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HIV Testing in 50 Local Jurisdictions Accounting for the Majority of New HIV Diagnoses and Seven States with Disproportionate Occurrence of HIV in Rural Areas, 2016–2017
Weekly / June 28, 2019 / 68(25);561–567
Marc A. Pitasi, MPH1; Kevin P. Delaney, PhD1; John T. Brooks, MD1; Elizabeth A. DiNenno, PhD1; Shacara D. Johnson, MSPH1; Joseph Prejean, PhD1 (View author affiliations)
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Rates of screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States are low.
This analysis of national survey data found that <40% of U.S. adults had ever been tested for HIV, and testing rates varied among jurisdictions comprising the initial focus of the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative. Within these jurisdictions, rural areas had lower testing percentages and lower HIV diagnosis rates than did urban areas.
Novel HIV screening strategies tailored to meet local needs might be needed to reach segments of the population that have never been tested for HIV and achieve national goals to end the HIV epidemic in the United States.
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Since 2006, CDC has recommended universal screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection at least once in health care settings and at least annual rescreening of persons at increased risk for infection (1,2), but data from national surveys and HIV surveillance demonstrate that these recommendations have not been fully implemented (3,4). The national Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative* is intended to reduce the number of new infections by 90% from 2020 to 2030. The initiative focuses first on 50 local jurisdictions (48 counties, the District of Columbia, and San Juan, Puerto Rico) where the majority of new diagnoses of HIV infection in 2016 and 2017 were concentrated and seven states with a disproportionate occurrence of HIV in rural areas relative to other states (i.e., states with at least 75 reported HIV diagnoses in rural areas that accounted for ≥10% of all diagnoses in the state).† This initial geographic focus will be followed by wider implementation of the initiative within the United States. An important goal of the initiative is the timely identification of all persons with HIV infection as soon as possible after infection (5). CDC analyzed data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)§ to assess the percentage of adults tested for HIV in the United States nationwide (38.9%), in the 50 local jurisdictions (46.9%), and in the seven states (35.5%). Testing percentages varied widely by jurisdiction but were suboptimal and generally low in jurisdictions with low rates of diagnosis of HIV infection. To achieve national goals and end the HIV epidemic in the United States, strategies must be tailored to meet local needs. Novel screening approaches might be needed to reach segments of the population that have never been tested for HIV.
BRFSS is an annual cellular and landline telephone survey of the noninstitutionalized U.S. population aged ≥18 years. The median response rate among all participating states and territories was 47.1% (range = 30.7%–65.0%) in 2016¶ and 45.9% (range = 30.6%–64.1%) in 2017.** Respondents were asked whether they had ever been tested for HIV outside of blood donation; those who answered "yes" were asked for the month and year of their most recent test. Respondents were also asked whether any of the following HIV risk–related situations applied to them in the past year: injected drugs that were not prescribed, received treatment for a sexually transmitted disease, exchanged money or drugs for sex, had anal sex without a condom, or had four or more sex partners. Those who answered "yes" to this question were considered to have reported recent HIV risk.
Data collected in 2016 and 2017 were pooled and used to estimate the percentage and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of ever testing for HIV and testing for HIV in the past year overall and for each of the 57 jurisdictions. Nationally and within the seven states with disproportionate rural HIV occurrence, counties were grouped as either mostly urban or mostly or completely rural according to designation by the 2010 U.S. Census.†† Rao-Scott chi-square tests were used to compare testing percentages between mostly urban and mostly or completely rural areas in the United States and in the seven states with disproportionate rural HIV occurrence. All estimates were weighted to account for the complex multistage sampling design. HIV diagnosis rates per 100,000 population among persons aged ≥13 years were calculated from HIV diagnoses reported to CDC's National HIV Surveillance System during 2016–2017 through December 2018; U.S. Census population estimates for 2016 and 2017 were used for the denominators. HIV diagnosis rates and testing percentages were examined together for each of the 50 local jurisdictions as well as urban and rural areas of the seven states to further characterize these areas with respect to their current HIV morbidity and testing coverage; Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to assess the correlation between these areas' testing percentages and HIV diagnosis rates. Although BRFSS testing percentages were calculated among those aged ≥18 years, HIV diagnosis rates were calculated among those aged ≥13 years to be consistent with methodology used to identify the jurisdictions accounting for the majority of new HIV diagnoses and because of limited availability of single-year age population estimates at the municipio (county equivalent) level in Puerto Rico. Analyses were performed using SAS (version 9.4; SAS Institute) and SUDAAN (version 11.0; RTI International).
During 2016–2017, 38.9% of adults aged ≥18 years in the United States had ever been tested for HIV (Table 1). Among 15,701 (3.2%) persons with reported recent HIV risk for whom at least annual rescreening is recommended, 64.8% were ever tested, and 29.2% were tested in the past year. Among all adults, the percentage ever tested (46.9%) was higher among residents of the 50 local jurisdictions that accounted for the majority of diagnoses of HIV infection among persons aged ≥13 years than was the percentage ever tested (35.5%) in the seven states with disproportionate rural HIV occurrence. Among persons with reported HIV risk, the percentage tested in the past year (34.3%) in the 50 local jurisdictions was also higher than that in the seven states (26.2%). Among all adults in these seven states, 32.1% of those residing in mostly rural areas and 37.2% of those residing in mostly urban areas had ever been tested. Among persons with reported HIV risk in these states, 18.4% of those residing in rural areas and 29.0% of those residing in urban areas were tested in the past year.
Testing percentages varied widely by jurisdiction (Table 2). Among the 50 local jurisdictions, the percentage of persons aged ≥18 years ever tested ranged from 36.5% in Maricopa County, Arizona, to 70.7% in the District of Columbia; the percentage tested in the past year (independent of reported recent HIV risk) ranged from 8.1% in Alameda County, California, to 31.3% in Bronx County, New York. Testing percentages were generally low in both urban and rural areas of the seven states with disproportionate rural HIV occurrence. Among the 50 local jurisdictions and seven states, the percentage of persons aged ≥18 years ever tested for HIV generally increased with increasing HIV diagnosis rate among persons aged ≥13 years (r = 0.71; p<0.01) (Figure). Most of the 50 local jurisdictions had higher testing percentages and diagnosis rates than did the seven states.
In this analysis, <40% of the U.S. adult population had ever been tested for HIV. Jurisdictions with the highest rates of diagnosis of HIV infection among persons aged ≥13 years generally had higher testing percentages. The converse was also true. Ever testing for HIV was lower in rural areas of the seven states with disproportionate rural HIV occurrence, compared with that in urban areas of these states, the 50 local jurisdictions with the majority of diagnoses of HIV infection, and the United States nationally. Although past-year HIV testing was higher among persons with reported recent HIV risk than among those without such risk, the percentage tested in the past year was far below the 100% coverage recommended for this group (1,2). These findings demonstrate missed opportunities to fully implement HIV screening recommendations in the 57 jurisdictions that will serve as the initial geographic focus of the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative. The observed variability in both ever and past-year testing by jurisdiction highlights the need for screening strategies that are tailored to local needs. BRFSS is likely the only annual survey with a sufficient sample size to provide jurisdiction-level estimates of HIV testing to monitor long-term progress toward increasing screening coverage in the United States.
HIV screening strategies will likely need to be locally tailored and novel to reach segments of the population that have not been reached by previous efforts. Examples of novel or promising approaches to increase access to HIV testing include routinizing HIV screening in health care settings, integrating HIV screening with sexual health screenings, scaling up partner notification and other strategies (using social network strategy§§ or mobile applications) that offer screening of the social and sexual networks of persons seeking HIV screening, promoting pharmacist-led screening¶¶ as well as screening in other alternative clinical settings such as urgent care, and mass distribution of HIV self-tests*** (6–10). Further efforts will be needed to identify which approaches are most effective in increasing access to HIV testing in various settings and jurisdictions with different baseline needs. Early diagnosis and effective treatment that suppresses HIV replication not only minimize immune system damage and reduce individual morbidity and mortality but also reduce the risk for transmission to others.††† Delayed diagnosis limits these benefits. HIV screening is a critical entry point to a range of HIV prevention and treatment options. For persons at ongoing risk for HIV infection exposure, annual screening also offers the opportunity to discuss options to reduce risk, including HIV preexposure prophylaxis.§§§
The findings in this report are subject to at least six limitations. First, because the proportion of respondents reporting recent HIV risk was small, testing percentages for this group could not be reported separately in the 57 jurisdictions. Second, self-reported data might be subject to social desirability and recall biases, which might have led to over- or underestimation of testing. Third, BRFSS response rates were low; however, the response rates are comparable with those of other national landline and cellular telephone surveys, and survey weights were designed to ensure generalizable findings. Fourth, the measure of HIV-related risk did not include every behavior that might increase risk for HIV infection, such as unprotected sex with a partner who is known to have HIV or whose HIV status is unknown. Fifth, the assessment of HIV diagnosis rates and HIV testing percentages relied on disparate age ranges (≥13 years and ≥18 years, respectively). Finally, this analysis included data from surveys conducted during 2016–2017 and HIV diagnoses that occurred during the same period. These are the most current data available for these measures but represent a delayed cross-section of the current state of HIV testing and diagnoses for 2019. To monitor progress toward national goals, closer to real-time reporting of select HIV testing activities might be needed.
