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Katie Ledecky is a 10-time Olympic Medalist (seven Gold, three Silver) and 15-time World Championship Gold Medalist, the most for any female swimmer. She has broken 14 World Records and 37 American Records in her career. Katie was the most decorated female athlete at both Tokyo and Rio Games and had the most decorated single Olympics performance ever by a U.S. female athlete in Rio. Katie's success has earned her USA Swimming's Golden Goggles Award as Female Swimmer of the Year an unprecedented six times. A recent graduate of Stanford University, Katie is passionate about the importance of education, especially STEM and leadership programs for girls. Katie went home with more hardware at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics -two gold medals and two silver medals, making her the most decorated female swimmer in individual events of all time. She also made history by winning gold at the first ever 1500m women's event.
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Hakeem Oluseyi
Astrophysicist, Former Space Science Education Lead for NASA, & Inspirational Speaker
Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi has three degrees, 8 U.S. patents, four E.U. patents and has hosted shows on the Science Channel and on Discovery. But more impressive is his life story. Oluseyi grew up in the roughest neighborhoods of America, learned to survive on the street, and still taught himself Einstein's theory of relativity from an old set of encyclopedias. At every turn he was presented with a compelling option to quit and yet he persevered. Today, he is a NASA astrophysicist, a global educator, and the author of the highly-anticipated memoir A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Streets to the Stars where he recounts his journey from the streets to the stars. Dr. Oluseyi is exclusively represented by Leading Authorities.
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A trailblazer in female leadership and one of the top female motivational speakers, Lieutenant General (ret) Nadja West is the 44th Army Surgeon General and the former Commanding General of US Army Medical Command. She is the first African American woman 3-star General in the Army's history, the first African American Army Surgeon General, and currently the highest-ranking woman to ever graduate from West Point. West shares her story of grit, perseverance, strength, and breaking boundaries, even when faced with adversity. Taking audiences on her journey to becoming the Army's first African American woman 3-star General, she motivates them to overcome challenges with self-belief, bravery, and balance. With more than 20 years of experience in executive leadership, crisis management, and disaster response – including crafting the DOD medical response to the Ebola crisis – West speaks expertly on leadership tactics to effectively lead teams through times of uncertainty and crisis.
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A NASA astronaut and black motivational speaker, Joan Higginbotham is a trailblazing electrical engineer who in December 2006, flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery to become the third African American woman to travel into space. Over the nearly 13-day mission, she joined the seven-member crew to continue construction of the International Space Station (ISS), embarking on four space walks and operating the station's robotic arm. Sharing captivating insights from her 20-year distinguished career with NASA, Higginbotham inspires audiences with her personal journey of breaking barriers into space and beyond. Taking groups aboard the International Space Station and sharing her lessons-learned along the way, she highlights the keys to succeeding in her missions – including preparation, perseverance, and never giving up – and how these tactics can be applied to any endeavor.
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One of the true legends of baseball, "Iron Man" Cal Ripken, Jr. broke several professional records during his 21 seasons, but none is as sacred as his consecutive-games-played record. Shattering Lou Gehrig's streak of 2,131 games by more than 500, Ripken displayed perseverance, endurance, and an everyday work ethic that endeared him to fans, transformed him into a national icon, and some argue, even saved baseball at its darkest moment. An inspirational speaker, philanthropist, businessman, and best-selling author, Cal Ripken, Jr. is the personification of leadership, commitment, and excellence. As a male motivational speaker, in warm and witty presentations filled with stories from his illustrious career, he shares how his keys to success apply to both the business world as well as the baseball field.
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Adventurer & First Woman to Kayak the Amazon River
An adventurer, record-setter, and boundary-breaker, Darcy Gaechter is best known as the first woman - and member of the first team - to kayak the Amazon River from source to sea. The journey required her crew to paddle over 4,000 miles across the widest part of South America, a voyage that took 148 days to complete. She is also the author of The Kayaker's Guide to Ecuador and Amazon Woman, an adventure memoir detailing her Amazon River expedition and the life challenges she faced to get there – the rights of which have been purchased to turn her story into a movie. Gaechter inspires audiences with her personal journey of overcoming obstacles and making the impossible possible – sharing useful tactics to take on even the most daunting of challenges and demonstrating how a strong belief in yourself and in your goal are key ingredients to any success.
