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By Cindy Rodriguez | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: March 20, 2006 at 3:25 p.m. | UPDATED: May 8, 2016 at 5:07 a.m.
The two-lane road to this eastern Colorado outpost – just 38 miles from the Kansas border – is straight and flat. Even on a foggy day you can see miles ahead, but the view doesn't change: Endless fields, an occasional dairy farm with sleepy cows, and blink-and- you'll-miss-them town centers.
Technically, it's 1,676 miles from where I grew up, in New York City, but in some ways it is the same.
The dropout rate for Latinos in this town of 3,500 people is about the same as it was when I was a teenager in Harlem.
A group of teenage girls I met in Yuma on Saturday don't like what they're witnessing: girls who become pregnant or decide to marry, and adults who don't push them beyond the opportunities already staring at them.
"College is not an expectation," said Lupe Hermosillo, one of the group leaders. She is 16 – Colorado's legal age for dropping out, an archaic rule that should be changed to 18.
Hermosillo said that of the 21 Latino freshmen who entered Yuma High School four years ago, 12 have quit. That's a dropout rate of 57 percent, a sad statistic that competes with urban districts.
And those who finish high school and stay in the area don't have many prospects for employment. "I have friends who have graduated and work in the same places as the ones who dropped out," says Hermosillo.
They work alongside each other on nearby pig and hog farms, raising the animals for slaughter. They work at Yuma Dairy. They pick sugar beets and bag potatoes.
Hermosillo wants other options for her friends.
In America, the next generation is expected to exceed their parents' success, yet in rural areas many take the same jobs their parents had. Sometimes their salaries, adjusted for inflation, are lower.
It's especially ironic for Latinos. Parents who immigrated from Chihuahua, Mexico, to offer their daughters and sons a better life find a disproportionate number of their children dropping out of school and winding up in the same back-breaking jobs they have.
Hermosillo and like-minded girls in Yuma want to change that. They are part of a group called ESTRELLAS (Spanish for "stars"). That is an acronym for Every Star Trying to Reach Excellence in Love, Learning and Success.
The 12 members, all Latinas, meet once a week at the Rural Communities Resource Center to strategize ways to combat the things that keep kids from succeeding.
They made a video depicting life for teen husbands and wives, to show students that marriage should wait. Hermosillo drew on a mustache with black eyeliner and wore a baseball cap to play the husband since the male student actor couldn't make it.
In the video, shown in school, Hermosillo and her "wife" argue because they don't have enough money to pay bills; they wish they could cruise county roads, as their friends do.
"It's already had an impact," Hermosillo said. She said fewer students have decided to marry this year.
Their organization was formed in September, after resource worker Margo Ebersole got a group of together to talk about how sexual diseases are transmitted. The girls, starved for such information, asked if they could have another meeting. It grew into ESTRELLAS.
They usually meet on Mondays, but when they invite a guest to talk about careers they hold a special Saturday meeting.
"We want to know what kinds of jobs are out there," Hermosillo said. They already have dreams beyond Yuma Dairy. And those who once thought of going to cosmetology school are rethinking that career. A couple are even considering journalism.
Cindy Rodríguez's column appears Tuesdays and Thursdays in Scene. Contact her at 303-820-1211 or crodriguez@denverpost.com.
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Friends dropped by this evening to eat pork. So of course, I had to make a few cocktails.
This should probably go on the Word! post but it was so surprising, I thought it should have its own post.
It was time to open the Dolin Blanc that I bought a month or so ago.
For those unfamiliar, Dolin Blanc is an odd ball in that it is a sweet white vermouth. This was my first experiment and it has a bit of a dry "Last Word" feel to it. Very nice and refreshing.
.75oz. Lemon Juice (Meyer in this case).
Shake, up with a cherry.
OK… I think I might be phoning it in on these cocktail names.
I'm also starting to think this blog has served it's purpose. Namely as a place to keep notes related to my education in spirits. I feel like I've come to a place where I can walk up to a liquor cabinet and concoct a decent cocktail to suit my flavor desire of the moment.
I suppose I will continue to record experiments that I find compelling but the fun now seems to be in the ad hoc improvisation.
Dana thinks it tastes like a berry of some kind.
I'm not sure but it's nicely balance between sweet and tart.
I've not made a different cocktail since tasting the drink from my early October post "A Spectacular Amaro Cocktail From the Web". I mean, why bother? Really?
Well everything gets meh over time and I guess I needed a break. On the other hand, it's such a good cocktail, I thought I'd formulate a relative.
Since I really like Rye and Maraschino together, and since my Amaro Cocktail is based on a guess at Jeff Seymour's "The Camaro" (from Interurban in Portland Oregon and which I've never actually had or been to). I thought I'd homage this sucka and create the Cherry Camaro.
Stirred, up with an orange zest.
In the garden, I'm no different than I am in any other part of my life. That is to say, I'm intermittently intensely interested. The rest of the time, the garden sees a lot of neglect.
This is a cocktail recipe that might keep me engaged; at least in one small part of the yard.
We have a few canes each of 3 different types of raspberries. Of course, my favorite, a golden ever-bearing variety has suffered from neglect and I think it's down to one small plant due to being crowded by the more vigorous varieties. That is going to have to change.
Dana picked raspberries this morning and because she knows I really like them, she kept a small amount (maybe 1/2 a cup) of the delicious golden raspberries in a separate bowl and left them out on the kitchen table. I, somewhat obliviously, walked past them several times over the course of the day, occasionally snacking on one or two. At the end of the day, sitting next to the pond, sipping Mai Tais, Dana threw out the suggestion that perhaps I could make an interesting cocktail with the golden raspberries.
WHAM! What a great idea! We never get enough of those berries to do anything else with. A cocktail would be a perfect use.
Having recently had a very nice Strawberry Smash down at Quoin, I was thinking about something similar. That's when this fully formed and delicious cocktail popped into my head. It's really a winner.
Of course, this is not 'new in the world' but it's a new direction for me. Damn tasty!
Put about 1/4 – 1/3 cup of golden raspberries (red will do in a pinch) in a shaker. Fill shaker about half way with ice and shake the crap out of it for about 10 seconds. You really want to destroy the fruit. Note: I suppose you could muddle but in this case, I think it just makes more dirty dishes so why bother?
.5+ barspoon Aged Balsamico (The thick stuff you might put on ice cream or fruit).
Shake briefly to mix and strain into a Collins glass full of crushed or pellet ice.
Garnish with; what else? A raspberry.


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As aforementioned above, Ukrainian ladies make for the best brides because of their various redeeming characteristics. However, you might be wondering what these attributes are, and what makes them stand apart from the rest of the women from other countries. To help answer the musings you might have in your head, here are some of their most notable qualities:
Ukraine women are notorious for having stunning good looks, which are often completely genetic. When you roam the streets of Kiev or Odessa looking to date Ukraine women, you can easily observe that there are hardly any ladies that have undergone plastic surgery of any kind.
Aside from their genetics giving them natural good looks, their appealing appearance can also be attributed to being health-conscious. These ladies are known to take part in skin care regimens, proper diets, and regular exercise too.
In a more traditional sense, Ukrainian ladies are usually brought up to be the hostesses of their households. Due to this, their interests naturally lean towards being an ideal homemaker for their families. This generally includes preparing meals and beverages, entertaining the guests that arrive, and even organizing events for their friends and family members. As such, if you are someone that enjoys dinner parties and get togethers, a Ukraine bride is the best partner to have because it ensures that your guests are entertained and comfortable during their visit.
Due to Ukraine's troubled past and the oppression that its people experienced preceding their independence in 1991, its people know what it's like to work hard for their place in society and the possessions they own. Following this logic, Ukraine women are no strangers to hard work and often have strong career ambitions.
They are independent individuals and have clear goals, even from a young age. Despite this, they show willingness to put their professional lives on hold for the sake of their families, especially when they bear their own children.
