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Cities Threaten to Violate Chick-fil-A Owners' Rights
Written by Raven Clabough
Chick-fil-A has been enduring the wrath of the pro-gay community recently because of the company's Christian stance on same-sex "marriage." However, what was once a conflict of ideologies is now becoming an issue of constitutional rights, as city officials are attempting to block efforts to open Chick-fil-A restaurants.
The issue began when Chick fil-A's president Dan Cathy said he supported the traditional definition of marriage as an institution between a man and a woman, and warned that redefining marriage could potentially incur God's wrath.
Cathy told online Baptist Press that the company supported the traditional definition of marriage. "Guilty as charged," he said. "We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."
During a July 16 interview on the Ken Coleman Show, Cathy went on to imply that efforts to redefine marriage could provoke God's wrath. "I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'" Cathy said. "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we would have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is all about."
On July 20, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino indicated that Chick-fil-A will find it "very difficult" to obtain licenses for a restaurant in his city, but he backed away from that assertion. He later told the Boston Herald, "I can't do that. That would be interference to his rights to go there."
Chicago is the latest city to tell Chick-fil-A that it is not welcome. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said July 25 he would support Alderman Proco Moreno's announcement that he would block construction of the restaurant in his district. Moreno said, "If you are discriminating against a segment of the community, I don't want you in the First Ward." Emanuel has articulated similar sentiments. He said, "Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values. They disrespect our fellow neighbors and residents."
But according to legal experts, barring construction of Chick-fil-A because the owners oppose gay marriage is a clear case of discrimination. "The government can regulate discrimination in employment or against customers, but what the government cannot do is to punish someone for their words," said Adam Schwartz, senior attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. "When an alderman refuses to allow a business to open because its owner has expressed a viewpoint the government disagrees with, the government is practicing viewpoint discrimination."
Schwartz noted that even the American Civil Liberties Union, which is known for its pro-gay "marriage" position, recognizes that the government cannot exclude a business simply because it has taken a stance against gay "marriage." Such a policy could be a slippery slope and could then be used against businesses that support gay "marriage." Though the ACLU supports gay "marriage," "we also support the First Amendment," Shwartz said. "We don't think the government should exclude Chick-fil-A because of the anti-LGBT message. We believe this is clear cut."
Jonathan Turley, a professor at the George Washington University Law School, said Moreno's intentions raises "serious" constitutional concerns. "It's also a very slippery slope," Turley told FoxNews.com. "If a City Council started to punish companies because of the viewpoints of their chief operating officers, that would become a very long list of banned companies." Turley said that Moreno's actions could be "execessive and likely unconstitutional."
Wilson Huhn of the Constitutional Law Center at the University of Akron School of Law drew the same conclusion: Denying Chick-fil-A permission from building a second restaurant in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood would "absolutely" be a violation of the constitutional rights of the company's owners. "It would be an open and shut case," Huhn said. "You can't do that. They cannot be denied a zoning permit based upon the viewpoint of their CEO."
Perhaps recognizing the violation of Chick-fil-A's First Amendment rights, Emanuel's spokeswoman, Sarah Hamilton, has attempted to defend Emanuel's statements. "He did not say that he would block or play any role in the company opening a new restaurant here," Hamilton said in a statement to FoxNews.com. "If they meet all the usual requirements, then they can open their restaurant, but their values aren't reflective of our city."
Moreno also attempted to back away from his statement, asserting that his issue with the opening of a second Chick-fil-A in Chicago rested on "traffic concerns." But when pressed by Fox News, he admitted that Chick-fil-A's stance on marriage was a factor. "No, I'm not saying that, I'm not walking back about from that," Moreno said when asked if his objection to the restaurant has nothing to do with Cathy's beliefs. "That's another part of it.... I think businesses should be neutral on that. They should be selling chicken."
In addition to remarks made by city officials, Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country are being bombarded by protests conducted by advocates of same-sex "marriage." For example, KNBC-TV reports that young people from the Orange County Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center interrupted the grand opening of the Laguna Hills Chick-fil-A restaurant.
Despite the massive controversy and staged demonstrations against Chick-fil-A following its statements on marriage, there is no evidence that Chick-fil-A has ever discriminated against gay couples, nor any of its customers or employees. It appears that the company is simply being bullied because it maintains a philosophy that differs from certain city officials and residents.
In support of Chick-fil-A, evangelist Billy Graham issued a statement on July 26 that reads, "Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God's word. I appreciate the Cathy family's public support for God's definition of marriage."
Photo of Chick-fil-A restaurant: AP Images
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Don't forget to sign up for C. Hope Clark's brilliant workshop happening at Schlow Library this month. The Nittany Valley Writers Network is hosting the workshop through Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen Street, State College, on Saturday, April 28 from 10 am to 4 pm.
Hope Clark is the editor of the Funds for Writers newsletters and the Funds for Writers website, one of the Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers from 2001 to 2011. She is a full-time freelance writer and the author of The Shy Writer: An Introvert's Guide to Writing Success. The first book of her agricultural mystery series, Lowcountry Bribe–A Carolina Slade Mystery, was released in February 2012.
Clark will speak on four topics: The Story of Carolina Slade–A Mystery Becomes a Reality; Revisions–Polishing for Publication; Funding Streams for Your Freelance Career; and Platform and Other Tools for the Serious Writer, including a discussion of The Shy Writer. After the talks, she will hold a question and answer session and a book signing.
Seating is limited. Registration is $20 through April 21, and $25 at the door if any spaces remain.
For more information about the workshop, contact Karen Dabney, NVWN workshop coordinator, at greywing228@verizon.net.
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Corner Bakery forbids photography inside their restaurants, "it's policy"
(Social Media) Try pulling out your phone in a Corner Bakery today and you'll get aggressive employees yelling at you to stop. Is this rule good or bad for a brand?
Marti Trewe
Corner Bakery prohibits photography, be careful with your phone
While most companies beg their patrons to snap shots of their products, staff, or services, the restaurant chain Corner Bakery feels the opposite, in fact, their staff will yell at you from across the building, chastising you for taking any photographs.
At the Corner Bakery in Fort Worth, Texas, Benn Rosales, the CEO of The American Genius took his family for a quick breakfast and was shooting the following image when a male employee raised his voice, "you can't take pictures in here."
Rosales continued, as he asked the employee, "don't you want me to tweet and share with the world my experience? Do you not want me to publicly celebrate my visit to your restaurant?"
"It's the rules!" the employee insisted.
Rosales, along with his wife and daughter (who is recovering from surgery and using a scooter for mobility) were on their way out and chose to leave without confrontation, but the employee was still angrily yelling upon their exit.
This policy is "operationally destructive"
"As a publisher, I can tell you that this is operationally destructive to a company's public relations efforts," Rosales asserted. "To allow someone to enjoy your restaurant and want to tell people about service, food quality, or ambiance of the restaurant, such a policy would make that impossible."
This particular location is not in a boring strip mall, rather in Fort Worth's beautiful historic district where Rosales was on vacation with his family and had just finished a meal while discussing the historical buildings in the area.
Rosales concluded, "I was preparing to share photos of a sentimental breakfast, having visited this location on every Fort Worth visit I've taken with my family. Just like any other picture snapping patron, my intention was simply to share a positive experience with our many followers, but an aggressive employee turned a lovely family moment into a confrontation, and converted a positive experience into a negative (and public) experience."
While businesses have the right to restrict photography on their private property, it is legal to take images of the exterior of any commercial building, and for brands that restrict photography, it is standard to have those policies clearly stated in the building, particularly before entry – for example, entering a tech company office like Google, you sign a form at the door that as a visitor, you will not take or share any photos.
The social media experts weigh in
"That's decided anti-social," social media expert, Fran Stephenson, Principal at Step In Communication tells us. "In this environment of ratings and reviews, the potential for a shared picture online can be a positive force for a business. I see no downside, but there are some businesses who still don't believe in the power of a solid online presence."
"If there is a no-pictures policy, then it should be, at a minimum, written down, and also posted. Beyond being a baseless and idiotic claim, it is self-defeating," said Mark Story, Social Media Lead at the National Cancer Institute. "What if you tagged the Corner Bakery in a post and have hundreds or thousands of friends? What if you wrote about how great their muffins are in your popular and well publication? Instead, whomever said this to you dug their own online grave."
Other experts had more harsh criticism, but there is a consensus against this policy – we could not find one expert that agreed with Corner Bakery's position on the matter.
Unfortunate and misguided
