GALI, DFWatch–Abkhazia has temporarily suspended the issuing of residence permits, an essential document needed by Gali residents in order to travel to Georgia proper.
Breakaway authorities in Gali claim the reason is a technical problem with a printing machine, locals DFWatch spoke to explained. They were told that the printer had run out of ink.
"The printer has run out of ink and it's so expensive, the administration can't afford to buy a new one, we were told," a resident of the village Chuburkhinji in Gali municipality said.
"So in order to cross 'the border' we need to file a Form 9 again, which cost 2,000 Russian rubles (USD 30)," she said.
The locals also point out that in their opinion, as in other cases, it looks like a trick to earn money for local bureaucracy and nothing more.
"How can you have ambitions about statehood and set such an excuse for refusing to issue such a document. They've got another trick to earn money, and people have no means to resist," a Gali resident told DFWatch.
The residence permit, which locals refer to by the Russian phrase "Vid Na Jitelstva", costs local ethnic Georgians about 500 lari (USD 183). The breakaway authorities have already canceled the old Soviet 'red' passports, and locals expect them to also halt the issuing of 'green' (Abkhaz) passports to Georgians after New Year's.


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Cogeneration is an industrial energy conservation technology that is particularly suited to urban applications. Large cities and metropolitan areas have large numbers of energy intensive industrial firms as well as commercial buildings; universities and hospital complexes; and new, densely populated residential developments that have large thermal and electric demands. Potential sites have been evaluated as part of a project to encourage industrial cogeneration applications in Chicago. Energy-intensive industries and commercial, industrial, and residential facilities were grouped by energy use type. Natural gas and electricity consumption data then were used to develop energy use profiles by energy use type and location. Complementary thermal energy use profiles and the geographical proximity of firms and facilities were used to exclude unfavorable sites. Thirty-four sites were then evaluated in detail and ranked according to their suitability for consideration in detailed feasibility studies of different cogeneration technologies.
Fowler, G. L.; Baugher, A. H. (1982). Evaluating Sites for Industrial Cogeneration in Chicago. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /94328.


Living an unassuming life as a teacher for the Academy, the former assassin, Antony Danic, turned Speaker for the Devoted, would love to let the past stay there. However, as hard as he tries, his new identity, Noble Standing, can't escape who Antony was. The widower, turned self-avowed bachelor doesn't mean to fall for the red-headed sword instructor, Lyris Jaimes. Noble insists he's better off single, but he is drawn to her in spite of his memories of Elite. Noble finds that courting her, however, isn't easy. His interest in Lyris sets into motion a rivalry between him and a dangerous sociopath who wants her for himself.
Content: Mild violence, some swearing and intimacy before marriage. The couple does marry and has a happily ever after.
C. Michelle Jefferies believes that the way to examine our souls is to explore the deep and dark, as well as the shallow. Her worlds include suspense, urban fantasy, and an occasional twist of steampunk. When she is not writing, she can be found on the yoga mat, hand binding journals, dyeing cloth, serving ginger tea on the wild and windy plains of Wyoming.


A total of six Domestic- Systematic Important Banks (D-SIBs) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have reported N32.89 trillion total assets in 2018, data gathered by Nigerian NewsDirect has revealed.
The six DIBs in 2017 reported N28.96 trillion in total assets, the data further revealed.
Further Findings by our correspondent revealed that Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has one of the highest total assets, followed by Zenith Bank plc and FBN Holdings Plc.
ETI, a pan-African financial institution reported 19.7 per cent increase in total assets to N8.19 trillion in 2018 from N6.84 trillion in 2017.
The increase in ETI growth in total assets last year was driven by 17 per cent increase in loans and advances to customers and 25 per cent increase in deposit from customers.
With 6.4 per cent increase, Zenith Bank reported N5.96 trillion in total assets in 2018 fromN5.59trillion reported in 2017 while FBN Holdings reported 6.3 increase in total assets to N5.6 trillion from N5.2 trillion in 2017, driven by 33.3per cent increase in investment securities to N1.7 trillion as against N1.2 trillion reported in 2017.
The other two D-SIBs, Access Bank and United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) have total assets above N4trillion mark.
For the 2018 financial year, Access Bank, without Diamond bank's total assets reported N4.95 trillion in total assets last year, 21 per cent increase over N4.1 trillion in 2017. UBA's total assets rose by 19.7 per cent to N4.87 trillion in 2018 from N4.1 trillion in 2017.
S & P Global Ratings in March said, "We believe the Diamond Bank deal will cement Access Bank's market leading position in the top-tier of the competitive Nigerian banking sector. The combined entity has total assets of about N6.1 trillion, representing almost a 20per cent total market share.
"The combined entity boasts the largest franchise by customer base, loans, and customer deposits. We believe the deal could expand Access Bank's customer and loans base compared with peers, underpinning stronger revenue stability during an economic downturn in Nigeria (relying on its non-interest revenues base) and earnings growth as Access Bank deploys its scalable banking platform effectively.
In addition, Guaranty Trust Bank plc was the only financial institution with N3.35 trillion in total assets, 7.5 per cent increase over N3.12 trillion in 2017.
The apex bank in its fourth quarter economic report of 2018 noted that total assets and liabilities of commercial banks stood at N37.2 trillion as at November 31, 2018, representing 0.4 per cent decrease below the level at end-September 2018.


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Frank Sinatra: Strangers in the Night: Deluxe Edition
By Craig Carson / 15 June 2010
Strangers in the Night: Deluxe Edition
Frank Sinatra's Strangers in the Night won the 1966 Grammy for Record of the Year. Never mind Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, debuts by Love and Frank Zappa, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, or the Beatles' Revolver. Clearly, changes were afoot in popular music and the Chairman of the Board was struggling to remain relevant (as the Grammy awards struggle to do nearly every year). Despite the shifting cultural winds, the title track became the biggest hit of Sinatra's long career. Strangers in the Night: Deluxe Edition ultimately pales in comparison to later career highlights from the 1954-1961 period, but it still stands as one of Sinatra's final victories against the rising youth movement.
The album strikes an uneasy balance between Sinatra fondly looking back to the past and reluctantly engaging the musical climate of the mid-1960s. The album includes several songs from Sinatra's youth: 1928's "My Baby Cares for Me", 1930's "You're Driving Me Crazy", 1925's "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", and 1935's "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World". The singer sounds genuinely engaged in his performance of these songs from yesteryear. All-star arranger Nelson Riddle infuses several of the more contemporary tracks with an affable organ bounce and lively horn charts in an attempt to meld with current sounds. Despite Riddle's best efforts, Sinatra's performance on these tracks, "Call Me", "Downtown", and "On a Clear Day", sound disinterested and comparatively uninspired. On "Downtown", in particular, Sinatra's vocal embellishments at the end of phrases threaten to make a joke of the track. It rapidly becomes apparent that Sinatra is not impressed with contemporary styles. Petula Clark's version of "Downtown" is rightfully more popular.
The title track and "Summer Wind" are easily the best tracks on Strangers in the Night: Deluxe Edition. Sinatra's voice is in fine form and the easy-listening majesty of these songs benefit from the digital remaster of the album. Although the swelling orchestration of the karaoke staple "Strangers in the Night" does not fit with the rest of the album, its impact is undeniable. "Summer Wind" is a better fit for the record, as it employs an appropriately winsome organ that underscores the nostalgic wistfulness of the track.
In addition to the ten original tracks, this edition of the album includes three previously unreleased tracks: live versions of "All or Nothing at All" and "Strangers in the Night" from Budokan Hall in Tokyo during the 1980s, and an alternate take of "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" from the original recording sessions. The live tracks from the '80s are examples of Sinatra's '80s singing style and a mildly interesting detour, but the alternate take of "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" primarily sounds like the original version and therefore does not add much to the collection.
Strangers in the Night: Deluxe Edition may not be the most essential Sinatra album to own, but "Strangers in the Night" still managed to bump the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" from the number one spot on the pop chart in 1966. For Sinatra himself, for the Sinatra fan, and as a pop culture moment in itself, that is certainly worth something.
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Fancy learning about the history of magic, mythology and symbolism? Esoteric lecturer Ken Rees is running two evening classes in London this autumn. The first is called The Magical Consciousness and the second is entitled Fools, Shamans And Magicians: Facilitators of the Cosmos.
According to the course description, these classes cover the traditions of alternative ways of thinking in cultures including Western rationality.
These have been expressed in many forms including Renaissance Hermeticism, the Rosicrucian enlightenment and various angelologies from the Judao-Christian matrix and can be summed up by the term 'the magical consciousness'. They are underpinned in symbolic discourse, mythology, Neo-Platonism and Gnosticism. Alchemy, the Jewish kabbalah and theurgy all share similar philosophies of magic that had innumerable devotees throughout the ages. They never fully died out, only being partially submerged by later scientific thinking.
Increasingly, the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries saw revivals of interest in such traditional thought forms and practices informing esoteric spirituality. This found expression in cultural phenomena including the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Theosophical Society and the O.T.O.
You can learn about the magical conciousness at the six-week course on Tuesdays evenings from 8pm to 10pm, starting on 18 September and running until 23 October. Fees are £47, or £16 for concessions. If you want to enrol, The Magical Consciousness is course No: 440 at The Mary Ward Centre, Queen Square, London WC1N 3AQ. For more details, call 020 8671 6372, e-mail: kenrees@talktalk.net or visit www.marywardcentre.ac.uk. For enrolment, call 020 7269 6000/6005.
The Fool, Shaman and Magician all carry archetypal imagery and are abiding figures across time and cultures. This course explores all three as agents of cosmic and human integration via their healing, initiatory and teaching roles.
Classes examine the role of the fool, the jester and the trickster in mythology, literature and society to illustrate what lessons this complex figure may have to teach us today - for his/her higher wisdom, expressed both in tragic and comedic aspects, finds a resonance in everyday life and in our own personalities.
In turn, the course clarifies the meaning of the terms `shaman' and `shamanism', recognising the cross-cultural breadth and historical depth of this phenomenon. The shaman's role is distinguished from other inspirational specialists. Contemporary expressions of revived shamanism will be identified and the value of a shamanic perspective for personal development will be appraised.
Finally, the place of the magician both past and present will be considered – as a manipulator of hidden realities, a practitioner of esoteric skills and aspirer towards a higher self. The continuing role of magic in today's world will be evaluated, giving examples of key figures and significant orders in the field, including John Dee, Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune and post-modern chaos magic.
There is an `elective affinity' between these three character-types. They are the leading players around which our inner cosmos and wider universe revolves, moving the energies of both inner and outer worlds.
The Fool, Shaman and Magician is a six-week course on Tuesdays evenings from 8pm to 10pm, starting on 30 October and running to 4 December. Fees are £47, or £16 for concessions. If you want to enrol, it is course no 441 at The Mary Ward Centre, Queen Square, London WC1N 3AQ. For more details, call 020 8671 6372, e-mail: kenrees@talktalk.net or visit www.marywardcentre.ac.uk. For enrolment, call 020 7269 6000/6005.


