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Los 13 fantasmas de Scooby-Doo fue la séptima serie del dibujo animado de Hanna-Barbera Scooby-Doo. El primer episodio fue mostrado el 7 de septiembre de 1985 y tuvo una temporada en ABC como un programa de media hora. Se produjeron trece episodios entre 1985-1986.

Análisis general
13 fantasmas trató de darle al programa un aire más contemporáneo. Daphne y Shaggy fueron rediseñados para que tuviesen un estilo más ochentero, y junto a Scooby y Scrappy, viajaba un joven chino llamado Flim-Flam, y un hechicero, Vincent Van Ghoul, una parodia de Vincent Price, quien además hizo la voz de este.

La trama del programa seguía una serie de eventos cronológicos, mostraban al grupo tratando de recapturar a los trece fantasmas y monstruos más terroríficos del planeta. El programa incluía varias autoparodias, referencias de la cultura popular y bromas al estilo Looney Tunes; esta fue la influencia del productor Tom Ruegger, quien luego trabajaría con Un cachorro llamado Scooby-Doo, Tiny Toon Adventures y Animaniacs.

El programa fue cancelado por ABC en marzo de 1986 y fue reemplazado por la repetición de Las olimpiadas de la risa. Ningún otro programa de Scooby-Doo fue estrenado en septiembre como solía suceder habitualmente, era la primera vez en una década y media que sucedía.

En febrero de 2019, Warner Bros. Animation estrenó la película Scooby-Doo! y La Maldición de los 13 fantasmas, que sirvió como continuación de la serie y como desenlace de su trama que había quedado inconclusa.

Voces
 Don Messick - Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo
 Casey Kasem - Shaggy
 Heather North - Daphne
 Susan Blu - Flim Flam
 Vincent Price - Vincent Van Ghoul
 Howard Morris - Bogel (Mantecón)
 Arte Johnson - Weerd (Huesos)

Doblaje
 Francisco Colmenero - Scooby-Doo
 Arturo Mercado - Shaggy, Scrappy-Doo
 Nancy McKenzie - Daphne
 Diana Santos - Flim Flam
 Luis Puente - Vincent Van Ghoul
 Esteban Siller - Mantecón
 Raúl Aldana - Huesos

Episodios

Fantasmas
Los 13 fantasmas son un grupo de fantasmas y demonios extremadamente poderosos que fueron encarcelados en el Cofre de los Demonios. Huesos y Mantecón engañaron a Shaggy y Scooby para que abrieran el Cofre y los fantasmas pudieran escapar, dando inicio a la trama de la serie.

Los 13 fantasmas son:

 Maldor el Malévolo - Un brujo fantasmal de la edad media, maestro de la magia negra.
 Reina Morbidia - Una reina vampiro que comanda un ejército de monstruos.
 Espectro Reflector - Un demonio que puede atrapar personas en una dimensión paralela dentro de espejos.
 Zomba - Una demonio con aspecto de zombi que puede transportar personas a películas y series de televisión.
 Capitán Ferguson - Un capitán de mar fantasmal que comanda la tripulación fantasma de un barco embrujado.
 Nekara - Una hechicera con el aspecto de una atractiva mujer, con el poder de hechizar brujos y quitarle sus poderes mediante un beso en viernes 13.
 Marcella - Una bruja demoniaca atrapada en otra dimensión.
 Fangoso - Un demonio calaverico con el poder de controlar el tiempo.
 Demondo - Un demonio verde humanoide que puede atrapar gente en tiras cómicas que cobran vida.
 Rankor - Un demonio mitad vampiro mitad Baphomet que engaña a Vincent Van Ghoul para ver en el Ojo de la Eternidad, lo que lo transforma lentamente el piedra.
 Profesor Fantazmo - Un maestro de circo fantasmal que engaña a las personas con las ilusiones de su Circo del Horror.
 Zimbulu - Un demonio león antropomórfico que busca hacerse el ser más poderoso del universo mediante un ritual bajo el solsticio de invierno. Además, tiene la habilidad de transformarse en una mujer llamada Tallulah.

La película Scooby-Doo! y La Maldición de los 13 fantasmas reveló al treceavo fantasma, Asmodeus, un demonio que es en realidad Asamad Van Ghoul, antepasado directo de Vincent Van Ghoul.

Curiosidades
 Los 13 fantasmas de Scooby-Doo fue la última serie en que Heather North Kennedy hizo la voz de Daphne.
 Fue la última serie que mostró a Scrappy-Doo, además fue la única que incluyó a un preadolescente (Flim Flam) como parte del grupo.
 El nombre de Vincent Van Goul se asemeja bastante al de Vincent Van Gogh.
 En la serie Scooby Doo misterios S.A, se hace mención a Los 13 fantasmas de Scooby-Doo, cuando Daphne y Fred van al museo del misterio ven una estatua de Flim-flam, Daphne dice que lo extraña y que "25 años de prisión le parecía una condena muy larga", después ven la estatua de Scrappy y Fred dice: "juramos no volver a hablar sobre él". Y en el primer capítulo de la serie Shaggy dice que se olvidó de una cita por ver a Vincent Van Goul. Y en varios capítulos se hablan y aparecen de las películas de Vincent Van Goul.

Referencias
 Banks, Clive. "Scooby-Doo". Revisado en http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Scooby-Doo%20Intro.htm el 4 de septiembre de 2005.
 Baxter, Joel (2003). The Complete Scooby-Doo Episode Guide. Revisado en https://web.archive.org/web/20050826000359/http://www.execulink.com/~joelb/scooby/doobydoo.htm el 3 de septiembre de 2005.
 "Hanna-Babera Studios". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Revisado en http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/index.html el 3 de septiembre de 2005.

Series de Scooby-Doo
Series y personajes de Hanna-Barbera
Series de televisión animadas de Estados Unidos
Series de televisión animadas de los años 1980

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Isophya is een geslacht van rechtvleugeligen uit de familie sabelsprinkhanen (Tettigoniidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van dit geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1878 door Karl Brunner-von Wattenwyl.

