Rainier Fog (pronounced: /reɪˈnɪər/) is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on August 24, 2018, through BMG, the band's first release on the label. The title was inspired by Mount Rainier, a volcano that overlooks the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area, and the title track is a tribute to the Seattle music scene. This is the band's third album with William DuVall sharing lead vocals with Jerry Cantrell, and the first Alice in Chains album in 22 years to be recorded in their hometown of Seattle. The album was partially recorded at Seattle's Studio X, the same studio where the band recorded their 1995 self-titled album. Rainier Fog is also Alice in Chains' third collaboration with producer Nick Raskulinecz, marking their first time recording three full-length albums with the same producer.
The tracks "The One You Know", "So Far Under", "Never Fade" and "Rainier Fog" were released as singles to promote the album. A sci-fi film and 10-part web-series titled Black Antenna will be released in 2019 as a companion piece to the album.
Rainier Fog debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. It also debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums, Alternative Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts. The album became Alice in Chains' first top 10 in the UK, peaking at No. 9. Rainier Fog was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2019. It won a 2018 Metal Storm Award for Best Alternative Metal Album.
"We make a habit of kind of starting pretty much with a clean slate every time we've gone in. And that challenges you, so we'll have to see how it manifests this time. But we're not there yet."
In January 2017, Mike Inez stated in an interview that the band had begun work on a new album. Speaking with Good Celebrity on May 1, 2017, guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell revealed that Alice in Chains would return to Studio X in Seattle to record a new album in the following month. Studio X was the studio where Alice in Chains recorded their 1995 self-titled album, their last record with original lead vocalist Layne Staley.
In June 2017, Mike Inez revealed that the band was not signed to a label, having completed its previous two-record contract with the Universal Music Group. Inez recalled that the band financed their 2009 album Black Gives Way to Blue, so they were not too worried about not having a label yet. Inez also said that Alice in Chains is a global band, so it had to be a significant label that has the infrastructure to get the album in stores in places like Singapore or South America.
William DuVall revealed on his Instagram account that the band started recording the album on June 12, 2017. The sessions were helmed by Nick Raskulinecz, who produced the band's last two albums, Black Gives Way to Blue (2009) and The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013).
During an interview with Eddie Trunk on his radio show Trunk Nation on August 21, 2017, Jerry Cantrell said about the new album; "We're in the process of cobbling together some tunes, and hopefully in the very near future we'll have something out for you guys." When asked about a release date, he replied; "I don't know. We'll see. When we're ready we'll let you know – but we are in the process of working on stuff." During an appearance on the TV show Fantasy Live on September 19, 2017, Cantrell said that the band had been working all summer on writing some music and hopefully something would come out "next year".
In December 2017, the album was ranked by Ultimate Guitar as the No. 2 out of the "Top 25 Most Anticipated Albums of 2018".
On January 11, 2018, producer Nick Raskulinecz announced via Instagram that the album was nearly finished and that there was only one more day left of recording.
During an interview with Guitar World published on April 11, 2018, Jerry Cantrell said that the album was recorded at four studios. After recording at Studio X in Seattle, the band went to Nashville to record vocals and lead guitars at Nick Raskulinecz's home studio. But Cantrell had to take an unexpected break from work after getting sick on a trip to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico to celebrate Sammy Hagar's birthday. Cantrell ate something bad, then was prescribed antibiotics that his body rejected, sidelining him for six weeks to recover back in Los Angeles. Cantrell had Alice in Chains' engineer, Paul Figueroa, come in to his house and record a lot of his vocals and solos there. The band finished recording the album at the Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles. Cantrell also said he expected the album to be released "probably sometime this summer". The album was mixed at JHOC Studio, Joe Barresi's studio in Pasadena.
Gear-wise, Cantrell reported that he used "a lot of the old standard stuff", his G&L and Les Pauls guitars, and his signature Dave Friedman 'Double J' amp. Cleaner amps like AC30s and Fenders were also used. A cigar box amp that Nick Raskulinecz bought at the Pike Place Market in Seattle was used on three or four songs with a baritone guitar.
When the band was recording the album in Seattle, one of Chris Cornell's sisters brought one of his acoustic guitars to Studio X and presented it to DuVall and Cantrell, and both played it on the album. "That was another religious moment. It's there in the mix, every time we listen to this record, we know where it is", DuVall said.
At the press room of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 14, 2018, Cantrell revealed that Alice in Chains had just signed with BMG, and that they had finished mixing their new album.
Speaking of the first single, "The One You Know", Jerry Cantrell said that he was inspired by David Bowie's 1975 hit "Fame". Cantrell said in an interview with Rolling Stone that he wrote the song around the time that Bowie died, and he must have been in his head a little bit.
The title track, "Rainier Fog" is a tribute to the Seattle music scene that launched bands such as Alice in Chains themselves, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees and Nirvana. Cantrell took the title from the Mount Rainier, which overlooks the Seattle area. The original demo for the title track was recorded at Cantrell's house in Los Angeles, with the help of Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, who also came from Seattle. McKagan played bass on the demo and said to Cantrell that it was his first single, although Cantrell didn't have lyrics for the song yet. Cantrell told Classic Rock magazine that the lyrics "Left me he so all alone, only for me to find/Hear your voice on waves we rode, echoes inside my mind/Disembodied just a trace of what it was like then/With you here we shared a space that's always half-empty" are about Layne Staley and Mike Starr.