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Chris Cassidy
NASA Astronaut, Navy SEAL, CEO and President of the National Medal of Honor Museum
A decorated veteran of the sea, air, land, and outer space, Captain Chris Cassidy is among the leaders of an exclusive and distinguished group of accomplished military astronauts who have made an impact on and beyond this world. Recognized for his leadership and achievements as a United States Navy SEAL and a NASA astronaut, CAPT Cassidy's various military deployments and spaceflight missions provided the catalysts for an action-packed career where he made the most of every opportunity presented to him, even in challenging and high-stakes environments.
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Renowned Leadership Expert and Colonel, USAF (Ret.)
Described by Dr. Brené Brown as one of her "leadership heroes and a total badass," U.S. Air Force retired Colonel, DeDe Halfhill is a proven leader and communications executive who draws on her 25-year accomplished military career to provide a transparent, real-world perspective on the power of embracing humanness and vulnerability in leadership. During her time with the Air Force, DeDe became a trusted advisor to some of our nation's highest-ranking military leaders, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense. Deployed twice during the Iraq War, DeDe gained first-hand experience leading and advising through the most difficult circumstances, often when lives were at risk, and when there were no easy answers. She understands leadership, not just from studying it, but by actually living it. Weaving in both humorous and heartwarming stories, she demonstrates the practical strategies for any organization to authentically connect, build trust, and empower others in a meaningful way – and, with Brené Brown's words, that leading with vulnerability and humanity is the path to true courage and exceptional leadership.
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Sekou Andrews
Grammy-Nominated Creator of "Poetic Voice" & Inspirational Speaker
A school teacher turned actor, musician, two-time national poetry slam champion, entrepreneur, and award-winning poetic voice, any given day may now find Sekou keynoting at a leadership conference, helping a Fortune 500 company with brand messaging, or even performing pieces for Barack Obama in Oprah's backyard. Sekou is a black motivational speaker and the creator of Poetic Voice, a new, cutting-edge speaking category that seamlessly fuses inspirational speaking with spoken word poetry to make messages more moving and memorable. For over 15 years, Sekou Andrews has been helping the world's largest organizations deliver relevant information with riveting inspiration through an innovative, unconventional category of speaking called "Poetic Voice."
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Sebastian Terry
Creator of 100 Things Philanthropic Movement
Known worldwide for pursuing an incredible list of 100 Things that he wants to achieve before he dies, Sebastian Terry's story is surprisingly not about a bucket list. It's about something more far reaching: Permission, choice, growth, and connection. Affected by a curious mind and the death of a close friend, Sebastian experienced a moment in his life where he asked himself a simple question: "Am I happy?". The answer was NO and so he decided to pen down a list of 100 Things that he'd always wanted to achieve. Sebastian's incredible story has grown from an entertaining tale of adventure into a global philanthropic movement that engages a growing tribe of hundreds of thousands to not just set meaningful goals, but pull the trigger and achieve them—all while helping others do the same. Guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, and inspire motivation, his talk will re-engage, connect, and inspire your organization to move forward as one.
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Jessica O. Matthews
Innovator and CEO, Uncharted
Jessica O. Matthews is the Founder & CEO of Uncharted, an award-winning energy and data technology company that develops infrastructure solutions for communities, facilities, and Internet of Things. The company was founded by Jessica when she was only 22 years old. Jessica's research and career centers around the intersection of disruptive technology, renewable energy, human behavior, and the psychology of self-actualization. A business motivational speaker and dual citizen of Nigeria & the U.S., Jessica has a degree in Psychology and Economics from Harvard University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and is listed on over 10 patents and patents pending—including her first invention of the SOCCKET, an energy generating soccer ball, at the age of 19.
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Erik Weihenmayer
World-Class Blind Adventurer
Erik Weihenmayer is a world-class adventurer, the first blind man to summit Mount Everest, and one of only 150 mountaineers to climb the Seven Summits. His latest and most demanding adventure is kayaking the 277 miles of the Grand Canyon. One of the most exciting and well-known athletes in the world, he never let his lack of vision interfere with his quality of life. Weihenmayer's feats have earned him incredible press coverage and dozens of awards. He is also the author of two books and addresses leadership, teamwork, overcoming adversity, motivation, and inspiration.
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Record-Breaking Explorer & Repeat TED Speaker
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Polar explorer, TED speaker, and record-breaking long-distance skier Ben Saunders fuses the spirit of adventure with impressive technical ingenuity. He has five North Pole expeditions under his belt and is best known for leading one of the most ambitious expeditions in a century. Humble and self-effacing, he is an explorer of limits and his message is one of inspiration, empowerment, and boundless potential. He explores the dichotomy between ideas and action and urges audiences to consider carefully how to spend the "tiny amount of time we each have on this planet."
