Stockhouse Interview with Joe Lowry - Nano One Materials Corp.	Stockhouse Interview with Joe Lowry - Nano One Materials Corp.
Another key takeaway from reading Joe's real-time accounts of the lithium industry is that things happen, a lot of things, away from the U.S. & Canada! And, it's not all about south America's, "Lithium Triangle" either. China is incredibly important and Australia is a long-time and growing hotspot for hard rock Li mining. Joe has mentioned Chinese & Australian-listed companies that have also had tremendous performance over the past year, Ganfeng Lithium (SHE:002460) + 208% and Tianqi Lithium (SHE:002466) + 97%.
Joe is a fan of Australian-listed Galaxy Resources (ASX: GXY), a company a hard-rock operation in production in Australia, a world-class brine development project (Sal de Vida) in Argentina that has a Bank Feasibility Study on it, and a promising exploration project in Quebec, Canada near Nemaska's (TSX: NMX) Whabouchi project. GXY is up 60% in just the past 3 months.
What has been the biggest change in your view of either demand or supply for the next 5 or 10 years?
Since mid-year when I have been asked to speak on lithium supply & demand, I say the following, 'all the positive surprises have been on the demand side and the negative surprises on the supply side.' I do a lot of expert consultant calls on the subject of lithium. These calls no longer dwell on the topic of demand — investors seem to recognize that electric transportation demand is real and significant.
The question now is more about speed of EV implementation. On supply, it has been great to see LAC, Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) & Altura Mining (ASX: AJM) get funding, but the continued issues with Albemarle's (NYSE: ALB) LaNegra II expansion, and Orocobre (ASX: ORE) ramping up to phase 1 capacity of 17,500 tonnes/yr. of lithium carbonate, are further evidence that lithium projects take time and have considerable execution risk.
While most agree with you & Simon Moores that Li prices will remain at or above $10-12k/tonne for years to come, what event(s) could cause prices to fall below $10k/tonne?
Oversupply, which isn't likely to happen. Also, the global average cost of production is creeping up each year. Even Albemarle in the Atacama salar in Chile has significantly higher cash costs after agreeing to a new royalty regime this year.
What is the most important lithium industry topic that investors are not talking about?
The biggest issue with the retail investor is falling love with a company because its stock price is up, even if the company's project is poor or marginal.
On the institutional side, many are asking the wrong questions and accepting what some major banks say, that is, in many cases, simply poor quality analysis. I have done calls with hedge funds and institutions that were only willing to look at ALB for a lithium investment. Juniors were not on the table for them because of their size or the exchange they are traded on. I always said to buy SQM, but would get some response about the CORFO issue. Look at the missed opportunity (up 120% in the past year).
Are you receiving more calls from investment fund managers lately? At what point on the investment spectrum are we on in terms of boom-bust / fear-greed, bubble / pop?
Companies you've spoken favorably on, companies like Tianqi, Ganfeng, SQM, and Lithium Americas are up between 87% & 208% in the past year. Can large lithium companies continue to vastly outperform market indices?
First, let me clarify, Tianqi should be at the end, not the beginning of that list. They have great assets but are not great operators like SQM & Ganfeng. In this cycle I bought SQM at $15/shr. and bought more shares up to $20. It's at $58 as we speak. I started buying shares of LAC the week of the SQM JV deal in March of 2016. I was public about this only to prove that I, 'eat my own cooking.' At this point in the cycle, SQM may be approaching full valuation, but in my opinion LAC is still significantly undervalued and has a lot of room to run.
China's announcement to ban gas & diesel cars is hardly a surprise, yet the market seems to have been blown away by this news. In what year do you think China will start phasing out ICE-powered vehicles?
Much of my business is directly tied to what happens in China. My opinion is that this announcement is both aspirational and significant. I take it as more of an indication that near-term policy decisions will support e-transportation & ESS growth. But, we could easily be talking five years from now about when China is going to turn that pronouncement into reality.
There are > 20 juniors with at least 1 owned or optioned Li brine property in Argentina. Lacking large sums of capital, some are planning to pump brine into evaporation ponds, then ship a 1%-2% Li concentrate to a larger player for processing. Is that a business model that could work?
This idea sounds good, but would be difficult to implement. Most brine assets have significant variations. Salars are dynamic – it's not just about, 'pumping brine into ponds'; expertise is required to manage the mix of brines. This is true on the world's best brine resource in Chile and wouldn't be any easier with combined mediocre assets. Blending brines from several salars will increase processing complexity significantly. It may look good on a, 'white board' and make for a good story for investors who don't understand how lithium processing works, but I'm skeptical to say the least.
You comment periodically about FMC Corp., Albemarle & SQM. Please summarize your views on each.
SQM only fairly recently decided to go 'all-in' on lithium, as evidenced by the LAC and Kidman Resources (ASX: KDR) deals and their expansion in Chile. SQM is now the, 'lithium superpower.' Yes, they still have to work out issues with CORFO, but the Chilean government does not want to kill the golden goose.
Albemarle has great assets, but are, at best, mediocre operators. They have a very poor record of executing on capital projects. Their announcement on September 15th about new technology was a typical PR move, but likely lacks substance – they highlighted a technology that even they say is not ready for commercial use. ALB has issues with their brine operation that are starting to be recognized based on their limited output vs. SQM. In one sentence; ALB is a company run by a lawyer trying to compete in a world where operations are key.
FMC Corp. (NYSE: FMC) has allowed their franchise to atrophy by not investing in resource capacity. They have a very good, but small upstream operation in Argentina. They have a very old processing plant in North Carolina, and an old downstream plant in the UK. Their newly announced tolling operation is what I have called a 'House of Cards' – your readers can find my posts on Linked-In. From a top 3 producer in years past, FMC will be #6 globally in LCE production in 2018.
Joe, I notice that you mention a company named Nano One, ticker NNO.v from time to time. What can you tell us about that company?
Nano One Materials (TSX-V: NNO) has an extremely interesting technology. The primary focus is to lower the cost of producing cathode by eliminating process steps. In addition, Nano's process may enable the use of non 'battery-grade' lithium materials in cathode production. Another benefit of the process is the ability to use lithium carbonate to produce high nickel compounds such as NCA that currently require lithium hydroxide.
SQM has operations or projects in Chile, Argentina & Australia. It's been reported that they're looking for a fourth jurisdiction to operate in. Any thoughts on where they are looking?
You & Simon Moores say that the lithium supply chain is in need of funding from additional sources, presumably battery makers & EV manufacturers. Has there been any evidence of this yet?
Absolutely, there is evidence, but valuation is a major issue. I am speaking with interested parties across the supply chain (from cathode to car makers). The problem is that car and battery companies want to negotiate from strength and tend to be bullies when dealing with their suppliers. They are trying to price shop in a seller's market. It will take time for them to realize the reality of the lithium market – lithium suppliers are in the driver's seat.
Thanks Joe, very good stuff, as always. Great catching up with you!


