Penetration testing is an annual event so is routine. Any vulnerabilities discovered are documented and then mitigated.
The external facing network and web servers must be penetration tested annually in line with threat and vulnerability assessments and security policies to ensure that risk of hacking and unauthorised disclosures are minimised. Westgate IT located suitably skilled penetration testing consultants, obtained agreement from the organisation that the costings were acceptable and arranged for them to do the testing work. Following testing a report was prepared and then submitted to them with recommendations for reducing risks.
The project was completed satisfactorily on time and budget and achieved its aim of minimising the risk of the organisations network security being compromised.
"At Toshiba Corporations Telecommunications Research Laboratory in Bristol, a reliable IT system is essential for both our administration and research work carried out by our Research Engineers. Westgate IT has been providing complete support for our network since April 2001 and during this period we have formed a strong working relationship. Westgate IT have worked hard to understand the nature of our business and are able to offer pro-active advice as well as regular maintenance to ensure that we have a stable and reliable network.
The client, a high profile financial under writer, required a solution to make their workforce more mobile and include the addition of personal devices carrying organisational email. The requirements were to provide a highly secure wireless environment with 3 separate networks providing varying levels of access based upon organisation membership.
With the use of an Aruba Mobility solution we were able to deploy full wireless coverage of an old 3 story Victorian building and encompass a security level high enough for the client's purposes. The network separation was performed by the 3200XM controller using an in built firewall allowing session based role control.
Active directory integration was achieved by using NPS to perform RADIUS authentication against each machine and user connecting to the network. Based upon the users Active Directory group the controller assigns a role which then has access restrictions and a VLAN associated with it.
The client now has the ability to allow its staff to use their personal mobile devices without risk to data integrity as well as provide a professional level of guest access to visiting clients. The client also has the ability to securely connect corporate devices to the wireless without risk of being attacked from external sources or the ability for the users to interact from other internal devices.
The challenge was to put together a virtual cluster with the space and performance needed by the client. While they already had a virtual cluster, it was running out of headroom with the organisations increasing number of users. They also wanted an improved backup and disaster recovery solutions with decreased restore and recovery times.
With a number of services provided to their users both internal and external, they needed this project done quickly and efficiently with a minimum of disruption and downtime.
A VMware vSphere cluster of three virtual hosts (one backup) using ESXi was specified to provide the required performance while being able to withstand failures in any single component or system. With VMware's HA, even if a host does fail, virtual machines will be started on the other hosts ensuring even failures during the early hours of the morning are resolved quickly.
Having been in place for a few months, the client have enjoyed increased performance, redundancy and now have real offsite disaster recovery solution. Most importantly it's allowed them to focus on their core business without having to worry about IT getting in the way. The system is considered a success and has paved the way for possible additional virtual projects like VDI desktops.
Migrate an existing in-house Exchange infrastructure to a Cloud based solution giving the client zero downtime during the entire process. This project also included configuring end user PC's, tablets and smart phones to communicate with the new Exchange system.
Migrating the data was always going to be the most drawn out phase of the project. For this, we allowed ample time to begin the initial data synchronisation between their old in-house Exchange and their new Cloud based Exchange. Once the main bulk of data had been synchronized, one last small synchronisation was performed before we switched over their DNS settings to start email flowing to their new Cloud environment. The tools available to Westgate allowed the entire synchronisation phase to operate without interrupting performance or availability to the client during working hours.
The last step involved an engineer visit on-site with the client. As already agreed in the proposal, the engineer visit was arranged during non-working hours as to not interrupt the staff during the working day. In case of any unforeseen incidents, Westgate had booked the engineer to be on-site for the next couple of days. As predicted, everything went smoothly and all devices including PC's, laptops, smart phones and tablets were all configured to communicate with the new infrastructure in the first day. When the staff returned a few days later, they were able to continue with their daily routine without any interruption.
The project was a success, providing the client with zero downtime, and successfully migrating their entire Exchange environment within the agreed time frame. The client is now benefiting from their new Cloud infrastructure, giving them reduced overhead costs as well as unmatched availability.


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Man Arrested For Allegedly Flashing Woman At Mumbai Train Station
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A 20-year-old man was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly flashing at a woman at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST) railway station in Mumbai, a senior police official said.
The incident had occurred on June 29, but it came to light after a video went viral on social media, the official said.
The 22-year-old woman, who works for a child rights NGO, was about to travel to Nashik by an express train when the incident took place.
The accused, identified as Ashok Pradhan, who is a rag picker, allegedly exposed himself to the woman on platform number 13 when she was about to board the train.
The offence took place on June 29 around 5.45 am. The matter came to light after the video of the incident, shot by the woman, went viral on social networking sites, the official said.
A case in this regard was registered at CST police station today. We examined the CCTV footage of that day and traced the accused within six hours after the registration of the case. He was arrested from Carnac Bunder area of the city," ACP Machindra Chavan said.
The accused was booked under section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 509 (word, gesture or act intending to insult the modesty of woman).
The accused, who hails from Bhubaneswar district in Odisha, resides at a slum in Chembur. He will be produced in a court today, Mr Chavan said.

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Golden Coast conjures up its California namesake with danceable drums, sunny synths, verby guitars and just enough rasp in the falsetto to offset the levity. The duo made the trek from the mountains of Colorado and the San Jacinto desert to Los Angeles nearly a decade ago, met in college while producing and writing for various artists before finally deciding to team up and release a project of their own. Golden Coast combines the best of both their skill-sets: a mixture of electronic and organic instruments, tight production, and sanguine themes set to no shortage of instantly hooky melodies.
The boys reminisce about simpler days on their new single, "Recess," when all that mattered was scoring grassy knees and chasing your best buddy around the scorching blacktop. This tune has all the trappings of a modern summer jam: great hook, danceable beat and clean synth earworms. A nostalgic tune has never felt more current and fresh. This is the first single off of their debut EP set to be released this Fall. If any of the other songs on the EP are half as infectious, we've got a pretty good feeling about this one.
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Melting Ice: Regional Dramas, Global Wake-Up Call. Tromsø, 28 April 2009. Co-Chair's Summary.
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Progress report from AMAP for the period 2007-2009 to the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Tromsø, Norway, April 28-29, 2009.
SWIPA. Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic. Module 2: The Greenland Ice Sheet in a Changing Climate. Extended Summary.
Report of Senior Arctic Officials to Arctic Council Ministers. Tromsø, Norway. April 2009.
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Heck, it's barely even considered technology.
German automakers have consistently been at the forefront of new technologies. BMW, for instance, was the first to introduce a system where a variety of functions, such as the stereo, climate control, and navigations, were all intertwined into a single unit – iDrive. The first iDrive was launched in 2002 and its center console knob and interface combination changed how automakers integrated and designed such systems.
More recently, BMW has introduced gesture control (to mixed reviews), while Audi and Mercedes-Benz have made impressive advancements of their own. Porsche, on the other hand, has its iconic 911 and the model's loyalists don't like too many changes happening too fast.
Switching from hydraulic to electrical steering caused something of an uproar, and let's not even go into the backlash Porsche faced when it replaced its air-cooled flat-sixes with water-cooled versions when it introduced the 996 911. So how does Porsche feel about things like gesture control and touchscreens? Will they completely replace old school switchgear? Nope, at least not for the foreseeable future.
Take a look at thet and you'll see a. But unlike the previous 911, Porsche cleaned up the number of buttons on the central console in an effort to make things less complicated. But what we really dig are those five analog buttons above the air vents and below the touchscreen. They have a charming old school look and feel, and they're there because Porsche listens to its customers.
The latest Carrera Cabriolet tops 70 years of open-top Porsches.