HIV screening remains suboptimal for persons residing in the 57 jurisdictions that will constitute the initial geographic focus of the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative. These data provide a baseline from which to measure changes in screening in these jurisdictions and other parts of the United States over time. To achieve national goals and end the HIV epidemic in the United States, innovative and novel screening approaches might be needed to reach segments of the population that have never been tested for HIV.
Kim Elmore, PhD, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC.
Corresponding author: Marc A. Pitasi, mpitasi@cdc.gov, 404-639-6361.
1Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC.
All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.
* https://www.hiv.gov/federal-response/ending-the-hiv-epidemic/overviewexternal icon.
† The 50 local jurisdictions and seven states were identified from diagnoses made during 2016–2017 reported to CDC's National HIV Surveillance System through June 2018. Diagnosis data from 2017 were considered preliminary (https://files.hiv.gov/s3fs-public/ending-the-hiv-epidemic-flyer.pdfpdf iconexternal icon). A list of the 50 local jurisdictions and seven states is available in Table 2 of this report and at https://files.hiv.gov/s3fs-public/Ending-the-HIV-Epidemic-Counties-and-Territories.pdfpdf iconexternal icon.
§ https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html.
¶ https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/annual_data/2016/pdf/2016-sdqr.pdfpdf icon.
** https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/annual_data/2017/pdf/2017-sdqr-508.pdfpdf icon.
†† https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.htmlexternal icon.
§§ https://effectiveinterventions.cdc.gov/en/care-medication-adherence/group-4/social-network-strategy-for-hiv-testing-recruitment.
¶¶ https://effectiveinterventions.cdc.gov/en/hiv-testing/group-1/hiv-testing-in-retail-pharmacies.
*** https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/hometests.html.
††† https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/art/index.html.
§§§ https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/prep/index.html.
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TABLE 1. Ever and past-year testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among adults aged ≥18 years, by urban-rural classification* — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 50 local jurisdictions and seven states,† 2016–2017
Total weighted % (95% CI)
Mostly urban counties weighted % (95% CI)
Mostly or completely rural counties weighted % (95% CI)
p-value§
Ever tested for HIV
United States 38.9 (38.7–39.2) 40.1 (39.8–40.4) 32.0 (31.5–32.4) <0.001
50 local jurisdictions 46.9 (46.3–47.5) 46.9 (46.3–47.5) N/A N/A
Seven states 35.5 (35.0–36.0) 37.2 (36.6–37.8) 32.1 (31.3–32.9) <0.001
Tested for HIV in the past year
United States 10.1 (9.9–10.2) 10.6 (10.4–10.8) 6.7 (6.4–7.0) <0.001
Seven states 9.3 (8.9–9.6) 10.1 (9.7–10.5) 7.6 (7.2–8.1) <0.001
Tested for HIV in the past year among those with reported HIV risk
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; N/A = not applicable.
* Urban and rural classifications were derived from 2010 U.S. Census. Counties with <50% of the population residing in areas defined as rural were classified as urban counties. Counties with ≥50% of the population residing in areas defined as rural were classified as rural counties.
† The 50 local jurisdictions (48 counties, the District of Columbia, and San Juan, Puerto Rico) accounted for the majority of new HIV diagnoses, and the seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Carolina) experienced disproportionate occurrence of HIV in rural areas, as identified from HIV diagnoses made during 2016–2017 and reported to the National HIV Surveillance System through June 2018. Diagnosis data from 2017 were considered preliminary.
§ Rao-Scott chi-square p-values compare testing estimates between mostly urban counties and mostly or completely rural counties.
TABLE 2. Ever and past-year testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among adults aged ≥18 years — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 50 local jurisdictions and seven states,* 2016–2017
No. of respondents†
Ever tested for HIV weighted % (95% CI)
Tested in past year for HIV weighted % (95% CI)
50 local jurisdictions that accounted for the majority of new HIV diagnoses
Maricopa County 11,130 36.5 (35.1–37.9) 8.4 (7.6–9.3)
Alameda County 740 37.7 (33.3–42.3) 8.1 (5.8–11.2)
Los Angeles County 3,479 43.6 (41.3–45.9) 13.4 (11.9–15.0)
Orange County 1,206 39.8 (36.1–43.6) 10.9 (8.7–13.6)
Riverside County 920 39.6 (35.7–43.7) 10.3 (8.0–13.1)
Sacramento County 952 42.0 (38.1–46.0) 9.1 (7.1–11.7)
San Bernardino County 859 43.0 (38.8–47.2) 12.7 (10.1–15.8)
San Diego County 1,543 45.5 (42.3–48.7) 14.3 (12.1–16.8)
San Francisco County 442 51.8 (45.3–58.3) 14.9 (11.3–19.3)
District of Columbia 7,125 70.7 (69.2–72.1) 26.4 (25.0–27.8)
Broward County 923 54.0 (49.4–58.5) 19.0 (15.6–23.0)
Duval County 1,502 57.0 (52.9–61.0) 20.3 (16.7–24.4)
Hillsborough County 1,148 52.7 (48.4–56.9) 15.3 (12.3–18.8)
Miami-Dade County 1,377 56.7 (52.4–60.9) 18.5 (15.2–22.3)
Orange County 1,301 48.6 (44.6–52.7) 14.9 (12.2–18.1)
Palm Beach County 911 45.5 (40.9–50.1) 11.1 (8.4–14.4)
Pinellas County 890 41.0 (36.4–45.8) 12.4 (9.0–16.7)
Cobb County 576 43.7 (38.9–48.7) 10.1 (7.4–13.6)
DeKalb County 603 57.1 (52.2–61.9) 19.5 (15.6–24.0)
Fulton County 967 56.9 (53.2–60.5) 19.7 (16.8–23.1)
Gwinnett County 563 43.2 (38.4–48.2) 11.8 (8.9–15.5)
Cook County 3,807 41.3 (39.3–43.2) 13.5 (12.2–14.9)
Marion County 3,248 45.4 (42.9–47.9) 13.0 (11.2–14.9)
East Baton Rouge Parish 664 49.7 (44.3–55.2) 17.0 (13.2–21.6)
Orleans Parish 423 58.2 (51.7–64.4) 24.0 (18.2–31.1)
Baltimore City 1,735 62.4 (59.2–65.6) 25.3 (22.3–28.6)
Montgomery County 3,366 44.1 (41.7–46.5) 10.6 (9.2–12.3)
Prince George's County 2,598 56.3 (53.4–59.1) 22.4 (20.1–24.9)
Suffolk County 1,495 48.6 (44.7–52.5) 15.2 (12.5–18.2)
Wayne County 2,906 45.3 (43.1–47.5) 14.1 (12.5–15.8)
Clark County 2,770 40.7 (38.5–42.9) 10.9 (9.5–12.4)
Essex County 1,581 55.0 (51.0–59.0) 17.3 (14.4–20.6)
Hudson County 905 50.2 (45.4–54.9) 15.8 (12.5–19.6)
Bronx County 1,094 70.0 (66.4–73.4) 31.3 (28.1–34.8)
Kings County 2,030 57.0 (54.3–59.7) 21.6 (19.4–23.9)
New York County 1,782 60.0 (57.0–62.9) 22.0 (19.6–24.6)
Queens County 1,568 52.3 (49.2–55.5) 18.0 (15.7–20.6)
Mecklenburg County 753 47.1 (42.9–51.3) 13.5 (10.8–16.8)
Cuyahoga County 1,172 44.2 (40.7–47.9) 11.9 (9.6–14.6)
Franklin County 1,749 42.3 (39.4–45.1) 10.1 (8.5–12.1)
Hamilton County 912 41.6 (37.7–45.7) 11.3 (8.9–14.3)
Philadelphia County 1,399 57.5 (54.2–60.7) 21.4 (18.8–24.3)
San Juan Municipio 1,042 57.2 (52.7–61.6) 17.0 (14.0–20.5)
Shelby County 717 53.4 (49.0–57.8) 22.8 (18.9–27.3)
Bexar County 784 45.1 (39.9–50.5) 13.7 (10.2–18.1)
Dallas County 623 44.2 (38.7–49.8) 14.4 (10.7–19.2)
Harris County 1,214 45.9 (41.9–50.0) 13.2 (10.8–16.2)
Tarrant County 740 46.0 (40.8–51.4) 11.6 (8.3–16.0)
Travis County 1,855 50.2 (46.2–54.2) 12.3 (9.9–15.3)
King County 6,101 39.4 (37.9–40.9) 8.4 (7.5–9.3)
Seven states with disproportionate HIV occurrence in rural counties
Alabama, total 12,098 39.4 (38.3–40.6) 11.0 (10.2–11.8)
Urban counties 7,442 40.8 (39.4–42.3) 12.1 (11.1–13.2)
Rural counties 4,656 36.8 (34.8–38.8) 8.8 (7.6–10.2)
Arkansas, total 9,268 33.7 (31.9–35.6) 9.1 (7.9–10.4)
Urban counties 5,206 35.8 (33.4–38.3) 10.6 (8.9–12.5)
Rural counties 4,062 30.9 (28.3–33.6) 7.1 (5.7–8.8)
Kentucky, total 16,937 33.8 (32.6–34.9) 7.2 (6.6–7.9)
Urban counties 8,887 36.3 (34.7–38.0) 8.0 (7.1–9.0)
Mississippi, total 8,984 40.2 (38.7–41.7) 12.7 (11.6–13.9)
Rural counties 4,777 35.4 (33.4–37.4) 10.9 (9.5–12.4)
Missouri, total 13,446 34.3 (33.1–35.5) 8.3 (7.5–9.1)
Urban counties 9,031 36.4 (34.8–37.9) 9.3 (8.4–10.4)
Oklahoma, total 11,952 29.7 (28.6–30.9) 6.8 (6.2–7.6)
South Carolina, total 19,983 37.4 (36.4–38.3) 10.6 (9.9–11.3)
Urban counties 14,201 37.7 (36.5–38.8) 10.5 (9.8–11.4)
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Urban and rural classifications were derived from 2010 U.S. Census. Counties with <50% of the population residing in areas defined as rural were classified as urban counties. Counties with ≥50% of the population residing in areas defined as rural were classified as rural counties. The 50 local jurisdictions (48 counties, the District of Columbia, and San Juan, Puerto Rico) accounted for the majority of new HIV diagnoses, and the seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Carolina) experienced disproportionate occurrence of HIV in rural areas, as identified from HIV diagnoses made during 2016–2017 and reported to the National HIV Surveillance System through June 2018. Diagnosis data from 2017 were considered preliminary.
† Number of respondents with "yes" or "no" response to question about ever testing for HIV.
FIGURE. Percentage of adults aged ≥18 years ever tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and HIV diagnosis rate* among persons aged ≥13 years — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS), 50 local jurisdictions accounting for the majority of new HIV diagnoses and seven states with disproportionate occurrence of HIV in rural areas,† 2016–2017§
* HIV diagnosis rates per 100,000 population among persons aged ≥13 years during 2016–2017 were calculated from HIV diagnoses reported to NHSS through December 2018 and Census population estimates for 2016 and 2017.
† The 50 local jurisdictions (48 counties, the District of Columbia, and San Juan, Puerto Rico) accounted for the majority of new HIV diagnoses, and the seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Carolina) experienced disproportionate occurrence of HIV in rural areas, as identified from HIV diagnoses made during 2016–2017 and reported to NHSS through June 2018. Diagnosis data from 2017 were considered preliminary.
§ Pearson's correlation coefficient = 0.71; p<0.01.
Suggested citation for this article: Pitasi MA, Delaney KP, Brooks JT, DiNenno EA, Johnson SD, Prejean J. HIV Testing in 50 Local Jurisdictions Accounting for the Majority of New HIV Diagnoses and Seven States with Disproportionate Occurrence of HIV in Rural Areas, 2016–2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:561–567. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6825a2external icon.
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DjurDjura est un groupe français d'expression kabyle, de musique instrumentale et vocale folk en langue berbère, fondé en 1979 à Épinay-sur-Seine et réunissant trois sœurs, Djouhra, Malha et Fatima Abouda, leur frère, Djamel, compositeur, guitariste et percussionniste, et leur mère, Tassadit Abouda, née Sardi, poétesse de tradition orale. Le groupe est produit par le mari de Djouhra, le producteur Hervé Lacroix.

