F portfolio invested in the stock. Some other professional money managers that hold long positions include Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group, Stephen Mandel's Lone Pine Capital and Doug Silverman and Alexander Klabin's Senator Investment Group.
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Die Annasäule steht in der Innsbrucker Maria-Theresien-Straße.

Sie erhielt ihren Namen 1703 nach dem Annatag (26. Juli), an dem die letzten der im Rahmen des Spanischen Erbfolgekrieges in Tirol eingefallenen bayerischen Truppen vertrieben waren ("Bayrischer Rummel"). Zum Dank gelobten die Landstände 1704 die Errichtung eines Denkmals.

Dieses wurde vom Trentiner Bildhauer Cristoforo Benedetti aus rotem Kramsacher Marmor geschaffen. Auf dem Sockel befinden sich vier Heiligenstatuen:
 Im Norden die heilige Anna, die Mutter Marias.
 Im Westen Kassian, der Patron der Diözese Brixen.
 Im Osten Vigilius, Patron der Diözese Trient.
 Im Süden Georg mit Drachen und Lanze, damals und seit 2006 wieder Landespatron (jetzt neben dem hl. Josef).
Überragt werden diese vier durch die Säule mit der Statue der Mondsichelmadonna.

Am 26. Juli 1706 wurde das Denkmal vom Brixner Fürstbischof Kaspar Ignaz Graf Künigl gesegnet. Es wurde im Lauf der Jahrhunderte mehrfach restauriert. 1958 wurde, vor allem aus konservatorischen Gründen, die Marienfigur durch eine Kopie von Franz Roilo ersetzt und das Original als Leihgabe der Abtei St. Georgenberg-Fiecht übergeben, wo es in einer Seitenkapelle der Stiftskirche Fiecht (nahe Schwaz) über dem Marienaltar aufgestellt ist.

Am 10. Oktober 2009 wurden auch die Heiligenfiguren am Sockel des Denkmals ersetzt. Originale der Heiligenfiguren befinden sich nun im ersten Stock des alten Landhauses in Innsbruck.

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Christentum in Innsbruck
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No. 25 Seton Hall Routs Nyack College, 113-67
By Brendan Balsamo | Dec. 4
Coming off three straight wins against California, Bethune-Cookman, and Wagner, No. 25 Seton Hall had one final tune-up before a difficult three-game stretch to end their nonconference schedule.
Espinoza-Hunter suspended ahead of women's basketball's Big East opener against No. 2 UConn
By Thomas Donnelly | Dec. 3
Graduate student Andra Espinoza-Hunter was suspended from the Seton Hall women's basketball team's Big East opener agaisnt No. 2 University of Connecticut for a violation of team rules, head coach Anthony Bozzella announced on Friday.
Richmond Shines in Rout of Wagner, 85-63
Thanks to a brutal loss to Ohio State in their first week in the AP Top 25, Seton Hall saw a four-spot drop this week to find themselves at the very final spot in the heralded rankings of the top basketball programs in the country.
Seton Hall cross country head coach inducted into USTFCCCA Hall of Fame
By John Makuch | Nov. 30
Seton Hall cross country head coach John Moon was honored earlier this semester with a USTFCCCA Hall of Fame induction. Coach Moon spoke to the Setonian about receiving the honor, what coaching has meant to him, and the pride of his 50-year career at Seton Hall.
No. 21 Seton Hall Downs Bethune-Cookman 84-70
By Brendan Balsamo | Nov. 28
The Pirates finally returned home to Prudential Center on Sunday after two games at the Fort Myers Tip-Off Tournament in Fort Myers, Fla. Those two games included a heartbreaking loss to Ohio State and a nail-biting win over #122 Kenpom ranked California.
No. 21 Seton Hall close out Fort Myers Tip-Off with win over Cal
By Justin Sousa | Nov. 24
No. 21 Seton Hall survive a resurgent Cal Golden Bears team to close out the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off with a win.
No. 21 Seton Hall fall late to Ohio State in Fort Myers Tip-Off opener
No. 21 Seton Hall men's basketball suffered their first defeat of the season on Monday night in a 79-76 loss to Ohio State in their Fort Myers Tip-Off opener.
Revenge! Seton Hall Downs #4 Michigan in Classic
In 1989, Michigan took the NCAA National Championship in overtime over Seton Hall thanks to one of the most notorious and controversial foul calls in NCAA basketball history. In 2021, the Pirates finally got their chance for revenge.
'We're Dogs and We're Going To Play,' Seton Hall Dominates Yale in 80-44 Victory
Fresh off an all-around dominant 93-49 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday, the Pirates came back to Prudential Center on Sunday to square off with preseason Ivy League-favorite, Yale.
Samuel, Aiken Shine, Cale Scores 1000th Point as Pirates Down FDU
On Wednesday night, for the first time since March 4, 2020, Prudential Center hosted a full crowd for a Seton Hall basketball game.
