As a doctoral student at a major Canadian research university I did an unusual amount of teaching: typically a double load. Most of it was as a Teaching Assistant in small tutorials, though towards the end of me degree I got to be lead instructor in a couple of courses. It felt like I had 'made it' in terms of teaching, in higher ed. Finally, I was the guy on the stage. The sage. The focus of all attention in the classroom (the academic attention anyway).
Why did this feel like such a big deal? The psychology of the individual aside, virtually all the signals emanating from the institution, from the Professoriate, from the culture of the Academy as I knew it, indicated that 'the lecture' was the crucial locus of teaching and learning within the Faculty of Arts. The work I had done in tutorial settings, helping students work through a variety of sources, develop critical perspectives on texts and narratives, and improve their written and oral communication skills, ranked a distant second in a two-horse race.
When I landed my tenure-track gig at a liberal arts college in Michigan, I harboured a smug assumption that such institutions were a sort of higher-ed lite. In short, they would pale in comparison to the Canadian university system I knew from top to bottom.
What I found was an institution focused on undergraduate education. It was not a research institution in which teaching was (generally) viewed as a necessary distraction from the real work of faculty and therefore disproportionately left to adjuncts and graduate students. No, it was mission No. 1. Classes were small. In my department (History) the maximum size for a first year survey course was 30. This meant a much more intimate, personal, and interactive learning environment than virtually any I had encountered as a student. [Exceptional status granted to Dr. David Monod, WLU]. Faculty (the vast majority of whom are tenured or on the tenure track) did all the teaching and marking. [In all but one of the courses I TAed as a grad student, the professor did not read a single paper or exam, much less mark one.] Moreover, in the liberal arts environment many students are drawn into authentic research and creative projects within weeks of matriculation. This remarkable degree of contact, attention, and opportunity continued for the full four yeas, giving our undergrads more consistent and meaningful interaction with faculty than most doctoral students enjoyed in my top-ranked graduate program. Little wonder that our students tended to get into excellent graduate/professional programs and excel once they got there.
And that was really just the beginning of my higher education re-education. The liberal arts ethos of breadth (in addition to depth) liberated me from the obsession with content knowledge that my university experiences had inculcated. It showed me that there could be an intentional and productive balance among content, skills, and mindsets in the service of a higher project: i.e. the development of rational citizen-agents, who not only knew things, but had had the capacity, inclination, and skills required to learn new things and keep on learning throughout their lives and careers. At our best we had not only given them fish; we had also taught them how to fish. My previous experiences had focused on providing content [fish] and assumed that through consumption students would absorb the requisite competencies and outlooks [fishing skills] to acquire more.
This shift in perspective flipped my view of the teaching I had done as a grad student. The spotlight afforded by the lecture put the focus on me and on content, whereas the lowly tutorials had put the focus on the students and on building skills and critical mindsets they could put to use in other courses and indeed throughout their lives. In short, my priorities had been bassackwards.
This depth of this divide was driven home to me last year, when I again taught in a Canadian University. Let me be clear, the faculty in that department (also History) are by and large wonderful, dedicated scholars who care about their students and work hard to overcome the structural obstacles to undergraduate learning. Nevertheless, these obstacles shocked me. Not only were introductory classes large (80-150), there were no tutorials, which is to say there were no opportunities for students to do the work of historians (synthesis, textual analysis, interpretation, argument, historiography etc). under expert tutelage; no opportunities to explore ideas and issues with their peers in low-stakes environments.
The impact on students of these structures was no less shocking. A considerable majority acclimated to this culture so thoroughly that attempts to shunt them from the rails of passivity with participatory activities and exercises meet with resistance bordering on intransigence. It's easy to condemn them as lazy, or incurious, or preoccupied with trivialities. But are they really to blame if they have gotten the signals embedded in the institutional culture of higher education in Canada?
That most distinctive of American institutions, the liberal arts residential college, is not perfect. And it is not cheap. But it has a great deal to teach us about the aim and mechanics of high quality undergraduate education - if we can get past our smug superiority and embrace disruptive change within our system. Some newer institutions [Quest] and some innovative programs within older ones [Trent's BAS], have taken important steps down this path. I imagine that if more students (and parents) knew what they were missing, that almost empty path might start to look more like the 401 Express at rush hour.


Check out Laudes F '18!
Each semester the Alumni Team releases Laudes, a semesterly publication from the Glee Club reflecting on our semester, sharing what we're looking forward to, and updating our alumni on our big projects. You can read this semester's Laudes below.
Calling High School Male Choruses!
Come Audition for Men's Glee Club!
It's that time of year again! The Glee Club is excited to welcome in a new group of singers to our ranks, and we hope that you might want to be one of those singers. If you're interested in joining the Men's Glee club, click here to register for auditions. If you're not sure if we're the group for you, we'd encourage you to come out to our mass meeting! We'll be holding the mass meeting in Auditorium 3 of the Modern Languages Building at 5:30 PM on Thursday September 6th. We hope to see you there!
UMMGC will perform with the Men of the Chicago Children's Choir, DiMension, at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit this Friday. Come join us! You can find details about the performance on our events page.
Spring Hill is coming up soon! On April 7, Dr. Rogers will conduct his final concert with the Men's Glee Club; it will be a spectacular event.
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Q: Plotting Rsquare objects from three RFE I have created the following three RFE types in R using the caret package:
lmresults = rfe(twoHoursDaily[,1:12], twoHoursDaily[,13], sizes = c(1:12), rfeControl = control)

treeBagresults = rfe(twoHoursDaily[,1:12], twoHoursDaily[,13], sizes = c(1:12), rfeControl = control)

RForestresults = rfe(twoHoursDaily[,1:12], twoHoursDaily[,13], sizes = c(1:12), rfeControl = control)

I need to plot the Rsquares for all three on one plot, but I dont know how to access the Rsquare object for each RFE. I can plot the Rsquare of one as follows:
plot(treeBagresults, type = c("g","o"), metric = "Rsquared")

but how do I access the Rsquare object for each so I can make the vector pr DF needed for plotting all three?

A: The output of rfe will be a list.  We need to extract the list element that has the Rsquared objects.  In order to understand the structure of the output, we can use str(lmresults).  From there, get the results element
 lmresults$results[["Rsquared"]]

Similarly, for the other objects.

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Facebook has added new element "Trending Articles" to the default news feed of your Facebook account. It is a small box containing news articles (and sponsored articles). Box is displayed in the top half of the news feed and you can slide through listing of various news articles within the box. Fortunately, this 'trending articles' box only appear sometimes at random. Few users may not like this new addition to already over-loaded news feed and want to hide or remove this.
As seen in screenshot below, Trending Articles box is displayed prominently on your Facebook news feed. It usually display 2-3 articles which can be navigated through right and left arrow button located at top right part of the box.
Displayed articles are selected by Facebook and usually contain news articles shared (and read) by your Facebook friends mixed with few sponsored stories.
1. Use FB Purity – FB Purity is a popular addon to customize various features and bring sanity to the default Facebook news feed. Best part, it is available for majority of popular web browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari. Just open fbpurity.com website to get started.
For example: Google Chrome users can install FB Purity extension and then open their Facebook news feed page. Click on FB Purity link at the top part of news feed to open settings box.
Then click to check Hide option next to "Read an article / Trending Articles" option and then click 'save and close' button at the bottom. From now on, Trending Articles box will not appear in your Facebook news feed.
2. Use Userstyles script – FB Purity allows you to customize various features of Facebook profile display. If you only want to hide trending articles box, then you may use remove trending articles userstyle script for only removing the trending articles box. You can open this userstyle script link in either Google Chrome or Firefox browser and install respective plugin or extension for using this userstyles script.
The latest version of FB Purity (v7.5.1) now also allows hiding the Trending Videos. Just tick The hide trending articles option and it will also hide Trending videos.


The Great Gatsby presents itself as a simple story about Gatsby's pursuing the American goal at first glance. When examined carefully and profoundly looking at the story's use of symbols and purpose, the story describes social classes, chasing of the American dream and deciding what matters the most. Although the novel was written in the 1920's, its characters and stories are not affected time or any other thing. The novel has five settings. The first area is the Midwest where many of the main characters came from. The West Egg which is a fictional City Located on Long Island in New York and a place where promising citizens live is the second setting. The fictional city of East Egg which is also located on the Long Island is a place where people with old money live. The other setting is The Valley of Ashes where the poor live and last setting is the New York where Tom Buchanan has rented an apartment where he meets up with Myrtle Wilson his concubine and also a setting where Nick Carraway works. The story starts when the narrator and the main protagonist Nick Carraway moves to the West Egg on Long Island, a place in New York. Nick happens to rent a house next to an affluent businessman who was known by his detailed, luxurious parties. Gatsby appeared to be famous and loved by people although no one seems to have an idea of where how he got his fortune and where exactly he came from. Everything about him is all mere speculation. As Nick settles in his new place, he pays a visit to Daisy, his cousin. The wealthy Daisy and her husband live in East Egg where the where those with inherited riches live. The prosperous couple and their friend Jordan Baker who is a young, single rich professional golfer orients Nick to their East life. Life in the East is characterized by a lot of free time, all forms of luxury and plenty of money. The rich lifestyle of the East attracts Nick even as he even as he tries to examine at its depth especially when he realizes that Daisy's husband has another woman who lives in New York and Daisy knows it. Nick is already committed to the East Coast life as he sees it by the time Tom takes him to meet Myrtle Wilson who together with her husband George owns a gas station in the valley of Ashes. Gatsby and Nick become good friends even after Nick realized Gatsby is only seeking for friendship so that he can reconnect with Daisy who happens to be a lady he was madly in love with the war. Nick plans for the two to reunite at his home after Gatsby request. While their first meeting seems awkward, the two former lovers realize they still value each other, and they continue meeting in secret. Nick's East and West social group meet, and it happens that Tom instantly dislikes Gatsby and suspects there have a thing with his wife, Daisy. One afternoon when they were all in New York, Tom confronts Gatsby who confirms to him to him that he loves Daisy and his suspicions are correct. In the valley of ashes, George Wilson realizes his wife is cheating on him but fails to know the lover's identity. George then locks his wife upstairs to keep her safe until when they are ready to leave the place. Unfortunately, Myrtle as was trying to escape; she is hit and killed by Gatsby car which Daisy back from New York. When Daisy notices have hit someone, she immediately leaves the accident scene instead of stopping to help the victim. The worried and upset George is committed to finding the driver of the car which killed his wife. Tom who is still confused about Daisy and Gatsby affair gets an opportunity to tell George who the owner of the car is. George goes to West Egg, locates Gatsby house, kills him in the pool and murders himself afterward. Nick tries to contact Jay Gatsby friends, and he is surprised that it doesn't bother them. Gatsby father shows up, and this is when Nick gets to know James Gatsby real identity. Gatsby comes from the Midwest; it was all because of looking for wealth and chasing the American dream made him who he was before his death. The disappointed Nick goes back to Midwest as he is disillusioned with all that the East offers and represents.