At last search, there are thousands of user-generated photos online that have been taken inside of this Corner Bakery and posted online, and Rosales had seen photos on Yelp before entering, saw no notice that photography was not allowed, and opined that this policy is unfortunate and misguided.
There is no mention on the company site that photography is forbidden, and we have reached out to Corner Bakery for comment on this policy.
All images in this story were taken by Rosales and do not appear elsewhere online.
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Michael Bray
What an unfortunate circumstance! As a real estate professional I often take clients to one of our several neighborhood locations after a day of showing houses for a fantastic cup of coffee and slice of their to-die-for crumb cake. Quite often we will take a photo to add to our tour of homes and neighborhoods. While we have not experienced the same treatment it would be highly embarrasing and I am not sure we would handle it with the same grace you showed.
I too have reached out to their corporate offices to get a clarification of their policy. Hopefully yours was an isolated incident and not a misguided policy. Until I get a satisfactory answer, I guess I am going to miss that crumb cake!
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Maya Thomas
I can relate! This happened to me at 7 Fish restaurant in Key West. I'm a real estate broker in Key West and I love to share all of the wonderful places to eat and things to see and do on social media so that our island guests can plan a really fun vacation. I was excited for an evening out with my husband. We both work a great deal and we both volunteer every day after work for 3 hours so we can never eat out during the week. We also volunteer for 4 hours on Saturdays. We live outside of the city so dinner in the city is a rare and special occasion. 7 Fish was so rude to us it ruin our experience, our evening and our dinner. 7 Fish also yelled at me about taking a picture. It was terrible. From that point on even the food wasn't good. My good time was squashed. It seemed like the service took for ever and the food was mediocre, at best. When you're posting pictures and interacting with your friends and their liking your pictures it adds an element of fun. Especially for us because we have zero personal life after work and volunteer activities.
Debbie Saviano
This is so timely Marti as I have had quite the opposite experience?
I use the #CornerBakery as a Meeting place with Clients and even have #CornerMeetUps around the country when I travel.
I too am a Fan of Social Media and so naturally, Post • Document • Tweet my Experiences.
Each time I am in a Corner Bakery I am those who are with me are engaging on Social Media with plenty of pics flowing.
Managers even take pictures with us.
Corner Bakery shares my Tweets and my Pics and are highly Engaged ON LINE.
Would be most interesting to get the "Official Reaction" from Home Office.
Until then I will continue to "Share the Experiences".
Renae McBrian
I think this is a store by store policy. All of the California stores allow (and encourage) photos in our stores. It's good for business for word, pictures, comments, reviews, etc. to be spread via social media, and we are more than happy to snap pictures of guests. The only thing we DON'T allow (at least in the Westlake Village location) is taking pictures with celebrities, as it disturbs our business in general and the celebrities as people and customers.
So 2 months after this, Corner Bakery is having a selfie contest to take a picture of you and your salad: https://cornerbakerycafe.fbmta.com/shared/images/227/227_20150508461801.jpg
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(SOCIAL MEDIA) Instagram is allowing users to choose how their home feed appears so they can tailor their own experience… and chronological is back!
Jessica Martin, Staff Writer
Break out the bottle of champagne, because they are bringing back the chronological order in Instagram!
About time, right? Well, that's not all. Per Protocol, Instagram has announced that they are rolling out three feed options in the first half of 2022. What?! Yes, you read that right.
3 New Feed View Options
Home: This feed view should feel familiar because it's the algorithm you already use. No changes to this view.
Favorites: This feed view option presents a nice and tidy way to view creators, friends, and family of your choosing.
Following: Last, but not least, is my favorite re-boot, the chronological view of every account that you follow.
Per Protocol, recent legal allegations have been made that Instagram and Facebook have been prioritizing content viewed as harmful in the algorithm and specifically in Instagram. Instagram is widely believed to be harmful to teens. Per the American Psychological Association, "Studies have linked Instagram to depression, body image concerns, self-esteem issues, social anxiety, and other problems". They have been under scrutiny by lawmakers and in response are posing the chronological feed as a solution.
However, this won't fix everything. Even if the algorithm isn't prioritizing harmful posts, those posts will still exist and if that account is followed it can still be seen. The other issue with this solution is the knowledge that unless Instagram lets you choose your default feed view, they could still cause the algorithm view to be the automatic view. Facebook doesn't allow you to make the chronological feed your default view. This means you would need to choose that view every time. This bit of friction means there will be times it is overlooked and some may not even know the functionality exists. Knowing this information about Facebook, prepares us for what's to come with Instagram. After all, Facebook, or Meta, owns both.
While as an entrepreneur, the chronological view excites me, I know the reality of it being used is questionable. I would love to know others can see the products and services I offer instead of hoping that Instagram finds my content worthy to share in the algorithm.
As a human being with a moral conscience, I have to scream, "C'mon Instagram, you CAN do better!" We all deserve better than having a computer pick what's shown to us. Hopefully, lawmakers will recognize this band-aid quick fix for what it truly is and continue with making real changes to benefit us all.
(SOCIAL MEDIA) Do you market your business on Facebook? You need to know that their targeting options for ads are changing and what to do about it.
Meta is transforming Facebook's ad campaigns beginning January 19th. Facebook, which has been infamously battling criticism regarding election ads on their platform, is revising its limited targeting ad campaigns. Per this Facebook blog post, these changes eliminate the ability to target users based on interactions with content related to health (e.g., "Lung cancer awareness", "World Diabetes Day"), race and ethnicity, political affiliation, religious practices (e.g., "Catholic Church" and "Jewish holidays") and sexual orientation (e.g., "same-sex marriage" and "LGBT culture").
These changes go into effect on January 19, 2022. Facebook will no longer allow new ads to use these targeting tools after that date. By March 17, 2022, any existing ads using those targeting tools will no longer be allowed.
The VP of Ads and Business Product Marketing at Facebook, Graham Mudd, expressed the belief that personalized ad experiences are the best, but followed up by stating:
"[W]e want to better match people's evolving expectations of how advertisers may reach them on our platform and address feedback from civil rights experts, policymakers, and other stakeholders on the importance of preventing advertisers from abusing the targeting options we make available."
To help soften the blow, Facebook is offering tips and examples for small businesses, non-profits, and advocacy groups to continue to reach their audiences that go beyond the broad targeting of gender and age.
These tips include creating different types of targeting such as Engagement Custom Audiences, Lookalike Audiences, Website Custom Audiences, Location Targeting, and Customer Lists from a Custom Audience.
Here's the lowdown on how it will happen.
Per the Search Engine Journal, changes can be made to budget amounts or campaign names without impacting the targeting until March 17th. However, if you go to change the ad set level that will then cause changes at the audience level.
If you need to keep that particular ad to reuse, it may be best to edit the detailed targeting settings before March 17th in order to ensure you can make changes to it in the future.
I believe it was Heraclitus that declared change is constant. Knowing this, we can conclude other social platforms may follow suit and possibly adjust their targeting in the future as well.
(SOCIAL MEDIA) Facebook (now Meta) employees estimate its AI tools only clean up 3%-5% of hate speech on the platform. Surprise, Surprise *eye roll*
As Facebook moves further toward Zuckerberg's Metaverse, concerns about the efficiency with which the company addresses hate speech still remain, with employees recently estimating that only around 2% of offending materials are removed by Facebook's AI screening tools.
According to Wall Street Journal, internal documents from Facebook show an alarming inability to detect hate speech, violent threats, depictions of graphic content, and other "sensitive" issues via their AI screening. This directly contradicts predictions made by the company in the past.
A "senior engineer" also admitted that, in addition to removing only around 2% of inappropriate material, the odds of that number reaching even a numerical majority is extremely unlikely: "Recent estimates suggest that unless there is a major change in strategy, it will be very difficult to improve this beyond 10-20% in the short-medium term."
The reported efficacy of the AI in question would be laughable were the situation less dire. Reports ranging from AI confusing cockfights and car crashes to inaccurately identifying a car wash video as a first-person shooting are referenced in the internal documents, while far more sobering imagery–live-streamed shootings, viscerally graphic car wrecks, and open threats of violence against transgender children–went entirely unflagged.
Even the system in which the AI works is a source of doubt for employees. "When Facebook's algorithms aren't certain enough that content violates the rules to delete it, the platform shows that material to users less often—but the accounts that posted the material go unpunished," reports Wall Street Journal.
AI has repeatedly been shown to struggle with bias as well. Large Language Models (LLMs)–machine-learning algorithms that inform things like search engine results and predictive text–have defaulted to racist or xenophobic rhetoric when subjected to search terms like "Muslim", leading to ethical concerns about whether or not these tools are actually capable of resolving things like hate speech.
As a whole, Facebook employees' doubts about the actual usefulness of AI in removing inappropriate material (and keeping underage users off of the platform) paint a grim portrait of the future of social media, especially as the Metaverse marches steadily forward in mainstream consumption.