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IGM Biosciences Appoints M. Kathleen Behrens, Ph.D., to B...
IGM Biosciences Appoints M. Kathleen Behrens, Ph.D., to Board of Directors
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IGM Biosciences, Inc. (IGM), a privately held biotechnology company and a global leader in the research and development of therapeutic IgM antibodies, today announced the appointment of M. Kathleen Behrens, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Behrens has been a pioneer in the biotech industry throughout her career, beginning as an equity research analyst at Robertson Stephens & Co. She has been an industry leader in a wide variety of roles, including equity research analyst, venture capital investor, public equity investor, entrepreneur, executive, director and public policy and industry trade group committee member.
Dr. Behrens currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. and has been a member of its Board since 2009.
"Kathy brings a unique perspective to IGM's Board – one that has been shaped by a successful career as an entrepreneur, company founder, private and public investor, director, public policy expert and management advisor across the life sciences industry. IGM is honored to have her join us at this exciting point in our development," said Fred Schwarzer, Chief Executive Officer of IGM Biosciences. "Importantly, Kathy has first-hand experience guiding an antibody platform company from its inception as a privately held entity to a successful publicly traded company with a deep pipeline. Kathy's financial industry experience also adds a key perspective to our Board as we look to build our infrastructure and strategy for 2019 and beyond. We are very pleased that Kathy will be joining the Company, and IGM will benefit greatly from her counsel and experience."
"IGM is looking to unlock the inherent advantages that IgM antibodies may have over currently available IgG antibody treatments. It is the ingenuity and passion of companies like IGM that has excited and engaged me in this industry for the past 35 years, and it is why I remain a steadfast believer in its ability to evolve, innovate and create new products for the treatment of life-threatening human diseases," commented Dr. Behrens. "I look forward to working with IGM, and I am very excited by the prospect of witnessing its progress firsthand."
Dr. Behrens played an important role in the founding of one of the seminal antibody platform companies, Protein Design Labs, Inc. She also served as a director of the groundbreaking antibody platform company, Abgenix, Inc., from the company's early rounds of private financings through its sale to Amgen Inc. Dr. Behrens also served as a director of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2009 until its sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
Dr. Behrens serves as a member of the Steering Committee of the Coalition for 21st Century Medicine, of which she was a co-founder. She has served as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology ("PCAST") and as chairwoman of PCAST's subcommittee on Personalized Medicine. She has been a director on the Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy of the National Research Council and has also served as a director, president and chairwoman of the National Venture Capital Association.
Dr. Behrens began her career in the financial services industry as an equity research analyst with Robertson Stephens & Co., where she became a general partner, managing director and venture capital investor. Dr. Behrens continued in her venture capital management capacity as a general partner for selected venture funds of RS Investments after a management-led buyout of the firm from Bank of America Corporation.
Dr. Behrens holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of California, Davis.
About IGM Biosciences, Inc.
Headquartered in Mountain View, California, IGM Biosciences, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company that has been focused on creating and developing novel IgM antibodies that improve the treatment of cancer and other diseases since 2010. IGM Biosciences is working to develop IgM antibodies in those clinical indications where their inherent advantages may provide substantially superior performance, as compared with IgG antibodies. For more information about IGM Biosciences, its technologies or its antibody pipeline, please visit www.igmbio.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management's expectations and are subject to certain factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, outcome of events, timing and performance to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. The information contained in this press release is believed to be current as of the date of original issue. IGM Biosciences expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.
IGM Biosciences
Last Updated: 31-Jan-2019

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Ирене Монтала (; 18 июня 1976, Ноу Баррис, Барселона) — испанская актриса.

Биография
Родилась в районе  Барселоны. Ирене изучала танцы и пение. Занималась на курсах актёрского мастерства у Чики Берра и Мануэля Лилло. Её родным языком является испанский и каталонский, также изучала английский и французский язык.

Начала свою карьеру в качестве актрисы на телевидении в телесериале Poblenou (TV3).
В 2001 году она стала знаменитой после откровенной сцены в фильме «Fausto 5.0».

В 2004 году сыграла в эпизодической роли в сериале «Скажите мне, как это произошло» (роль Милы), после чего некоторое время не снималась, лишь спустя три года Ирене снова появилась на телевидение в сериале R.I.S. Científica (адаптация C.S.I.: Место преступления), который не имел продолжения из-за невысоких рейтингов.

Но подлинную известность Ирене принесла роль Ребекки в популярном телесериале 2009 года «Интернат. Чёрная лагуна» телеканала «Antena 3». Её роль включала не только действие, но и красивые любовные отношения с Мартином (Исмаэль Мартинес (исп. Ismael Martínez), который также работал с ней в сериале «R.I.S. Científica»). В 2010 году сериал закончился.

Помимо работы на телевидении, Ирене снимается и в кино. Она появилась в таких испанских фильмах, как Las mujeres del anarquista, Body Armour, Andalucía, Todo está en el aire, Tu vida en 65, A ras de suelo, Rottweiller, Nubes de verano, Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán, Una casa de locos o Fausto 5.0, а также в некоторых французских.

Ирене много работает в театре, в частности играет в спектаклях «Front Page», «Федра», «Лулу». За роль Марты в фильме «Летние тучи» (2004) она получила премию Billboard как лучшая актриса.

С 2010 по 2013 год она участвовала в серии El Barco, на частном канале Antena 3, с ролью Джулии Вильсон. Монтала, сыгравший ученого, путешествующего на корабле, где разворачивается действие, был одним из главных героев сериала, наряду с Хуанхо Артеро, Марио Касас и Бланка Суарес. 11 В 2013 году она выпустила фильм «Alpha», основанный на реальных событиях, где она сыграла роль Сони.

В 2017 году Ирен вернулась на TV3 для участия во втором сезоне триллера Nit i dia. В 2018 году она появилась в The Truth of Telecinco, сыграв инспектора Алисию Коста. Она также был частью актерского состава «Предполагаемая виновность» Антены 3 и Феликса из Movistar+

Она также работала в различных пьесах, таких как Primera plana, Fedra, Lulú или El Criat
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Телесериалы

Награды

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Detroit Lions: 5 burning questions in 2018
August 22, 2018 by admin 0 Comments
Detroit Lions, NFL
They remain the only franchise in the NFC not to reach the Super Bowl. What are the most pressing issues for the Detroit Lions that warrant answers?
There's a new head coach but the same old recent history. The Detroit Lions jettisoned Jim Caldwell after four seasons and two playoff appearances. But there still hasn't been a playoff win since 1991 and a division title since '93. Meanwhile, the last time new head coach Matt Patricia wasn't part of a team that went to the postseason was 2008 – a very forgettable year for NFL fans from the Motor City.
Still, there's certainly some reason for optimism when it comes to this team in 2018. The one-time defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots inherits a squad that finished with a winning record in three of the past four seasons and made playoff appearances in 2014 and '16. Then again, the NFC North looks pretty solid from top to bottom. Even the Chicago Bears, who have resided in the basement the previous four seasons, look like a much-improved football team.
So as the Lions prepare for the third preseason game (August 24 at Tampa Bay), has there been any solutions when it comes to the five most important issues surrounding the club?
5. Who is the team's second-best pass rusher?
When healthy, defensive end Ziggy Ansah has proven to be one of the better performers in the league when it gets comes to pressuring opposing quarterbacks. But he has also been a little inconsistent since the team made him a first-round pick in 2013. A year ago, he 12 sacks in 14 games, accounting for more than one-third of Detroit's 35 quarterback traps this past year. For what it's worth, the one-time BYU product will be playing on the franchise tender this year ($17.143 million).
The club is in search of a complement to the one-time Pro Bowler. Tow-year pro Anthony Zettel finished second on the club with 6.5 sacks. A return to form by Kerry Hyder would help. He missed all of 2017 with an Achilles' injury after totaling eight QB traps the previous year. But could an answer come in the form of outside linebacker Derek Kennard, late of the New York Giants? It will be interesting to see Patricia puts all of the pieces together.
Is Brian Flores the answer for the Vikings at defensive coordinator?
Does Josh Allen deserve the same heat as Dak Prescott for turnovers?
Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes face legacy game in AFC clash