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Q: TLS 1.2 - key-pair size and encryption key length Assuming a (java based) server that uses java 1.8 and a (java based) client that uses java 8 as well.
And given that java 8 supports by default TLS 1.2.
Is it guaranteed that a 512 bit encryption will be used? if not what affects the symmetric key size?
Another question about the RSA key (1024 or 2048). Is RSA key part of the certificate or the RSA key is determined during the TLS handshake?
Many thanks
Guy

A: The key size for (symmetric) data encryption is negotiated as part of the ciphersuite, for example TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA uses AES with 256-bit key while TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA uses AES with 128-bit key. Java packages from Oracle (and previously Sun) out-of-the-box are limited to 128-bit strength symmetric crypto; to use AES-256 ciphersuites you need to install the 'Unlimited Strength' policy, see SSLHandshakeException while connecting to a https site but OpenJDK does not have this limitation. Note that strength is not the same as size; 3DES as used in SSL/TLS (keying option 1) has key size 168 but strength only 112 and is permitted under the 'limited' policy.
There are no '512 bit encryption' algorithms used in any SSL/TLS at all. Note that breaking 256-bit strength like AES-256 by conventional means cannot be done in our current solar system; you'd need to control at least much of the galaxy for billions of years, and to such an adversary your cat videos, bank accounts, or even business strategy are completely uninteresting. Quantum may change this, but no one knows if that will ever work, when or how well.
Yes, the RSA key is in the certificate, if you use RSA which is the most common choice but not the only one. (Except there were ephemeral RSA keys in some of the deliberately broken 'export' ciphersuites which you don't ever want to use and that have been officially prohibited in TLSv1.1 2006 and TLSv1.2 2008, and Java has disabled entirely by default since Java7 circa 2011.) Public CAs like Symantec GoDaddy etc. have not issued certificates for RSA keys smaller than 2048 bits since 2013; if you use selfsigned certs or run your own personal CA you can do so, but browsers will probably give errors or warnings.
Note that RSA-1024 has only about 80 bits of strength (which is why it is no longer considered secure) and RSA-2048 about 112; see https://www.keylength.com and
https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/1978/how-big-an-rsa-key-is-considered-secure-today
https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/6236/why-does-the-recommended-key-size-between-symmetric-and-assymetric-encryption-
https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/8687/security-strength-of-rsa-in-relation-with-the-modulus-size

A: SSL Labs has a github page where they've been making suggestions about stuff like this since 2013: https://github.com/ssllabs/research/wiki/SSL-and-TLS-Deployment-Best-Practices
The specific answer to your question is here:
https://github.com/ssllabs/research/wiki/SSL-and-TLS-Deployment-Best-Practices#11-use-2048-bit-private-keys
I pasted it below, but know that my answer may go out of date while their document continues to be updated:

1.1 Use 2048-Bit Private Keys.
  For most web sites, security provided by 2,048-bit RSA keys is sufficient. The RSA public key algorithm is widely supported, which makes keys of this type a safe default choice. At 2,048 bits, such keys provide about 112 bits of security. If you want more security than this, note that RSA keys don't scale very well. To get 128 bits of security, you need 3,072-bit RSA keys, which are noticeably slower. ECDSA keys provide an alternative that offers better security and better performance. At 256 bits, ECDSA keys provide 128 bits of security. A small number of older clients don't support ECDSA, but modern clients do. It's possible to get the best of both worlds and deploy with RSA and ECDSA keys simultaneously if you don't mind the overhead of managing such a setup.