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Dakota Meyer
Medal of Honor Recipient & New York Times Best-Selling Author
Sergeant Dakota Meyer is a Marine Corps veteran and the recipient of the Medal of Honor, the military's highest honor. He is the first living marine to have received the medal since 1973 and is also one of the youngest. Through five successive missions, he helped save the lives of 13 American and 23 Afghan troops. President Barack Obama awarded Meyer the medal on September 15, 2011. Meyer was also inducted into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon. He addresses motivation, courage, leadership, believing in yourself, doing what is right, and what happened that day in Afghanistan.
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Sarah Robb O'Hagan
Legendary Business Leader, Fmr. CEO of Flywheel Sports, & Fmr. President of Nike, Gatorade, & Equinox
Executive, activist, and entrepreneur, Sarah Robb O'Hagan is described by the media as everything from "Superwoman undercover" to the "Queen of the Jocks" to the ultimate example of where fierce business woman, mother, and fitness fanatic combine. Named among Forbes "Most Powerful Women in Sports" and recognized as one of Fast Company's "Most Creative People in Business," Sarah's career includes leadership roles at some of the world's most iconic brands. She is the former CEO of Flywheel Sports, former President of Gatorade, former Director at Nike, and an internationally recognized re-inventor of brands. She is the founder of Extreme Living, a consultancy focused on bringing the best out of individuals and organizations, and CEO of Exos, the world leader in elite performance training that helps people reach higher and achieve more.
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Our top motivational speakers cover a wide range of topics including, how to achieve success in life, motivation and inspiration, their bestselling books and nuggets of wisdom, the difference between female and male motivation, how to unleash the power from within and become the best version of yourself, how to succeed at public speaking, how to become a professional speaker, and how to internalize the thoughts and beliefs of top inspirational conference speakers.
Additional topics these popular motivational speakers talk about are leadership, adventure, branding, economic outlook, turnaround, teamwork, sales, risk-taking and its pros and cons, relationship building, peak performance, overcoming adversity, growth, and overall happiness and well-being. Inspiration plays a key role in enabling others to feel as though they have it within themselves to create something great or enable positive change to happen. Without inspiration, new products and ideas come to a standstill. Booking famous motivational speakers benefits any type of organization and will have a positive impact on any audience. Contact our motivational speakers bureau to get started.
These top motivational speakers and famous inspirational speakers come from all backgrounds and walks of life, with experience in delivering a motivated seminar, speaking at TED talks, are bestselling authors, former Navy SEALs, and world-renowned experts. For some professional motivational speakers, being public speakers did not always come easily. For some, watching motivation videos, having a motivational coach, reading a motivational author, watching other celebrity motivational speakers, practicing public speaking, and surrounding themselves by motivational people is what helped them succeed.
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Alana Mouchard, 24, of Irvine, places a flower on a cemetery monument during the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage at the Manzanar National Historic Site.
Dr. Alfred Yoshi Tsuyuki, of the Konko Church of Los Angeles in Boyle Heights, officiates a service Saturday during the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage.
Visitors pay their respects during the 50th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday.
Members of the UCLA Kyodo Taiko drumming group perform during a ceremony Saturday at the Manzanar National Historic Site, which preserves and interprets the legacy of Japanese American incarceration in the U.S.
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Visitors, including Hyuen Tran, 28, of Redwood City, fold origami cranes during a cultural exchange event held by the San Jose Japanese American Citizens League on Friday, the eve of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, in Bishop, Calif.
Kelly Toppenberg, 23, of Sacramento, Joseph Tsuboi, 23, of Oakland, and Stephanie Doi, 24, of San Francisco, dance during a cultural exchange event held by the San Jose Japanese American Citizens League in Bishop, Calif., on Friday, the eve of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage.
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Un menestrel a fost un artist european din perioada medievală. Descriind inițial orice tip de artist precum muzician, jongler, acrobat, cântăreț sau măscărici, termenul a ajuns să desemneze mai târziu, începând din secolul al XVI-lea, un artist specializat care cânta și recita versuri, acompaniindu-se cu un instrument muzical.

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Menestrelii interpretau cântece care narau povești din locuri îndepărtate sau evenimente istorice reale sau imaginare. Deși menestrelii creau în general propriile lor povești, ei memorau și înfrumusețau de multe ori creațiile literare ale altora. Ei erau întreținuți frecvent de membrii caselor regale și ai înaltei societăți. Pe măsură ce curțile nobiliare sau regale au devenit tot mai sofisticate, menestrelii au fost înlocuiți la curte în cele din urmă de trubaduri și mulți dintre ei au început să rătăcească prin țară, susținând spectacole pe străzile localităților medievale; declinul popularității lor a început la sfârșitul secolului al XV-lea. Menestrelii au creat tradiția ulterioară a artiștilor ambulanți, care a continuat să fie păstrată până la începutul secolului al XX-lea și mai are încă o oarecare continuitate și astăzi sub forma artiștilor sau muzicienilor de stradă.