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Cadillac vehicles have been a fixture in the culture for decades. And now, the American automobile manufacturer is reciprocating that love by celebrating Black excellence and innovation in a new 3-part video series called Driven By Class.
In celebration of Black Music Month, Cadillac highlights the grind of Andre Power, co-founder and creative director of the artist collective Soulection, as the photographer and DJ spends a day in New York City scouting new locations for his global event, Link Up.
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From Uptown to Brooklyn, Power begins his search in Harlem (camera in tow) with his last destination being in DUMBO for a jam session. Along the way, he connects with some good people—including a park rep at a historic music venue, a talented street performer, a renowned composer/pianist, and other local musicians.
Driving around in a spacious Cadillac Escalade, Power notes that the whip's sound system is a great way to experience music. "In that moment the music matters so much because you're just on this journey," Power says. There's really nothing like driving and zoning out to some music for your soul in a city with deep roots in Black music culture.
To view more stories like this one from Cadillac, visit www.cadillac.com/audacity.
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You've finally decided on a color and removed all furniture from your living room. As eager as you might be to begin painting, rushing into the project can lead to mistakes that take significantly more effort to resolve down the road. To help prevent additional work, here is a list of the most common mistakes you'll want to avoid when completing your next interior painting project.
You might not notice it at first glance, but chances are your walls are covered in dust, dirt and small debris from years of remaining untouched. Oftentimes, when large pieces of furniture are placed against a wall, dust collects behind it coating the surface of your wall. Furthermore, the constant moisture build-up in your bathroom can cause your walls to develop a thick film that prevents the adhesion of new paint. In all cases, you'll want to follow the same procedure of washing the wall with a solution of TSP and water and letting dry completely before applying any primer or paint.
Obviously, you want your walls to be dry to the touch before you begin painting. But you also want to check for areas where the drywall might be damp from moisture behind the wall due to a leak or penetration from water outside the home. If you feel any soft spots on the walls or see paint blistering or water stains, be sure to investigate before beginning the painting phase of your project.
While latex paints are used most commonly in general interior painting applications today, this wasn't always the case. If you have an older home, chances are that the wall, ceiling and trim surfaces are coated in oil-based paint. The general rule of thumb is that if you're transitioning from oil to latex or vice versa, it's necessary to use a quality bonding primer, such as Benjamin Moore's Fresh Start Primer to ensure proper adhesion. Slapping latex right on top of oil-based paint without any preparation may lead to blistering and peeling.
You may think that applying a thicker layer of paint to cover up mistakes underneath is an easy fix, but beware that this is not a permanent solution and can lead to inconsistencies in finish. The best rule of thumb is to apply one coat of primer tinted to the same color as your finish coat, and one coat of the paint of your choice. To avoid drips and sags, don't overload your brush or roller, but put enough on so that it slides easily across the surfaces applying a minimal layer of paint.
Repainting a room in your house can really freshen up your entire space. But if you're not careful or not sure how to approach the project, it may be best to hire a professional to do the job for you.
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That the clarinet trio is alive and well today as a genre is shown by the many very varied msuical works for clarinet, cello and piano written in recent years. In Denmark in particular many new compositions have been written for clarinet trio thanks to LINensemble, who has persistently commissioned and performed new works. The pieces recorded here are a small selection of what this instrument combination, with its rich potential, has inspired Danish composers to write.
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Glenrothes MSP Jenny Gilruth has marked the 60th anniversary of the town's YMCA in the Scottish Parliament this week.
The MSP has lodged a motion in Parliament celebrating the milestone (a copy is noted below).
The organisation continues to offer a host of vital services for the community including managing homeless accommodation (since 1992). In early 2017 Glenrothes YMCA secured funding from the Big Lottery to support the delivery of the 'Y Academy'.
The long term goal of the Y Academy is to increase stability for individuals affected by homelessness and to help people maintain their future tenancies.
"The YMCA was the first charity of its kind to offer shelter and support for vulnerable young homeless people in my constituency. Today Glenrothes YMCA provides temporary accommodation for up to 59 people each night in hostels and shared flats across Glenrothes and the surrounding areas. I like to congratulate all of Glenrothes YMCA's staff on this significant milestone and for all that they do to support some of Fife's most vulnerable folk'.
Ms Gilruth recently opened the organisation's Summer Fête, which celebrated Scotland's Year of Young People.
That the Parliament congratulates the YMCA in Glenrothes on turning 60 on 3 August 2018; commends the team's excellent work across the town throughout the last six decades, supporting young people, vulnerable people facing homelessness and the community as a whole; understands that the Wash based in Warout continues to provide an invaluable community space and accommodation for men, in addition to the Farmhouse in South Parks, which supports women; notes that the YMCA is one of the largest voluntary organisations in Glenrothes, and wishes the team continued success in the years to come.
photograph of Jenny Gilruth MSP with Mary Hill, Chief Executive of YMCA Glenrothes plus support workers.