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How fascia can help us release deeply held tension
The gifts of fascia
Once you've experienced the aha moments that accompany practices that release the body's fascia there's no going back. You know it. A subtle shift. A feeling of letting go. Maybe you haven't been able to describe it in words. It's an experience that needs to be felt. But you know it. You may have felt it in a hip opener or a backbend. The moment your body goes from resisting to releasing. It's the thing that keeps us coming back to our mats; it's all about fascia.
Anatomy expert and author of Anatomy Trains, Tom Myers, tells us that, basically, our cells "are glued together with snot, which is everywhere, and is more or less watery (hydrated) depending on where it is in the body and what condition it's in" when describing fascia.
The wonderful thing about the journey to understanding fascia is that you don't need to have an acute understanding of the ins and outs of anatomy in order to see how it operates within your body. I recently attended a fitness class at the gym titled 'fascial fitness'. Long journeys along foam rollers were intercepted by oscillating movements that left me feeling spacious and free – despite the pop music in the background and lack of Savasana at the class's conclusion.
As the research on fascia evolves, we learn new ways of unravelling deeply held tensions in this connective tissue, which greatly impacts our mobility as we age, as well as affecting our mind. And although we yogis often hear the word fascia associated with yin yoga, western science is continuing to discover new ways of unravelling and rehydrating through different forms of movement.
Fascia, simply
Author of 'Fascia- What it is and why it matters' David Lesonak, explains that fascia is like "a silvery-white material, flexible and sturdy in equal measure – a substance that surrounds and penetrates every muscle, coats every bond, covers every organ, and envelops every nerve." He says, "The most important thing to keep in mind…is that the fascial net is one continuous structure throughout the body…The 'everywhereness' of fascia also implies that, indeed, it is all connected, and thus is 'connective tissue', which is a term often used interchangeably with 'fascia'.
The connective tissue that weaves through us all
Ariele Foster is the founder of Yoga Anatomy Academy. She's also a personal trainer, yoga teacher and anatomy teacher for yoga teacher trainings. Foster explains that fascia is "the network of connective tissue that surrounds and includes your muscles" – like scaffolding throughout your whole body. While the fibres of your body are supposed to slide easily over one another during movement, that's not always exactly how it happens. "Whether due to injury or repetitive actions [such as running, hunching over computers, or even yoga poses] areas of tissue can become thickened and inflamed and tug on fascial network further up the chain", Foster says. The result of these repetitive movements is that "the fascial sheaths that encase the muscles no longer have as much give and can become wound up like a wrung-out dishrag, contributing to restrictions, strain, and eventually pain."
Erin Bourne holds a Bachelors of Exercise Science as well as extensive training in Yoga and Myofascial release. She describes fascia as a dynamic and highly sensitive tissue that's always listening and responding to what is happening throughout the whole body. "If we stop moving one part, or all, of the body then the fascia starts to dehydrate, solidify and constrict. This spot becomes like a dam for the energy, the information and the signals. We lose awareness in that part of the body and healthy function."
By including exercises that help to release the fascia, Foster says, "we improve the slide and glide of the tissues whilst hydrating them through the act of compression and release." And by doing this in one part of the body, it affects the whole. So, for example, if we release (or restrict) the fascia in the feet, it can have an impact all the way up to our neck.
Eastern thoughts on fascia
According to eastern philosophies, energy flows through fascia. In 'The spark in the machine: How the science of acupuncture explains the mysteries of western medicine', Daniel Keown says "Fascia is everywhere – controlling everything; forming our body; channeling Qi; keeping everything in order." Keown explains that the acupuncture channels of the East are the fascial planes of the West, and western science is beginning to support these philosophies as it discovers parallels between the anatomy trains and the meridians.
Releasing Fascia
Research on fascial release shows that there are a number of ways that we can start to unravel the deeply held tensions that lead to constriction and pain in our bodies and minds.
Tom Myers has been involved in bodywork for over 43 years. He is the author of the hugely popular Anatomy Trains and also lectures on the topic of fascia. He explains that we need long, slow stretches in order to reach the deeper and denser tissues of the body, such as fascia. He says, "One of the wonderful things about yoga is that because of the sustained stretch held in many yoga poses, you actually do change the connective tissue."
For Myers, once you change the habitual patterns of the fascia you can start to address the chronic tension lodged in the tissues. The long held poses of yoga, especially yin, give the muscles time to relax and release, which can ultimately lead to both physical and emotional healing. Myers explains that when you first stretch a muscle, its own stretch reflex tries to contract the muscle back to its original length, but maintaining the stretch allows the body to relax into the shape and as the muscles relax, we begin to work into the deeper layers like fascia. He says, "The muscles have to relax first and then the fascia starts to stretch and release. And that can facilitate the kind of repatterning that leads to lasting release of chronic holdings and, in many cases, a profound change of mind and body."
Myers notes that there is no amount of time that works for every body. For some, physiological changes can happen in a short time, and for others, long held poses are required for release. It's also important that we don't push ourselves to our full capacity, so that we remain fluid, subtly moving within a pose to allow optimal hydration of the fascia.
Foster points to a 2015 review in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy that looks at 14 scientific papers illustrating the positive impacts of fascia release exercises. The studies suggested that gently rolling different muscles over balls or foam rollers (like in the newly popular 'Yoga Tune Up' classes) "pushes on fascia between your bones, muscles, organs, and nerve fibres—freeing up more mobility than is achievable with passive stretching alone."
Fascia, feelings, and letting go
Alexa Nehter is a long time yoga teacher who has delved deeply into the fascinating world of fascia, studying with Tom Myers and being blessed with the opportunity to meet with Dr Robert Schleip, one of the most well known fascia experts in the world and director of the Fascia Research Project at the University of Ulm in Germany. Nehter muses about her love affair with fascia, "Fascia is our biggest sensory organ, our organ of awareness, our internal ocean. For me the current fascia research brings everything together with what I've learned through surfing, meditation and yoga."
Foster tells us that impacting our fascia can affect our nervous system. She says, "Gentle pressure on your fascia may help communicate to your nervous system that there is no longer any need for increased tension in that area." And so, by influencing these deeply held tensions in one part of the body, we can start to not only unravel and release tension in other parts of the body, but also in the mind.
Nehter understands wholeheartedly. She explains how her life changed when she began exploring the world of intuitive fascial movement. "I began to undo the knots and complications in my life that had been getting bigger and increasingly restrictive", she says. By exploring fascial release and the movements and practices that associate it, Nehter explains, "you'll notice the places where your body is holding on at a deeper level than your muscles or connective tissue." She says, "You learn to feel the fast and slow vibrations of your neurological patterning, and, when you allow yourself to let go and open even deeper, you notice these openings giving way to your life-force…Interoceptive movement teaches us higher sensitivity and, the more sensitive we are, the deeper the patterns we are able to unwind. The more we do that, the more freedom, love and passion for life we can experience."
There are a number of ways in which we can release, hydrate and revitalise fascia, leading to profound changes in the body and mind, and while the research continues to unveil these methods, our own body's intuition can also certainly point us in the right direction.
When we're practicing yin, we can feel the moment when resistance subsides – a gentle unlocking in the body's holding reminds us to soften. When we're rolling around on balls in a Tune Up class, we sense our body surrendering. And when we glide our quads along foam rollers, we feel the tension slowly increasing, until it releases and we can finally breathe and let go. That's the magic of fascia, and it's only the beginning.
Words by Jessica Humphries for Uplift Connect.
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My World (Bryn Christopher album)
My World (EP)
"Wash My World" is a 2008 song recorded by French DJ Laurent Wolf, and performed by Éric Carter. It was the second single from his album of the same name on which it features as second track, and was released on August 22, 2008. It was successful in France and Belgium (Wallonia) where it was a top ten hit, but was not able to reach the same success in terms of chart as the previous single, "No Stress". However, its sales in its first week were higher (6,072 sales), but the single was only #5, its peak position in France.
"Wash My World" (Radio edit) — 3:21
"Wash My World" (Monsieur Elle remix) — 7:04
"Wash My World" (Dim Chris remix) — 8:20
"No Stress" (Laurent Wolf vs Big Ali and DJ Snake) — 3:10
Certifications and sales
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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My World may refer to:
My World, a children's book by Margaret Wise Brown
My World (Cyndi Thomson album)
My World (Ron Artest album)
My World (Dyland & Lenny album)
My World (EP), a 2009 EP by Justin Bieber
My World (Emilia Rydberg album), 2009
Avril Lavigne: My World, a DVD by Avril Lavigne
My World, by Trout Fishing in America
My World, Angela Gheorghiu
My World, 1993, by Ray Charles
"My World" (Another Bad Creation song)
"My World" (Bee Gees song)
"My World" (Emigrate song)
"My World" (Sick Puppies song)
"My World", by Guns N' Roses from Use Your Illusion II
"My World", by Metallica from St. Anger
"My World", by Secret Affair
"My World", by SR-71 from Tomorrow
"My World", by Sublime with Rome from Yours Truly
"My World", by Tech N9ne from Everready (The Religion)
"My World", by Avril Lavigne from Let Go
"My World", by 3 Doors Down from Seventeen Days
"My World", by Iggy Azalea from Ignorant Art
"My World", by Paul van Dyk from Global
"My World", by Asian Kung-Fu Generation from Sol-fa
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My World is the debut studio album released by Bryn Christopher. It was released in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2008. The first single, "The Quest" was released on 8 June 2008 and peaked at #45 in the UK Singles Chart. The second single was released in September 2008, called "Smilin'" it peaked at #31. The third single, "Fearless" was released on 18 January 2009, but failed to chart, as did the final single "Taken Me Over".
The album peaked at #18 on the UK Albums Chart. After the commercial failure of both album and singles, Christopher parted ways with Polydor.
1. "Help Me" (4:02)
2. "Smilin'" (3:46)
3. "Sour Times" (3:09)
4. "Stay With Me" (3:22)
5. "The Quest" (3:44)
6. "My World" (2:51)
7. "Found A New Love" (3:44)
8. "Seconds Ago" (3:08)
9. "Way You Are" (4:23)
10. "GoneGoneGone" (3:42)
11. "My Kinda Woman/Taken Me Over" (8:42)
"Waiting For...." (b/w "The Quest")
"How Did You Know" (b/w "Smilin'")
"Cry Cry Cry" (b/w "Fearless EP")
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My World is the debut extended play (EP) by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. It was released on 17 November 2009, by Island Records. The album is considered the first half of a two-piece project, later being supplemented by his debut studio album My World 2.0 (2010). After signing a recording contract in light of his growing popularity on YouTube, Bieber worked with collaborators including his mentor Usher, in addition to producers Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, and Midi Mafia. Its music incorporates pop and R&B styles, and lyrically discusses teen romance and coming of age situations.
Upon its release, My World received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented its production. It debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 137,000 copies. In doing so, it became the strongest-debuting release for a new artist in 2009, though it was topped the following week by I Dreamed a Dream by Susan Boyle, which moved 701,000 units. Upon the release of My World 2.0 in March 2010, its predecessor peaked at number five. Less than two months after its release, the record was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales exceeding one million copies. Internationally, the extended play attained similar success. It debuted atop the Canadian Albums Chart, where it was later certified double platinum. It additionally attained double platinum recognition in the United Kingdom.
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From the grey sky
Clean up desert from the bombs and guns
Clean up the sky from the smoke and dust
Clean up the sea for the boys and girls
Clean up the streets from the cursed drugs
Think about the children
Ohhh please
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Gorbachev warns world on 'brink of new confrontation'
MOSCOW - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said in a remembrance to former US President George HW Bush, that the two politicians had managed to form the basis of partnership between the two countries, but argued that the achievements of the past were at risk since the world at the moment was on the edge of confrontation and a new arms race.
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Bush, who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993, died at the age of 94 on Friday. On Wednesday, the former president's state funeral took pace in Washington.
"I vividly remember our talk on the phone on Dec. 25, a few hours before I announced that I was stepping down from the presidency of the Soviet Union. We reviewed the results of our cooperation. Our main accomplishment was our agreement to destroy thousands of nuclear weapons, both strategic and tactical. Together, we helped to end conflicts in various parts of the world. We laid the groundwork for a partnership between our countries. Those historic results are now in jeopardy. The world is on the brink of a new confrontation and a new arms race," Gorbachev wrote in the remembrance published by the Time magazine on Wednesday.
Gorbachev also recalled the so-called Malta Summit, during which the end of the Cold War was declared, calling it a historic breakthrough which became possible due to the two states' joint efforts.
"Today, only joint efforts can avert a new confrontation and the threat of a devastating war, thus restoring the prospect of a new world order—more secure, more just and more humane," Gorbachev stressed.
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It was Gorbachev who signed together with then US President Ronald Reagan the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 1987.
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On Tuesday, US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said that Washington would suspend its adherence to the INF Treaty in 60 days unless Russia returned to full compliance with the agreement. Russia has repeatedly denied the claims that it breached the treaty terms.
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It is one of the most known Girona landmarks, the facades looming to the Onyar River reflecting their colourful facades on the waters along city's bridges.
Although actually they are not properly the facades but the back of the buildings that were built from the Rambla and Argenteria Street, along Ballesteries and Calderers streets on the eastern bank of Onyar River before it poor its waters into the Ter River. Long ago, when there was still a wall defending the city and using the river as a moat, there were many buildings attached using it as a common wall. When it was demolished in the nineteenth century, new buildings replaced those that relied on the wall. Its main facade faces old town streets but their backsides peeked into the river.
The houses deteriorated throughout the twentieth century until the first renovation was done in 1982, repainting the facades and giving them back their original colours. Twenty-seven years later a new rehabilitation that included eighty-three houses took place. Thirteen facades were repainted and cornices, balconies and carpentry consolidated. Although most of the action was carried on the east bank some facades of the opposite shore were also included.
One of the facades, the one of Masó House, stands out from the rest whit its white painted, blue and yellow tiles carpentry from La Bisbal factories. In fact it became a mansion merging four buildings that correspond to the numbers 29 to 35 on Ballesteries Street, which acquired and renovated between 1911 and 1918 the architect Rafael Masó i Valentí, turning the place into a symbol of Modernism in Girona. Currently owned by the municipality, hosts since 2006 the headquarters of the foundation that bears his name and which facilitates the visits.
The stretch of river where the famous Onyar houses are concentrated is flanked to the south by the Stone Bridge built in 1856 to replace the old medieval bridge and to the north by Sant Feliu Bridge. Between them, both sides are connected by three bridges: Peixateries Velles, Sant Agustí and Gomez. The first, was also known as Pont de Ferro, or Palanques Vermelles, - Iron Bridge or Red Runway - referring to the colour of a former crossing. It was laid by the Eiffel Company of Paris and ended in February 1877 in exchange for the amount of 22,500 pesetas. Sant Agusti Bridge connects Independence Square with Argenteria Street and it is from here where is obtained the most characteristic view of the houses but comparable with the one seen from Gomez Bridge, between Sant Agustí Square and Ballesteries Street. This dates back to 1916 when it was built by the company Construcciones y Pavimentos for the modest sum of 13,500 pesetas. The name comes from Miquel Gomez owner of the building who had to be demolished to open the crossing.
Since the houses overlook the Onyar River they have seen it overflowed on several occasions, a marble slab on the facade of the town hall attests the level reached by the river on October 18, 1940 killing eight people. Another wall in a house on Ballesteries Street recalls the floods of the years 1962, 1963 and 1970, which never exceed the 1940 one.
Careless about the levels reached by the water, gulls and ducks enjoy on the facade reflections while below, few inches below, carps looks like still while they try to swim upstream.