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Q: Binding to dependency property inside of a style I need a button with custom style and i would like to have an image on it.
So i have made CustomButton style with ControlTemlate containing StackPanel of TextBlock for text and Rectangle for image, i want to use DrawingImage from my Icons.xaml, it is SVG converted to XAML.
I have also made CustomButton class, it is derived from the regular Button class and has DrawingImageProperty which is dependency property.
In my view i want to create this button with DrawingImage property and then bind to this property in my style, something like this:
<controls:CustomButton DrawingImage="{StaticResource Add}" Content="Add" Style="{StaticResource CustomButton}" />

But unfortunately the button image is missing. I am not sure about binding to the dependency property in the style and also i am not sure about the types, because Drawing property of the DrawingBrush is of type Drawing, but in my Icons.xaml resources i have DrawingImage, couldn't this be also problem?
CustomButton.xaml
<ResourceDictionary
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:controls="clr-namespace:Torch.Controls">
    <Style x:Key="CustomButton" TargetType="{x:Type controls:CustomButton}">
        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{StaticResource IconicWhiteBrush}" />
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type controls:CustomButton}">
                    <Border
                        Name="Border"
                        Background="{StaticResource IconicBlueLittleDarkBrush}"
                        BorderBrush="{StaticResource IconicBlackBrush}"
                        BorderThickness="1">
                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                            <Rectangle Width="20" Height="20">
                                <Rectangle.Fill>
                                    <DrawingBrush Drawing="{TemplateBinding DrawingImage}" />
                                </Rectangle.Fill>
                            </Rectangle>
                            <TextBlock
                                Margin="0,0,5,0"
                                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                                Text="{TemplateBinding Content}" />
                        </StackPanel>
                    </Border>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>
</ResourceDictionary>

CustomButton.cs
public class CustomButton : Button
{
    public static readonly DependencyProperty DrawingImageProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("DrawingImage", typeof(DrawingImage), typeof(CustomButton),
            new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(OnDrawingImageChanged));

    public DrawingImage DrawingImage
    {
        get => (DrawingImage)GetValue(DrawingImageProperty);
        set => SetValue(DrawingImageProperty, value);
    }

    private static void OnDrawingImageChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        ((CustomButton)d).DrawingImage = (DrawingImage)e.NewValue;
    }
}

Icons.xaml
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
    <DrawingImage x:Key="Add">
        <DrawingImage.Drawing>
            <DrawingGroup ClipGeometry="M0,0 V24 H24 V0 H0 Z">
                <GeometryDrawing Brush="#FF00ACC1" Geometry="F1 M24,24z M0,0z M19,13L13,13 13,19 11,19 11,13 5,13 5,11 11,11 11,5 13,5 13,11 19,11 19,13z" />
            </DrawingGroup>
        </DrawingImage.Drawing>
    </DrawingImage>
</ResourceDictionary>

Thank you.

A: A DrawingImage is not a Drawing, hence
Drawing="{TemplateBinding DrawingImage}"

can not work. Use an Image element instead, and bind its Source property.
<Image Source="{TemplateBinding DrawingImage}"/>

Besides that, the OnDrawingImageChanged callback is pointless. It assigns a value to the property which it already has. You can safely remove it.
I'd also use ImageSource instead of DrawingImage as type of the dependency property. You could use it more flexibly and also assign other image types like BitmapImage.
public static readonly DependencyProperty ImageProperty =
    DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(Image), typeof(ImageSource), typeof(CustomButton));

public ImageSource Image
{
    get => (ImageSource)GetValue(ImageProperty);
    set => SetValue(ImageProperty, value);
}

In the ControlTemplate:
<Image Source="{TemplateBinding Image}"/>

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For the second time this month, there was an incident during a Texas high school football game involving a player putting his hands on a referee. Earlier this month, two players from John Jay High School in San Antonio targeted a referee and took him out. The players claimed that the incident occurred because said official kept using racial slurs against them and one of their coaches suggested targeting him.
The latest incident also involved a San Antonio team, St. Anthony Catholic High School. During the team's game against Austin Hyde Park, a scuffle broke out after a play. It wasn't anything too crazy, just some extra pushing and shoving after the play was over which resulted in a penalty. In the aftermath, one official looked like he was going up to St. Anthony and telling them something, and senior Zeke Cardenas wasn't a fan of what he had to say.
The official threw his flag after being approached by Cardenas, and Cardenas responded by shoving him. He was restrained by his teammates, and unsurprisingly, tossed from the game. There's no word on what the official said that led to Cardenas shoving him, but in any case, please stop putting your hands on referees, San Antonio high school football players.


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By Fariba Sadat,
Fariba Sadat
Afghan Women Call for Protection of Rights
Hundreds of women from 14 provinces of Afghanistan on Thursday gathered in Kabul to stress the need for the protection of gains women have made in the country over the past two decades.
This comes as a planned UN-led conference on Afghanistan is scheduled to take place in Istanbul on April 24.
Women said that the role of women in the peace process shouldn't be taken lightly.
"We need a lasting peace to prevail in our country, the gains of women and their rights must be protected," said Humaira Rafi, an Afghan rights activist from Nangarhar, in eastern Afghanistan.
"Discussions were held about rule of law, culture, security, governance, and respecting human rights," said Masooma Jami, a women's rights activist.
The women said that the protection of gains, ceasefire, war victims' rights and women's rights shouldn't be ignored in the peace negotiations talks.
"The people of Afghanistan are tired of the war, the women and the mothers do not want to see further dead bodies, the only thing we want is a ceasefire to be announced," said Rezwana Paktiawal, a resident of Paktia province.
"These women here expressed their views and ideas about the issues—if the Istanbul conference is convened, the women will also go there to express their demands at the negotiation table," said Farishta, an activist.
Some of the women were expected to participate in the Turkey conference, however, their trip was canceled following changes in the dates of the conference.
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The greatest relief pitcher in history could've been in Clearwater, Fla., on Thursday, wearing No. 42 and making millions of dollars and preparing for another season of exemplary closing.
The church is called Refugio de Esperanza (Refuge of Hope), and Mariano's wife, Clara, is its pastor and it is so much more than a magnificent stone building church to Mariano Rivera; it is a calling he has devoted years of his life and millions of his dollars to.