Women's basketball opens season with 13-point win over Mount St. Mary's
By Thomas Donnelly | Nov. 10
Seton Hall women's basketball opened their 2021-22 season with a 13-point win over Mount St. Mary's led by 20-point games from Andra Espinoza-Hunter and Lauren Park-Lane.
Five men's basketball takeaways from Big East media day
By Brendan Balsamo | Oct. 23
Five takeaways from Big East media day ahead of the start of the men's college basketball season.
'The most excited I've been,' head coach Anthony Bozzella and team raring to go ahead of 2021-22 women's basketball regular season
By Thomas Donnelly | Oct. 11
The Seton Hall women's basketball team returns to play in just under a month, and head coach Anthony Bozzella is ready to get his team back on the court after an exciting 2020-21 season.
Seton Hall Volleyball Struggles in First Conference Matchup
By Christopher de Lagarde | Sep. 27
On Friday evening, the Seton Hall Pirates faced off against the UConn Huskies in their first conference matchup of their 8-6 season. This was the final game of their 3-game road trip before taking on St. John's back at home.
Seton Hall Finalizes 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule
By Brendan Balsamo | Sep. 26
After releasing the finalized non-conference schedule on Sept. 13, Seton Hall only took 10 days to reveal the team's conference schedule.
Seton Hall Falls to Marquette, 3-1
By Thomas Donnelly | Sep. 26
After a 4-1-2 start reminiscent of their start in last year's historic season, Seton Hall goes down to Big East rival Marquette, 3-1.
Seton Hall Volleyball Downs NJIT in Straight Sets
By Daniel Bartels | Sep. 22
The Pirates go to Newark to take on the NJIT Highlanders in women's volleyball. In their last game before conference play, Seton Hall swept NJIT in three straight sets.
Seton Hall women's basketball releases 2021-22 non-conference schedule
The Seton Hall women's basketball team released their full slate of non-conference games for the 2021-22 season on Tuesday.
Seton Hall men's basketball announce 2021-22 non-conference schedule
The Seton Hall men's basketball team released their full slate of non-conference match-ups for the 2021-22 season on Monday.
Men's soccer lifted to victory against NJIT after extra-time winner
The Seton Hall men's soccer team earned their third win of the season after a golden goal winner in extra time against NJIT on Friday.
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The Crown season two trailer has landed and here's what we know so far
Jenny Proudfoot August 15, 2017 5:46 pm
We officially can't wait.
Following Netflix's huge success with the first season of The Crown last year, we weren't surprised when a second season was confirmed, set to air this December.
For too long we have been waiting for news and teasers regarding the second instalment of the royal biopic, and just this week the highly-anticipated trailer was released – and it did not disappoint.
The series follows the life of Queen Elizabeth, with the first season covering her first few years as monarch. 'The first series was very much about the family and her finding her role after her father died and coming into her own,' Claire Foy explained to Vanity Fair about her role.
'The second series is very much about the outside world,' she continued. 'It's very much about Philip and his impact on the crown, and their marriage. It's about Margaret and Tony Armstrong-Jones. It's very much the outside world, and the '60s, and sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll, and stuff that really you would not associate with the Queen of England.'
Starting where the first season left off, the second season is set to span the time period between 1956 and 1964, seeing Claire Foy and Matt Smith return to the project as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. However, it has been announced by the show's creator Peter Morgan that this would be both Claire and Matt's final season on the Netflix project, with a need to hire older actors for the final two seasons to accurately portray the characters' ageing process.
The new season will also see some new faces join the cast, with Michael C Hall and Jodi Balfour coming on board as US President John F Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Not to mention Matthew Goode is joining the cast as Antony-Armstrong Jones, the Earl of Snowdon – Princess Margaret's love interest.
We officially cannot wait, but with the series coming to Netflix on December 8th, it looks like we'll have to.
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News & Events: November 14, 2011
On November 14, 2011 February 7, 2012 By CU Denver EngineeringIn News
Final CEAS Seminar, Nov. 16: Interactions of Electromagnetic Fields and Matter: Space, Medicine, Fracture
CSIS Seminar, Nov. 17: Mitigation and adaptation opportunities at the urban level: highlights from the Resilient and Sustainable Cities Project
Civil Engineering Assistant Professor David Mays explores how fractals and chaos could play an integral role in groundwater remediation
Students and faculty participate in national ASME IMECE conference this week
Please note that I will be out of the office on leave from November 17 until January 31. If you have an event or news item you'd like to share with the college community during this time, please send it to Petrina Morgan.