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125 women and girls seek emergency assistance in Bentiu after horrific sexual violence | South Sudan
Women on the road between the Bentiu Protection of Civilians camp and hospital, South Sudan, in September 2017.
© Peter Bauza
125 women and girls seek emergency assistance in Bentiu after horrific sexual violence
العربية English العربية
Press Release30 November 2018
We treated 104 sexual and gender-based violence survivors in the first 10 months of this year, and we have assisted 125 in the past week alone
These incidences of sexual violence coincide with an increase in population movements as people try to reach food distributions in the area
Children, women and men of the ravaged county of Rubkona urgently need safety and protection to be able to reach humanitarian assistance
Juba – Over the past week, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have provided emergency medical and psycho-social assistance to 125 women and girls who were raped, beaten and brutalised in Rubkona county, northern South Sudan, in the 10 days between 19 and 29 November 2018.
"Women and young girls have been coming to the MSF clinic in Bentiu en masse over the past week after surviving horrific episodes of sexual violence," said Ruth Okello, MSF midwife in South Sudan.
"Some are girls under 10 years old and others are women older than 65. Even pregnant women have not been spared from these brutal attacks."
In addition to being violently raped, the survivors have been whipped, beaten or clubbed with sticks and rifle butts.
They were also robbed of money, clothes, shoes and anything else of value that they might have possessed, and which they may need to support their families.
Even their ration cards to receive food distributions have been taken and destroyed by their attackers.
These incidences of sexual and gender-based violence coincide with an increase in population movements as people try to reach food distributions in the area.
In more than three years of working in South Sudan, I have never seen such a dramatic increase in survivors of sexual violence Ruth Okello, MSF midwife in South Sudan
Women say they are walking in larger groups for safety but, in turn, they are being confronted by increasingly larger groups of aggressive assailants.
"In more than three years of working in South Sudan, I have never seen such a dramatic increase in survivors of sexual violence arriving at our programmes looking for medical care," said Okello.
"We treated 104 sexual and gender-based violence survivors in the first 10 months of this year, and we have assisted 125 survivors in the past week alone."
"Children, women and men of the ravaged county of Rubkona urgently need safety and protection to be able to reach humanitarian assistance such as food distributions," said Akke Boere, MSF's operational Manager for South Sudan. "These horrifying attacks show that they continue to live in an extremely violent and insecure environment."
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'A sketch of the operations of his majesty's fleet and army under the command of Vice Admiral the Rt. Hble. Lord Viscount Howe and Genl. Sr. W. Howe K: B: in 1776.
This historic 'sketch' was produced by J. F. W. Des Barres in 1777 whilst in London, making use of surveys made by surveyors working for the Lords of The Board of Trade, The Plantations Office and of course the British Admiralty.
Hydrographer/Surveyor/Artist: J. F. W. Des Barres
Size Of Original: w 28" x h 36"
Paper Type Hahnemuhle German Etching
w28" x h36"
w20" x h25.5"
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The 'Sketch' is an excellent example of Des Barres's eye for a profit. Although he was working for the Lords of the Admiralty in producing his magnificent collection of charts of the eastern seaboard of north America he was, quite uniquely amongst surveyors working for the military, allowed to make a profit from sales of his work. As such Des Barres, in this example, includes not only hydrographical information befitting a sea chart but he also supplies military information in the form of a full account of the operations and movements by the army in the campaign to drive the Continental army under George Washington out of New York.
Des Barres was clearly well aware, in 1777, as to what would sell to the greater public; the armchair strategists, the politicians and the business elite. It is also significant that this is Des Barres response to the likes of Claude Joseph Sauthier, William Faden and a multitude of other surveyors and map publishers who were also, at the time 'cashing-in' on what was to prove to be the single most successful campaign of the entire war for the British.
As with a good deal of Des Barres work there are questions over the accuracy of the information contained within the map which is hardly surprising as he was compiling the data from the work of others and from three and a half thousand miles away. Des Barres was, first and foremost an artist and he was certainly not above 'interpretation' and artistic license in his work.
All of that said, this remains a major and significant work, far superior in many ways to that of Sauthier.
The map includes a panel of 'References ' under the title cartouche. The Alphabetical list makes reference to naval events up and down the Hudson river in 1776. These references, along with the hydrography in New York harbor and up the Hudson were, likely the work of Lieutenant John Hunter. Hunter was one of the Admiralty's most trusted surveyors working as part of the Des Barres team from before the outbreak of the war. He is known to have been aboard Lord Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle during 1776. This original survey of the Hudson may be found in the Heritage Charts collection [A212]
As with this plan, the published Des Barres 'Sketch' includes an inset of References, which tells the story of all of the major places and events from the initial invasion up to and including the battle at Fort Washington. A comparison of the two 'References'; that of this plan and that of Des Barres confirms, for the first time, the link between the two documents and the historic significance of this 'rough' plan. For a full list of the References, and other comparative material please visit the Heritage Charts 'Logbook'.
At the time of publication of this 'sketch' Des Barres also produced a full page list of Military references to compliment those predominately Naval references on the map itself. Those references follow here:
Military references 'A sketch of the operations of his majesty's fleet and army under the command of Vice Admiral the Rt. Hble. Lord Viscount Howe and Genl. Sr. W. Howe K: B: in 1776. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Jany. 17, 1777, by J. F. W. Des Barres, Esq.
a The Enemy's Lines at Brooklyn, Redoubts, &c
b Encampment of the Army from the 22nd to the 26th August
c Lieutenant General Earl Cornwallis on March to Flatbush with the Reserves & battalion Light Infantry. Colonel Donop's (1) Corp and its Field Pieces.
d Lieutenant General Dalrymple with one Brigade of Hessians, a detachment of the 14th Reg.t some Recruits and Convalescends left for the security of Staten Island.
e Lieutenant General Clinton disposition for the attack of the Pass before day-break on the 27th with the Van of the Army consisting of the Light Dragoons and Brigade of Light Infantry. The Reserve under Earl Cornwallis excepting the 42nd Reg.t which was posted on the left of the Hessians, the 1st Brigade and the 711st Reg.t with 14. Field Pieces.
f A Party of the Enemy endeavoring to occupy the Pass.
g The main body of the Army cutting off the Enemy's retreat to their lines at Brooklyn.
h Major General Grant with the 4th and 6th Brigades, the 42nd Reg.t , 2 companies of New York Provincials and 10 Field Pieces, diverting the Enemy's attention on the Left.
i The Hessians under Lieutenant General De Heister, advancing to the Attack of the Hill near Flatbush.
k Seven row gallies carrying 24 and 18 pounders with Crews of about 250 men each 12 Flat-bottomed Boats with 60 to 100 men each.
l The Enemy's Post the 12th of October.
m The Phoenix, the Roebuck and the Tartar.
n Lieutenant General Earl Perry with two Brigades of British and one of Hessians left to cover New York.
o The Carrysfort Frigate.
p March of the Enemy's Army from King's Bridge to the White Plains.
q A chain of the Enemy's entrenched camps between Kings Bridge and the White Plains from the 18th to the 21st.
r Encampment of the King's Troops from the 18th to the 21st.
f The Queen's Rangers the 21st and Camp of the 6th Brigade the 22nd.
t Lieutenant General Knyphausen covering the disembarkation of the stores and provisions on the 22nd.
u A detachment of the Enemy.
v British encampment from the 21st to the 25th
w The Army on March the 25th
x The Enemy's Army the 25th
y Encampment of the King's Army from the 25th to the 28th
z The Kings Army on march early on the 28th
a Lieutenant General Knyphausen with 6 Battalions of Hessians the 28th
b Encampment of the King's Army the 28th and 29th
c The Enemy's army the 29th
d Brigadier Spencer's Corps which retreated to, e.
f Colonel Raille, with one Brigade of Hessians on the Flank of the Enemy
g The 28th and 35th Reg.ts supported by the 5th and 49th Reg.ts under the Command of Lieutenant General Leslie
h 2 Battalions of Grenadiers under command of Colonel Dunop
i Retreat of the Enemy from the White Plains the 1st of November
k The King's Troop driving the Enemy from the Heights towards Crotton Bridge
l Encampment of Lieutenant General Knyphausen the 2nd
m Major General Grant with the 4th and 6th Brigades and Waldeck Regiment on the 4th.
n Encampment of the King's Army on the 6th
o The Park of Artillery the 7t
p 2 Battalions of Light Infantry the remainder of the Hessians with the Field Pieces on the 8th
q March of the Kings Army on the 12th
r Encampment of the Kings Army on the 13th
s 3rd Brigade: British Reg.rs; 37th, 52th, 38th, 10th: Maj .Gen G.t Jones
Attack on Fort Washington under command of Lt. Gen. Earl Perry
Hessian Brigade Reg.ts: Hered: Pribce, Dunol: B:.Gen. Stern
t Hessian Regiments: Knyphausen, Raille, Wilgenen, Waldeck, 4 Garrison Reg.ts, 1 Batt. Of Grenedier: Brig. Gen. Smidt, Col.l Raille: Lieutenant Gen. Knyphausen
u 2 Battalions Light Infantry, 2 Battalions Guards, 2 Battalions Grenediers, 33 Regiment: Brig. Gen.l Matthew: lieu.t General Earl Cornwallis
v Brigade of Highlanders, 2 Battalions of the 42nd Reg.t : Lieu. Col. Sterling 5th, 49th Regiments. 2 Field Pieces to each Battalion: Brig. Gen. Leslie
w Lord Cornwallis with two Battalions of Light Infantry, two Companies of Chasoeurs, 2 Battalion of British and two Hessians Grenadiers, two Battalions Guards 33rd & 42nd Regiments on the 18th of November
x Retreat of the Enemy from Fort Constitution towards Brunswick
y Lord Cornwallis following the Enemy leaving the 2nd Brigade in protection of the Fort
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Swissperform (Eigenschreibweise SWISSPERFORM) ist die Schweizerische Gesellschaft für die Leistungsschutzrechte in der Schweiz und in Liechtenstein.