Inițial, menestrelii erau pur și simplu artiști ai curții care se ocupau cu distracția monarhului și curtenilor prin chansons de geste sau echivalentul lor local. Termenul de menestrel provine din cuvântul francez vechi ménestrel (de asemenea, menesterel, menestral), care este derivat din italienescul ministrello (mai târziu menestrello), din latinescul mediu ministralis "slujitor", o formă adjectivală a latinescului minister, "însoțitor" de la minus, "mai puțin".

În literatură
Menestrelii au apărut ca personaje în literatura engleză din perioada romantismului și au jucat acest rol intermitent.

Trei dintre poeziile despre menestreli sunt The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) de Sir Walter Scott, Lalla Rookh (1817) de Thomas Moore și The Village Minstrel (1821) de John Clare. Printre romanele în care menestrelii au un rol important sunt Henry of Northumberland (1800) de Helen Craik, The Novice of St. Dominick's (despre o fată deghizată în menestrel, 1805) de Sydney Owenson, Minstrel Dick (despre un băiat din cor transformat în menestrel devine curtean, 1891) de Christabel Rose Coleridge, Redcap Runs Away (despre un băiat de zece ani se alătură menestrelilor rătăcitori, 1952) de Rhoda Power și The Minstrel Boy (despre un preot ce devine menestrel, 1975) de A. J. Cronin.

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Legături externe
 Stella Fortuna: Medieval Minstrels (1370),  from Ye Compaynye of Cheualrye Re-enactment Society. Photos and Audio Download.
 Essays on the Origin of Western Music. Word Document Download.
 Edward II and Minstrels (31 Jan 2009), Edward II Blog.
 Terry Jones' Medieval Lives (2004), Series 1, Episode 6.

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My Hot Take on the Futility of Using Social Media
I've found myself getting more and more frustrated using social media of late. Twitter, Instagram and I've all but stopped using Facebook completely. The services all seem to do more harm than good when it comes to their original intended purpose these days.
Outside of contacting people you actually know in real life. The platforms seem to be little more than people making hot (irony much) takes, daring anyone to question them, and when they do it turns into a venomous debate over said subject. Which might be the most pointless activity known to mankind.
It's why I avoid interacting with people who post inflammatory statements as much as possible, no matter how much they irritate me. I've seen far too many people's back and forths that, incredibly quickly, devolve from a debate about the point at hand, into petty insults and personal attacks. Mocking someone's political stance, spelling or appearance in their display picture is not going to prove your point on gender representation within video games.
It's a constant state of one-ups manship on display. Everyone wants to feel like the most superior person in the room, and when the room is one of millions, you're probably far from the most intelligent person in the room. It's part of the reason online debates are utterly pointless. No matter how important the issue, nor what's being said, you're never going to change the opinion of the other person.
Because, most of the time, an interaction between two strangers on the internet isn't one of discourse, trying to express your views on a debate, it's trying to deconstruct the 280 characters of the previous person's tweet in a way that makes you feel wry, clever and superior to them, regardless of the meaning behind them.
Anyone who truly cares about the issues they're debating on, should see when a person who comes at them is non-responsive to logic or remotely open to your side of the debate, then you should just stop responding to them, block them if necessary. It's one of the worst things about the internet.
It's such a huge scope of people, that anyone can search out likeminded individuals who share their closed minded and sometimes bigoted viewpoints and feel validated by them. That validation makes them feel justified in insulting or attacking someone trying to promote something like, women's rights in the video game industry, or treatment of transgender people in pretty much any situation.
But the same can be said of the other side too. People who are in the minority build smaller, tight knit communities around themselves online. One's which are unrelentingly positive in the extreme. Not that it's bad to be supportive and positive to one another, but the result is, the more you're bolstered up, the more you feel confident to reach out and broadcast your truth to a wider, more open internet.
Then, when the inevitable idiot lashes out, the person sharing, who exists in a place of non stop support and love can't handle the response. And rather than just shut down the interaction or walk away from the situation, like you would in real life, the person enters into a wholly negative interaction which will do little to benefit either party.