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Changes to frameworks that will affect Highfield qualifications in the health and social care sector have been announced by Skills for Care (SfC), the industry's sector skills council.
It has been confirmed that the assessment plan for the new Level 5 Leader in Adult Care Apprenticeship Standard is still awaiting sign-off from the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA), and is expected to published later in the year.
As a result, current SASE framework apprenticeships, including the Highfield Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care, and Children and Young People's Services (England) (RQF) qualification (including the adult pathways), will remain open for registrations until 31 December 2019, when the SASE framework is closed.
SfC has also confirmed that once available, the new level 5 standard will include a named mandatory qualification.
In anticipation of this, Highfield has developed a new Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care qualification, which will be available for registration from 1 September 2018.
This new qualification has been approved against the SfC specification and developed to reflect updated practices and challenges of leadership and management in the sector.
Once the SASE frameworks have been closed for registrations, the current Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services for Adult Care Leaders and Managers (adult pathways) will also close for registrations and will be replaced by the new Level 5 qualification.
There will be a period of dual running between the current SASE apprenticeships and the new standard apprenticeships therefore, centres must be clear which qualification option they will take (once the standard is live).
For further info please visit the Skills for Care website.


Popular culture increasingly encourages the idea that belief in universal principles — fixed notions of good and evil, right and wrong, moral and immoral — prevents "progress" and promotes intolerance. We must be "open-minded," we are told, and eschew such rigidity. Yet "openness," or relativism, is a path to national suicide.
Relativism is the refusal to make value judgments. It stipulates that truth is not objective, right and wrong exist solely in the eye of the beholder, and "good" and "evil" are mere conventions.
This ideology is both self-defeating and poisonous to thinking.
Relativism denies the possibility that understanding — of human nature; virtue; justice; wisdom; or how to live the good life, as the classical philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle contemplated — may transcend our subjective feelings or our historical circumstances (a relativist philosophy known as "historicism").
But if that is true, no knowledge is possible and the goal of "progress" defeats itself. "Progress" can only be measured if there is a standard against which to judge it. Yet it is precisely this standard the relativist abhors: if "the good life" is mere fiction, the notion of progress is a farce.
But the problem extends further, as thinking itself becomes obsolete: The man whose opinion is formed on the whim of his current mood is as valid as that of the man who has dedicated his life to the study of philosophy, ethics, and logic. The search for truth thus becomes meaningless; philosophy, ethics and logic, pointless; and thinking, baseless. Thought reduces to emotion. The mind, and society, commits suicide.
Searching is no guarantee of discovering truth, as Socrates realized. But if nonexistent, no search for truth begins. Instead, mindlessness prevails, nihilism reins, and society burns. And we are left powerless to regret our condition.