Tätigkeit
SWISSPERFORM ist eine unter staatlicher Aufsicht stehende Verwertungsgesellschaft für die Leistungsschutzrechte (auch verwandte Schutzrechte oder Nachbarrechte genannt) in der Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein. Sie stützt sich für ihre Tätigkeit auf eine Bewilligung des Instituts für Geistiges Eigentum (IGE) beziehungsweise auf eine Konzession der liechtensteinischen Regierung. Swissperform verwertet Rechte von Musikern, Schauspielern, Musik- und Filmproduktionsfirmen und von Sendeunternehmen, soweit diese nicht von den Berechtigten selbst wahrgenommen werden. Die Gesellschaft handelt mit den Nutzern und ihren Verbänden Tarife aus und sorgt dafür, dass die entsprechenden Gelder eingezogen und an die Berechtigten verteilt werden. Swissperform arbeitet mit den anderen schweizerischen Verwertungsgesellschaften zusammen.

Mitglieder und Berechtigte
Berechtigt für eine Vergütung von SWISSPERFORM sind Ausübende (Interpreten) und Produzierende (von Ton- und Tonbildträgern) mit Schweizer Wohnsitz. Im Ausland ansässige Ausübende und Produzierende können in Genuss von Vergütungen kommen, falls sie gewisse Voraussetzungen erfüllen. Auch die Sendeunternehmen sind als Inhaber von Leistungsschutzrechten an einem Anteil der Vergütungen berechtigt (z. B. Weitersendeeinnahmen).

Über 21'700 Mitglieder sind mit Stand Dezember 2021 Mitglied bei SWISSPERFORM.

Aufsichtsbehörde
Das Eidgenössische Institut für Geistiges Eigentum (IGE) übt die Aufsicht über die Verwaltung der in der Schweiz tätigen Verwertungsgesellschaften, also auch von SWISSPERFORM, aus. Es prüft und genehmigt den jährlichen Jahresbericht von SWISSPERFORM.

Das IGE führt jedes Frühjahr ein Treffen mit den Verwertungsgesellschaften durch. Dabei werden diese über die Tätigkeit des IGE informiert und Fragen zur Verwertung der Urheberrechte und der verwandten Schutzrechte erörtert.

Gesetzliche Ausgangslage
Neben den Werken von Urhebern schützt das schweizerische Urheberrechtsgesetz auch die Leistungen von Interpreten (im Phono- wie auch im Audiovisionsbereich), Phonogramm- und Audiovisionsproduzierenden und Sendeunternehmen. Die Rechte dieser Berechtigtengruppen werden Nachbarrechte, verwandte Schutzrechte oder Leistungsschutzrechte (LSR) genannt. Leistungsschutzrechte gibt es international in allen Staaten, die das Internationale Abkommen über den Schutz der ausübenden Künstler, der Hersteller von Tonträgern und der Sendeunternehmen (auch genannt Rom-Abkommen) oder den WIPO-Vertrag über Darbietungen und Tonträger (WPPT) ratifiziert haben.

Geschichte
Am 1. Juli 1993 ist das revidierte schweizerische Urheberrechtsgesetz, das erstmals Rechte für die ausübenden Künstler, Phonogramm- und Audiovisionsproduzierenden und Sendeunternehmen vorsieht, in Kraft getreten. Das Gesetz bestimmt, dass für die kollektiv wahrzunehmenden verwandten Schutzrechte nur eine Gesellschaft zuständig sein soll (vgl. Art. 42 Abs. 2 URG).

Die Schweizerische Interpretengesellschaft SIG (heute Schweizerische Interpretengenossenschaft), IFPI Schweiz, der schweizerische Verband für Spiel- und Dokumentarfilmproduktion (heute Swiss Film Producer's Association), der schweizerische Verband für Auftragsfilm und Audiovision (heute Swissfilm Association), IFPI-Video und die Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft SRG SSR gründeten gemeinsam Swissperform als die Verwertungsgesellschaft für die verwandten Schutzrechte in der Form eines Vereins.

Dem ersten Vorstand gehörten Karl Knobloch (Präsident), André Amsler (Vizepräsident), Ernst Brem, Hans-Joachim Frick, Polo Hofer (vertreten durch Karl Zbinden), Heinz Marti, Marianne Sonder Stauffer, Jack Dimenstein, Ossi Drechsler, Willi Egloff, Wadek Glowacz, Peter Vosseler, Dominique Diserens, Anna Mäder-Garamvölgyi und Jürg Seiberth an. Mit der Geschäftsführung wurde von 1993 bis 2009 Yvonne Burckhardt betraut. Ab 2009 bis 2011 wurde dieses Amt von Sabine Jones ausgeübt. Aktueller Direktor von SWISSPERFORM ist Poto Wegener.

Im Jahr 1994 erzielte SWISSPERFORM die ersten Tarifeinnahmen. Das von den Fachgruppen erarbeitete Verteilreglement wurde von der Aufsichtsbehörde, dem IGE, genehmigt. 1997 verteilte SWISSPERFORM dann zum ersten Mal Vergütungen an die Berechtigen. Im Laufe der Zeit wurde das Verteilsystem für die ausübenden Künstler von einer Verteilung, die auf dem Honorar für die Produktion von Ton- oder Tonbildträgern und Sendungen basierte, auf eine nutzungsbezogene Verteilung umgestellt. Dies brachte eine wesentliche Erhöhung der Anzahl Künstler, an welche Vergütungen entrichtet werden konnten. An einer ausserordentlichen Delegiertenversammlung wurde 2009 eine vom Vorstand vorbereitete grössere Statutenrevision genehmigt. Es erfolgte die Abschaffung der Verbandsmitgliedschaft, zwei zusätzliche Personen kamen zum Vorstand hinzu und Vorstand und Fachgruppen wurden personell näher miteinander verflochten.

Organe
 Die Delegiertenversammlung ist das oberste Organ von SWISSPERFORM, sie besteht aus 50 Delegierten (20 Ausübende, 20 Produzierende, 10 Vertreter der Sendeunternehmen).
 Der Vorstand wird von der Delegiertenversammlung gewählt und kümmert sich um die Verwaltung von SWISSPERFORM. Er besteht aus insgesamt 17 Mitgliedern, nämlich dem Präsidium (Präsident und Vizepräsident) und 3 Vertretern jeder Fachgruppe.
 Der Vorstandsausschuss besteht aus dem Präsidium und den fünf Fachgruppenpräsidenten. Der Vorstandsausschuss besorgt zusammen mit der Direktion die täglichen Geschäfte von SWISSPERFORM.
 Die Fachgruppen sind für die Verteilung der Einnahmen von SWISSPERFORM innerhalb der einzelnen Berechtigtengruppen, resp. das Verteilreglement, zuständig.

Nationale Kooperation
SWISSPERFORM arbeitet eng mit den Verwertungsgesellschaften SUISA, SUISSIMAGE, SSA und ProLitteris, welche die Rechte der Urheber vertreten, zusammen.

Die Zusammenarbeit bezieht sich insbesondere auf das Aufstellen gemeinsamer Tarife in gleichen Nutzungsbereichen, den Einzug der Vergütungen d. h. das Inkasso (Verhandeln von gemeinsamen Tarifen mit den Nutzerorganisationen), die Verteilung der Vergütungen, gemeinsame PR-Aktionen, z. B. Schulkampagne «respect ©opyright!» und den gemeinsamen Internetauftritt der Verwertungsgesellschaften.