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B.A., (Honors), Media Communications and Print Journalism, University of Westminster, London
M.A., Energy Policy and International Economics, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
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Ana Heeren is a Senior Managing Director in the Public Affairs practice within the Strategic Communications segment at FTI Consulting. She is based in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Heeren leads FTI Consulting's Latin America and Caribbean offering within Strategic Communications and brings deep experience and a global perspective to the practice. She has developed comprehensive external and internal communication plans, public relations strategies and stakeholder engagements in places such as Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, the UK and the US.
Most recently, Ms. Heeren provided communications counsel to the Government of Mexico as it renegotiated the modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement. She has also provided public affairs and media relations support to the pharmaceutical industry as it navigated intellectual property concerns in Latin America and to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority as it renegotiated its debt with creditors and worked to transform its infrastructure.
In 2018, Ms. Heeren was named to M&A Advisor's Annual Emerging Leaders list, which recognizes and celebrates the achievements of M&A, Financing and Turnaround professionals who have made notable contributions to their industry and community.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Heeren was a principal at PA Consulting Group's Global Energy practice. While there, she executed diverse management consulting projects, ranging from crafting communications strategies to executing re-organization and process improvement projects to developing highly technical electric utility reliability enhancement plans.
Ms. Heeren has worked with a broad spectrum of clients, including oil and gas majors, electric utilities, regulators, chemical and agricultural companies, pension funds and private equity firms. She has also worked at Bain & Company in Rome as part of its merger and acquisition due diligence team, and at Llorente & Cuenca in Madrid where she helped clients deal with complex public relations issues and fulfill corporate strategies through public and media relations.
Ms. Heeren holds a B.A. from the University of Westminster in London and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. A proud Brazilian native, Ms. Heeren is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English and proficient in Italian.


"When my principal asked me to lead a team of social studies teachers at my school, I hesitated. It's not my natural instinct to be in charge. Although I started teaching at age 15 at a local day care center, I'm only in my fourth year at Middle School 354, the School of Integrated Learning, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Who am I to tell another teacher with 10 or 20 years experience what to do? I'm keenly aware that my principal is taking a chance on my leadership and presenting me with an opportunity..." Read the full post from Edutopia.


'Absolutely extraordinary' film a festival hit.
The Bagpipe Maker's Baby – Dead Bod Films.
Hull-based Dead Bod Films' The Bagpipe Maker's Baby has won Best Short Film at the Welsh SeeMor Film Festival.
Starring East Yorkshire actors, Richard Avery, Annie Kirkman and Gordon Meredith, the 30-minute short was directed by Chris Hopkin and written and produced by Julian Woodford.
Backed by Film Hub Wales and BFI Audience Network, among others, the annual SeeMor Film Festival is held over two days in Holyhead, Anglesey, and attracts hundreds of UK and international entrants. Crowdfunded The Bagpipe Maker's Baby was selected as one of three finalists in the Fiction category, which included the fully financed French production The Horizon Line by Paris-based Topshot Films.
Dead Bod Films is part of Humber Film Community and based on the 3rd Floor above Kardomah 94 in central Hull.
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"Me Voy Enamorando" (English: I'm Falling in Love), is a song performed by Venezuelan duo Chino & Nacho for their studio album Radio Universo (2015). A remix featuring the vocals of Farruko was released on March 10, 2015 by Machete Music and serves as the third single from the album. A music video, directed by Nuno Gómez, was filmed for the remix version in a neighborhood in Venezuela.

In 2018, Esteban from Kids United made a cover of this song.

Critical reception
In their list of the 25 best songs of 2015, Billboard writers placed "Me Voy Enamorando" at number 17, writing "[T]his song was a smash. What got to us was the mix of tropical and pop, not to mention romance and dance. The duo's tale of budding romance struck a universal chord, and bringing rapper Farruko in as a guest gave it just the right touch of edge."

Music video
A music video for the song was filmed in a "low-income neighborhood" in Venezuela and directed by Nuno Gómez. The duo decided to use a neighborhood in Venezuela as the filming location in order to give a glimpse of its beauty to the viewers. Talking about the set, Nacho described it as emotional and added that "Everyone is connecting with the story". During an interview Gómez said that the video contained two months of production. He added that the team working behind it had the goal to eschew the format characteristic of the musical genre the duo performed which according to him included "performance, women and yachts". With that being said, the team searched for a concept which would make viewers connect with it.

The story of the video follows two teenagers falling in love with each other - they are a girl undergoing cancer treatment and a boy who wants to show his love and does various things such as shaving his head. Leila Cobo of Billboard magazine described the clip as "uplifting and infectious". The video was released to the group's official Vevo account on May 7, 2015. As of July  2021, it has been viewed more than 1 billion times. The video was nominated in the category for Best Video at the 2016 Heat Latin Music Awards.

Track listing
 Me Voy Enamorando (Remix) [feat. Farruko] - 3:35

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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2015 singles
Spanish-language songs
Machete Music singles
Chino & Nacho songs
2015 songs
Farruko songs

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Conwy County Borough () is a county borough in Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south, and Denbighshire to the east. Other settlements in the county borough include Abergele, Betws-y-Coed, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanfairfechan, Llanrwst, and Penmaenmawr.

Geography
The River Conwy, after which the county borough is named, lies wholly within the area: rising in Snowdonia and flowing through Llanrwst and Trefriw en route to the Irish Sea by Conwy. The river here marks the border between the historic counties of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire.

One third of the land area of the county borough lies in the Snowdonia National Park, and the council appoint three of the 18 members of the Snowdonia National Park Authority. Its total area is , making it slightly larger than Hong Kong. The eastern part includes the larger section of Denbigh Moors.

The vast majority of the population live on the coast; the only settlement of any size inland is Llanrwst.

Welsh language
According to the 2001 census 39.7% of the population of the county borough have "one or more skills" in Welsh, which ranks it 5th out of 22 principal areas in Wales.

The amount of Welsh spoken in the county borough greatly varies from location to location, with generally the least being spoken on the coastal fringe.