I wish we lived in a world where everyone could accept one another for whatever they chose to be, but that's not the reality we live in. And people who do exist in a minority, do themselves no favours by enclosing themselves off from the greater, nastier world. Having a thicker skin is a real thing, and while many people can effectively cut themselves off from that aspect of the world, it's a damaging choice.
The Origin of Bowsette: Courtesy of @ayyk92
Let me give an example with some context though. Within the last few days #bowsette has taken over the internet. One in at least every five tweets I scroll though is a retweet of something with the hashtag, which probably says a lot of about the kinds of people I follow on the platform. Either way, I am loving it. It's a combination of cute girls and impressive artwork that I'd thought everyone could get behind, it was when searching the hashtag in a vacuum I found the darker aspect.
A few people took this wholesome (relatively speaking) idea and started twisting it to match their mindset. I suddenly found a train wreck of a thread in which one person had taken an angry hot take at the phenomena as a belittlement of transgender issues. Other people angrily countered with claims that they were trying to drag down something they were enjoying and make it a problem where it wasn't before.
Both sides were correct to an extent, also both sides sucked and needed to get over themselves. It was a bad situation all around. While I didn't agree with the initial poster trying to make #Bowsette into some derogatory thing it wasn't, the reaction was almost wholly unacceptable too. I wanted to say something, but the realisation that, as a heterosexual, white male. My opinion is worth less than nothing when it comes to a debate on social media.
I am the patriarchy embodied, thus the problem with the world from a certain point of view. So my words are instantly worthless. Which is fine, it's just a reinforcement that I shouldn't waste my time and energy in such debates online. Literally nothing I could have said would have helped either side anyway, so what's the point of even involving myself.
Which isn't me promoting apathy when it comes to important subjects. But as I've already, painstakingly explained, entering a debate with a stranger online is an utter, utter waste of time and energy.
Ultimately, the social aspects of 90% of social media is non-existent. It's nearly all one way traffic, people of influence announcing things from up high, occasionally replying or retweeting to a single, lucky individual who so happens to catch their eye. but it's never real social interaction, it's just a small shard of recognition from someone they, presumably, look up to.
The more I interact with social media, the more I want to remove myself from it entirely. But I can't, it's like a drug you can't get yourself off for fear of being out of the loop despite the fact that I personally never feel like I contribute anything to the grand scheme of things. I'm not out to find that pithy remark that gets me thousands of retweets and my 15 minted of fame. I want to have a meaningful, if brief, social interaction with like-minded and interesting individuals.
And that's just not what social media is anymore.
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arXiv.org > astro-ph > arXiv:1211.3781
Astrophysics > Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Title:Asymmetry in the Outburst of SN 1987A Detected Using Light Echo Spectroscopy
Authors:B. Sinnott, D. L. Welch, A. Rest, P. G. Sutherland, M. Bergmann
(Submitted on 16 Nov 2012 (v1), last revised 21 Feb 2013 (this version, v2))
Abstract: We report direct evidence for asymmetry in the early phases of SN 1987A via optical spectroscopy of five fields of its light echo system. The light echoes allow the first few hundred days of the explosion to be reobserved, with different position angles providing different viewing angles to the supernova. Light echo spectroscopy therefore allows a direct spectroscopic comparison of light originating from different regions of the photosphere during the early phases of SN 1987A. Gemini multi-object spectroscopy of the light echo fields shows fine-structure in the H-alpha line as a smooth function of position angle on the near-circular light echo rings. H-alpha profiles originating from the northern hemisphere of SN 1987A show an excess in redshifted emission and a blue knee, while southern hemisphere profiles show an excess of blueshifted H-alpha emission and a red knee. This fine-structure is reminiscent of the "Bochum event" originally observed for SN 1987A, but in an exaggerated form. Maximum deviation from symmetry in the H-alpha line is observed at position angles 16 and 186 degrees, consistent with the major-axis of the expanding elongated ejecta. The asymmetry signature observed in the H-alpha line smoothly diminishes as a function of viewing angle away from the poles of the elongated ejecta. We propose an asymmetric two-sided distribution of 56Ni most dominant in the southern far quadrant of SN 1987A as the most probable explanation of the observed light echo spectra. This is evidence that the asymmetry of high-velocity 56Ni in the first few hundred days after explosion is correlated to the geometry of the ejecta some 25 years later.
Comments: 15 pages, 24 figures. Accepted to ApJ (with 2 additional figures)
Subjects: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/767/1/45
Cite as: arXiv:1211.3781 [astro-ph.SR]
(or arXiv:1211.3781v2 [astro-ph.SR] for this version)
From: Brendan Sinnott [view email]
[v1] Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:19:38 UTC (2,279 KB)
[v2] Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:31:08 UTC (2,685 KB)
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Q: Wireless Problem on HP Pavilion G6 I have a Broadcom wireless card in my laptop and the wireless is not working correctly.