Die Urheberrechtsgesellschaften SUISA, SUISSIMAGE, ProLitteris und SSA nehmen Urheberrechte wahr. Übt eine Person verschiedene Funktionen aus (z. B. Urheber, Produzent, Interpret), sind verschiedene Gesellschaften zuständig und die Person muss entsprechend bei verschiedenen Gesellschaften Mitglied werden.

SWISSPERFORM kooperiert auch mit mehreren Verbänden von Rechtsinhabern. So hat SWISSPERFORM gewisse Verteilungen an IFPI Schweiz (Tonträgerhersteller) und SIG delegiert.

Internationale Kooperation
Kooperation
SWISSPERFORM ist Mitglied der Dachorganisationen SCAPR, AEPO-ARTIS und IPDA. Die Ansprüche ausländischer Berechtigter werden in erster Linie über Gegenseitigkeitsverträge oder einseitige Wahrnehmungsverträge mit ausländischen Verwertungsgesellschaften, die die Berechtigten vertreten, geregelt. Wenn solche Verträge nicht möglich sind, werden die Rechte der ausländischen Rechtsinhaber im Auftragsverhältnis wahrgenommen.

Rechte der ausländischen Ausübenden
SWISSPERFORM kennt zwei verschiedene Typen von Gegenseitigkeitsverträgen mit ausländischen Schwestergesellschaften, die Interpretenrechte wahrnehmen: Typ A und Typ B.

Beim Typ-A-Vertrag werden gegenseitig die Vergütungen, auf welche die Mitglieder des Vertragspartners im Einzugsland Anspruch haben, gesamthaft an den Vertragspartner überwiesen. Dieser übernimmt die Weiterleitung der Vergütungen an die berechtigten Ausübenden.

Beim Typ-B-Vertrag verbleiben die den Mitgliedern des Vertragspartners zukommenden Vergütungen im Einzugsland. Sie werden verwendet, um die Vergütungen, auf welche die eigenen Mitglieder im Land des Vertragspartners Anspruch hätten, zu kompensieren. Diese Nichtaustauschverträge wurden in der Vergangenheit dann geschlossen, wenn wegen fehlender Nutzungs- und Berechtigungsdaten die Gesellschaften nicht in der Lage waren, Vergütungen an die ausländischen Berechtigten abzurechnen, oder wenn die Verteilregeln untereinander nicht kompatibel waren.

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website

Einzelnachweise

Organisation (Zürich)
Musikverwertungsgesellschaft
Gegründet 1993
Musikorganisation (Schweiz)
Musikwirtschaft (Schweiz)

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Thirteen years ago I made my first Bittersweet Truffles using only chocolate, cream, butter and cocoa powder. It was the onset of an obsession that finally has culminated into my dream.
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Why the Ball jar? Cheri and I met at Ball State University for graduate school!
Dark chocolate (61%), heavy cream, butter, cocoa powder.


Not, as it turns out, my favorite of the series, despite Ce'Nedra's taking the helm in many ways. I remembered it more fondly. And there's nothing particularly wrong with it, except it largely feels like a filler book: this is where Garion gets crowned and Ce'Nedra raises an army, and that's sort of all that happens in this 'un. It's entertaining enough, with laugh out loud moments like all of them have, but not the strongest of the series. Looking forward to finishing 'em up, though, because I /have/ been enjoying this re-read a great deal.
Oddly Castle of Wizardry was the first one I read as my mom picked it up at the grocery store when I was home with the chicken pox (at 14! It was miserable) So I have a special fondness for it, especially the way it opens which I found enthralling even though I didn't know the bits leading up to this story.


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import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiAction;
import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiActionId;
import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiMatchFieldId;
import org.onosproject.net.pi.service.PiPipeconfService;
import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiTableId;
import org.onosproject.p4tutorial.pipeconf.PipeconfFactory;
import org.slf4j.Logger;

import static org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceEvent.Type.DEVICE_ADDED;
import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;

/**
 * Simple application that drops all ICMP packets.
 */
@Component(immediate = true)
public class IcmpDropper {

    private static final Logger log = getLogger(IcmpDropper.class);

    private static final String APP_NAME = "org.onosproject.p4tutorial.icmpdropper";

    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
    private DeviceService deviceService;

    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
    private FlowRuleService flowRuleService;

    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
    private ApplicationAdminService appService;

    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
    private CoreService coreService;

    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
    private PiPipeconfService piPipeconfService;

    private final DeviceListener deviceListener = new InternalDeviceListener();

    private ApplicationId appId;

    @Activate
    public void activate() {
        log.info("Starting...");

        appId = coreService.registerApplication(APP_NAME);
        // Register listener for handling new devices.
        deviceService.addListener(deviceListener);
        // Install rules to existing devices.
        deviceService.getDevices()
                .forEach(device -> installDropRule(device.id()));

        log.info("STARTED", appId.id());
    }

    @Deactivate
    public void deactivate() {
        log.info("Stopping...");

        deviceService.removeListener(deviceListener);
        flowRuleService.removeFlowRulesById(appId);

        log.info("STOPPED");
    }

    private boolean checkPipeconf(Device device) {
        if (!device.is(PiPipelineProgrammable.class)) {
            // Device is not PI-pipeline programmable. Ignore.
            return false;
        }
        if (!piPipeconfService.ofDevice(device.id()).isPresent() ||
                !piPipeconfService.ofDevice(device.id()).get().equals(PipeconfFactory.PIPECONF_ID)) {
            log.warn("Device {} has pipeconf {} instead of {}, can't install flow rule for this device",
                     device.id(), piPipeconfService.ofDevice(device.id()).get(), PipeconfFactory.PIPECONF_ID);
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

    private void installDropRule(DeviceId deviceId) {
        PiMatchFieldId ipv4ProtoFieldId = PiMatchFieldId.of("hdr.ipv4.protocol");
        PiActionId dropActionId = PiActionId.of("_drop");

        PiCriterion piCriterion = PiCriterion.builder()
                .matchExact(ipv4ProtoFieldId, (byte) 0x01)
                .build();
        PiAction dropAction = PiAction.builder()
                .withId(dropActionId)
                .build();

        FlowRule flowRule = DefaultFlowRule.builder()
                .forDevice(deviceId)
                .forTable(PiTableId.of("ip_proto_filter_table"))
                .fromApp(appId)
                .makePermanent()
                .withPriority(1000)
                .withSelector(DefaultTrafficSelector.builder()
                                      .matchPi(piCriterion)
                                      .build())
                .withTreatment(
                        DefaultTrafficTreatment.builder()
                                .piTableAction(dropAction)
                                .build())
                .build();

        log.warn("Installing ICMP drop rule to {}", deviceId);

        flowRuleService.applyFlowRules(flowRule);
    }

    /**
     * A listener of device events that installs a rule to drop packet for each new device.
     */
    private class InternalDeviceListener implements DeviceListener {
        @Override
        public void event(DeviceEvent event) {
            Device device = event.subject();
            if (checkPipeconf(device)) {
                installDropRule(device.id());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isRelevant(DeviceEvent event) {
            // Reacts only to new devices.
            return event.type() == DEVICE_ADDED;
        }
    }
}

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Indians Vs. White Sox Final: Cleveland Wins 4-2 To Move Closer To Tigers In Advance Of Big Weekend
By AncientMariner Aug 19, 2011, 6:20am CDT
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The Indians picked up a big win on Thursday night to take the series from the Chicago White Sox and to move within a game and a half of the Detroit Tigers for first place in the AL Central, and just as importantly, saw an opponent get back up after a frightening incident, and so will not have nightmares accompanying them to the Motor City.
Matt LaPorta belted a two-run homer, Kosuke Fukudome had three hits and drove in the go-ahead run, and Justin Masterson won his tenth game with some help from the bullpen, as the Tribe moved to 62-58 on the season and won their sixth game in the last eight, 4-2 at U.S. Cellular Field.
The night could have been a bad night despite the win, but it seems as if all is well with Chicago starter Philip Humber.
In the second inning, Fukudome hit a liner back to the mound which hit Humber flush in the face. Humber dropped to the ground, but almost immediately got back up, and even wanted to continue in the game, but was (wisely) pulled from the game by Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen. The ball hit Humber in the forehead area, but it seemed as if some of the impact might have been reduced by his moving his head back and distributing the blow rather than the shot hitting with no chance to "go with it", so to speak.
As someone who was knocked out by a golf ball which missed my temple by just a couple of inches years ago, trust me when I say that that was a scary moment for Humber, for the White Sox, and for Fukudome, and all parties concerned have to feel as if a real tragedy was thankfully avoided.
Anyhow, back to the game.
Masterson pitched six innings and allowed both Chicago runs on seven hits, and was followed by a convoy of four relievers, who sealed the deal with three scoreless innings. After the game, the White Sox' Juan Pierre paid Masterson a compliment when he said that Justin has become a "bulldog in this league. The numbers speak for themselves. He's a pretty tough pitcher to hit."
Rafael Perez got one out in the seventh and was followed by Joe Smith, who finished the frame. Vinnie Pestano pitched the eighth and worked out of a bases-loaded and two outs jam by striking out Gordon Beckham, and Chris Perez worked a perfect ninth to earn his 27th save.
After Paul Konerko gave Chicago an early lead with his 28th homer against Masterson, LaPorta belted his 11th round-tripper, a two-run shot to left-center that gave Cleveland a 2-1 lead. The White Sox came right back and tied it in the fourth on an RBI base hit from Tyler Flowers, but the Indians took the lead for good in the sixth when Fukudome's shot down the line in right off of Will Ohman (0-3) rattled around long enough to score Shin-Soo Choo all the way from first. Later in the inning, Asdrubal Cabrera drew a bases-loaded walk off of Jason Frasor, and the Tribe had a big insurance run and a 4-2 lead that completed the scoring.
So now the Indians head to Detroit, and here is the situation: If the Tigers win at least one game, they will retain first place going into next week, but even if Detroit does hold on to the lead, if Cleveland could take two-of-three, they would be only a half-game back when they leave Detroit.
It should be a fun weekend.
LaPorta, Fukudome And Tribe's Pitching Key 4-2 Win Over Chicago; Indians Head For Detroit A Game And A Half Back
A Win In Thursday's Finale In Chicago Would Pull The Tribe Within A Game And A Half Of Detroit