Soorten
Het geslacht Isophya omvat de volgende soorten:
Isophya acuminata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya altaica Bey-Bienko, 1926
Isophya amplipennis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya anatolica Ramme, 1951
Isophya andreevae Peshev, 1981
Isophya artvin Ünal, 2010
Isophya autumnalis Karabag, 1962
Isophya beybienkoi Maran, 1958
Isophya bicarinata Karabag, 1957
Isophya bivittata Uvarov, 1921
Isophya boldyrevi Miram, 1938
Isophya brevicauda Ramme, 1931
Isophya brunneri Retowski, 1888
Isophya bumerangoides Sevgili, Demirsoy & Çiplak, 2012
Isophya bureschi Peshev, 1959
Isophya camptoxypha Fieber, 1853
Isophya cania Karabag, 1975
Isophya caspica Ramme, 1929
Isophya ciucasi Iorgu & Iorgu, 2010
Isophya clara Ingrisch & Pavicevic, 2010
Isophya costata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya dobrogensis Kis, 1994
Isophya dochia Iorgu, 2012
Isophya doneciana Bey-Bienko, 1954
Isophya fatrensis Chládek, 2007
Isophya gracilis Miram, 1938
Isophya gulae Peshev, 1981
Isophya hakkarica Karabag, 1962
Isophya harzi Kis, 1960
Isophya hemiptera Bey-Bienko, 1954
Isophya hitit Ünal, 2010
Isophya hospodar Saussure, 1898
Isophya ilkazi Ramme, 1951
Isophya iraca Maran, 1977
Isophya kalishevskii Adelung, 1907
Isophya karabaghi Uvarov, 1940
Isophya karadenizensis Ünal, 2005
Isophya kisi Peshev, 1981
Isophya kosswigi Demirsoy, 1974
Isophya kraussii Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya lemnotica Werner, 1932
Isophya leonorae Kaltenbach, 1965
Isophya longicaudata Ramme, 1951
Isophya major Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya mavromoustakisi Uvarov, 1936
Isophya mersinensis Sevgili & Çiplak, 2006
Isophya miksici Peshev, 1985
Isophya modesta Frivaldsky, 1867
Isophya modestior Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
Isophya nagyi Szövényi, Puskás & Orci, 2012
Isophya nervosa Ramme, 1931
Isophya obtusa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
Isophya pavelii Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya petkovi Peshev, 1959
Isophya pienensis Maran, 1954
Isophya plevnensis Peshev, 1985
Isophya posthumoidalis Bazyluk, 1971
Isophya pravdini Peshev, 1985
Isophya pylnovi Miram, 1938
Isophya pyrenaea Serville, 1838
Isophya rectipennis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya redtenbacheri Adelung, 1907
Isophya reticulata Ramme, 1951
Isophya rhodopensis Ramme, 1951
Isophya rizeensis Sevgili, 2003
Isophya rodsjankoi Bolívar, 1899
Isophya salmani Sevgili & Heller, 2006
Isophya savignyi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya schneideri Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya sicula Orci, Szövényi & Nagy, 2010
Isophya sikorai Ramme, 1951
Isophya speciosa Frivaldsky, 1867
Isophya splendida Naskrecki & Ünal, 1995
Isophya staneki Maran, 1958
Isophya stenocauda Ramme, 1951
Isophya stepposa Bey-Bienko, 1954
Isophya straubei Fieber, 1853
Isophya stysi Cejchan, 1957
Isophya sureyai Ramme, 1951
Isophya tartara Saussure, 1898
Isophya taurica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Isophya thracica Karabag, 1962
Isophya tosevski Pavicevic, 1983
Isophya transcaucasica Ramme, 1930
Isophya triangularis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
Isophya uludaghensis Sevgili & Heller, 2003
Isophya yaraligozi Ünal, 2003
Isophya zernovi Miram, 1938
Isophya zubowskii Bey-Bienko, 1954


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The Woman from Mellon's
The Woman from Mellon's is a 1910 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford and Billy Quirk. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company.[1][2]
D. W. Griffith
Biograph Company
Billy Quirk
G. W. Bitzer
Biograph
Silent..English title cards
It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[3]
Billy Quirk as Harry Townsend
George Nichols as James Pertersby
Mary Pickford as Mary Petersby, The Daughter
rest of cast
Linda Arvidson as Detective
Dorothy Bernard -
Kate Bruce as Maid
Charles Craig as Detective/Policeman
Frank Evans as Butler
Francis J. Grandon as In First Office/In Second Office
Ruth Hart as Maid
Guy Hedlund as Butler
Dell Henderson as In Second Office
James Kirkwood as Minister
Henry Lehrman as In Second Office
Owen Moore -
List of American films of 1910
The Woman from Mellon's at silentera.com
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Woman from Mellon's
Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.211 c. 1978 by The American Film Institute
The Woman from Mellon's at IMDb.com
synopsis at AllMovie
Films directed by D. W. Griffith
Only films from 1913 onwards included below. See complete D. W. Griffith filmography
The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (1913)
A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)
Oil and Water (1913)
A Chance Deception (1913)
Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)
Broken Ways (1913)
A Girl's Stratagem (1913)
The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
Near to Earth (1913)
Fate (1913)
The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
The Hero of Little Italy (1913)
A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
The Left-Handed Man (1913)
The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
If We Only Knew (1913)
The Wanderer (1913)
The Stolen Loaf (1913)
The House of Darkness (1913)
Just Gold (1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)
A Timely Interception (1913)
Death's Marathon (1913)
The Mothering Heart (1913)
The Sorrowful Shore (1913)
The Enemy's Baby (1913)
The Mistake (1913)
Two Men of the Desert (1913)
Madonna of the Storm (1913)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)
The Massacre (1914)
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
Battle of the Sexes (1914, lost)
Brute Force (1914)
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
The Escape (1914, lost)
The Avenging Conscience: or "Thou Shalt Not Kill" (1914)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Intolerance (1916)
Hearts of the World (1918)
The Great Love (1918, lost)
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918, lost)
The Greatest Thing in Life (1919, lost)
A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
True Heart Susie (1919)
Scarlet Days (1919)
The Greatest Question (1919)
The Idol Dancer (1920)
Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
The Love Flower (1920)
Way Down East (1920)
Dream Street (1921)
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
One Exciting Night (1922)
The White Rose (1923)
America (1924)
Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
That Royle Girl (1925)
The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
Drums of Love (1928)
The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Lady of the Pavements (1929)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
The Struggle (1931)

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2. What is Test-Driven development ?
1. TDD works best when the framework supports them.
2. The ASP.NET MVC is designed to make it as easy as possible to use Test-Driven development.
3. Writing a unit test before we write the code helps us think about how different kinds of outcomes should be expressed before we write the implementation.
With TDD, we use unit tests which describe the desired behavior as per the specification for our functionality to help design our code. Generally we are used to write the Tests after we have finished coding, but this is a different concept where in we write the unit tests before we start implementing the code.
1. To verify the correctness of the Application by executing a set of specifications against the implementation.
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3. The key to TDD is to test for the right behavior before implementing the feature.
4. We are going to test for 3 different aspects of the behavior we are planning to implement.
a. When the number is negative, we should not be able to perform division.
b. When the number is positive, we can perform division.
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Please note that the CannotPerformDivisionByZero and CannotPerformDivisionByNegativeNumber methods does not have an assert part in the method body because a successfully run test is an exception being thrown, which we assert by applying the ExpectedException attribute on the test method.
We validate the test result by ensuring that an exception is thrown and that it is an instance of type System.DivideByZeroException and InvalidOperationException for the methods CannotPerformDivisionByZero and CannotPerformDivisionByNegativeNumber respectively.
Right-Click the UnitTest class and choose Run Tests. Now run the Unit Test for the first time to test the PerformDivision method. As we expected, all of these tests will fail when we run them.
Now let us add initial implementation of the PerformDivision method to the Test class.
Running the UnitTests again, We see that, Two of the three unit tests have passed.
CannotPerformDivisionByNegativeNumber method fails because we did not add any checks to make sure that we cannot perform division with a negative number. We have to modify our implementation to put this logic in code.
As We can see that we have expressed the error condition in such a way as to satisfy the unit test we wrote before we started coding — that is, we throw an InvalidOperationException when a division is performed with a Negative number .
Each time we change the implementation of the PerformDivision method, we run our unit tests again to make sure that the changes did not break our code.
? We have implemented our new feature such that it passes all of the unit tests.
? We have to make sure that our tests does test all aspects of the behavior or feature we are implementing. If any of the aspects of the expected behavior is failing, then we need to add more tests and repeat the cycle — and we keep repeating it until we are confident that we have a set of tests and an implementation that passes all the tests.


