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Jazz and Beyond
Classical, blues and gospel are just a few of the influences you can hear this month
Music by Brett CampbellPosted on 10/03/2019
The Jazz Station has been one of Eugene's most vital music institutions for years. But the club, run by the plucky independent nonprofit Willamette Jazz Society, has always booked more than just jazz acts.
Now the Station unveils a new initiative called Community Beyond Difference, presenting gospel choirs in three-month runs.
The ebullient community gospel choir Inspirational Sounds kicks off the series Sunday, Oct. 6, at 4 pm, continuing with performances every first and third Sunday until December. Gospel and jazz both have deep, intertwining roots in African American musical history, so it's a natural progression for the venue, which also features historical education, a Wednesday Pro Jam, a high school jazz band series, UO student and faculty ensembles and "a shocking influx of participation from the many great musicians in the Portland area," WJS board member Torrey Newhart told Oregon ArtsWatch. "Some of the best players are making trips down to play at our venue."
On Friday, Oct. 4, The Jazz Station features keyboardist Newhart — who starred in the University of Oregon's undergraduate and graduate jazz programs and teaches there and at Springfield Academy of Arts and Academics — with a fellow Bend native, drummer Adam Carlson, and bassist Sean Peterson.
In Beaverton, sitar ace Josh Feinberg runs a wonderfully intimate series of Indian music recitals at what he calls the Jalsaghar (music room). He also brings virtuoso Indian musicians to Oregon and tours the world. On Monday, Oct. 7, Feinberg and tablawallah Amit Kavthekar play Hindustani classical music at the UO's Beall Concert Hall.
Beall also features classical pianist Anton Nel on Oct. 4 and the excellent Brentano String Quartet playing a fine program of music by Renaissance master Palestrina, Mendelssohn, Beethoven's magnificent Op. 132 quartet and 20th-century modernist Mario Davidovsky.
Another student of Hindustani music is rising Indian American contemporary classical composer Reena Esmail, whose evocative 2013 piece "Teen Murti" leads the Oregon Mozart Players' Oct. 12 program at Beall. Informed by raga melodies, its title refers to the New Delhi residence of the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The building's sculptures influenced her composition's form. The concert centerpiece, Mozart's incomparable final symphony, is one of music's greatest treasures.
Eugene's own Delgani Quartet joins the orchestra for Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Kevin Puts' "How Wild the Sea." It's inspired by the devastating Japanese tsunami tide of 2011, which reminded Puts of the 1995 earthquake that destroyed much of Kobe, a city he visited two years later. Its rapid reconstruction accounts for the hopeful tone of his piece's second movement, "Saisei" (rebirth).
Another Japan-related disaster inspired the new album by Seattle-born Japanese American composer/violinist Kishi Bashi, who returns to the WOW Hall Oct. 10 with music from his darkly beautiful new album Omoiyari. It grew out of parallels he saw between World War II America's deplorable imprisonment of innocent Japanese American citizens in concentration camps and the recent resurgence of white supremacy and our national government's anti-immigrant policies.
The composer visited former prison sites and listened to the stories of survivors while developing musical concepts along the way. Another classically trained Japanese American composer, cellist Nick Ogawa, opens the show under his performing name Takénobu.
Also at WOW Hall on Oct. 9, hot young Malian band Songhoy Blues plays music from their forthcoming new album. While sizzling with the trance-tastic, bubbling electric guitar lines of famous Malian bands like Tinariwen, the band also deploys a range of rhythms (including funk and reggae) and song forms.
"With the internet, now you can hear everything from the U.S. and Europe, and that has given us new ideas to [mix] Malian music with different kinds of music from around the world," singer Aliou Touré told me before the band's first American tour. They've cited influences from B.B. King and John Lee Hooker to Jimi Hendrix and contemporary hip hop, and are accumulating more styles with every touring mile.
"Travel is the best school," Aliou said. "Hearing different kinds of musicians in different countries gives us new ideas for our music."


We had lovely weekend in Jämsä. There was catshow organised by KES-KIS ry. We were staying in cottage(actually old country house) with Leena, Asko Krista and Robin. There were cats Arska, Eisku, Lupsu and Viccan too. Weekend would have been great even without the show, thank you my friends for that. On cat show I was happy to see Rosanna and Pia with Morris on saturday and Sirkka and Kari with Nelli and Unna on sunday. And unexpectedly relatives from Stockholm… in Jämsä… was I dreaming.
Saturday was super super exciting. Week before RU* Unicum Lucifer aka Lupsu competed class 11(7-9 month). In Jämsä he was in open class(9) age 10 months beeing in between adult males, and he won his very first certification CAC, competition of two. He was best of variety in adults. He was nominated to best in show by Caroline Stoa, competition of four. And finally on competition of adult males in category II, there was three cats and they all got one vote, so judge Pia Nyman chose the winner and it was Lupsu. RU* Unicum Lucifer was Best In Show again.
Both Moggi boys Enor Mousse and Elvis Persilja got their first CACIB. These boys have grown big and powerfull. Moggi Herkules Rinkeli was EX 2, with EXellent valuation and changed to group III. Hilarious, happy little Moggi Ginger Ale a Jakta Est was EX1.
Sunday Lupsu got his second CAC and was nominated again by Irene Eek Magnusson, competition of three. BIS went to american curl on sunday and he is worth it. Moggi boys got again certifications and Moggi Essi Kabanossi won her sister having her second CACIB. On group VIII, between Moggi cats, Enor Mousse was Best of variety. Kitten Ginger was Ex 1 again.


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Posted on February 08, 2012 at 4:40:00 am by Mike F.
I eat out. A lot. If you've been following my posts, you know that already. While I've focused on particular restaurants thus far, I thought I'd do something a little different this time out.
I'm starting a series of posts I call my "Favorite Fives." Each list will be – you guessed it – my five favorite foods in a particular category. Entrées, appetizers, desserts, you name it, I have a list for it. Some posts may be pretty detailed, some may just hit you with the facts.
The first list is one of the latter and equally the easiest and the most difficult for me to assemble: my favorite five hamburgers. The beauty of hamburgers is that they're like snowflakes…no two are quite the same.


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As before, we identify our parts using an intelligent system—that is, one using meaningful designations for product characteristics. At the same time, we have tightened the system to avoid part number truncations that occurred in the ordering systems of some customers.
Each GRT part number now consists of six 2-digit fields for standard configurations plus a 4-digit field assigned by GRT for customization. Hyphens can be used to separate the fields, where customers find that convenient, but the hyphens are not an element of the part numbers themselves.
Form factor (F)—PCIe (E1), PCIe4 (E4), XMC (X4), etc.
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«Benzin» (en español: «gasolina») es el primer sencillo del álbum Rosenrot (2005) de la banda de música industrial alemana Rammstein. La canción puede interpretarse como un alegato contra los altos precios del combustible.

Preguntado sobre el tema de la canción en una entrevista en la revista francesa RockMag, Till Lindemann dijo:

Vídeo
El vídeo fue rodado por Uwe Flade en Berlín. En él se ve a los miembros de Rammstein caracterizados como un grupo de bomberos que hace mucho que no reciben una llamada de emergencia. Cuando finalmente reciben una, se lanzan en una loca carrera en un enorme camión de bomberos para llegar al lugar de la emergencia, destrozando a su paso árboles, trenes, coches, etc. Finalmente, descubren que la llamada era por un suicida (que no es otro que Christian "Flake" Lorenz) que está en lo alto del edificio. Preparan la lona para rescatarle y cuando el suicida se tira al vacío la lona se desgarra. Como Lorenz se encontraba enfermo durante el rodaje del videoclip, en este aparece un doble suyo.

Contenido del sencillo
Sencillo en CD
 «Benzin» (3:47)
 «Benzin» (Combustion Remix by Meshuggah) (5:05)
 «Benzin» (Smallstars Remix by Ad Rock) (3:45)
 «Benzin» (Kerosinii Remix by Apocalyptica) (3:48)

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Sencillos de Rammstein
Sencillos de 2005
Sencillos número uno en Finlandia

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Dysfunction is the second studio album by American rock band Staind, released on April 13, 1999 by Flip Records and Elektra Records. It is the band's first studio album released on a record label. Three singles were released for the album: "Just Go", "Mudshovel", "Suffocate", and "Home".