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Posted: Wednesday 3 December, 2008 at 12:48 PM
CAS Global enhances academic skills in students
Four local students win New York trip
By Suelika N. Creque
Editor-SKNVibes.com
Julie 'Lexy' Brooks, CEO of VIP Connected pictured with the students of St. Kitts who won the Caribbean All-Star Students essay competition, during their prize
Trip to New York
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – CHILDREN continue to walk the right path when various activities are organised to encourage their intellect whilst reminding them of what is important in life.
VIP Connected Entertainment, a full-source international entertainment company that has hosted several concerts with top of the line artistes in St. Kitts, created the Caribbean All Star Student Global (CAS Global).
The purpose of CAS Global is to give students the opportunity to enhance their academic skills and creative thinking abilities by learning about different social and economic events as well as social studies abroad.
It was also created to get students thinking creatively and to exercise their writing skills and abilities.
The CEO of VIP, Julie 'Lexy' Brooks, said that she first came up with the idea for CAS Global in 2007.
"VIP Connected Entertainment has always given back to the community after each concert that we put on and, in 2007, after our Spring Bling concert I came up with the idea on a flight from Puerto Rico to New York," she said. "I mean the ideas just kept flowing and I kept writing. To tell you the truth, by the time I landed at JFK I had a brand new company on paper and it was Caribbean All-Star Students."
Brooks said that CAS Global is a non-profit organisation based in New York and is an essay writing competition given to primary and secondary school students.
The programme is designed to get students thinking creatively and to exercise their writing skills and abilities.
"We want to remind students of what is important in life such as heritage and culture, family and taking pride in their communities," she said. "Our four essay topics derived from 'What Does Family and Family Values mean to you?' 'Who is your role model and why?' 'What changes would you like to see made in your community?' and, finally, 'What does Heritage and Culture means to you?'
"Growing up in Jamaica, I wish I had a programme such as this available to me at my school.
We feel that it is imperative for students to explore new places and new ideas at an early age to help broaden their horizon."
The first essay writing competition started in St. Kitts in April 2007 and ran in schools around the island for two months.
Brooks said they contacted the Ministry of Education, which after hearing about their intentions, gave them the green light on the project.
"After reviewing our proposal, the Ministry of Education assigned Mr. Micheal Blake to liaise with us and he was quite instrumental with helping us on the ground," Brooks said. "Mr. Blake assisted us from beginning to end and for that we are grateful."
She added that they collected 20 essays from the schools and four were selected as the winners.
The selected students were also assisted with their travel documents and visas by VIP, which they needed in order to travel to New York as their prize trip along with a chaperon. ~~Adz:Right~~
The students, Myisha McDonald of the Violet Petty Primary, Rhonielle Lewis of St. Paul's Primary, Xiaoyu Harris of Dieppe Bay Primary and Bronsyl Magnus Blake-Esdaille of Beach Allen Primary, travelled along with their chaperon Michelle Patrick-Powell.
They were treated to an all expense paid trip to New York, along with a certificate from CAS and school supplies.
While in New York, they visited several landmarks including the St. Kitts Tourism office, Ground zero (World Trade Center), Metropolitan Museum of Art and Natural History, Empire State Building, Columbia University, Time Square, Mars 2112 and the New York Public Library.
"We greeted them with balloons at the John F. Kennedy Airport and took them to their hotel at the Hilton (Double Tree). I remember one of the students being so excited that he ran and jumped on his bed and said, 'Wow my very own hotel room'. That made me smile to see the students so excited to be in New York and to know that we made that happen."
Brooks said the competition would return to St. Kitts and Nevis, depending on the amount of requests they receive from the Federation as they already have other countries scheduled to be a part of the event.
"I would encourage those students and their teachers who were not aware of the competition to visit the website (www.casglobal.org) and request that their country be added next year or in 2010," she said. "The more requests we receive the more likely we are to repeat the programme in that country, sooner rather than later."
The mission of CAS Global is to include as many islands as they possibly can over the coming years.
"We will certainly be repeating the islands where the programme was already cast to give more students in different schools an opportunity to take part in the project," she said.
Brooks said earlier this year she had travelled to several islands to introduce CAS and was very pleased at the welcome she received for the programme.
"Starting with Guyana, I met with a government official, Mr. Kwame McCoy, and he was so excited about CAS coming to Guyana that he offered some ideas of his own. I also met and spoke with the Prime Minister of Dominica and he felt that the project will have a positive impact on the students there. Also, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Antigua, St. Vincent, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are all set for 2009-2010."
"In 2011/2012, with the assistance of Wyclef Jean, we hope to run the competition in Haiti as well as Grenada, Aruba, St. Maarten, St. Thomas/St. Croix, Montserrat, and Bahamas will also be included."
The competition will be held in four countries each year, with two islands in the first quarter and two in the second quarter.
"We would also like to include other destinations as part of the all expense paid trip such as Orlando and the United Kingdom."
Brooks also extended thanks and appreciation to the sponsors and individuals who became a part of the project and for their assistance. The list includes American Airlines and American Eagle, ZIZ, Tony Matterhorn, SKNVibes.com, MARS2112-NY, Michael Blake.
For more information, or to join CAS Global, one can visit their web site visit at www.casglobal.org .


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Counting upsides and downsides in choices under ambiguity: a behavioral approach
March 2, 2021 12:30 - 13:30FINISHED
Loyola University. Campus of Córdoba.
Jaromir Kovarik
Link al seminario: https://loyola.webex.com/meet/rede3c
Ellsberg's (2011) conjecture that, in certain decisions involving small (rare) probabilities, decision makers (DM) would reveal systematic ambiguity loving preferences, inspired us to propose a behavioral model, in which a DM counts the cons and pros of different foreseeable events. We focus—but not exclusively—on ambiguous situations where the ignorance of the underlying probabilities might enhance our behavior heuristics. The proposed model can explain, e.g. why people behave as ambiguity-averse for high probabilities but ambiguity-seeking for low ones, why framing via categorization affects choices, or why people in certain situations select dominant actions. We test and confirm some of these predictions in a controlled laboratory experiment.
Keywords: ambiguity, behavioral decision-making, Experiment, framing, heuristics.


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My grandfather had this bell. He used it to summon his 8 grandchildren to the dinner table promptly at 5:30. For years I took this as a gesture of his austerity and penchant for order. I believed him to be a harsh disciplinarian.
In retrospect, these assumptions are both accurate and false, as memories tend to be. Somewhat indistinct and triggered by odd objects, smells or sounds. Such as the bell.


NEW DELHI: Hewlett Packard (HP) India has announced that it would be working with other industry majors to create awareness and expand the 'hotspot' base in India.
According to HP's VP for Personal Systems Group, Ravi Swaminathan, the company is in dialogue with several partners–including Intel, Microsoft and Cisco–to create a WiFi environment and infrastructure in the country. "India can expect a lot of industry action on this front over the next three months," he said. However, he declined to give any further details of the initiative. He was addressing the media during the launch of nx9000, HP's WiFi ready notebook.
Talking to Cyber News Service during the occasion, Swaminathan said that the decision to launch a notebook integrated with the 802.11b PCI card is aimed at breaking out of the vicious 'chicken and the egg' situation. "The country has already moved towards the direction of creating hotspots, what one needs is the right tool to go completely mobile," he added.
Talking about the target client base and the go to market strategy, Swaminathan said that the product has been designed to cater to the needs of executives and professionals across businesses and industries–international Indians to be precise. "These are the people who travel extensively across the globe and are highly exposed to IT-enabled environment. These are also the people who need information anytime anywhere in real time and hence this is the segment we would be initially be targeting," he said.
The company aims at leveraging the wins with this "highly mobile international Indians" segment to broad base its customer base in future. No wonder it had roped in actor-director, Rahul Bose to represent the segment during the launch.
Swaminathan and his team, however, declined to talk about the volume they would be targeting during this fiscal. "The desktop to notebook ratio in India is 40:1 as against 6:1 average in Asia pacific and 3:1 average of world. This offers us a huge opportunity more so because, unlike three years back, notebooks have actually posted very good sales growth," he said.