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Celebrating the launch of Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies (NYU Press).
Date: Postponed until further notice
Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies introduces readers to a set of terms that will aid them in understanding the central methodological and political stakes currently energizing feminist and queer studies. The volume deepens the analyses of this field by highlighting justice-oriented intersectional movements and foregrounding Black, Indigenous, and women of color feminisms; transnational feminisms; queer of color critique; trans, disability, and fat studies; feminist science studies; and critiques of the state, law, and prisons that emerge from queer and women of color justice movements.
Featuring The Keywords Feminist Editorial Collective:
Kyla Wazana Tompkins (she/her), Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and English at Pomona College (managing editor)
Aren Aizura (he/him), Associate Professor in the Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota
Aimee Bahng (she/her), Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at Pomona College
Karma R. Chávez (she/her), Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
Mishuana Goeman (she/ her), Tonawanda Band of Seneca, Professor of Gender Studies, American Indian Studies, and affiliated faculty of Critical Race Studies in the Law School at the University of California, Los Angeles
Amber Jamilla Musser (she/her), Professor of English at the Graduate Center at The City University of New York.
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Aggravated murder charge, other counts filed against man accused of killing Utah student MacKenzie Lueck
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill becomes emotional while announcing charges against Ayoola Ajayi in the disappearance and homicide of MacKenzie Lueck. The announcement was made at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Wednesday July 10, 2019. From left are Heather Lindsay, Josh Graves, Marc Mathis, and Gill.
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The man accused of killing University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck has been charged with aggravated murder and aggravated kidnapping days after police found her body in Logan Canyon.
Ayoola Ajayi, 31, faces four felony counts, including second-degree felony obstruction of justice and third-degree felony desecration of a body, in the high-profile case that has captivated the state and the nation since Lueck disappeared on June 17.
The charges, filed Wednesday by Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, say Lueck died of blunt force trauma to her head. Gill said her body was found with her arms bound behind her back by a zip tie and rope.
"As more details come out, it's like another wave of sickness ... and pain and anguish," said Ashley Fine, a friend and Alpha Chi Omega sorority sister of Lueck. "I will never understand what happened. I'm just so glad the person that hurt her can't hurt anyone else."
Ajayi had been booked into jail June 28 on suspicion of the same counts. The aggravated murder charge carries a potential death penalty if Ajayi is convicted.
"I can absolutely tell you that no deals have been made whatsoever," Gill said at a news conference Wednesday, adding, "I think it would be premature to talk about the death penalty."
[A timeline of the disappearance of MacKenzie Lueck]
Lueck, 23, went missing after she got off a flight from California, texted her parents that she had made it back to Salt Lake City, and then left the airport and was not heard from again. Her friends searched for days as police asked the community for tips.
Investigators have said that Lueck took a Lyft from the airport to Hatch Park in North Salt Lake in the early morning of June 17. She was picked up there by Ajayi, police said, and her phone stopped transmitting data at that point. A police search of Lueck's phone showed he was the last person who communicated with her.
Gill declined to comment on the "prior history" between Lueck and Ajayi, or on "the nature or the contents" of texts between them on June 17.
"This continues to be an ongoing, active investigation. It has not come to a conclusion," he said. "... That work is open, active and engaged at this moment as we speak."
'She did nothing to deserve this': Friends and family mourn slain Utah student MacKenzie Lueck
The body of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck has been found in Logan Canyon, police say
Ayoola Ajayi, accused of killing MacKenzie Lueck, was once investigated for rape. And his ex-wife feared him.
Who was MacKenzie Lueck? A mentor, a beach and animal lover and an empowered woman.
(#FindMackenzieLueck via AP) This undated photo taken from the Facebook page #FindMackenzieLueck shows a Mackenzie Lueck, 23, a senior at the University of Utah.
Cellphone records showed Ajayi was near Logan Canyon between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on June 25, Gill said. On July 3, police went to Logan Canyon to search for Lueck's body and located a disturbed area of soil under trees. They discovered a charred human body and DNA testing returned a profile consistent with Lueck, he said.
"This was an area that was off the main road" in Logan Canyon, Gill said. "A wooded area."
Asked about the time lag between the burning at Ajayi's home and this visit to Logan Canyon, Gill declined to comment.
The canyon is two hours north of Salt Lake City. He did not comment on where he believes Lueck was killed. Ajayi attended Utah State University, which is located in Logan, near the canyon.
Ajayi's initial court appearance has been scheduled for Monday. His defense attorney, Maren Larson, did not immediately return a call from The Salt Lake Tribune.
Lueck's parents, Greg and Diana Lueck, asked Gill to express their thanks for "the generosity of so many strangers and friends, the support and the prayers that have helped them through this very difficult time," he said.
"They were genuinely appreciative and moved by the outpouring of love and compassion, and they wanted me to expressly thank everyone who has reached out to them in that capacity," he said.
Police began an all-night search at Ajayi's home in Salt Lake City's Fairpark neighborhood on June 26 after serving a search warrant on Lueck's phone and discovering he was the last person she had talked to.
In his backyard, investigators found a "fresh dig area" where neighbors had said they saw Ajayi using gasoline to burn something a few days earlier.
Gill said Ajayi purchased a gas can around 9 a.m. on June 17. A neighbor told police she had detected a "horrible smell" coming from the backyard later that day, the charges said.
A forensic search of the dig site uncovered a charred human bone, other human remains, a cellphone and other items, the charges said. More charred items were found in a nearby alleyway.
Investigators previously said human tissue found at the site had been matched by DNA to Lueck and items found matched her belongings.
Ajayi has no criminal history in Utah apart from traffic citations. In 2012, he was barred from Utah State University after a theft investigation. A co-worker of his reported to North Park police in 2014 that he had sexually assaulted her. Neither report led to criminal charges.
He worked in information technology at various companies, including Dell, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and Comcast, according to his LinkedIn profile, and his resume says he worked for the U.S. Army from 2014 to 2016, although it's unclear if he accurately represented his military experience. The Utah National Guard said Ajayi was a member for six months in 2015 and 2016 — and that he was discharged without completing initial training requirements.
The Salt Lake Tribune will update this developing story. Reporter Scott D. Pierce contributed to this report.
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The Amarillo Police Department's Crime Prevention Unit is warning of a phone scam involving the impersonation of a federal officer to get gift cards. Victims report receiving a call from a person claiming to be a US Marshall; the caller claims the business the victim works for is being investigated for counterfeiting and is under federal indictment. The suspect tells the employee that they are one of the few people at the business that aren't being investigated, but if they tell anyone of the conversation they will be arrested. The suspect tells the victim that all of the cash from the business is being seized at the end of the night and is evidence. They tell the victim that the money is seized federal funds and since all banks are closed at the time they need to put the cash on gift cards. They stay on the phone with the victim during the process and reiterate that they are being watched by US Marshalls. The suspect has the victim buy multiple gift cards with the cash and mail them to an out of state address.


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For a limited time, your DVD order also comes with 3 months FREE on the DDP YOGA Now app so you can take advantage of progress tracking, cooking demos, live workouts, and weekly motivational videos!
DDPY REBUILD is a unique program designed specifically for those 55 years and older and those who struggle with limited mobility. Through a progressive series of workouts, you'll build strength, increase flexibility, decrease pain, and turn back the hands of time. If you're ready to REBUILD YOUR LIFE, then DDPY Rebuild is the perfect fit.
This workout is the perfect starting point if you're injured or just haven't been active for a while. There is nothing too challenging with this workout and you can do it right from your bed. This will get you moving in the bed to help loosen those joints and help you gain flexibility.
Ready to challenge yourself a bit more? Fill your body with more energy by learning a few more positions with this workout including strengthening your core stomach muscles to make sitting up easier.
We're stepping it up a bit more in this workout to help build your endurance. Add this to your routine and then you'll be ready to move to the Chair Force workouts.
This tutorial walks you through the key positions that make up the Chair Force series. You will learn the names of the different moves and how to properly do them using the chair. You will learn about Dynamic Resistance and how to modify the moves based on your needs.
The Stand Strong Diamond Dozen walks you through where to position the chair so you can work out safely. In this tutorial, you will learn the same moves as the Chair Force Diamond Dozen, but this time you'll be learning them in a standing position while using the chair for support and balance.
This workout is a good starting point if you are having trouble with balance or standing for long periods of time. You will be working on getting your legs moving and raising your heart rate by using Dynamic Resistance.
This time, we'll be working on strengthening and stretching your shoulders, arms, legs and getting some movement back in your neck. You'll loosen up your joints and increase your flexibility with this 18-minute workout!
Not only will you stretch out those shoulders, arms, and legs, you will work on stretching out your back so you can tie those shoes again!
Build upon what you've already learned and challenge yourself a bit further with this workout. A bit more challenging than the previous chair workouts, but you will be gaining more muscle as you work through this 20-minute workout.
You should feel stronger and ready to graduate to our Stand Strong series by the time you finish the most challenging and the last workout in our chair workout series.
In this workout, you will be on your feet using a chair to assist you with balance. Use this workout to familiarize yourself with using the chair. Without question, this workout will help strengthen your legs and get your heart rate up!
Adding just a little bit extra in this 19-minute workout, we walk through how to do lunges using the chair to help you balance.
We've cranked this one up a notch with a little more time and a new move that will get your heart pumping. This work- out will help you gain back some of that lost energy!
The fourth and final workout in the Stand Strong series! In this 21 minute long workout, continue engaging your muscles using Dynamic Resistance as you perfect your form in all the moves you've learned in this series.
Build strength in your lower and upper body with Arthur Boorman, a disabled veteran who began his transformation by using a chair for additional modifications. Soon, you will find, you won't need a chair!
Workout with DDP, Jake the Snake and Alex Ansel. DDP will coach you on how to use the chair, if needed, while working through the moves. This 35-minute workout will increase your heart rate and get the oxygen moving through your body.
This workout takes all of the key moves you learned in the Diamond Dozen and combines them into an easy-to-follow flow that gets your body energized! It's the perfect starting point for anyone getting started with DDPY. And at just over 20 minutes, it's a quick way to start to make fitness part of your daily routine.
Synergy is an extra workout that is part of our beginner series. It utilizes all the movements and positions you've learned so far, but extended to push you past the 30-minute boundary. If you are ready to get out from behind the chair and into the regular DDPY program, give Synergy a try.