Staind self-released Tormented in 1996. On October 23, 1997, the band met Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst. Durst was initially appalled by Tormented graphic artwork, and refused to sign Staind, but changed his mind after being impressed with the band's performance. Durst signed the band to Flip/Elektra and helped the band record Dysfunction. Staind promoted Dysfunction through touring and sampler cassettes.

Continuing the dark alternative metal and nu metal sound displayed on Tormented, Dysfunction features singing and some occasional screaming along with angry or depressing lyrics inspired by singer Aaron Lewis' life, with a noticeable increase of melodic sections. Although still similar to Tormented, Dysfunction is more melodic, has an absence of lo-fi production, and, despite having occasional screaming, features more clean singing than Tormented. Critics compared Dysfunction to various bands, including Korn, Coal Chamber, Spineshank, Nothingface, Deftones, Tool, and Alice in Chains.

Despite little success upon release, Dysfunction then grew into mainstream popularity at the end of 1999 and continued experiencing mainstream success in 2000. Eventually, the album had been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Songs like "Mudshovel" and "Home" experienced Billboard chart success and were played often on rock radio stations. Dysfunction experienced mainstream success again in 2001 during the release of Staind's next album Break the Cycle when Break the Cycle brought Staind to the band's popularity peak. As a result, Dysfunction peaked at number 1 on Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums chart.

Dysfunction received mostly mixed reviews; some critics praising the vocals and the guitar riffs, while some criticized the album for being repetitive in terms of song structure.

Background and recording

Staind self-released its debut album Tormented in 1996. On October 23, 1997, Staind met Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst at the Webster Theater in Hartford, Connecticut. Staind showed Durst a copy of Tormented and Durst was appalled by the album cover, which depicts a bloody Barbie doll on a crucifix with nails hanging from a plastic frame, a buried person with a rosary protruding from the person's nose, and a knife impaling a Bible. Durst assumed the band were Theistic Satanists.

Despite initially trying to remove Staind from opening for Limp Bizkit due to the album cover of Tormented, Fred Durst was impressed with Staind's performance and changed his mind. After hearing their four-song demo, Durst signed Staind to Flip/Elektra to record the band's album Dysfunction. Durst and Staind then traveled to Jacksonville, Florida to begin developing and recording new songs, and after a meeting with Flip, Staind recorded a three-track sampler in Los Angeles, California. By February 1998, they acquired a record contract and, after performing on the summer Warped Tour, began recording Dysfunction in December 1998. Dysfunction was recorded at Studio Litho and mixed at Studio X in Seattle, Washington. Durst introduced Staind to Terry Date. Date said that after hearing the singing voice of Staind lead singer Aaron Lewis, he instantly thought Lewis' "voice was pretty undeniable." While Durst did most of Dysfunction preproduction work, "Date said his only challenge was to capture the explosive live feel of the band and help bring out both their melodic and hard sensibilities." After working with Durst in Jacksonville, Staind moved back to their hometown Springfield, Massachusetts to write songs like "Me", "Just Go", "Home", and some other songs from Dysfunction.

Music and lyrics

Staind's vocalist, Aaron Lewis, has stated he feels that, "Dysfunction was a huge step away from Tormented." Guitarist Mike Mushok expressed frustration in how label personnel were in no way intrusive on the production of Dysfunction, but after it sold over a million copies, the band would be relentlessly hassled during the production of future albums. Considered nu metal and alternative metal, Dysfunction is known for featuring both singing and screaming. The album is also known for featuring songs with slow parts that then turn into aggressive parts with screaming. The album's lyrics are noted for being either angry or depressing. Gil Kaufman of MTV wrote that the album "doesn't share the heavy  influence of the band's new pals. Staind's aggressive sound mixes the industrial crunch of Tool with the morose, heavy rock of Seattle grunge-rockers Alice in Chains." CMJ New Music Report compared Dysfunction to Deftones' Adrenaline, Spineshank, Nothingface's Pacifier, Coal Chamber, and "Korn's  moments. Lewis said of Dysfunction lyrics: "All the lyrics are about me," Lewis said. "That's why it's called Dysfunction. It's just a list of all the fucked-up shit I've gone through in life." Although Dysfunction features some screaming in some songs, the album features less screaming than Tormented, and is a lot more melodic than Tormented. Durst encouraged Lewis to use more melody in his voice after being impressed by Lewis' singing voice. After describing Tormented as "one long rush of hardcore brat-rage, a 900mph scream of a man smashing his head against a wall in frustration", Tommy Udo wrote in his book Brave Nu World: "1999's Dysfunction is the sound of a band trying to get to grips wuth all the anger and shape something else that will reach beyond the hard core of devotees; not 'selling out' or 'going commercial', just making it bearable."

Promotion and touring

Staind released three singles for the album: "Just Go/Suffocate", "Mudshovel", and "Home". Elektra Records promoted Staind in 1998. Dane Venable of Elektra said: "Before we started with radio, we tried to develop a fan presence through a street-awareness campaign." In 1998, Elektra began "with 20,000 Staind sampler cassettes, stickers, and a letter from Fred Durst endorsing the band, and that letter went out to the entire Limp Bizkit fan club list." To promote Dysfunction, Staind joined the Family Values Tour in 1999 and also opened for Limp Bizkit. The songs "Just Go", "Mudshovel", and "Home" received airplay on MTV and The Box. HBO's Reverb filmed Staind in 1999 for an episode that was scheduled to air in November 1999. Staind joined Korn for Korn's Sick and Twisted Tour in 2000 and Staind also joined MTV's Return of the Rock tour. Staind began to receive significantly more attention with the mainstream success of the song "Outside" in early 2001. An acoustic version of the song featuring Durst peaked at number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 10, 2001, remaining on the chart for 19 weeks. In March, this version also peaked at number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and stayed on the chart for 26 weeks and peaked at number 2 on the Alternative Songs chart and remained on the chart for 25 weeks.

Reception

Critical reception
Dysfunction received mostly mixed reviews. CMJ New Music Report gave Dysfunction a positive review and wrote: "Generally, Lewis's plaintive, melodic and often beautiful crooning is pierced by spine-weakening guitar licks, making Staind a stand-out in the 'new metal' domain." AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "Other listeners, however, will likely find Dysfunction a little tedious, since there isn't a wide variety of songs on the record, nor is there anything catchy. That, of course, is a signature trait of alt-metal and helps make the record a sign of the times -- but that doesn't mean it's an easy record to enjoy for anyone outside of the cognoscenti." NME panned the album and wrote "It wouldn't be so bad if his voice didn't bring to mind Eddie Vedder being fisted in jail." Attrition.org gave the album a positive review, writing: "Dysfunction is definitely an album I would suggest to anyone who really gets into music. I suggest sitting down and listening to Aaron's amazing vocals along with the guitars of Dysfunction from beginning to the end." Orlando Weekly described the album as "an impressive start" and acclaimed the album but criticized the song "Crawl" for the song's "annoying guitar riff", calling "Crawl" "the only short stick on the disc."

Commercial performance

Dysfunction achieved a limited amount of success at first, selling only 29,000 copies and debuting at number 173 on the Billboard 200. The album then peaked at number 74 on the chart on November 6, 1999 and was on the chart for 56 weeks. In July 1999, Elektra Records reported that Dysfunction had sold 75,000 copies. Due to the album's rise in mainstream success, the album entered number 10 on and peaked at number 1 on the Heatseekers Albums chart on May 1, 1999 and October 9, 1999, respectively. Dysfunction stayed on the chart for 24 weeks. Although Dysfunction failed to achieve immediate success, the album began to achieve success months after its release. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 5, 1999 with sales of over 500,000 copies reported in January 2000. Dysfunction was certified platinum by the RIAA on June 14, 2000 with sales of 1,126,000 copies reported in June 2001. Due to the mainstream success of Staind's third album Break the Cycle in 2001, Dysfunction peaked at number 1 on the Catalog Albums chart on May 5, 2001, being on the chart for 24 weeks. Dysfunction was certified double platinum by the RIAA on February 26, 2004. The singles for Dysfunction received a lot of radio play on rock radio. "Mudshovel" peaked at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and stayed there for 28 weeks whereas "Home" peaked at number 11 on the same chart and remained there for 26 weeks. Dysfunction was ranked number 174 on Billboard 2000 year-end chart for Billboard 200 albums.