"So Far Under" was written by William DuVall, who also played the guitar solo on the track. DuVall explained the song saying; "It's about feeling completely up against it – outnumbered, surrounded, facing seemingly unbeatable odds and being really pissed off about it. It was inspired by personal circumstances, as well as events in the wider world."
Cantrell wrote the music and the chorus to "Never Fade", but he did not have a good verse and was intending to write it throughout the recording process. However, DuVall stayed at the Studio X in Seattle alone until 3am and wrote the lyrics. "Never Fade" is DuVall's major composition in Rainier Fog. He wrote the lyrics inspired by the deaths of his grandmother and of Soundgarden lead vocalist Chris Cornell, among others. DuVall sings the verses and the pre-chorus of the song, while Cantrell sings the chorus. DuVall later told Kerrang! magazine that he was also thinking about Layne Staley while writing the lyrics.
While the band was recording at Studio X in the summer of 2017, former Queensrÿche guitarist Chris DeGarmo played acoustic guitar on the track "Drone", which Cantrell was struggling to get right in the studio. DeGarmo had previously collaborated with Cantrell as a touring guitarist on the tour for Cantrell's debut solo album, Boggy Depot, in 1998, and made a guest appearance on his 2002 solo album Degradation Trip. DeGarmo also worked with Mike Inez and Sean Kinney on the short-lived project Spys4Darwin.
The album closes with the seven-minute track "All I Am", described by Rolling Stone as "a swirling hard-rock tune that takes a long look backward, with sweeping guitar and echoes of Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin."
During Alice in Chains' concert at the House of Blues in Boston on April 28, 2018, Jerry Cantrell announced that a new song would be released the following week, and the new album would be released in August.
The album's first single, "The One You Know", was released via Spotify, Amazon and iTunes on May 3, 2018. It features Cantrell on lead vocals. A music video directed by Adam Mason was released on YouTube the same day.
During an interview with Eddie Trunk on Trunk Nation on May 7, 2018, Jerry Cantrell stated that the new album would be released at the end of August 2018, and that a new single would be released in 8 weeks.
On June 27, 2018, the album's second single, "So Far Under" with DuVall on lead vocals, was released via YouTube, streaming and digital download. The band also announced that the new album will be titled Rainier Fog and that it would be released on August 24, 2018. The album's cover art and the track listing were also revealed on the same day, and the album was also made available for pre-order.
The album was released digitally, as well as on CD and limited-edition double 180-gram clear LP with white and black splatter available only from Alice in Chains' online store.
The third single, "Never Fade", was released on August 10, 2018 via YouTube, streaming and digital download. DuVall and Cantrell share lead vocals in the song.
One day ahead of the official release, the full album was played by Seattle radio station KISW along with an interview with the band.
The song "Red Giant" was released on Alice in Chains' official YouTube channel on August 23, 2018.
On February 5, 2019, Jerry Cantrell told The Seattle Times that he was editing the song "Rainier Fog" for radio play.
The cover art was revealed on June 27, 2018. It features a black and white image of a triangle floating on the sea surrounded by fog. The triangle has an eye in the middle, similar to the Eye of Providence (or the all-seeing eye of God). The digipak packaging has a die-cut eye. A person with short blond hair can be seen from behind inside of the eye. When the booklet is opened, it's revealed that the person inside of the eye is actually standing on a river looking at the Mount Rainier, and the drawing of an eye has tears falling from it straight into the river. The artwork was designed by Ryan Clark, who also designed the artwork for Alice in Chains' previous album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013). Photos of the band taken by Scott Dachroeden complete the booklet.
The lyrics "Left me he so all alone, only for me to find/Hear your voice on waves we rode, echoes inside my mind" from "Rainier Fog" are featured upside down on the front cover.
An animated version of the artwork was also used in the audio visualizer for the tracks "So Far Under", "Never Fade", "Red Giant" and "Rainier Fog" on YouTube.
An alternative vinyl cover with a white background was made available for UK indie stores in a limited edition of 1,000 copies.
The baseball team Seattle Mariners hosted a special "Alice in Chains Night" at the Safeco Field in Seattle on August 20, 2018 to promote Rainier Fog, with the team offering the fans a package that included a Safeco Field terrace club ticket, access to a pre-game listening party of the album, an Alice in Chains t-shirt and a Rainier Fog CD. Jerry Cantrell also threw out the ceremonial first pitch and delivered a strike before the Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros game.
To mark the launch of the album, on August 21, 2018, Alice in Chains performed an acoustic set at the top of Seattle's Space Needle and debuted the song "Fly". Alice in Chains were the first band to perform on the Space Needle's new "Loupe" glass floor, the world's first and only revolving glass floor 500 feet high. The concert was exclusive for an audience of SiriusXM subscribers. SiriusXM broadcast the concert on their channel Lithium on August 31, 2018.
On August 22, 2018, Alice in Chains sent fans on a Scavenger hunt to access a secret gig that the band would be performing in Seattle on August 24. Ten signed CD copies of Rainier Fog were hidden around the city as a ticket into the show, and the band asked the fans to keep an eye on their Instagram story for details on the 10 hidden locations. Once all 10 albums were found, the band revealed that the secret gig would be at the rock club The Crocodile, with limited tickets available with the purchase of their album at a pop-up event at the same venue the next day. Preview clips of each of the album tracks were posted on the band's Instagram.
The band also commemorated the release of the album with a pop-up museum installation at The Crocodile in Seattle on August 23 and 24. The museum featured rare Alice in Chains photos, limited-edition merchandise and memorabilia that showcased the band's 30+ year career.