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The full RFP is posted on the Transportation Authority's website, www.sfcta.org/contracting .
Proposals are due to the Transportation Authority electronically to info@sfcta.org by May 7, 2019, at 11:00 a.m.


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For the second year in a row, the Drake University women's basketball team was the preseason favorite to win the Missouri Valley Conference, but the Bulldogs have learned that preseason rankings mean nothing. When it comes to the season itself, anything can happen. And they mean anything. Last fall, Drake, a private university in Des Moines, Iowa, entered the season as a team loaded with talented veterans.


The tourism authority of Malaysia has launched Visit Malaysia Year 2014 at World Travel Market today to showcase its diversity in food, leisure and lifestyle offerings.
This follows Lonely Planet's recent inclusion of Malaysia in its Top 10 destinations to visit in 2014 list; part of its Best in Travel series of guidebooks.
Participating at the World Travel Market 2013 in London this week, Tourism Malaysia's Director General Dato' Mirza said: "Malaysia is very well positioned to capture the growing global travel demand for Asian destinations, which is expected to grow by three to four per cent in 2013 – as investors, businesses and tourists savour Malaysia's natural beauty and multicultural heritage as well as our truly unique multiracial cuisine.
Malaysia has in recent years successfully encouraged and expanded its travel repertoire via an influx of international brands such as Legoland, Hello Kitty Town, upcoming W Hotels and Fox Century Studio's theme park as well as tapping expanding consumer wallets via shopping destinations such as Johor Premium Outlets in the southern region of the country.
Malaysia also hosts some of the world's largest events – such as Formula 1, MotoGP, Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Show – that place Malaysia in the international limelight. Future Music Festival, Asia Music Festival, Urbanscapes and Rainforest World Music Festival are also gaining traction in bringing throngs of visitors to Malaysia to attend highly acclaimed local and international music acts.
Malaysia's infrastructure and assets regularly receive international recognition, from Kuala Lumpur being ranked 4th best shopping city by CNN Travel to Malaysia Airlines named Asia's leading airline at the World Travel Award 2013 in October this year.
Aside from visiting or investing in Malaysia, the country is also known as a hotspot for long-stay visitors and retirees. Malaysia introduced Malaysia My Second Home Programme (MM2H) a decade ago, which allows foreigners who fulfil criteria to stay in Malaysia for as long as possible on multiple entry social visit passes.
All things Malaysian will be celebrated in London from Saturday as a week of entertainment kicks off. Malaysia Week London runs from October 6th until October 10th on the South Bank.


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В списке Всеми́рного насле́дия ЮНЕ́СКО в Незави́симом Госуда́рстве Па́пуа — Но́вая Гвине́я значится 1 наименование (на 2012 год), это составляет  от общего числа ( на  год). Единственный объект включен в список по культурным критериям. Кроме этого, по состоянию на 2012 год, 7 объектов на территории Папуа — Новой Гвинеи находятся в числе кандидатов на включение в список всемирного наследия. Папуа — Новая Гвинея ратифицировала Конвенцию об охране всемирного культурного и природного наследия 28 июля 1997 года. Единственный объект, находящийся на территории Папуа — Новой Гвинеи, был занесён в список в 2008 году на 31-й сессии Комитета всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО.

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В таблице объекты расположены в порядке их добавления в предварительный список. В данном списке указаны объекты, предложенные правительством Папуа — Новой Гвинеи в качестве кандидатов на занесение в список всемирного наследия.

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When the hand fingers start changing their shape from joints or in other words bends then its said that the person is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. What can be the possible natural remedy or exercise for it, through which the intensity can be stopped from getting worst?
You should consult rheumatologist for further management. No other way to controll the intesity of development of disease.
I am 35 Years old female. I have a knee swelling for the past two years. Knee pain was quite ok. I consult MD doctor. My CRP rate is increasing and decreasing. Is it cure? how long it take time to be normal.
Probably you are suffering from rheaumatism. You need to consult rheumatologist and get relevant investigations done.
I am 23 years old and I have ACL tear in my right knee of grade 1 what should I do, go for surgery or it will heal with time.
Apply knee brace above knee and below knee for one month. If after one month you feel instability, locking, and pain then arthroscopic acl reconstruction is one option.