This further ties in with their close family ties. Ukraine women are known for being family oriented, which means that they will usually place their family at the center of their lives, above all else. Blood is thicker than water they say, and Ukrainians are people who value the relationships they share with their family members. The prominent existence of this value is mostly ascribed to their strong religious belief as well.
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At this point, you might be pondering on the reasons why you should seriously consider tying the knot with a Ukraine bride, instead of marrying the local women in your area. Not a lot of men are aware of the clear distinction between the two, which is most apparent when comparisons are drawn. To help make their differences clearer to you, here is a quick and basic juxtaposition of the two:
Western women are notorious for being highly liberated and will often neglect to take into account the opinions and values of their family members, in favor of their own personal preferences. On the contrary, Ukraine women seeking marriage always consult their parents and the elders in their families first, before making such a huge life-altering decision.
Due to this, there is a need for you to acquire their approval first, before you can expect to receive their blessings. Furthermore, your Ukraine bride will most probably want you to consider or entertain the requests and opinions of her relatives too.
If you enjoy watching reality shows or reading blogs that focus on western weddings, one observation you've probably made is how expensive these celebrations are. Western ladies usually prefer to hire professional event planning services, which normally includes a steep price.
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Although Ukrainian weddings have its own set of similarities to western weddings, there exists a list of traditions that stem from Ukraine marriage culture. When you plan on tying the knot with your bride soon, it is important to be aware of these traditions. In line with this, here are some of the most basic and popular wedding traditions within the country:
After you have proposed to your Ukraine bride, the next step is taking the time to visit her parents' house. During your visit, you must present the ransom to her family, in order for you to acquire their approval and blessing. The practice is referred to by the locals as "paying the ransom" and requires that you provide equal compensation for their daughter. If her parents find your offer to be sufficient, they will bring out the bride dressed in a veil. Otherwise, the lady they present is another member of the family, which means that you must offer something of higher value instead.
During the wedding ceremony, a Rushynk is prepared, which usually contains the color red. The shade is often interpreted as the color of life, and represents the sun, good health, and fertility. After voicing out your vows to one another, both of you are to step on the cloth. Ukraine marriage culture dictates that the first person to step on it is usually the one who will wear the pants in the relationship. Traditionally, the Ukraine bride allows her husband to step on it first, to express her respect and affection towards him.
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A classic French ratatouille recipe that is vegan, gluten-free but has lots of flavour.
This ratatouille recipe is part three of our five-part weekly series on classic French cooking in partnership with All-Clad Canada – without this 4 quart braiser pan this would not be possible. Don't miss our Red Wine Braised Short Ribs recipe and how to cook duck breasts like a French chef.
Classic French recipes seem intimidating because they require specific techniques but that's what makes a cook. Perhaps you don't try this mid-week because it requires a whole lot of chopping but ratatouille is a great Sunday afternoon recipe listening to great music and maybe even having a glass of wine…or two.
While it's considered a summer dish found throughout the Mediterranean coast it's also great in colder weather because it's warm and comforting without the heaviness of braised meats or stews.
Plus it's a one-pot recipe so if you're a lazy dishwasher like I am it makes Sunday evenings so much better!
This Ratatouille Recipe is a Bit Different.
Many great French cooks will say that you need to sautee each vegetable separately to enhance flavours. They argue they won't fit in a pot raw and therefore steam instead of brown.
Screw that. Ratatouille is a country dish and cooking each vegetable separately would take far too long. It's why we love our braising pot, with 4 quarts you can layer the vegetables and they cook beautifully.
Where Does Ratatouille Come From?
Ratatouille is a traditional Provencal stewed vegetable dish from Nice. Like most of the world's best dishes it is a rustic peasant dish. While the authentic recipes tout specific vegetables this is really a dish for whatever vegetables are in season.
Although the Disney movie made the dish once again popular it's technically not authentic, the recipe used is Confit Byaldi, which you can find in The French Laundry Cookbook.
But vegetable stews have been around for ages. Before ratatouille existed there was Bohémienne de légumes which only uses eggplants and tomatoes.
Not surprisingly around the world you'll find many similar dishes to ratatouille. No only the Catalan samfaina but also the Majorcan tombet, Greek tourlou and Turkish briam.
Spread 3/4 of tomato sauce into a pan that will fit all of your vegetables.
Begin to layer vegetables (i.e. tomato, then zucchini, then pepper) in a clockwise rotation beginning in the centre and moving outward. Don't worry about the order of the vegetables as you'll have more slices of some things than others.
Fill in any gaps between the vegetables with remaining tomato sauce. Season with salt, pepper, and dry oregano. Drizzle with olive oil.
Bake uncovered for one hour.
You can eat ratatouille on its own as a side dish but it's so versatile in other dishes. You can add it to pasta, or top it with an egg. It's also amazing on great French bread.
Are there any other classic French recipes you love? Share them in the comments below.
Just in time for healthy New Year's eating. Thanks for jazzing up my veggies.
This looks fantastic and so healthy. Definitely a recipe I will be trying!
Oh my word. What a delicious looking dish, I can't wait to try it! Also, I love the backgrounds for each of the photos.
Mouth watering yummy !! What a delicious looking dish. Thanks for the recipe. Must try.
I am really looking forward to trying this recipe and LOVE the photo presentation.I am a little worried that I missed something that may be obvious to everyone else. What am I supposed to do with the basil leaves? Are they just a garnishment (like the photo) or should they be layered with the veggies?
Thanks so much for asking! We need to amend the recipe, yes use the basil on top.
My only comment would be. This is missing mushrooms. They really add something. Provence is much wider than nice. And as well as using it as a side dish you can use it as a stuffing for fish meat or other veggies. Also, although it is not a very garlicy dish a little will add a delightful je ne sais quoi. There should also be onions. And you can use red, green, yellow and orange peppers for colour and variety. And maybe little round courgettes and heritage tomatoes in different colours as well.
This is a recipe that I am looking forward to assembling. It has that traditional peasant appeal and is uncomplicated. It appears that the tomato sauce is the basis and I reckon that a good homemade one is essential. I'm glad that how to use the basil was cleared up.
It's a garnish on the cooked dish ?
Also use of additional ingredients like , mushrooms, garlic etc., and that it can be used as a delicious pasta sauce ; great !


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NRW investigates Ceredigion river pollution
Jon Coles
OFFICERS from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are investigating a river pollution incident in Ceredigion.
It is thought that effluent from an Anaerobic Digestion plant was released into a stream in the Lampeter area.
This has flowed into the Afon Dulas which enters the Teifi in Lampeter.
High river levels mean that it is not possible to contain much of the pollution. But this might also help to dilute the pollution and reduce the damage it might cause.
In the meantime, NRW officers are working with the site operator to clear some of the remaining effluent from the site yard and they will continue to work to minimise any further pollution.
There is no confirmation at this point about the extent of the impact but no dead fish have been seen or reported.
Ben Wilson, Ceredigion Operations Manager for Natural Resources Wales, said: "Our efforts last night and today are focused on monitoring the rivers and streams in the area to assess any impact.
"We are also working with the site operators to keep as much of it out of local streams and rivers as we can.
"Our officers are collecting evidence on site that will be used as part of a review into what caused this incident.
"Our environment is one of Wales' greatest assets – we need to look after it so it can continue to support our wildlife, communities and economy."
Under current regulations, the site does not need an environmental permit to operate and therefore is not regulated by NRW. However this does not affect the way NRW responds to pollution incidents.
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RNLI in Wales urges people to stay safe as Storm Brendan hits
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is urging people to stay safe near the Welsh coast as severe weather could make our seas and coastlines particularly dangerous.
Lifesaving charity, the RNLI, is encouraging people to exercise extreme caution if visiting the shoreline, especially along exposed cliffs, seafronts and piers.
The expected strong winds and severe gales pose a severe safety risk to those visiting the coast.
Named Storm Brendan by Met Eireann, it swept eastwards across Ireland before making its way through the rest of the UK this morning with yellow wind warning in place for most of the Welsh coast.