The music video for "The One You Know", was directed by Adam Mason and released on Alice in Chains' official YouTube channel on May 3, 2018. It features a psychedelic look with an opposing red and green color scheme with grainy visuals and cuts to tiny critters scurrying about while the band is performing. The scenes of the band performing were shot at their old rehearsal space in Los Angeles. Actors Paul Sloan, Viktoriya Dov and Eric Michael Cole also star in the video in a parallel storyline.
During an interview with Eddie Trunk on his radio show Trunk Nation on May 7, 2018, vocalists Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall revealed that drummer Sean Kinney talked to director Adam Mason, who is making a dark sci-film, and they talked about doing two separate pieces of art and maybe molding them together, and that the music video for "The One You Know" is the first chapter of molding Mason's film and the band's music videos together.
In June 2018, William DuVall said in an interview with Swedish website Rocksverige that the video for "The One You Know" is the first chapter of what the band is hoping will be visuals for all ten songs from the album Rainier Fog, and in addition to that, will be a companion piece to the film that director Adam Mason was shooting.
The music video for Alice in Chains' single "Never Fade" was released on November 1, 2018 and continued the storyline from the video of "The One You Know", with the three main actors making a comeback and also starring Mike Hatton, Jerry Raines Jr., and Darri Ingolfsson in clips from Adam Mason's upcoming sci-fi film Black Antenna. The music video also features footage of the band performing the song in a studio colored by red and green lights.
On December 13, 2018, the teaser of the film Black Antenna featuring the song "Rainier Fog" was released on Alice in Chains' official Youtube channel, with drummer Sean Kinney stating; "We've always toyed with the idea of creating videos for every song on one of our albums. Not only did we do that for Rainier Fog, it got totally out of hand and we made a whole goddamn movie. Everything that will be seen in the videos will be footage from Black Antenna to preface the complete film's release."
The official trailer for Black Antenna was released on Alice In Chains' YouTube Channel on February 28, 2019. Besides a 90-minute film, a web-series will also be released. Episodes 1 and 2, "The One You Know" and "Rainier Fog", respectively, were released on YouTube on March 7, 2019. Black Antenna was written by Adam Mason and Paul Sloan, with Alice in Chains acting as executive producers along with Jason Collins. It tells the story of aliens father and daughter, Alpha (Sloan) and Beta (Dov), who drive across California in silence, speaking only telepathically. Along the way, the daughter seduces men and steals from them to help her father build an antenna so that he can send a message to their people at home. At the same time, they are being tracked down by evil forces and must avoid being killed. Episode 3, "Red Giant", premiered exclusively on Syfy Wire on March 21, 2019. Episode 4, "Fly", was released on April 4, 2019, and episode 5, "Drone", on April 18, 2019.
Rainier Fog debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 31,000 copies (29,000 in traditional album sales), in its first week of release. The album also debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums, Alternative Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts, and at No. 3 on the Vinyl Albums chart.
Rainier Fog also debuted at No. 3 in Switzerland, No. 8 in Germany, No. 9 in the UK (the band's first top 10 in the UK), topping UK's Rock & Metal Albums chart, No. 7 in Finland, No. 11 in Canada, No. 16 in Japan and the Netherlands, No. 19 in Belgium and Sweden, No. 21 in France, and No. 29 in Italy.
"The One You Know" spent 17 weeks on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and peaked at No. 9. The song also reached No. 2 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, No. 10 on the Alternative Digital Song Sales chart, No. 27 on the Rock Airplay chart, and No. 36 on the Hot Rock Songs chart.
"Never Fade" peaked at No. 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart.
For Revolver magazine, Rainier Fog "delivers something for old and new fans alike, and leaves listeners with a feeling of great anticipation, and optimism, about what the future holds for the Seattle band."
Metal Hammer said that "each track showcases masterful songwriting and inspired lyricism. Rainier Fog sees the band breathing new life into their signature sound, with a diverse and deeply emotional collection that history will surely view as a career-defining statement." The magazine also included the album on its list of the 50 best albums of 2018, ranked at No. 25.
For Billboard, "Cantrell's increased vocal presence and his tandem vocals with DuVall have made this "mark two" version of Alice such a vital force in the thinning field of hard rock acts on modern radio."
Loudwire wrote that Rainier Fog might be the finest album from Alice in Chains' current lineup, and that "Cantrell and DuVall have become such a good vocal team, it's sometimes difficult to determine where one voice ends and the other begins (this has always been the case with AiC and is why Cantrell is somewhat under-appreciated as a lead vocalist)."
Joe Smith-Engelhardt from Exclaim! praised the album, saying, "The band are much more than a simple grunge band these days, and their use of doom and sludge elements has come to be the best aspect of their sound."
Pitchfork Media contributor Robert Ham rated the album 5.7/10, writing that "recapturing their heyday was always going to be an impossible feat", and that even though William DuVall and Mike Inez are respectively effective replacements for Layne Staley and Mike Starr, "these new members' styles have effectively turned Alice in Chains into a different band."
AltWire included Rainier Fog on its list of Top 10 Alternative/Metal Albums of 2018, ranked at No. 5, and writing that the album "has a little bit of everything that makes this band one of the most influential rock acts of the past 30 years", and that guitarist and founder Jerry Cantrell "proves once again why he is one of the most under-rated guitarists of our time with some excellent soloing that ranks amongst his best work."
All lyrics written by Jerry Cantrell, except where noted; all music composed by Jerry Cantrell, except where noted.
William DuVall – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, guitar solo on "So Far Under"
Chris DeGarmo – acoustic guitar on "Drone"
Art director/designer by Ryan Clark for Invisible Creature, Inc.
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Q: Swift UI - HostingController adds unwanted navigation bar I am attempting to integrate SwiftUI into my project, and I am currently using a storyboard which is launched via my app delegate with the following code:

_rootNavigiationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] init];
_rootNavigiationController.navigationBarHidden = YES;

UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:StoryboardLoginRegister bundle:nil];
BasicInformation *basicInfo = (BasicInformation *)[storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"basic-info"];
[self.rootNavigiationController setViewControllers:@[basicInfo]];

So essentially my App delegate is in objective-c and the windows root controller is a UINavigation controller.
My BasicInformation class looks like:
class BasicInfo: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true;
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
    }

    @IBSegueAction func addSwiftUi(_ coder: NSCoder) -> UIViewController? {
        let BasicInfoUI = BasicInfo_UI();
        let hostingController = UIHostingController(coder: coder, rootView: BasicInfoUI);
        hostingController?.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true;
        return hostingController;
    }

    /*
    // MARK: - Navigation

    // In a storyboard-based application, you will often want to do a little preparation before navigation
    override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
        // Get the new view controller using segue.destination.
        // Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
    }
    */

}

And the Swift UI for the basic information is the following:
struct BasicInfo_UI: View {
    @State var username: String = ""
    @State var isPrivate: Bool = true
    @State var notificationsEnabled: Bool = false
    @State private var previewIndex = 0
    var previewOptions = ["Always", "When Unlocked", "Never"]

    var body: some View {
        Form {
            Section(header: Text("PROFILE")) {
                TextField("Username", text: $username)
                Toggle(isOn: $isPrivate) {
                    Text("Private Account")
                }
            }

            Section(header: Text("NOTIFICATIONS")) {
                Toggle(isOn: $notificationsEnabled) {
                    Text("Enabled")
                }
                Picker(selection: $previewIndex, label: Text("Show Previews")) {
                    ForEach(0 ..< previewOptions.count) {
                        Text(self.previewOptions[$0])
                    }
                }
            }

            Section(header: Text("ABOUT")) {
                HStack {
                    Text("Version")
                    Spacer()
                    Text("2.2.1")
                }
            }

            Section {
                Button(action: {
                    print("Perform an action here...")
                }) {
                    Text("Reset All Settings")
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

struct BasicInfo_UI_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        BasicInfo_UI()
    }
}

My only issue is i can't seem to figure out why i have a navigation bar at the top of the UI in my app

Hoping somebody can explain to me why exactly there is a navigation bar at the top of my controller event though i've explicitly set navigationbarhidden to true in multiple places in my app

A: Try to hide navigation bar by SwiftUI explicitly, like
Form {

  // ... other code

}
.navigationBarTitle("")
.navigationBarHidden(true)

A: After long attempts, I have the same behavior in my UIKit project and SwiftUI Views with UIHostingController as with just UIKit.
In my storyboard, the UIHostingController is embedded in the NavigationController and this in turn is connected to the UITabBarController.
The first thing to do is to uncheck "Shows Navigation Bar" in the Attributes Inspector of the NavigationController.
In the SwiftUI View I have the list in the NavigationView with the modifier .navigationBarTitle("ViewTitle", displayMode: .large) and the next SwiftUI Views without NavigationView and the list with .navigationBarTitle ("SecondViewTitle", displayMode: .inline) modifier.

A: override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)
    setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: false)
}

This works for me.

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In a show of strength, he addressed the national council meeting of the JD(U) where he targeted the BJP as well as Mr Nitish Kumar.
New Delhi: Rebel Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav today slammed the Centre over the state of the economy and incidents of cow vigilantism, while also hitting out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for choosing the path of power than following the party's philosophy.
Mr Yadav would submit the affidavits signed by the council members to the Election Commission (EC) to prove that he has the support and the party name and symbol should be given to him.
The poll panel had recently refused to consider his plea on the grounds that it lacked supporting documents such as affidavits.
He said the BJP had promised to support the cause of development in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls, but it preferred to spend its energy on issues such as 'love jihad' and cow protection.
Mr Yadav said that the people have suffered due to the note ban and implementation of the GST.
"When Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie from the BJP and Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram from the Congress share the same view on the state of the economy, one has to agree that all is not well with the economy. They are the experts," he said.
Mr Yadav said when then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency, "We were in jail and had the satisfaction of fighting against it. Now you don't see it (emergency) but people are suffering, there are no jobs."
He said when the NDA was running on the principles laid down by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani, Mr Nitish Kumar left it.
"I had to agree for the sake of unity of the party. But now, after making efforts to cobble together grand alliance against NDA, he joined the NDA...his is the 'sarkari' JD(U) which preferred power. We chose the path of party philosophy," he said.
Mr Yadav said despite Mr Nitish Kumar ditching the grand alliance, it will survive in Bihar and spread across India.