Formation et dislocation du groupe
Créé en 1979, le groupe emprunte son nom au Djurdjura, la plus longue chaîne montagneuse de la Kabylie. Il se présente et on le présente comme étant un .

La chanteuse (Djouhra) et les deux choristes (Malha et Fatima) portent des fouta kabyles conçues par Malha.

La musique du groupe est une fusion de la modernité (folk, pop rock) et des mélodies et rythmes traditionnels de la Kabylie.

Les chansons, écrites par Djura, sont basées sur les poèmes d'inspiration sociale, mais aussi et surtout féministe, de sa mère en Kabylie puis en France ; .

Le groupe se sépare en 1986 à la suite de différends familiaux. Djura donne, dans son ouvrage autobiographique, Le voile du silence, paru en 1987, sa version de l'histoire du groupe et de son éclatement.

Formation d'un nouveau groupe, Djur Djura
Un nouveau groupe, sous le nom de Djur Djura (en deux mots) est créé la même année par Djura.

Alors que le groupe initial avait été interdit de se produire en Algérie à cause de ses chants patriotiques kabyles, en 2015, le nouveau groupe, Djur Djura, y effectue une tournée, en passant notamment au  festival international de musique de Timgad.

En 2016, le groupe retourne en Algérie et se produit au Théâtre Hasni-Chakroun d'Oran puis au Centre des arts de Sidi Fredj sur la côte ouest d'Alger. Il y chante Idurar n djerdjer (Mont Djurdjura), Tafat (Lumière), Yiwen wass (Un Jour) et Yir ussan (Les Mauvais Jours) ainsi que Kker a mmis umazigh (Debout fils d'Amazigh), chant patriotique écrit en 1945 par Mohand Idir Aït Amrane.

Discographie
Albums produits de 1979 à 1982 par le groupe Djurdjura (en un seul mot) :
 1979 : le Printemps,
 1980 : Asirem,
 1982 : A Yemma.

Le groupe figure sur l'album d'Alan Stivell Symphonie celtique : Tír na nÓg (décembre 1979).

Pour l'album Le Défi (1986), le nom du groupe est Djur Djura (en deux mots).

Notes et références

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Q: Controller computed property is not showing new data additions immediately, where the data is not those returned from the route model Summary:
Controller computed property issue: In one case, I can see all the things getting added but not see the newly added things immediately (jsbin), and in another case I can see the newly added things immediately but the previously added things don't show up (jsbin).
Second Update of Aug 26:
So I was thinking ... I have these two complementary pieces of code. I just need to combine them and achieve perfection, right? Sadly, it failed miserably, as you can see in this jsbin, nothing shows up at all. :(
This is my failed attempt to combine the two RecordArrays:
officelist: function(){
  var allrecords = [];
  console.log("in oficelist");

  // get the record array that shows previously added records
  var a_recordarray =  App.Office.find({org_id: 'myorgid'});
  a_recordarray.forEach(function(record){
    allrecords.push(record);
  });
  console.log(a_recordarray.toString());
  console.log(allrecords.length);

  // get the record array that shows newly added records
  var b_recordarray = App.Office.filter(function(office) {
        return office.get('org_id') === 'myorgid';
    });
  b_recordarray.forEach(function(record){
    allrecords.push(record);
  });
  console.log(b_recordarray.toString());
  console.log(allrecords.length);

  // return the combination
  return allrecords;

}.property('content.@each')

Details:
I have this simple jsbin app that uses a controller computed property in the code to show a list of names to be displayed. The problem is that whenever a new name is added, you have to refresh the page to see it getting displayed.
You can see its code here.
Controller code with computed property:
officelist: function(){
  return App.Office.find({org_id: 'myorgid'});
}.property('content.@each')

Route returning a different model:
App.OrganizationRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
  model: function() {
    return App.Org.find();
  }
});

Handlebars:
{{#each officelist}}
  <li>{{officename}} </li>
{{/each}}

Constraints: I do need to have the 'org_id' present and I do need to have the route model returning a different model from the model that is displayed.
Update Aug 26: Jonathan has made some progress but please see my comment to his answer as it doesn't solve the problem completely.
Updated Aug 24: Added the complexity that the data to be displayed is different from those returned in the router model. (Also changed ArrayController to ObjectController, but this change has no consequences as ObjectController also has the content property.), below is the old stuff:

Controller code with computed property:
officelist: function(){
  return App.Office.find({org_id: 'myorgid'});
}.property('office.@each')

Handlebars:
{{#each officelist}}
  <li>{{officename}} </li>
{{/each}}

A: The problem is that the computed property is cached and will only refresh when office.@each changes. The office property is not defined on that controller, so office.@each is always null. Probably what you want instead is content.@each. So:
officelist: function(){
  return App.Office.find({org_id: 'myorgid'});
}.property('content.@each')

Now the page will refresh whenever a new office is added.

A: Change App.OrganizationController's officelist property to this:
officelist: function() {
  return App.Office.filter(function(office) {
    return office.get('org_id') === 'myorgid';
  });
}.property()

The reason is that calling App.Office.find() tries to fetch from the adapter, in your case, localStorage. What you want to do instead is simply pull it out of the store. For this, App.Office.filter() (and in other cases, App.Office.all()) is your friend.
Update:
To also fetch other offices previously saved, fetch them using find(). A place you might do this is when the controller gets initialized in the route's setupController hook.
App.OrganizationRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
  model: function() {
    return App.Org.find();
  },
  setupController: function(controller, model) {
    this._super.apply(this, arguments);
    App.Office.find({org_id: 'myorgid'});
  }
});

You don't need to worry about storing the result because any resulting Office records will be loaded into the store, and your App.Office.all() and App.Office.filter() calls will get the updates automatically.