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Wayne Chiang
As the current Chief Architect and Co-Founder of ThreatQuotient, Wayne Chiang utilizes his 10+ years of cross-functional industry experience to deliver elegant solutions to complex problems in Cybersecurity, FinTech and AgTech. Wayne is a perpetual optimizer and can't stop constantly analyzing strategies to improve existing processes. Additionally, Wayne serves as a Board Advisor for the Virginia Tech Apex Center for Entrepreneurs. He is actively involved in the DC startup ecosystem and fantasizes about normal working hours.
Brian Park
Brian is a startup evangelist, advisor, and angel investor. He is the director for Startup Grind DC and Managing Partner at the SparkLabs Cyber+Blockchain (formerly Fishbowl Labs), which is the premiere startup accelerator in the Washington DC area. He is also the Director of Technology for Curator Solutions, which is an edtech startup that creates video business cases for the classroom.
He was also formerly the global COO of Startup Grind, which is the one of the largest hi-tech startup communities in the world with over 2,000,000 startup entrepreneurs in 600 cities.
Prior to Startup Grind, he has over 18 years professional experience in web/online/mobile product development. He has experience in developing innovative consumer and enterprise products and services. Brian has started three previous startups – Logistics Information Technology, VA Care ($20M in Revenues), and Securva. He has previously worked at AOL as a senior software developer and Merrill Lynch as a software developer for hi speed trading platforms.
He has been featured in Forbes as "17 Top Business Gurus to Follow", DCInno 50 on Fire for 2017 and 2018 and other publications such as TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Politico, and Washington Business Journal.
He has a BS in Information Systems/Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
Gavin Ye, Ph.D.
Email: gavin.ye@bayes.law
Gavin Ye is a patent attorney and a partner at Bayes PLLC. His decade-long
experience includes patent asset creation and transaction, portfolio management, client
counseling, patent litigation before federal district courts and Section 337 investigations
before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and post-grant proceedings
before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO). He leverages his extensive experience in patent prosecution and
patent litigation to strategically protect his clients' intellectual properties and to defend
the clients against patent infringement claims.
Sindy Yeh
Sindy Yeh is the Senior Business Ambassador for Arlington Economic Development. She brings to her position more than 20 years of experience in business development and program management. In her current role, she assists Arlington companies to expand and/or relocate in the community in an effort to grow the economy of Arlington, Virginia. She is also a Certified Economic Developer.
Prior to joining Arlington Economic Development, Sindy was employed in the telecommunications industry concentrating on international business development and licensing. She has worked for Iridium, an international satellite telecommunications consortium, as well as the fixed wireless company, Teligent. Sindy utilizes this experience in her current position, encouraging domestic and international companies to locate in Arlington, and working to retain those companies already doing business in the County.
Sindy has a B.A. in Economics and Music from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts; and a M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. She serves on the board of the Washington Network Group and the Northern Virginia Technology Council (International Committee); and is a member of the International Economic Development Council and the Virginia Economic Development Association.
Terry Hsiao
CEO, Hooks Mobile
Email: terry.hsiao@hookmobile.com
Website: http://www.hookmobile.com/
Mr. Hsiao is a well-recognized entrepreneur in the mobile telecommunications industry. Since 2000, he has founded three start-ups including InphoMatch, which was acquired by Sybase (Now SAP) for $425M in 2006. Currently, he serves as CEO of Hooks Mobile, bringing his extensive expertise in the wireless industry to the company. Mr. Hsiao has been appointed by the Governor in Virginia, Bob McDonnell, to serve on the Board of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority in Virginia. Hsiao also serves on the Board of Governors at MIT Sloan School of Management, Monte Jade DC Chapter, Confucius Institute at George Mason University (GMU), and Advisory Board at Rutgers University College of Engineering. Hsiao has a Honors BSEE from Rutgers University and SM (MBA) from MIT Sloan School of Management.
Karen Wang
Karen H. Wang a Director in the Dispute Advisory & Forensic Services Group. She has over 20 years experience providing a variety of consulting services, including litigation support services, royalty compliance services, corporate restructuring services and valuations.
Ms. Wang has been engaged in intellectual property related matters throughout her career. She prepares damage analyses and performs IP valuations for cases involving IP licensing, patent, copyright and trademark infringement, as well as misappropriation of trade secrets. Ms. Wang's clients come from various industries, including flat panel displays, aerospace, telecommunications, semiconductors, consumer electronic products, biotechnology, auto parts, investment banks, mortgage banking, office product manufacturing, and dairy industries. The types of damage analyses include calculation of lost profits, price erosion, reasonable royalty, unjust enrichment, pre-judgment interest, and loss of business value.
Ms. Wang's litigation consulting experience includes all phases of the litigation process. During the fact and expert discovery phases, she identifies key documents and relevant issues, recommends solutions to the issues and prepares deposition outlines as well as provides vital analysis and information for the experts. During the trial phase, Ms. Wang assists the attorneys in forming trial strategy, preparing trial demonstratives and outlines for the case. She manages large, complex litigation projects on behalf of the U.S. government and commercial clients in the areas of breach of contract, fraud, employee theft, antitrust and intellectual property, and has been retained by the Department of Justice as a consultant for breach of contract litigation matters.
In addition to litigation support services, Ms. Wang provides services in royalty compliance audit and IP license negotiations. Fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese, she leads royalty compliance projects in Asia. Through her IP litigation support and royalty compliance work, Ms. Wang has reviewed numerous license agreements, involving international and Fortune 500 companies. Through her review of license agreements, licensee books and records as well as on-site interviews, she has assisted clients in the identification of areas of licensee non-compliance and has uncovered millions of dollars in underpayments.
Ms. Wang's experience in bankruptcy and troubled company services has covered such industries as retail merchandising, supermarket chains, consumer products, property management, and real estate development. Her management and administration of these engagements have entailed investigating and tracing of assets, developing financial models, preparing cash flow projections, analyzing business segments and operations, and performing preference transfer analysis. One of her major clients was a large bankrupt Chapter 7 retail apparel company with more than 1,500 retail stores across the country. In that case, Ms. Wang performed complex lease analyses, prepared numerous large, complex preference analyses against various factors and assisted attorneys in settlement negotiations.
Prior to joining SRR, Ms. Wang was a Director at Invotex. Ms. Wang's prior work experience also includes time with Navigant Consulting.
Ms. Wang is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Association of University Technology Managers, the Licensing Executives Society, the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants, and the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts.
B.S., Business Administration in Accounting, San Francisco State University
M.S., Finance, University of Baltimore
Certified Valuation Analyst
Certified Fraud Examiner
Charter Global Management Accountant
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Amy Gao
Email: amy.gao@spatialfront.com
Amy Gao is the founder and President of Spatial Front Incorporated (SFI), a technology company that excels in geospatial and enterprise IT solutions. SFI develops software products for data consolidation and provides IT services to many federal agencies, state and local government, and commercial customers.
Prior to founding SFI, Amy worked for Fortune 500 companies including IBM and SAIC, as well as various government agencies, and worked as an adjunct professor at a local college. Amy is passionate about technologies and the creative use of them to improve people's life.
Michael Zhuang
Principal, MZ Capital Management
Email: mzhuang@mzcap.com
Michael is founder and principal of MZ Capital Management, a fiduciary advisory firm serving entrepreneurs and physicians in DC metro area. He is also a published author, public speaker and comedian. He won best storyteller awards in multiple cities. He's the host of a popular monthly story comedy show and he produces a quarterly musical improvisation show. Michael is passionate about living a simple and flourishing life and enabling his clients to do so.
Ed Tay
Email: etay@alacoconsulting.com
Email: sophia.parker@dsfederal.com
Sophia Parker is the CEO of DSFederal. She founded DSFederal in 2007 with a mission to connect the best technology with the brightest minds to address the federal government's toughest challenges. She has received numerous accolades for her ability to deliver excellence in health IT, software solutions, professional services, grants management and training.
Haiwen Lee Mackleer
VP, Branch Manager
Email: haiwenlee.mackleer@cathaybank.com
In September 1992, Haiwen Lee Mackleer came to the United States of America from Taiwan, Republic of China. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Economics from West Virginia University in 1995.
Soon after her graduation, she and her husband resided and taught English in Japan for two years.
Haiwen came back to the States with her family in 1998 and started her banking career first at Provident Bank, then Chevy Chase Bank, and finally Capital Bank since 2003. Other than full time working at bank institutions, Haiwen has also been heavily involved in Asian community organizations.
Currently, Haiwen is serving on the Board of Directors for the Monte Jade Science and Technology DC chapter, Asian American Chamber of Commerce (AACC), and is the Chairperson for the Maryland Council of AACC.
She is an active member of many local non-profit organizations such as KOBE Government Contracting Alliance. She is also an advocate for Asian Pacific American Advisory Group ( APAAG) for Montgomery county, MD (Executive office and council).
Haiwen recently joined Cathay Bank in Rockville, Maryland as a Vice President and Branch Manager.
Haiwen's passion and determination lead her to find success wherever she goes!
Kenneth Lew
President and CEO, The Innovation Network
Email: klew@theinnovationnet.com
Website: http://www.zhanglaw.com/
Since January 2010, Mr. Lew has serviced the Monte Jade promoting Monte Jade's mission and working with sponsors, media, and other stakeholders.
Mr. Lew rose through the ranks of the software consulting company, Noblestar Systems, Inc., to become CEO in 2005. Mr. Lew believes innovation is the key to successful technology implementation; a belief he fully embodies in The Innovation Network, which, Mr. Lew founded in 2010. The Innovation Network is a technology strategy management that specializes in consulting and advisory services to optimize technology and manage it's use throughout an organization.
Mr. Lew began his career at Noblestar in May 1996 as a consultant who implemented solutions using PeopleSoft for clients such as Borders Group, Global One, Concert Communications, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He acquired much of his global work experience through the deployment of ERP implementations throughout the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific. As Managing Director, he built the ERP and packaged software practices at Noblestar and transformed Noblestar into a technology consulting focused organization, Noblestar 2.0. In addition, he led efforts to form a strategic partnership with IBM, which he has continued to foster at The Innovation Network.
Mr. Lew holds leadership positions in the PeopleSoft Mid-Atlantic and the IBM Websphere User Groups in Washington, D.C. He is a frequent guest speaker on technology and innovation at conferences and other events. Mr. Lew holds a M.S. in Software Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Information Systems from the University of Maryland. He has a passion for contributing his leadership to youth organizations, such as, the Colonnade Society of the University of Maryland and the Chinese Youth Club.
Tony Lau
Email: tony.lau@detentegroup.com
Tony is a Managing Director of Détente Group, an investment banking firm that focuses on infrastructure and satellite projects. He is a Senior Adviser of Fintech4Good which incubate and fund Blockchain and Fintech startups. Tony is also a Mentor at the Innovation Center of George Washington University.
As former Chief Strategy Officer of a private equity investment holding company, he had invested in many industrial technology companies including those in consumer electronics and robotics.
As former corporate executive of many multinational corporations including Lockheed Martin, he has extensive experiences in managing, growing and financing business operations globally. Tony began his career as CPA with KPMG and Deloitte. He has a BS degree from University of Waterloo as well as BS/MBA degree from Northeastern University.
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If anyone is interested in reading the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Order, I've uploaded it here.
A nationwide stay of President Donald Trump's travel ban was upheld Thursday by a panel of three federal judges, effectively blocking the enforcement of Trump's ban on immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries as well as refugees from all over the world.
The stay does not mean Trump's travel ban is unconstitutional. Instead, it simply prohibits the ban's enforcement until the courts determine the legality of Trump's executive order.
Still, it's a win for opponents of the travel ban, who claim that the order, in essence, places a religious test on immigrants — which is unconstitutional thanks to the First Amendment.