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Vinyl Discoveries, Music Musings & Expat Observations
Can We Still Be Friends? Revisiting the Most Acclaimed Pop Albums of the 1970s
April 9, 2019 April 9, 2019 / dugoutdiscs	/ Leave a comment
[Blogger's note: In this series, I'm taking the Wayback Machine to a bygone musical era that began with the public break-up of the Beatles and ended with the first Top 40 singles by Prince. My source is Rolling Stone's best 100 albums of the 1970s, culled from the magazine's 500 all-time greats by an obliging Reddit user. I'll focus on selected albums from the list and, if I may be so bold, award Test of Time Points based on how well they've held up over the decades, from 1 (stale as old toast) to 10 (still poppin' fresh) in each case. Enjoy, and rock on!]
#100: Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77
One of the principal architects of American new wave music, along with Blondie, Devo, and a select few others, NYC's Talking Heads upended the pop paradigm in 1977 with this groundbreaking debut. Frontman David Byrne's agitated nerd persona, pretty much fully formed from the get-go, was a real game-changer at a time when Donna Summer and the Bee Gees ruled the airwaves. The top tune here is of course "Psycho Killer," which rivals The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" as the most sinister jukebox classic of the rock era. That career-defining track alone likely lifts this album into the nether regions of the RS list ahead of the Heads' two later '70s releases, More Songs About Buildings and Food and Fear of Music, both of which are superior in my opinion. While the 11 tracks on 77 all thrum with energy and wit – "The Book I Read" and "Don't Worry About the Government" are among the standouts – in hindsight the musicianship and melodies sound a bit rudimentary compared to the subsequent globe-spanning work by this ever-evolving band. Still, as rock 'n' roll introductions go, this is a tantalizing taste of things to come.
Test of Time Points (out of 10): 7

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Personal Finance Daily
Why women support new bra startups and the profession with the largest wage gap
Published: Aug. 8, 2017 at 5:56 p.m. ET
Kari Paul
Tuesday's top personal finance stories
Happy Tuesday, MarketWatchers! Don't miss today's top personal finance stories.
How do I split my estate between my two stepdaughters and biological son?
This mother is afraid her son will lose out if she dies before her husband.
My adoptive parents ostracized me because I'm gay — do I have a claim on their estate?
This man's sister refuses to return his calls after their death of their mother.
Another dog dies on a United flight — 5 ways to protect your pet while flying
Travelers should follow these tips to keep furry friends safe in the skies.
Why more women are supporting bra startups
Algorithms and big data are taking the bra fitting experience out of the dressing room.
Americans now have the highest credit-card debt in U.S. history
U.S. households collectively have more than $1 trillion in credit-card debt.
The shocking profession with the biggest gender wage gap (hint: it's not tech)
A memo by a former Google employee posited several theories about the lack of women in senior roles in Silicon Valley.
Want to achieve your weight loss, study and career goals? Follow this advice....
Take one step, trip to the library, job and page at a time.
How to choose a retirement plan for your small business
See which is right for you: a defined benefit — or a defined contribution — plan.
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While corporate culture starts at the top, any employee can work to shape it more positively.
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As the North Korean crisis escalates while on his Bedminster, N.J., vacation, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would respond with "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if the Asian country doesn't halt threats.
Donald Trump gets updated twice daily on what an amazing job he's doing
Vice News cited three current and former White House officials who say Trump receives folders containing 20 to 25 pages of "screenshots of positive cable news chyrons... admiring tweets, transcripts of fawning TV interviews, praise-filled news stories, and sometimes just pictures of Trump on TV looking powerful.
There's good and bad news as job openings hit record in July
The number of job openings rose to a fresh record in June while hiring decreased, evidence of the difficulties companies are having finding suitable employees.
Republicans' shadow campaign for 2020 doesn't inspire
A lot of Republicans are quietly jockeying for position to run for president in 2020 in case Donald Trump stumbles or decides not to run.
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The story of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer is a common one that's made authors like Thomas Piketty a household name. It also might be wrong.
Initial coin offerings now outvalue early-stage venture capital funding in 2017
The amount raised for initial coin offerings of cryptocurrencies has surpassed earliest-stage venture capital so far in 2017—a ranking change that institutional investors would be smart to acknowledge, Goldman Sachs said in a note out Tuesday.
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Castillo de Austria fue el nombre de una antigua población de la provincia de Nueva Cartago y Costa Rica, ubicada inicialmente en territorio de la República de Panamá, pero luego trasladada a territorio costarricense.

Historia

Fue fundada inicialmente a fines de 1560 por el presbítero Juan de Estrada Rávago y Añez en la bahía de Almirante, en la costa caribeña de la actual provincia panameña de Bocas del Toro, pero lo inhóspito del clima, el hambre y la firme resistencia de los indígenas obligaron a sus pobladores a abandonarla a las pocas semanas.

Estrada Rávago trasladó la población al noroeste, a la boca del río Suerre, en la actual provincia costarricense de Limón, pero tampoco allí logró subsistir, y pronto el sacerdote y sus compañeros abandonaron Castillo de Austria y se marcharon a Nicaragua. El 4 de agosto de 1561, el rey Felipe II emitió una real cédula para agradecer la fundación de la villa, pero esta ya había desaparecido.

Alrededor de 1576 el Alcalde Mayor interino de Costa Rica, Alonso Anguciana de Gamboa, fundó en la boca del río Suerre una nueva población, quizá con el nombre de Nuestra Señora de Carribete o de ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad, pero que al parecer también fue conocida con el de Castillo de Austria o simplemente Austria. Esta población tuvo una existencia intermitente y desapereció pocos decenios después de fundada.