Demutsky, Porfyr or Porfyrii [Демуцький, Порфир or Порфирій; Demuc'kyj], b 22 March 1860 in Yanyshivka, Kyiv gubernia, d 3 June 1927 in Kyiv. Folklorist, composer, conductor, a medical doctor by profession; father of Danylo Demutsky. In 1892 he organized a choir in Okhmativ in the Kyiv region and took it on tour throughout Ukraine. He collected and recorded more than 1,000 Ukrainian folk songs, giving special attention to folk polyphony. He began work in Kyiv in 1918, joining the Ethnographic Commission of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in 1921. His major collections were Narodni ukraïns'ki pisni v Kyïvshchyni (Ukrainian Folk Songs in the Kyiv Region, 2 vols, 1905–7) and the posthumously published Ukraïns'ki narodni pisni. Bahatoholossia (Ukrainian Folk Songs: Polyphony, 1954); he also wrote Lira ta ïï motyvy (The Lyre and Its Motifs, Kyiv 1903).


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Buena Vista Original Productions films new series in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico
TV channels / Content | Agustin Bertran | September 3, 2019
Buena Vista Original Productions, The Walt Disney Latin America's original production unit, presents Femicidios, its new fiction series based on real gender violence cases, focused on women who suffered from it and gave details on the situation they were immersed in.
The series are produced and filmed in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. According to what The Walt Disney Company Latin America officially reported, each country is developing ten of the most relevant cases that took place there. Each episode narration is made from the victim's point of view, who give details on how the society where her case took place was and how the local justice system works.
Femicidios production and filming process is in charge of four producers. In Argentina, the project is developed by Polka, who is also responsible for the original idea. In Colombia it is Vista Producciones, a TV production and marketing company, with extensive experience in soap operas and realities productions. In Mexico, the production is in charge of BTF Media, audiovisual content producer directed by several communication and arts talents. In Brazil, the producer is Cinefilm, an independent company that creates different contents for TV, with several audiovisual market professionals.
Femicidios will be released on Latin American screens in 2021, The series cast will be announced soon, as reported by The Walt Disney Company Latin America.
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It may surprise some people to learn that in addition to its 50 states and Washington, D.C., the United States includes more than a dozen territories located in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean territories include Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
That's where national parks traveler Mikah Meyer recently traveled to visit six pristine National Park Service sites.
His first stop was the capital city of Puerto Rico, where he stepped into 500 years of history at the San Juan National Historic Site, a massive fort which was used to control the island.
Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony for centuries but was turned over to the United States following the Spanish-American war of 1898. Today, visitors come to this World Heritage Site to learn about its history and unique architecture.
Mikah had another chance for great views of the stunning land and seascapes of Puerto Rico on his flight over to the island of St. Croix — the largest of the three U.S. Virgin Islands, but the least crowded.
The small, uninhabited island and its surrounding reef were designated a national monument by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. "Basically he had gone there on vacation with his family, snorkeled this Buck Island Reef, thought it was amazing and decided to save it as a National Monument," Mikah explained.
President Bill Clinton expanded the monument in 2001, declaring it the first marine protected area in the National Park Service.
While hurricanes and rising sea temperatures have damaged and continue to threaten the fragile coral, many fish populations and a large number of native plant and animal species like the brown pelican and the St. Croix ground lizard are thriving in these protected spaces.
Despite his fear of the water, and inspired by what he might find in the clear blue sea, Mikah learned how to snorkel on the spot and dived in. He followed the markers of the "underground trail" where he explored the ancient barrier reef that wraps around two thirds of the island.
"They gave us an hour to snorkel around and it was kind of like being an explorer," he said. "You'd be snorkeling and there would be this amazing brain coral that looks like a giant brain the size of a baby elephant… and then you might come around the coral and see this amazing fish — and it was like Finding Nemo in real life," he said, referring to the hugely popular 2003 film of the same name.
After Buck Island, Mikah headed to the Christiansted National Historic Site, which is home to a colorful old Danish fort.
The urban park features 18th and 19th century structures in the heart of Christiansted, the capital of the former Danish West Indies on St. Croix Island. Christiansted, which means Christian's Place, was named in honor of King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway, and was envisioned as a rival to Christiania (later Olso), Norway, in size. According to the National Park Service, it exemplifies the architectural, economic and political influence of Europe like no other place in the Caribbean.
Mikah was particularly impressed by the history behind the strategic placement of the cannons around the fort.
The next stop for Mikah was the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve on St. Croix Island.
The site is also famous for its first European visitor — Christopher Columbus. "He stopped here on his second visit to the Caribbean where he came in search of fresh water," Mikah said.
Mikah was impressed by the diversity of the wildlife on the islands. "Each place we went, even though they were so close, all had their own what I call 'national park zoo,'" he said.
"So in the San Juan National Historic Site there was this massive green iguana," he described," a color that you couldn't imagine was real or came from nature." And then there were the hermit crabs. "They were everywhere," Mikah said. "If it wasn't developed, it was covered in hermit crabs…and I was scared of stepping on one," he recounted with a laugh.
And on St. Croix, there were mongooses.
"Apparently the Europeans brought them over to eat the rats," Mikah said. But apparently they weren't too keen on rats, "so they ended up eating a bunch of the other species on the islands, which are now extinct," Mikah pointed out.
But what really took his breath away, Mikah said, was the Caribbean marine life. Observing them in their habitat and exploring other underwater treasures was a transforming experience for him.
And at the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, he explored little coves and mangrove forests that help build a sustainable ecology.
To learn more about his time in the Caribbean and the many other sites he visited, Mikah invites you to visit him on his website, Facebook and Instagram.


KANSAS CITY -- The first time, it was planned. When Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez teamed up once again for a jaw-dropping putout of Kansas City's Kendry Morales on Tuesday night, it was improvisation on the part of the Indians' infielders.
"It was reaction," Lindor said on Wednesday.
Tuesday's theatrics arrived in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Tribe's 3-2 loss at Kauffman Stadium.
Morales chopped a pitch from Indians reliever Bryan Shaw up the middle and into the shift. Lindor, who was playing on the first-base side of second, ranged to his right and made a diving grab of the grounder. From his belly, the shortstop used his glove to flip the ball to Ramirez. The third baseman caught the ball and made a quick throw to first baseman Mike Napoli to complete the inning-ending, 6-5-3 putout.
"I caught it and I felt like I had a chance of doing it. I just flipped it," Lindor said. "We didn't talk about it. This time, it was just reaction. That's why you saw Ramirez catch it a little bad. I just felt like it was the best option in that moment, and I flipped it."
In the ninth inning against the Royals on June 4, Lindor and Ramirez pulled off the same play -- also against Morales -- at Progressive Field. Prior to that inning, the duo actually discussed that specific scenario and planned ahead in the event that they got the type of grounder required. Morales pulled a pitch from reliever Dan Otero to Lindor, who dived, flipped and watched as Ramirez finished the play that time, too.
It is the kind of thing that might give Morales nightmares.
"It's crazy that it was to him again," Lindor said with a smile.
Of course, the defensive-minded Royals are no strangers to this type of play. On July 28 last season against the Indians, Omar Infante and Alcides Escobar pulled off a 4-6-3 flip play to nab Cleveland's Roberto Perez. Again on Tuesday night, second baseman Whit Merrifield tried to pull off the same play with Escobar on a sharply hit grounder by Lindor, who beat the throw to first base for an infield single in the eighth inning.
"I was scared," Lindor said. "I was like, 'If they throw me out, oh my God.' If he would've thrown me out, I would've been embarrassed. They clearly know how to do it. I just didn't want them to do it to me."