Track listing
All lyrics are written by Aaron Lewis; all music is composed by Staind.

 "Spleen" ends at 4:38. Following 11:45 of silence is a hidden track titled "Excess Baggage".
 On digital editions of the album, the hidden track "Excess Baggage" is separated from "Spleen" as its own track.

 On the limited edition of the album, "Crawl" is moved to track 9, and "Spleen" is moved to track 10.

Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.

Staind
 Aaron Lewis – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Excess Baggage"
 Mike Mushok – electric guitar, backing vocals
 Johnny "Old School" April – bass guitar, backing vocals
 Jon Wysocki – drums, backing vocals

Production
 Jordan Schur – executive producer
 Staind – producer
 Fred Durst – co-producer
 Terry Date – producer, engineer, mixing
 Ulrich Wild – engineer
 Tom Smurdon - assistant engineer
 John Burton – assistant mixing
 Roger Lian – mastering
 Howie Weinberg – mastering

Artwork
 Mike Mushok - concept
 Gregory Burke - art director, art design, concept
 EXUM - photography
 Jane Choi, Joe Macchio - special effects make-up

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Other appearances
A demo of the song "Spleen", recorded in October 1997, had earlier appeared on the compilation Up The Dosage by Wonderdrug Records.
An original version of "Mudshovel" appears on Staind's debut album Tormented as "Mudshuvel". This version features a heavier sound with less melody and also features screaming, whereas the Dysfunction version has an absence of screaming.

References

Citations

Bibliography

Staind albums
1999 albums
Albums produced by Fred Durst
Elektra Records albums
Albums produced by Terry Date
Flip Records (1994) albums


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Home » Executive » Brand-Building Resurfaces As a Priority in 2020
January 9, 2020 Anne Curtin
Over the past several years, we've seen companies dedicate more of their resources to tackling the digital space and the promise of data-driven marketing. This shift has placed more emphasis on tactical optimizations designed to drive 'quick wins' for the business. And with CMOs in a desperate fight for survival, who can blame them.
But this short-termism has come at the expense of long-term branding building. Gap recently admitted it made the mistake of advertising its discounts at the expense of building brand loyalty for Old Navy. Gap joins brands such as Adidas, Booking Holding and Kraft Heinz who are moving spending back to brand marketing after realizing they were spending too much in areas such as performance marketing.
So, if going all-in on digital performance isn't the best way to prove value, then what is?
The path to marketing redemption in 2020 and beyond will require balancing long-term brand building with the demands of growth. And that means putting more focus on understanding the impact of creative on brand equity.
"Consumers aren't necessarily more or less adverse to advertising, but they are becoming much more selective about the companies they buy from and the brands they invest in based on the values they proffer and the context in which those ads appear," says Lana Busignani, EVP, U.S. Analytics for Nielsen. "Earning their business will mean rethinking traditional value propositions, being more daring with creative, and even taking a stand on a social or political issue."
Busignani cited Libresse's Viva la Vulva campaign as a great example of a brand that's embracing this approach to much success. The campaign celebrates femininity after decades of feminine product ads that peddled shame and discomfort around a woman's period – and it's been universally embraced by women.
"It's companies like this that are taking risks with their creative, living up to the values they represent, and advertising in the places that support those values that will see the most success in the months and years ahead," she says.
Emerging Channels Provide a Way Forward
Fortunately, there could be ample opportunities for marketers to prove their worth as developing strong brands becomes paramount in 2020. Emerging channels, such as streaming or gaming, may be difficult to master, but they also open the window for innovation.
"Platforms like NetFlix and e-gaming aren't completely devoid of advertising," says Busignani. "In fact, these kinds of ad-free platforms are actually opening up new opportunities for brand building by enabling brands to be present in content and the potential to leverage context that's in support of – and consistent with – brand values. Products featured in a movie or television show present opportunities for brands to associate themselves with content that is consistent with their values and shape desired perceptions of their brand."
Moreover, today's consumers are spending more and more of their time consuming content and media. This makes them more reachable than ever before. Unlike traditional, broad-based demographic vehicles, these platforms offer advertisers the opportunity to be more connected and relevant to their desired audiences. "Brand-building won't necessarily be harder or easier because of these new channels, but it will certainly have a lot more potential to hit the mark," says Busignani.
The Key to Survival
Companies that focus too much on the short term and ignore the investment in the long-term brand often pay a price. The key to survival will mean embracing a comprehensive, full-funnel approach that builds stronger connections with consumers and optimizes returns in the short run, while also improving brand health in the long run.
By striking this balance – and successfully mastering the increasingly complex mix of media channels at their disposal – CMOs can reaffirm their value and find stronger footing amid the churn.
Forrester Research Principal Analyst Jim Nail shared strategies for adopting a modern marketing approach to...


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Wayne Newton : Biography
Wayne Newton's facts
Date of Birth 1942-04-03
Profession Singer and Entertainer
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Children Lauren and Erin
Net Worth(s) $70 million
Name on Birth Carson Wayne Newton
Divorce Elaine Okamura (1968-1985)
Height 1.87 m
Place of Birth norfolk, Virginia
Carson Wayne Newton is one of the best ever known entertainer from America in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Wayne is known as puffy face person and has spent more than a decade in music line. Talking about his plastic surgery, he is more famous in surgical area, as he was supposed to have Botox but it leaded him to get disfigure his face. He is one of the richest celebrities of Hollywood music field to have net worth of $70 million and there is no doubt in her salary which he has been making from his career. According to his biography present in various sites including wiki, he is 72 years old by age belongs to white ethnicity and has height of 1.87m. Currently he is living with his wife Kathleen and a daughter Lauren in Las Vegas.
Returning back to his initial life, Wayne Newton was born on April 3, 1942 in Norfolk, Virginia. He holds American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His birth name has believed to be Carson Wayne Newton. At his early age, he used to work as a mechanic while his mother used to stay at home to raise their two children.
His official career in music had started from his very early age of 6, by his teenage he was already performing with his older brother. For many years he continued to perform along with his brother Jerry but by 1960 he finally decided to perform solo. In 1962, the famous singer Bobby Darin accepted him under his wing and also helped him to launch his solo career. He scored great hits as "Danke Schoen" and "red Roses for a Blue Lady". After such remarkable hits he spent several decades in music line and established himself as Las Vegas's most popular and highest-Paid Performer.
He has a gifted talent as a musician, he teaches himself to play several instruments including Piano, Banjo and Guitar. He has also performed his own daily radio station on a local station.
After his 10 successful years in music, he had to suffer dropping off the charts. It was the time when he got huge success as an entertainer. He then continued to perform in Las Vegas and also made guest appearance on television shows. At that time he was the highest paid entertainer in entire Hollywood. His popularity hasn't decreased even a bit at the present. As a supporter of U.S. military, he has also participated in various USO tours to entertain the troops.
For his personal life, he is well famous in surgical line, as his surgery has gone distinctly wrong and has made his original face in to disfigured state. He used to look great before he had the surgery but now his face is not at the level of horrible but looks quite different than his real face. Although he doesn't look same as compare to before having surgery but he hasn't still lost his confidence over his ability.
At present he is living with his second wife, Kathleen and a daughter Lauren in Las Vegas. He also has one daughter for his first wife named Erin, but anything about her hasn't yet came to media spot light.
Well famous and most popular singer has interesting life to be shared with his fans who has been loving him for his gifted potential. Although his childhood was not that much pleasant to be remembered but his old age is full of fame and wealth. His current estimation about his net worth has believed to be of $70 million. His net worth has helped him to be one of the richest celebrities of Hollywood. There is lot more to know about his life, the short form of his life has been summarized in wiki and other sites hence anyone curious about his life can get to know him through those sites.
Masayori Oka, popularly known as, "Masi Oka" is a Japanese-American actor. He is also known as digital effects artist. Oka became widely popular after he played the role of Hiro Nakamura on NBC's 'Heroes'. Masi was born in Tokyo, Japan. Oka celebrates his birthday every year on December 27 as he was born on December 27, 1974. He moved to Los Angeles from Japan with his mother when he was six years old. He made appearance on CBS TV game show 'Child's Play' when he was eight. Oka was even featured on the cover of Time's 'Those Asian-American Whiz Kids'. As per his education, he completed schooling from The Mirman School and completed graduation from the Harvard-Westlake School in the year 1992. Soon after completing graduation, he started working as an English, Japanese and Spanish translator on 1992 Summer Olympics. Oka holds graduation degree from the Brown University majoring in Computer science and mathematics. Oka worked as the musical director of The Bear Necessities while he was studying at Brown.