Right in front of the router the wireless signal is 70% and across the room it barely works and in another room it disconnects. I have the drivers and everything. I am running Ubuntu 11.10 64bit. It works perfectly in Windows 7. Can anyone help?
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:1705]
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:9649]
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:1714]
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00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:1709]
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00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:7807] (rev 11)
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00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:780b] (rev 13)
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00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:780d] (rev 01)
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    Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:780e] (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:780f] (rev 40)
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A: My HP laptop from that era had a R6168 wireless network card (shows via lspci), but often, the R6169 network drivers get loaded.  The R6169 will work, but depending on the router, the connection will struggle and you'll see the network go up and down a lot, killing throughput.  You'll get the same mismatch if you have the R8111 card.
Solution:  Install the R6168 drivers from Realtek.  They didn't get install automatically like they should have.

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New "x"-rated video for children coming soon in English
Sweden's controversial genitals video to be released in English on Valentine's Day
EDUCATION, SWEDEN
By Chris Bolwig
11:14 am February 13, 2015
I promise to post the film as soon as I get it….in the meantime, read below from ICE News.
A controversial Swedish children's cartoon featuring dancing genitals is all set to be released in English in time for Valentine's Day, revealed its composer.
The video, which has amassed around five million views on YouTube, caused somewhat of a furor when uploaded to the site last month because of its 'adult content'.
Swedish broadcaster SVT, which produced the video for kids show Bacillakuten, defended the cartoon, saying that the intention was to educate children on the human body and its functions by using "child-friendly" words for genitals. This explanation was eventually enough to persuade YouTube to remove its "explicit" classification.
Now the song's composer Johan Holmstrom has said its proposed re-release date has been set for 14 February, Valentine's Day. He admitted that they don't know if it will be ready in time, but that it would be great if it was as the song featured the 'snopp' (penis) and 'snippa' (vagina) and is about love.
Speculation about the release of an English version has been circulating for some time now, but Holmstrom revealed they were still waiting on the record company's approval of the lyrics. He said that he didn't feel the words were particularly strange, but that the song had been flagged, possibly because international audiences were slightly more prudish than they were in the Scandinavian country.
The video gained international media attention after going viral on YouTube and it was even featured on US talk show Conan. Among the lines that have been translated in international media organisations are "the vagina is cool, you better believe it, even on an old lady, it just sits there so elegantly" and "here comes the willy at full pace".
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America celebrates scaled-back Thanksgiving as COVID-19 surges
Americans awoke on Thursday to celebrate a Thanksgiving Day transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, with the Macy's parade limited to a television-only event and many families resigned to meeting on video for turkey dinner.
Thanksgiving, normally a day for family and friends to gather in big numbers to feast and remember life's blessings, has been upended by the pandemic, with cases and deaths surging in recent weeks as cooler temperatures push people indoors where the virus spreads more easily.
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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, a spectacle of giant character balloons that has delighted children for nearly a century, has been scaled back significantly. The route is a block long, rather than 2.5 miles; balloon handlers have been replaced by specially rigged vehicles; and spectators will not be allowed to line the streets as before.
"And that's so that we can keep everybody at home safe," said Susan Tercero, executive producer of the parade, which NBC will air on Thursday from 9 a.m.-noon in all U.S. time zones. "This year, more than ever, it's really important that we still have something for everybody to tune into on Thanksgiving morning."
U.S. hospitalizations for COVID-19 reached a record 88,000 on Wednesday, and experts warn that Thanksgiving could significantly boost a death toll that has exceeded 260,000 nationwide.
Despite advice from the Centers for Disease Control to stay home for the holiday, nearly 5 million Americans traveled by air from Friday to Tuesday, according to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, although that is less than half the figure during the same period last year.
Many Americans see the annual ritual get-together for turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie as important enough to risk possible infection. Nearly 40% plan to attend a "risky gathering" during the holiday season, either in excess of 10 people or with people from outside their household, and a third will not require masks, according to a national survey by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Many others have canceled travel plans and will instead connect with loved ones over FaceTime or Zoom.
On Wedneday Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo implored her constituents to make Thanksgiving gatherings as small as possible, arguing it would save lives. With hospitalizations surging, the state will begin a two-week "pause" on Monday, with bars, fitness gyms and other establishments shut down.