Chris Cousens, RNLI Regional Water Safety Lead for Wales said:
'This rough weather could make visiting parts of the Welsh coastline treacherous and bring very dangerous sea conditions.
'Sadly, around 150 people lose their lives on British and Irish coasts each year and over half of these people didn't plan on ever entering the water. Slips, trips and falls can be a major factor in these kinds of incidents.'
If you see someone else in danger in the water, call 999 and ask for the Coastguard. If you have something that floats that they can hold on to, throw it to them. Don't go in the water yourself – too many people drown trying to save others.
The charity, which provides a search and rescue service around the UK and Ireland, is facing its own Perfect Storm as demand for its services has increased but it is facing a shortfall in funds. This past year, the RNLI has been busier than ever, and stormy conditions can mean additional call outs for the already extremely busy volunteer crews. Whatever the weather, RNLI volunteers will still be on call to rescue those at difficulty at sea.
The RNLI's major new fundraising appeal, The Perfect Storm, which aims to help the charity get back to living within its means, is running throughout November and December. To find out more or to donate visit RNLI.org/ThePerfect Storm.
Are you missing out on a Council Tax reduction?
IF YOU'RE struggling to pay your Council Tax bill, then help could be available for you through the Welsh Government's flagship Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS).
The scheme, which will continue to support vulnerable households in 2020-21, currently benefits one in five of all households in Wales. In the last year almost 280,000 low-income households have received help from the scheme, with 220,000 paying no council tax at all. Many more receive other discounts or exemptions.
You may be entitled to pay less council tax if:
• you believe you live on a low income
• you live alone, or with people/children who do not pay council tax
• you are a student
• you are disabled
• you are severely mentally impaired
Understanding why there are still vulnerable households not benefitting from the help they are entitled to is a priority for the Welsh Government. Last year we commissioned research to understand the circumstances of households in Wales and the effects of the UK Government's Universal Credit on the CTRS.
The interim report out today shows that for many households, the move to Universal Credit can have a significant impact on council tax reduction awards. Whilst many households currently receiving a 100% reduction will continue to do so, for others, the move to Universal Credit is shown to have an adverse impact, particularly for employed households, self-employed households, and working households in receipt of a Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment.
Full findings of the interim report are available on the Welsh Government website. These findings will now be considered in more detail to inform the next stages of the research and policy development in this area.
Encouraging people to make sure they are not missing out on help they could be entitled to, Finance Minister Rebecca Evans said:
"Ensuring every household in Wales receives the council tax support they are entitled to is an important part of our commitment to making council tax fairer.
"Our scheme is already helping hundreds of thousands of households across Wales, but we know that there are still many missing out on the discounts, reductions and exemptions they are entitled to. I encourage everyone to check the Welsh Government website to find out if they could be paying less."
Success for Dyfed-Powys Police in targeting drugs suppliers in Ceredigion
A drugs supplier in the Ceredigion area has been sentenced to 2 years and 2 months in prison.
Kylie Mason, 34, from Aberaeron, was arrested on the 28th October 2019, and later charged with 2 offences of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug and two offences of supply a controlled drug of Class A. She pleaded guilty at court and received a total sentence of two years and two months in prison on the 8th January.
Detective Sergeant Steven Jones said: "This is an excellent result for the Aberaeron community, who had raised concerns about this individual supplying drugs in the area. I hope this will serve as a warning to others who wish to bring drugs into the Ceredigion area that it will not be tolerated. This result will go a long way towards keeping our communities safe. If anyone is worried about drugs in their community I would urge them to contact police as we will take the appropriate action."
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Will Yahoo!'s New Video Platform Lure YouTube Stars Away?
Yahoo! is taking aim at YouTube and Netflix with a bold new video strategy. Will this ambitious plan change Yahoo! forever, or is it doomed to fail?
Leo Sun
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Apr 8, 2014 at 12:20PM
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) recently revealed two surprising new strategies for growth, and neither involves beefing up its core search business, which has been dwarfed by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG).
Instead, Yahoo! is launching a new video site to rival Google's YouTube, along with a higher-budget original programming initiative to compete against Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). This shouldn't come as a huge surprise to Yahoo! investors -- after all, CEO Marissa Mayer has steered Yahoo! on a very steep path of inorganic growth over the past two years through acquisitions of nearly 40 smaller companies.
Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
All of those acquisitions, as I have discussed in the past, were aimed at constructing a Yahoo!-centered ecosystem to rival Google's much larger one, which ties together Chrome OS, Android, Google Drive, YouTube, Google+, GMail, and other services.
Yahoo! gained a fragmented presence in social media through Tumblr and Snip.it. It gained a foothold in online gaming with Loki Studios and Playerscale. It obtained better news summary and aggregation technologies with Summly and Rockmelt. It even bought Aviate, an Android homescreen launcher similar to Facebook Home, to possibly use as the foundations of a Yahoo!-based launcher.
However, the one missing piece of the puzzle was a video-sharing platform like YouTube, which Google acquired in 2006.
The missing piece of the puzzle
Yahoo! originally owned a YouTube-like platform known as Yahoo! Video in 2006, but the site eventually shifted the focus to Yahoo!-hosted video instead. In 2010, the site blocked users from uploading and sharing video, then deleted all user-generated content in 2011. Later that year, the site was re-branded as Yahoo! Screen.
Yahoo! Screen. Source: Author's screenshot.
YouTube was unprofitable for years before Google executives announced that the service had earned a profit in 2012, although it declined to provide exact numbers. Yet in terms of estimated revenue (from analysts, not Google), YouTube is still a monster in terms of revenue growth.
Market research firm eMarketer forecasts that YouTube will generate $5.6 billion in gross revenue worldwide this year, far above the respective estimates of $4.5 billion and $3.6 billion from Jefferies and Barclays. That would make YouTube bigger than Yahoo!, which reported $4.7 billion in revenue in fiscal 2013 -- not surprising considering that YouTube already surpassed Yahoo! as the world's second most-used search engine in 2008.
To catch up to YouTube, Yahoo! tried to acquire French video-sharing site DailyMotion for $300 million in 2013, but the bid was ultimately blocked by the French government.
Google vs. Yahoo!'s media models
Before we discuss Yahoo!'s sudden interest in tackling YouTube, investors should understand the fundamental differences between Yahoo! and Google.
Yahoo! already has a limited amount of original video content. Yahoo! Finance features Daily Ticker videos with hosts like Aaron Task and Jeff Macke. The content is shared with Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) CNBC, which shares its own content back with Yahoo! sites. Yahoo! uses similar reciprocal deals to draw content to sites like Yahoo! Screen and News.
Google, on the other hand, invested $100 million in approximately 160 ventures in 2011 to draw original content to YouTube. The initiative, known as the YouTube Original Channel Initiative, was intended to coincide with the launch of Google TV in 2010.
The effort attracted A-list stars like Tom Hanks, Madonna, Jay-Z, and Ashton Kutcher to exclusive YouTube channels. In exchange, YouTube gained exclusive rights to the original programming for one year with the option to insert ads. Producers needed to pay back YouTube's initial investment before reclaiming the rights to their own programming and earning a cut of the ad revenue.
Yahoo! tries to poach YouTube's top stars by offering better rates
Yahoo! doesn't plan to turn Yahoo! Screen back into Yahoo! Video and open the service up to user-created content. Instead, Yahoo! is going after YouTube's top stars by offering them better rates to create exclusive content.
Advertisers generally pay YouTube $20 to $25 for every thousand times that a pre-roll ad is watched. A participant in the Partner program generally gets a 45% cut of the ad revenue.
While that sounds like a good deal for individual YouTube stars, it's not a great one for bigger producers with higher budgets. For example, if a producer received $9 (45% of $20) for every 1,000 views, a million views would only be worth $9,000. For a producer who invests $1 million in a channel, 50 million views would be worth $450,000 -- not even halfway to breaking even.
According to a report at All Things D, that calculation might be too optimistic. Several publishers stated that after YouTube takes the 45% cut of the ads it sells, they only keep roughly $2.50 for every 1,000 views generated -- meaning that a million views would only be worth $2,500, or $125,000 per 50 million views. Google has never disclosed its official payout rates for original YouTube content.