Final CEAS Seminar: Interactions of Electromagnetic Fields and Matter: Space, Medicine, Fracture
10 a.m., NC 2607/09
"Interactions of Electromagnetic Fields and Matter: Space, Medicine, Fracture"
Mark Golkowski, Assistant Professor
Although the four equations that define the fundamental properties of electric and magnetic fields were first published exactly 150 years ago by James Maxwell, the interactions of these fields with physical matter continue to be explored and exploited in new ways today. In this seminar we explore fundamental physics and technological applications from the global to microscopic scales. Extremely low frequency (ELF) waves interact with high-energy particles in the near-Earth space environment and affect global communication systems. Atmospheric pressure plasma discharges are shown to hold promise as a medical tool in elimination of resistant bacteria and pathogens. Rock fracture in mining and earthquakes causes visible and radio frequency emissions that are still poorly understood.
Mark Golkowski received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in 2002 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA in 2004 and 2009, respectively. He served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Space, Telecommunications, and Radioscience Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University from 2009-2010. Dr. Golkowski is currently an Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Denver in the Department of Electrical Engineering and also Bioengineering. He actively conducts research on electromagnetic waves in plasmas, ionospheric physics, near-Earth space physics, characterization of antennas in reverberation chambers, hybrid imaging technologies, and biomedical applications of gas discharge plasmas. Dr. Golkowski is associate editor of the journal {\it Earth, Moon, Planets}. Dr. Golkowski was recipient of International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) Young Scientist Award for Excellence in 2008, IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Best Symposium Paper Award in 2011 and American Geophysical Union Outstanding Student Paper Award in Fall 2005. Dr. Golkowski is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the International Union of Radio Science (URSI)- Commission H (Waves in Plasmas), and IEEE.
The Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (CSIS) presents: Paty Romero-Lankao, Deputy Director at the Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (National Center for Atmospheric Research) and "Mitigation and adaptation opportunities at the urban level: highlights from the Resilient and Sustainable Cities Project"
CU Building, Room 490
Thursday, Nov. 17, 9 a.m.
Speaker Biography
Paty Romero-Lankao is a "multidisciplinary sociologist" by training leading the Resilient and Sustainable Cities Project at NCAR. Her work has focused on crucial intersections between urban development and the environment, including the carbon cycle, the climate system and the water cycle. In particular, she has studied key issues of (a) how particular cities attempt to meet the challenges of reducing emissions while improving their capacity to cope with environmental impacts (responses); (b) how urban development impacts the environment (drivers); and (c) what societal factors explain cities' vulnerability/resilience to heat waves, atmospheric pollution, water scarcity and pollution, among other hazards (impacts). In addition to research supported by academic awards, she has participated in global and local endeavors promoted by IPCC, UNDP and UN-HABITAT. She was co-leading author to Working Group II of the Nobel prize-winning IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report.
Remote Log-in
For those wishing to participate in the seminar via remote log-in, the directions are as follows:
Go to the following link: https://connect.cuonline.edu/csisseminarfall2011/
Enter the discussion as a guest. You will not need a password.
If you have further questions regarding remote log-in, please contact Byron Boyle (byron.boyle@ucdenver.edu)
CU Denver's Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems includes the interdisciplinary IGERT grant, and is presently a center created in partnership between the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Public Affairs. If you are interested in joining CSIS or would like more information about the center, please contact Anu Ramaswami. For information or comments on seminar, contact Zeljko Spiric.
CE Assistant Professor David Mays explores how fractals and chaos could play an integral role in groundwater remediation
Fractals and chaos have numerous practical applications, ranging from computer animation, in which fractals make realistic-looking landscapes, to the design of fighter jets, where chaos allows rapid response to pilot commands. Fractals are self-similar structures whose geometric dimension falls between the integer values of 0 (points), 1 (lines), 2 (planes), and 3 (solids). Chaos is the idea that sensitive dependence on initial conditions can render deterministic systems—those without randomness—as completely unpredictable. These ideas were popularized a quarter century ago, for example by James Gleick's (1987) Chaos: The Making of a New Science (Penguin Books). But how do fractals and chaos relate to groundwater?
Enter Civil Engineering Assistant Professor David Mays who studies groundwater in soils and aquifers, which store 99 percent of the world's liquid fresh water, and are therefore a crucial component of our water supply—especially in arid states like Colorado. Unfortunately, gravity means that pollution often finds its way into soils and aquifers, necessitating the art, science, and multi-billion dollar business of groundwater remediation. Mays is currently the principal investigator (PI) for two related studies that address fundamental technical problems in groundwater remediation. "It turns out that fractals and chaos are two ideas we may need to make progress in this area," says Mays.
The first technical problem is clogging. During groundwater remediation, injection of chemical additives to neutralize pollution changes the geochemistry, and operation of injection wells changes the speed and pathways of groundwater flow. These chemical and physical effects alter the structure of fine particles, mineral precipitates, or microbial communities in the soil or aquifer, which can cause significant clogging—by factors up to 1000. This clogging makes it difficult or impossible to operate groundwater remediation as an optimized system. To address this problem, Mays is working with graduate student Eric Roth, Electrical Engineering Assistant Professor Tim Lei, and two collaborators from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California to quantify the structure of fine particles in the pore space as a fractal dimension. This work, dating back to 2006, uses laser scattering in transparent porous media designed to recreate the structure of soils and aquifers in the laboratory. This innovative experimental technique was developed by Mays's group using the Colorado Advanced Photonics Technology (CAPT) Laboratory at the University of Colorado Denver campus, and is currently being supported by a $150,000 exploratory grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. As Mays states, "The goal of this work is to test whether the fractal dimension [of the soil fines in the pore space] can serve as a simplifying variable, to summarize how clogging depends on chemical and physical stimuli, and as a metric to optimize the chemical additives and well hydraulics."