Véase también

 Poblaciones coloniales de Costa Rica

Poblaciones coloniales de Costa Rica
Poblaciones coloniales de Panamá
Localidades establecidas en 1560

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Not only is it fast, but it is also extremely spectacular. Enjoy the race between the Procharge Corvette C7 and the Nissan GT-R on open roads. Pulling a drag race on highway definitely showcased the might of the new Corvette when tuned by professionals. The GT-R isn't a slouch either. With massively powerful engine and big speed this GT-R has its brake discs glowing after the driver presses the pedal. It's simply epic.


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Rubén Felgaer (ur. 4 kwietnia 1981 w Buenos Aires) – argentyński szachista, arcymistrz od 2002 roku.

Kariera szachowa
W latach 2000 i 2001 dwukrotnie zwyciężył w mistrzostwach panamerykańskich juniorów. Jest wielokrotnym medalistą indywidualnych mistrzostw Argentyny: pięciokrotnie złotym (2001, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014), trzykrotnie srebrnym (2000, 2004, 2006) oraz brązowym (2003). W roku 2001 podzielił I m. w turnieju strefowym (eliminacji mistrzostw świata) w Mar del Placie oraz wystąpił w Moskwie na mistrzostwach świata rozegranych systemem pucharowym (w I rundzie przegrał z Loekiem van Wely). W 2002 zwyciężył w Aarhus oraz podzielił I m. (wraz z Aleksandrem Bielawskim oraz Siergiejem Tiwiakowem) w otwartym turnieju w Kopenhadze. W 2003 triumfował w kolejnym turnieju strefowym, rozegranym w Asuncion. W 2004 zajął I m. w Ayamonte oraz po raz drugi wystąpił na mistrzostwach świata, awansując w Trypolisie (po zwycięstwie nad Baadurem Dżobawą) do II rundy, w której wyeliminowany został przez Aleksieja Driejewa. W 2005 w hiszpańskim mieście Sort podzielił I m., w 2006 zwyciężył w La Pobla de Lillet, a w 2007 – w Lienzu i w Rio de Janeiro. W 2008 podzielił I m. w Cannes (z m.in. Christianem Bauerem) oraz w Santiago (z Salvadorem Alonso). W 2010 zwyciężył w Santiago.

Jest podstawowym zawodnikiem reprezentacji Argentyny, w latach 2002–2008 czterokrotnie uczestniczył w szachowych olimpiadach, za każdym razem na I szachownicy.

Najwyższy ranking w dotychczasowej karierze osiągnął 1 października 2005, z wynikiem 2624 punktów zajmował wówczas 86. miejsce na światowej liście FIDE (oraz pierwsze wśród argentyńskich szachistów).

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne

Argentyńscy arcymistrzowie szachowi
Urodzeni w 1981
Ludzie urodzeni w Buenos Aires


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Crews build an erosion control embankment along Hwy. 3 on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure)
B.C.'s storm recovery 'trending in the right direction,' but gas rationing to remain
Province is entering recovery efforts as storms subside
Dec. 6, 2021 11:55 a.m.
The province is turning to recovery efforts as a series of storms has calmed in B.C., but officials said there is still a long way to go in rebuilding essential road networks destroyed by landslides.
Transportation Minister Rob Fleming said that Highway 7 in the Fraser Valley is expected to reopen to the general public on Monday (Dec. 6) afternoon but that other routes, like Highway 3 and Highway 99, are expected to stay as essential traffic routes only.
"Right now, we really need Highway 3. it's our lone corridor that links the Lower Mainland to the interior of the province," Fleming said, adding that 10,000 commercial trucks have moved much-needed supplies along the Highway 3 corridor and on a temporary route in northern Washington State. He said there was no estimated time for when Highway 3 would reopen to the general public.
The province remains under a state of emergency and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said the gas rationing for the southwest would remain.
Although the Trans Mountain pipeline came online on Sunday, Farnworth said that it must be pressurized slowly and that it will take time to get to full capacity.
Gasoline is continuing to come into the province by rail from Alberta and by barge from the U.S. The current state of emergency and gas rationing measures are both set to expire on Dec. 14, but can be renewed by the province.
Fleming said there was no way to tell right now whether or not Highway 3 would be open in time for travellers to head to the interior this summer.
"Right now it would not be very pleasant to get in your car and drive to a ski resort in the interior," he said, adding that although the road is working for commercial traffic, it would be busy and full of trucks.
"It takes twice as long to get from Surrey to Keremeos right now."
Fleming said that repair to Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon are due to be completed in mid-January. Some of the worst damaged routes in the province, such as the Coquihalla and Highway 8 between Spence Bridge and Merritt remain inaccessible. The Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt is expected to reopen to essential traffic by the end of January, while there is not estimated time of opening for Highway 8, but forest access roads are being considered as an option to bypass the destroyed highway.
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The Met Office forecast for the East Midlands for today Thursday, September 1 is for a dry and bright day with light winds.
There will be a dry and largely bright start with light winds.
Feeling pleasant in the sunshine during the afternoon, though cloud may start to increase towards dusk.
Tonight it will stay largely dry overnight, though some light and patchy light rain may affect the far north in the early hours of Friday.