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Bahamas Seizes $4 Mn of Drugs in a Week
CARIBBEAN / 30 SEP 2013 BY CHARLES PARKINSON EN
Police in the Bahamas have recovered $4 million of marijuana in a week, amid growing calls in the Caribbean for legalization of the drug.
Officers from the Caribbean nation's Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) captured more than a ton of marijuana -- valued at approximately $2.3 million -- in Farmer's Cay on September 27, reported Tribune 242.
The bust came less than a week after $1.7 million of marijuana was found in the Ragged Island chain and less than two weeks after 20,000 marijuana plants were found growing outside the nation's capital, Nassau, reported the Nassau Guardian.
The recoveries come amid a growing debate in the Caribbean over the legal status of marijuana, with St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves pushing for a discussion of legalization and decriminalization among the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a debate that the grouping has agreed to investigate and present findings on in February 2014.
SEE ALSO: Coverage of Drug Policy
While generally not a major source of drugs produced for export, the Bahamas is a significant transshipment point for both cocaine and marijuana because of its proximity to the United States. The Caribbean nation provides "near ideal" conditions for smuggling, according to the State Department's 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), as smugglers "readily blend in among the armada of pleasure craft" travelling through the near 700 islands and cays.
The expansive geography and limited funding makes interdiction difficult for Bahamian law enforcement. The US Coast Guard has cooperated with local security forces to engage in Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), which in 2012 led to the seizure of 236 kilos of cocaine, 162 tons of marijuana and 201 arrests.
Calls for serious consideration of marijuana law reform are gaining traction among Caribbean nations, especially following the decision by CARICOM to investigate the possibility of decriminalization. However, with the US government opposed to marijuana law reform at the federal level, any move towards decriminalization in the Caribbean would likely draw considerable opposition from the United States.
CARIBBEAN DRUG POLICY INFOGRAPHICS
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Reversal Sparks Patient Access Solutions, Inc. (OTCMKTS: PASO)
Patient Access Solutions, Inc. (OTCMKTS: PASO) has been heating up fast and rising steadily in recent trading since hitting low $0.04s earlier this week. PASO is a highly liquid runner that traded as high as $0.169 in recent days that already has a significant established shareholder base currently accumulating more.
PASO rose up from sub pennies to highs of $0.169 earlier this year on excitement and anticipation of the planned CLX Health to reverse merge into PASO which has been delayed and is now expected to take place in Q4 2020 according to the document filed.
Patient Access Solutions, Inc. (OTCMKTS: PASO) started off as a Healthcare Solutions company creating a formidable array of technology, management resources and allies to enable it to become an agent of radical change in what has traditionally been a slowly evolving healthcare environment.
PASO is a great RM candidate, the beefed up bod was accumulating stock on the open market and the Company does solid revenues and recently reported a net income of $190k for fiscal 2019 on revenues of $2.2 million. They also have little debt, and no convertible notes. RM stocks have been some of the hottest in small caps in recent years and PASO was no exception running from pennies to $0.169 highs and attracting legions of shareholders along the way.
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CLX HealthCare Partners and JV Partners Sirius IQ is focused on next-gen Master Orchestration and Automation of data to streamline business processes, conversations, analytics and more. UST Global: is a multinational provider of Digital technology and transformation, IT services and solutions, headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. The Company has 23,000 employees and offices in over 25 countries including USA, India, Mexico, UK, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Spain and Poland. UST Global has oriented its services around the following major platforms to offer our services in a Business Platform-as-a-Service (BPaaS) model while continuing to support enterprise-class customers with more traditional IT and BPO services.
On July 17 PASO updated shareholders via dislosure statement reporting: "Over the past few days, there have been a multitude of phone calls and emails to PASO, SiriusIQ, and UST Global and related parties seeking clarification on the Q4date, which was previously defined in the letter posted on July 15, 2020.The Q4 2020 time frame, which is the date that CLX Health has asked for the extension, refers to the CALENDAR 4thquarterthat CLX Health goes by. This has nothing to do with PASO's fiscal year. Additionally, the multitude of phone calls and emails is extremely distracting and disruptive. All information that is relevant has been shared in the public domain as required. We will continue to update our shareholders as each milestone is reached through this process. The due diligence process continues and all companies involved are focused on seeing this process to its conclusion."
Microcapdaily has been reporting on PASO since March 2020 stating at the time "Its easy to see why investors are excited about PASO; the beefed up bod has been accumulating stock on the open market and the Company does solid revenues and recently reported a net income of $190k for fiscal 2019 on revenues of $2.2 million. They also have little debt, no convertible notes and recently updated shareholders on the previously announced LOI."
$PASO nice reversal starting today pic.twitter.com/tSzS2W3qSn
— MOMO (@pennystockmomo) July 23, 2020
Currently on the move up again PASO is an exciting story developing in small caps; RM stocks have been some of the hottest in small caps in recent years and PASO was no exception running from pennies to $0.169 highs and attracting legions of shareholders along the way. The stock saw a significant drop from recent $0.169 highs after the Company said in a disclosure statement that on July 14 the Company was issued a request by CLX Health to extend the closing date of the merger to Q4 2020. Since recent low $0.04 lows PASO has been coming back strong and moving steadily higher. PASO is a highly liquid runner that traded as high as $0.169 in recent days that already has a significant established shareholder base currently accumulating more at these price levels. We will be updating on PASO when more details emerge so make sure you are subscribed to Microcapdaily so you know what's going on with PASO.
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Small-cap stocks have seen a significant increase in the first weeks of January, a trend that is often seen at the start of a new year. This presents an opportunity for investors to capitalize on the surge before it dissipates. The Russell 2000 index, which follows small-cap stocks, has shown a 7.4% increase as of Monday's close, outperforming the large-cap Russell 1000, which has risen by 5%, and the S&P 500, which has increased by 4.5%.
The "January Effect" rally, where small caps surpass large caps, is a common phenomenon. One such stock that may be benefitting from this January effect is GTII. Global Tech Industries Group Inc (GTII) last traded at $1.86 and closed with double-digit gains of 11.08%. GTII has a 52-week range of $0.4302 – $8.9700, suggesting a tremendous upside potential from the current levels.
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What caused the surge in GTII share prices?
For the uninitiated, Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. (OTCQB: GTII) is a Nevada-based public company focused on acquiring cutting-edge technologies. Last week, GTII announced Board appointed Donald Gilbert to lead a newly created task force that will investigate illegal trading in GTII's shares. The task force will be responsible for examining and assessing the possibility of illegal and deceptive trading practices by various market players, including market makers, brokers, and hedge funds. In addition, the task force will also advise the Board on potential legal actions against market participants suspected of engaging in unlawful trading activity concerning GTII's shares. Based on its initial assessment, the task force will also advise the Board on presenting evidence of potential illegal trading activity concerning GTII's shares to relevant government and regulatory agencies. In essence, Mr. Gilbert will lead the efforts necessary for safeguarding the interests of GTII's shareholders.