When we first approached Rachel Lutz and asked her to try her hand at creating a new kind of Passover seder plate she said "yes," with a story.
Rachel Lutz is the owner of both The Peacock Room and Frida, two boutiques in Detroit's historic Park Shelton, next to the Detroit Institute of Arts. A native Detroiter and Hillel Day School alum, Lutz grew up in a home full of Jewish tradition with parents who embraced creativity and instilled an appreciation for art in their four children.
"I love the idea of creating ritual objects out of found and untraditional materials," said Lutz.
Her love of mixing new and old can be seen in both of her beautiful shops, each offering a carefully curated collection of antiques and vintage treasures alongside new pieces from local artists and up-and-coming designers. Bringing her flare for fusing the traditional with the untraditional, Lutz's inspiring ideas are proof that making a seder plate that's all your own just takes a bit of creativity and a few of your favorite things.
Nestled inside an antique wooden Vernors crate sits a combination of new and vintage American-made pottery including Pewabic pillar candleholders. "It's great for passing around the table because it has handles," said Lutz. "This is perfect for someone who wants to celebrate their Detroit roots." Taking two of Detroit's claims to fame, Vernors and Pewabic, this seder plate also doubles as a piece of local history.
Perched on a two-tiered petit fours tray from The Peacock Room are six English bone china teacups, all with different patterns. "My grandparents owned the Lutz China Shop on McNichols. These cups are from there, and many of our family heirlooms are from my grandparents' store," said Lutz. Here the wares of two generations of Detroit business owners come together to make one special seder plate.
To design the ultimate re-imagined seder plates, Rachel Lutz enlisted the talent of her good friend, Executive Chef Kate Williams of Republic in the newly restored G.A.R. Building. In lieu of the traditional hard-boiled egg and parsley sprigs, Chef Kate created seder plate items that are as beautiful as they are delicious.


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Q: Installing Scipy on Mountain Lion I was trying to install python and its scientific libraries on a clean install of Mountain Lion, with Xcode and its command line tools.
I installed homebrew and, through it, a fresh  python 2.7 as I didn't want to mess up with the one Apple provides. I also installed gfortran always via homebrew.
Then I install Numpy from its source, using the flag to build it using gfortran. I did this because if I pip install it then the scipy installation will fail.
With installed, I tested it through bumpy.test('full') and it says OK.
At this point I tried to install scipy, both using pip or from source. The result is the same, it installs but i get a HUGE number of failures and one error when I test it using scipy.test().
Any idea of how to fix this?
The reported error is
ERROR: test_logm_consistency (test_matfuncs.TestExpM)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scipy/linalg/tests/test_matfuncs.py", line 124, in test_logm_consistency
    assert_array_almost_equal(expm(logm(a)), a)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scipy/linalg/matfuncs.py", line 453, in logm
    errest = norm(expm(F)-A,1) / norm(A,1)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scipy/linalg/matfuncs.py", line 49, in expm
    A_L1 = norm(A,1)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scipy/linalg/misc.py", line 12, in norm
    a = np.asarray_chkfinite(a)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/lib/function_base.py", line 590, in asarray_chkfinite
    "array must not contain infs or NaNs")
ValueError: array must not contain infs or NaNs

The failures are instead related to boas, basic, dot, asum, nrm2, arpack.
Any idea of how to fix this?

A: My advice is to always set up python computing enviroments (especially with finicky packages like scipy and numpy) in a virtualenv. virtualenv is a tool that allows you to set up and switch in and out of isolated python environments, so that installing and changing things in one environment doesn't mess with the others.
EDIT: another reason to use virtualenv is that if you screw everything up, you haven't messed up your global system configuration and you can just delete the virtualenv and start over from scratch to fix it. I also recommend virtualenvwrapper which is basically just some sugar that makes virtualenv more intuitive and faster to use.
Also to address your actual question: I believe that you still have to use the development branch of scipy in order for it to compile successfully on OSX 10.8. I followed the instructions here pretty much exactly and everything worked fine.


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Microsoft buys Lobe to make it easier to build A.I. apps
Microsoft has acquired the start-up Lobe from San Francisco to build A.I. apps in an easier way that will promulgate the A.I. market in the long run.
Global: Lobe which is a small start-up in San Francisco has been acquired by Microsoft. The main focus on making the training and deploy artificial intelligence models easier. The terms are yet to be disclosed. Like Google, Amazon and various other technological companies, Microsoft too is focusing on adding AI to the services it offers and offering other companies with AI tools. Acquisitions have always helped the companies to add talent in a trendy field. This acquisition will have a positive impact on the ICT sector in the near future. Lobe's service is available mostly in beta and it provides an online interface assembling of the models that do not require coding, which makes it different from what is available from some other providers. The system has the ability to make predictions which are based on data that it has trained on from various cameras, microphones and/or other input systems of data. New data can be also be generated through it. Kevin Scott, Microsoft chief technology officer announced the news by writing about it in a blog and said, "We look forward to continuing the great work by Lobe in putting AI development into the hands of non-engineers and non-experts," Microsoft is already offering Azure Cognitive Services for speech, language and recognising images although Lobe's team are going to keep their product working as it is in the current form. According to BlueWeave Consulting Research, Artificial Intelligence is growing day after day to make life simpler and faster. It helps in solving the simplest of concerns as well the complicated ones. As Lobe has become a part of the Microsoft team, it will be able to leverage AI researches that are world class along with a global infrastructure and decades of experience by the company people in building developer tools. This will allow them to grow rapidly and reach its full potential which will help make Lobe more intelligent and available to more people. Microsoft along with Lobe is committed in making the deep learning simpler, more understandable and also available to everyone. As the A.I. industry is growing more and more companies are shifting towards A.I. to make things simpler and automatic. Thus, this acquisition will definitely have a positive effect on both the companies and on the whole of the industry globally as well in the foreseeable future.


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If Jeep® Can Do It With The Wrangler, Why Not Ram With The 1500?
The 6.4-liter 392 HEMI Needs To Come To The Ram Lineup...
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Recently, the Jeep® brand unveiled a new Wrangler concept vehicle, in which SRT engineers have installed the popular 6.4-liter (392-cubic-inch) HEMI V8 engine from the Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack into the iconic off-roader. It wasn't even a week later that spy photographers caught a pre-production prototype conducting shakedown testing on the streets of Metro Detroit. But it leaves us thinking, why the Wrangler and not the Ram 1500?
2021 Jeep® Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 392 Prototype. (SpiedBilde).
Sure the Ram Heavy Duty lineup has the amazing 6.4-liter HEMI V8 (also known as the "BGE" or Big Gas Engine) that delivers 410 horsepower and 429 lb.-ft. of torque, but there are packaging issues surrounding the intake according to our sources that have kept Ram from offering it in the 1500. We recently spent a week with the 6.4-liter HEMI in the off-road-ready 2020 Ram 2500 Power Wagon. Paired with the smooth-shifting TorqueFlite 8HP75 8-speed automatic, the BGE is a totally transformed motor now. But the SRT-based 6.4-liter 392 HEMI V8 would offer even more performance to the half-ton Ram.
6.4-liter HEMI V8 "BGE" Engine. (Ram).
In the Wrangler, the SRT-based 6.4-liter 392 HEMI V8 version produces 450 horsepower and 450 lb.-ft. of torque and is mated to a TorqueFlite 8HP75 8-speed automatic and equipped with a 3.73 gear ratio. It's good enough to propel the Wrangler with a full-time two-speed transfer case and 37-inch mud-terrain tires to a 0 to 60 mph time in fewer than five seconds.
Earlier rumors placed a new 7.0-liter (426-cubic-inch) HEMI V8 variant of the 392 HEMI, in a more budget-friendly version of the TRX, called TR. However, our sources told us back in February of last year, that the engine had been scrapped as was the TR project.
SRT-based 6.4-liter 392 HEMI V8 Engine. (SRT).
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2021 Ram 1500 TRX Prototype. (5thGenRams).
There was a lot of praise surround the late-stage prototypes of the TRX when it comes to looks. The lifted blacked-out prototypes featured a lift, Fuel Vector 15-inch beadlock wheels, BFGoodrich All-Terrain tires, and Mopar Bolted-Wheel Flares. The look gave the Laramie Night Edition pickups on which they were based-on, a more aggressive look.
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"Porque te vas" (; Spanish for "Because you are leaving") is a song by English-born Spanish singer Jeanette, written by José Luis Perales and produced by Rafael Trabucchelli for record label Hispavox in 1974.