Meanwhile, Yahoo! is promising top YouTube stars higher advertising revenue, guaranteed advertising rates for their videos, and better home page exposure for maximum traffic. Yahoo! is still working out the details, but those three promises could be very appealing for top YouTube stars like rapper and comedian Timothy DeLaGhetto, the highest paid YouTube star last year with estimated annual earnings of $1 million.
Katie Couric is the new face of Yahoo News. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
But YouTube stars might only be the beginning -- over the past year, Yahoo! signed exclusive deals with news journalist Katie Couric and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue to host original programs.
But that's not all -- poaching stars for premium channels is only a piece of Yahoo!'s video strategy.
Yahoo! is also reportedly looking to fund 10-episode, half-hour comedies with budgets starting from $700,000 per episode. These projects could take Yahoo! out of Google's backyard and drop it straight into Netflix and Amazon's territory, and that could be a costly game. Netflix's critically acclaimed House of Cards, for example, costs a whopping $3.8 to $4.5 million per episode to make. By comparison, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX)/HBO's Game of Thrones, one of the priciest shows on TV, costs $6 million per episode.
All of these new strategies indicate that Yahoo! is trying to distance itself from Google and reposition itself as a heavyweight streaming media portal. Can Marissa Mayer and team pull it off, or is it a bold, ambitious effort that's doomed to fail?
Leo is a tech and consumer goods specialist who has covered the crossroads of Wall Street and Silicon Valley since 2012. His wheelhouse includes cloud, IoT, analytics, telecom, and gaming related businesses. Follow him on Twitter for more updates!
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UK work-related sickness total rises by 100,000
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Some 30.4 million working days were lost to injury or ill health in 2015-16: 25.9 million days due to work-related illness and 4.5 million days due to workplace injury. This is up from 27.3 million in the previous 12 months is the highest since 2007-08.
These figures are drawn from the government's quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS) and make up part of the HSE's Health and Safety Statistics: 2015/16 annual release on work-related injury, ill-health, enforcement and costs, which was published yesterday.
Over two-fifths (539,000) of the 1,311,000 workers with work-related illnesses had MSDs. The number of new cases of work-related MSDs in 2015-16 was 176,000. The incidence rate of 550 cases per 100,000 workers is not significantly different from the previous year and has been mainly static for the last five years.
A further 488,000 workers were suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety, a prevalence rate of 1,510 per 100,000. The number of new cases was 224,000, an incidence rate of 690 per 100,000 workers. The number and rate have been broadly flat for more than ten years.
The main factors cited by LFS respondents as causing work-related stress, depression or anxiety were workload pressures, including tight deadlines, too much responsibility and not enough support from managers. The HSE found stress was more widespread in public service industries, such as education, health and social care, and public administration and defence.
Stress, depression or anxiety, and MSDs accounted for the majority of days lost due to work-related ill health -- 11.7 million and 8.8 million days respectively.
LFS data revealed that an estimated 621,000 self-reported non-fatal injuries occurred in 2015-16 (a rate of 2,030 per 100,000 workers, broadly level over the last five years). Of these accidents, 152,000 resulted in absences that exceeded seven days.
There were 72,702 employee non-fatal injuries reported by employers under RIDDOR (the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations), down from 76,000 in the previous 12 months.
As reported in IOSH Magazine in July, there were 144 fatal workplace injuries in 2015-16 reported to the HSE and local authorities compared with 142 in the previous year. Despite a long-term downward trend in the rate of total injury, the HSE said it is beginning to show signs of levelling off. Over a quarter (26%) of workplace deaths were accounted for by falls from height.
The economic cost of work-related injuries and illnesses in 2014-15, excluding long latency illness such as cancer, was £14.1bn. Work-related illness attributed to £9.3bn of this total (an equivalent of £17,600 per case). Workplace injuries made up the remaining £4.8bn (equivalent to £1.6m per fatal injury and £7,400 for every non-fatal injury). This figure has been broadly level since 2010-11.
Announcing the release of its latest statistics, the HSE tweeted: "With stats like these [-¦] ask yourself if your firm's health agenda can be improved #helpgbworkwell."
Commenting on the figures, HSE chair Martin Temple said: "We should all be proud of Great Britain's health and safety record. However, there is more to do, particularly in tackling work-related health, from which everyone can benefit."


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Things to do in Door County, March 24 to May 8
DOG TRAINING SEMINAR, 10 a.m., Door County Cooperative Country Store, 317 Green Bay Road, Sturgeon Bay. Seminar by Hope Blueberry, Hopeful Paws Dog Training. Free for friendly pets and their owners. Trusting your dog off-leash. 312-342-7721, or email blueberry027@gmail.com.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LENTEN SERIES, 9 a.m., Hope United Church of Christ, 141 S. 12th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. Explore what we are called to do personally (and as a faith community) to protect and restore the earth's natural resources. Attendees do not need to be part of a faith community to participate. Write On Door County, League of Women Voters and the Door County Civility Project reps describe strategies for advocating environmental concerns to government leaders. For details, 920-743-2701 or email hopeucc@hopechurchdc.org.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 510, 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. weigh-in, meeting until 6:30 p.m. Mondays, Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church, 323 S. Fifth Ave. Use handicap entrance. Candy, 920-746-0555.
JOB CLUB, 1 p.m. Mondays, We Are HOPE, 1300 Egg Harbor Road, Suite 124, Sturgeon Bay. Job seekers discuss new job opportunities, employment search techniques, challenges and share job leads. Hosted by the Door County Job Center. wearehopeinc.org/Events.aspx.
COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP, 10:30 a.m. to noon Mondays, Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church, 323 S. Fifth Ave. Kathy, 920-559-0200.
GARDENING: DAFFODILS, 7 p.m., Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay. Door County Master Gardener Association sponsors George Dorner, from Midwest Daffodil Society, presenting hows and whys of growing daffodils. Free. dcmga.org.
TOGETHER TUESDAYS, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Sturgeon Bay Program Center, 1900 Michigan St.; and Northern Door Program Center Social Lounge, 3866 Gibraltar Road, Fish Creek. Light breakfast; birthday celebration last Tuesday of each month (cake included). Members asked to bring a treat to share the first Tuesday of the month. 920-743-4049.
NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY AL-ANON FAMILY MEETING, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Call 920-868-3874 or 493-6300 for location and details.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 1335, 3:30 p.m. weigh-ins, 4 p.m. meeting Wednesdays, Prince of Peace Church, Oasis room, 1756 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay. Carolyn, 920-493-5081.
WISDOM WEDNESDAYS, 9:50 to 10:50 a.m., YMCA Program Center, 1900 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay. 920-743-4949.
WISDOM WEDNESDAYS, 10 to 11 a.m., Northern Door Program Center, 3866 Gibraltar Road, Fish Creek. 920-868-3660.
DOOR COUNTY PARENTS PLAYGROUP, 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays, Hope Church, 141 S. 12th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. All parents and caregivers of small children welcome. Parents chat while children play. Coffee provided. See Door County Parents Playgroup's Facebook page, facebook.com/groups/172397079832702/. Julie Neuchter, 920-493-2577.
NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY CEREMONY, noon at the Military Honor Circle at the top of Ellison Bay Hill on the Liberty Grove Historical Society site, across from Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, 11871 State 42. All veterans who served from Nov. 1, 1955, to May 15, 1975, and their families, will be recognized for their service and sacrifice.
SISTER BAY EGG HUNT, 10:30 a.m., Waterfront Park, 648 N. Bay Shore Drive, Sister Bay. Bring a basket and collect eggs. 920-854-3230, cometosisterbay.com.
WOODSY EGG HUNT, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Peninsula State Park, White Cedar Nature Center, Fish Creek. Follow clues on short trail to find treasures. Program is free, park sticker required. 920-868-3258.