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Obama Mocks His Tan Suit 'Scandal' With Desus and Mero
'PRETTY SHARP'
The former president joined the Showtime late-night hosts for what seemed to be the most enjoyable interview of his latest book tour.
Matt Wilstein
Updated Dec. 14, 2020 2:00PM ET / Published Dec. 14, 2020 1:39PM ET
William Gray/Showtime
As Desus Nice and The Kid Mero waited for Barack Obama to join them for an interview in The Founders Library at Howard University, they started to wonder if the former president was actually going to show.
"Remember when Clint Eastwood did the whole interview with the empty chair?" Desus asked Mero. "Is that what we're doing?"
But moments later, Obama did stroll into the room, bowing to the two hosts of Showtime's Desus and Mero in lieu of handshakes, before engaging in what seems to have been the most enjoyable interview of the book tour for his best-selling memoir A Promised Land.
The former president began by joking that he was going to wear his "kicks" or his Timberlands, but decided to opt for an all-black suit and shirt look instead. When Mero added that he thought they were "gonna hoop," Obama said, "Let me just say that I saw some of the footage of y'all with [Cory] Booker." Desus interrupted him to call that video "deep fake" and "fake news," cracking Obama up, who then added, "Here's the good news, looks like y'all could play for the Knicks."
That more or less set the tone for the rest of the 30-minute episode, in which Obama displayed more than a little knowledge about the pair's rise to fame on their podcast Bodega Boys before making the jump to TV on Vice and now Showtime. Obama shared stories about his own experience shopping in bodegas during various "funky living situations" in early-'80s New York.
It was the hosts who had to steer him into talking about his new book, which focuses not on those early days but on his campaign for the presidency and first term in office. "You know, the big scandal for me was the time I wore the tan suit, which I thought was pretty sharp," Obama remarked at one point. "I had worn it to church just like that spring."
Mero took the opportunity to roast Obama, saying he looked like the "illest Remax realty salesman in Carbondale, Michigan, right now." Desus, by contrast, seemed more interested in finding out what that moment felt like for Obama, asking, "For them to turn this little molehill into a mountain, what is it like to be on the other side of that and just live that?"
"I'll be honest with you, by that time there was so much foolishness that had taken place that you weren't going to be obsessing over that, compared to what?" Obama replied. "Compared to a guy that ended up being president saying I wasn't born in America?"
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For more, listen to Desus and Mero on The Last Laugh podcast.


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ZDI-CAN-959: "iPrint Activex GetDriverSettings Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This vulnerability was found by Anonymous, TippingPoint DVLabs. CVE-2010-4321.


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The "Health & Nutrition Program" at the San Roque Elementary School has got off to a very successful start. It was time to take the next step: in collaboration with the Greenfinity Foundation and the Philippine Department of Agriculture an organic school garden was created, which will supply the students with fresh fruits and vegetables.
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You can actively support the building of the first Lyoness Foundation School with your purchases and by downloading the Lyoness Foundation song, "The Miracle of Lyoness" as well as by renting the Lyoness Foundation Bike "Rolling for Charity".


In today's electronically driven world, even music and songs have to follow this path, if the creator, musician, and singer have any chance of success. Unlike in days of old, the musical agent or promoter makes a bunch of records or CDs and delivers them to radio stations all over the country along with some sort of inducements to play these regularly.
Currently there are thousands of independent artists trying their best to sign-up with a well-established music company and get good distribution deals for them. However, today there are many ways that music is delivered to fans; it can be sent out in various media formats. The older versions or traditional formats are cassettes, vinyl's, CDs, DVDs, etc., but today's fans are more in tune with digital music downloading and listening using their smart phones, iPods, or other electronic devices. An independent music promotion company well-versed in the different formats will ensure that their clients get the maximum exposure through these mediums allowing the song to be seen, heard, and listened to by a growing audience worldwide.
Knowing full well that the most modern way of spreading the name of the band and their songs is through digital music downloading, an independent music promotion company needs to be ready to enter into the world of digital music distribution through companies that drive the market for established and independent artists. It will make a big difference in the life of an independent musician who may be busy getting new songs ready along with various live concerts, and promotions to push their songs and the band. The company's role is to find them venues to perform and come up with excellent marketing and creative campaigns that would help with the spread of the music. This helps in leading to increased sales, and royalties for the musicians. They may also have to oversee actual music distribution of the songs at big record stores and some specialty retail stores.
An important function of an independent music promotion company is to ensure that their clients' songs are easily accessible and available to their fans, both new and old, at all times in every available standard media platforms and formats. Another new concept of the digital age is the advent of streaming music distribution platforms like Spotify that allows their users to record, upload, share and promote new creations of sound, video, and podcasts. If the song is good, it will soon gain airplay around the country with AM/FM radio stations, and may end up in the Top 10 songs of the week, which is a great way to bring the singer and songwriter to the forefront. The more streams, more royalties, and once you gain some momentum you will start making some good money. There are online tools like Spotify Royalty Calculator you can use to calculate how much can you potentially earn with your streams.
The main aim of independent music promotion companies is to promote/attract a large target audience of listeners for creative clients using digital and social media.