Improving well hydraulics is the main thrust of a second study, which addresses another technical problem in groundwater remediation, namely the lack of turbulent mixing in soils and aquifers. The lack of turbulent eddies makes it difficult to blend chemical additives for groundwater remediation, which is why the National Research Council has observed that groundwater remediation reactions are usually confined to a narrow interface zone between the injected additives and the contaminated groundwater. This mixing problem stems from basic fluid mechanics, which teaches us that there is a spectrum from high velocity turbulent flows, dominated by inertia, to low velocity laminar flows, dominated by viscosity. Flow in soils and aquifers is generally very slow, meaning it is dominated by viscosity. "Think of a river of honey," suggests Mays. "There is no whitewater, so there is not much mixing." To tackle this problem, Mays and his colleagues are using a key result from the literature on fluid mechanics: Mixing in laminar flow can be optimized by flows that exhibit chaos. This work, dating back to 2008, is a collaboration with Associate Professor Roseanna Neupauer and graduate student Amy Piscopo (both on the CU Boulder campus) supported by a $355,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). As Mays says, "The goal if this work is to take the literature on fluid mechanics and turn it into an engineered sequence of injections and extractions at wells that, we hope, will provide a new paradigm for the hydraulics of groundwater remediation."
Next spring, Mays will be recruiting an undergraduate student research assistant for the first of three summer internships supported by the NSF grant on well hydraulics (in 2012, 2013, and 2014), and would be happy to receive contacts from potentially interested students. Additional details on both studies are available via the Publications link on Mays's website (http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~dmays).
Beginning Friday, Nov. 11, almost 60 students from the CU Denver ASME chapter are volunteering at the 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition at the Colorado Convention Center. The annual ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition is a global conference that focuses on today's technical challenges, research and innovations that are shaping the future of engineering. Students will have the opportunity to meet and work with engineers, scientists and technologists of all disciplines from around the world.
On Wednesday, Nov. 16, Department of Bioengineering Founding Chair Robin Shandas is a plenary speaker at the conference and will be presenting "Mechanical Remodeling of the Pulmonary Arteries in Children with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Are we Mice or Men?"
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Boxer unpopular, but still has the edge over Fiorina
by Bob Morris in Other Jun 8, 2010
California Fish and Game Commission
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Judging from recent polls, the California Senate race between Barbara Boxer and presumptive Republican candidate Carly Fiorina will be somewhat less than inspiring. Boxer leads Fiorina primarily because, even with her high negatives of 46%, "she is helped by the fact that even if she's not too popular, her opposition isn't either" says Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling.
Will this be one of those races where both major candidates say vote for me because the other one is even worse? Unfortunately, that's how the race is shaping up.
Fiorina is employing the classic ploy of tacking sharply to the edge of the party during the primary to pick up votes from the hardcore faithful, who tend to be both the most engaged and the most conservative. Then, during the general election, she will no doubt move back to the middle in an attempt to pick up moderate swing voters. This is a time-honored tactic, and politicians of both parties do it.
Except for Boxer, that is.
Therein lays one of her major strengths. Boxer is a solid liberal, makes no apology for it, and doesn't swerve much, if at all, from her views. Everyone knows who she is and what she stands for. Indeed, the polls show her picking up more swing voters than Fiorina. Plus, California is a heavily Democratic state and that will help her too.
I've watched Boxer for years. Every election there are ominous predictions that she is in for a major battle this time, but somehow she always ends up winning fairly easily. Underestimate her at your peril. Yes, Republicans want to take out this liberal icon, but her very "liberalness" is also one of her major assets.
Last week, Fiorina attacked Boxer for calling climate change a national security issue, saying "terrorism kills and Barbara Boxer's worried about the weather?" Sorry Carly, but the Pentagon is worried about climate change too. Their recent Quadrennial Defense Review said "climate change, energy security, and economic stability are inextricably linked" and climate change could hasten geopolitical instability, poverty, mass migrations, food and water shortages, and act as an "accelerant" towards conflict. That certainly sounds like a national security issue to me.
Besides, in a state where many clearly care about environmental issues, mocking climate change seems to be a self-defeating ploy. Fiorina was probably doing this to appeal to the right edge of the party during the primary, but this could clearly come back to bite her during the general election.