ELLISON BAY EASTER EGG HUNT, noon, Fitzgerald Park, 1594 Old School Road, Ellison Bay.
DOOR COUNTY MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM, 7 p.m., Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay. Charlotte Lukes presents, "Wild Orchids of Door County, A Tribute to Honor Roy Lukes, and Spring in Door County." Rescheduled from Feb. 20, weather cancellation. dcmga.org.
April 5-22
"GRAY'S ANATOMY," 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, 2 p.m. Sundays, Third Avenue Playhouse, 234 N. Third Ave., Sturgeon Bay. A middle-aged man's funny travelogue through high-anxiety aging. $28 adult, $12 students. Not recommended for younger than 13. 920-743-1760, thirdavenueplayhouse.com.
FINE ARTS FESTIVAL, 5 to 8 p.m., Southern Door Elementary and Middle School, 2073 County DK, Brussels. Students display artwork in school hallways, and perform music in the cafeteria. Door County Library scholastic fair and information about summer reading program. Decorate your own ice cream sundaes available for purchase. 920-825-7311.
INVASIVE SPECIES SHOW & TELL, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ansley property, 4281 Cottage Row, Fish Creek. Door County Invasive Species Team offers plant identification and training. 30-minute guided tours, 10:30 a.m. to noon. thedoorcountyinvasivespeciesteam.godaddysites.com.
HOSPITALITY SEMINAR: 8 a.m. registration, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Landmark Resort, 4929 Landmark Drive, Egg Harbor. Schenck hosts, "Hot topics in hospitality and retail: Is your Door County business ready?" Free. Registration required, schencksc.com/events. Jen Strebel, 920-455-4194 or email jennifer.strebel@schencksc.com.


However in terms of pedagogy there can't have been a richer 15-year period since books were permanently unchained from University libraries 500 years ago. During this time we have moved from theories of knowledge transmission to models of the co-creation of learning (partly by putting context into knowledge). We can identify discussion groups, communities of practice, collaborative learning, formative assessments, open learning, social learning, learning design, participatory learning, co-creation and knowledge creation, amongst areas of pedagogic change. The Machine is Us/ing Us but we are both a complicit and dynamic element in that process. As James Dalziel says we need to use pedagogy to design the technology, which has increasingly been the case in the past ten years.
Since Seymour Papert's Mindstorms, LOGO programming and the Year of IT (1984) when the BBC Micro was launched we have had a range of novel learning techniques and approaches, all of which in some way might be seen as growing out of the sixties Home Brew Computer Club and Ted Nelson's Computer Lib. Diana Laurillard's great book Rethinking University Teaching (1993) almost pre-dated the web but was already investigating new approaches to education that new media and new theories offered, around concepts of conversational scaffolding. The Web allowed many earlier niche theories on Computer-Mediated Communication and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning approaches to develop and be adopted, and many new technologies further enable novel learning techniques and approaches. Most significant of all perhaps might be Bernie Dodge's discovery that 'browsing is learning' and his creation of WebQuests as a result; which the School of Everything has extended in part. Perhaps the most obvious one is mobile learning which, as Mike Sharples puts it, disruptively brings informal learning into the formal environment of the classroom. Now, with the rise of smart phones, mobiles become a multi-function tool accessing a range of resources on the move which can now become context-responsive. Meanwhile a generation brought up on games will be expecting immersive learning experiences and whilst Second Life has proved limited, World of Warcraft has had a profound effect. Many games now provide toolkits for developers to embed learning and in the UK places like Dundee and John Moores Universities provide degrees in Digital content creation of various kinds. As smart phones get smarter and the cloud becomes the new platform for apps further novelty and new pedagogical challenges are promised.
What NeXT; Whilst the mainstream education system gets ever-more individualised, elitist, costly and socially divisive, thus mirroring the fragmented society it is design to promote, web-enabled learning gets more participative, discursive and open, driven by the elaboration of the digital paradigm Kondratieff predicts will last until 2021; more and deeper change is coming. The discourse between those promoting hierarchical social division and those enabling participative socialised learning will determine whether we will have either a double-dip society, or a revitalised one based on participative democracy, fuelled by 'adaptive institutions working across collaborative networks'. The web can enable that by letting informal learning drive education. What we can say is that networks and digitisation have changed learning, what we havent yet seen is the full working out of the consequences of that change across the education system, let alone us.
Only such a thing as Society will let us know if our education system is any good. Check the news this week to see if we have a functioning participatory society based on respect and mutuality that is in balance with its environment, if not education must and can change. However ignorant and paralysed policy makers are, hypnotized by the banker of "high-stakes assessment" at which they succeed, and in which they have invested their status, the web has enabled many wonderful ordinary people to do marvelous things with learning. The affordances of the web on learning are such that it is only social factors that block the fulsome opportunities for an inclusive. Untangling the Web on education and learning means taking decisions about the society you want to live in. In the end that is about values; more things or richer discussions? Do you want more elitism for special people or more participation for everyone? Learning isn't just for institutions.
Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate; As the title suggests ALT-C, Learning Technologists all, will be holding their annual conference 2011 this week and addressing the larger socio-economic context in which learning takes place. People like Gilly Salmon, with her 5-stage e-moderating model have developed responses to how CMC has changed learning, Sugata Mitra has developed the SOLE model, very much a post-web approach to learning, and @JosieFraser is working on city-wide approaches to learning. I think much will be discussed about the social consequences of the post-web changes in learning, although I dont hold out much hope for academics addressing social justice. What will be said anew about pedagogy? Will Sugata Mitra's SOLE become acceptable or marginalised like Learning Styles? What will be new in the world of online education and enablers, maybe it will be re-imagined with the JISC Learning Design Studio? Or are we waiting for Anya Kamenetz to report for the Gates Foundation? What novel learning techniques and approaches will be revealed? Maybe Plan Ceibal from Uruguay will reveal something novel? Maybe the corridors at tweetwalls (#altc2011) will be more discursively revealing?
If you're looking into the future, I thought it might be worth pursuing the future of universities and considering what will happen to the business model pursued by all governments if alternatives to university become widely taken up by young people and the 'market' of students collapses? While I agree with much of your analysis about the problems with the institutions, much of it is a consequence of funding and, presumably, students and universities make a lot of research and development possible.
In other words, if lots of universities disappeared as a consequence of fee policies, wouldn't we lose a lot of interesting models of support for learning and research?
"If lots of universities disappeared as a consequence of fee policies, wouldn't we lose a lot of interesting models of support for learning and research?" If unis disappeared because of fee policies then that would be in accordance with government thinking would it not? There is no policy interest in learning, inclusion or other aspects of education that dont produce an elite economically. Universities are 'temporarily useful eccentricities' that multiplied with the help of the Enlightenment and democracy and WW2. Not actually designed for supporting the learning process as such, that has grown up in recent years as a second-order effect of large Universities.
An interesting synopsis of the changes to ways of thinking about learning since the beginning of web enabled education. I am grappling with 2 issues in this article however. The first is your use of causal terms to argue your case. Whilst I agree that the web has changed education structurally (at an institution level – VLEs and the like), the causal link between enablers, techniques, approaches, and pedagogy is a weak one in my view. The second issue relates to the difference between education and learning. I wonder if you have made it clear enough in this article that it is education which has changed, not learning. Both issues are linked of course, and rather than the emphasis on simple cause and effect, perhaps the context(s) that you refer to suggests a more nuanced, relational connection.
Good points all, thank you.
In the context of the blog, which is about the Open Context Model of Learning, each post has some relationship with the overall discussions in the blog, which are currently focussed on Emergent Learning, where informal learning is a driver, and the Ambient Learning City, which is about re-conceptaulising contexts for learning. Plus I have learnt after a talk at the OU that people absorb my stuff and position me as an expert, within a rationally constructed, academic framework. The discourse is about being positioned as an expert within a clearly defined set of parameters. I'm not an expert. I'm aiming to be provocative, to make people think how we might make participatory society with participatory learning, which wont come out of simple cause and effect processes,. I don't want to resolve any tensions in the audience I want them to explore themselves.