Background and recording
Jeanette made her solo debut in 1971 with the release of the Manuel Alejandro-penned single "Soy rebelde" on label Hispavox, which marked her return to music and established her as a melodic singer, veering away from the folk-pop of Pic-Nic, her previous group of the 1960s. A commercial success, the hit single topped the charts in Spain and charted in the Top 10 of Latin American countries such as Argentina, Colombia and Peru; becoming a popular "teen anthem" in the Spanish-speaking world. Inspired by Jeanette's success, José Luis Perales decided to write a song for her, since he was still at the beginning of his career and "practically nobody well-known had recorded his songs". Perales has stated that he wrote "Porque te vas" in three hours during a rainy afternoon in his cottage, which possessed no water or light. That day, he also wrote the song "Escucha"; both tracks were composed with Jeanette's singular voice in mind, with Perales imitating her high-pitched vocals in the demo recording.

The song was produced by Rafael Trabuchelli, considered a pioneer of music production in Spain and "one of the most influential figures in Spanish music between 1965 and 1975." While working for Hispavox, he had developed the "characteristic lush sound" of 1970s Spanish ballads, which "[resulted] from sophisticated orchestral arrangements and studio wizardy." He is now described as the "Spanish Phil Spector", and his production style was known as the "Torrelaguna Sound", named after the Torrelaguna Street in Madrid, where Hispavox Studios was based. Perales had met Trabuchelli through musician friends, and showed him the demo of "Porque te vas", which he received with enthusiasm. Juan Márquez was in charge of the track's conducting and arrangement. According to Perales, Jeanette initially refused to record the song, as she wanted to keep working with well-known composers like Manuel Alejandro, and eventually gave in after her surroundings pushed her to do it. The singer has denied such claims, saying that she "[loved] it" from the beginning.

Composition

"Porque te vas" is a romantic ballad that incorporates elements of funk, disco and pop music, featuring a predominant use of the saxophone. Critic Julián Molero of Lafonoteca described the track's instrumentation as "full of self-confidence with almost mocking interventions of the brasses and the crash of the drums releasing unexpected blows". Writing for the Spanish edition of Rolling Stone, Miguel Ángel Bargueño wrote that the song possessed "an unruly rhythm and distinctly pop sound". In the book Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed, authors Kim Cooper and David Smay described the song as: "delicate breezy pop with one of those super-suave catchy tunes". The organizers of Festival Europa Sur stated in 2014 that with tracks like "Porque te vas", Jeanette "demonstrated that a canción melódica song can be approached from a pop optic". Her vocals have been described as "innocent", "mischievous", "sweet", "sultry" and "angelic". Julián Molero felt that Jeanette's voice, "this time moves a bit away from the usual sweetness to become a childish and playful air."

A love song, "Porque te vas" deals with "the pain of parting." Its lyrics "speak of a loss, of an abandonment", and have been described as conveying a "sense of longing". Jeanette begins singing: "Hoy en mi ventana brilla el sol y el corazón se pone triste contemplando la ciudad, porque te vas" ("Today the sun shines in my window and the heart gets sad contemplating the city, because you're leaving"). The refrain features the lyrics: "Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo/Me olvidarás/Me olvidarás/Junto a la estación yo lloraré igual que un niño/Porque te vas" ("All of my love's promises will go with you/You will forget me/You will forget me/Beside the station I will cry like a child/Because you are leaving"). She is often but mistakenly thought to be singing "¿Por qué te vas?" or "Porqué te vas" ("Why are you leaving?"). Regarding the confusion, La Voz de Galicia stated in 2016: "that causal conjunction does not contain a question, but an assumption. Come on, she, the abandoned, has assumed it, so the small stripe of the diacritic would be a step back in history. And no! With all the work that comes from heartbreak."

Release and reception

Hispavox released "Porque te vas" as a 7-inch single in 1974. It featured B-side "Seguiré amando", a ballad written by Jeanette with a "South American air". Upon release, La Vanguardia gave the single two out of five stars—rating that indicated "applause"—and called it "trivial and well-arranged".

In 1976, "Porque te vas" was reissued after the commercial and critical success of the film Cría cuervos, where it was part of its soundtrack. Following the single's reissue in 1976, La Vanguardia rose its rating to three out of five stars—indicating "ovation".

Cover versions
"Porque te vas" has been covered by many artists across several languages. It remains the "most covered and profitable" song in José Luis Perales' career. In 1977, Finnish singer Merja Rantamäki recorded the song as "Veit sydämen", which was included in her album Mä mistä löytäisin sen laulun. The same year, German singer Sabrina covered the song as "...Und du willst gehn" and released it as a single. Brazilian singer Lilian recorded a Portuguese version of the song under the title "Eu sem você", released in 1978. Soviet band Vesyolye Rebyata recorded a version in Russian titled "V posledniy raz", which appeared in their 1979 album Muzykal'nyy Globus Argentine punk rock band Attaque 77 included a cover of "Porque te vas" in their 1992 album Ángeles caídos. The British born Andorran singer Jack Lucien released an English language version titled "You're Leaving Me" with English language lyrics by Elizabeth Hurley and Patsy Kensit. In 1999, German band Masterboy covered the song and released it as a single. In 2020, French-Italian singer Carla Bruni released an acoustic version of the song on her self-titled album. It is the first song she recorded in Spanish.

Legacy

Since its inclusion in Cría cuervos, "Porque te vas" has attained cult status, and is now considered a classic, remaining one of the most famous songs of Spanish pop music. In 1979, Madrilenian newspaper ABC wrote that, "never a Spanish song, and sung in our language, had achieved such popularity levels on both sides of the Atlantic." Efe Eme's Luis Lapuente described the single in 2016 as "a precious cult object among European collectors, who compare the former lead singer of Pic-Nic with delicious French lolitas such as Lio or Françoise Hardy". "Porque te vas", along with other Jeanette songs, has been revalued by the indie music scene—particularly indie pop—which considers the singer a "muse" and "godmother".