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Creatd, Inc.(OTCQB: CRTD) announced today that it had extended the no-shop period in its Letter of Intent with Global Tech Industries Group, Inc. (GTII) for its planned acquisition. Although there's no guarantee a deal will be reached, both firms continue to evaluate the deal through due diligence, and Creatd is exploring a collar structure to potentially value its shares at $3.00 to $5.00 per share.
It would be interesting to see if GTII news gets picked up by retail investors causing a further surge in stock prices. We will update GTII when more details emerge, so make sure you are subscribed to Microcapdaily to know what's going on with GTII.
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Cosmos Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: COSM) is rocketing up the charts northbound since reversing off $0.0675 lows earlier this month where we first gave the heads up on COSM at around a dime in our article here. Since than COSM has rocketed northbound recently surpassing $0.60 per share with speculators pointing at $1 as the next stop. In our previous article on COSM on November 13 when COSM was $0.10 we stated: "COSM was trading well over $3 at the beginning of this year but has been heavily shorted since than with current estimates of well over 5 million shares sold short and almost the entire public float sold short.
While COSM has been heavily shorted into oblivion, the Company is actually doing quite well recently reporting revenues for the 3 months ended September 30 were $12 million. The Company is successfully developing their business recently closing a deal with Iberica, a European Airline, for in flight distribution of their products. The CEO has bought millions of shares at current levels and COSM is beginning to go viral on social media trending on the sub reddit Short Squeeze, Number #1 on Stocktwits and multiple videos being made on YouTube about a massive short squeeze taking place in small caps.
COSM Friday December 2, 4PM Close Update: COSM had a wild trading day on Friday dropping to $0.42 in the morning before rocketing up to $0.61 highs. This was followed by another drop to the $0.47 range before COSM rocketed up in late afternoon trading, closing at $0.53 on 205 million shares traded. COSM was up 33% on the day on around $110 million in dollar volume. COSM is setup for an enormous week ahead, looking to overtake the $0.845 from Monday and embark on a blue-sky breakout with $1 as the first stop. We gave the heads up on COSM when the stock was below $0.10 per share at the beginning of November. We will be updating on COSM as soon as anything new happens so make sure you are subscribed to Microcapdaily by entering your email in the box below.
Cosmos Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: COSM) is a global healthcare group that was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Cosmos Health is engaged in the nutraceuticals sector through its own proprietary lines of products "Sky Premium Life" and "Mediterranation." Additionally, the Company is operating in the pharmaceutical sector through the provision of a broad line of branded generics and OTC medications and is involved in the healthcare distribution sector through its subsidiaries in Greece and UK serving retail pharmacies and wholesale distributors. Cosmos Health is strategically focused on the R&D of novel patented nutraceuticals (IP) and specialized root extracts as well as on the R&D of proprietary complex generics and innovative OTC products. Cosmos has developed a global distribution platform and is currently expanding throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Cosmos Health has offices and distribution centers in Thessaloniki and Athens, Greece and Harlow, UK.
The Number #2 post on the subreddit ShortSqueeze currently is titled: COSM about to test resistance. A pump through $0.66 and lift off to over $1.00 is possible now.
In another post on COSM in the subreddit ShortSqueeze rubio2430 states: "$COSM you cant make this stuff up. this baby is ready for space. the shorts are burying themselves on the daily. constant pr's, growing fundamentals, no plans on dilutions, dual listing on upstream soon—the list goes on!
nimble_broccoli replied: Why this is a good play:
1.) Extremely tiny Marketcap 2.) CEO buying 15'000'000 shares 3.) Good fundamentals, unlike other plays, they actually sell products valued around 10x the valuation. Q1/22 was profitable. 4.) Getting momentum on social media (Reddit Twitter, YT)
Next catalysts: -Info that they will not be delisted from NASDAQ -Degen and Retail FOMO kicking in -Shorts starting to cover their asses
In addition, consider this: The stock was somewhere between USD 2 and USD 12 the past ~8 years. Most Hodlers bought back then, do you think they will sell now? Do your own thinking but if one of my stocks dropped 80+ % i d not sell, i d just hope for a miracle or ride it out. Thus, not many regular buy&hold holders of the stock are expected to sell.
Cosmos operates in the business of full-line pharmaceutical wholesale distribution and serves approximately 1,500 independent retail pharmacies and 40 pharmaceutical wholesalers in Greece region by providing brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins and nutraceuticals. Cosmos invests in technology to enhance safety, distribution and warehousing efficiency and reliability. Specifically, the Company operates a fully automated warehouse system with three robotic systems, two ROWA™ types and one A-frame type, that ensure 0% error selection rate, accelerate order fulfillment, and yield higher cost-efficiency in our distribution center. Cosmos has 3 operating subsidiaries including:
Sky Pharm SA is headquartered in Thessaloniki, Greece. Sky Pharm trades the excess amounts of about 500 medicines that can be exported within the EU countries. We buy from Greek wholesale pharmaceutical companies and multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers, and export to European markets where demand and prices are substantially higher.
Decahedron Ltd. is a pharmaceutical wholesaler incorporated in the UK in August 2011. It is audited by the MHRA under European GDP (Good Distribution Practices). They are also a full member of the EAEPC and have been audited by TÜV on their behalf.
Founded in 1994, Cosmofarm is a fully licensed pharmaceutical wholesale company operating in the greater Athens area. The company is approved and authorized by the National Organization for Medicines under Good Distribution Practices to distribute a comprehensive range of pharmaceutical products. Cosmofarm's core activity is sourcing, procuring, and distributing branded.
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COSM business is strong and Q3 highlights include closing a $7.5M capital raise via public offering and signing an exclusive agreement to market and distribute Nickelodeon's SpongeBob and PAW Patrol kids' vitamins in Greece and Cyprus, aiming to reach out 11,000 pharmacies and 120 wholesalers in Greece and 780 pharmacies in Cyprus. They also executed a letter of intent for a strategic co-venture agreement with Smart for Life (SMLF) to cross market products and services in their reciprocal markets. COSM also entered into an LOI to acquire ZipDoctor Inc., and entered into an agreement with Virax Biolabs (VRAX), to become the distributor of Monkeypox Virus Real-Time PCR Detection Kits, having the exclusive distribution rights for Greece and Cyprus, with the opportunity to distribute the test kits across Europe on a non-exclusive basis. SkyPharm officially launched its first Sky Premium Life products on Amazon in the United States. Cosmos targets having all 85 SKUs listed on Amazon by year end. COSM entered into an LOI to acquire Pharmaceutical Laboratories CANA S.A., and another LOI to acquire LIFE NLB, Ltd.'s product portfolio, including Bone-Vio® and Bone-X, related to bone health targeting the human gastrointestinal microbiome.
Last week COSM announced its Sky Premium Life luxury food supplement brand will be sold on Ronda, the official inflight magazine of the airline company Iberia of BRITISH AIRWAYS group. Ronda is available free of charge to the over 10 million passengers who fly Iberian Airlines annually. Iberia Airlines, majority owned by British Airways, has a fleet of 147 aircrafts and engages in over 600 daily flights.