Examples of the percentage of people age 3+ speaking Welsh by electoral ward, as of the 2011 census :

Government

The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996 by merging the districts of Aberconwy and Colwyn when it was originally named Aberconwy and Colwyn. However, its council renamed the district a day later, on 2 April 1996 to Conwy.

Politics
Conwy is represented in the UK Parliament by Conservative Party politicians Robin Millar and David Jones, though David Jones' Clwyd West constituency also covers part of southern Denbighshire. In the Senedd, it is represented by Conservative Party politicians Janet Finch-Saunders and Darren Millar.

Coat of arms

Conwy County Borough Council was granted a coat of arms by the College of Arms in 2001. The new arms recall those of both Aberconwy and Colwyn Borough Councils. The main part of the shield depicts blue and silver waves for the river from which the county borough takes its name, and also recalls the gold and blue wavy field of Colwyn's arms. On top of the waves is placed a symbolic red tower, representing Conwy Castle. The chief or upper third of the shield is coloured green, the main colour in Aberconwy's arms. In the centre of the chief is a severed head from the heraldry of Marchudd ap Cynan, Lord of Abergele and Rhos. On either side are two black spears embrued, or having drops of blood on their points. These come from the reputed arms of Nefydd Hardd, associated with the Nant Conwy area. In front of each spear is a golden garb or wheatsheaf, for the rural areas of the county borough.

Above the shield, placed on the steel helm usual to British civic arms, is the crest. This takes the form of the Welsh red dragon supporting a Bible, rising from a wreath of oak leaves and acorns. The representation of the Bible is to commemorate the fact that the first Welsh language translation of the book originated in the area, while the oak circlet recalls that an oak tree formed the main charge in the arms of Colwyn Borough Council, and its predecessor the municipal borough of Colwyn Bay.

The motto adopted is "Tegwch i Bawb", meaning "Fairness to All".

See also
List of places in Conwy County Borough for a list of towns and villages
List of churches in Conwy
List of schools in Conwy

References

External links

Principal areas of Wales
County boroughs of Wales


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Q: UIButton setEnabled not working In viewDidLoad I check if two UITextFields have a valid input (text length > 0) and then I set the enabled property of an UIButton. Using the debugger I figured out that
self.loginButton.enabled = YES;

is executed, but when I print the boolean value with
print self.loginButton.enabled

I get NO before (which is okay) but also NO after the statement is executed. I also checked multiple times if the UIButton property of self is connected to the UIButton in my storyboard with an IBOutlet and that is the case. I can also print the text of the titleLabel with the console. When I tap one of the UITextFields and change the text
- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string

is being called and there I will check the text again. Here
self.loginButton.enabled = YES;

seems to work normally. With iOS 5 I don't have any problems, but I didn't found any relevant changes for iOS 6 in the documentation for this problem.
Any ideas?
Edit: The issue is something different. I also have a UITableView in that UIViewController and the tableView is bigger then expected (bigger then set in the Storyboard) at that point (until know I don't know why) and seems to override the UIButton. Changing the frame of the UIButton or UITableView before executing
self.loginButton.enabled = YES;

works. There might be a delay when setting the enabled property, because printing the boolean value of still returns NO.
NSLog(@"%i",self.loginButton.isEnabled);
self.loginButton.enabled = YES;
NSLog(@"%i",self.loginButton.isEnabled);

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A: Are you doing self.loginButton.enabled = YES; in initWithNibName:? Probably, self.loginButton isn't initialized from the xib when you do this, which would explain why it works in shouldChangeCharactersInRange. Try printing self.loginButton to see if that's the case.

A: The problem is that the UITableView is being resized from the initial size declared in the storyboard, because of autoresizing and then it covers the UIButton area. And a button hit was interpreted as interaction with the UITableView. Changing the UIButton frame, the UITableView frame or the autoresizing settings solves the problem.

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The site grows bigger every year and there is so much to see in the 2 days we are open as will as a good few workshops running this year. You can try your hand at saddlestitching leather or willow weaving as a couple of examples. The full timetable can be found here.
I thought I'd introduce you to some of my favourite makers on site who will be open this weekend.
Bertram is a furniture maker with an eye for detail and a passion for making. He creates beautiful desks, cabinets and seating that are a pleasure to behold, touch and use. Bertram's work as a furniture maker is a testament to the handmade, the sustainable and the enduring. His work 'wears in'.
In 2010 he completed his tuition under respected maker John Lloyd in Sussex. Here he learnt the traditional methods of cabinetmaking. In 2012 he appeared on the BBC show Handmade Revolution and was named judges' favourite. Consequently, his Bonheur du Jour (pictured) was on show at the Victoria & Albert museum in London.
Hetty graduated from the London College of Fashion with a degree in Footwear Design & Development (Cordwainers) and worked in London and Italy for handmade shoe companies.
After being selected to exhibit at London Fashion Week in her first season Hetty has gone on to feature in many publications including Vogue, Elle & on television.
Hetty hand makes each pair of bespoke shoes in her studio, but also offers 1-2-1 and group shoe making classes.
Jane is a ceramicist whose work is about finding beauty in the ordinary, the way a material has weathered, the juxtaposition of surfaces, the formal relationship between objects.
She takes an experimental approach to ceramic processes and materials to reflect the forms, colours and textures she finds in these places. Her work captures the unexpected, quiet beauty of neglected environments and found objects.
"Hats by Agnieszka" is the brand name created by milliner Agnieszka Stanczyk, who developed her lifelong passion for hat-making through experimentation and formal training from Rose Cory, the Queen Mother's milliner.
Agnieska creates occasional, bespoke fascinators, cocktail pieces and casual hats made with attention to detail often inspired by retro glamour. Above all, her style has a distinctly fresh and contemporary quality.
We hope you will be able to make it down and see all the amazing work at the studios. Despite being so big, it is still relatively unknown. It would be great to get it out there a bit more.