Boxer responded with a salvo detailing the many ways she is tough on terrorism while saying that Fiorina isn't. She also mentions that while Fiorina was HP CEO, the company sold high tech equipment via intermediaries to Iran to bypass the trade sanctions and is being investigated for bribing Russians during that time to win a contract. However, Fiorina has not been directly implicated in any of this.
Boxer then said Fiorina supports people on no-fly lists being able to buy guns. But Fiorina (rightfully, I think) said too many people are mistakenly on the lists and this was also probably a gun rights issue for her.
Unfortunately, the charges here on both sides are primarily innuendo, mostly baseless, and given our dire economic times, quite irrelevant. We need actual debate on pressing issues instead. Like, what will the candidates do as Senator to end the gaping California budget deficit? And can they debate this without the obligatory warm and fuzzy proclamations about growing the economy and nurturing entrepreneurship? That will take years and doesn't solve the underlying problems.
Besides, we don't have years. California's financial problems are too severe and very immediate.
Current polls show Boxer ahead by about 6 points, a comfortable lead. Boxer will unquestionably hit Fiorina for flip-flopping from hard right views during the primary to more centrist views during the general campaign, something Fiorina will not be able to say about Boxer.
Could Boxer lose? Sure, it's an anti-incumbent year and Obama is weakening in the polls, and that hurts all Democrats. But the race is still Boxer's to lose.


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The first case of flurona has been reported, but what actually is it?
Jade Biggs
Since the pandemic began two years ago, a host of new words and phrases have found themselves cropping up in our conversations. From social distancing to Omicron, quarantine and Pfizer, it seems there's always another pandemic-related term to be getting our heads around. And the latest on that list is 'flurona' – the first case of which has just been reported. But, what actually is flurona, and should we be worried about it?
Flurona, as the name suggests, is a combination of the words 'influenza' and 'coronavirus' and is a term that recently emerged, after the first patient (a young, unvaccinated Israeli woman) was diagnosed with the rare double infection.
"Flurona is a term which has started to be used to describe when someone has a COVID-19 and influenza (flu) infection at the same time," Dr Rachel Ward, GP and BBC Breakfast doctor, explains to Cosmopolitan UK. "With high circulating levels of COVID, as we enter the main flu season we expect to potentially see more people with both infections."
Despite the predicted rise in flurona cases as we head deeper into the cold winter months, Dr Ward says there's no need to panic, given that further research is still needed. That's not to say we should ditch our masks and hand sanitiser altogether though, with extra precautions still necessary to help reduce the strain on the NHS.
"We have not seen enough cases of COVID and flu infection at this stage to fully understand how they impact," she adds. "But previous concern was that someone with both infections could become more unwell than if they had one infection. There is also a concern that if we have a bad flu season, there will be additional pressure on hospitals due to flu related admissions, while they are already stretched with COVID cases."
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Audiobooks are the fastest-growing content medium for publishers, and the international spread of smartphones and faster Internet means they will only continue to grow.
You can license your audio rights, or use a site like ACX.com to find partners to work with on production, narration and distribution (currently only available to a small number of countries).
You can also narrate, produce and distribute your work yourself, but you will need to up-skill for this to be at a professional level. I narrated one of my non-fiction books, Business for Authors: How to be an Author Entrepreneur, but it was much harder work than I expected, so now I use professional narrators.
Once you have the audio, you can distribute it to Audible, Amazon and iTunes, as well as many other retail platforms. But then, of course, you need to market those audiobooks because unfortunately, the likelihood of audiobook listeners stumbling across your book on Audible is pretty small.
Soundcloud.com has the option for including the cover as part of the Embed code, which makes the page look more attractive, and you can add your audiobook sample so people can try before they buy.
Remember to mention that you have audiobooks whenever you do an interview or talk about your books. For example, I do a lot of podcast interviews these days, and I always say "My books are available in ebook, print and audiobook formats at the main online stores," so people know they can get the books in audio format.
As with ebooks and print, reviews are critical to provide social proof and convince people to buy your audiobook. If you already have your book in other formats on Amazon, it will be linked to the other format reviews, but for Audible and iTunes, you need separate reviews.
ACX will provide 25 review codes after your audiobook is released and you can email them for more.
You can get promo codes on iTunes for all your products as well.
You can run giveaways for those codes on your email list or podcast, run a competition on social media, or provide them to your Street Team.
There are also sites that specifically review audiobooks, like audiobookboom.com or audavoxx.com. Search for those by genre and only pitch those who like books similar to yours. If you are an audiobook listener, you can always email me about getting a free review copy of one of my books.
I use MeetEdgar.com to schedule my social media. I have several tweets with links to my audiobooks that go out automatically every few weeks. I use a composite image that I created on Canva.com with my audiobook covers.
You can also use these images in paid ads on Facebook and in your email newsletter. I sometimes have an audiobook section in my reader updates.