Alison, my first reply was bit churlish, sorry. I dont think education has changed, I think learning has changed, particularly our deepened understanding of pedagogy, which this blog is about (heutatgogy). The education system is in crisis, fees etc, because it hasnt rethought its social purpose or its learning processes, and is in denial about how to learn from and absorb the innovations of the last 15 years. Which is why I refer to Ben Hammersley's call that we need to end the rule of leaders raised on hierarchies and replace them with the networked generation in various ways.
Really must walk with music in ears now – looking forward to coming back to my computer for writing (coincidentally, about learning) and fully reading your post later this afternoon.
Having toddler in the house always spurs my thinking – having almost three-year-old toddle in the house who uses my MacAir with great ease to find, in one example from the night, a video that we can watch while we tell the story of it together because that make possible asking questions that the video prompts us to think about makes me realize why my answer to "Am I right that the web has helped changed learning" is that it indeed has helped, AND it has helped only when it's been in some sort of synergy, synchronicity, dynamism, exchange, co-creation, hybridizing, commingling so that the three parts of intentional participatory open learning and teaching come together: (1) pedagogies – plural quite intentional; (2) integrated course designs – the ones that are rooted in universal design and multicultural/inclusive learning and teaching; and (3) technologies.
Which leaves me with this one question back to the Observer piece(s) – why does untangling in popular parlance mean that we end up with just one thread, and then not even one that's actually like thread – after all, the kind we sew with is a carefully wound together collection of many slim threads to make one stronger, more supple, more luminous thing that moves through fabric to hold things together in a design of many pieces that some human creates???


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The first genocide of the 20th Century was perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks. In March 2011, despite all the evidence, the Turkish Government continues its active campaign denying the genocide of 1.5 million Armenian Christians which climaxed in 1915 (see a photo of the original Instruction of the Ministry of the Interior, April 24, 1915).
.Please share this post with as many people as you believe will find 'Aghet – A Genocide' of interest. Thank you.
Eric Friedler's 'Aghet: A Genocide' is brilliant. Last night, I was one of the fortunate few able to see the film at Columbia University. The documentary is being screened at select universities in the northeastern and mid-western United States (e.g. Harvard, University of Michigan).
Please share this post with everyone you know who may live in NJ, Boston, Philadelphia, Dearborn, and Skokie (IL). Each screening is just one night through December 12, 2010. (Click this link to the Armenian Weekly for the Aghet screening schedule).


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Q: How to add voice to a video using microphone in wp8 I want to dub a video in my windows phone application. I want to know that how can i  modify any video and add our voice to that video.i am able to play video by using MediaElement

A: I'm not sure how to edit the actual video, but you might be able to trigger the audio to play at the appropriate time. This way there isn't actual editing of the video, but you might be able to get the audio to play over the video the way you were looking for. The link below explains the concept of media markers to trigger events based on media playback time.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc189078%28v=VS.95%29.aspx#anchor_mediaelement_mediamarkers

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Conflict, Economics, International Relations
To Subsidize, Systemize, and Sustain Conflict in the DRC
Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo
International involvement in the violent clashes the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has faced since the dwindling of the Cold-War can be summarized into three terms: subsidization, systemization, and sustainability of conflict. This essay will draw out in detail why the international 'response' to clashes in the DRC is anything but an intervention and more indicative of the creation and maintenance of a political economy of conflict surrounding natural resources. The principal mechanism of exchange shown in this economy will be resource theft and weapons smuggling, with rebels groups acting as proxies for foreign interests facilitating an ultimately self-defeating quasi-state security apparatus for traders. Understanding how this economy of conflict works is acutely relevant in predicting future relations in the DRC and progressing towards a lasting peace. It is worth noting the DRC arguably has never had non-violent elections, and a new round of presidential elections are coming up in November.
The African Womens Development Fund
The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) is a Ghana-based grantmaking institution serving the continent of Africa. This summary will provide a brief description of the AWDF as an organization, their mission statement, their values, along with a short mention of their current activities. The AWDF was selected for this summary because it is not a gender-based charitable organization but rather it creates and provides grants to "support local, national and regional women's organizations working towards the empowerment of African women" (AWDF, 2016). Using the official website of the AWDF along with an April 7, 2015 Mena Report on recent AWDF grants will be used as source information for this summary.
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: The 2007 Global Crisis and Our Future
Have the worst wounds of the crisis been avoided? We might have cauterized the injury with an infection still inside. To name a few: advanced economies, the European Union (EU) and emerging nations face dire economic imbalances; archaic geopolitical style maneuvering is occurring at rising rates in Eastern Europe while Africa and the Arab region are bleeding migrants in alarming numbers. Even if you do not add in a changing climate, these relations will not equal a description of 'smooth sailing' for global economics in the foreseeable future. At the very least, they show an expressed need to move away from crisis economics as a 'new normal' and return to the ability to use conventional Keynesian models of economics. If taken as critical, as they should be, there is a need for broad structural changes that would see new models of economics that temper global arrangements in exchange for a more powerful state.
To Build a Review of Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo
To Build a Review of Dead Aid
Dambisa Moyo confounded developmental economists and academia in 2009 with her pointed critique of the assistance regime surrounding development in sub-Saharan Africa when she published Dead Aid. Since that time, the ideas professed by Moyo have been considered rather profound yet divisive. Niall Ferguson sums up the initial basic question Moyo asks in his foreword to Dead Aid. Ferguson states, "why, ask Moyo, do the majority of sub-Saharan countries 'flounder in a seemingly never-ending cycle of corruption, disease, poverty, and aid-dependency, despite the fact that their countries have received more than US$300 billion in development assistance since 1970" (Ferguson, 2009). Moyo claims within the writings of Dead Aid that the support or aid given to sub-Saharan Africa has failed in its scope by making the region poorer and that there are alternatives to the regime of assistance. This essay will summarize and critique Dead Aid but also apply the findings to the broader debate on global integration. Moyo gives readers within Dead Aid a particular insight into the duality between 'no-strings' attached foreign direct investment (FDI) typified by the Eastern style of support to the Western ideology of democracy building as a contingency to aid.
Before diving into the summary and critique of Dead Aid, a few words on the uniqueness and background of Dambisa Moyo are in order. Moyo has a few significant benefits to the majority of theorist's writing about sub-Saharan Africa. In borrowing from and summarizing Ferguson's foreword to Dead Aid, Moyo is a black female born and raised in Zambia, a sub-Saharan African nation (Ferguson, 2009). On those merits alone she represents a perspective that should not be ignored. However, her education and career have taken her from places like Havard University all the way to Oxford University, and then to the professional world of economics with Goldman-Sachs for eight years in New York City (Ferguson, 2009). With her education and personal demographics, readers can see how she developed quite visceral views to aid in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Commercial Marriage Brokerage and Bohemian Life in the Big City: Excerpts from Ernst Dronke, Berlin (1846)
This passage from Ernst Dronke's (1822-1891) Berlin (1846) introduces two phenomena regarded as typical of big cities. First, Dronke addresses the commercialization of marriage through marriage brokers and "contact ads." Second, he describes the city's Bohemian intellectuals, who scorned traditional moral and religious conventions governing marriage and gender roles.