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Corsa (Arctiidae) — género de borboleta noturna
Córsega
Língua corsa

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Corçà — ; município da Catalunha, Espanha


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Lilly ist eine Stadt im Dooly County im US-Bundesstaat Georgia mit 213 Einwohnern (Stand: 2010).

Geographie
Lilly liegt rund 10 km nordwestlich von Vienna. Die nächsten größeren Städte sind Albany (80 km südwestlich) und Atlanta (200 km nördlich).

Demographische Daten
Laut der Volkszählung von 2010 verteilten sich die damaligen 213 Einwohner auf 75 bewohnte Haushalte, was einen Schnitt von 2,84 Personen pro Haushalt ergibt. Insgesamt bestehen 96 Haushalte.

70,7 % der Haushalte waren Familienhaushalte (bestehend aus verheirateten Paaren mit oder ohne Nachkommen bzw. einem Elternteil mit Nachkomme) mit einer durchschnittlichen Größe von 3,45 Personen. In 44,0 % aller Haushalte lebten Kinder unter 18 Jahren sowie in 24,0 % aller Haushalte Personen mit mindestens 65 Jahren.

35,2 % der Bevölkerung waren jünger als 20 Jahre, 24,9 % waren 20 bis 39 Jahre alt, 21,6 % waren 40 bis 59 Jahre alt und 18,4 % waren mindestens 60 Jahre alt. Das mittlere Alter betrug 30 Jahre. 48,4 % der Bevölkerung waren männlich und 51,6 % weiblich.

46,9 % der Bevölkerung bezeichneten sich als Weiße und 50,2 % als Afroamerikaner. 1,9 % gaben die Angehörigkeit zu einer anderen Ethnie und 0,9 % zu mehreren Ethnien an. 1,9 % der Bevölkerung bestand aus Hispanics oder Latinos.

Das durchschnittliche Jahreseinkommen pro Haushalt lag bei 25.694 USD, dabei lebten 36,9 % der Bevölkerung unter der Armutsgrenze.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
1998 wurde das Lilly Historic District in das National Register of Historic Places eingetragen.

Verkehr
Lilly wird von der Georgia State Route 90 durchquert. Der nächste Flughafen ist der Flughafen Columbus (rund 130 km westlich).

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Ort in Nordamerika


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On Being Generative
Rev. Cliff Warner August 29, 2015 CliffNotes
We are generative.
I have been drawn to the power of this word ever since I was a graduate student in linguistics twenty years ago, studying Noam Chomsky's theory called "generative linguistics." The word "generate" evokes not just creativity in the sense of the fine arts, but the making of a life, the making of a new world, even. That sounds like the gospel to me.
I was delighted recently to come across some writings by the artist Makoto Fujimura, in which he reflects extensively on the word "generative" from the perspective of Christian discipleship (which, in turns out, was first brought to his attention through his father, a linguist who also studied Noam Chomsky).
In his book, Culture Care, Fujimura describes the generative life in terms of other words with the same root: generations, generous, and genesis. A generative life thinks generationally, considers how our life contributes to others, those who came before us and who will remain after us. A generative life is also generous, tapped into mindset of bounty, not scarcity, grateful for the abundance of God's creative goodness and giving abundantly of ourselves and resources. A generative life also pays attention to what he calls "genesis moments," the seminal moments of our life, often an experience of pain or failure, that give birth to unexpected and redemptive flourishing.
I am not an artist, but I love the arts and love to learn from artists. Fujimura gives me some fresh language for the vision we've long held at Christ Church, a vision to be a generative people, a people of "makers," a people who are filled with the Spirit of God making creative lives of blessing, making families of joy and strength, making shalom through our vocations, making whole-life disciples, generating new ministries and churches, partnering with God for the making of shalom in the city of Austin.
St. John the Evangelist reports in his Revelation, ". . . he who was seated on the throne said, 'Behold, I am making all things new." (21:5).


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\section{Introduction }

The topology of black hole horizons has been a matter of wide discussions in the past. Starting with the
Hawking's theorem, stating that each connected component of the event horizon of a
stationary black hole in four dimensional space time has the topology of a 2-sphere \cite{haw-book}, most
of the authors have been interested in non-dynamical asymptotically flat space times, excluding any kind of
cosmological black holes \cite{man}. Gannon was the first who opened the possibility of a torus topology for a black hole
horizon \cite{Gannon}, generalizing Hawking's theorem by replacing stationarity by some weaker assumptions.\\
\\
On the other hand, Chru´sciel and Wald \cite{wald} showed that each connected component of a cross-section
of the event horizon of a stationary asymptotically flat black hole must have spherical
topology. Jacobson and Venkataramani \cite{Jacobson} proved that, under certain conditions, the topology of the event
horizon of a four dimensional asymptotically flat black-hole space time must be 2-sphere. All theses studies
have been supported by the �topological censorship theorem� of Friedmann, Schleich and Witt, another statement
indicating the impossibility of non spherical horizons \cite{Friedman}. The theorem states that in a globally hyperbolic,
asymptotically flat spacetime, any two causal curves extending from past to future null infinity
are homotopic, meaning that a black hole with toroidal surface topology is a possible violation of topological
censorship theorem, as pointed out in \cite{Jacobson}. In fact, as was shown by Shapiro,
Teutolsky and Winicour \cite{Teutolsky}, a temporarily toroidal horizon can be formed in a gravitational collapse, in
a way consistent with the theorem.\\
Now, a concrete model of a black hole with toroidal horizon has been constructed by \cite{vanzo} for which the thermodynamics
and area law is also considered. Vanzo's model represents an isolated genus-one black hole in an asymptotically anti-de Sitter
space time; its extension to $d$ dimensions with a negative cosmological constant is given in \cite{Birmingham}.
Recently, toroidal and higher genus asymptotically AdS black holes have been put forward \cite{torus-collapse} through
gluing of some special metrics such as Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi-like and McVittie solution to toroidal or higher genus asymptotically AdS black holes.
These pasted-manifolds, however, lack the dynamical features of the black hole we are interested in.\\