A: If you don't do the find call with the org_id parameter everything works as you want:
officelist: function(){
  return App.Office.find();
}.property('content.@each')

jsbin


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September Throwback Movie of the Month- Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is the 2006 comedy-drama about a family on a road trip to see that their 7-year-old, Olive (Abigail Breslin) gets to her beauty pageant.
Pudgy and overshadowed with insecurity, Olive takes pageant advice and dance moves from her coach and grandpa, Edwin (Alan Arkin). Olive's father, Richard Hoover (Greg Kinnear), is a control freak who is banking on this 9-step winners program he created to solve all the family's financial problems. Sheryl Hoover (Toni Collette), Olive's mother, is the rational one who tries to satisfy everyone despite their bickering. Dwayne Hoover (Paul Dano), Olive's brother, has taken a vow of silence in hopes to become a pilot. Grandpa Edwin is a war veteran who was recently kicked out his retirement home for snorting heroin. And finally, Olive's uncle, Frank (Steve Carell) is recently released from the hospital after being fired and trying to kill himself.
The family packs into a 1972 Volkswagen T2 Microbus and heads to Redondo Beach, California. The trip is anything but normal. Family secrets are revealed, every family member comes to some sort of realization, and even one, unexpectedly dies. Once Olive finally gets to the pageant, it's up to her to use her beauty and dance moves to be crowned Little Miss Sunshine.
There's no question that I am a huge Steve Carell fan, but to see him as a gay suicidal genius, takes the cake. Even to this day, Little Miss Sunshine is some of his best work. He effortlessly makes you laugh with his sarcasm, dry humor, and overall "I'm just glad to be alive" spirit. Camouflaging his wrist cuts with 2 day old medical tape, Steve Carell's character looked defeated but he was actually full of life.
4.5 Stars: Little Miss Sunshine is brilliant and collectively celebrates the dysfunctional complexity of any family. You are guaranteed to laugh from beginning to end!
1972 Volkswagen T2 Microbus, 2006, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, beauty pageant, Greg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine, Olive, Paul Dano, road trip, Steve Carrell, Toni Collette
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mrstookes says:
I don't think I ever saw this movie. It looks very interesting. I will be Netflix it soon. I will keep you posted.