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Strange Rumblings: The Prickly but Productive Friendship Between Hunter Thompson and Oscar Acosta
November 21, 2021 • By Peter Richardson
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is almost upon us, and a critical reconsideration of Hunter S. Thompson's comic novel is already under way. The Gonzo classic hinged on two drug-fueled weekends in Las Vegas and served as a freeform epitaph for the 1960s. But if the counterculture was faltering during the Nixon era, Thompson was hitting his stride. In November 1971, Rolling Stone ran the Las Vegas story in two long articles; Random House published the book version in 1972 and helped make Thompson a cultural icon. In 1996, Modern Library issued its own edition, and a film version appeared two years after that. Together, they put Thompson in exalted literary company and drew millions of new fans who didn't read books.
Some of the recent critical conversation has revolved around Oscar Acosta, who accompanied Thompson on both trips to Las Vegas. The two men met in Aspen but lit out for Nevada from Los Angeles. Acosta had been involved in the Chicano Movement and was defending its local leaders in court. At the same time, he was an aspiring novelist who sought and received literary advice from Thompson. As the Las Vegas material shaped up, however, tensions surfaced between the two men. Specifically, Acosta was irked that Thompson converted his character into Dr. Gonzo, a 300-pound Samoan attorney.
But the attention generated by Thompson's work allowed Acosta to place his own fiction; Rolling Stone's book division quickly published two autobiographical novels. Sales were sluggish, and Acosta's personal problems intensified. Following his disappearance and presumed death in 1974, Thompson wrote a lengthy eulogy in Rolling Stone. Later, he also contributed the introduction to the paperback editions of Acosta's novels, which are still in print.
As Abby Aguirre notes in her recent New Yorker piece, some critics see Thompson's depiction of Acosta as an enduring slight. "[I]f Acosta lives in the white imagination at all, it is as Raoul Duke's wingman — a bombastic, cartoonish 'ethnic' attorney whose ethnicity is obscured," Aguirre maintains. "For many readers of 'Fear and Loathing,' the real Oscar Acosta remains invisible." It's a fair point but not a unique circumstance. Fiction rarely furnishes reliable portraits of actual persons, and few of us worry that Lady Duff Twysden, the real-life model for Brett Ashley in The Sun Also Rises, remains invisible to Hemingway's readers. Moreover, Acosta made no effort to distance himself from the cartoonish Dr. Gonzo. To the contrary, he fastened himself firmly to Thompson's character in the public imagination.
Aguirre's purpose is to calculate what Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas owes Acosta, but she underestimates Acosta's contribution to Thompson's career more generally. For it was Acosta who lured Thompson to Los Angeles to cover the Chicano Movement in the first place. The trips to Las Vegas, which were made in the middle of that research, never would have happened without that intervention. Nor would Thompson have written "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan," which covered journalist Ruben Salazar's death and its aftermath. That piece, which Aguirre does not mention, is a standout in Thompson's oeuvre and was included in the Modern Library edition. The origins of that article, as well as the broader context of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, should be set alongside Aguirre's account if we wish to understand the two men, their relationship, and their literary legacies.
In January 1970, Thompson wrote a long letter to James Silberman, his editor at Random House, confessing that he was struggling with his long-overdue second book. The topic was the death of the American Dream, and Thompson originally hoped to fashion a narrative that blended fiction with straight journalism. Although he had generated hundreds of manuscript pages, he admitted that his draft was "a heap of useless bullshit." He didn't know that another breakthrough was on the horizon. Several months later, novelist James Salter suggested that Thompson cover the Kentucky Derby. Born and raised in Louisville, Thompson quickly accepted the suggestion and wrote "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" for Scanlan's Monthly. Thompson had deep misgivings about the article before it appeared, but it was soon heralded as the first work of Gonzo journalism, and its success surprised Thompson. "It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids," he said later.
That same year, the two men ran for sheriff — Thompson in Aspen and Acosta in Los Angeles — and Thompson wrote about their campaigns in his first Rolling Stone article. With Acosta's encouragement, Thompson also pitched a story to Scanlan's Monthly about the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles. In August, that story took a dramatic turn when journalist Ruben Salazar was killed during the National Chicano Moratorium march in East Los Angeles. The 42-year-old Salazar was a respected figure in the mainstream media and the Latino community. After reporting for the Los Angeles Times, he accepted a position as news director at KMEX, a Spanish-language television station. He also contributed columns to the Times, some of which criticized the city's white power structure, especially in the Los Angeles Police Department.
After the antiwar march devolved into what many described as a police riot, Salazar sought relief in the Silver Dollar Bar on Whittier Boulevard, some 10 blocks away from the main action. A sheriff's deputy shot a tear gas canister through the front door and killed him. The sheriff's department denied any responsibility, but the county paid Salazar's family $700,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.
Scanlan's folded after eight issues, but Thompson returned to East Los Angeles to update his reporting, this time for Rolling Stone. Running more than 19,000 words, "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan" appeared in April 1971. The title alluded to the mythical homeland of the Aztecs, which Chicano activists said they wished to restore. But Thompson was more interested in the notion that the sheriff's department targeted a troublesome journalist for execution. Sifting through the evidence, Thompson saw no indication of premeditation, but he labeled Salazar's death "a second-degree job," insofar as it was committed unlawfully and with malice aforethought.
"The malignant reality of Ruben Salazar's death," he maintained, "is that he was murdered by angry cops for no reason at all — and that the L.A. sheriff's department was and still is prepared to defend that murder on the grounds that it was entirely justified." Thompson left no doubt that Los Angeles officials were untruthful about Salazar's death. Recounting the collapse of each public statement, he dismissed them as "garbled swill" and documented the official mendacity that had long been a favorite target.
As usual, Thompson also paid careful attention to the media outlets, including La Raza and other movement publications. He singled out the Los Angeles Herald Examiner for special criticism, noting that one of its editorials supported LAPD Chief Ed Davis's claim that the violence was attributable to a "hard core group of subversives who infiltrated the anti-war rally and turned it into a mob." In the same speech, Chief Davis added that the Communist Party in California was "giving up on the blacks to concentrate on the Mexican-Americans." Thompson dismissed the Herald Examiner as "a genuinely rotten newspaper" whose perverted purpose was a monument to "everything cheap, corrupt, and vicious in the realm of journalistic possibility." He wondered how "the shriveled Hearst management [could] still find enough gimps, bigots and deranged Papists to staff a rotten paper like the Herald." Its very existence, he concluded, "explains a lot about the mentality of Los Angeles — and also, perhaps, about the murder of Ruben Salazar."
"Strange Rumblings in Aztlan" was unique in Thompson's body of work. Written after the Kentucky Derby piece but before Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, it lacked their Gonzo pyrotechnics and addressed an important current event. Thompson enlivened what he later called a murder mystery with his keen wit, but the piece was never meant to be comical or satirical. He was a figure in the story, but the reporting wasn't especially participatory, and the world didn't reveal its meaning through his warped consciousness. He flouted the norms of journalistic objectivity with his frank personal asides, but he also laid out a detailed fact pattern and reviewed it discerningly. By the time he delivered his conclusions, they were persuasive and damning. The article was also a deviation for Rolling Stone. Running almost half as long as Thompson's next book, it did not revolve around rock music, drugs, or the counterculture as such. "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan" was a clear sign that Thompson had the green light at Rolling Stone.
The Salazar piece was quickly overshadowed by another work hatched in the middle of that project. After an especially tense week in East Los Angeles, Thompson accepted an assignment from Sports Illustrated to cover the Mint 400 off-road rally in the desert outside Las Vegas. Claiming he needed a break from the Salazar story, Thompson invited Acosta to join him. Part of his plan was to separate Acosta from his militant colleagues, who openly wondered about his friendship with a white journalist. As Thompson would note later, "We were always in the midst of a crowd of heavy street-fighters who didn't mind letting me know that they wouldn't need much of an excuse to chop me into hamburger." A road trip, he thought, would allow the two men to speak openly and at length.
Thompson rented a convertible, which he later dubbed the Great Red Shark, and the two men drove to Las Vegas on March 20, 1971. In Fear and Loathing, the narrator itemizes an enormous drug cache in the trunk, but the actual contraband consisted of prescription speed, marijuana, and alcohol. That exaggeration and others pushed Thompson's account toward fiction; another clue is that the two main characters were not real persons. After reading the manuscript, James Silberman said he had trouble believing that Raoul Duke was tripping on heavier drugs. In his reply, Thompson suggested that Silberman keep that reaction to himself; his Rolling Stone colleagues, Thompson said, were quite willing to credit the drug orgies described in the book.
When Thompson and Acosta arrived in Las Vegas, they checked into the Mint Hotel and drove to the Desert Inn for a drink. Debbie Reynolds was performing there with Harry James. She was only five years older than Thompson. James's career had peaked during the swing era. Thompson also met Aspen musician Bruce Innes at the Circus Circus casino for a drink. Innes had already written "One Tin Soldier," whose cover version was the theme song for Billy Jack, a popular countercultural film released in 1971. After their visit with Innes, Thompson and Acosta repaired to the Mint Hotel bar and then to their room, where they stayed up all night.
Early the next morning, Thompson drove out to Floyd Lamb State Park to cover the race. After completing his notes, he returned to the hotel, picked up Acosta, and dropped him off at the airport. He soon realized, however, that Acosta had left his attaché case in the car. Back at the hotel, Thompson opened it to find a Colt .357 Magnum, a box of bullets, and a large bag of marijuana. Exhausted by his Dexedrine-fueled weekend, he panicked. Nevada had some of the toughest marijuana laws in the country. Moreover, Thompson had little cash, an unreliable credit card, and no confirmation that Sports Illustrated would foot his hotel bill. He decided to return to Southern California without paying it. He drove to Arcadia, checked into a Ramada Inn, and fleshed out his notes for the Sports Illustrated piece.
At 2,500 words, his draft far exceeded the 250-word slot the editors had set aside, and Thompson was predictably irate when they declined to run it. The rejection, however, triggered an important decision. Instead of cutting his losses, Thompson chose to recast his Las Vegas story and offer it to Rolling Stone. He drafted an even longer version with Raoul Duke and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as the protagonists. He shared it with Rolling Stone editor David Felton. Felton, who was based in Pasadena and edited his Salazar piece, encouraged him to pursue it. Shortly after that, Thompson circulated the first chapter at the magazine's San Francisco office. From the opening paragraph, Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner and his colleagues were knocked out.
The Mint 400 expedition sufficed for a long Rolling Stone article, but Felton alerted Thompson to a drug enforcement meeting that would convene in Las Vegas later that month. Sponsored by the National District Attorneys Association, the four-day conference was held at the Dunes Hotel. Thompson and Acosta flew to Las Vegas, rented a white Cadillac convertible, and checked in to the Flamingo Hotel and Casino. Thompson brought a tape recorder and collected more than 100 minutes of commentary and conversation. By now, he was relishing the audacity of his project. In the story, Duke notes that he and Dr. Gonzo were observers during their first visit:
But this time our very presence would be an outrage. We would be attending the conference under false pretenses and dealing, from the start, with a crowd that was convened for the stated purpose of putting people like us in jail. […] If the Pigs were gathering in Vegas for a top-level Drug Conference, we felt the drug culture should be represented.
Thompson and Acosta attended several conference sessions, which made Acosta uncomfortable. "They're all a bunch of lily-colored liverworts," he said on tape. "Dodging all the significant issues of the day. They're spending millions and billions of dollars on rehabilitating persons that they'd obviously like to kill."
That summer, Thompson returned home to develop the story. Unlike most of the copy he submitted to Rolling Stone, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" came in clean. Even so, the magazine's editors grappled with it, checking facts and constructing timelines. Thompson told Wenner he would be better off fact-checking a Bob Dylan song or Naked Lunch, but the generic confusion was understandable. The Las Vegas story was neither New Journalism nor traditional fiction, though it overlapped with each. In this case, Thompson claimed later, the work began as a piece of journalism:
My idea was to buy a fat notebook and record the whole thing, as it happened, then send in the notebook for publication — without editing. That way, I felt, the eye & mind of the journalist would be functioning as a camera. The writing would be selective & necessarily interpretive — but once the image was written, the words would be final; in the same way that a Cartier-Bresson photograph is always (he says) the full-frame negative. No alterations in the darkroom, no cutting or cropping, no spotting … no editing.