He has developed a Wild Blueberry Sauce and a Wild Blueberry Smoothie, made with frozen Wild Blueberries, vanilla yogurt, and orange juice. He has even created a Wild Blueberry Kelp Smoothie that the kids love.
"Wild Blueberries are a no brainer," he said. "In comparison to other berries and fruits, Wild Blueberries have a flavor kids really love." What's more, the rich color and flavor it adds when combined with other ingredients for a smoothie can't be beat.
Currier isn't just trying to win a popularity contest. Pleased palates translate to financial sustainability. The more kids buy meals and snacks from school, the more economies of scale can be achieved, and the lower the cost of food service. That's important, as the state caps school meal prices at $2 for breakfast and $3 for lunch.
"I have to make sure that any ingredient I use or anything I invest in has the greatest amount of impact," Currier said.
Above all, frozen Wild Blueberries are practical: they're easy and efficient to prepare and serve in big batches.
"Individually quick frozen (IQF) Wild Blueberries are extremely easy to use and convenient," Currier added. With smoothies, for instance, the frozen Wild Blueberries keep the other ingredients chilled, which means that we don't have to use additional ice, which would dilute the taste and the component credits. "A little bit of Wild Blueberry goes a long way, especially when it comes to giving a smoothie a vibrant color," he said.
Sales and food cost are important numbers in this small district with 1,600 students enrolled with a 10 percent Free/Reduced rate. Yarmouth added muffins and Wild Blueberry smoothies to the menu and the average daily student participation in breakfast shot up from 4 percent to 24 percent!
This helped counter new restrictions on the kinds of snacks Currier can sell, and it created new energy in the cafeteria for students excited with the changes. The Wild Blueberries are available through the USDA Commodity Foods program and help keep food cost low with over $37,000 worth of foods purchased annually.
And Currier has continued to tinker with new Wild Blueberry recipes.
In 2016, working with Ocean Approved, a local seaweed processing company, he introduced a non-dairy version of the Wild Blueberry smoothie made with kelp cubes. The kelp didn't affect the taste, but provided iodine vital to healthy thyroid function as well as body to the smoothie. By using bananas as its base, it had a lower sugar content than the version of the smoothie made with vanilla yogurt.
The Wild Blueberry Kelp Smoothie was part of the winning menu that made Currier and Nikki Davoren, his Yarmouth Middle School Assistant Manager, champions of the 2017 Farm-to-School Cook-off in April, created by the Maine Department of Education to showcase skills of local school food service staff and promote locally-grown products served in schools.
The Wild Blueberry Kelp Smoothie "was a creative way of introducing a less common but nutrient-dense ingredient into a meal," said Stephanie Stambach, Child Nutrition Consultant for the Maine Department of Education.
For the competition, each team had to prepare a breakfast and lunch within a specific time frame using at least two ingredients that are grown, raised, caught, or manufactured in Maine and meet National School Breakfast and Lunch Program requirements as well as one USDA food. Maine Wild Blueberries and Maine potatoes were used as "challenge" ingredients in the competition. All recipes will be shared in an upcoming Farm-to-School Cook-off recipe book.


Why start a company in Malaysia?
In football, playing at your home ground is better for you and worse for your opponent. Your chances of winning are significantly higher than if you played away from home. But you see, what improves your chances of winning and diminishes theirs is not black magic, but business and psychology.
When it comes to setting up a company, there are many more things to consider besides having a good business plan and strategy. Where you are running the company is critical in the behaviour of your business. I say behaviour because today's companies are human-like, dynamic and constantly changing rather than a plan that is set in stone.
The external environment which hosts your business will absolutely affect the trajectory of your business. From the types of business partners you will get, to the talent you are recruiting, the market you are immediately facing, investors, strategic partnerships to user demographics; there's a plethora of factors that are outside of your control once you set up your company in a certain location.
So, why start a company in Malaysia and not, say, Silicon Valley, London, Beijing or even Singapore? Let's examine why young, Malaysian-based companies like Grab, iflix, 123RF, Pestle & Mortar, and Piktochart are growing ahead of its competitors across the region. We attempt to grapple with this question from an external point of view, rather than internally reviewing their individual business genius.
Did you recently stalk an old friend on Facebook and found out they are now working for a startup? Or know someone who knows someone who is behind an exciting young brand? Forget about the monsoon season, it is the Startup Season here in Malaysia.
Universities and colleges, both local and abroad, are offering more opportunities for those entrepreneurial. From entrepreneurship majors to an entrepreneur's club, individuals with an innate drive to start their companies are equipped with the experience, people, and tools to start their first (possibly, of many) companies after university.
Once you secure the funding you need for your early stage startup, the next thing is to have a space to begin working on your crazy ideas. I know, that's when the headache comes in right? Fear not! Coworking spaces are mushrooming major business hubs in Malaysia and moving into a coworking space can really benefit your early stage startup. Coworking space reduces the cost of office space rental for you which helps you retain organisational flexibility. No more buying your own furnitures and moving them! Also, entrepreneurs can choose a pay-per-use option or a time-based plan which are still cheaper than leasing a building entirely. This is the best part: sharing a common space with other startups creates that burst of creativity and productivity because you can easily discuss ideas with other startup founders! Sure, you can find such spaces all over the US or Singapore but if you check the prices, leasing a coworking space in Malaysia is much cheaper for your startup both in the short run and in the long run. (Need consulting? Don't ask me, ask our mentor who owns Co-labs Asia).
The changing times into a digital age is a large force for youths to pick a career that will not be easily replaced by robots, and entrepreneurship, the business of solving problems for people, happens to be one of them. Besides the entrepreneurs who want to make change, there are also a lot of other people who want to make sure entrepreneurs succeed. So, you should start a company in Malaysia because you are part of this nourished environment that gives you access to the opportunities that you need to thrive.
Startups thrive on the untapped digital market because traditional industries are occupying the heavy, physical nuts and bolts of the economy. While big companies are slow to go digital, Malaysians are rapidly embracing the digital economy and already spend a significant amount of time on their devices. 91% of 30 million Malaysians own and use a smartphone, and it is companies like Grab and iflix who will capitalise on these opportunities to disrupt traditional industries. These young companies are agile and quick when hiring talents, introducing products to the market and encouraging adoptions of their products.
So, yes, there are some successful startups in Malaysia but why should you still start a company here?
That's because there are so many more industries and products that can be disrupted with your creativity. For instance, there are still so much room left for innovation in Malaysia in areas like artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable technology. Oh, don't forget that Malaysia is also a hub closely connecting your products to the ASEAN regional market. Starting a company in Malaysia and gradually expanding it across the region is a common, yet often successful, strategy that entrepreneurs do, and it works (see AirAsia, iMoney and EasyUni).
Today, 40% of SE Asia's 660 million people are active internet users and this is expected to grow to 60% by 2020. This means there's a large, growing and untapped market who largely share a similar lifestyle as we do. Our problems could be their problems, and our solutions could be their solutions. The geographical proximity between Malaysia and these countries is a huge plus because travelling across offices will take much less time than, say, from the UK to the US.
The growing market in South East Asia and our familiarity with it are compelling reasons to start a company here. As Tony Fernandes puts it, a business who conquers its homeland market is best suited for regional expansion. Starting a company in Malaysia makes sense if you're a Malaysian because once you find something that works, your product is immediately ready to expand to our neighbours' markets.
What's the difference between a high performing, shiny company and a company that nobody talks about? It's the people – the people in your organisation and the people who buys your products. That's what separates you from the pack. As an entrepreneur, you benefit from starting your company in your home ground in two ways: the advantage of having the contacts AND knowing the market.
How does having contacts and networks help you and your company? Well, highly successful companies often differ from their identical yet low-performing counterparts in that they have better, brighter people working for them. One of the biggest problem in recruitments is that it is hard to know them as a person. But that's not the case for your friends. Knowing people not only helps you hire better, but also connect you with strategic partners and influential people who can help you. Sometimes in business, it's not what you know but who you know.
You also have a good understanding of the market. What does this even mean? By growing up and living alongside our fellow Malaysians, you know what problems we face on a daily basis. Whether it is the unreliable transportation systems, the troubles of finding a parking when buying lunch, or spending a lot of time waiting for the doctor's appointment, there are many ways an entrepreneur can solve a real problem for real people, and make money out of it. As entrepreneurs, the first step is to recognise problems as opportunities. As compared to someone who is not local, you already know ahead of them what kinds of things help people and what motivates them to buy your stuff.
So why start a company in Malaysia from a people perspective? Because really, most people are nice and we have a collective culture. We also come from a multilingual society who deserves to contend at multiple countries internatioanlly. Believe it or not, we have been very lucky in finding mentors who really just want to help you on FutureLab.
Looking to learn more about the entrepreneurship in Malaysia? Want experienced mentors to help you materialise your startup idea? Click here to explore and join the FutureLab Startup Launchpad program!