BARCELONA, INDIA: Tellabs has launched its 8607 access switch that enables providers to offer high-bandwidth 3G services without breaking the bank.
Tellabs showcased the new network solution at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona.
The new Tellabs 8607 access switch is a single, flexible solution for seamlessly connecting any generation mobile site to the rest of the network as it includes TDM, ATM, IP and Ethernet.
It also includes DSL functionality without additional hardware.
"The Tellabs 8607 access switch's size, ability to perform in extreme temperatures and support of fiber, copper, Ethernet and DSL make it the most versatile solution for mobile service providers across the globe," said Mika Heikkinen, vice president and general manager of managed access products, Tellabs.
The Tellabs 8607 also supports microwave-based backhaul networks. Customers can reconfigure the switch to meet any deployment need.
Interface modules, including Fast Ethernet, E1/T1, ADSL and G.SHDSL, and power modules are easily swapped out.


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Published on: Galway Simon Community News
Galway Simon respond to Daft report: Galway Rents Increase at Four Times RPZ Cap
Author: Galway Simon Team
Galway Simon Community have responded to the latest Daft.ie rental report released today saying that renters in Galway are faced with an unstable market which many are being 'locked out' of.
According to the latest Daft.ie report, average rent prices in Galway have risen by 15.9% in the city to €1,189 and 10.2% in the county to €807, since the previous year. The average rent prices in the city are now increasing at almost four times the Rent Pressure Zone cap of 4% annually.
Karen Golden, CEO of Galway Simon Community, said that things cannot continue the way they are and that social housing build must be a main priority for Government.
"The simple truth is that renting in Galway for a lot of people is unaffordable and it's unfair that there are no other options available to them. The cost of renting in Galway is continuing to increase month after month, to the point where we're now looking at an average rent for a 1-bed property in Galway City of €848. This is double what most people can afford to pay and for those on Rent Supplement or HAP, it's a gap of €273 in what they are entitled to under the limits, but they have no other options available to them. The current market rents are unrealistic for many and are quite literally pushing people into homelessness," Karen said.
Rent Pressure Zone measures that are in place are supposed to see rents capped at 4% annually. However, this is clearly not the reality according to the Daft report which states annual increases of nearly 16% in Galway City and 11% in Galway County. The local charity say that the Government cannot rely on the private rental market to deliver social housing targets.
"Minister Eoghan Murphy set targets for the local authorities in Galway to deliver 931 social housing units by the end of 2018, the majority of which (72%/668 units) are to be delivered through HAP and RAS tenancies in the private rental sector. However, we saw from the last four Locked Out studies by the Simon Communities that there were no properties available to rent in Galway within the Rent Supplement/HAP limits over the study periods," Karen said.
"The supply of affordable housing just isn't there in the private rental market and we fail to see how these targets are going to be achieved by the end of the year with the current market. The only real solution at the moment is for new social housing to be brought into the housing stock, whether it's through Local Authority builds or acquisition, we simply need more affordable housing in Galway. Until this happens, more and more people are faced with the huge pressure of these high rents and are being forced into homelessness", Karen added.
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Ah, dessert. Holiday desserts should be a feast not just for the palate, but for the eye. A chocolate cake plainly frosted with fudge is enormously satisfying on a rainy, family movie night or for a simple family dinner, but the holidays beg for some culinary bling.
Unfortunately, that usually means a lot of work and kitchen cleanup, leaving less time for family and reflection. I'd rather be sitting in a comfortable chair with a mug of eggnog and a book than cleaning the kitchen.
So in my household, the holidays are a time for some cheap and tawdry kitchen tricks that let me turn a pretty basic cake into a showstopper with minimum fuss and mess. And my favorite cheap trick is caramel.
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Put all the ingredients in a small, heavy, shiny saucepan. Why shiny? So you can see the color of your caramel. You can use anodized aluminum or a non-stick saucepan, but when your caramel changes color, you'll have a hard time seeing it.
Stir over medium-low heat until the sugar is dissolved, then increase the heat to medium-high. Let the mixture boil without stirring until it turns amber, 350-360 degrees on a candy thermometer. Immediately pour it into a Pyrex measuring cup to cool for a few minutes, to about 230 degrees.
What can you do with this caramel? The cake in the lead picture is one thing.
To make that cake, I drew a circle the diameter of the cake on parchment paper, then turned the paper over so I could see the circle. I also drew on parchment two bands, each the height of the cake and half the circumference. Then I poured the cooled caramel to create free-form patterns within my circle and within my bands or exceeding them on one side.
Let your caramel designs cool until hot, but not too hot to touch. Peel the paper from the caramel round and put it directly on your cake. Peel the paper from the bands, which should be pliable but not soft, and shape them around the sides of your cake. Work quickly; once they cool completely, your round and bands will be as hard as glass.
This caramel can be used to make all sorts of cake decorations on parchment paper. You can make small fans to place on top of cupcakes. Rather than create free-form designs, as I did, you can create a caramel lattice.
Dip a large spoon in your hot caramel and wave it back and forth between two wood dowels, and you'll create fine strands that can be draped over all sorts of desserts.
Pour the caramel out on parchment and let it cool completely, then smash it in a bag with a hammer, and you'll have gold dust to sprinkle onto your desserts or mix into whipped cream or frostings to add a caramel flavor, or even a bit of crunch if you use slightly larger pieces.