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A Conversation with John Langan
Posted on June 25, 2014 by Zachary C. Parker
John Langan is well on his way to becoming a contemporary horror legend. Not only are his ideas brilliant, but the style and authority with which he crafts his fiction makes his work required reading for anyone even remotely interested in the genre. His stories have frequently appeared in best-of-the-year anthologies as well as several of the themed anthologies edited by John Joseph Adams and can be found in his two collections, Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters (2008) and The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (2013). Whether you're a fan of monsters, literary analysis, or the weird, you'll find something to love between the covers of either collection. Langan's novel House of Windows (2009) is likewise recommended. Co-founder of the Shirley Jackson Awards and an instructor at SUNY New Paltz, Langan is also an accomplished academic.
I recently had an opportunity to speak with the man himself about monsters, family, writing advice, and his host of new projects on the horizon.
ZCP: Your work tends cover a wide range in terms of literary and genre horror. In one story you've placed readers in a classroom for a lecture about Poe while in the next you're speaking with authority about space vampires. What's it like to call so many corners of the genre home? Do you find your process changes from one story to the next?
JL: My process remains pretty much the same from story to story, which is to say, I try to write about a page a day, sometimes more, sometimes less, until the story's done. What changes from piece to piece is the narrative voice, which adapts to and shapes the material of the story. Once I can hear the voice of a particular story, usually in an opening line, I'm off and running. If my work covers a lot of ground, then that's because I see the horror field as a rather large and baggy tent. No doubt, it's a consequence of growing up during the horror boom of the seventies and eighties, when so many writers were doing so much work that was widely-available, and all manner of reprint and year's best anthologies were available, too. A book like Stephen King's Danse Macabre, with its very catholic view of what might be considered a horror narrative, exerted a tremendous influence on my own thoughts on the matter. I see that variety as a fundamental strength of the horror field, a tremendous asset for those of us working in it.
ZCP: What draws you to write about monsters and madness? Did you have any childhood interests that steered you toward the horror genre?
JL: I write what I do because I love it, because it speaks to me and energizes me in a way that cuts right to the heart of who I am. I've always loved monsters: initially, the big ones, Godzilla, especially, and Gamera and Gorgo (who should have starred in a series of films of her own–what a missed opportunity!), and then the human-sized ones, the vampires and the werewolves, the gill-men and the zombies. I love their gaudiness; I love the way they embody what I see as one of the horror narrative's central concerns, the irruption of the irrational into our daily experience. I expect my affection for them grows out of a number of different childhood passions: for dinosaurs, for comic books, for the mythology of the Greeks and the Vikings.
As for madness, I suppose it's the complement to the monsters. If they represent that incursion of the irrational as an external force, then madness figures it as internal, a rupturing of the self by the self. I imagine my interest in it grows out of early exposure to the works of Poe, as well as to the history of Jack the Ripper and what was during my childhood the contemporary figure of the Yorkshire Ripper, whose crimes and taunts of the police terrified me, an ocean away. I would guess, too, that as someone who was a literature major in college and graduate school, I'm informed by the interest in madness that permeates so much of the literature of the last few hundred years, from the work of the British and American Romantics to a figure such as Rimbaud, and up through the Moderns and Postmoderns.
ZCP: In past interviews you've mentioned working on a second novel with a working title of The Fisherman. How is that progressing?
JL: I'm pleased to say that I finished work on The Fisherman at the end of 2013, and currently, my agent is shopping the book around. It's the story of a pair of fishing buddies who venture to a haunted stream, wrapped around an account of the secret and terrible history of the construction of the Ashokan Reservoir in upstate New York. Fingers, obviously, crossed.
ZCP: You also have a third short story collection in the works, correct? You've said you view The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies as a continuation of your first collection, Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters. Will the new collection share traits with the first two?
JL: Absolutely: there will be the same mix of monsters and narrative approaches, anchored by an original, lengthy novella. If there is a difference, it's that the stories in this book all cohere around the idea of betrayal. This wasn't a conscious decision on my part; it was more a matter of, when I was looking at the stories that would go into the third collection, I realized that every last one of them revolved around some notion of betrayal. This, in turn, affected my decision about the new piece I wanted to include. I haven't started showing this book to publishers, yet; I'd like to have the novel settled, first. But I would imagine it will appear in either 2015 or 2016, with a fourth collection appearing two to three years after that, and a fifth another couple of years on from that, the Good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise.
ZCP: In 2011 Prime Books released Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters, which you co-edited with Paul Tremblay. Do you two have any other shared projects on the horizon?
JL: Paul and I have a few paragraphs of a story we've been planning to co-write for something like five or six years, now. Eventually, we'll get to it. Paul's an outstanding writer; his 2010 collection, In the Mean Time, is essential reading. Our other ongoing project is the Shirley Jackson Awards, of which we're founding members. With JoAnn Cox, Paul is responsible for the smooth running of the whole shebang; I show up for the awards and look thoughtful.
ZCP: The Year's Best Weird Fiction, Volume One, which is being edited by Laird Barron and Michael Kelly, is slated for release in August and contains your story "Bor Urus." You've been a supporter of weird fiction for a long time. What's it like to be included in the first wave of this new anthology? Do you think weird fiction may get more of the attention it deserves?
JL: I'm delighted that my story is appearing in the anthology, tucked in amidst truly stellar company. Of course, it's always nice to have your work recognized, and for it to be in such a high-profile venue as this is the proverbial icing on the cake. Between the VanderMeers' recent anthology, The Weird, and now this, it does seem as if the weird is on the cultural radar. Certainly, it would be nice for a writer such as Michael Cisco, who for a decade and a half has been writing brilliant fiction that exemplifies much of what I understand the weird to be about, to receive the recognition he so richly deserves.
ZCP: You've had a close friendship with Laird Barron for some time now. Any chance we'll see you two team up as a dynamic duo to frighten readers?
JL: Laird is one of my favorite people, and one of the contemporary writers who most makes me throw up my hands and shout, "How did he do that?" We've been kicking around ideas for years, now; I think the first one centered on Godzilla vs. Cthulhu. (I actually wrote a couple of hundred words on it.) It's something we still plan to do, once our plates become a little less full. Our latest plot involves a global pursuit and at least one monster.
ZCP: Aliens or Predators?
JL: Conan!
ZCP: Earlier this year you set up a new blog. You've already put up a list of works and interviews as well as some advice on writing. Any plans for the blog's future? How would you say your overall use of social media has changed since your career took off?
JL: To put the matter kindly, I've tended to under-use the various social media platforms, from Livejournal, to Facebook, to Twitter, to whatever's looming on the electronic horizon. In part, this has been a result of trying to balance those platforms with a marriage, a family, a day job teaching, and a night job writing. I've preferred to devote the majority of my writing time to working on my fiction. And, to be honest, I'm not particularly good at the kind of rapid-fire discourse that flourishes online. Probably as a result of my academic training, I prefer to take a longer time working through whatever subject or issue is in front of me, by the end of which, the online community will have moved on to the next thing. I used to feel worse about this, especially when I considered those writers who were all over the place on the web. More recently, I've noticed a) how many of those same writers haven't written much except for their online commentary and b) how many of them will declare their need to go offline in order to complete their next work. This said, I have established a new blog. I wanted a single place where I could link to what I've published online, which turned out to be more than I'd realized. I imagine I'll continue to use it to that end, and also try to employ it to somewhat the same end as my Facebook account, which is to say, as a place to bring together things I think are interesting and cool.
ZCP: What is one piece of bad writing advice you think gets passed around too often? What good piece of advice doesn't get passed around enough?
JL: As a fan of the adverb, I'm annoyed at their continuing denigration. I understand the purpose of telling beginning writers to do without them, as I understand the reason why the whole "slaughter your darlings" adage is passed on to them. Both strike me as reductive and constrictive. My feeling is, if a piece of writing advice helps you to write more, then take it to heart. If it stops you from writing, then ditch it.
As for good advice: read. And do what you love. If you don't love what you're doing, then why do it?
ZCP: You currently teach as an adjunct instructor at SUNY New Paltz. Would you ever consider teaching in an MFA program?
JL: Depending on the program, sure. The biggest challenge to me doing so is location and duration. My family and I are pretty settled where we are, now–my wife has tenure; my younger son's in middle school–which means I would need to teach either someplace locally, or someplace with a low-residency program. Of course, given that the low-res programs tend to be more genre-friendly, that might not be such a stretch.
ZCP: You've mentioned your family a few times now. How does being a husband and father inform your writing? Do you find bits of that portion of your life slipping into your work, or do the two remain relatively separate?
JL: I wouldn't be the writer I am today without my wife and sons. When my wife, Fiona, and I first started seeing one another, she was completing her dissertation on the fiction of Jack Kerouac (not so much On the Road as Dr. Sax and Visions of Cody). We talked about her work on Kerouac a lot, especially his use of popular culture. Through those conversations, Fiona helped me to realize that popular cultural forms such as horror fiction were as capable of serious literary expression as anything, which had been something of an anxiety of mine during my twenties. Then, when we first started living together, Fiona and I watched reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, after which, we would discuss the episodes. I don't think I've ever known anyone who understands narrative in so fundamental a way as my wife; discussing Buffy (and later Angel) with her was like a master class in the dynamics of narrative. Once I returned to writing horror, and before our son was born, I would read whatever story I was working on to her and she would critique it–continuing, I suppose, my education.
More generally speaking, being a father to both my sons has made my life richer than I would have dreamed possible. With my sons in my life, even the bad times are better than they would have been, otherwise. There's definitely been a bleed-over from my life to my fiction, from my older son asking me to write stories about certain monsters, to my wife and younger son appearing in not-too-subtle disguise in a couple of stories and my first novel.
ZCP: In the past you've given shout outs to writers. Is there anyone out there readers should keep an eye on who maybe doesn't have the readership they should?
JL: There is no shortage of writers doing great work, right now. I mentioned Michael Cisco above as someone who's been on the cutting edge for years and has yet to receive what I consider his due. I'm sure your readers are aware of Laird Barron and Sarah Langan (who is, incidentally, no relation); if they're not, however, then I would heartily recommend all of Laird and Sarah's fiction, starting with The Imago Sequence and Other Stories and The Keeper, respectively. The last few years have seen a number of very strong debut collections; I'd call attention to Livia Llewellyn's Engines of Desire and Nathan Ballingrud's North American Lake Monsters as well worth your readers' time and attention. Recently, I've had the pleasure of reading new collections from Scott Nicolay and Damien Angelica Walters. Scott's Ana Kai Tangata is out, now; I believe Damien's Sing Me Your Scars and Other Stories will be released in the fall. As they say, run, don't walk, to get them.
ZCP: Thanks so much for taking the time. Is there anything you'd like to say in closing? You have the floor.
JL: Thank you for inviting me to speak with you, and for asking such interesting questions. The only thing I'd like to add is a thank you to the people who have read and who continue to read my fiction. What success I've had, I owe to my readers, and I'm grateful for them.
Posted in Blog, Interviews	| Tagged Bor Urus, Damien Angelica Walters, Interview, John Joseph Adams, John Langan, Laird Barron, Livia Llewellyn', Michael Cisco, Michael Kelly, Nathan Ballingrud, Sarah Langan, Scott Nicolay, Shirley Jackson Awards	| Leave a comment
A Conversation with Sarah Langan
Posted on August 2, 2012 by John Boden
As some of you may recall, I doled out a high-praising review of Sarah Langan's Bram Stoker Award-winning second novel, The Missing. I knew it was a semi-sequel to her debut, The Keeper, but that had no bearing on my enjoyment of the novel.
Having recently found a copy of the debut, I excitedly went to work devouring it over a weekend. Upon its completion, I was shamed at waiting so long.
The Keeper tells the tragic tale of Bedford, Maine, a small town built on the back of a paper mill. The Mill, now closed, employed most of the townsfolk and paid for its existence. But as the story unfolds and its deeply textured characters are introduced, we find that this small town is quite unlike others. It is haunted. Haunted in a very unique way.
A thickly veined historical horror that begins when the town does and continues throbbing and festering until it culminates in the events chronicled in The Missing. I will not give away any details, other than to say this book is packed full of so many deeply disturbing visuals and delightfully surreal flourishes, that to call it a haunted-town story, or a nod to "Ancient Evil in a small town" books, would be a white lie, true at its basest level but highly inaccurate at the same time.
Recently, I was lucky enough to have the chance to ask Sarah a few questions and she was kind enough to answer them.
JB: First, Sarah, allow me to thank you for taking the time to grant this little interview. I will get the giddy fan boy stuff out of the way and say I love your work. LOVE, in all capitals. I read the first two out of order and it had no impact on my enjoyment of each; both are highly effective and greatly visual novels. I also read and enjoyed Audrey's Door. That was actually the first book I bought of yours, solely on the fact that John Skipp told me to. Then, when I was interviewing Jack Ketchum, he dropped your name, and I decided I was missing out on someone special.
Could you give us a short encapsulation of your work, what you have out there in addition to these three wonderful novels? What is on the horizon? Do you think you'll revisit Bedford again?
Posted in Blog, Interviews	| Tagged Audrey's Door, Bram Stoker Award, HarperCollins, J.T. Petty, Jack Ketchum, John Skipp, Sarah Langan, The Keeper, The Missing	| Leave a comment
The Missing Dead Spore
Posted on November 21, 2011 by John Boden
I briefly met Sarah Langan at a convention this summer, and by "briefly met" I mean, I think I said "Hello" as I walked by. I'm a bit shy at times. I picked up this book after hearing wonderful praise for her most recent novel by revered authors like John Skipp and Jack Ketchum. I'm glad I did.
The Missing is a sequel to her debut novel, The Keeper, but is a fantastic standalone read. It concerns the haunting of a small town, in both the literal and figurative sense. A school field trip to a disaster site serves as the catalyst of darkly disturbing events. A troubled young boy strays from the group, only to awaken something malevolent and hungry that will not stop until it has consumed all. What the boy and the other affected do over the course of this book played back in my head for days upon completion. The infected and their "de-evolution" to an almost animal state, as well as the feedings, made me almost giddily jittery. This novel gave me a feeling I have not felt in a long long time while reading. It was a nostalgic vibe along the lines of what my teenage self would feel when a new Stephen King book dropped.
Langan's prose is lean and smooth and carries an old-school tone, both intelligent and easy to read. Not to say it is simple, but that it is a classically constructed novel. The characters are brilliantly painted and the setting and events are well rendered. Above all of these other positive attributes, and most importantly, it is a scary book.
It has been widely documented that I have been a fan-boy of the mighty John Skipp since I was a teenager and I was loaned that paperback copy of The Light At The End. I have since read almost everything available from this twisted genius. Reading a John Skipp book, solo or collaboration, is usually like having a conversation with a hyperactive savant, a "Rain Man" raised on monster movies and Rock & Roll. The latest collaboration, Spore, once again with evil cohort Cody Goodfellow, is well up that twisted razor-edged bar.
Spore tells the surrealy bizarre tale of a nice young couple, Rory and Trixie, hip deep in love and trying to forget their troubled pasts. A wild turn of events finds them up to their necks in an adrenaline drenched horror show. A sentient fungal entity has rooted itself beneath the city of Los Angeles. It works itself into the drug supply, mixing its spores in with the cocaine that is oh-so-readily available. The spores infest the brain and eventually drive the infected to acts of barbarism and savagery.
While some of the characters seem to be more caricatures, it plays out smoothly and is an over-the-top festival of fun. Jaw-dropping images are a main staple of this tale, some of which will no doubt haunt you for a long time to come. It's a Hollywood zombie apocalypse as only these cats could write. It's the slam-dancing progeny of The Stuff and Scarface. But more important than all of that, it made me fucking smile.
The Loving Dead was another recommended read. Skipp touts this novel quite a bit, and I usually listen to whatever he tells me (I know, I know!). Amelia Beamer gives us a zombie novel that is not about zombies much at all. It is a stark portrait of the real monsters. It's about us. People, with their dishonest nature and skeevy motives, even in the face of a major crisis and looming danger, we can't get our heads out of our asses, our minds out of each others pants and just get down and be "real" with each other.
Kate and Michael are housemates. They also have a thing for each other, one of those mutual-but-held-down-so-tight-that-no-move-has-ever-been-made sort of things. The story begins with Kate saving her belly-dance instructor from a feral derelict. She takes her home where there is a party in full swing. Things happen, people get naked…and a zombie virus rears its ugly head. Zombie virus…as in STD. The only apparent warning symptom being horny moaning followed by a breathy "something's happening," after which it's all milky eyes, cannibalism…and fucking. Lots and lots of fucking.
The shuffling nympho-dead are more of a set piece than anything in this novel. The skeleton of this book is about people and how they interact, how we interact. We are selfish and distrusting as well as untrustworthy. The characters are honest and scarred…and scared. Sympathetic and not entirely likeable. This is what made this such a compelling work.
If the fate of the free world hung from your shoulders would you shrug or bear it as long as you could, and would you still find time for a quickie in the restroom?
Posted in Blog, Reviews, Short Reviews	| Tagged Amelia Beamer, Cody Goodfellow, Haunt, Jack Ketchum, John Skipp, Sarah Langan, Spore, The Missing, Zombies	| 3 Comments