If you have your own podcast, you can use it to promote your audiobooks. This sounds obvious, but I only started advertising my books on my own show in the last year! You can also pitch other podcasts for an interview spot – just make sure you target specific shows that focus on your niche.
Work with your narrator to create an excerpt with atmospheric (royalty-free) music if possible. You can use that on your own podcast or pitch related podcasts to include your trailer. There may be paid opportunities for promotion on some shows, but only pitch if your book is appropriate for their audience.
You can also release audiobooks for free with Scribl.com, formerly Podiobooks, which has subscription feeds like a podcast but is for full-length audiobooks. As with anything free, it works best when you have a series of other books available to buy.
I've found that fiction audiobook boxsets are much easier to advertise and sell than individual novels, especially if the audiobooks are under eight hours on Audible.
My London crime thriller trilogy boxset sells many times more copies than the individual books. This is because the majority of listeners on Audible have a subscription and they want value for that monthly payment. The price of books on Audible is determined by a number of factors, one being length, so a shorter novel is not as good value as a much longer one. I haven't found this bias with non-fiction audio.
Your audiobook is connected to the ebook on Amazon, and if someone owns the ebook, they can buy the Audible version for a cheaper deal. So audiobook listeners wait for BookBub deals, get the ebook for free or cheap and then buy the lower-priced audio.
It's a clever listener hack and one you can take advantage of. Schedule email list promotions like BookBub or BargainBooksy and you will likely also see a spike in audiobook sales.
This is really only an option for authors with the budget for higher narrator investment, or authors who do audiobook rights deals. There are listeners who love specific narrator voices and will follow that narrator across projects, so if you use them as a voice talent, you may get crossover sales in the same genre.
These are some initial ideas for audiobook-specific marketing, but it's still a new arena. As the market expands, it's likely that more marketing options will arise as they did with ebooks over time.
The next few years will be an exciting time for audiobooks!


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46 ImClone Insiders Sold ImClone Stock Shares. Martha Stewart was not the only ImClone shareholder to get out before the stock tanked last winter.
According to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, 46 ImClone directors, officers and employees sold $244 million worth of shares in the two months before the Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's application to sell a new cancer-fighting drug, Erbitux.
Sales by ImClone founders Harlan and Samuel Waksal accounted for $165 million of the total. The remaining directors, officers and employees sold $79 million worth during the period. It is not illegal for insiders to sell shares, but it is illegal if they sell because of information not available to the public.
ImClone stock had been trading in the $60 to $70 range just before the FDA's Dec. 28 rejection of Erbitux. By the end of January, the stock was below $20 a share. It closed Wednesday at $7.02.
Seventy percent of the sales were made by officers and directors on Oct. 29 in response to a tender offer from Bristol-Myers Squibb for 20% of ImClone. Much of the rest took place in December, by which time some senior ImClone senior managers had reason to believe that the FDA would reject the Erbitux application. ImClone did not return calls seeking comment Wednesday evening.
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"Sam Waksal was not the only one at the helm," says Rep. Jim Greenwood, R-Pa., head of the committee's investigations panel. "Clearly, ImClone's officers and directors will have a lot to answer for as well."
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By CHEN NAN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-06-30 09:38
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Pianist Huang Yameng and her 9-year-old daughter, Liao Mengjia, perform at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on June 18. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Having established itself as one of Beijing's biggest arts festivals for children during the summer vacation since 1995, the annual Gateway to Arts 2021 Summer Festival will take place at the Forbidden City Concert Hall starting from Sunday, and will run through Aug 31.
With 10 mini summer camps teaching children Western classical music, traditional Chinese operas and traditional Chinese musical instruments, as well as 69 live performances and 10 public lectures, the festival will run for 59 days during the summer vacation.
On Sunday, Chinese conductor Tan Lihua will lead the Beijing Symphony Orchestra to open the festival with a concert at the Forbidden City Concert Hall, with both Western and Chinese classic music pieces, including The Blue Danube, by Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, Gold and Silver Waltz by Hungarian composer Franz Lehar, and I Love You, China, a song released in 1979 and written by composer Zheng Qiufeng and lyricist Qu Cong.
Tan has performed during the Gateway to Arts Summer Festival since it was launched and he has witnessed the evolution of the festival, which he describes as exciting.
Formerly known as Gateway to Music, the festival was the idea of notable Chinese musicians, including Li Delun (1917-2001), Yang Hongnian (1934-2020), both of whom were conductors and music educators, and violinist Sheng Zhongguo (1941-2018).
"The goal was clear and simple then. That was to offer children a music festival which enabled them to get to know and enjoy classical music during their summer vacation," recalls Tan, 66. "Back in 1995, classical music was considered as a bit of a niche art form (in China), appreciated by only a small audience. We performed some of the most well-known classical music pieces, especially music pieces adapted from popular movies, hoping to appeal to children, who may have not been familiar with classical music."