Our purpose is to construct a dynamical topological black hole in an asymptotically anti-de Sitter space time as a first step
towards a better understanding of cosmological black holes\cite{man} and their thermodynamics. For a more concrete definition of dynamical
horizons and their difference to the isolated ones we refer to \cite{ashtekar-03} and the references therein. A general formalism for the
area law in the case of dynamical black holes is also formulated there for the first time, including the possibility of
the toroidal cross section of the horizon and the corresponding black hole area law. Using a 3+1 decomposition and the Gauss-Bonnet
theorem, they also found a formalism which identifies the rate at which the radius of the cross-sections increases precisely according
to the matter flux and gravitational wave on the horizon with cross-sections having a spherical topology and strictly positive
cosmological constants. However, in the case of zero and negative cosmological constant, where the topology of horizon cross-sections
may be toroidal, their formalism is not conclusive.\\
In this paper we construct a non-stationary space-time which is asymptotically anti-de Sitter and represents a
dynamical horizon with toroidal cross-sections. An area law is then written for this dynamical black hole showing
an increase of the horizon in accordance with the second law of black hole thermodynamics. The matter flux, however, is
non-vanishing, although the total matter flux including the contribution from the cosmological constant vanishes. Our
dynamical horizon model with toroidal cross-sections reduce to that of Vanzo \cite{vanzo} with an isolated
horizon if the space time is stationary. \\

 We will follow in this paper definitions and notations used in \cite{ashtekar-03}. They introduced a
 local definition of horizon as a three dimensional manifold $H$ in space time which can be foliated by
 closed 2-dimensional surfaces $S$, assuming special characteristic of the expansion on each leaf.
 The space-time metric $g_{ab}$ has signature $(-,+,+,+)$ and
its covariant derivative operator will be denoted by $\nabla$. The Riemann
tensor is defined by $R_{abc}{}^d W_d := 2 \nabla_{[a}
\nabla_{b]}W_c$, the Ricci tensor by $R_{ab} := R_{acb}{}^c$, and the scalar curvature by $R := g^{ab} R_{ab}$. The
unit normal to $H$ will be denoted by ${\widehat{\tau}}^a$; $g_{ab}{\widehat{\tau}}^a{\widehat{\tau}}^b
= -1$. The intrinsic metric and the extrinsic curvature of $H$ are
denoted by $q_{ab}:= g_{ab} + {\widehat{\tau}}_a{\widehat{\tau}}_b$ and
$K_{ab}:={q_a}^c{q_b}^d\grad_c{\widehat{\tau}}_d$ respectively. $D$ is the covariant
derivative operator on $H$ compatible with $q_{ab}$, ${\mathcal{R}}_{ab}$ its
Ricci tensor and ${\mathcal{R}}$ its scalar curvature.  The unit space-like vector orthogonal to $S$ and
tangent to $H$ is denoted by ${\widehat{r}}^{\,a}$. Quantities intrinsic to $S$ will be generally written
with a tilde. Thus, the two-metric on $S$ is ${\widetilde{q}}_{ab}$ and the
extrinsic curvature of $S\subset H$ is
${\widetilde{K}}_{ab}:=\widetilde{q}_a^{\,\,\,\,c}\widetilde{q}_b^{\,\,\,\,d}
D_c{\widehat{r}}_d$; the derivative operator on $(S, {\widetilde{q}}_{ab})$ is
$\widetilde{D}$ and its Ricci tensor is ${\widetilde{\R}}_{ab}$. Finally, we can
fix the rescaling freedom in the choice of null normals
${\ell}^a:={\widehat{\tau}}^{\,a}+{\widehat{r}}^{\,a}$ and $n^a:={\widehat{\tau}}^{\,a}-{\widehat{r}}^{\,a}$ such that
$\ell^a n_a = -2$. The shear tensor $\sigma_{ab}$ of the null vector $l^a$ and its trace $\sigma$
are defined as usual.
A dynamical horizon is then defined as a three dimensional space-like sub-manifold
of space time such that it can be foliated with closed orientable two dimensional surfaces on which the
expansion $\Theta_{(\ell)}$ vanishes, and the expansion $\Theta_{(n)}$ of the other null normal is negative.
Section 2 is devoted to a short review of the area law formalism for dynamical horizons in different cases of
the cosmological constant. The area law for the dynamical horizon in a concrete metric with AdS  back ground
($\Lambda<0$) as an exact solution of the Einstein equations is discussed in section III. We then conclude in section IV.

\section{Area law for dynamical black holes }

Now, having the necessary definitions and notations, we may write the first consequence of the
above definition of a dynamical horizon, using the relations
$\Theta_{(\ell)} =0$ and $\Theta_{(n)} <0$, in the form

\begin{equation} \label{area-in} {\widetilde{K}} = \tilde{q}^{ab} D_a {\widehat{r}}_b = \frac{1}{2}\,
\tilde{q}^{ab} \nabla_a (\ell_b -n_b) = - \frac{1}{2} \Theta_{(n)}
>0. \end{equation}
Hence, the area $a_S$ of $S$ will increase monotonically along ${\widehat{r}}^{\,
a}$ by the change of the cross-sections, which is equivalent to the second law of black hole mechanics on $H$.
To obtain an explicit expression for the area change the authors in \cite{ashtekar-03} take
first two fixed cross-sections $S_1$ and $S_2$ of $H$, and then integrate the result on a
portion $\Delta H \subset H$ bounded by $S_1$ and $S_2$ with the corresponding
radii $R_1$ and $R_2$. Note that $R$ is the area radius of $S$ defined by $a_S = 4 \pi R^2$, $a_S$ being
the surface area of $S$ independent of its topology.
 Following result is then obtained using  Gauss-Bonnet theorem\cite{ashtekar-03}:

\begin{equation}\label{ab1}  \mathcal{I}\, (R_2 - R_1) =  16\pi G \int_{\Delta H}
(T_{ab}- \frac{\Lambda}{8\pi G} g_{ab}) {\widehat{\tau}}^{\,a}\xi_{(R)}^b\,d^3V +
\int_{\Delta H} N_R\left\{ |\sigma|^2 + 2|\zeta|^2\right\}\,d^3V, \end{equation}
where $\mathcal{I}$ is the Euler characteristic of $S$; The scalar $|\zeta|$ is the length of the vector $\zeta^a=\tilde{q}^{ab}\hat{r}^c \nabla_b \ell_c$
and $\xi_{(R)}^a = N_R l^a$ where the lapse function is given by $N_R =|\partial R|$. The first term on the right hand side is usually called the matter flux, $ \mathcal{F}^{(R)}_{matter}$, and the second term is the gravitational wave
flux, $ \mathcal{F}^{(R)}_{\rm grav}$. The discussion on the
topology of $S$ is now divided in three cases depending on the cosmological constant.

\begin{description}
\item[\emph{Case 1}:] $\Lambda > 0$. Since the stress energy
tensor $T_{ab}$ is assumed to satisfy the dominant energy condition,
the right hand side is manifestly positive definite. Due to the fact that the
area increases along ${\widehat{r}}^a$, we must have $R_2 - R_1
>0$. It then follows that $\mathcal{I}$ has to be positive. Therefore, the
closed, orientable 2-manifolds $S$ are necessarily
topologically 2-spheres and $\mathcal{I} = 8\pi$. Eq.(\ref{ab1}) now
gives a measure for the increase of the horizon cross-section area\cite{ashtekar-03}: %