"If you had that tough phone call with Mom and Dad and said 'I'm not coming over for Thanksgiving this year,' … thank you," she told a news conference. "If you haven't done that it's not too late." (Reporting by Angela Moore in New York and Nathan Layne in Wilton, Connecticut; Editing by Richard Chang)


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Putin's security team has to be the best Russia has to offer. Considering that we're talking about one of the most influential and controversial figures on the planet, it's vital to have world-class bodyguards and complex and well-organized security in place.
What's more, a large volume of preparation and management goes into protecting President Putin. Perhaps even more than most other heads of state. In fact, months of preoperative planning occur before the President appears anywhere for a public appearance.
Close and executive protection usually comprises of three factors: position, threats, and risk. For the best-trained team to ensure the safety of the national leader, they must be three steps ahead, analyzing any possible hazards that may happen during an outing.
So, let's uncover the knowledge and skills needed to operate as Putin's security team.
Command of the Federal Security Team
In Russia, the Federal Guard Service provides executive protection to heads of state. They serve to keep both the President and prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, free from harm. Here's a quick rundown of whom the federal guard is charged to protect:
Director of the Federal Security Service,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Chairman and speakers of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation,
Chairman of the Central Election Commission, and
Director of the Federal Security Service.
Furthermore, agencies within the Federal Protective Service are charged specifically with protecting the immediate family of President Putin and the Prime Minister. For any government official not listed above, the president grants a special order for close protection.
The Russian Presidential Security Service, and the secret protective forces under the Federal Guard Service, are directly responsible for the president's bodyguard services.
As with any world leader, the stakes are high regarding their protection and Putin's personal protection is at the top of this list.
Like the Secret Service protecting the U.S. President, it's a delicate balance of allowing a principal enough room to engage with the public while leaving no room for error. Putin's protective detail takes this mission extremely seriously, where absolute loyalty is a must.
What might be more imposing is what you can't see that goes into Putin's protection and where failure is not an option.
– Michael Trott, VP, Global Safety and Security, Discovery Land Company
Blueprint of Members of Putin's Security Team
The mission of the president's bodyguard service is to maintain his safety and allow him to carry out his leadership duties as needed. That means the team must be able to anticipate threats before they arise.
After all, safety as the priority trumps the necessity to apprehend attackers. Now, to do this, the protective detail needs to be stealthy yet entirely present. With only their demeanor, no speaking, they announce that the principal is off-limits.
Combat experience, while beneficial, is not a necessity as it usually doesn't apply in this line of work. However, members of Putin's security team are required to meet basic specifications, including:
Age 35 years and younger,
Height between 175 and 190 cm,
Weight between 75 and 90 kg, and
Proficiency in foreign languages.
Responsible protective details have high stamina to keep up with the grueling demands of the job. Agents are discharged after the age of 35 as physical capability is no longer at its peak. Experts surmise that physical strength peaks around 25 years, when muscles are the strongest. Although, muscles stay almost as hefty as at their peak for the next ten or so years.
The training program members of Putin's security team undergo is all about considering available forces, possibilities, and equipment to meet current national security tasks. To say the least, the training is as intense as they come.
Members are put through rigorous drills to build their capacity to acclimatize their bodies to hot and cold temperatures. In other words, agents push their forms to the extremes and achieve optimal physical fitness.
During active duty, Presidential protectors incorporate physical capability, intelligence gathering, and information-based preemptive threat management.
Strategy and Tactics: It's All in the Planning
Anytime President Putin steps out into the public for official duties, guards rush to organize themselves into four groups. In this way, the team is better prepared for the emergence of potential threats and not just defined or expressed risks.
The first ― or closest circle ― to the principal remains in an alert position at all times. Agents position their hands in front of their body, with the left hand raised midway. In case of danger, this proactive position of the first circle allows them to shield the president with their bodies immediately. Also, alongside their human figure, the agents deploy their suitcases as a protective shield.
Next, the second and third circles border the perimeter of the crowd. All details remain highly inconspicuous while simultaneously searching for suspicious persons discreetly. In this way, they prevent such persons from encroaching near the president.
Finally, members of the fourth circle station themselves on rooftops of surrounding buildings, waiting. They are agents or snipers ready to take out potential attackers in the blink of an eye.
A Mostly Manageable Role
As hard as you try, sometimes you're underprepared for a situation. Other times, unanticipated events result in security protection staff utilizing tactics such as manhandling and shoving reporters. And this is sometimes the reality of many protective details.
According to the media, chaos broke out at the recent Biden-Putin summit, with reporters from both sides pushing and yelling at each other. Even talking over the two world leaders.