That plan was too difficult to execute, Thompson later admitted. In the end, he found himself "imposing an essentially fictional framework on what began as a piece of straight/crazy journalism." Later, he called the book a "nonfiction novel," which only deepened the generic ambiguity.
As he composed his story, Thompson was unsure how it would appear in book form or even who would publish it. He worried that the story, if packaged with his serious journalism, would undermine his authority. He told Silberman that the last thing he wanted was to "confuse payment of a legitimate debt with the permanent destruction of my credibility." Thompson did not yet realize that his Gonzo persona, which the Las Vegas project would crystallize, was his most valuable literary asset.
In 1972, Random House published Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as a nonfiction title. The subtitle ("A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream") reflected the original concept. In one section, which transcribed taped conversations between Thompson and Acosta, Duke and Dr. Gonzo search ironically for that dream in a scratchy part of Las Vegas. A critical and commercial success, the book satisfied Thompson's contractual obligation but strained his relationship with Acosta to a breaking point.
As the Las Vegas story headed toward publication, Acosta and Thompson exchanged sharp letters. In Acosta's view, he and Thompson had formed a partnership on the Salazar story; by extension, that partnership included the Las Vegas adventure. "Like, did you even so much as ask me if I minded your writing and printing the Vegas piece?" Acosta asked. "Not even the fucking courtesy to show me the motherfucker." (In fact, Acosta saw the first half of the Rolling Stone piece at the Flamingo.) Acosta was also frustrated by Thompson's condescension. "All I want," he explained in a long letter to Thompson, "is for you to quit playing the role that I'm some fucking native, a noble savage you discovered in the woods." Thompson fired off a ferocious reply:
You don't know how fucking lucky you are that I didn't run into you cold, as a stranger, on something like the Salazar piece — because, with an act like yours, I'd have crucified you on general principles. Shit, you're lucky that the L.A. press is a bunch of lame hacks; anybody good would screw you to the fucking floor.
After Acosta pushed for some form of public recognition, Thompson told him that Random House would probably use a photograph of the two men on the back cover without identification. "Let me know if you plan to object," Thompson wrote. When Acosta threatened a libel action, Thompson lost all patience. "Dear Oscar," he wrote in April 1972, "You stupid fuck; send me a mailing address so I can explain what's happening because of what you've done." Acosta's legal threat served neither of them, Thompson maintained, and he sarcastically called Acosta a credit to his race. "I assume you had some excellent, long-stewing reason for doing this cheap, acid-crippled, paranoid fuckaround," he added.
Even after Acosta signed a release drafted by the publisher's legal team, the discord continued. The next year, Acosta said he was planning to sue for gross fraud over the sale of the film rights. By that time, Rolling Stone's book division had published The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, but in a letter to Thompson, Acosta vented his frustration:
I've been silent on the subject for almost two years because of the blackmail threats from both you and Jann that ultimately my book could be stopped. Well, old pal, the book is out now, and I'm coming after you. You cocksuckers have been ripping me off for a long time.
Acosta urged Thompson to make him an offer: "It would be better for all if we settled it and forgot it. Besides, you can afford it now."
Later that year, Acosta's tone took a dramatic turn. After he was charged with illegal possession of Benzedrine, he told Thompson he had been blackballed in San Francisco and Los Angeles and was living on food stamps and petty theft. "I am still looking to you as my only serious white connection for the big contract … the way it looks from here, I'd even settle for a small one." He asked that Thompson send immediate "seed money" to explore a political alliance between Thompson's freaks and his Chicano allies, whom he called cucarachas. (His second book, which appeared in 1973, was called The Revolt of the Cockroach People.) He also asked Thompson to forward his share of the film rights for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. "Money-wise, I am desperate," he closed. "Send help to the above address, quick … thanx."
Thompson replied immediately. "What in the fuck would cause you to ask me for money — after all the insane bullshit you've put me through for the past two years?" The film rights had not been sold, Thompson claimed, and Acosta's legal threats might have scotched that sale for good. "Anyway, good luck with your grudge. No doubt it will make you as many good friends in the future as it has in the past." He closed with a salvo:
As for me, my attorney advises me that I can at least deduct something around $10,000 for losses you have caused me in '73. In the meantime, why don't you write a nice movie? Or a book? You shouldn't have any trouble selling the fucker, considering all the people you've fucked over & burned …
Despite the rancor, the two men kept in touch. Thompson last saw Acosta at the Seal Rock Inn in San Francisco, where Thompson finished Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72. Acosta had drifted away from the legal profession, and Rolling Stone was folding its book operation. "So he decided to get another business, and he needed money," Thompson said later. He declined the request, and Acosta was last heard from in May 1974, when he told his son on the telephone that he was "about to board a boat of white snow" in Mazatlán. A private investigator concluded that Acosta's disappearance was probably a political assassination or murder at the hands of drug dealers.
Two years before Acosta's death became official, Rolling Stone ran Thompson's eulogy for him, "The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat." Its length, tone, and detail reflect an important fact: Acosta contributed directly and significantly to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan." But the literary debt was reciprocal. The association between Thompson and Acosta led to the publication of The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo and The Revolt of the Cockroach People. Moreover, Thompson's eulogy kept Acosta in public view after his death, and his introductions to Acosta's paperback editions helped resuscitate that fiction. If Dr. Gonzo was little more than Raoul Duke's wingman, a closer look at the relationship between Thompson and Acosta suggests that each author helped the other become himself.
Portions of this essay appear in Peter Richardson's Savage Journey: Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo.
Peter Richardson teaches humanities and American Studies at San Francisco State University. He has written critically acclaimed books about the Grateful Dead, Ramparts magazine, and Carey McWilliams. He received the National Entertainment Journalism Award for Online Criticism in 2013.
Peter Richardson
Peter Richardson teaches humanities and American Studies at San Francisco State University. He is the author of No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead (2015); A Bomb in Every Issue: How the Short, Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed America (2009); and American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams (2005). He received the National Entertainment Journalism Award for Online Criticism in 2013.
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Cheney says GOP presidential bench still strong
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/05/29/art.cheneyexit0529.gi.jpg caption="Cheney says the GOP bench remains strong despite the recent extramarital affairs of Ensign and Sanford.."](CNN) - Extramarital affairs have sidelined two potential Republican presidential hopefuls in recent weeks, but former Vice President Dick Cheney said the 2012 GOP bench remains strong.
"I know both of those gentlemen, I consider them friends, and I'm sorry to see them in the difficulties they're now in," said in a Washington Times radio interview Monday, according to the National Review, when asked about the recent sex scandals surrounding Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
"But I think from the standpoint of the party, we've got some great talent out there, young people coming along that are going to do a superb job. I always remind people that in adversity, there's opportunity," Cheney added.
The former vice president specifically identified Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan of Ohio and former Utah Gov Jon Huntsman - now President Obama's ambassador to China - as potential GOP White House aspirants.
"I think that it's just a matter of time before the party begins to sort of firm up around a few key individuals, and we'll hear big things from them in the future," Cheney said.
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CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/06/28/art.sanford0628.gi.jpg caption="More South Carolina Republicans said Monday Sanford should step down. "]COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) - Three more Republicans in the South Carolina state legislature spoke out against Mark Sanford on Monday and said the best thing for the governor to do in the wake of last week's scandal is resign.
At a local Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Cherokee County, GOP House members Lanny Littlejohn, Dennis Moss and Steve Moss each told the audience that Sanford has lost the credibility to steer the state's economy through the final 18 months of his term following revelations of an extramarital affair.
Reached by phone, each legislator confirmed their comments at the breakfast. All argued that Sanford has simply become too much of a distraction for the state and can no longer devote his full attention to the troubled economy. South Carolina has the third highest unemployment rate in the nation.
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After days in which his whereabouts were unknown by his wife and staff (who thought he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail), Sanford held a tear-filled and rambling news conference to admit to an affair with an Argentine woman, and to apologize to his staff and the voters of South Carolina for not disclosing where he was.
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[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/02/17/art.giuliani.gi.jpg caption="Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani tells CNN that he's thinking about running for governor of New York next year."](CNN) - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani tells CNN that he's thinking about running for governor of New York next year, but that's as far as he's going right now.
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Recent polls of New York State voters indicate that if the election where held today, Giuliani would beat the unpopular Paterson. But surveys also suggest if New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo were the Democratic nominee, Cuomo would beat Giuliani in a hypothetical general election match up.
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S.C. Attorney General accused of playing politics in Sanford case
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) - A Democrat in the South Carolina House of Representatives is accusing Republican Attorney General Henry McMaster of putting his own personal ambitions before the law by failing to launch an investigation into whether Gov. Mark Sanford misused state money and abused his power by traveling to Argentina to visit his mistress.
State Rep. Boyd Brown had written to McMaster last week asking him to empanel a state Grand Jury too examine those questions. State Sen. Jake Knotts, a Republican and Sanford opponent, also asked for the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate the governor.
On Friday, however, McMaster - who is running for governor in 2010 - issued a statement indicating an initial reluctance to launch an investigation. "I hope all sides will resist attempting to use the investigative and prosecutorial powers of law enforcement for political purposes," McMaster said. "Mixing politics and law enforcement is never a good idea."
Brown called the latter assumption "absurd."
"The duty of the Attorney General is to bring charges against and investigate the wrongdoings of elected officials," he told CNN.
Filed under: Mark Sanford • South Carolina
Gibbs: No decision by Obama on a Washington-area church
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WASHINGTON (CNN) - Will he or won't he? President Barack Obama still hasn't decided if he'll join a church in the Washington area, his spokesman said Monday.
Obama is concerned that his presence would disrupt regular Sunday services for other parishioners, spokesman Robert Gibbs said at his daily news briefing.
"I think he believes that might take away from the experience that others might get," Gibbs said.
Obama, who is Christian, has attended services at Evergreen Chapel at Camp David, Maryland, and enjoys the pastor there, Gibbs said. But he said Obama would not formally join the Camp David church.
Filed under: Obama family • President Obama
CNN Poll: Americans don't want to intervene in Iran election crisis
CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser
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More than eight in ten questioned in the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, released Monday, think the election results released by the Iranian government were a fraud, with just one in ten believing the results were accurate. But only three in ten respondents say they are personally outraged by the results, with another 55 percent upset by not outraged.
Most Americans approve of how President Obama's handled the situation. And 74 percent think the U.S. government should not directly intervene in the post-election crisis, with one out of four feeling that Washington should openly support the demonstrators who are protesting the election results.
"Some 56 percent say that Obama's criticism of the Iranian regime has been about right. Only a third say that he has not gone far enough in his comments about the situation in Iran," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "If the number who are outraged by what's going on Iran were higher, we would probably see a higher number of Americans who say that Obama has not been tough enough on the leaders of that country."
Filed under: Iran • President Obama