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Currently trading at a $36 million market valuation COSM os is 92,008,281 the Company recently reported Q3 Revenues of $12 million down a bit from the same time last year due to a high variation in FX differences between EUR and GBP to USD. COSM was trading over $4 this time last year however OS has increased substantially since then. COSM is an exciting opportunity in small caps; the stock was shorted into oblivion and currently there are minimum 5.8 million shares short and was way oversold to pennies and it looked as if it would definitely get delisted by the Nasdaq however, led by able CEO Grigorios Siokas, Cosmos is fighting back. Mr. Siokas continues to buy more COSM at current price levels, putting his money where his mouth is as COSM rockets towards $1 which is now just a day and half away if the stock continues up at the same trend. We will be updating on COSM when more details emerge so make sure you are subscribed to Microcapdaily.
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Cosmos Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: COSM) is making a rapid move up the charts since recent reversing off $0.0675 lows. The stock was trading well over $3 at the beginning of this year but has been heavily shorted since than with current estimates of well over 5 million shares sold short and almost the entire public float sold short. COSM is quickly emerging as the latest short squeeze at the top of speculators watch lists and is currently trending on stocktwits and the sub reddit ShortSqueeze on Reddit.
The Company is fighting back against the shorts and planning a lawsuit and CEO Grigorios Siokas recently put his money where his mouth is when he bought 12,500,000 shares of the stock at $0.12 average for about $1.5 million. While in danger of being delisted from the Nasdaq if they don't get the stock price back over $1 by the end of November the Company is doing well recently reporting its first ever net income on $13,208,504 in revenues for the 3 months ended June 30, 2022. Cosmos is also acquiring ZipDoctor Inc. from American International Holdings Corp (AMIH)
Cosmos Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: COSM) is an international healthcare group that was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. On August 2, 2022, the Company filed a Fictitious Firm Name Certificate in Nevada to do business under the name Cosmos Health, Inc. and will seek shareholder approval at its annual shareholders meeting scheduled for December 2, 2022 to amend its Articles of Incorporation for the name change. Cosmos Health is engaged in the nutraceuticals sector through its own proprietary lines of products "Sky Premium Life" and "Mediterranation." Additionally, the Company is operating in the pharmaceutical sector through the provision of a broad line of branded generics and over-the-counter ("OTC") medications and is involved in the healthcare distribution sector through its subsidiaries in Greece and UK serving retail pharmacies and wholesale distributors.
Sky Pharm SA is headquartered in Thessaloniki, Greece. Sky Pharm trades the excess amounts of about 500 medicines that can be exported within the EU countries. We buy from Greek wholesale pharmaceutical companies and multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers, and export to European markets where demand and prices are substantially higher. The …
Decahedron Ltd. is a pharmaceutical wholesaler incorporated in the UK in August 2011. It is audited by the MHRA under European GDP (Good Distribution Practices). They are also a full member of the EAEPC and have been audited by TÜV on their behalf. They import and export branded, generic and …
Founded in 1994, Cosmofarm is a fully licensed pharmaceutical wholesale company operating in the greater Athens area. The company is approved and authorized by the National Organization for Medicines under Good Distribution Practices to distribute a comprehensive range of pharmaceutical products. Cosmofarm's core activity is sourcing, procuring, and distributing branded
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On August 22 Cosmos provided a business update and reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022. Revenues were $13,208,504 for the 3 months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $14.8 million for the same period last year.
Greg Siokas, Chief Executive Officer of Cosmos Health, stated, "We increased our profitability for the first half of 2022 due to the increase of gross profit margin to 14.2% from 11.5% for the respective period of 2021. This increase is attributed mainly to the organic growth of our proprietary nutraceutical brand, Sky Premium Life® ("SPL"). We achieved positive income from operations of $0.2 million for the first half of 2022 compared to a loss of $3.1 million in the same period last year and positive EBITDA of $0.8 million for the first half of 2022 compared to a loss of $2.8 million for the same period last year. Gross profit increased by 23.0% to $3.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. We continue to carefully manage expenses and reduced operating expenses by nearly 43.7% and 41.9% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. During the quarter, we launched a new premium line of nutritional supplements, Mediterranation. The Mediterranation line uses organic herbs and plant extracts such as crataegus, hibiscus, dittany of Crete, oregano, mastic and kritamos, found in specific regions in Greece and the Mediterranean. These unique formulations contain a proprietary blend of vitamins and minerals and are made with the highest quality raw materials. There is high demand among consumers for supplements that utilize high quality Mediterranean ingredients, such as polyphenols, which possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. We expect the launch of the Mediterranation line will further enhance our growth strategy and we look forward to expanding the product line into new global markets through our growing distribution channels. We also launched our SPL products on Amazon Singapore and are in the process of launching on Amazon United States and Amazon Canada in the third quarter of 2022. These new markets provide an untapped growth opportunities and new audiences for our proprietary SPL brand. Our goal is to grow our portfolio of branded nutraceuticals and reach up to 150 SKUs by the end of 2022."
Earlier this year Cosmos announced an LOI to acquire ZipDoctor Inc. from American International Holdings Corp (AMIH). AMIH will continue to manage all aspects of the day-to-day operations of ZipDoctor including product development, marketing, and operational support. ZipDoctor Inc., is a direct-to-consumer subscription-based telemedicine platform, that expects to provide its customers affordable, unlimited, 24/7 access to board certified physicians and licensed mental and behavioral health counselors and therapists. ZipDoctor's online telemedicine platform will be available to customers across the United States and offers English and Spanish coverage with virtual visits taking place either via the phone or through a secured video chat platform.
On October 17, 2022, Cosmos entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain institutional investors (the "Purchasers"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a public offering, an aggregate of $7,500,000 of securities, consisting of (i) 62,500,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) pre-funded Warrant in lieu of shares of Common Stock, and (iii) warrants to purchase 125,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Common Warrants" and collectively with the Pre-Funded Warrants, the "Warrants"). Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to sell one share of its Common Stock or a Pre-Funded Warrant and two Common Warrants for each share of Common Stock or Pre-Funded Warrant sold at a unit price of $0.12. For each of 15,662,603 Pre-Funded Warrant sold in the Offering, the number of shares of Common Stock offered were decreased on a one-for-one basis.
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Currently trading at a $10 million market valuation COSM is the latest potential short squeeze at the top of speculators watch lists. With $35 million in current liabilities and an inability to collect on accounts receivables that currently stand at over $25 million COSM stock has lagged even as the Company reports its first ever net income on $13,208,504 in revenues for the 3 months ended June 30, 2022. The short position on COSM has grown to well over 5 million shares short and currently the entire public float is sold short. Now that the cat is out of the bag and the stock is surging northbound COSM short squeeze should be at the top of small cap speculators watch lists. We will be updating on COSM when more details emerge so make sure you are subscribed to Microcapdaily.