\begin{eqnarray}\label{ab2}  \frac{R_2-R_1}{2G} &=&  \int_{\Delta H} (T_{ab}-
\frac{\Lambda}{8\pi G}\, g_{ab}) {\widehat{\tau}}^{\,a}\xi_{(R)}^b\,d^3V
\nonumber \\ &+& \frac{1}{16\pi G}\,\int_{\Delta H} N_R\left\{
|\sigma|^2 + 2|\zeta|^2\right\}\,d^3V\,. \end{eqnarray}
\item[\emph{Case 2}]: $\Lambda =0$. The right-hand side of eq.(\ref{ab1})
is necessarily non-negative. Hence, the topology of $S$ is either
that of a 2-sphere (if the right hand side is positive) or that of a
2-torus (if the right hand side vanishes).
The torus topology can occur if and only if $T_{ab}\ell^b$,
$\sigma_{ab}$ and $\zeta^a$ all vanish everywhere on $H$. Therefore, it may be
concluded that the scalar curvature ${\widetilde{\R}}$ of $S$ must also vanish
on every cross-section. The 2-manifold $S$ then has to be a flat torus. Using the fact
that $H$ is space-like, we conclude that in this case ${\cal L}_n\, \Theta_{(\ell)} =0$ everywhere
on $H$. Thus, in this case the dynamical horizon cannot be a FOTH \cite{ashtekar-03}. Furthermore, since
 $\Theta_{(\ell)}, \sigma_{ab}$, and $R_{ab}\ell^b$ all vanish
on $H$, the Raychaudhuri equation now implies that ${\cal L}_\ell\,
\Theta_{(\ell)}$ also vanishes. \\
Note the following cases:

\begin{itemize}

\item In the case of torus topology the transition to the stationary case and
isolated horizon is not trivial\cite{ashtekar-03}. Given that in the stationary
case the topology can not be a torus \cite{haw-book}, a topology change is then
unavoidable \cite{horowitz-91}. The procedure used in \cite{ashtekar-03} to understand
the transition to the isolated horizon is based on the relation
 \begin{equation} f\,\Lie_{n}\, \Theta_{(\ell)} =
\label{spacelike} -\sigma^2 - R_{ab}\ell^a\ell^b,
  \end{equation}
where $f$ is the length of a space-like vector orthogonal to $S$ and tangent to $H$. Now, due to
the fact that in the case of torus topology we have $\Lie_{n}\, \Theta_{(\ell)} =0$, it can not be
concluded that $f=0$ which is a necessary condition for the isolated horizon with the sphere topology.\\

\item The familiar matter flux as defined in (\ref{ab1}) does vanish in the case of the torus topology. However, by
changing the definition of $\xi_{(R)}$ in (\ref{ab1}) to $\xi_{(R)}^b = c n^b$, where $c$ is
an appropriate coefficient related to $f$, we may arrive at a non-vanishing matter flux. That this
is not always the case, we will see on hand a concrete example in the following section. We may also note
that the positivity of the extrinsic curvature of $S$ along $r^a$ in the case of torus topology does not
necessarily means an area increase. This is due to the vanishing of the left hand side of (\ref{ab1}).
\end{itemize}
\item[\emph{Case 3}:] $\Lambda <0$. In this case there is no control on
the sign of the right-hand side of eq.(\ref{ab1}). Hence, any topology is permissible. Stationary
solutions with quite general topologies are known for black holes which are locally
asymptotically anti-de Sitter\cite{vanzo}. Event horizons of these solutions are
potential asymptotic states of these dynamical horizons in the
distant future.
\end{description}

\section{Area law for a dynamical black hole in AdS back ground }

We are interested in a solution of Einstein equations with negative cosmological constant representing a black hole
with a dynamical horizon having torodial cross-sections. So far we have not found any exact solution of Einstein equations
having these features and not constructed through a cut and paste technology. Solutions produced by cut and paste technology
do not represent a genuine dynamical black hole due to the build-in freezing of the matching hypersurface. We propose
then a solution in the general Vaidya form:

\begin{equation} ds^{2} = -f(v,r) dv^2 + 2dvdr +
r^2 (d\theta^2 + d\phi^2),  \end{equation}
with the arbitrary function $f$ of coordinates $v$ and $r$, where $v$ is the advanced
time coordinate with $-\infty<v<\infty$, $r$ is the radial coordinate
with $0<r<\infty$, and $\theta,\phi$ are coordinates describing the two-dimensional
zero-curvature space generated by the
two-dimensional commutative Lie group $G_2$ of isometries \cite{vanzo}.\\
The black-hole apparent horizon is space-like and located at
\begin{equation} \label{eq:cubic} f(v,r) := 0 \, . \end{equation}
The expansions of the corresponding null normals are
\begin{equation} \Theta_{\ell} = \frac{f}{r}, \qquad \textrm{and} \qquad
\Theta_{n} = -\frac{4}{r} \, .\end{equation}
Note that $\Theta_{n}$ is always negative and
$\Theta_{\ell}$ vanishes precisely at the horizon, as required by a dynamical horizon.
The unit normal to the horizon is given by
\begin{equation} \hat{\tau}_a =
\frac{1}{\sqrt{|2\dot{f}f^\prime|}}[\dot{f}, f^\prime] \qquad \textrm{and} \qquad \hat{\tau}^a =
\frac{1}{\sqrt{|2\dot{f}f^\prime|}}[f^\prime, \dot{f}] \, . \end{equation}
The constant $r$ surfaces are the preferred cross-sections of the
horizon and the unit space-like normal $\hat{r}^a$ to these cross
sections is given by
\begin{equation} \hat{r}_a =
\frac{1}{\sqrt{|2\dot{f}f^\prime|}}[-\dot{f},
f^\prime] \qquad \textrm{and} \qquad \hat{r}^a =
\frac{1}{\sqrt{|2\dot{f}f^\prime|}} [f^\prime,- \dot{f}].
\end{equation}
The properly rescaled null normals are then given by
\begin{equation} \ell^a = \frac{2|f^\prime|}{\sqrt{|2\dot{f}f^\prime|}}(1,0,0,0)  \qquad \textrm{and} \qquad
n^a = \frac{2\dot{f}}{\sqrt{|2\dot{f}f^\prime|}}(0,1,0,0)  \, . \end{equation}
The lapse function corresponding to the radial coordinate $r$, which
in this case is identical to the area radius, is given by
\begin{equation} N_r = \left|\frac{\dot{f}}{2f^\prime}\right|^{1/2}. \end{equation}
Thus the properly rescaled vector field corresponding to the
radial coordinate $r$ is $\xi_{(R=r)}^a = N_r \ell^a = (\partial /\partial v)^a$.
\\
Now, take the following special solution with toroidal horizon configurations suggested in \cite{lemos97}
\begin{equation}
ds^2 = - \left(\alpha^2r^2-\frac{\beta m(v)}{r}\right) dv^2 + 2 dv dr +
r^2 (d\theta^2 + d\phi^2),
                         \label{eq:2.2}
\end{equation}
where $0\leq\theta<2\pi$, $0\leq\phi<2\pi$. The corresponding energy-momentum tensor is then given by
\begin{eqnarray}
&T_{ab} = \frac{\beta}{8\pi r^2} \frac{dm(v)}{dv} k_ak_b, &\nonumber \\
&  \quad k_a = - \delta^v_a, \quad k_ak^a = 0, &
                        \label{eq:2.3}
\end{eqnarray}
where $\alpha \equiv \sqrt{\frac{-\Lambda}{3}}$, $\beta=q/\alpha$, and $m(v)$ is the Misner-Sharp mass.
In these coordinates, lines with $v = $constant represent incoming radial
null vectors having tangent vectors in the form $k^a=(0,-1,0,0)$,
or $k_a = (-1,0,0,0)$. The energy momentum tensor depends, in general, on $\Lambda$ and
diverges as $\Lambda \rightarrow 0$. To assume a toroidal cross-section and apply the eq.(\ref{ab1}), we
therefore ask for $\beta$ to be independent of $\Lambda$, leading to $q=\frac{2\alpha}{\pi}$.