"Porque te vas" is often analyzed in relation to the final years of Francisco Franco's regime, time in which "Spanish society began to submerge in the cultural wave that dominated Europe." Authors Kim Cooper and David Smay considered the single to be "quite symbolic", since its "breakout" was around the same time as Franco's death. Likewise, in his book Yé-Yé Girls of '60s French Pop, Jean-Emmanuel Deluxe felt that Jeanette was "a real ray of sunshine in a country under the strict military regime of the dictator Franco." Writing for the South Korean online newspaper Voice of the People, Gwon Jongsul argued that the song's inclusion in Cría cuervos gave it a new, political meaning—becoming associated with the dictatorship and bringing a "more intense pain" to the lyrics.

The Spanish edition of Rolling Stone ranked it forty third on the magazine's 2006 list of "The 200 Best Songs of Spanish Pop-Rock". In the song's entry, Miguel Ángel Bargueño felt that "Porque te vas" "broke the image of folk balladist that Jeanette carried since her Pic-Nic stage and conveyed an accentuated feeling of loss that caused a greater impact by being interpreted by a helpless-looking twenty-year-old." In 2014, Diariocrítico.com placed "Porque te vas" at number fifty four on its list of the 100 best songs of Spanish pop. Writing for The Guardian, Andrew Khan described the song as "a masterpiece of downbeat easy listening," and praised it for "[proving] once again there's often more depth of emotion in derided MOR pop than other, more fashionable, genres."

Carla Bruni has claimed that listening to the song inspired her to pursue a career in music. French film director Jean-Pierre Améris has called it one of his favorite records. In a 1995 interview, the then newly formed French duo Air described themselves as big admirers of the song, which they came to know during their childhood. Band member Nicolas Godin stated: "We like it so much that we have composed a song in its line. We would love for her to sing it, but in France she is too well known and we are afraid that the collaboration will end up eclipsing us. So we're looking for a singer that resembles her."

The song has been adapted as football chants by fans of the Argentine San Lorenzo de Almagro and the Chilean Colo-Colo clubs.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications and sales

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of the original single release.
Jeanette – primary artist, vocals
Rafael Trabucchelli – producer
Juan Márquez – arranger, conductor
Elías Dolcet – photography
Juan Dolcet – photography

See also

Yé-yé
Music of Spain
1974 in music
1976 in music
List of best-selling singles in France
List of number-one singles of 1976 (France)
List of number-one hits of 1977 (Germany)

References

External links
 "" at Discogs (list of releases)
 "" statistics, tagging and previews at Last.fm
 "" at Rate Your Music
 "" at Acclaimed Music

1974 singles
1974 songs
1976 singles
Spanish pop songs
Easy listening songs
Spanish-language songs
Songs written by José Luis Perales
Number-one singles in Spain
Number-one singles in Germany
Number-one singles in France
Songs about heartache


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'Mario Kart 64' Champion Becomes the World's Fastest in All 32 Race Tracks (Even Rainbow Road)
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Mario Kart has been a favorite pastime for racing video game enthusiasts for decades. Many people worldwide hold the franchise near and dear to their hearts, especially if they played with their friends and family members when they were young. One ambitious gamer recently took this lighthearted game series and made history by achieving the world record for all courses in Mario Kart 64. Learn more about the franchise and this historic achievement below.
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Mario Kart has been a staple in the world of Nintendo games for nearly three decades. The first of the franchise, Super Mario Kart, was released in 1992 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), according to Venture Beat. The first game was a widespread success, as Nintendo fans loved the racing element combined with their favorite Super Mario Bros. characters.
Since the first game's release, there have been nine iterations. Most recently was Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit on the Nintendo Switch, which uses augmented reality, cameras, and remote-controlled cars to create tracks from real-world spaces. The second game, Mario Kart 64, came out on the Nintendo 64 in Japan in 1996 and in North America, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe in 1997. Despite being nearly 25 years old, it remains one of the most popular games of the franchise.
Mario Kart Tour brought the Mario Kart franchise to iOS and Android devices in 2018, allowing players of all ages to join in on the fun even if they don't have a Nintendo console. These video games are often thought of as a light-hearted way to compete with your friends, but it turns out that when it comes to breaking world records, the competition can be anything but friendly.
Burbank's historic video game record
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Daniel Burbank has been playing Mario Kart 64 for years. Last month, he held the world record for the fastest times in the game on all 32 of its 32 courses. Burbank tied the leading time on the Sherbet Land course on August 8th, 2021, with a time of 1'55″07.
According to Kotaku, 13 of the 32 records held by Burbank are ties, but the remaining 19 are held outright by Burbank. This results in him having the impressive and highly sought-after 1.0 rating, or average record placement for each category, over the other 1,000 or so competitive Mario Kart players.
Racing games, even ones as old as Mario Kart 64, have opened the doors for players all over the world to compete in cutthroat competitions and attempts to break world records. Burbank's achievement marks the first time anyone has ever held the world record for all 32 courses at once. Interestingly, a bitter rivalry stood in the way of allowing this achievement to happen much sooner.
Why this 'Mario Kart' achievement took so long
In 2018, Kotaku reported a widespread effort to stop Matthias Rustemeyer, a fellow competitive Mario Kart 64 player, from breaking and holding the record for all 32 courses on the game. Rustemeyer came incredibly close with just D.K.'s Jungle Parkway remaining that year before Burbank beat his best time by three one-hundredths of a second.
Burbank then started to take over Rustemeyer's times, though not without controversy. Burbank uploaded many world record times at once instead of as they happened, which didn't allow rivals to directly challenge his records shortly after he broke them. Rustemeyer's run toward holding this record was hampered by a 2013 pact from several other Mario Kart players to try to prevent him from holding all 32 records at once.
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HE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Professor Khamis Kajo Kinda, delivered a keynote speech at the International Conference of Camel Research and Production organized by Sudan University of Science & Technology (SUST) in cooperation with the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Pastures targeting the development of camel sector. HE the Minister underscored the Ministry's determination to continue encouraging the conduct of applied research on camels as one of the fundamental pillars of Sudan economy.
security through its increased output and also contribute to thriving Sudanese economy.
Dr. Mabrouk Salim, Minister of State in the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Pastures stated in the two day conference on camels' research that the conference aims to improve this vital sector through the development and establishment of research centers in places where camels grow in abundance as this resource represents 20% of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
mission and allocate its resources to reach its desired goals through the adoption of strategic planning to improve the communities. In his speech he emphasized that camel sector development requires continuous effort, focus and action to build awareness of the value that development of this sector will bring to our economy.
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Many fairs on camel products were held as an event coinciding with the conference and attracted record number of visitors. The fairs included a gallery that reflects the life of Abbala (Camel-herding groups), and provided detailed valuable information on the benefits of this marvelous animal and how to get maximum benefit from it.


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Аэропорт Камбернолд (, ) — аэропорт города Камбернолд в области Шотландии Северный Ланаркшир, неподалёку от Глазго.

У аэропорта есть обычная лицензия CAA номер P827, что позволяет осуществлять учебные рейсы и обычную пассажироперевозки.

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Аэропорты Шотландии