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Recital 2017 Japan
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賞歴
スケジュール 2019/2020
レパートリー
The Japanese Bass Bariton Yoshiaki Kimura is from Okayama / Japan and studied (Bachelor Gesang and Master Opera) at the University of the Arts Tokyo from 2000 to 2007. He continued his studies at the Operaschool of Karlsruhe Musikhochschule, then at the Coservatoire in Toulon / France, where he graduated with distinction in 2011. From 2011 to 2013 he studied at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart (Master Lied) and graduated in July 2013. In July 2015, he graduated from the Trossingen Musikhochschule (Konzertexamen Gesang).
In the season 2011/2012 he was chosen for the Flanders Opera Studio Gent / Belgium. In 2011, he took over the title role in the production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro at the Sommeroper Bamberg.
He won 1st prize in the 1st Japanese Song Contest, the 11th Sakurapia Song Contest and the 24th Yuai International Song Contest. In Japan he was awarded the Goto Culture Prize, the Kurashiki Culture Prize, the Fukutake Culture Fund Prize and the Matsukata Hall Music Prize.
Since the 2014/15 season, he has been an ensemble member of the Theater Bielefeld. Here he is performing, among others, in the role of Alidoro in La Cenerentola, as Manz in Romeo and Juliet in the village and as Dulcamara in L'elisir d'amore as well as Kaspar in "Der Freischütz".
In the last season he sang the lead role of "Alberich" in "Das Rheingold" by Wagner.
This season he prepares u.a. a bass solo for the Symphony Concerto by Zimmermann, as well as the role of Peters (father) in "Hänsel und Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck.
He will spend an exhaustive year doing his doctoral thesis, which he plans to complete in Tokyo next year. Topic of his doctoral thesis is the ballads of Carl Loewe.
In the upcoming Season sings the title role in "Le Nozze di Figaro" at the Theater Bielefeld.
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INJURED ON THE JOB! NOW WHAT?
One reason many people avoid filing claims for worker's compensation is the fear they will lose their jobs. Often times, instead of filing under worker's compensation, employees will use their health insurance for doctor visits and, if they need time off work, use any sick days or short-term disability time they have. However, most doctors' offices now screen for injuries that happened at work, and if they determine you have a work-related injury, they'll either bill your employer's worker's comp insurance provider or refuse service to you, if they don't take worker's comp claims.
This leaves you with few options but to file a worker's comp claim. But you may worry: can your employer fire you for asking for worker's comp benefits? The short answer is, no. Your employer can fire you for other reasons while you have an open worker's compensation claim, but they cannot fire you because you asked for worker's compensation.
Certain guidelines must be followed after a workplace accident. By following these steps, your claim will be better positioned to be accepted as an approved work accident claim, entitling you to the medical care necessary to treat your injury, replacement of wages and a settlement in the event you suffer any degree of permanent impairment.
If you are involved in a work accident, you must provide a written notice of your injury to your employer within thirty (30) days of the accident, unless it is a situation where the employer has actual knowledge of the accident. For instance, if an ambulance is called to the scene of the workplace accident, then your employer undeniably has knowledge of the incident.
When in doubt, provide your employer with notice of the injury. The employer should then provide this information to either the Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana or the employer's worker's compensation insurance carrier. Many employers have a standard form for making such a report, and it's a good idea to use this form if at all possible. Be sure to keep a copy for yourself!
Employers are required to post the name, address and telephone number of their worker's compensation insurance carrier in an obvious spot within the workplace (for example, in the breakroom.) You can also ask your employer for this information. You can contact the Worker's Compensation Board to verify whether or not your employer has worker's compensation insurance.
If you suffer a work-related injury, be sure to say so when you seek medical treatment, and be sure that you have officially reported the incident before seeking medical treatment. Not reporting the incident before seeking medical treatment won't necessarily compromise your claim, but reporting the incident before seeking treatment will better position you to pursue your claim.