By 1909, the American Marconi Company had a virtual monopoly on wireless communications on the West Coast. That year, a small Palo Alto company, Poulsen Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company (soon renamed Federal Telegraph Company), emerged as a dangerous competitor.
Recent Stanford graduate Cyril Elwell was determined to be a part of the West Coast wireless revolution. Elwell's company introduced the first commercially successful system of continuous wave wireless telegraphy, a major improvement over the widely-used Marconi spark system.
Over the next ten years, Federal engineers led by Cyril Elwell and Leonard Fuller made significant improvements to Valdemar Poulsen's original arc transmission technology, developing high frequency, high power, and highly efficient systems. The company's ability to design and build ever larger transmitters, along with the superior performance of Poulsen transmitters over other systems then in use, made it a major player in long distance wireless communication. Winning important contracts with the US Navy, Federal grew to more than 300 employees by its peak year, 1917.
Ironically, the arc was made obsolete by vacuum tube technology developed in Federal's own workshops by a team that included Lee de Forest. Federal's other innovations included significant improvements to radio reception and loudspeakers, glass tube production, and important improvements to maritime navigation and communication.


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How to say "no" – without feeling guilty!
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Reno stranded a franchise-high 16 men on base Tuesday night, spoiling a solid start for Matt Torra and dropping a 4-1 decision to the Sacramento River Cats at Raley Field.
The Aces put runners on base in every inning, yet the base runners failed to materialize on the scoreboard until the ninth, when Drew Macias knocked home Brandon Allen with a two-out single. That would be all the Reno offense would muster, though.
The Aces have now fallen in three-straight games overall and six-straight times to the River Cats.
Torra (3-5) worked 5.1 innings, allowing three runs on eight hits in the losing effort. He walked one and struck out three. Out of the Aces bullpen, Jason Urquidez surrendered a run in two innings of work, and Jose Marte worked a scoreless two-thirds.
The win went to Sacramento reliever Michael Benacka (2-2), who pitched 1.2 scoreless frames after spelling starter and former Aces pitcher Travis Blackley.
Ed Rogers, Allen and Mark Hallberg each collected two hits on the evening for Reno.
The Aces and River Cats will hit the third leg of this four-game set on Wednesday night. RHP Wes Roemer (1-2, 4.75 ERA) gets the nod for Reno. The River Cats will turn to RHP Kyle Middleton (2-5, 3.38 ERA). First pitch from Raley Field is set for 7:05 p.m. PT.
The Aces return home on June 22 for a four-game set with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. Tickets for all Aces games start at just $7, and are available by calling the Reno Aces box office at (775) 334-7000 or by visiting RenoAces.com. The brand-new Freight House District, located just outside Aces Ballpark, is open seven days a week, on both game days and non-game days.