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01st June 2018 Current Affairs
01st June 2018 Current Affairs – GK Today
1. World Milk Day was observed on 01st June. This Year theme is 'Drink Move Be Strong'.
2. Union home minister Rajnath Singh launched an 'Online Analytical Tool' to facilitate closer monitoring of the flow and utilization of foreign contributions received by non-governmental organizations registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010, also known as FCRA.
3. The Tata Motors and Maharashtra Government have signed a MoU to deploy 1000 Electric Vehicles across its range of passenger and commercial vehicles in the state.
4.tatistics and Programme Implementation Minister Vijay Goel conferred FICCI Smart Policing Awards 2018 to police officials of the central armed police force and states police in New Delhi.
5. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), India's GDP grew 7.7% in the fourth-quarter of 2017-18.
6. India has improved its ranking in the world childhood index but stays at a poor 113th position, up from 116 in 2017, in the list of 175 countries indexed by global child rights group, Save the Children.
7. The Centre has approved construction of 1.5 lakh houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), taking to 47.52 lakh the tally of houses under the programme so far.
8. The two-day Thematic Seminar on 'Water and Sanitation' was held in Pune, Maharashtra.
9. Amit Khare assumed charge as Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) on superannuation of N K Sinha.
10. Denmark has become the latest European country to ban the Islamic full-face veil (Burqa) in public spaces.
11. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi laid the foundation stone of India's first Advanced DNA Forensic Lab in Chandigarh.
12. Lieutenant General Devraj Anbu took over as Vice Chief of Army Staff and Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh took over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command.


Discussion in 'Transportation' started by Ryanhawkerxp, Aug 8, 2009.
Craig Fuller the President of AOPA and myself were shown a new airstrip made by the Recreational Aviation Foundation on Saturday. We went up in a Husky and Cessna 185 and also a Bell Long ranger joined in for the impromptu opening of the airstrip.
I don't know Russian Flats, but I do recognize the Bridgers! You probably flew right over my house.
The Bridger Range runs right next to Bozeman - did you see the "M" on the hillside when you came over the pass?
Sure did. Looked like some faults are there also.
Excellent series! Looks like a lot of fun.