3CX Version 14 Service Pack 3 seems to include/use a very old and insecure PostgreSQL version 9.2.4 (released 04-04-2013).
This means that 3CX V14 Service Pack 3 is likely to be vulnerable to all of the above vulnerabilities. Using an IPS firewall may help to reduce the risk to your system until an updated version of PostgreSQL is integrated into 3CX.


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IGNIS: A mashup of four iconic Suzuki designs
Take a walk with us down memory lane to see where the Ignis gets its head-turning style and why Suzuki is the expert in extra-large small cars.
The launch of the new Suzuki Ignis has brought on a wave of nostalgia, since the modern new model has incorporated some design elements from some of Suzuki's most iconic models. To celebrate our love of all things Suzuki, we wanted to share some of our favourite iconic designs, and show how they've been incorporated into the new Ignis.
1. 1970 Suzuki Fronte Coupé
Image source: Indian Autos Blog
The Fronte Coupé (forerunner to the Cervo) was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, a well known Italian automobile designer. Giorgetto was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and is a member of the Automotive Hall of Fame (since 2002).
The sporty Fronte Coupé was originally only manufactured as a two seater, but a four seater model was introduced in 1972. You'll find distinctive C-pillar slits, reminiscent of the Coupé, on the new Ignis - a tribute to Japan's very first mini sports car.
2. Suzuki Cervo
The Suzuki Cervo replaced the Fronte Coupé, which didn't meet the new Kei Jidosha limits, and the stricter carbon emissions after the Kei car regulations were changed in 1976. Instead of square headlights, the Cervo sported round headlights and chunkier, butch bumpers. The Cervo was also designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.
You'll notice the projector headlights on the Ignis have been set inside the front grille, which is a style element first seen in the Suzuki Cervo.
3. Suzuki Swift
The Suzuki Swift is probably one of Suzuki's most popular models to date. This little gem perfectly embodies city-chic, and has officially been part of the Suzuki family since the year 2000. Funnily enough, the first edition of the Swift was named the 'Ignis' outside of Japan; however, this was changed to 'Swift' from the second edition onwards. It was intended to replace the Suzuki Cultus.
This model looked nothing like the Swift we all know and love, which got a sleek, sporty makeover in its second generation model.
Image source: Wikipedia (first generation Suzuki Swift/Ignis)
You'll notice that that new Ignis has adopted the signature pillar blackouts from the third generation Suzuki Swift.
4. Suzuki Vitara
The Suzuki Vitara is a compact SUV, first introduced to the Suzuki family in 1988. It was originally designed as an off-road vehicle, aimed to sit just above the Jimny in the market. The fourth generation model, launched in 2015, shifted towards a crossover style, making the Vitara the perfect vehicle for suburban motorists with an active, outdoor lifestyle.
You'll find the signature clam-shaped bonnet of the first generation Vitara carried through in the new Ignis. It's these minute details that have enriched the design of the Ignis, giving it lots of character, and making it a stunning throwback to Suzuki's heritage.
5. Suzuki Ignis
With its striking design and proud stature, the new Suzuki Ignis is turning heads. This cheeky crossover has just hit the South African market and is already making big waves in the motor industry. Have a look at some of the Ignis reviews, and see for yourself! The Ignis is definitely in line to take its place as one of Suzuki's most iconic designs.
Seeing may be believing, but it's way more fun to be part of the action. Book a test drive in your favourite Suzuki model and experience the Suzuki way of life!
Is it safe to buy cars off sites such as Gumtree?
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«Державний секретар» — американський політичний телевізійний серіал, створений Барбарою Холл, із Морганом Фріменом та Лорі МакКрірі в якості виконавчих продюсерів. В головній ролі серіалу знімалась акторка Теа Леоні. Головний персонаж — колишня аналітик ЦРУ та професорка політології, яку запросила на посаду Державного секретаря США. Прем'єра серіалу відбулася 21 вересня 2014 року на телеканалі CBS, остання серія вийшла 8 грудня 2019 року. Всього було знято 120 серій.

Сюжет
Перші п'ять сезонів серіалу «Державний секретар» показують життя і роботу Державного секретаря США Елізабет Маккорд. Вона керує американською дипломатією, бореться з офісною «кулуарною» політикою і, якщо потрібно, обходить протокол, коли вона веде переговори по всьому світу. Шоу також показує особисте життя персонажів. Однак, наприкінці п'ятого сезону Маккорд оголосила, що вона балотуватиметься на посаду Президента США. Перша серія шостого сезону показує, що вона виграла вибори і стала першою жінкою-президентом, а решта серіалу показує її в новій ролі Президента.

Головні персонажі
 Теа Леоні в ролі Елізабет «Бесс» Адамс Маккорд — Держсекретар США в сезонах 1-5, Президент США в 6-му сезоні. Вона пропрацювала двадцять років як аналітик ЦРУ, перш ніж стати професором політології Університету Вірджинії. Її колишній начальник Конрад Далтон, який тоді був Президентом США, призначив її Держсекретарем, на заміну Вінсента Марша, який загинув в авіакатастрофі.
 Тім Дейлі в ролі Генрі Маккорда — чоловік Елізабет, професор теології та колишній військовий пілот. Його унікальна суміш навичок є дуже корисною для Агентства національної безпеки, яке залучає його як оперативника у боротьбі з релігійним екстремізмом.
 Бебе Нойвірт в ролі Надін Толлівер (сезони 1-4) — голова адміністрації Державного департаменту. Спочатку вона з підозрою ставиться до нового Державного секретаря, але незабаром починає довіряти Елізабет, і в них з'являються міцні робочі стосунки.
 Желько Іванек в ролі Рассел Джексона — Голова адміністрації Білого дому.
 Еріх Берген в ролі Блейка Морана — особистий секретар Елізабет, і єдиний член її команди, якого вона привела із собою, а не успадкувала. Після закінчення коледжу він розпочав кар'єру у фінансовому секторі на Уолл-стріт, але зненавидів цю роботу. В п'ятому сезоні він перейшов на посаду радника з політичних питань.
 Патіна Міллер в ролі Дейзі Грант — прессекретар Державного департаменту.
 Джеффрі Аренд в ролі Метта Махоні — спічрайтер Державного секретаря.
 Уолліс Керрі-Вуд в ролі Стефані «Стіві» Маккорд — старша дочка Елізабет та Генрі. Стіві навчалась в університет Ловелла, а пізніше в університеті Джорджтауна і подала заявку на вступ до юридичної школи Гарварду. Пізніше Стіві працює стажисткою у Рассела Джексона.
 Кетрін Герцер у ролі Елісон Маккорд — молодша дочка Елізабет та Генрі.
 Еван Ро в ролі Джейсона Маккорда — син Елізабет та Генрі, їх наймолодша дитина, самопроголошений анархіст. Джейсон критично ставиться до політичних систем загалом.
 Кіт Керрадайн в ролі Конрада Далтона — Президент США, служив у морській піхоті США під час війни у В'єтнамі, пізніше був Директором ЦРУ, тоді ж коли там працювала Елізабет. У третьому сезоні Далтон переобирається на ще один термін як незалежний кандидат, після того як власна партія відмовила йому у висуванні через суперечливу зміну політики, яку запропонувала Елізабет. Він пропонує Елізабет роль віцепрезидента під час своєї кампанії, але врешті-решт змушений обрати Терезу Херст.
 Себастьян Арсель в ролі Джея Вітмана — старший радник Держсекретаря з політичних питань, а після звільнення Надін Толівер зайняв її посаду голови адміністрації Державного департаменту.
 Сара Рамірес в ролі Кат Сандовал (сезони 4–5) — радник Держсекретаря з політичних питань та колишній керівник апарату Посла США в ООН.
 Кевін Рам в ролі Майкла «Майк Б.» Барноу — політичний консультант і такий собі «рішала», до якого Елізабет звертається за допомогою у дуже складних та делікатних справах. Пізніше Елізабет призначить його керівником своєї передвиборчої кампанії, і після її перемоги на виборах в 2020 році він займає посаду Голови адміністрації Білого дому протягом перших 100 днів. Хоча Елізабет просить його залишитися на посаді, він відмовляється, але залишається в Білому домі як радник Президента.

Сезони

Виробництво

Розвиток
У серпні 2013 року було оголошено, що серіал «Державний секретар» перебуває на стадії розробки. 9 травня 2014 року серіал отримав місце в розкладі на CBS. Трейлер було випущено 14 травня 2014, а пілотну серію показано 21 вересня 2014. 27 жовтня 2014 телеканал вирішив продовжувати знімати серіал і зняти цілий сезон із 22 серій. Серіал «Державний секретар» був продовжений на шостий сезон 9 травня 2019, а вже 15 травня було оголошено що він буде останнім і буде складатися із 10 серій. Показ останнього сезону почався 6 жовтня 2019. Зйомки було завершено 13 листопада 2019.

Актори
В січні 2014 року був проведений кастинг, на якому вибрали Теа Леоні для ролі Елізабет Маккорд, Тіма Делі для ролі Генрі Маккорда, Джеффрі Аренда для ролі Метта Махоні, Патіну Міллер для ролі Дейзі Грант, Бебі Нойвірт для ролі Надін Толлівер, Еріха Бергена для ролі Блейк Моран, та інших. Бебі Нойвірт покинула серіал після третьої серії четвертого сезону. її замінила Сара Рамірес, яка приєдналася до серіалу в ролі Кет Сандовал.

6 серпня 2019 року було заявлено, що Сара Рамірес не повернеться до шостого та завершального сезону. Приблизно через місяць, 3 вересня, було оголошено, що оригінальні виконавці головних ролей Джеффрі Аренд (Метт Махоні), Еван Ро (Джейсон Маккорд) та Кетрін Герцер (Елісон Маккорд), також не будуть зніматись в останньому сезоні. Персонаж Майка Барноу, якого грає Кевін Рам, натомість стане із другорядкого персонаже головним.

Трансляція
У вересні 2019 року перші п'ять сезонів серіалу стали доступні на Netflix. У Фінляндії серіал «Державний секретар» був вперше показаний на каналі MTV3 1 січня 2015 року. Серіал має популярність у Фінляндії: перший епізод переглянули 9 % населення Фінляндії.