Although technology is changing rapidly, radio is the foremost way of marketing music today. As music streaming takes hold, the definition of "radio" will change. No matter how you slice it, radio is THE most important piece of your marketing plan for music. Everyone wants to be on the radio. So, how do you do it? In this article, I'm going to reveal to you the "how to" and the hard-knock-truth. I'm assuming that you have a commercially viable recording to market to radio.
First of all, realize that radio exists to sell advertising, NOT play your music. If playing Beach Boys 24/7 gets them listeners, they will do it. Music Discovery is a different goal, which many radio stations are not interested in. In radio speak, radio music directors are interested in "playing the hits" which is code for "playing familiar/older music from huge established artists." Just being real.
Become familiar with radio formats. Most musicians are unaware of the types of radio formats. You must know these. Also, these formats usually directly correspond with Billboard charts, which as a musician you want to be on. Check the Billboard website and know what format/chart you want to target.
CHR – Contemporary Hit Radio. Plays a wide variety of formats from hip hop to rock.
AC – Adult Contemporary. The "lightest" format, that plays everything from Barry Manilow to light Katy Perry. Of course, certain stations are more "current" but the sound is the same. This format has a lot of weight for radio, as its listeners are older and have more money to spend, which advertisers like.
HOT AC – Hotter Adult Contemporary. This format has a little more "spice" to it, possibly more beat oriented, but still quite light and similar to Adult Contemporary.
RHY – Rhythmic. This is usually hip hop, R&B, and urban.
ROCK – Straight up good time rock and roll.
There are even more formats – just do your research.
Realize that only certain stations are "reporting" stations, meaning that their playlists are reported to Billboard. Major labels have figured out what stations tend to play their music, and they've worked over the years with Billboard to make sure those stations are the ones that report to Billboard. (In politics they call this "Gerrymandering".) Reporting to Billboard for a station is a big deal because it gives a sense of prestige and allows the station to gain more advertisers, and the major labels will give these stations more access to their events. "Non-reporting" stations are all the other radio stations in the universe. Non-reporting stations tend to be in less-populous areas but the sum of all their listeners can be considerable. Some believe that taking your music to non-reporting stations first can be a good strategy because you can gauge listener reactions to your music, and build your audience.
Become familiar with the stations that you want to be on. Have you ever listened to the station(s) that you would like to be played on? Like REALLY listened? Then you better write songs like those stations play. Don't just think, "Oh, here's my latest track, I'll pitch it." Make sure that it's a song that they'd like to play, meaning similar to what they're playing now. Also, you may even want to hire a producer of a song that they are already playing, to produce your song. You would be amazed how much a producer who already has a hit can sway a decision just on their name being on the credits.
Make sure your songwriting is top notch. Big hooks (choruses) are key for radio friendly songs. Write songs with songwriters who have already been played on the radio. They are doing something right. Great songwriting (and art in general) comes from mentorship. Almost all great songwriters start out by co-writing with others.Also create lyrical themes that are uplifting or are from stories in everyday life. This is why artists like Taylor Swift get played. She says things that people want to say, but they don't know how to say them. (Analogy taken from Paul Baloche.) She does it for them, like a greeting card. Another strategy is to just be straight up gimmicky (aka "Who Let the Dogs Out" or "Christmas Shoes"), although your fellow artists might not respect you.
Tighten up your arrangement. Radio wants you to get that to that hook – and fast. They want a simple intro that is about 10-15 second long, which gives them room to talk over the intro. After that, your goal is to get to the hook as fast as possible. Usually a song will have a verse, but you want to get to the hook in no more that 50 seconds. Optimally, you should get to the chorus in about 35 seconds. If you can't do that, then a simple trick is to just go ahead and play the hook up front, right after the intro, then go into a verse. There are several other tricks you can use like a "half chorus" up front, and then go into your verse, then a full chorus. But on the converse, don't repeat the chorus needlessly. Listen to the songs that you love and analyze what makes them so listenable.
Make the song no longer than 4 minutes. Yes, I said it. A song that is 5 minutes long will not get played on the radio – period. Get over it. Optimal length is 3:30-4:00. One trick is to also make an even shorter song, like 2:30 as some radio stations have weird timeslots where they have to fit content. So, if they have a short slot, they might use a super short song.
Different radio formats may favor male vocalists or female vocalists. Adult Contemporary favors male vocalists. Jazz and trip hop favors females. Be aware of the format, and how your own artistry fits into it.
Hire a reputable and PROVEN radio promoter. Do not go to stations directly or get your fans to request your song. WHAT?!!! You're saying don't have my fans call in? RIGHT. Do not do that. Music Directors know when they are being targeted by a flash mob. You want to present your music professionally, so you need to hire someone who can walk your stuff in the door and get it listened to. Research what radio promoters are getting songs on the radio in your target format. It is generally considered poor form for an artist to go directly to a Music Director at a station. Internet radio is the only exception as their playlists are often curated by a single person.
Realize that the big three major labels (Sony, Universal, Time Warner in particular) have been courting radio for 50+ years. They have DEEP relationships with stations and networks that you will never have. As a result, there is a "major label stack" and the "everybody else" stack. Since you will most likely be in the "everybody else" stack, do all of the steps above, and particularly make sure that your radio promoter has the influential relationships at the stations that you want to be on. If you don't know this information, you are not ready to bring songs to radio.
SIDE NOTE: There is a lot of speculation on the "pay to play" scheme that has plagued radio from its inception. The FCC has rules about it. Labels cannot pay stations to have their songs played. (But there's also "no steroids in baseball" either as Sony had to pay a settle a lawsuit for this practice.) The way some labels get around this is to pay for "fly ins" – all expense paid trips for radio staff to meet artists and see them showcase. These are exclusive events that labels spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on each year to get radio staff's attention. If you run an indie label or are an indie artist, realize that this marketing technique may be your most formidable challenge. Do you have the dollars to compete against the major label fly-ins? A low-budget way of starting out and competing against it is to simply have your radio promoter call the station and you take the Music Director or other staff out to lunch, or bring in breakfast for them.
If you do get played, send a short, personalized "Thank You" card to the Music Director at the station. Work with your radio promoter on this. Station staff likes to get to know artists that they play. If they get a card with your autograph on it, along with a personalized note, it will go a long way to show that you care, and increase your chances to get played the next time you have a new song.
Realize that how songs get played on the radio is not just about "the best song." It's about the whole package. Are you on a major label or are you an indie or on an indie label? Do you have a great song that is undeniable? Who produced the song? Does it have a huge hook? Is it a gimmick song? Is it short and to the point? Who is your radio promoter? Do they have the relationships to get your song played?
In a future article, we'll explore the new and emerging world of streaming and how it could be an alternative launching point for your music.


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Meet The Women Of The Blockchain: "Be confident" With Anna Aubuchon, Director of Business Operations at Civic
Be confident. As a female in a male-dominated industry, being confident is huge. What you portray is what you lead people to believe. How…
Tyler Gallagher, CEO and Founder of Regal Assets
Be confident. As a female in a male-dominated industry, being confident is huge. What you portray is what you lead people to believe. How you carry yourself impacts how people perceive you. If you're confident, people will take you much more seriously. It isn't always easy, but I have learned to articulate my thoughts and ask the tough questions, especially in a field like blockchain. If it doesn't make sense to you, chance are that it doesn't' make sense to other people either.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Anna Aubuchon, Director of Business Operations at Civic. Anna was a fast-rising high performer at a media and financial data corporation, building and managing a global team early in her career. She took a leap of faith and moved from an established and successful career to join a startup as employee number 28. There, Anna juggled being a new mom and learning a young and budding industry with low female representation.
Thank you so much for doing this with us! What is your "backstory"?
My blockchain "backstory"started when I led commercial operations at Gyft, one of the first digital gift card platform to accept Bitcoin. Coming from a traditional financial services background, managing operations for a startup, much less a blockchain startup, was not on my five-year plan. But Gyft allowed me to experience Bitcoin transactions first-hand and learn more about blockchain technology. That opportunity opened my eyes to blockchain's potential and how it could change the world.