The way the Russian security detail maneuvered journalists to vacate Putin's personal space is an issue, declare showrooms. As expected, the journalists and White House officials retaliated to the rough handling with screams for the Russian security team to stop touching them.
Not to mention, proximity is power, and Putin's security team reacted in kind to protect their principal at any cost. For instance, the plan of attack seems to be one of remaining impenetrable to keep potential attackers and intruders at a distance. In the end, deciding on whether or not security pushed too hard and reacted unprofessionally is hard to judge.
A Guard's Loyalty
Over the years, Putin's inner security circle began to shift as they worked to build a strong brotherhood of the secret intelligence community. The replacement of fellow KBG operators and confidants with more trusting comrades tends to happen.
Loyalty is everything within the Russian administration, as Putin aims to put only trusted men in top security roles. As a former KGB officer, Vladimir Putin's predecessor Boris Yeltsin and their inner circle handpicked him to lead Russia. Critics say that loyalty and nepotism do go hand in hand.
Regardless, we know of officers like Yevgeny Zinichev, the President's former bodyguard and a man who risked his life diving into the Arctic River to rescue a filmmaker. Unfortunately, neither of the men survived. What was a training exercise to oversee large-scale emergency drills ended as a tragedy for the two.
Following his time working in Putin's security team, Zinichev achieved promotion to Russian Emergency Situations Minister. The position he served for the remainder of his life.
As the media report, Putin declared this an immeasurable personal loss of a reliable and loyal friend. Indubitably, these lay claim to the strong brotherhood of the Russian secret security community. Like the President stated, minister Zinichev died doing his duty to the end.
It's important to note that Russian privacy laws are such they allow for the installation and use of tapping hardware and software of any kind. But only if directly related to the security of the President.
Equally important, the security team may conduct body searches and pertain access to any building, organization, or vehicle. After all, the protective strategies that go into protecting the president of Russia are complex.
The team operates as a well-oiled unit that knows what they're doing and for whom. It also helps that President Putin himself complies with the security demands.
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#MEETSouthWest was trending on Twitter for Bristol across the day and initial feedback from the event at We The Curious science centre showed 93% of delegates would recommend the event to a colleague.
The MEET South West programme included industry experts running practical workshops and inspiring presentations on a range of topics essential to event managers while its exhibition space provided an opportunity for visitors to experience the breadth of the region's thriving meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE) industry.
More than 60 firms ranging from venues to suppliers, event agencies and entertainment agencies were invited to take part in the exhibition.
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SANTA MONICA—On Thursday, February 28, the California Supreme Court upheld the convictions and death sentences of two gang members for a 3-month killing spree back in 2000. The killing spree ended when one of the members held up a Santa Monica Pier arcade with hostages and began shooting at authorities.
The California Supreme Court rejected the defense's dispute that there were critical errors in the trials of the two gunman Joseph Flores and Oswaldo Amezcua. The defendants' refused to allow their attorneys to present arguments on their behalf or any mitigating evidence during the trial penalty phase. In March 2005, jurors recommended the two men be sentenced to death for their crimes.
The jurors convicted co-defendants Joseph Conrad Flores and Oswaldo Amezcua for the first-degree murders of George Flores, John Diaz, Arturo Madrigal, and Luis Reyes. The jury also convicted the two men of multiple counts of attempted willful, deliberate, premeditated murder, some of them related to police officers; custodial possession of a weapon, multiple counts of false imprisonment in a hostage-taking incident, and other enhancement allegations. One of the enhancement allegations was that many of the killings were committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang.
Justice Carol A. Corrigan wrote in a 63-page ruling that, "The record clearly demonstrates defendants' objective in this case. The court engaged in extensive and careful colloquy with defendants and their counsel to ensure that each defendant understood the stakes involved in pursuing his choice."
The murders took place between April 11, 2000 and June 19, 2000, after both Flores and Amezcua were released from state prison for an armed robbery conviction. Three of the victims were murdered in Baldwin Park and Luis Reyes was murdered in the city of Ontario.
On July 4, 2000, Amezcua surrendered after a five-hour standoff with the Santa Monica Police Department at the Playland Arcade located on the Santa Monica Pier. Multiple police officers were wounded during the standoff. Flores was tackled to the ground by police and arrested.
When asked to address the court at his sentencing Amezcua stated that he loved his family. He began to exalt his gang affiliation by declaring that he was a "soldier" who chose his "profession." Amezcua commented that the justice system turned the jury into killers. He declared that he would "offer no lame attempts to apologize" for the crimes he committed.
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