However, speculation extends its reach not only to commerce proper, but even to the most intimate conditions of life. Marriage solicitations by way of the "no longer unusual" means of public advertisements in newspapers are well known. In this no longer unusual way, a man in the prime of life looks for a companion who, in addition to other personal qualities, can bring a specific sum of money into the marriage. "But I am concerned less with beauty than kindness of heart. Utmost discretion. Responses under X." One would think that nobody would take up such crazy offers, yet they do; if you don't set your standards too high, you can expect at least five to eight responses. A friend once placed such an ad in the paper as a joke, and by the next day he had already received four responses. He had made "moderate" wealth a condition. Among those who answered was one government official, who offered him not one but three daughters to choose from. Then there was a young woman who, if memory serves me right, wrote with extraordinarily beautiful handwriting and in an elegant style that she lived a deeply unhappy life with a tyrannical stepmother and a weak father, and would seize every opportunity to escape this situation. At the end, this letter had evidently been moistened by tears, and it was painful to see a girl throwing herself in such desperation at the first stranger. Two other responses had been written in a terrible scrawl and with countless Berlinerisms and misspellings. The social status of the authors was unmistakable in these letters. There are also complete marriage bureaus, though they are still being run more or less quietly and cautiously. Most commission bureaus of any kind are built on fraud, [ . . . ]
At the end of these reflections we shall mention a small group of people who seek to find an outward expression in public life for their contempt for contemporary moral and ethical ideas. These are the so-called "liberated" or "emancipated." They are not content with having recognized the immorality of the moral notions of today and fighting against the conditions that have given rise to them in a way that is proper for them. Instead, they want to demonstrate in public life that they are "beyond" this. This is the characteristic trait of the Berliners that we have encountered before – shrugging something off. What they have processed and recognized in themselves, through critical examination, they regard as being done with; it not longer "exists" for them. This negation of something which, though reprehensible, still exists in society, must seem childish and ridiculous in the actual expression of life. Only the emancipated ones don't care if they clash with the power of Philistinism and the police; in fact it is to them exalting proof of their own "finished" consciousness. And so in Berlin you can see women sitting in some public places, smoking their cigars and drinking beer, wine, or even a small glass of absinthe. In doing so they in no way intend to inveigh against a custom they have recognized as narrow-minded and philistine by using the


When I try to send an instant message to any of my contact list , messenger shutdown immediately and disappers.
1. Use Zap Messenger to uninstall it.
2. Use CCleaner to clear up residual PC junk.
3. Scan your PC with you antivirus.
Now try to reinstall Messenger and see if it helps.


Ok guys, did an "ultimate potato" FPS set up, to see if I can improve FPS specifically, while using a SanDisk ultra 2 SSD card to speed up loading times. Admittedly loading times did not change, but I think I am as fast as I can possibly get with the SSD. So if loading times is all your worried about, SSD. As for the frames per second, the results are indeed noticeable.
I will fully admit, that on the original xbox one, there was a difference. But it was not something to make my heart race wildly. It was just "an improvement". So, if it is all that you care about, yes. Defiantly picked things up a bit.
HOWEVER I wish to point out that I had some serious crashing issues today. I don't know if it was due to pure luck, or if it was something I did to the settings, but I swear I crashed roughly 5 or 6 times in 5 hours. Today was the absolutely worst I have ever encountered.....possibly more people logging in due to the weekend? Dunno, but it was a hell of a lot more noticeable than the faster FPS.......If anyone out there would like to try this and see if they have crashing issues as well, my internet is only 20 download, 6 upload. Would like to see what you guys have to offer.
Since turning off the DVR on my Xbox one ive had alot more crashes, thought it might be coincidental.
So I have Cortana and DVR turned off. And no Kinect plugged in. So I guess auto updates is the only thing left for me to turn off and to change my resolution to 720p. Hopefully that can help a little more.
Seems I crash the most while in or driving a vehicle. Hopefully this is true and scares people away from playing bumper cars for the last 20 people.
Guys, guys...please don't change your resolution or turn off your Game DVR, it doesn't help anything!
Why, because it is technically impossible! First to change the resolution in th Xbox settings only changes the resolution of the HDMI output. The native render resolution of the game isn't effected by this setting and will always stays the same. So if you change the output resolution of your One X to 720p, the X will still render in 4k and will downscale it afterwards to 720p. This doesn't help the performance at all!
To turn of Game DVR also won't have any effect on the performance! The Xbox have deticated RAM and CPU core for the system which can't be accessed by the game anyway. So to turn it off doesn't make the resources free for the game, it just stays reserved for the DVR.
To connect a SSD or stop background downloading can have an effect on loading times and texture pop-ups but not on the fps! The CPU is the issue here, not the GPU, HDD or RAM.
I believe when you are telling that you feel a performance gain after changing to your settings but its not the settings which change the performance it is just that performance various from match to match very strongly. Sometimes you land in a certain area and you have stable 30fps, then you land again in the same area and it is stuttering like hell. The performance depends probably on the players around you.
So just try to enjoy the game and don't hold yourself back from great features like Game DVR and native 4K!
Glad I am not the only one who realizes all this. Even with my SDD it does nothing more than get me back in the game after a crash a few seconds faster.
I can't vouch for XB1X but on the XB1 there is an improvement with FPS stability when you turn off DVR.
I went into a games, landing in the same area, alternating between DVR on and off, and it isn't an insane difference, but it does help keep you at the 20-30 fps range.
The entire problem is the ram and gpu in the xbox and unfortunately you can't change them. Theres too much going on in your game that you can't see that is causing these problems the game neds a error report system so we can send information back to pubg corp.
That is downright ABSURD. The Xbox renders better at lower resolutions or else programmers haven't brains.
Please get some basic knowledge about consoles! This happening already for years since Xbox 360 and PS3! You can't change the render resolution of the games. If you lowering the resolution the image will be downsampled if you you choose a higher resolution than the native render resolution the image will get upscaled.
So if you set your Xbox One X to 720p, PUBG will be still rendered in 4K and than downsampled to 720p! The FPS stays the same!
Sources, or that is absurd. We're utilizing Windows 10 Gaming OS; it should be more than capable of varying resolution, which, in fact, Halo 5 does on the FLY to the millisecond.


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British Architects, 3D Artifacts, Malta, More: Saturday Buzz, February 20, 2016
The Royal Institute of British Architects has launched an online image archive. "Established in 2005 by Robert Elwall with just 5000 images, RIBApix is today a stunning collection of over 85,000 digital architectural images including hundreds from Australia. Sourced from the British Architectural Library, the RIBApix content features the work of some of the world's top architecture photographers including Eric de Maré, Edwin Smith, John Donat, Dell & Wainwright and Tony Ray-Jones." Apparently this extended archive was launched in November but I missed it.
Historic artifacts destroyed by ISIS are now available for 3D printing. "Over the last year, Ms. [Morehshin] Allahyari has been compiling the scant research available on artworks that were confirmed destroyed from archaeologists and historians with the hopes of building a digital time capsule. The result is a 570 MB ZIP file that includes scholarly research, email correspondence with the Mosul Museum, high resolution images and 3-D printable versions of the artworks."
Malta's Digital Library is up and running. "A digital archive of the documents at the National Library in Valletta is up and running and readers can now download a copy of the first printed books dating back to the 15th century, known as incunabula, to read them at their leisure on their mobile or computer….There are over 60,000 pages accessible online so far, but the digitisation process will be ongoing as the library is always receiving new material. So far, 700,000 pages have been captured and are going through the digitisation process."
The government of Ukraine is setting up a database with information about government spending. "A new website set up by the Finance Ministry allows anyone to monitor the Ukrainian authorities' transactions with public money." The article is behind a paywall.
The government of India is developing a database of all bridges on highways in India, which sounds like a massive undertaking. "If everything goes well as per the plan conceptualized by the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, very soon, all the 1.5 lakh major and minor bridges on national highways in the country will be put under central database system called Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS)." 1.5 lakh is 150,000.
The New York Times has an article about several news database projects designed to provide information on the lives of escaped slaves. "These searchable listings indicate how often slaves managed to leave with their children, how some were able to pass for white and how many recaptured slaves kept trying to escape. Among the new website projects are Runaway Slaves in Britain, set up by the University of Glasgow, and Freedom on the Move, based at Cornell University and covering American newspapers."
You know that states which have their election primaries early in the cycle get a lot of TV advertising, but did you know exactly how much? A new game lets you try to dodge the ads while couch-surfing. "Using data from the Political TV Ad Archive, which scrapes broadcasts for campaign ads and stores them in a timestamped database, I built 'Super Campaign Dodger.' It's an arcade-style game that puts you in Iowa two days before the caucuses, when television ads came at an average of every 45 seconds. Your job: Keep your sanity. And as you slide across channels, keep in mind that this is real data—this is what the TV schedule looked like in Iowa right before the big vote." The article has the game embedded. I lasted just over three hours (um, in-game time. Not real time.)