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The Commonwealth Health Advisors team is enthusiastic about and energized by the future of the US healthcare system. We are committed students of understanding the industry – past, present and future. We combine a strong understanding of strategies to succeed with hands-on experience in practical execution. Our team is driven to deliver client success by leveraging their extensive operating experiences to support the success of our clients. Partners are senior healthcare executives that have a deep market understanding from diverse areas of expertise. Our backgrounds complement one another and we enjoy working together! This enables us to predictably deliver on fun and rewarding client engagements with exceptional results.
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We have built and continue to develop an advisor network that brings valuable domain expertise and operating experience to our client engagements. We leverage this growing network of expert healthcare operators to the benefit of our client-partners. A cool and unique part of the Commonwealth Health client experience.
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The team at Commonwealth Health Advisors has operational experience in every facet of the healthcare industry; our expertise and go-to-market approach makes us unique. But what makes us truly powerful is our ability to leverage the experience and insights of our Market Validation Board, a peerless group of industry experts from leading health plans, health systems, employers, and healthcare IT product and services businesses, who have joined forces with our consultants to provide market insight, strategic direction and candid, market validated feedback to our clients.
David Bjork is an experienced healthcare executive with a rich background in healthcare information technology, healthcare services and medical devices. As a serial entrepreneur, David has a proven track record successfully conceiving, building, and operating multiple businesses. He has conducted multiple capital raises and had executive responsibilities for strategic planning , business development, sales and marketing, client operations, product management and P&L management.
As founder and Managing Partner of Commonwealth Health Advisors, David is committed to building a firm provides best-in-industry go-to-market advisory services and earns a reputation for doing so.
David is proud father of three young men. When he is not working or with his family, he enjoys the outdoors and is an avid skier – both snow and water.
Peter Dunphy is an experienced healthcare executive and advisor with a history of bringing new services an technologies to market. He has held general management roles, led commercial and operations teams, and had executive responsibility for product strategy and product management. His operating experience ranges from start-ups, to internal new ventures, to large companies.
As a Partner at Commonwealth Health Advisors, Peter is focused on building a team of great people and on developing our product strategy practice.
Peter enjoys running, hiking and skiing. He and his wife Monica love to travel internationally and try hard to lure their three children away from their college and graduate studies to join them as often as possible.
Henri most recently served as the Vice President, Channel Partnerships for athenahealth, a leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic health records (EHR), revenue cycle management and medical billing, and population health services. In this role, Henri was responsible for the development and execution of high impact lead generation programs across 100 plus lead generation channel partners, including key firms in the medical distribution, financial services, hospitals and physician organizations, medical device firms, and consulting segments.
Before joining athenahealth, Henri held the role of Director, Business Development at American Express Co. where he had responsibility for both the proprietary b2b prepaid card strategy as well as the oversight of the firm's successful joint venture relationship (AEIS) with Maritz, Inc.
Henri has expertise in technology innovation and emerging payment solutions that are improving both the consumer and provider experience within healthcare. Henri is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, Vanderbilt University (BA), and the Goizueta Business School (MBA) at Emory University. He, and his wife Lisa and their 3 children live in Lexington, Massachusetts.
David Wesley leads Commonwealth Health's product development practice through Sursumcorda Resource Group LLC (Sursumcorda). Sursumcorda specializes in continuous delivery healthcare software development process management, healthcare web and mobile application design and development, healthcare learning management platforms, strategic product and business planning, and multimedia production. Dave has over 30 years of deep experience in healthcare software development, entrepreneurship, and consulting.
David founded and leads an "no-shore" virtual software development capability, with resources in Portugal and US, now with 40 plus development, design, and project management resources, focused on providing high-value application development services for US-based healthcare related companies and projects. He was named as co-inventor on HealthPartners' capturAGP diabetes informatics patents related to algorithms and supporting data management software systems for analyzing advanced glucose metrics related to glucose oscillations and variability which has now become an international standard. David also co-authored several major journal publications in advanced diabetes information technology with the International Diabetes Center (Park Nicollet Institute – World Health Organization).
David's prior client experience includes HealthPartners, Park Nicollet, International Diabetes Center, World Health Organization, MD Revolution, Academic Health Plans, American Medical Group Association, Accenture, PrairieCare Institute, Pfizer Health Solutions, Roche, Medtronic,CVS, Kaiser Permanente, and Helmsley Charitable Trust, among others. He has also served as information technology advisor to the non-profit International Diabetes Center for over 30 years.
David has 20 years of leadership experience with healthcare sales and marketing organizations, focusing on go-to-market strategies, sales, network expansion and business development. Most recently at athenahealth, he built the company's sales channel with health systems, and helped turn around sales of the Epocrates mobile messaging product. He has extensive knowledge of electronic health records (EHRs), population health, patient engagement and care management.
Previously, David held executive positions with several healthcare startups, and established the Emerging Pharma division of PDI (now part of Publicis Health). He started his career in healthcare as a Partner with the Monitor Group consultancy (now MonitorDeloitte). He is known as a speaker and healthcare and life sciences thought leader. He has appeared in publications such as the Boston Globe, Pharmaceutical Executive, MedAdNews and Medical Marketing & Media.
David has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and an MBA from Michigan's Ross School of Business. He lives in Belmont, MA with his wife Katherine and four boys. He is active as a community volunteer, including serving as President of the Belmont Library Foundation.
Penny has devoted her career to providing leadership to growth-oriented companies that are transforming population health through innovation with digital technology. Most recently, Penny has led commercialization for early stage digital health start-ups Kurbo Health and Better Therapeutics.
As the Chief Revenue Officer for ShapeUp, a venture-backed company, SaaS platform that pioneered Social Wellness for employers and health plans, Penny led the sales and customer experience team that served a client base of nine Fortune 50 companies and over 800 total clients. She has held several leadership roles with large health plans, such as Kaiser Permanente, UnitedHealthcare and Aetna. Penny holds a BS Pharmacy degree from University of Missouri – Kansas City and holds a Certified Health Insurance Executive (CHIE) accreditation from AHIP.
Molly's career long passion has been to improve the experience of healthcare consumers and those who support them. With over 20 years' experience in Population Health, Service Delivery and Digital Health, Molly has worked with hospitals, providers and organizations serving payers and employers to develop better approaches to support individuals in the management of their health and well-being.
Molly began her career consulting to Academic Medical Centers with Ernst & Young's healthcare services practice, now CapGemini. As a Product leader at Pfizer Health Solutions, Health Dialog, Welltok (Predilytics) and meQuilibrium, Molly built a track record of bringing new products to market through deep market research, collaborative design and development, and rapid testing and validation to create outstanding user experiences and value for customers.
A veteran of 5 start-ups, Molly is known as a big picture thinker with rigorous execution skills who helps organizations mature and scale to drive long-term growth and profitability.
Molly earned her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her Bachelor's degree from Bucknell University. She resides in Newton, Massachusetts with her family.
Dan joins Commonwealth Health Advisors with a decade of healthcare IT sales and business development experience. Dan has an impressive track record of sales growth that ranges from working with small, independent medical practices to large health systems. Dan most recently led an Enterprise sales segment at CareSync. In this role, Dan was responsible for growing CareSync's care coordination services at large health systems across the United States. Dan also held sales producing roles at athenahealth and then CareCloud, where he gained a deep understanding of revenue cycle management, EHR and patient engagement solutions.
As the lead for business development at Commonwealth, Dan is focused on expanding our client engagements with great companies with whom we help to achieve optimal market success.
Dan lives in Northborough, MA with his wife Carolyn and their two children.
George has over 20 years of marketing experience working with a full range of companies, ranging from small start-ups to Fortune 100 firms, across a variety of industries – including consumer products, technology, retail and healthcare. For the past 12 years, George has worked on the agency side, servicing clients in the healthcare industry: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Sanofi, Covidien (now Medtronic), Quest Diagnostics, Epion Health and Allergan.
George has held senior positions at BluePrint Studios, Marketing Edge and Beacon Healthcare, where he led teams developing both B2B and B2C marketing programs across the full spectrum of healthcare channels: managed care, professional and DTC. George's role at Commonwealth Health Advisors is to provide clients with strategic, development and executional services aimed at delivering measurable results and market success.
George graduated from UNC Charlotte, earned an MBA from Pace University and completed postgraduate coursework in art and design at Southern Methodist University
Eric is an executive and entrepreneur with a track record of delivering high levels of revenue in healthcare technology and pharmaceutical services. His extensive commercial leadership experience runs the gamut from small organizations and provider practices to pharmaceutical firms like Pfizer, Sanofi, and Novartis.
As an executive with a growth focus, he has built and led commercial organizations for public and private companies including Stryker, IQVIA, and Patient Point. With a successful exit under his belt, Eric is also an investor and entrepreneur who advises many emerging companies with sales planning and execution.
As a Partner with Commonwealth Health Advisors, Eric is laser focused on assisting clients accelerate growth.
Eric lives in Basking Ridge, NJ with his wife and three daughters.
With 35 years in the healthcare industry, Ric has enjoyed progressively challenging roles and responsibilities within larger software companies followed by entrepreneurial success and exits in the second half of his professional career. These enterprises have included both provider and payer niches in healthcare sectors.
Early in his career, Ric served as VP Marketing at Omni American, General Manager at IDX, and President of VERSYSS. Beginning in 1991, Ric's entrepreneurial adventures began in co-founding and providing executive leadership at Strategic Healthcare Services, Intedata, 1mind Corporation, and Precision.BI all of which either still exist or have had successful acquisition exits.
He has recently co-authored an IT textbook for MPH studies nationwide, and he has an interest in international "no-shore" software development. Ric is an economics graduate of the University of Wisconsin and pursued graduate studies at the University of North Carolina. He travels extensively, provides voluntary services and maintains a strong connection with endorphin generating activities.
Rebika Shaw is an experienced healthcare strategist with expertise in building strong teams, formulating strategic vision and translating it into execution. Rebika has previously provided advisory services as a management communication trainer at Harvard, and held senior operating roles in telehealth where she led strategy development, redesigned the service process chain for multi-site telemedicine operations and the delivery of global remote health services from academic medical centers.
Rebika joined Commonwealth Health Advisors in 2016, and is committed to empowering clients to take their vision from concept to scale.
In her spare time, Rebika enjoys singing, playing the piano, baking, practicing meditation and volunteering in her community. She is a travel buff who loves visiting new places and writing about her adventures.
Caitlin is an experienced healthcare marketing and channel sales strategist who contributed to a decade of intense growth while at athenahealth—a leading provider of medical record, revenue cycle, patient engagement, care coordination, and population health services. Caitlin has managed and executed channel relationships with several Fortune 300 companies, as well as start-up organizations to deliver on growth targets of 30% YOY. Prior to athenahealth, Caitlin spent time in B2B marketing, as well as working for the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice.
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Why The Friends Reunion Was So Painful For Jennifer Aniston To Film
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"Time travel is hard."
That's the feeling that came over Jennifer Aniston when she returned to the set of "Friends" for HBO Max's 2021 reunion special, which starred her and the rest of the show's core cast members. "I think we were just so naive walking into it, thinking, 'How fun is this going to be? They're putting the sets back together, exactly as they were,'" Aniston said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "Then you get there and it's like, 'Oh right, I hadn't thought about what was going on the last time I was actually here.'"
Indeed, going back to the "Friends" set for the reunion brought back many old memories for Aniston, and not necessarily in a good way. The "Friends" actor says the reunion special made her not only remember who she was when the show was coming to an end but also how differently everything in her life turned out after the sitcom aired its last episode. Speaking openly with THR about "Friends: The Reunion," Aniston explained just how difficult it was to shoot the HBO Max project.
Jennifer Aniston had to walk off the set of the Friends reunion special
When fans watch "Friends: The Reunion," it's hard to tell how Jennifer Aniston was truly feeling while making it, due to how the special was edited and shot. But according to Aniston, things were extremely tough for her on the reunion special's set.
"It just took me by surprise because it was like, 'Hi, past, remember me? Remember how that sucked? You thought everything was in front of you and life was going to be just gorgeous and then you went through maybe the hardest time in your life?' It was all very jarring," Aniston explained to THR. "I had to walk out at certain points. I don't know how they cut around it."
It's easy to see why filming the reunion special was a bit overwhelming for Aniston, whose return to the "Friends" sets led to her remembering that she had different plans for how her life would go when the show ended in May 2004, less than a year before her separation from Brad Pitt was announced (via People). On top of that, the last time she had been on the "Friends" sets, the most successful project of her and the rest of the cast's lives was coming to an end.
"It was more personal stuff that I had expectations about that sort of shape-shifted, so to speak," Aniston said. "That was what was jarring, that we all had an idea of what the future was going to be and we were going to go hunker down and focus on this or that and then it all just changed overnight, and that was it."