Сприйняття

Відгуки критиків
Серіал «Державний секретар» був зустрінутий позитивними відгуками телекритиків. На Metacritic серіал має оцінку 66 із 100 на основі 31 оцінки, сайт показує загальну оцінку «загалом сприятливі відгуки». На Rotten Tomatoes шоу має рейтинг 67 % на основі відгуків 52 критиків. На цьому сайті консенсус щодо першого сезону був таким: «Підсилений гарною акторською роботою Теа Леоні, серіал "Державний секретар", однак, є дещо нудним».

Критика
На сьогоднішній день, на посаді Державного секретаря США працювали троє жінок: Мадлен Олбрайт з 1997 до 2001 року за президентства Білла Клінтона, Кондоліза Райс з 2005 до 2009 під керівництвом Джорджа Буша, та Хілларі Клінтон з 2009 до 2013 при Бараку Обамі. Незабаром після початку трансляції серіалу, консервативний телеканал Fox News поцікавився, чи серіал є PR-кампанією на підтримку Хілларі Клінтон. Консервативна активістська організація «Інститут культури і медіа» заявила: «Схожості в серіалі між Елізабет Маккорд та Хілларі Клінтон дуже чіткі, від русявого волосся до брючних костюмів».

Коли було випущено трейлер п'ятнадцятої серії третього сезону, де було показано, як Маккорд, реагуючи на небажані сексуальні домагання вигаданого президента Філіппін Дату Андрада, вдарила його в обличчя, на Філіппінах це стало суперечливим. Глядачі вважали, що між Андрадою та реальним президентом Філіппін Родріго Дутерте існують добре помітні паралелі, зокрема реальний президент був відомий тим, що робив недоречні та сексистські висловлювання. Посольство Філіппін у Вашингтоні опублікувало заяву, в якій висловило протест проти негативного зображення персонажу президента їхньої держави.

Перша серія четвертого сезону призвела до висловлення протесту від Державного секретаря Східного Тимору Хоссе Рамоса-Хорти, лауреата Нобелівської премії миру. Він сказав: «це наклеп на країну, який показує лише неосвіченість та расизм». Серія використала прикордонну суперечку між Австралією та Східним Тимором у Тиморському морі як основний сюжет серії (в серіалі суперечка перенесена до Південно-Китайського моря, хоча ні Австралія, ні Східний Тимор не мають виходу до цього моря). Східний Тимор показаний як країна, контрольована мексиканським наркокартелем та використовується для транспортування наркотиків. Державний секретар США Маккорд просить Китай вжити заходів, щоб не допустити, щоб лідер наркокартеля зробив зі Східного Тимору нарко-державу.

Примітки

Посилання

 Державний секретар  на Rotten Tomatoes

Телесеріали англійською мовою
Програми телеканалу CBS
ЦРУ в художніх творах
Драматичні телесеріали США
Феміністські телесеріали


Although some of us are content to hold on to Breaking Bad through the daily mementos of our articles, each post like another wreath laid at its gravesite, others needed something a little more tangible. And expensive: The auction that was recently held to find new, hopefully not broken-by-meth homes for some of the series' most iconic props ended up raising nearly $1 million for Sony, which now no longer has to resort to selling drugs to provide for its motion picture family. The highest-priced draw was, of course, the inscribed copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves Of Grass that proved so pivotal to the show's plot, and will now adorn someone else's toilet for $65,500. Someone whose screen name is "bbadfan101" and, given recent events, we can only assume is really Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Other big-ticket items: Hector Salamanca's bell ($26,750); the pink teddy bear, both with eyes ($23,250) and without ($20,250); Tuco's grill ($20,250); and Walter's Cadillac ($19,750). That's right: the dental appliance worn by the show's earliest villain was worth more than a functioning, if battered, Cadillac, as well as the also-functioning Jeep driven by Skyler ($11,250) and the nice, 2008 model Volkswagen Beetle driven by Marie ($10,000). For a mere $500, you could have even had Badger's Pontiac Fiero. You can sift through everything that might have been yours here, had only you built the sort of empire that would allow you to spend $9,900 on Walter White's used underwear. Hell, you didn't have $800 for Jesse Pinkman's boxers. Guess you'll just have to remember the show in some other way.


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Tanzania Construction
Tanzania Industry
Tanzania Industry and Construction Sector Grew by 9.3% in 2018
The Central Bank of Tanzania (BOT) has recently published its Annual Report 2018-19, which includes an overview of the Industry and Construction sector in the country.
The report indicates that Industry and Construction activity which includes mining, quarrying, manufacturing, construction, electricity and gas supply, and water supply and sewage grew by 9.3% in 2018 compared with 10.6% in 2017.
Growth in construction, which contributed 26.4% to GDP growth, was 12.9% in 2018, reflecting growing public investments notably the construction of standard gauge railway, bridges, airports, and roads, expansion of ports, as well as on-going rehabilitation of metre-gauge railway.
In 2018, manufacturing sub-activity grew by 8.3% compared with 8.2% in 2017 due to continued expansion in markets, particularly in the EAC and SADC regions, on-going infrastructure improvement, and stability in the power supply.
Manufacturing commodities with notable increase include building materials—cement, metal products and paints, food and beverages, and wheat. The contribution of manufacturing activity to GDP increased to 8.1% in 2018 from 7.7% in 2017.
Mining and quarrying grew by 1.5% in 2018 lower than 5.3% in 2017, largely on account of a decline in the production of gold, gemstone, salt, limestone, and pozzolana, associated with the government ban on the export of unprocessed mineral, mainly gemstone and salt.
Despite the slowdown in overall growth, the contribution of mining and quarrying activities to GDP increased to 5.1% in 2018 from 4.4% in 2017.
Production of coal, diamonds and natural gas increased in 2018.
Coal production increased following improvement in the domestic market due to the Government ban on the importation of coal. Meanwhile, the production of natural gas, which is also a source of power, increased to 60,349.4 million standard cubic feet in 2018/19 from 53,907.1 million standard cubic feet in 2017/18 due to high demand for electricity generation and other industrial uses.
Noteworthy, gas utilized in power generation accounts for 64.4% of total gas produced during 2018/19, followed by industries at 10.6%.
Electricity sub-activity that involves electricity generation, transmission, and distribution, grew by 5.8% in 2018 compared with 1.0% in 2017 largely on account of completion of the Kinyerezi II Power Plant.
Electricity generated in 2018 was 7,307.6 million kWh compared with 7,010.4 million kWh in 2017 owing to an increase in thermal power generation, particularly from gas-powered turbines. Thermal power generation was 3,340.6 million kWh, of which 99.1% was from gas-powered turbines.
Tanzania Gets USD 300M Extra Financing for Rural Water Supply
Up to 10 million Tanzanian citizens will gain access to improved water supply and nine million to better…
Mwanza Sewerage System to Get TZS 12 B Expansion to Reduce Pollution of Lake Victoria
The Mwanza Sanitation and Environmental Sanitation Authority (MWAUWASA) signed on 23rd November 2022 a TZS 12.7 billion agreement…
WB Signs Loan to Finance Jangwani Bridge And Rural Electrification in Msimbazi
On 22nd November 2022, the Government of Tanzania signed agreements with the World Bank for a total of…
Indian Manufacturer Opens Food Packaging Factory in Tanzania
On 20th November 2022, the Vice President of Tanzania Mr. Dr. Philip Mpango officially launched the Yogi Polypack packaging factory located…


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Nuno Santos  est un footballeur portugais né le  à Porto. Il joue au poste de milieu de terrain au Charlotte FC en MLS.

Biographie

En club

Avec les moins de 19 ans du Benfica Lisbonne, il inscrit en  un doublé en Ligue de la jeunesse de l'UEFA, contre l'équipe du CSKA Moscou.

En sélection

Avec les moins de 19 ans, il participe au championnat d'Europe des moins de 19 ans en 2018. Lors de cette compétition, il joue trois matchs. Le Portugal remporte le tournoi en battant l'Italie en finale après prolongation.

Palmarès
 Vainqueur du championnat d'Europe des moins de 19 ans en 2018 avec l'équipe du Portugal des moins de 19 ans

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Footballeur portugais
Joueur du Benfica Lisbonne B
Joueur du Moreirense FC
Joueur du Boavista Futebol Clube
Joueur du FC Paços de Ferreira
Joueur du Charlotte FC
Naissance en mars 1999
Naissance à Porto


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