A woman who has lost much of her vision to disease can see again thanks to a Google Cardboard app. "The woman in question, Bonny, suffers from Stargardt disease. This is a common form of vision loss that causes the photoreceptor cells in the retina to die, which in turn could potentially cause complete vision loss. However thanks to the use of the Cardboard headset and an app called Near Sighted VR Augmented Aid, it has allowed Bonny to see again." The story includes a video of Bonny using Google Cardboard and her victory dances when he realizes she can really see things. Please note I had to blow my nose and wipe my eyes multiple times during the video because of … allergies. Yeah. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Thanks to a $2.5 million dollar grant, The NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame will be getting a digital archive of players. "The foundation of late Buffalo Bills founding owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. presented a $2.5 million grant to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday….The grant will also help cover the cost of the digitization of the Hall of Fame archives, with a focus on developing a comprehensive digital archive of every NFL player past and present."
Interesting: How are fashion publishers using Instagram? "It's a pivotal time in the fashion calendar: New York Fashion Week (Fall/Winter 2016). Amidst the snow and glacial temperatures, the great and powerful of the style world descended on New York City last week for seven days of shows, events, and previews. The last week also included Valentine's Day and the 58th Grammys, leading to a corresponding flurry of activity on social. We decided to use these events to get a feel for how fashion publications are using social – in this case, Instagram." Surprised at the minimal use of video.
PubMed breaks down that "Facebook acts like cocaine on your brain" story that was floating around a few days ago. "In this study, researchers ran an experiment with 20 US college students, who had functional MRI (fMRIs) scans of their brains while undertaking a test designed to measure their response to signs and symbols associated with Facebook, such as the "F" logo….The researchers found that those with the highest reported symptoms of Facebook 'addiction' had more activation of 'impulsive' brain systems, including the amygdala-striatal system, as is seen in substance addiction. However, unlike people addicted to drugs or alcohol, the brain systems linked to inhibition of impulses (the prefrontal cortex) were working normally."
World leaders are good at making use of Twitter and Facebook. Instagram? not so much. "From Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, it seems almost every world leader has a presence on the social network. Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom was the latest to set up an account on February 10. However, according to a study by public relations firm Burson-Marsteller, one-third of world leaders with Instagram accounts do not use the service." Good morning, Internet…
UK Politics, Facebook AI, Singapore Real Estate, More: Friday Afternoon Buzz, February 19, 2016
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how much data do you produce on a single day? a lot! where is it stored and who owns your data?
it got quiet in public transports and it got noisy and busy on facebook, google and co. the conversations we have, the things we love, the music we are listening to and the articles we read are digitalised and got shifted to another level to make us smarter and our daily life more efficient. it's not a secret that there is a well filled data stream of what you are reading, for how long, where you pause and on which links you're clicking. putting together the data of your device and all other million devices, we get big data.
with the work "so much data", we want to visualize how much data we produce while we are using the web. we recorded the internet-traffic of a single person with his iphone and macbook for one month.
what does 1,2 gb mean?
we made a book out of it.
and it weights 9,5 kg.


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Novamax Lands $180 Million Flu Vaccine Contract From U.S. Dept. Of Health
March 1, 2011 - General Health
United States government officials offer Novamax flu vaccine contract
The United States Department of Health and Human Services has offered a contract to Novamax, Inc. for development of vaccines for the flu virus.
The contract is valued near $180 million, and Novamax is to develop and manufacture vaccines that can effectively prevent influenza both seasonally and in the cases of a pandemic.
This contract helped Novamax shares jump nearly 20 percent.
Recent information suggested that virus-like particle vaccines (VLP), those used by Novamax, may be produced more quickly than other vaccines, and also may be more effective at prevention of the flu.
The contract included nearly $100 million for 3 years, with an option of just over $80 million for the following 2 years.
Development of the existing vaccines using the VLP method will continue during the 3 year contract period, Novamax explains.
For testing of the vaccines, the company plans to conduct three different clinical trials.
Additional plans include building a new facility that can produce upwards of 50 million doses of vaccine in as little as 12 weeks during a pandemic.


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Saturday February 23rd, 2019 Thursday June 27th, 2019 Lina Rio Fernández News
The ETS of Civil Engineers, Canals and Ports of A Coruña hosted the presentation of 4 projects of the Conecta-Peme Program
February 22, 2019. The Galician Association of Engineering, Consulting and Technological Services Companies (AGEINCO) has shown its interest in incorporating the A-CITEEC strategic grouping of the University of A Coruña into the future AGEINCO Cluster, in which constitution works the entity. This has been transmitted by the president of the association, Fernando López Mera, to the A-CITEEC coordinator, Juan R. Rabuñal Dopico, during the presentation day of four research projects of the Connecta-Peme 2018 Program, sponsored by AGEINCO and held this morning at the Higher Technical School of Civil Engineers, Canals and Ports of A Coruña,
López Mera explains that "from AGEINCO we share the objectives with which the strategic grouping of the Center for Technological Innovation in Building and Civil Engineering (A-CITEEC) is born, how to improve and intensify research and knowledge transfer in the field of engineering or to promote the well-being of people, economic development and the optimization of ecosystem services, for which we are interested in incorporating it as a member of our future Cluster AGEINCO ". A transformation that Fernando López describes as "a natural process, a step forward from being an association that only engineering integrates to include other actors in the sector, such as universities, technology centers and certain areas of the Administration".
The president of the association showed his interest to continue advancing in the incorporation of the strategic grouping A-CITEEC, recently constituted and financed by the Xunta de Galicia, once the elections in the association are celebrated. In this way, the Board of Directors that leaves the elections of the next month of March will be in charge of undertaking the necessary steps for the association to become a Cluster AGEINCO
Projects The day of this morning was inaugurated by the president of AGEINCO, Fernando López Mera, and the deputy director of the School of Civil Engineering of Roads, Canals and Ports of A Coruña, José París López. The director of the ETS of Civil Engineers, Ignasi Colominas, and the coordinator of the A-CITEEC Strategic Group, Juan R. Rabuñal Dopico, were in charge of the closure.
During the day four research projects were presented that will be developed by other consortiums of Galician companies, in collaboration with a technology center. Some projects that have an accumulated budget of more than 4 million euros, of which 50% is subsidized by FEDER funds, managed by the Xunta de Galicia through the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN).
These four projects, which were selected as innovative proposals in line with the objectives of sustainable development, are:
• PRET-A-BICO: Development of a lightweight, high-performance prefabricated partitioning system by Construcciones López Cao, Naos 04 Arquitectos and Galaicontrol.
• EMTYS: Thermal multiprocess equipment and CFD and DES simulation for use in defrosting, tempering, cooking and sterilization processes in the food sector, Tacore, Citega, Soltec Ingenieros and Sdea Solutions.
• MODUL: Integral modularity for the installation of 100% renewable energy systems in remote locations, in Norvento (Distributed Energy, Engineering and Ned Factory divisions), TEMHA and Ártabro Samdeu.
FLOMAR: New methodologies and designs for the manufacture of breakwaters and floating pontoons of concrete, Aquatics Civil Engineering, Innovation and Concrete and Ronáutica Quality Marinas


Farro adds extra fiber to this hearty recipe.
"Every element of this veggie- and protein-packed bento box can be eaten separately, or you can mix it up as you would in a bowl," says Denver-based recipe developer Julia Heffelfinger.
In a large airtight container or bento box, arrange the farro, meatballs, roasted vegetables and kale.
In three small separate compartments, pack up the hummus, yogurt, and lemon wedge. Store everything in the fridge.
Microwave the bento box on high until hot, about two minutes. Squeeze the lemon wedge over the top, then discard. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Serve with the hummus and spiced yogurt.