School bus transportation is the safest form of ground transportation. Twenty-three million children ride the bus to school everyday – How can you make sure your child is as safe as possible?
Be a role model and teach proper pedestrian behavior. Children under ten years old should never cross a street without an adult. Use discretion with older children based on their knowledge, skills and routes.
These helpful tips will ensure a safe trip when waiting for, riding on and exiting the school bus.


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Брибир () е село в южна Хърватия, Шибенишко-книнска жупания, в областта Равни котари недалеч от Скрадин.

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След завладяването на тези земи от римляните, през 1 век на хълма Брибир (на хърватски Bribirska glavica), е основано селището Варвария. Плиний Стари споменава Варвария като една от 14 общини под юрисдикцията на Скардона (Скрадин).

Брибир достига своя разцвет през XIII и XIV в. при управлението на рода Шубичи, които владеели този район и били известни като князете на Брибир. Те построяват голям замък на хълма Брибир, откъдето можело да се наблюдава и контролира цялата околност и подстъпа към адриатическия бряг.

Селището е обитавано от православно население от XVI в. В периода 1991 – 1995 г. е част от Република Сръбска Крайна.

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През 2011 г. Брибир има население от 103 души.

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Stella Paparizos, Rachida Bouhenni, Jeffrey Dunmire, Todd Beyer, Khaled Abu-Amero, Deepak Edward; Characterization of the Gene Expression Profile of Conjunctivochalasis. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):2124.
Purpose: The pathogenesis of conjunctivochalasis remains unclear. We hypothesized that gene expression profiling of conjunctival tissue from patients with conjunctivochalasis would give us an insight into the molecular pathways involved in its pathogenesis. To test this hypothesis we studied differential gene expression of conjunctivochalasis tissue compared to age-matched control conjunctival tissue with no history of ocular disease.
Methods: Surgical specimens of conjunctivochalasis (n=4) and age-matched control conjunctival tissue (n=4) were obtained for comparison during conjunctivoplasty or strabismus surgery, respectively. Whole genome expression profiling using the Agilent human genome array slide 4x44K was performed on total RNA extracts. Differential gene expression was analyzed using GeneSpring GX 12. Genes with ≥2 fold increased or decreased expression across all four conjunctivochalasis samples were selected for further analyses. Gene ontology was determined using the PANTHER (Protein Analysis Through Evolutionary Relationships) analysis software.
Results: A total of 1021 genes were found to be over-expressed, and 1046 genes were found to be under-expressed in all four conjunctivochalasis specimens compared to age-matched controls after excluding pseudo genes, cDNA transcripts without coded proteins, predicted proteins based on sequence homology, and genes with hypothetical or uncharacterized proteins. The protein products of the altered (over and under-expressed) genes are involved in multiple signaling pathways and biological functions including: angiogenesis; apoptosis; chemokine/cytokine-mediated inflammation; P53 signaling; and Alzheimer's/prensilin.
Conclusions: The gene expression profile of the conjunctivochalasis phenotype is complex. The up- and down-regulation of genes from the same pathways suggests that angiogenesis, chemokine/cytokine-mediated inflammation and apoptosis, through P53 regulation, could be important in the pathogenesis of conjunctivochalasis.


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HAMMR – Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar
HAMMR features a compact, lightweight ground configuration that employs an active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna technology from airborne fighter aircraft.
Northrop Grumman's focus on health and human services supports disaster relief and programs that address critical local needs.
Protected: Heeding the Call: Northrop Grumman Teams Step Up to Support the Response to COVID-19
High Efficiency Cryocoolers
Northrop Grumman has an extensive and highly successful history providing cryocoolers for Space and Tactical missions requiring high performance, low mass, high reliability, and low system level cost.
High Performance Computing Will Take Us to the Far Reaches of Space
Northrop Grumman's propulsion systems engineers use high performance computing capabilities to design the rocket boosters for NASA's Space Launch System.
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HIP Resources HIP Application HIP Brochure (PDF) Article: Mentoring the Future for 50 Years Should you have any questions about the HIP mentoring program, contact us at STEMEducation@NGC.com For more information about Northrop Grumman STEM initiatives, visit NorthropGrumman.com/STEM Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products…
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About the Northrop Grumman HBCU Invitational The Northrop Grumman HBCU Invitational aims to engage and attract top technical and business students for entry-level and internship opportunities. Selected participants will have the opportunity to participate in technology talks and workshops led by Northrop Grumman leaders, join panel discussions, and interview for…
Hitting a Bullet with a Bullet: Counter-Hypersonic Systems
Maneuvering, high-speed, low-altitude hypersonic threats from near-peer adversaries are upending the conventional rules of ballistic missile defense.
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Jaime, COOP Program Graduate New Mexico is known as the land of enchantment, but it isn't always seen as the land of opportunity. One Northrop Grumman site wants to change that. The Albuquerque, New Mexico, site accomplishes a lot with less than 30 employees under the leadership of John. Located…
How Danny's Mentor Partnership Launched his Career at Northrop Grumman
As a college junior in 2017, I applied for the mentoring program at DisabilityIN, a nonprofit that helps disabled college students. After acceptance, I was paired with my mentor, Bob Vetere, a now-retired former manager.
How Do You Test Hypersonic Systems?
Assessing the performance and durability of engines, missiles, vehicles and other items withstanding stresses of hypersonic speeds takes time. The engineers, technicians and machinists at Northrop Grumman replicate speeds up to Mach 8 for testing.
How Military Aircraft EO/IR Systems Save American Lives
A U.S. Air Force veteran (two tours of duty in Afghanistan) was an A-10 fighter pilot that used electro-optical and infrared sensors (EO/IR) systems. The equipment, which is housed in the LITENING targeting pod under a plane's wing, buys time in an air combat situation.
How the MIMIC Program Catalyzed Northrop Grumman Leadership in Space
The MIMIC program enabled Northrop Grumman's expertise in producing reliable, high-speed gallium arsenide (GaAs) chips used by critical defense systems and most cell phones today.
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Human Spaceflight and Logistics
Since 2014, Northrop Grumman has provided vital supplies to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station with our Cygnus spacecraft launched aboard our Antares rocket. Now, as NASA plans to return humans to the Moon, Northrop Grumman is playing an integral role in the Artemis program.
Hypersonics Breakthroughs Are Boosting Range, Speed and Survivability
The field of air breathing hypersonics continues to see breakthroughs. The fastest motors are getting more flexible, more cost-effective and even faster.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 15, 2017 – CloudGenix, the software-defined wide-area (SD-WAN) network leader, today announced it has been selected as an IDC Innovator in the IDC Innovators: SD-WAN, 2017 Report in recognition of its innovative technologies and ground-breaking business models in SD-WAN. To read our blog post on the report, click here.
CloudGenix Instant-On Networks (ION) provides an application-defined architecture that enables network managers to set up policies to control application delivery across a hybrid WAN, reducing network configurations by 90 percent. Customers can monitor network performance by establishing app-SLAs that govern application performance, security, and compliance for application delivery. Enterprises achieve greater visibility into their network performance and attain intelligent traffic engineering for cloud and SaaS applications while reducing WAN costs by 50 to 70 percent.
The IDC Innovators: SD-WAN, 2017 Report (doc #US42549917, May 2017) is available online here.
IDC Innovators reports present a set of vendors — under $100M in revenue at time of selection — chosen by an IDC analyst within a specific market that offer an innovative new technology, a groundbreaking approach to an existing issue, and/or an interesting new business model. It is not an exhaustive evaluation of all companies in a segment or a comparative ranking of the companies. Vendors in the process of being acquired by a larger company may be included in the report provided the acquisition is not finalized at the time of publication of the report. Vendors funded by venture capital firms may also be included in the report even if the venture capital firm has a financial stake in the vendor's company. IDC INNOVATOR and IDC INNOVATORS are trademarks of International Data Group, Inc.
CloudGenix (www.cloudgenix.com) is the software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) leader, revolutionizing networking by transforming legacy WANs into a radically simplified, secure, application-defined fabric and virtualizing heterogeneous underlying transports into a unified hybrid WAN. Enabling application-specific, service-level agreements (SLAs), CloudGenix controls network application performance based upon application-performance SLAs and business priority. CloudGenix ION (Instant-On Network) radically simplifies how WANs are designed and managed, enabling customers to build "networks without networking," and achieve more than twice the performance at less than half the cost — leading to a much faster time-to-value once deployed — and extending data center-class security to the network edge. Founded in 2013 by a team that has previously delivered industry-leading products in networking, SDN, cloud, security and web-scale applications, CloudGenix serves world-class financial services, legal, retail and technology organizations. The company is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Charles River Ventures and the Mayfield Fund and has headquarters in San Jose, California.