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José Luis Martínez Guijarro (Cuenca; 16 de junio de 1968) es un político español, del PSOE. Está casado y tiene dos hijos.

Biografía
Es licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad de Oviedo y diplomado en Dirección Económico-Financiera por el Instituto de Directivos de Empresa. Miembro del PSOE, ha centrado su carrera política en Castilla-La Mancha. Ha desempeñado cargos públicos en la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, como los de secretario general técnico de la Consejería de Bienestar Social entre 1993 y 1996, director general de Servicios Sociales entre 1996 y 1999 y delegado de la Junta de Comunidades en Cuenca entre 1999 y 2003. Es diputado por Cuenca en las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha desde 2003.

En septiembre de 2005 es nombrado consejero de Medio Ambiente de Castilla-La Mancha, asumiendo las competencias de agricultura en 2008. Ese mismo año es elegido secretario provincial del PSOE en Cuenca, siendo reelegido en 2012.

Desde junio de 2011, es portavoz del grupo socialista en las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha, revalidando el puesto en 2012.

Desde el 5 de julio de 2015, es el vicepresidente de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha. El 9 de agosto de 2017 se anunció que pasaría a ostentar la Vicepresidencia primera, tras el acuerdo adoptado por el PSOE regional con Podemos, para la aprobación de los Presupuestos y la entrada en la Junta de Comunidades. Tomará posesión de su nueva responsabilidad el 10 de agosto.

Cargos políticos
 Secretario general técnico de la Consejería de Bienestar Social (1993-1996).
 Director general de Servicios Sociales (1996-1999).
 Delegado de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha en Cuenca (1999-2003).
 Diputado por Cuenca en las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha (desde 2003).
 Consejero de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Rural de Castilla-La Mancha (2005-2011).
 Secretario general del PSOE de Cuenca (desde 2008).
 Portavoz del Grupo Socialista en las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha (desde 2011).
 Vicepresidente de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (desde 2015).

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Políticos del Partido Socialista Obrero Español
Consejeros de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Diputados de la VI Legislatura de las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha
Diputados de la VII Legislatura de las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha
Diputados de la VIII Legislatura de las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha
Diputados de la IX Legislatura de las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha
Diputados de la X Legislatura de las Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha
Nacidos en Cuenca (España)


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The recent XTERRA off-road triathlon proved how grueling a race can be, with a near-mile swim in Pineview Reservoir, at an altitude nearly 5,000 feet (trying to stay on course through the thrashing crowd, dodging head kicks), then removing wetsuits for the mountain-bike transition (a 17.7 mile, heavily switchbacked stage rising 3,400 feet over a mountain trail to Snowbasin resort) and a steep, more than six-mile run up the mountain and back down to the finish.
The star of the race was Lance Armstrong, originally a triathlete before moving to cycling only. It was his first "tri" in more than 20 years, yet he still came in fifth—a stunning result for the 40-year-old.
ARMSTRONG AT THE FINISH LINE.
Men's winner Nicolas (Nico) Lebrun of France found himself coming up quick on perennial winner Conrad Stoltz (South Africa) in the bike stage, "so I could pace myself and not do too much, because if you push too much, you can really crash on the next part," he said.
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LYN CHRISTIAN OF SALT LAKE CITY GETS HER NUMBER STAMPED ON HER ARM THE DAY BEFORE THE TRIATHLON.
LEFT: IN FULL WETSUIT, ARMSTRONG IS HANDED THE ORANGE "PRO" SWIM CAP BY ONE OF HIS CREW. RIGHT: ARMSTRONG PEELS OFF HIS WETSUIT IN PREPARATION FOR THE BICYCLE STAGE OF THE TRIATHLON.
RACE WINNER LEBRUN ON HIS WAY TO VICTORY IN THE FINAL RUN STAGE.