Every year on a Saturday in September the Town of Miami is transformed: Bullion Plaza Museum and Cultural Center Park fills with music, food and fun for our families and friends. On Sept. 8 the Miami Fiesta bloomed and shined for another year.
The Chihuahua Races hummed with excitement, running, jumping, yelping from the owners, then off raced the dogs! Our first-place winner was Jeff; second-place was Pachito and third-place, Henry. Each of our glorious winners received ribbons, certificates and cash prizes provided by Jerry and Marcia Barnes.
"Kiddy Land" was kindly supervised by the Miami Arts Commission bringing their arts and crafts and watching over our kids as they played on all the terrific interactive rides. The Miami Business Association provided the "Piñata Breaks" throughout the day, a great tradition enjoyed by all the kids.
The night lit up brightly with our new park lights, as Neto Vasquez and his band Imagine played while couples danced, and others swayed in their chairs late into the evening.
The Miami Fiesta is a historic festival established by Hispanic businessmen and leaders so very long ago to highlight and celebrate the Latino heritage in our community. That same passion lives on in the all the great folks that contribute, volunteer and work on this special day.
A.P.S., Apache Gold Casino, Marcia and Jerry Barnes, Bullion Plaza Museum and Cultural Center and its Director Tom Foster, Clifford Carnahan, Cecil Trucking, Darryl Dalley, Debbie Hiibel, KIKO, KQSS, Gila County Sheriff's Department, Gila County Supervisor's, Miami Lions, Kristy Regalado, Resolution Mining Corporation, Joe Sanchez, Fernando Shipley, Arizona Silver Belt/Copper Country News, Steve Rodgers, Russell Tiede, United Fund, Town of Miami's "Great Guys" of Public Works, Miami Town staff, and the Ladies of Miami Genesis. Once more, thank you all and adios 'til next year!


A hip hop instrumental soundtrack for an abandoned skyscraper in Bangkok.
Over 3000 people have occupied this tower in Caracas, self-organizing their own squatter society.
All works are the copyright of Chris Arkenberg, 2013.


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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Fantasy 1958 1 hr 33 min
Available on Disney+
The story of an ageing Irish caretaker and yarn-spinner who stumbles into the underground kingdom of the leprechauns after losing his job to a younger man. He is granted three wishes by the king of the little people, but when his daughter is taken ill, only the leprechauns can help him.
Starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery
Director Robert Stevenson
Albert Sharpe
Darby O'Gill
Katie O'Gill
Michael McBride
Jimmy O'Dea
King Brian
Pony Sugrue
Sheelah Sugrue
Denis O'Dea
Père Murphy
J.G. Devlin
Tom Kerrigan
Lord Fitzpatrick
Phadrig Oge
Farrell Pelly
Paddy Scanlon
Nora O'Mahoney
Molly Malloy
Lawrence Edward Watkin
Oliver Wallace
English (AD, SDH, Audio)
Danish (Subtitles), Dutch (Subtitles), Finnish (Subtitles), French (Canada) (Subtitles), French (France) (Audio, Subtitles), German (Audio, Subtitles), Italian (Audio), Norwegian (Subtitles), Portuguese (Brazil) (Audio, Subtitles), Portuguese (Portugal) (Subtitles), Spanish (Latin America) (Audio, Subtitles), Spanish (Spain) (Audio), Swedish (Subtitles)
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.


The VX 520 credit card terminal gives you the freedom of processing credit cards using an analog phone line or by using a simple Ethernet connection. Use the VX 520 to EMV payments using a chip card, swipe payments, and other payments like Google Pay or Apple Pay.
• Protect the power cord and modem. If they are damaged, do not use them any longer.
• The terminal is not waterproof or dustproof, therefore it should be used indoors only.
• The warranty of the terminal will void if it is exposed to dust or water.
• Do not use the terminal next to water or moist areas.
• Do not use below 0°C degrees.
might damage the terminal greatly.
• If the terminal is damaged, contact Verifone's customer service. Don't attempt to fix it alone.
printer and create paper dust.
deterioration of plastic or rubber parts. Do not spray cleaners on the keypad.
• Always shut down the terminal before attempting to remove the battery.
stored in terminal memory to be lost.
delivered to the terminal supplier for disposal. What Comes In The Box?
The VX 520 terminal arrives in a box with a phone line cable, a roll of paper, and the power adapter.
Before you follow any of these steps, make sure to connect the terminal using a phone line or an Ethernet connection and power it up. This terminal requires a phone or Internet connection to connect to the credit card processing company and run your transactions.
Remove the cover from the back of the terminal.
Connect an ethernet cable to the 'ETH' port OR the phone cable, directly to the phone port.
If you want to process transactions faster, use a fast ethernet connection.
Plug the other end of the ethernet cable into a port on the router.
If you are using the phone line, connect the other end of that cable to an analog wall jack. This jack should be standalone (not shared with other devices). Further device programming is not needed. Go ahead with Step 4 to finalize the setup.
Connect the power adapter in the back.
Plug the power adapter into a power outlet.
The terminal will then automatically start up.
Replace the terminal's cover in the back.
Hit the 'F3' button to select 'SOFTPAY-FDMS' and go to the main menu.
Load a roll of paper into the terminal so you can print customer signature receipts for transactions. The VX 520 comes with one starter roll of thermal credit card terminal paper.
Lift the latch to open the printer's cover.
Place the paper into the tray, with the top edge feeding down from the bottom of the paper roll.
Close the cover on top of the paper.
If you're still confused on setting up the Verifone VX 520 or have further questions, contact Verifone directly.


Had a fab time at Zwarte Cross 2012, went there on the Friday and Saturday. It started as a mudfest but the ground dried up over night and turned into a dusty desert instead! Hell were excellent, it is great to see a band that dresses up and throws in a few show elements, amazing what you can do with a suit case full of outfits and masks and a couple of portable backdrops, well done.
Municipal Waste caught my attention as well and I was pleasantly surprised by Lizzy Borden, some of the 80's stuff withstood the test of time. Pity I could not go on the Sunday, seems that Suicidal Tendencies had a crowd on stage.
Shooting from the photopit wasn't as good as standing in the pit between the moshers, the angle was a lot more pleasant. During Hell I went on stage and managed to nab a bow shot at the end. Great atmosphere and very well attended too (156K).


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Can You Dig It is the place for trail riders around the world to keep up with news, videos and products.
Tool Review: Fiskars IsoCore 5 lb Pick
Consider yourself very lucky if the only thing digging at your spot entails is sticking a shovel into the earth and having it come up with a heaping scoop of dirt. Unfortunately for us, a heavy session with a pick is absolutely mandatory to break up our rock hard clay before we even think about digging it. Over the last seven years we've been through over half a dozen different picks/mattocks from a variety of different manufacturers. Though they've all been slightly different, there's one thing that they've all had in common. They've been absolutely brutal on our bodies, especially…
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Creating A New Category: Commonground Bikes
Every so often a company designs a new bike that shakes up the standards and norms of accepted bicycle geometry and creates a new category of bike all its own. Sunday did it with their Model C by replacing a 24″ cruiser's traditional race geometry with scaled up specs and angles from modern 20″ freestyle bikes, Faction did it by designing bikes around a completely new 22″ wheel size that they pioneered and developed, and now Commonground Bikes has done it by creating a bike that merges the best traits and the aesthetics of a 24″ BMX bike and the…
Review: Odyssey Grandstand Alloy Pedals
"Holy shit, these things don't have bearings!" Those were my exact words when I took apart one of my Odyssey Grandstand pedals to try and figure out why it was loose. Now, I don't mean that I rode the things so hard that the bearings disintegrated and there was nothing left. What I'm saying is that these things really don't have bearings, not in the traditional sense at least. More on that later, first let me bring those of you who aren't familiar with Odyssey's newest pedal up to speed. The Grandstands are Tom Dugan's signature pedal that feature a…
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For the better part of the last year I've been riding a cassette hub from Onyx Racing, a Minnesota based manufacturer that's relatively new on the scene. The story of how Onyx Racing came to be is very reminiscent of how so many companies started off back in the early days of BMX. Dad's son gets into racing, dad wants him to have the absolute best possible bike, dad decides that he can make something better than what's out there. In this case that dad was Jim Gerhardt, and his son's hubs that he set out to improve would eventually…
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I just had to throw together a review of the Ergodyne ProFlex 9000 Anti-Vibration Gloves after all of the hilarious comments I got on the picture of them I posted on Instagram! I also have some pretty strong opinions about them as well, so why not go ahead and share them with you all. Let me give you a little background on these things before we really dive into them. It was about a month or so ago that Jake showed up to the trails with them. He had somehow come across them during one of his epic Amazon surfing…
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Full length BMX DVD releases are becoming fewer and farther between with each passing year, and those with trails in them have become rarer than hen's teeth. The trails community collectively popped a boner when Back Bone announced that they were going to be releasing a full length DVD. Anyone that knows anything about Back Bone knows that Rhysty and the crew are all about trails. Sure they have a few street guys on their team, but they also have the most impressive roster of Australian trail riders that has ever been assembled. After three years of accumulating footage, Back…
Review: Triple Eight Gotham Helmet with MIPS
I really wasn't expecting any helmet manufacturers to send me anymore helmets to test after that last buyers guide I did, but to my surprise I got an email from Triple Eight asking if I wanted to check out their new dual certified Gotham Helmet that utilizes MIPS technology. Before we get into just what MIPS Technology is, I want to mention that this review is a little bit different than ones I've done before. The Gotham helmet is aimed more at the bicycle commuter market than at BMX. Sure, you can absolutely wear it at the trails, but it…
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McMafia - Season 1 Episode 6
Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian mafia exiles, has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of their past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend R..
Alex Godman, the English-raised son of Russian mafia exiles, has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of their past, building his own legitimate business and forging a life with his girlfriend Rebecca. But when a murder forces his family's past to return to threaten them, Alex is drawn into the criminal underworld and must confront his values to protect those he loves.
Aleksey Serebryakov, David Dencik, David Strathairn, Faye Marsay, James Norton, Juliet Rylance, Mariya Shukshina, Merab Ninidze, Oshri Cohen
Hossein Amini, James Watkins
Keywords: Aleksey Serebryakov David Strathairn Faye Marsay James Norton Juliet Rylance
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