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Stay as far away from this company as you can. A simple $.95 phone number search turned into a recurring $19.95 monthly charge that I failed to catch for a long time on my business credit card. No invoices. No notice of the recurring charge. Nothing.
They are stealing money from people and they obviously know it. When I called to complain they refunded me about 1/3 of the charges without even a discussion. When I asked for a full refund their "supervisor" Monique (ID #1242) read from a script and was ready to hang up on me before I protested. Ridiculous company.
They will be defendants in a class action suit before long.
I tried the 99cent charge to look up a number that had called me. Spokeo gave no further info than I could see for myself. Their 99cent charge is to get your billing info . It was a 7 day free trial, on the 7th Day they tried to withdraw 24.95 from my bank account. My bank held the request. When I contacted Spokeo they said they would cancel my subscription!!!!!! Effective May2. I told her that it is April 2nd. Cancel it Now. She spoke to her supervisor and removed the charge. But kudos to my bank that held it up for review.
BTWAY that 24.95 charge would have been monthly!!!!! I laughed and said people actually PAY FOR THIS?!
Total scam. They probably set up robocalls to annoy people to generate need for their service.
I have received your complaint on the SiteJabber.com website on April 2, 2019 and I am happy to assist in resolving this matter.
We're sorry to hear that we did not provide you with the most up to date or accurate information. Since we don't originate or create data, our data reflects that of its original source(s). Since we cannot guarantee data accuracy, our data should only be used as a reference. However, we are constantly working to expand and improve the data available on our site. Please allow me to explain the $24.95 charge that you reference. Since all Spokeo subscriptions automatically renew to prevent service interruption, trials that were left unchanged, were charged on the service's renewal date.
If you need additional assistance, please contact our Customer Care team via email at customercare@spokeo.com, or via phone at (888) 906-0850. Our agents are available 7 days a week, from 5am to 8pm (PST).
I have received your comment on SiteJaber on March 15, 2019 and I am happy to assist in resolving this matter.
We're sorry to hear that we did not provide you with the most up to date or accurate information. Since we don't originate or create data, our data reflects that of its original source(s). Since we cannot guarantee data accuracy, our data should only be used as a reference. However, we are constantly working to expand and improve the data available on our site. If you need additional assistance, please contact our Customer Care team via email at customercare@spokeo.com, or via phone at (888) 906-0850. Our agents are available 7 days a week, from 5am to 8pm (PST).
I have received your comment on SiteJabber on March 7, 2019, and I am happy to assist in resolving this matter.
Spokeo specializes in collecting information from phone books, social networks, marketing lists, business sites, and other public sources. We understand that some of our search results may include information that is not fully updated. While we currently do not offer a feature that allows for listings to be edited, you have the option of opting out if you are not comfortable with the information showing in the listing. To opt out, please visit http://www.spokeo.com/optout.
If you need additional assistance, please contact our Customer Care team via email at privacy@spokeo.com, or via phone at (888) 906-0850. Our agents are available 7 days a week, from 5am to 8pm (PST), and would be more than happy to help you out!
I did a few searches and they were a waste of money. Be careful of the teaser rate. If you don't cancel within the teaser period the company will start charging your credit card with no monthly invoices or any other notice. The customer service representative said the terms of the contract were sent by email. I never saw it and they did not provide any evidence that the charges were authorized. Your best bet is never to get involved with this company in any way.
We're sorry to hear that we did not provide you with the most up to date or accurate information. Since we don't originate or create data, our data reflects that of its original source(s). Since we cannot guarantee data accuracy, our data should only be used as a reference. However, we are constantly working to expand and improve the data available on our site.
Please allow me to explain the charges associated with subscriptions selected to your account. Since all Spokeo subscriptions automatically renew to prevent service interruption, trials that were left unchanged, will be charged on the service's renewal date until service is disabled.
Thank you for reaching out! We understand that some of our search results may include information that is not fully updated. While we currently do not offer a feature that allows for listings to be edited, you have the option of opting out if you are not comfortable with the information showing in the listing. To opt out, please visit http://www.spokeo.com/optout. We're very sorry to hear that you did not receive an email confirmation of your cancellation, and want to make sure we provide a satisfactory solution! We encourage you to contact our Customer Care team via email at customercare@spokeo.com, or via phone (888) 906-0850 should you have any other questions or concerns. Our agents are available 7 days a week, from 5am to 8pm (PST), and would be more than happy to assist you!
Accuracy on this site is nonexistent. Doing a search for my name does bot show my name, but does show me as my youngest son who is 35 years old. And his name is not the same as mine. As far has this site is concerned I don't exist.
And my oldest son, the junior, has two listings, one of which lists his age as 5 years older then he really is.
Searching my address shows people who have never even lived in my city as living here.
Thank you for your comment on SiteJabber.com!
I'm sorry to hear Spokeo did not meet your search needs. Spokeo has access to over 1.2 billion records, collected and organized from many different sources. Some of our search results may include information that is not fully updated, but new information is added to our system every day.
If you have any further questions or concerns, you can contact our Customer Care team by email at CustomerCare@spokeo.com or by calling 1-888-906-0850 where we are available via phone 5am-8pm PT, 7 days a week.
I recently paid for the 1 month subscription, but in processing this they charged me for 3 months. Then I began looking into what I was there for...nothing was adding up. I then decided to look myself and my husband up-not 1 thing was correct. Hmmmm...so I went on & looked up more family & friends, absolutely NOTHING WAS UP TO DATE. People were the wrong race, still married to people they hadn't been in over 5 years!! Now, the old info-and I do mean OLD- was somewhat correct. The whole thing was a waste of time.
Thank you for your comments on SiteJabber.com regarding Spokeo's services.
Spokeo subscriptions are billed for the full term. When a 3 or 6 month plan is purchased, you receive uninterrupted access for the entire term purchased. I believe you may be referring to the average monthly cost of the subscription.
The frequency of Spokeo's data updates depends entirely on the type of information being collected and their sources. Spokeo gathers information from hundreds of sources, many of whom get their information from other sub-sources. As a result, our own data refresh rate varies dramatically depending on the original source's information distribution methods and the frequency of their own updates.
I apologize for any inconvenience, or hardship this matter may have caused. You are more than welcome to contact our Customer Care team through our contact page, http://www.spokeo.com/contact where we are available by phone, email, and chat 7 days a week from 5AM to 8PM PST. Please feel free to contact us directly should you have any future questions or concerns regarding this matter.
In order to research a renter I authorized Spokeo to charge $0.95 on my credit card. I stopped navigating their web pages when they asked for more money. A subsequent fraud alert from my bank turned out be due to the fact that Spokeo had started a yearly charge of $24.95 on my credit card.
Thank you for your comment on the SIteJabber.com site.
In regards to your service, I understand your concerns, and I'm happy to clarify. When a Single Record Search with a 7-Day Free Trial is selected, the single record is accessible indefinitely, and the 7-day trial grants access to Universal (name, phone, address, and social) searches within the trial period. All Spokeo subscriptions automatically renew to prevent service interruption.
We want to be sure you are helped, so please contact our Customer Care team directly by calling 1-888-906-0850 and explain your concerns. We are available everyday from 5AM to 8PM PST. Thanks!
Used this site for a reverse search which provided me no information what so ever on the individual I was looking up. Not only that they charged .99 which ok no big deal. They didn't make clear that after so many days they rolled it to a monthly subscription that charges $19.95!! Imagine my surprise when I was billed by them yesterday! So I called customer service and got a run around first of the usual "you still have access for x number of days! But your account is cancelled". I reiterated I wanted a refund I didn't care to use their service again and that they weren't clear it was a subscription I was going to be billed for. To which they offered a partial refund of their shortest package but refused to do a refund still. I explained again I had no use for their service (since it didn't help at all any way) and they literally billed me yesterday so there's no reason for them not to refund. But no they won't budge on it and also the refund takes several days to process I should see it by 10/10. Funny how they can take the money so quick, refuse to return it all and then take ages to do some pitiful partial refund. Avoid their service at all costs it isn't actually helpful at all, they just want your money.
The accepted that they had information on a phone number I was trying to look up. So I paid for the report only to find they had nothing. I spoke to Lauren asking why they feel they need to fasle advertise about the information. I told her to cancel my account and they still my money a week later and refusing to refund it when I called the customer care.
Thank you for you comment on SiteJabber.com.
I'm sorry to hear Spokeo did not meet your search needs. Spokeo's free preview provides details on the kind of information we offer and the supported networks we search. When you see "Results May Include," "Report Includes Available Information On," or "Discover on 100+ Networks," this outlines the sorts of data we attempt to search. Spokeo has access to over 1.2 billion records, collected and organized from many different sources. New information is added to our system every day.
We want to be sure you are helped. If you have any further questions, please contact our Customer Care team at CustomerCare@spokeo.com or by calling 1-888-906-0850 and explain your concerns. Thanks!
I pay my credit card on-line and have paperless billing. I just happened to look at recent transactions this month and noticed Spokeo has been charging me, not once, but TWICE a month for at least a year and half. One time for $9.97 and a few days later for $19.97. EVERY MONTH!!!! I never agreed to this subscription or agreement or whatever it is and have never used it.
Hi! We're sorry to hear about this. It sounds like there is an active subscription on your account. We want to be sure you are helped, so please contact our Customer Care team at CustomerCare@spokeo.com or by calling 1-888-906-0850 and explain your concerns. Thanks!
Spokeo has been said to be helpful to all my daily activities, deep web searches and background checks. I have used their service countless times and they didnt deliver most of the information i needed. The only thing i worry about most times is that Spokeo might not be as deep as it seems, all they provide access to is public information mostly. When i needed a very deep web search and surveillance service i used rootgatehacks^tutanota^com you can mail them. They provide the best in monitoring, cooperate espionage, online forensics and many more. They are guaranteed to get your job done.
I'm sorry to hear Spokeo did not meet your search needs. Spokeo has access to over 1.2 billion records, collected and organized from many different sources. Please note, Spokeo specializes in collecting information from phone books, social networks, marketing lists, business sites, and other PUBLIC sources. Some of our search results may include information that is not fully updated, but new information is added to our system every day.
I'm sorry to hear Spokeo did not meet your needs. Please note that all services renew automatically to prevent service interruption. If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact our Customer Care team at CustomerCare@spokeo.com or by calling 1-888-906-0850.
Called customer service explaining to them that I had cancelled the 7 day trial for .95 cents on the 7th day, but was unable to do so. Tried cancelling again this morning and still was unable to cancel. Finally I called customer service explaining to them what was happening. They finally cancelled the account, but I wasn't refunded the full 19.95. I was only refunded 8.00 dollars back to my credit card.
Even after I explained to them that I had cancelled it prior to it being charged the full 19.95 monthly fee. Disappointed with customer service and the services provided by this company.
Stay away from this site!
Thank you for your comment. We want to make sure that you are helped, so please contact our Customer Care team at CustomerCare@spokeo.com or by calling 1-888-906-0850 and explaining your concerns.
THEY TRICK YOU INTO THE SEARCH THEN START CHARCHING IF YOU DONT NOTICE THE CHARGES THEY KEEP CHARGING EVERY MONTH WEATHER YOU USE THE SERVICE OR ARE UNAWARE THEY ARE CHARGING YOU FOR A SERVICE YOU USED ONE TIME AND NOW THEY CHARGE EVERY MONTH.
Thank you for your review of Spokeo on the SiteJabber.com site.
I'm sorry to hear Spokeo did not meet your needs. Basic results are available for free through the Spokeo people search. However, for more comprehensive, in-depth information, users are presented the option to sign up to our premium subscription. We're sorry for any misunderstanding. Regarding your monthly renewing charges, it sounds like there is an active subscription on your account. Please note that all services renew automatically to prevent service interruption. We want to be sure you are helped, so please contact our Customer Care team at CustomerCare@spokeo.com or by calling 1-888-906-0850 and explain your concerns.
I'm sorry to hear Spokeo did not meet your needs. We want to make sure that your concerns are addressed and you are helped. Please contact our Customer Care Team by visiting https://www.spokeo.com/contact where we are available by email, live chat, and telephone, from 5AM to 8PM PST.
You can imagine my shock when I got on and looked up someone who has been harrassing me only to find out he is using my address on Spokeo. I contacted them to remove my address but of course I have had no reponse. Fortunately, I found out before I paid them any money.
Thank for your review of Spokeo on the SiteJabber.com site.
Spokeo takes your privacy concerns seriously, and we would be happy to assist you in removing the listing(s) concerned. To ensure that we do so correctly, please provide the URL(s) of the listing(s) you wish to have removed.
If you have any further questions, please contact our Customer Care team at 1-888-906-0850, where we are available everyday from 5AM to 8PM PST, and explain your concerns.
Last night I was charged $20 for Spokeo without even knowing what it was, so now I'm locked out of my funds because of a service I've never heard of and never used.
Edit: now they claim I have an active subscription, how can I do that when I don't even have an account.
Edit 2: They tried to refund only half the amount when I was looking for a full refund of the crappy con service.
I understand your concern and wish to assist in resolving this matter.
Spokeo People Search allows you to search for anyone by performing a name, reverse email, reverse phone, or reverse address search. Searches can also be performed to obtain court records, historical records, or business information. Our database covers social networks, public records, marketing lists, and other sources to reveal demographic details, public profiles, and more. Our memberships provide exclusive content to subscribers, which is activated immediately after payment is processed. Payments for Spokeo services will appear on your billing statement as SPK*SPOKEO.
In regards to the charge that you referenced, it sounds like there is an active subscription on your account. We want to be sure you are helped, so please contact our Customer Care team at CustomerCare@spokeo.com or by calling 1-888-906-0850, where we are available from 5AM to 8PM PST everyday, and explain your concerns. Thanks!
This site exists solely to acquire CC details via their "95 cent search" and then charge you forevermore at 20 bucks per month. Further, their "data" is massively outdated and incorrect.
I actually bypassed several other such sites due to their automatic subscription model, only to find the same thing buried in the fine print at the bottom of my email receipt for the original fruitless search I paid them for. If my bank hadn't flagged the monthly charge as suspected fraud (which it is) they would have gouged me for years.
Avoid these scammers like the plague, and report to your state AG.
I searched the site for an email address (Reverse email lookup). The results showed that the service has found something against the search term, however, I need to pay in order to get the results. As soon as I paid and rerun the search, there was nothing at all. I feel like tricked and victim to a scam/fraud. Moreover, FAQ at spokeo says that I can get refund if I am not satisfied. Its been 2 days now that I have dropped an email for the refund, no one has replied yet and I think I have lost my good money.
Spokeo is one of the most deceitful companies I have ever had the displeasure of encountering. They offer a service that they know most people are only going to use once and forget about, hence why they'll sneak in subscription services to make money. In many cases you get signed up without even realizing it. "Spokeo Connections" doesn't even seem like it's a real thing and you cannot find one positive review of people who enjoy their Spokeo Connections Subscription. So far I've found that "InfoArmor" and "Privpro" are also some weird branches of Spokeo that were used in a similar fashion.
Most subscription services will email you at least once a week or to tell you about new features or things that you may like. A popular video game related subscription service sends me a very courteous "Thank you for your purchase" every time they charge for my subscription. They make it completely impossible to not know you have the service. Do you know why they do this? It's because they are a reputable company, not trying to hide and proud of their business. Spokeo doesn't email you anything except customer service surveys after you cancel and call over and over again about your "refund for only 1 year because that is all the system can do". They completely disappear from your life. What does that tell you about the company? They WANT you to not know you're signed up so that they get free money. There is no one in their right mind who would pay nearly $40 a month, for multiple years, for a Spokeo Subscription.
My rage for this company sparked me to do some research. I advise everyone else to do the same because you are in for a real shocker ladies and gentlemen. There is a much larger problem than Spokeo. Those of you who obtained a new debit/credit card or thought they wouldn't be able to charge an expired card will find this extra interesting. Most people assume that if the information on your card changes then a company shouldn't bill you until you update the information. This is wrong. Once Spokeo (or other companies) has your information they may be able to charge closed accounts, new cards or expired cards. Your bank doesn't care if Spokeo rips you off. Your creditor doesn't care if Spokeo rips you off. They will all actually happily GIVE out your new card# to Spokeo! They are all involved in a scheme together called Account Updaters. This Account Updater nonsense is disguised as a "convenience" feature for merchants to renew subscriptions without reaching out to their customers so they don't lose sales. What this really is an easy way for Spokeo (and companies like them) to make a lot of money from unsuspecting people and drain their accounts. I'm not sure if Spokeo uses any other private Account Updaters besides the ones from Visa & Mastercard.
You are automatically subscribed to these Updater Services any time you open a credit/debit card and your bank probably won't even tell you. They may even pretend like it doesn't exist. On a pdf document I've found from Visa they even urge merchants not to tell you about it. This is all for your "convenience", in case you lose your credit card. You don't need the hassle of reauthorizing a company to take your money, right? God forbid your service get interrupted while you wait for a replacement card. You may even start to think about why you use a service to begin with or catch something that wasn't supposed to be there when the company contacts you about updating your billing. The horror! This feature wasn't "convenient" for me at all when it came to Spokeo. Even with their pitiful refund I'm still out about $300. Without this wonderfully stupid Visa Account Updater creation that amount would have been significantly reduced.
My next mission is to find out if I can opt out of these Updater Services from the major credit card companies all together by directly calling my bank and creditors. I'm going to be sending them letters as well. I'll be sure to mention Spokeo as an example of how the system can be abused every time I write or call. Then after that I want to see if there are any ways to revoke a company's status from the big club if they blatantly abuse it. Spokeo has to pay for every card# the Updater Systems have to find and is a rather large client, so the chances of that are pretty slim. Your creditor or bank will most likely side with them. I am researching if I have a valid complaint to send to the FTC and if they would look into some of Spokeo's other secret "third party processors" and "updaters". I also want to see about if anything can be done about forcing more disclosure from the major credit card companies about this alleged "convenience feature" and the companies that use them. I am even going to cancel other well known Subscription Services that use these Visa/Mastercard/Amex Updaters just because I can no longer trust them after my experience with Spokeo.
When they first started you could have your information deleted. I requested that and it was. I was surprised to find myself back on Spokeo this year with incredibly inaccurate information. They have apparently combined mine with some other person of the same name. I'm thinking of legal action if this crap is not removed.
Please allow me to provide some information regarding Spokeo. Spokeo aggregates publicly available information from phone books, social networks, marketing surveys, real estate listings, business websites, and other public sources ("Public Information"). This Public Information may be made available to users through the Spokeo.com people search.
Once a specific profile is suppressed from public display in our system, it is flagged to not re-appear. However, we are constantly receiving new and updated information, and we try very hard to match it to existing listings in order to preserve your privacy preference. A new listing may appear, however, when the data is not able to be linked to a previously-suppressed profile. Should this happen, I ask that you contact Spokeo as soon as possible so we can assist in suppressing this new information.
Should you wish to remove your information from Spokeo you can do so any time by calling Customer Care at 888-906-0850, or by emailing Privacy@spokeo.com and providing the URL, or listings for removal.
Be very cautious. I purchased a 7-day trial, with no results. Spokeo continued charging with no emails or notification. I would never use again.
Charge you monthly with no notification. Then they put up advertisements on the web advertising themselves as not a scam. They know they have a reputation for being deceitful and rather than changing their business practice, they choose to rip people off and then advertise how they don't rip people off. F'd up thinking!
We also provide 24/7 support to our customers either by email, or by contacting our Customer Care department via phone at 888-271-9562. Our Customer Care Representatives are more than happy to assist any of our customers with any questions or concerns they might have regarding Spokeo. Thank you.
Watch for the $20 charge at the end of the month. They say a person is out, then the charge comes a month later. Had to cancel my card and get new # to keep them out of my wallet.
I ued Spokeo once and then cancelled my account BET Spokeo has been debitting my Visa account ever since; how do I get Spokeo to stop?
inform your visa provider,they should stop the payments and get you a refund from when you cancelled the account.It worked for me as visa said they had numerous complaints about Spokeo.Hope you sort it out!
HOW DO I CANCEL MY 7 DAY SUBSCRIPTION????
What happened to my commission in Spokeo? It went down but I haven't received any e-mail or notice from the administrator.
Yes, Signed up for 7 day account last week and now want out. How?
are there any additional charges for lookups aside from the monthly fee?
When you sign up for the special you are also signing up for a biz site. If you cancel Spokeo you must cancel both.
The only question I have after reading these reviews is "why are you still in business and not in jail?" Where are our consumer protections?
Elias, query "spokeo lawsuits" on google. There have been numerous cases on this group. Spokeo..........if you are reading these complaints, I am wondering how you manage to get around the charge backs and still have a credit card company that works with you.
I was charged with no listing oir address of who phone me when it said before it had the information. How do I get my $0.95 back ?
Questions? Get answers from the Spokeo staff and other customers.