"We are happy to see that, over the past two decades, classical music has gained a large fan base in China, not only among the adults but also children, many of whom are learning musical instruments now," says Tan. "The festival offers them an opportunity to develop an interest in the art form, which can be fun."
He says the festival has become an inseparable part of his career.
"When I look back, it's a great experience to be part of the festival, which is long-lasting and successful," he says. "Children are curious and eager to learn. We want to offer them a great experience of enjoying music. They don't necessarily need to become professional musicians. It's good enough for them to just have music as a part of their lives."
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A local politico who I have great respect for (Joey Brunelle) has been publishing blog posts titled "Who Funded Your Candidate?" which I think are a fantastic idea.
I agree that it's important for people to know who's funding local campaigns. That's why in 2018 I introduced a charter amendment to add an additional campaign finance reporting period for municipal candidates in Portland.
But back to those "Who Funded Your Candidate?" posts. Like I said, I think they're a great idea, and for the most part, they're very well done. But I do have a small problem with them...which is actually kind of a big problem.
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A SPY IN THE STRUGGLE due out in Dec 2020. SIDE CHICK NATION, wins first place International Latino Book Award.
On 9/12/20, SIDE CHICK NATION, the first novel published about Hurricane Maria, was selected for first place in the International Latino Book Awards for a novel in English that is an adventure or drama.
The story is about a young sex worker from NYC who was pimped as a teen, and when she gets caught in the disaster, she's politically awakened to action about colonization and climate change.
On December 29, 2020, Aya's first standalone novel is due out, A SPY IN THE STRUGGLE. A young Black woman attorney working for the FBI is unexpectedly sent to infiltrate an African American eco-racial justice organization. But when she encounters a suspicious death, hostile white Bureau supervisors and sympathetic Black activists , where will her loyalty land?
The following are a few review quotes:
"Gripping feminist heist fiction about turning the tables on the disaster capitalists in the jaws of climate apocalypse? Improbably and thrillingly, Aya de Leon has pulled off exactly that with SIDE CHICK NATION. I couldn't put it down." -Naomi Klein author The Shock Doctrine
About SIDE CHICK NATION:
"The fourth title in de León's genre-bending Justice Hustlers series is a multifaceted tale. On one level, it's an entertaining feminist heist tale with a satisfying Robin Hood–style caper or two, but where the book truly shines is in spotlighting the challenges facing former sex workers and in angling an unflinching lens on the plight of Puerto Rico, both before and after the Maria disaster….An absorbing, enlightening book that exemplifies the power of good storytelling."
De León's…layered tale weaves heist capers, romantic suspense, and unforgettable realism in a look at Puerto Rico after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria…De León brings feminism, racial equality, and page-turning entertainment to the best book yet in her uniquely powerful Justice Hustlers series.
—Booklist Starred Review by Amy Alessio
"This book is powerful and piercing, brilliantly illuminating the plight of the islands in accessible ways, but it's also immensely entertaining and gratifying….A powerful, empowering triumph."
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"Gripping feminist heist fiction about turning the tables on the disaster capitalists in the jaws of climate apocalypse? Improbably and thrillingly, Aya de Leon has pulled off exactly that with SIDE CHICK NATION. I couldn't put it down."
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Alfred trained initially at Eastbourne School of Art, and later specialised in theatre design at the Central School in London. He feels he gained enormously from his time as a scenic artist working in Birmingham Repertory Theatre, enjoying the challenge and excitement of working on a large scale.
Alfred's first one-man exhibition of drawings, paintings and prints was held at the Camden Institute in 1983. This led to sales to Australia, Holland and Ireland, in addition to those in the UK. Since then he has exhibited extensively in London and nationally, experimenting with oils, acrylic, etching and screen-printing, although it is in watercolour that the fluidity of his style becomes most apparent. However, he also has plans to re- explore lithography.
On three occasions he has been invited by Kentmere House Gallery to be artist-in- residence at the York Early Music Festival, the latest in 2014. Alfred was overjoyed to be invited, as he is a devotee of early-music & sings in a choir in London, and so was delighted to be able to attend each of the concerts & to work back-stage.
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Q: How to move multiple rectangles as collision response? I'm trying to make a game (using irrlicht engine with c++) where you can trap your enemy using boxes. But I just don't get how to detect what should be moved when a collision between the user and one or more boxes is detected. Another thing is that there will also be some objects called bricks which will be able to block movements.
Since I'm not very good in explaining things, I included an image, so it will hopefully clarify what I mean:
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I tried several things with my code but without success. So I really hope someone will take the effort to give an answer to this issue. Thanks in advance.
By the way, I don't need the answer necessarily in c++, java or .Net languages are also ok.