I'm passionate about the social impact of blockchain applications and how this revolutionary technology creates opportunities for people to engage in the world, from accessing online banking services to reducing fees for international money transfers. As an immigrant, born and raised in Hong Kong, I see how blockchain can impact people like myself by breaking down barriers to create a truly more accessible, more global, and more secure economy.
Now, I'm the Director of Business Operations at Civic, a digital identity company that is spearheading the development of Identity.com, an identity verification ecosystem. I'm grateful to be part of a company leveraging blockchain to make a difference and to build a more inclusive world. My primary focus at Civic is designing and creating an internal infrastructure that is built to scale, so that we can bring secure, trusted digital identity to more people around the world.
Can you tell me about the most interesting projects you are working on now?
The core of Civic's business is reusable identity verification. "Identity verification" may not be a term that you use on a daily basis, but how you prove who you are is fundamental to engaging in the world like anytime you login into a website or use a credit card. Over the past year, we've partnered with over 100 companies on various identity verification projects, from Anheuser-Busch InBev and the world's first crypto beer vending machine to wikiHow with completely passwordless login.
Amidst this growth, I'm the one responsible for putting definition around a new type of business model and defining process for a company that is still very young. Similar to many startups, it's critical to our long-term success that we're able to scale and gain mainstream adoption, so it's essential that we continue to iterate and refine our onboarding process to ensure minimal friction for new partners and users.
None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?
Vinny Lingham, Civic's CEO and Co-Founder, has been incredibly impactful during my professional journey. I first worked with Vinny at Gyft, where I was the Commercial Operations Manager. Vinny was incredibly pivotal in helping me transition from a career in traditional financial services to a career in emerging technology.
Vinny is a person who leads by example. He's open-minded and challenges those around him to think outside the box, and he's always looking to opportunities to grow and improve. More importantly, he empowers those around him and lets them chase their full potential.
What are the 5 things that most excite you about blockchain and crypto? Why?
Potential for social impact. The more I learn about blockchain, the more I understand the potential to solve really critical issues in our society, like identity verification. Civic is the perfect example with a solution for reusable identity verification that helps people control and protect their personal information. Identity verification goes beyond issues like fraud or identity theft. Accessible identity verification is a tool for the over one billion people who don't have access to basic identification documents.
Lower barriers for economic entry. This goes hand-in-hand with social impact. As someone who immigrated to America, I see the challenges of proving who you are first-hand. When I moved to America, I could not carry over any previous credit history to the American system, and I couldn't even get enough credit to purchase a ticket to visit my family in Hong Kong. Blockchain has the potential to break down these barriers and help connect people across the globe.
The opportunity to set an example. Particularly regarding my work at Civic, I'm excited about the opportunity to be a leader in the blockchain space. The industry is currently inundated with negative media and skepticism, but that gives Civic the opportunity to redirect and reshape that conversation to show how blockchain can be used for good and can positively impact our day-to-day lives.
What are the 5 things worry you about blockchain and crypto? Why?
The negative reputation. There has been a lot of negatives news around failing cryptocurrencies, fraudulent ICOs, and scams. I worry that it hinders people's actual understanding of blockchain. I worry people will focus on certain failures and make generalization about the industry, and the potential blockchain has to solve critical issues will get lost in the conversation.
The lack of understanding. Blockchain is simply an agnostic technology, like the Internet. There are good use cases and bad use cases, but unless people understand the unique characteristics and unique benefits, there will be a lack of adoption. With blockchain, there is this notion that is so difficult to understand. I worry that prevents people, especially women, from getting involved in a cutting edge industry where there is a lot of opportunity for growth.
The lack of women in the industry. The tech industry is known for its 'bro' culture, but blockchain has another level of exclusivity, where people are afraid to even broach the subject. Outside of Civic, the number of females that I have worked with is so limited, and I worry that women will be less inclined to pursue blockchain opportunities because of the intimidation factor or a lack of understanding.
The consequences of bad actors: There are a lot of fraudulent token sales and scams that exist within the industry right now, and I worry that people who get into the game and invest without truly understanding the risks could suffer.
How have you used your success to bring goodness to the world? Can you share a story?
As a manager, one of my goals is to help people I work with see beyond their roles. I want to make sure that people, especially women, have autonomy and exposure that enables them to grow, personally and professionally. I try to lead by example and break down gender barriers and perceived glass ceilings.
During my early days at Gyft, I noticed that one of colleagues was struggling to grow her team as our business scaled dramatically. I wanted to help her solve the issue and lend my voice, platform, and business acumen. Together, we were able to present a forecasting model and business case and grew her team 3x within a short period of time and pulled multiple levers to improve operations.
It might be cliche, but a rising tide lifts all boats. I'm grateful for the opportunities and help that other people have given me. I never take my success for granted and make an effort to help others along the way and empower people to do their best.
What 3 things would you advise to someone who wanted to emulate your career? Can you share an example for each idea?
Build relationships. As a working mom, my career is much more than a 9 to 5 job. Take time to build relationships at work, for both your professional and personal sake. You should enjoy where you work, and you should foster that in people you work with too.
Take a leap. If you don't like where you are, take a chance. When I accepted the job at Gyft, I was intimidated by the newness. I left financial services to pursue some completely different, and it was scary. Yet, it helped me learn and opened my eyes to new experiences and new opportunities.The satisfaction of that decision is so much more than I can put into words. If you're thinking about a big decision, don't be afraid to take a chance. Be smart. Weight your pros and cons. But don't let fear stop you.
Some of the biggest names in Business, VC funding, Sports, and Entertainment read this column. Is there a person in the world, or in the US whom you would love to have a private breakfast or lunch with, and why? He or she might just see this 🙂
Sheryl Sandberg. I love her tenacity as a female executive, and I admire her resilience and how she has shared her story with the world. She has been so open about things that are so personal, yet, her vulnerability, sharing those experiences, has so much impact for women around the world who are struggling with the balance between family and work.
Inspiring Women,
Tyler Gallagher is the CEO and Founder of Regal Assets, a "Bitcoin IRA" company. Regal Assets is an international alternative assets firm with offices in the United States, Canada, London and Dubai focused on helping private and institutional wealth procure alternative assets for their investment portfolios. Regal Assets is an Inc. 500 company and has been featured in many publications such as Forbes, Bloomberg, Market Watch and Reuters. With offices in multiple countries, Regal Assets is uniquely positioned as an international leader in the alternative assets industry and was awarded the first ever crypto-commodities license by the DMCC in late 2017. Regal Assets is currently the only firm in the world that holds a license to legally buy and sell cryptos within the Middle East and works closely with the DMCC to help evolve and grow the understanding and application of blockchain technology. In addition to his role with Regal Assets, Tyler is a regular contributor to Forbes, Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. Tyler has also been featured in many news publications and is a proud member of the Forbes Finance Council a private invite only-group of hand-selected industry leaders.
Women Leading The Blockchain Revolution: "Being confident in your own opinions is critical" With Amy Fox and Tyler Gallagher
by Tyler Gallagher
// September 4, 2018
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Conservationist Rachel Carson spent over six years documenting the effects on DDT, a synthetic organic compound used as an insecticide, on numerous communities. Her analysis revealed that such powerful, persistent chemical pesticides have been used without a full understanding of the extent of their potential harm to the whole biota, including the damage they've caused to wildlife, birds, bees, agricultural animals, domestic pets, and even humans. In this book, Carson discusses her findings and expresses passionate concern for the future of the planet and all the life inhabiting it, calling on us all to act responsibly, carefully, and as stewards of the living earth. Additionally, she suggests that all democracies and liberal societies must operate in a way that allows individuals and groups to question what their governments have permitted to be put into the environment. An instant best seller that was read by President Kennedy during the summer of 1962, this classic remains one of the best introductions to the complicated and controversial subject.