The third lesson of Focus on the Family's Truth Project is Anthropology: Who is Man? Our culture's assumptions about mankind conflict with the Christian worldview in significant ways: beliefs about the essence of man, his moral state, and the purpose of his existence. Is man purely the product of mindless forces? Is man basically good? Is our purpose for existence nothing more than self-fulfillment or do we have a higher purpose?
Is man merely a physical being or both flesh and spirit?
The first chapter of Genesis say that God created the heavens and the earth; before the earth was formed, the Spirit of God hovered over the waters. So from the earliest scriptures, God is described as a creative being with a Spirit. According to Genesis 1:27, "God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness…" If God has a Spirit and we were created in his image, it follows that humans are more than a physical being.
Spirit is defined as "the nonphysical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul." Scientists study the brain to find physical or chemical explanations for emotional or even spiritual experiences. And while scientific knowledge is useful, it doesn't disprove what intuition and experience tell us is true. Many of us have a strong sense that there is a powerful life force within us that is independent of our physical bodies.
In the video lesson, Dr. Tackett asked one of his students: do you do what you want to do? I don't think the student understood what Dr. Tackett had in mind because he responded yes. The apostle Paul wrote, "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." Paul realized that the sin living in him kept him from doing the good that he desired to do. (See Romans 7:15-25).
I don't do what I want to do. I want to be good. I want to be in control of my emotions. I know that I shouldn't get angry when things don't go my way. But even though I want to be patient and calm under pressure, evil is right there with me making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. No matter how good my intentions are, I am a slave to my impulses.
What does our culture say about our moral state? Dr. Tackett quoted psychologist Carl Rogers, who said, "I do not find that evil is inherent in human nature." If people are not inherently sinful, where does the sin come from? Why do good people do bad things? Secular psychology places the blame on cultural influences. But as Rollo May asked, who makes up the culture if not people like us? And how can a culture become evil if there is no inherent tendency towards evil within each of us?
What do we need to be fulfilled as human beings? What gives our lives purpose?
Dr. Tackett says that the notion "that man is basically good and that his greatest need is to self-actualize and get in touch with his inner desires" is a "pernicious lie." We certainly deceive ourselves about our sinfulness. We focus on outward appearances of goodness. We compare ourselves to others and conclude that we are not as bad as they are even though other people cannot see the sins hidden in our own hearts.
What is our greatest need? Dr. Tackett spoke dismissively about Maslow's theory of the hierarchy of human needs. According to Maslow, once our lower level physiological needs are met, we ultimately seek self-esteem and self-actualization. Self-actualization can be defined as self-fulfillment or reaching one's personal potential. Maslow's original five level model has since been expanded to include cognitive and aesthetic needs and a level even higher than self-actualization – transcendence.
How does this contrast with the Christian view? Christians believe that we exist because God created us. Christian's believe that what humans need is not self-fulfillment but grace, redemption, and spiritual transformation. Christians believe that our ultimate purpose is to love God with our whole being and to love others as we love ourselves. Christians believe in living sacrificially, in serving others and putting the needs of others before your own. The reality is that we have a moral responsibility to look out for the interests of others.
Thinking about human nature reminds me of the essay written by Rabbi Soloveitchik, The Lonely Man of Faith. He pointed out something I had never noticed before about the story of creation in the bible. In the first chapter of Genesis, it says that God created both male and female at the same time. He told them to be fruitful and fill the earth and to subdue it and to rule over every living creature on earth. In the second chapter, the story is very different. In this version, God created man from the dust of the ground and breathed life into him. He put man in the Garden of Eden to work and take care of it but prohibited him from eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Then God decided it wasn't good for man to be alone so he created woman from man's rib to be a helper for him.
The rabbi believed that the reason there were two versions of mankind's creation is that there are two natures in man. Each nature has its own needs and purpose for being. The personality described in Genesis I, Adam I, strives to control his environment. He is achievement-oriented and has a practical, utilitarian approach to life. He is on a narcissistic quest for human dignity – to feel important. In contrast, Adam II yearns for a relationship with his Creator. He is humble and not self-centered. He is on a quest for redemption and so he strives to control the self and its selfish impulses.
Personally, I do not think it is truthful to look down at our culture from a religious point of view. Every culture is flawed because mankind has always been flawed. Many people who are outwardly religious have never honestly confronted their own need for redemption.
However, pragmatic modern man – whether secular or religious – works only with categories of the intellect, not realizing their limited purview. He adopts religion to the extent that he deems it as being useful and comprehensible to him. His is a religion of convenience, not commitment; it is geared to suit his own needs, not to serve God's will. He does not comprehend the meaning of total devotion and does not sense the need for redemption, which constitute the essence of faith. The danger, then, is not just that secularists have ceased to understand the man of faith; it is that adherents of religion have ceased to understand themselves and their commitment.
The truth is, God designed man as a complex physical and spiritual being and he created a world in which we are in constant conflict with our human nature. Man often suppresses or ignores the Adam II part of his nature. He denies that God exists. He denies his need for transformation. For those of us who do pursue the quest for a relationship with God, we must honestly face the ugly reality of our own brokenness. We must confront the truth about who we really are and who God meant for us to be.


Fans of the Danny McBride's previous roles as arrogant Taekwondo instructor Fred Simmons, or arrogant pitcher Kenny Powers will see plenty of parallels to Prince Thadeous in Your Highness. But, give Danny McBride credit: he knows what works for him. Prince Thadeous has absolutely no redeeming qualities, as he covets the fame of his perfect brother Fabious (James Franco), all the while abusing his sycophantic muse Courteney (Rasmus Hardiker). Yet, somehow, Prince Thadeous is exactly the character that audiences are rooting for.
Much has been made of the drug themes in Your "Highness", directed by Pineapple Express alum David Gordon Green. And it's true there are a few stoner jokes early in the movie. But the movie quickly turns into a quest and a film about brotherhood. Fans of Fantasy films should feel right at home, but the dialogue mixes medieval English with modern phrases to create a unique vibe that plays only half campy and half serious. The jokes come at a steady rate and though not all of them slay their opponents, your midsection will surely feel bruised by the end of the film.
McBride doesn't really show us anything we haven't seen before. Change Kenny Powers' haircut, his accent, and the name of his wannabe friend and you have Your Highness in a nutshell. But, as with Kenny Powers, there is certainly a story arc for McBride's character and it is not unsatisfactory. Asked to mostly carry the movie, McBride holds it together well.
James Franco plays it straight as the "good son" Fabius. It is to Franco's credit that he cuts such as dashing figure, and one who is played heroically, not for the cheap effeminate laughs that could have trapped the writers. Franco's range is tested in the film's second act as there is a touching moment between the Prince and Thadeous' muse Courtney, as both discuss Thadeous. Natalie Portman seems to be having a ball as a mysterious warrior named Isabel who befriends the royal trio. In addition to being charismatic, Portman truly impresses physically as she proves to be an able warrior. Zooey Deschanel isn't given much to do here, except look like a virgin, though she does get to sing in a funny scene early in the film.
Your Highness has several set-pieces with Fantasy elements, and in each scene the special effects truly enhance the film. Whether it be magical effects from the evil wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux), an anatomically correct minotaur, or great wise wizard, Your Highness truly feels special in the theatre. The action scenes are exciting, peppered with grotesque gags. All of which makes Your Highness the most fun at the movies this year.
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There is Safety in selecting Quality.
HurtVet's motto of "SAFELY: On-Time, On-Budget, On-Quality" really sums up who we are and how we conduct business. Our secret for achieving this success is having a Safety program and Quality program and actually living by it. A company will never be profitable if they get employees hurt or are constantly returning to angry customers to correct re-work issues.
No Change Orders - In the last 8 years, HurtVet has not requested a single change order. All additional work and increased funding have been initiated by happy customers.
HurtVet project managers and technicians receive bonus incentives for Safety and being On-Time, On Budget, On-Quality. Bonuses are never given for change orders.
Some people believe SDVOSB companies offer higher prices and lesser performance, but this is tolerated because the country feels sorry for us. HurtVet has been SDVOSB certified for years, but won its first 12 contracts without its service disabled status playing a factor. We beat small companies and mega-corporations in head to head competition, based on our superior performance.
HurtVet is not a 'mailbox money' or 'pass-through' company. We actively manage and supply labor for projects. The depth of our experience and active involvement equate to lower risk and better quality for our federal customers.
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Despite a nationwide advertising blitz for mobile auto insurance apps and widespread use of digital channels to purchase insurance, auto insurance customers in the United States have been slow to adopt digital claims reporting, J.D. Power reported on Monday.
Its 2017 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction Study, the consumer insights, advisory services and data and analytics company was based on responses from 11,857 auto insurance customers who settled a claim within the past six months prior to taking the survey. The study excludes claimants whose vehicle incurred only glass/windshield damage or was stolen, or who only filed a roadside assistance claim. Survey data was collected from November 2016 through August 2017.
Claim servicing is top driver of satisfaction, but results vary widely by insurer – Claim servicing is the top driver of overall customer satisfaction, but it also has the largest range of performance when comparing the highest and lowest insurer scores. The top performer in the claims servicing factor has an overall customer satisfaction score that is 104 points higher than the lowest performer.