Experiment. You can add melted chocolate to your liquid caramel, or chopped nuts. Sugar and water are cheap, and it doesn't take very long to make the caramel. If you mess up, you can start over. Just don't wait until the day of a party to test it out.
Don't make caramel on a humid day. It is hygroscopic (it absorbs moisture from the air) and will turn out sticky.
Have ample work space for your parchment, and draw out your designs before you start making the caramel.
Make sure your Pyrex measuring cup is right there, ready to go when the caramel is. If the caramel gets too hot while you're getting the cup out of your cupboard, it will start to get bitter.
If you're decorating a cake with caramel, do it the same day you're serving it. The caramel will start to dissolve into your cake or frosting if it sits too long.
Wear close-toed shoes and long sleeves! Caramel is safe to work with, as safe as power tools, but if you're careless or have an accident, it's like kitchen napalm. It can splatter, and if it lands on your skin, it will stick and burn. Don't be afraid of it, but treat it with the respect you'd treat a power drill or a hammer.
Keep pets and kids out of the kitchen when you're making caramel. My cat likes to jump on the kitchen counter. The last thing I want to deal with while I'm pouring hot caramel is a curious cat or a curious child. That's asking for a mess at best, and a trip to the emergency room or the vet at worst.
With an extra half-hour of work and only a couple of dirty dishes, you can turn a regular, pleasant cake into a holiday centerpiece or an office sensation.
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(Indirect) infringement, Denmark
Another milking robot decision…DeLaval not liable for infringement of milking robot patent
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ June 12, 2015
On 28 May 2015 the Eastern High Court of Denmark rendered judgment in a case between the two largest manufacturers of automatic milking systems, in which Lely had claimed damages from DeLaval International AB (Sweden) and its Danish subsidiary, DeLaval A/S for infringement in Denmark of the Danish part of a European patent. DeLaval, on…
Will Danish courts adopt a more holistic approach on claim construction?
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ May 15, 2015 March 24, 2017
In a recent Supreme Court decision from Denmark (Dansk Mink Papir vs. Jasopels A/S), the Supreme Court rendered a decision which could mark the inauguration of a more holistic approach by Danish courts in their assessment of patent protective scope. The invention concerned a so-called pelt bag developed by Dansk Mink Papir which had also…
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Injunction granted against Bodum coffee maker
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ March 19, 2015 March 24, 2017
In a recent decision rendered by the Danish specialty court for patents (the Maritime & Commercial Court) it was decided to grant an injunction against sales of copies of a Bodum piston coffee maker. This case concerned whether F & H A/S should be barred from selling a specific piston coffee maker and whether sales…
(Indirect) infringement, Denmark, Equivalents, Injunction, Pharma
The Danish High Court (Eastern Division) upholds the City Court's decision to deny an interim injunction against sale of generic pharmaceuticals containing drospirenone
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ February 23, 2015 May 31, 2018
On February 13, 2015 the Eastern High Court of Denmark issued a decision in an appeal in interlocutory proceedings regarding an application for an interim injunction against the marketing and sale of generic medicines (birth-control pills) containing, inter alia, drospirenone. Bayer is the proprietor of two patents regarding a method for producing drospirenone. On June…
Oticon v. GN Resound – infringement but no PI in Denmark
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ January 9, 2015
This week, the Maritime and Commercial Court inDenmark rendered a decision in a PI-case between Oticon A/S and GN ReSound A/S regarding alleged infringement of a patent as well as a utility model for certain antenna technology. Oticon's application for interim relief was, however, turned down, on the grounds that Oticon's proprietary rights would not…
Denmark, Validity
Danish Supreme Court decision on preemptory invalidity in relation to a patent application (Dupont/Danisco v. Novozymes)
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ December 5, 2014
We have previously reported (post 28 August 2012) on ongoing litigation in Denmark between DuPont/Danisco and Novozymes resulting at the time in the grant of an interlocutory injunction being firstly granted and then revoked as the patent-in-suit was subsequently invalidated. In a more recent development, DuPont/Danisco filed suit at the Maritime & Commercial Court (MCC)…
Countries, Denmark, Validity
Can the validity presumption in Danish PI proceedings be weakened due to lacking prosecution steps?
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ October 22, 2014
Since July 2013 when the Danish Maritime & Commercial Court (MCC) took over as IPR specialty court in Denmark for PI cases also, the technical judges have taken part in the adjudication of PI patent cases also. Although the MCC has no legal basis to render judgement declaring patents in the course of PI proceedings,…
The invalidity defense in Danish PI proceedings – the times are changing
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ September 23, 2014
The Danish Maritime & Commercial Court recently granted an interlocutory injunction in a patent dispute relating to 2nd medical use claims (Novartis v. Orifarm Generics case A-0006-14)). The Novartis patent claim language included a specification for a TTS (transdermal therapeutic system) for administering Rivastigmine in the treatment of Alzheimers: "Rivastigmine for use in a method…
Denmark, UPC
Local UPC chamber to be set up in Denmark
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ March 27, 2014
On Friday, 21 February 2014, the Danish Government announced its plans to establish a local division of the UPC in Copenhagen if the Danish referendum on Denmark's accession to the UPC should turn out positive. The decision is the result of a political agreement with almost all Danish parties represented in parliament and is widely…
Danes forced to have have referendum on UPC
Anders Valentin (Horten)/ January 14, 2014
As readers of this blog may recall, the Danish government has for some time attempted to persuade a 5/6 majoirity of the Danish parliament to agree to cast the vote in favour of Danish accession to the UPC. Two political parties represented in the Danish parliament have, however, remained staunch opponents of Denmark joining the…


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