My name is Danny Bent and I'm part of a small UK team organising a non-stop running relay from Los Angeles to Boston to raise funds and awareness for The One Fund Boston.
The relay will give runners from all backgrounds the chance to show their solidarity and support for Boston. This epic event starts June 7 2013 arriving in Illinois on June 22 leaving for Indiana on June 23.
We are looking for runners in Illinois NOW - it would be wonderful if you could share our website https://onerunforboston.org.
"3000 MILES, 300 STAGES, 1000 RUNNERS, ONE CAUSE."


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MI: Board committee votes to make Macomb County a sanctuary for Second Amendment
A new Republican majority Macomb County Board of Commissioners narrowly passed a resolution to designate the county as �Constitutional Sanctuary County� that bans any attempt to restrict the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
The largely symbolic measure, introduced by Sterling Heights Republican Commissioner Don VanSyckel, was approved 7-6 along party lines Wednesday by the board�s Government Oversight Committee during a virtual meeting shown over google.meet. It will now go to the 13-member full board, which has the exact same makeup as the committee.
Passage by the GOP-controlled board came after the Democratic majority body in March 2020 tabled a similar measure offered by Commissioner Phil Kraft indefinitely in a 7-5 tally.
IL: General Assembly Adjourns
Yesterday, the General Assembly adjourned from its 2021 legislative session. Thanks to NRA members and other Second Amendment supporters contacting their lawmakers, this was a good session for law-abiding gun owners in Illinois, in that no anti-gun measures are going to the governor�s desk.
Submitter's note: This was cutting it FAR too close and maybe the hand of God helped. Adjournment before one FINAL concurrence vote was all that prevented vastly expanding "red flag" tyranny.
Biden�s ATF Nominee Amplifies Concerns About Stance on Second Amendment
Chipman�s nomination as ATF director raised immediate concerns from Second Amendment advocates, many of whom see it as a slap in the face to the nation�s tens of millions of responsible gun owners.
Chipman�a longtime ATF agent who now is a gun control lobbyist�is well known for advocating severe restrictions on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. He also made headlines last year by brazenly mocking the 8 million Americans who bought firearms for the first time in 2020, implying that they were afraid of zombies and comparing them to �Tiger King.�
Best Seller: CZ-USA Hammer Coach Shotgun
The CZ-USA Hammer Coach side-by-side shotgun was a popular seller last year, at a time when widespread social unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic drove sales of home- and self-defense firearms to record-setting levels. That market is traditionally dominated by semi-automatics or pump-actions, although this gun�s tang-mounted safety, two shotshell capacity and requirement to cock both hammers before delivering a shot may have been irresistible assets to the volume of law-abiding citizens who purchased their first gun in 2020.
UT: Davis County enacts Second Amendment policy
A Second Amendment policy is now in effect in Davis County.
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The Davis County Sheriff�s Office says this policy is intended to reiterate the responsibilities of law enforcement officials and to address concerns about the Second Amendment.
The policy comes in partnership with Davis County Commission and the Davis County Attorney�s Office.
TX: Yes, Gov. Abbott said he plans to sign new gun legislation into law
So, we can VERIFY that while the Governor has not yet signed H.B. 1927 into law, he has publicly announced, he has every intention of doing so.
The law is set to take effect on Sept. 1, 2021. People who still want to get a license to carry, can. It is important to keep in mind, the license is recognized in several other states that require a permit to carry. So, it could come in handy when you travel.
South Africa: No guns for self-defence in South Africa is a bad idea
The news that newly proposed firearms legislation would no longer recognise self-defence as a valid reason to own a firearm, has been met with anger, despair, and disbelief. And not only by those who own a gun.
It boggles the mind that in a country where the state is failing to perform basic functions, such as providing water or removing refuse, it now wants to take away the right of citizens to defend themselves, when the police are often failing in this duty.
GA: Deputies: Bulloch Co. man shows up to house uninvited, shot in self-defense
A Bulloch County man was shot Tuesday after deputies said he showed up to a house uninvited, according to the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said it happened at a house on Mud Road in Brooklet around 5 p.m.
OR: Brown signs omnibus gun control bill into law
Oregon gun owners will have to pay out of pocket to lock their weapons away and come unarmed to protests under a bill signed into law this week.
The omnibus gun control bill combined two bills which set statewide standards for gun storage and allowing local governments to set up "gun-free zones" guns in public places. Gov. Kate Brown signed it into law on Tuesday. It takes effect 90 days after the state legislature is set to adjourn on June 28.
LA: Legislature Passes Constitutional Carry Legislation, Sending it to Governor�s Desk
Yesterday, the Louisiana Legislature gave final approval to Constitutional Carry Legislation, Senate Bill 118. This important self-defense measure now heads to the desk of Governor John Bel Edwards for his signature. Please contact Governor Edwards and ask him to sign Senate Bill 118 into law.
Ed.: The Governor has previously said he would veto this bill, so to get this signed, you really do need to apply polite political pressure to the Governor.
KY: Suspect killed during alleged armed home invasion on South Vine
A man was killed during an alleged armed home invasion early Thursday morning on South Vine Street.
Hopkinsville Police Sgt. Tony Sierra says officers responded to 156 South Vine just after midnight for an unknown problem and made contact with the resident and a witness outside, with the resident saying the man still inside the home had attempted to rob them at gunpoint.
He said the suspect was seriously injured during a struggle that ensued in the attempted robbery and EMS verified he was dead.
IA: Concealed Carry Laws: When and where can I legally carry in the tri-state
Can I legally carry a firearm on my person without a permit?
Am I breaking the law if I carry a concealed handgun into a public place for my own protection?
There are just a few of the questions commonly asked by those researching concealed carry laws.
OR: Oregon bans guns from Capitol, demands safe storage in homes
Legislators have brought guns into the Oregon State Capitol for personal protection. Protesters have carried semi-automatic rifles onto the grounds and into the building.
Later this year, doing so will be outlawed under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Kate Brown that was earlier passed by the Legislature, with Democrats in favor and minority Republicans opposed. The new law also mandates the safe storage of guns.
�Today, I am signing SB 554 with the hope that we can take another step forward to help spare more Oregon families from the grief of losing a loved one to gun violence,� Brown said on Twitter.
UT: The Salt Lake City Pink Pistols: Building Public Defense
In 2018, Fanaeian was working as a gun-violence prevention activist with March for Our Lives, whose Utah chapter she co-founded. �Spending time in that movement, I realized that our community�the trans community especially�was experiencing this ever-growing violence against us,� says Fanaeian. �It was important for me to start focusing my work on actually preventing that violence and defending ourselves against [it].� This is precisely what led Fanaeian to start the first Utah chapter for the Pink Pistols, a national organization created over 20 years ago that now has over 45 chapters across the country.
TX: The simplemindedness of HB 1927
The Texas GOP majority take great pleasure owning HB 1927, which gives easy access to guns where you can carry without training and without a license.
With gun violence on the rise, this simple-minded way of thinking makes little sense.
FL: Sarasota homeowner shoots, kills man trying to break in: Deputies
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office says a homeowner appears to have shot and killed a man as he tried to break in on Tuesday night.
According to a press release, authorities were called to the home in the 4500 block of 47th Street around 11:17 p.m.
Deputies say the man killed was 29-year-old Aaron Pischer.
TX: �Constitutional carry� comes to Texas. The trend in five charts.
Soon, most Texans will be able to openly carry a handgun in public. No background check or training necessary.
It will be a major expansion in gun rights, one that Texas is uncharacteristically late in arriving at. About 20 other states already have �permitless carry� (also known as �constitutional carry�) laws.
Historian Uncovers The Racist Roots Of The 2nd Amendment
But our guest historian, Carol Anderson, says those groups have been noticeably quiet when police shoot African Americans who are legally carrying firearms and presenting no threat to the officers involved.
In a new book, Anderson argues that sharp racial distinctions in Americans' treatment of gun ownership go back to the founding of the republic. The language of the Second Amendment itself, she writes, was crafted to ensure slave owners could quickly crush any rebellion or resistance from those they'd enslaved. And she says the right to bear arms, presumably guaranteed to all citizens, was repeatedly denied to African Americans with brutal consequences.
WV: Williamson nurse who made headlines helping COVID patients is found not guilty in shooting
A Williamson nurse who made headlines after she traveled to New York to help treat COVID-19 patients was found not guilty in connection with a shooting.
The Mingo County Circuit Clerk�s Office said Amy Jolene Thorn, also known as Amy Jolene Ford, was found not guilty May 13 of a malicious assault charge.
A criminal complaint filed in Mingo County Magistrate Court said Thorn shot another woman on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, near the 800 block of Vinson Street in Williamson.
CA: LA Sheriff Promises to Expand Concealed Weapons Permits Amid Spike in Violent Crime
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has said that his department plans to expand concealed weapons permits, citing a surge in violent crime in the area.
The sheriff in a video on Wednesday promised to lower the �good cause� standard required to obtain a carry permit. He added, however, that he doesn�t intend make the area a �shall issue� region.
In explaining his plans, Villanueva said that last month, Los Angeles county saw a 95 percent rise in murders, a 7 percent jump in rape cases, an increase of 13 percent in aggravated assaults, a 22 percent increase in arson incidents, and a 40 percent uptick in grand theft auto compared to May last year.
CA: California city declares itself a 2nd Amendment Freedom City
San Clemente City Council members declared the city�s support for people�s right to bear arms, but stopped short of labeling the town a �sanctuary city� for the Second Amendment.
For a fourth time in two months, City Councilman Gene James brought a resolution up for the council�s consideration to make San Clemente a Second Amendment sanctuary city, joining the city of Needles which was the first in California to do so early last year. He delayed previous votes for various reasons.
TX: Governor Abbott Plans to Sign Gun Rights Bills
Texas gun rights laws are headed to the governor�s desk. Governor Greg Abbott vowed to protect the states second amendment rights by signing three bills into law.
Abbott says that Texas is finally making sure citizens have the constitutional right to carry a gun as he vows to protect Texans right to bear arms. The governor promised to sign into law the Constitutional Carry bill, the Suppressor bill, and the 2nd Amendment Sanctuary State bill.
"And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling in terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand? [...] The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt!" �Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago (Chapter 1 "Arrest")