For anyone interested in the code:
content of bool Game::tryMove(user, dir) which tries to move everthing away from the player
bool thereIsCollision = false;
bool undoMovements = false;
bool userCollision = false;
do{
    thereIsCollision = false;
    for (int i = 0; i < totalObjects; i++) {
        //First check if object hits the user
        if(gameObjects[i].hits(user)){
            if (gameObjects[i]->isMovable()) {
                MovableObject* mObject = (MovableObject*) gameObjects[i];
                mObject->move(dir);
                mObject->setPushVector(dir);
                userCollision = true;
                //thereIsCollision = true;
            }
            else{
                undoMovements = true;
                thereIsCollision = false; //To break do-while loop
                userCollision = true;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    if(undoMovements)
        break;
    for (int i = 0; i < totalObjects; i++) {
        //Then check if objects hit each other
        for (int i2 = 0; i2 < totalObjects; i2++) {
            if(i == i2)
                continue;
            if (gameObjects[i2].hits(gameObjects[i])){
               //thereIsCollision = true;
               if(gameObjects[i]->isMovable() && gameObjects[i2]->isMovable()){
                   MovableObject* mObject = (MovableObject*) gameObjects[i];
                   MovableObject* mObject2 = (MovableObject*) gameObjects[i2];
                   if(mObject->getPushVector().X > 0
                           || mObject->getPushVector().Y > 0
                           || mObject->getPushVector().Z > 0){
                       mObject2->move(mObject->getPushVector());
                       mObject2->setPushVector(mObject->getPushVector());
                       mObject->setPushVector(irr::core::vector3df(0, 0, 0));
                   }
                   else if(mObject2->getPushVector().X > 0
                           || mObject2->getPushVector().Y > 0
                           || mObject2->getPushVector().Z > 0){
                       mObject->move(mObject2->getPushVector());
                       mObject->setPushVector(mObject2->getPushVector());
                       mObject2->setPushVector(irr::core::vector3df(0, 0, 0));
                   }
               }
               else{
                   undoMovements = true;
                   thereIsCollision = false; //To break do-while loop
                   break;
               }
           }
        }
    }
}while(thereIsCollision);

for (int i = 0; i < totalObjects; i++) {
    if (gameObjects[i]->isMovable()) {
        MovableObject* mObject = (MovableObject*) gameObjects[i];
        if(undoMovements){
            // Resets position of gameObject to its previous one
            mObject->undoMovement();
        }
        else{
            // confirms movement(i.e. prevPosition=curPosition)
            mObject->confirmMovement();
        }
    }
}
return !(userCollision);

A: As I understand it, you're using 2d or 3d space, and your objects aren't placed on a some kind of grid (i.e. coordinates are floats). In this case there are 2 solutions:
Solution #1:
Use Physics engine, such as PhysX.
Solution #2:

*

*Repeat 10 or 20 times or until there are no more collisions:
1.1 Find all overlapping (colliding) objects. That includes player and boxes. Also boxes colliding with other boxes.
1.2 For each object create "move" vector (how much object should move in response to collision)m and initilize it to all zeroes (x: 0, y: 0, z: 0).
1.3 For each pair of colliding(overlapping) objects A and B, calculate vector(say "pushAwayVector") that would push them away from each other. Add that vector to A.move and B.move. Keep in mind that objects are pushed away to each other, so you should be careful about signs and magnitude. i.e. A.move += pushAway*0.5f; B.move += -0.5f*pushAway;. Do not replace .move with pushAway vector, but add pushAway to move. Otherwise results will be less reliable. You can also take object's mass into account, like this: A.move += (B.mass/(A.mass + B.mass))*pushAway; B.move += -(A.mass/(A.mass+B.mass))*pushAway;, in this case it will be more difficult for lighter object to push heavier object;
1.4 Once all overlapping objects are processed, for all objects do obj.position += obj.move;
Note that in each case boxes are not guaranteed to maintain exact relative positions. But they will be pushed away when player moves, and they will block player's movement.
Note that using physics engine will yield results that are closer to what you want.
Another solution is once player touches a box, find group of boxes that collide to each other and a player, then remove boxes that wouldn't be affected by current player movement. However, I do not like that solution - it is messy, lacks elegance, although it will maintain relative object positions (which will also look unrealistic).
I'd recommend using Physics Engine.

A: Is this a sort of Sokoban game where the player can move in 8 directions, and is able to move several boxes at once? Is the play field viewed from birds eye view like in Sokoban, or are they falling boxes that we see in the example (side view, like in Tetris)? Is the friction between boxes and player infinite (in another words, is it forbidden for the box that player is touching to slide away from direction the player is moving, when it moves diagonally)? Is the friction between two boxes infinite?
I couldn't focus on your code, but here's my 2cents algorithm. The algorithm implies that friction between any two objects is infinite.
When player moves you need to establish which movable objects may be affected. Put the ones the player is touching in the moving direction into some search stack, then for each item in the search stack repeat the search process by putting more objects into it. Finally you'll run out of movable objects. If at any point you stumble upon a non-movable object then the player can't move as well (because of infinite friction rule), and so nothing moves. If there are no non-movable objects involved then move all objects in the stack by one grid unit.

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