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MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 30th November, 2022) There is no evidence that Tehran intends to develop nuclear weapons, reviewing its participation in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Vladimir Yermakov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department, said in an interview with Sputnik.
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'Letterkenny' Review: Wonderfully Weird Canadian Comedy Comes to Hulu
Once you get past the head-scratching slang of our neighbors to the north – or get into it – this oddball show offers big laughs
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The dialogue on Letterkenny seems impenetrable the first time you watch it, maybe even the second or third. The Canadian comedy, which Hulu recently added to its library, takes place in a small town in rural Ontario populated by "hicks, skids, hockey players and Christians," and each group has its own colorful vernacular. The hicks – sibling farmers Wayne (creator/star Jared Keeso) and Katy (Michelle Mylett) and their friends Daryl (Nathan Dales) and Squirrely Dan (K. Trevor Wilson) – have been known to talk about "hooverin' schneef" (snorting cocaine), and when they get impatient for someone to take action, they insist, "Pitter patter, lets get at'er." Idiot hockey players Reilly (Dylan Playfair) and Jonesy (Andrew Herr) are forever going on about "tilly time" (fights), "pracky" (hockey practice) and "crushing sandos" (eating sandwiches). It's a lot to absorb, especially since much of the dialogue is delivered like an Aaron Sorkin show being played at 1 1/2 speed.
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But long before I figured out that Wayne's pet insult "10-ply" refers to someone who's soft, or could follow more than a fraction of what the hockey players or the skids (breakdancing meth-heads, led by Tyler Johnston's melodramatic Stewart) were saying, I recognized that Letterkenny spoke in the only dialect I needed to hear: funny.
This is a strange, simple, delightful show that kept surprising me throughout the two seasons available on Hulu. (Another three have premiered in Canada.) It's spectacularly filthy (there's a running gag where the hicks struggle to figure out whether one or more of their neighbors could have molested an ostrich) but also capable of startling sweetness towards all of its cartoonish characters (even the unapologetically kinky Pastor Glen, played with full gusto by Jacob Tierney).
The farmers manning the produce stand are alternately presented as wisecracking badasses and oblivious fools, Wayne in particular. Squeezed into denim and flannel, his hair plastered across his forehead, his posture rigid, he's very concerned about protecting his rep as the toughest guy in town. But he's also less comfortable with himself than he seems, and some of the show's most satisfying comic moments come from showing how lost Wayne can seem even in such familiar territory: At the end of a long discussion with Daryl and Dan about testicular injuries and parts of the male anatomy, Wayne quietly laments, "I said 'Florida State Seminal Vesicles,' and nobody laughed." It's a very smart and self-aware way to grant some comic vulnerability to a character who otherwise wins every fight and has most of the women on the show throwing themselves at him. (Done wrong, this is known as The Denis Leary Problem.)
Most episodes open with the tagline, "There are 5,000 people in Letterkenny. These are their problems." This makes it sound like a very Canadian version of Law & Order, and the dry style with which Keeso and most of his co-stars deliver their lines fits with that. Yet it can slip from deadpan to surreal with hardly any effort at all, and there are times when the show almost feels like a musical – not just when the skids are popping and locking outside the convenience store, but in the way that all of Wayne's donnybrooks are slowed down and scored to rock songs.
It's very much a guys-being-guys show, even as it presents most of its guys as well-meaning fools at best, while Katy's easily the wisest person around. Katy's a well-rounded enough character, and Mylett's performance so sharp, that it mostly forgives that she's virtually always wearing skimpy clothing as the hockey players and Stewart lust after her (sometimes successfully). That the show's other women are primarily defined by their own sexual thirst – bartender Gail (Lisa Codrington) speaks almost exclusively in single entendres, while Mrs. McMurray (Wynonna Earp star Melanie Scrofano) goes wild with desire whenever her husband (Dan Petronijevic) demonstrates his authority as president of the local agricultural hall – is harder to overlook, even as the actresses in question are giving it their comic all. (Codrington's performance is so loose-limbed and energetic, it's like Gail is trying to go about her day while experiencing perpetual spontaneous orgasms. It's something to see.)
The series has a lot of fun showing the intersection of this sleepy, isolated town and the allegedly more sophisticated world outside it. One early episode turns into a shameless The Social Network parody where the skids help the hicks build a website called Fartbook to catalog the many sounds they make when breaking wind; another has Wayne and Katy playing Shark Tank with an inheritance, as everyone else in town tries to apply other popular reality TV formats to Letterkenny. But like a lot of modern buddy comedies (including Broad City, which, like Letterkenny, began life as a web series), the show tends to be at its best when it just sits back and lets the characters riff off each other, like the guys and Katy arguing about how porn actresses say "yes yes yes," or Dan and Daryl trying to one-up each other about their past drug use. (Daryl: "You ever hoovered schneef off a sleeping cow's spine?")
I could extol the virtues of this marvelously goofy show some more, but it's pert near tilly time, and I need some more pracky. Pitter patter, let's get at'er. Hopefully you get what I'm trying to say by now.
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"I hope people running for president hear this message about the dignity of work and start talking more this way"
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) appears to be moving closer to mounting a bid for the White House in 2020 after announcing on Tuesday that he will embark later this month on a "Dignity of Work Tour" across the crucial early presidential primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.
The Ohio Democrat, who won a third term to the Senate in November during the 2018 midterm election cycle, plans to use the "dignity of work" motto for his forthcoming tour, which he announced Tuesday night on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes," and potential presidential campaign.
In a statement announcing the tour, Brown said that "dignity of work is a value that unites us all. It's what I fight for everyday representing the people of Ohio, and it's what we will fight for together on this tour around the country."
While the 66-year-old has yet to decide whether to join what is expected to be a large field of Democrats vying to take on President Donald Trump in 2020, the Rust Belt senator said his goal for the tour is to solidify his dignity of work message as a campaign issue – regardless of whether he is the party's presidential candidate or not.
"If that's the case, whether I end up running or not, that's a victory, because it means we will govern better, we will be a better party and we'll win more elections," Brown told MSNBC's Hayes.
In November, fresh off reelection in a swing state Trump carried by nearly eight percentage points in 2016, Brown told the Washington Post, "I hope people running for president hear this message about the dignity of work and start talking more this way. The way we've done it serves as a blueprint in 2020. I don't want the 2020 election to be the Democrats winning the popular vote by 4 million votes this time and lose the presidency, because they can't win my region."
Before his Senate victory, Brown told the Post he was "not actively considering" throwing his hat in the ring for 2020. "I really wasn't thinking seriously about this until the day after the election," he told the outlet. "A number of people, some of whose names you know well but who I am not going to reveal, have asked me to start thinking seriously about this."
Brown's message of economic populism emphasizes the idea that people who work hard should be able to get ahead (personally, professionally, etc.) — a traditional American virtue that often does not lead to economic stability. The Iowa congressman's economic proposals, which are clearly outlined in this interview with the Post, are likely to play a significant role in the Democratic debate in the 2020 cycle as additional Democrats considering a White House run in 2020, such as Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) have their own version of Brown's proposals.
Should Brown decide to run, he would likely face competition for the Democratic nomination from other fellow Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bernie Sanders (I-VT.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Former Vice President Joe Biden and former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, who fell short in his campaign against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the Texas Senate race during the 2018 midterm election cycle, have also hinted that they are weighing a White House bids. In addition, former Secretary of State John Kerry recently alluded to mounting a presidential campaign — and these names are far from the complete list.
For now, Brown appears focused on urging fellow Democrats to embrace his "dignity of work" message in their campaigns. The senator said he and his wife, Connie Schultz, would likely make a decision on mounting a presidential run in March.