Over a decade ago a group of Italian tourists from the Veneto quickly stopped at one of Cinigiano's two small bars to ask for directions to famous Montalcino.
They left three days later.
The historic center of my Tuscan town may not be much of a sight, but the village bars have a certain reputation. In fact the aforementioned group has been coming back every year. And rumors have it that they still haven't gotten around to make the drive to Brunello town.
A stroll through Cinigiano's tiny town center will make it obvious - the views towards Mount Amiata and over the Maremma countryside are the main attraction. For more of them hop into your car and drive to one of the hamlets and villages which belong to Cinigiano's territory.
Medieval looking Monticello Amiata is up on 734 meters and with that perfect for a cool breeze on a hot summer day (and for freezing winds in the winter). Porrona is a medieval castle which has been turned into a hotel (which is never open), but the few locals manage to keep the place in great shape.
Castiglioncello Bandini's castle is no beauty but the views from the tiny town make more than up for it. Have a drink at the Circolo, the little bar at the bottom end of the hamlet, and watch the isles of Montecristo and Corsica raise out of the Mediterranean sea at sunset.
If you head into the opposite direction (towards the coast from Cinigiano) Poggi del Sasso hosts a famous classical music festival and offers great views over the hills of Val d'Orcia towards mount Amiata.
Hiking and biking are your best alternatives in Cinigiano, if aperititvo isn't the first word that comes to mind when booking your holiday (or at least not aperitif before 11 am). Quiet roads, off-the-beaten path villages and countless countryside walks with fabulous views are the main reason why I live here. You're likely to come across sign posts for hiking trails, which can't be found again once you actually start looking for them. And don't plan to ask a fellow tourist. There are none. You're better off with a paper map, the locals' advice and the GPS on your phone (checking my position with the satellite view on Google maps has always gotten me back home so far).
Tuesday morning is the weekly market day with good fresh vegetable a fish vendor and a few other stalls. It's when everybody is in town and the bars will be jammed with card playing pensioners.
Still don't have one? It's time to get the hang of it at the local tattoo studio. The Cinigiano born tattoo artist has worked in Australia and all over Italy before he decided to set up shop back home. Which makes of Cinigiano the first quaint Tuscan hilltop village with two busy bars and a tattoo shop. It's as crazy as I like it.
In spring and autumn it is possible to canoe on the Ombrone river all the way to the sea (the river enters the Mediterranean in the gorgeous Maremma nature reserve). Not that I ever met anybody who's done this but I hope to live to tell the tale. Or just follow the signs from Sasso d'Ombrone (another village belonging to Cinigiano's extensive territory) for a river side picnic with some fishing.
Last but not least - paragliding. The bold can fly off from the top of Mount Aquilaia so as to get a bird's eye view of that Tuscan town of mine. But please refrain from landing in our olive grove.
Cinigiano is home to the Sangiovese based Montecucco DOCG wines. Check out the organically run Basile winery (read my interview with the owner here) for the best wine tasting in the area with some of the most amazing views over Maremma and Val d'Orcia.
The Basile vineyard is also the starting point for one of my favorite round walks, which will take you down into the valley to aforementioned Porrona. Take an appointment for a winery visit beforehand, to make sure the Basile family will have to pick you up if you're lost or just too lazy to walk all the way up again.
If orienteering isn't your thing, join Cinigiano's yearly trekking on the first Sunday of May. The guided hike leads through a different part of the territory every year and - no need to say - includes plenty of food and wine.
Classical music lovers should time their visit for the three concert cycles of the Amiata Piano Festival between June and September. The Dyonisos cycle uses the contemporary wine cellar of the ColleMassari winery as a stage, which in itself is worth a visit.
October is party time with the Festa dell'Uva, the local wine harvest festival in downtown Cinigiano on the first weekend of the month and the chestnut festival in Monticello Amiata on the second weekend of the month.
In autumn also visit a frantoio (olive press) for a taste of the freshly pressed extra virgin olive oil.
My favorite event of the year happens in February. If you fancy eating outside on a cold winter night, check out Cinigiano's Notte dei Rivolti.
Restaurant Rintocco on Cinigiano's town square has tables outside in the summer. Make a reservation (+39 0564 994120) and during high season arrive early to avoid long waits (Rintocco's pizza is one of the best in the area). Good ice cream can be had in the gelateria in the same square from Easter to autumn.
During summer join one of the frequent neighborhood dinners (ask for details at the tourist office next to bar Sport).
Also, when stocking up at the forno (the local bakery) buy a couple of biscotti salati. Nowhere do they taste so good as in Cinigiano (my mother-in-law recommends baking them a second time in the oven to enjoy them extra crunchy).
There's a wide selection of agriturismi with holiday apartments spread through the countryside (Il Poderino is a good option with pool for families with kids), whereas Monticello Amiata's Lucherino campsite is a great location for shoe-string travelers, who want to pitch their tent in the midst of a great panorama. Also near Monticello is spacious Villa Le Pianore, which is perfect for bigger groups, seminars or celebrations.
The rich and beautiful may also want to check out Castello Vicarello. The castle has been painstakingly restored into an exclusive boutique hotel with spa. Ambiance is Tuscan with Indonesian furniture, prices are over the roof and the owners aren't the friendliest people around (I hope you got the message).
A final warning for your holiday in my Tuscan village: don't ever think of going Dutch when drinking in Cinigiano. Never! People pay for rounds in this town, and anybody who doesn't pick up on the local custom will be supplied with directions to Montalcino very quickly.


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Eduard Moreno
Bogotá, Colombia, 1975
Lives and works in Bogotá
Eduard Moreno studied Arts at the National University of Colombia and currently lives in Bogotá.
In his projects he tries to organize a body of occupation and exercise that accounts for formal and conceptual concerns, tending to feel or disagree with the systems and cultural relationships that have been given as strata, habits, or customizations, "baroque or variegated records that line our room as ethos or lives particular of our being Latin American today". To do so, the artist rehearses visual operations, allegorical or poetic images, corporealities in becoming or resistance, which add other forms of affection and relationship.
For this reason, the use of the concept of the archive is constant in his work, revealing in his genealogical and aporetic frames certain marks of the human drama which in their projections of force, morale, memory, iteration, subjectivation, territorialization or immunity, they also allow a glimpse of transferences and unconscious affects of their constitution: the split, the interior or desolate emptiness, the desolation of our subjective modernity, the fracture and conflict of our human dignity, melancholy or the duel.
In his most recent projects, these constant vigils or revelations have come increasing its power, betting on a complex organization, discovering the need to link with the places of care and otherness, and finding in the occupation of public and institutional spaces, an advance of the plastic operation as mediation and pedagogy conducive to applying emancipatory or rebellious wills. This way, the archive and its record, engaged in the bodies themselves, as flows and affects, organizes a biological thinking and feeling that demands a new rigor and encouragement in the understanding and praxis of sensible exercise.
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For over two centuries, a hallowed temple of Milanese music and opera. Designed by Giuseppe Piermarini and inaugurated in 1778, Teatro alla Scala was totally refurbished in the early 2000s (2002-2004) under the supervision of the renowned architect, Mario Botta. Today the theatre is recognized as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world and offers seasonal events including choral and orchestral works. Out-of-season events are also often organized by private institutions and foundations.


"Very nice painting. Love the light on the snow and all the texture."
"I do understand Gary :) and i feel like i learn something every time i pick up my brush. I just love it"
"Thank-you Wendy. I have my easy days and not so easy days. At the moment alot of things seem to be falling into place and the more I paint the more understandable. In some way easier but one reaches for higher goals, so really, as far as I'm…"
"and a very Merry Christmas too you Gary! i love this painting :) you have such a great style. i dont know if it is easy for you, but you make it look easy!"
"Merry Christmas to you, as well, Gary. What a beautiful way to send the message. The lights and darks are beautiful - as always - and I particularly like your water. A beautiful painting, Gary! "
"Thank-you all for your comments and critics. Next weekend I open my Studio to the Public, see how they find my painting"
"I love how graphic the roof and chimney are against the painterly sky. Very appealing and well done."
"Gary, this is beautful. You have achieved such a feeling of light and sunshine. The only constructive criticism that I can offer is that the line in the fields going from house to trees is very straight and very defined. I think in nature it would…"
"Love, Love the roof!!! The foreground is also great and I like the shadow in the foreground. The grass is soft, I felt like it was wavy like waves if that was the effect you were going for. For me, a novice, as little less…"
"Gary this feels much warmer than last time you showed us. more cheerful. i have to tell you i like them both though. very nice work."
I have been painting since 2007 and cannot get enough. I'm hooked!
Thx Gary: I'm a big fan of your work; Sunlite Oldie included. You have a style I really envy and as a landscape designer, landscapes are my favorite subject.
It's probably me but when I look at the water in Sunlit Oldie, it looks like it is much higher than the land area with the tree and gives me the impression that the water is going to spill over and flood the thin beach and the green grass. Is the tree painted from a depression? I wondered if that makes any sense to you. I can't figure out why it feels that way. There is one other water photo you've done that has a similar feeling to me but not as strong and if I can find it I'll shoot you the name.
I'm so new to painting that my only credential is to share what I see.
Hi Gary, Regarding the questions you asked about my Place to Rest ink and wash sketch: Do you use an Ink pen and than add watercolours? Does the ink not run? What size paper and how many grams? Where do you get the photos from? Or are these all plein air sketches? I would be very grateful for you answers.
Yes I sketched it in ink (a waterproof ink pen: Deluxe Micro Uni-Ball) and then I added the watercolour. So using a waterproof pen ensures the ink does not run.
I used a photo from Artist Reference FB page that I belong to. Only members can use these photos and/or post their own photos or paintings they have done from photos on this site. It's free to join. I did this one because it was part of their March challenge, which I have now entered.
Hope this answers all your questions, and look forward to seeing your try at this medium. I also do ink and wash sketches (meaning I do not use watercolour, just water soluble pens and water) I do these ones more plein air, but will be moving to waterproof ink and watercolour plein air when the weather is nicer.


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A: To illustrate @MarkMeyer's comment:

Keys can only be strings (or Symbols) in javascript objects.