Some SEOs are seeing more fluctuations with the Google rankings now, but Google has confirmed the August 1 update has been fully rolled out.
Google has just confirmed that the core search algorithm update that began rolling out a week ago has now finished fully rolling out. Google search liaison Danny Sullivan said on Twitter, "It's done" when I asked him if the rollout was complete.
Danny did add that if we are seeing other changes, "We always have changes that happen, both broad and more specific." This is because some of the tracking tools are seeing more fluctuations today, and if they are unrelated to this update, the question is what they can be attributed to.
It's done. That said, we always have changes that happen, both broad and more specific.
Based on our research, the August 1 update was one of the more significant updates we have seen from Google on the organic search side in some time. It continued to roll out over the weekend and has now completed.
Google's current advice on this update is that webmasters do not need to make any technical changes to their websites. In fact, the company said "no fix" is required and that it is aimed at promoting sites that were once undervalued. Google has said that you should continue to look at ways of making your overall website better and provide even better-quality content and experiences to your website visitors.
Now that the rollout is complete, you can check to see if your site was impacted. But as Danny Sullivan said above, there are always changes happening in search.
For more details, see our original story.


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The message Jesus preached was this: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me...." That may not mean a great deal to you right now, but if you'll keep reading for a few minutes, that one verse will make you shout for joy!
The word anoint actually means "to pour on, smear all over or rub into." So Jesus was telling the people in Nazareth that day, "God is poured on, smeared all over and rubbed into Me." He was telling them from the book of Isaiah that He had come with the yoke-destroying, burden-removing power of Almighty God all over Him.
That's the gospel Jesus preached. It is the good news of the anointing!
And it's available to you today. Whatever Satan is throwing your way, you don't have to put up with one more second of it. If you'll draw on that anointing power within, if you're born again, you can be free. That anointing is available to deliver you from every stronghold of the devil. It can tell you things you never knew before. It can destroy the bondages you've fought for years. It can obliterate and utterly destroy as to powder every burden of condemnation, guilt, fear, lack, poverty, abuse, addiction, torment, hatred and anger, just to name a few.
I mean, whatever it is you've wanted to be free of, the Anointing of Jesus is what will do it. And, if you've made Jesus the Lord of your life, it's right there on the inside of you. Receive it. Receive the good news of the anointing!


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Ella Vos (born Lauren Salamone) is an American pop singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles.

Career
A classically trained pianist, Vos worked as a keyboardist for BØRNS before deciding to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter after the birth of her son in 2015. She first gained attention as a vocalist on the 2016 EDM track "Rolling Dice" by Just a Gent.

Her first solo single, "White Noise", a song about being a new mother, was released in October 2016. Rolling Stone described it as "a seductive, gauzy, downtempo offering." The Boston Globe called her single "You Don't Know About Me" "one of the most highly charged sociopolitical songs of 2017." In 2018, she teamed with Icona Pop, VÉRITÉ, and Mija to remix "You Don't Know About Me" in support of the ACLU. Her debut album Words I Never Said was released on November 17, 2017.

In 2017 she toured the US, and performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. In February 2018 she embarked on the North American Words I Never Said Tour, with Freya Ridings.

In 2018 she was named a Vevo dscvr Artist to Watch. Her stage name means "she you" in Spanish.

Her five-song EP Watch & Wait was released on January 25, 2019.

Discography

Albums
 Words I Never Said (November 17, 2017)
 Turbulence (July 31, 2020)

Extended plays
 Watch & Wait (January 25, 2019)

Singles
 "White Noise" (2016)
 "You Don't Know About Me" (2017)
 "Thank God It's Christmas" (2017)
 "Cast Away" (2018)
 "Ocean" (2018)
 "Temporary" (2019)
 "Turbulence" (2020)
 "The Way I Am" (with Gavin Haley) (2020)

Appearances
 "Rolling Dice" – Just a Gent with Ella Vos and Joey Chavez (on the album Stories to Tell, 2016)
 "Exhale" – R3HAB with Ella Vos
 "Miles to Go" – Kaskade with Ella Vos

References

External links

 Ella Vos performs at Paste Studios, NY, 3/8/18

American women singer-songwriters
American women pop singers
Singers from Los Angeles
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Singer-songwriters from California
21st-century American women


Located in Norway's picturesque South, the town of Arendal calls to mind summer, sunshine, strings of enchanting island archipelagos, and fresh salt breezes. Yet this charming town has much to offer wintertime travellers as well, with outdoor activities for the whole family to enjoy in scenic surroundings. Our hotel in Arendal is a perfect base thanks to its central location in the heart of Arendal town centre.