Now, noting that the energy-density of the radiation is
$\epsilon = \frac{1}{4\pi^2 r^2}\frac{dm}{dv}$, one sees that
the weak energy condition for the radiation is satisfied whenever
$\frac{dm}{dv}\geq0$, i.e., the radiation is imploding.\\
The apparent horizon surface is now defined by
\begin{equation}
qm|_{AH}=\alpha^3 r|_{AH}^3.
\end{equation}

Having specified $f$, and noting that $ \dot{f}=-\frac{q \dot{m}}{\alpha r}$ and $ f'= \frac{2 \alpha^3 r^3+qm}{\alpha r^2}$, we are
able to calculate the gravitational flux leading to

\begin{equation}
\mathcal{F}^{(R)}_{\rm grav} = \frac{1}{16\pi G}\,\int_{\Delta H} N_R\left\{ |\sigma|^2 + 2|\zeta|^2\right\}\,d^3V=0.
\end{equation}
Therefore, from the equation (\ref{ab1}) we conclude that in our model of dynamical black hole with the toroidal topology the total matter flux term
including the $\Lambda$-fluid across the horizon has to be zero, \textit{i.e}. $ \mathcal{F}^{(R)}_{total} =0 $. This means that the ordinary matter flux
$ \mathcal{F}^{(R)}_{ordi}= \int_{\Delta H}
T_{ab}{\widehat{\tau}}^{\,a}\xi_{(R)}^b\,d^3V$, equals to the corresponding \textit{$\Lambda $-fluid} term, i.e. $\mathcal{F}^{(R)}_{\Lambda}=\int_{\Delta H} \frac{\Lambda}{8\pi G} g_{ab}) {\widehat{\tau}}^{\,a}\xi_{(R)}^b\,d^3V$.\\
Therefore, in the general case of non-stationary metric where $m(v)$ is everywhere time dependent, the horizon is dynamical, the total matter flux
is vanishing while the ordinary matter flux is non-zero, and the horizon is space-like. Now, let us differentiate two special cases:

\begin{itemize}
\item \textit{$m$ is constant everywhere} : In this case, the horizon is isolated.  The following coordinate transformations
will then give us the stationary metric suggested by Vanzo \cite{vanzo}:
\begin{equation}
t=v-\int \frac{dr}{\left(\alpha^2r^2-\frac{q m}{\alpha r}\right)}.
\end{equation}
Therefore, all results stated in \cite{vanzo} for this metric including the formula for the black hole area law are applicable here.

\item \textit{$m$ is constant on the horizon ($m|_{AH}=constant$)} : \\
In this limiting case we have $\dot{m}|_{AH}=0$, i.e. the matter flux in addition to the total flux is zero, and ${\widehat{\tau}}^{\,a}$ will be
null. Thus, the horizon, being null now, has a constant surface. It is therefore an isolated horizon although the metric is non-stationary.

\end{itemize}

\section{Conclusion}

We have constructed a dynamical black hole having toroidal topology in its cross-sections within an asymptotically anti-de Sitter
space time as an exact solution of Einstein equations not produced by any cut-and-paste technology. The area law is written out and
it has been shown that the total matter flux, including the $\Lambda$-matter, is zero while the ordinary matter flux is non-vanishing.
This model for the first time, exemplifies the existence of dynamical horizons with toroidal topology. The vanishing of the
total matter flux may be just a feature of the concrete model we have proposed. The model leads in a limiting case to an
isolated horizon. Assuming our general metric to be stationary it reduces to the Vanzo metric \cite{vanzo}.

\section{ACKNOWLEDGMENT}
We would like to thank Abhay Ashtekar for suggesting the problem.

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The Valea Viilor fortified church (; ) is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor (Wurmloch), Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation. Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Description

Background and church
There is evidence to suggest that an earlier Romanesque church existed in the village, as remnants could formerly be seen beneath the floor of the sacristy. This building is believed to have been 10 m long, less than half the length of the present church. The latter, in Gothic style and dedicated to Saint Peter, was begun in the 14th century. The small nave has a vaulted ceiling with a complex network of ribs, which rest on seven pairs of poles attached to the walls. The choir has a ceiling of the same type. Built in 1528, the pulpit was produced in a period of transition from Gothic to Renaissance.

The church underwent modifications at the beginning of the 16th century: a defensive level featuring parapets was added atop the nave, while towers were built next to the north and south entrances. Next to each of these was a small round tower with a spiral staircase that reached the fortified level. A third tower, near the buttress at the southwest end of the nave, provided access to the belfry, itself fitted with numerous and varied defense mechanisms. The choir was rebuilt as a three-story brick defensive tower with walls 1.5 m thick. A fourth level, which juts out slightly atop a row of corbels and is supported by arches built between the buttresses, has a timber frame parapet. The altar painting was executed in 1779 by an artist from Sighișoara.

Fortifications and recognition
A single oval fortification, constructed around 1500 and equipped with a battlement resting on brick arches, surrounds the church. Access is through an arched passage beneath the gate tower on the western side. This could be closed with a portcullis that had a grille of wood strengthened by iron. Three bastions survive, each facing one of the cardinal points. The walls reach 6–7 m in height; they have both parapets and embrasures supported by corbels.

In 1999, Valea Viilor, together with five other places, was added to the already-listed Biertan to form the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site. Additionally, the church is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, with the wall and bastions being listed as a separate entry.

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Lutheran churches in Romania
Lutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism
Historic monuments in Sibiu County
Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania sites
Romanesque architecture in Romania
14th-century churches in Romania


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Odobești è un comune della Romania di 4.986 abitanti, ubicato nel distretto di Dâmbovița, nella regione storica della Muntenia.

Il comune è formato dall'unione di 5 villaggi: Brâncoveanu, Crovu, Miulești, Odobești, Zidurile.

Comuni del distretto di Dâmboviţa


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no redeeming value to this. its just another person's story.. and not a remarkable one either. its like the JCole 'doc' posted a while back. i dont think the story of a famous person is ever a good story. i could care less about their problems or 1st world struggle, and the fact they had anything to do with its production just furthers my scrutiny of the gimme-gimme microwave mentality of the Millennial generation.
your story is not a story, its just your life. get over yourself. go to the beach and soak in the water and bask in the sun and realize how awesome the world is without you or anyone else.
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Why would you post this here? This is not a documentary, it's a series youtube is doing because Demi paid them to do it. It's literally a Disney rich girls autobiography, it does not belong here in the world of educational things.
Why do parents bother to have children if they are going to basically ignore the struggles they have to grow up. I think parents are the lamest people on the planet.


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Panel to take closely watched vote on pipeline station
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia air pollution panel is set to take a vote Monday on a key permit for a major natural gas pipeline.
The board will decide whether to allow a compressor station in a historically African-American community west of Richmond that's needed to pump gas through the planned Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Gov. Ralph Northam recently removed two members of the board. His move angered minority groups and environmentalists, who said Northam was trying to improperly influence the board to help Dominion Energy build its new pipeline.
Northam's office said the board members' terms had expired this summer and their removal was unrelated to the compressor station vote.