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More than 400 students of 'key worker' parents are attending Hertsmere, Wolfson, Sacks Morishah and Rimon primary schools
By Ellie Jacobs	January 13, 2021, 6:02 pm 1 Edit
School children in a classroom. Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
Jewish schools are being overwhelmed by the rising number of children being sent to school by "key worker" parents during the current lockdown, with one expert warning the situation has reached a "critical point".
The Jewish Community Academy Trust (JCAT), which comprises of Wolfson Hillel School in Enfield, Hertsmere Jewish Primary School in Hertsmere and Rimon Primary and Sacks Morasha in Barnet this week warned that some schools are simply unable to cope with the increased demand and may be forced to cap entry.
It reports that during the first lockdown in March, only around 40 out of a total of 1,400 children at all four schools attended at any given time.
This time, however, attendances have soared, with around 125 pupils (approximately 25 percent) at Hertsmere Jewish Primary School physically present, 150 pupils at Wolfson Hillel (33 percent of the total), 40 at Sacks Morasha (20 percent) and 100 at Rimon Primary, representing almost half of all pupils.
While children of key workers have always been allowed to attend school, the clarity of the government's message has changed, warned JCAT chief executive Kirsten Jowett. "Last time they encouraged parents to send in their children only if they had two key worker parents. This time they have encouraged children with one or more." Jowett also blames the the expanded definition of 'critical worker'.
She added: "The biggest change that has caused us a problem is the government said any child who can't cope with or have access to remote learning can come in. This means that pretty much any parent who feels their child cannot manage remote learning is being sent in."
With a "significant proportion" of staff shielding at home due to the new highly transmissible Covid-19 variant and with more staff needed to both teach children at school and those learning remotely, "the workload is doubling for staff" to ensure they offer pupils the best service, she said.
Jowett has been forced to write to parents at Hertsmere and Hillel, where numbers high, to share the government's updated guidelines that asks even parents of critical workers to keep their children out of school if they can work from home and to tell them the school may create a priority list.
Hayley Gross, headteacher of Sacks Morasha, told Jewish News that while most parents are being responsible by keeping children at home, "a few have used the guidelines to their advantage".
Despite being at maximum capacity, Gross says her staff are managing to cope. "We have a strong team who have been absolutely fantastic and students are getting the same quality of education whether they are learning in the classroom or online."
Two teachers from Beit Shvidler School in Edgware confirmed that has been a "significant jump" in pupil numbers at the school, with up to four times as many attending compared to the first lockdown.
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Synthesis and Application of Porphyrin, Phthalocyanine and Perylene Chromophores for Solar Energy Conversion
Photosynthesis, one of the most important processes in nature, has provided an energy basis for nearly all life on Earth, as well as the fossil fuels we use today to power modern society. This research aims to mimic the photosynthetic process of converting incident solar energy into chemical potential energy in the form of a fuel via systems capable of carrying out photo-induced electron transfer to drive the production of hydrogen from water. Herein is detailed progress in using photo-induced stepwise electron transfer to drive the oxidation of water and reduction of protons to hydrogen. In the design, use of …
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Natural photosynthesis dedicates specific proteins to achieve the modular division of the essential roles of solar energy harvesting, charge separation and carrier transport within natural photosynthesis. The modern understanding of the fundamental photochemistry by which natural photosynthesis operates is well advanced and solution state mimics of the key photochemical processes have been reported previously. All of the early events in natural photosynthesis responsible for the conversion of solar energy to electric potential energy occur within proteins and phospholipid membranes that act as scaffolds for arranging the active chromophores. Accordingly, for creating artificial photovoltaic (PV) systems, scaffolds are required to imbue …
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Experimental and Computational Studies on the Design of Dyes for Water-splitting Dye-sensitized Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cells
Solar energy is a promising alternative for addressing the world's current and future energy requirements in a sustainable way. Because solar irradiation is intermittent, it is necessary to store this energy in the form of a fuel so it can be used when required. The light-driven splitting of water into oxygen and hydrogen (a useful chemical fuel) is a fascinating theoretical and experimental challenge that is worth pursuing because the advance of the knowledge that it implies and the availability of water and sunlight. Inspired by natural photosynthesis and building on previous work from our laboratory, this dissertation focuses on …
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The first chapter reviews three decades of artificial photosynthetic research conducted by the A. Moore, T. Moore, and D. Gust research group. Several carotenoid (Car) and tetrapyrrole containing molecules were synthesized and investigated for excitation energy transfer (EET), photoregulation, and photoprotective functions. These artificial photosynthetic compounds mimicked known processes and investigated proposed mechanisms in natural systems. This research leads to a greater understanding of photosynthesis and design concepts for organic based solar energy conversion devices. The second and third chapters analyze the triplet energy transfer in carotenoid containing dyads. Transient absorption, time-resolved FTIR and resonance Raman spectra revealed that in …
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Watercooler Reviews | Shithouse
ByRob McNeil
Nov 15, 2020 2020, amy landecker, chicago film scene, comedy, coming of age, cooper raiff, drama, dylan gelula, ifc films, logan miller, movie review, shithouse, sxsw award winner, sxsw premiere, watercooler reviews
A Dark Horse Indie Dramedy Hit
It's unlikely a film entitled Shithouse could capture the hearts of many. Not just mine, but this critical darling also won the top prize at this year's South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), COVID be damned. The seemingly very simple premise of a lonely, homesick college freshman struggles to adapt to dorm and party life as he's entangled in whirlwind of whacky events and an unforeseen relationship blossoms over the course of one drunken night and weekend. Again, this seems like an incredibly simple premise on the surface, and it is, but the story, chemistry, and heart that lies within makes the journey all worth it. I'm not one for convention and cliches, and that's exactly why I love this film. I'll tell you why.
First thing's first: the chemistry between the two leads is impeccable. That's really why this film works so well. The film starts off with Alex (played by the writer/director Cooper Raiff) who is homesick, his roommate hates him, and he talks to his stuffed animal (who is really the only person he can lean on at this point). Alex forms an unlikely bond with his RA Maggie, played incredibly well by Dylan Gelula (watch out for that name in the future), and the two, after a party at the Shithouse, spend the entire night together where hijinks ensue while getting to know each other. Again, seems simple, but the writing, acting, direction, and cinematography all heighten it to the point where it's impossible to peel your eyes away from them.
It's important to note, it's very difficult to make me laugh; and I thought this film was absolutely hilarious. A mix of dry, raunchy, and situational humor make for an actually legitimately funny film. There is also a surprising amount of heart in this film; especially for a film with the title Shithouse. The film has a rare charm to it - it's awkward, but yet, endearing. I feel the film captures college life perfectly, which adds to the genuine nature of the story and the characters. It cannot be overstated how much the leads really connect on an emotional level; their chemistry is undeniable. The characters are not only down to earth and true to life, they are also deeply intriguing. He gives each character a unique voice and quirks which work on a richly authentic level. They are both multi-dimensional, which makes their fever pitch at the climax all the more impactful. The characters are so strong and built up throughout the course of the night they spend together, which makes for an interesting end to their weekend.
The relatability factor is so important when it comes to films of this type. Whether it be relating to the situation, it happening to you, or you being able to see it happen, these aspects of the film have to strike a chord with its audience. And I feel Shithouse did exactly that with flying colors. Cooper Raiff clearly has experienced college in the way that most of us have, and you can feel it in the film's characters and situations. Raiff also dives into deep, intellectual themes with the dialogue between Alex and Maggie throughout the course of their bonding. It's clear that this film was shot on a low budget, but you don't necessarily feel that with how strong the writing and direction are. As I mentioned before, the cinematography heightens each situation with the intimacy of close-ups and it does not have the look of a low budget film either. The film looks great and feels natural, which is a testament to Raiff's confident direction and the crew's bang-up work.
As I mentioned before, Shithouse features truly genuine characters and moments, which is a must for any low budget indie dramedy. The film dives into deep and interesting ideas during strong character moments, which is uncommon for a film of this tone. The characters and their stories are organic and felt real during their most vulnerable scenes, which had a hugely positive impact overall. The relatability of the situations was strong as you have either been there or could see yourself there. You understand how the characters think and feel; you're there every step of the way. The pivotal moment between the two main characters was biting and executed to perfection. Unfortunately, now is the time to be critical. The rising moment from rock bottom happened a little too quick for my liking after all that build-up, but doesn't work against it too much. *minor spoiler alert* The part towards the end when we jumped ahead 2.5 years in time was admittedly a little bit jarring for my taste. A stronger ending and a wee-bit tighter script/narrative would have benefitted this film greatly. In my humble opinion, I do not believe this film had to be 100 minutes. 90 minutes would have been absolutely perfect for this story. It's still an incredibly effective film and works on nearly every level. The ending is cute, but could have been a tad better. Still, Cooper Raiff did, in fact, hit a home run here. And for that, I applaud him.
Rating: Great
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Shithouse can be rented on YouTube and Amazon Prime Video.
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My name is Rob McNeil. I was born and raised in Normal, Illinois and I am a 28 year-old award winning screenwriter. I am very passionate about film, so much that I watch far too many films on a daily basis. I have written fifteen feature screenplays, a spec pilot thriller series, and several short scripts. I aim to make filmmaking a career, but for now, I will write about it.


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