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IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) is expanding their luxury and boutique portfolio, including properties from InterContinental®, Kimpton®, Regent® and Hotel Indigo®, with exciting new openings in 2020. From Asia to Europe and the Americas, IHG will be extending its global footprint
New IHG® Hotels Openings To Get Excited About
IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) is expanding their luxury and boutique portfolio, including properties from InterContinental®, Kimpton®, Regent® and Hotel Indigo®, with exciting new openings in 2020. From Asia to Europe and the Americas, IHG will be extending its global footprint to unveil the following:
Hotel: Kimpton® Maa-Lai Bangkok Opening date: April 2020 About: Marking the debut for the brand in Southeast Asia, the Kimpton® Maa-Lai takes its name from the traditional flower garland presented as a token of welcome, good health and respect to guests, loved ones and relatives. The hotel will feature 349 rooms, including 124 serviced residences. Nestled in the heart of the Langsuan area, the hotel sits beside Lumpini Park, one of the largest parks in the city. Guests can look forward to two restaurants with the signature Kimpton flair, Stock Room and Ms. Jigger, and two bars, CRAFT and Bar Park, a rooftop bar.
Hotel: Regent® Phu Quoc Opening date: Q4 2020 About: Set by the waterfront, Regent Phu Quoc stands in Bai Truong's Phu Quoc Marina, and will offer 400 hotel rooms and private residences, all with sea views. Facilities on-site include world-class dining experiences, a private beach, spa, as well as pool and gym. Recognised by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve in 2006, and with half of the island covered by a National Park, Phu Quoc provides the perfect canvas for an idyllic holiday.
Hotel: InterContinental® Yao Yai Resort Opening date: Q4 2020 About: Located on the up-and-coming Koh Yao Yai, a serene and pristine island in Southern Thailand. Typified by palm-fringed beaches, mountainous rainforest and timeless traditional villages, the area is easily accessed from Phuket or Krabi, yet a world away in the vacation experience. The beachfront resort blends contemporary design elements with the exotic culture, rich heritage and vernacular architecture of Southern Thailand. Complete with three world-class restaurants, a state-of-the-art fitness club, decadent spa and InterContinental signature Kid's club Planet Trekkers, guests can choose from sublime suites, sea-view villas and private residences.
Hotel: Kimpton® Bali Nusa Dua Opening date: Q4 2020 About: The natural beauty of the Nusa Dua coastline and lush volcanic hillsides make for a perfect backdrop to Kimpton Bali. Here, 50 luxury villas serve as a lifestyle sanctuary that will embrace local Balinese culture while delivering a genuine experience on the Island of the Gods. Hotel: Hotel Indigo® Hakone Gora Opening date: Early 2020 About: This is the first Hotel Indigo property to open in Japan, and will be a place where guests and locals alike can gather and enjoy the rich culture and history of Gora. The neighbourhood is unparalleled with its famous pastel coloured hot springs surrounded by majestic, green mountains and the charms of nature that change with the seasons. The lobby entrance is inspired by the traditional tea houses of the past, while the wood panelling features patterns famous throughout all Japan and specific to Hakone. With 98 rooms and suites, each featuring a traditional Japanese bathtub with natural onsen water, Hotel Indigo Hakone will provide guests with an unforgettable rejuvenating experience.
Hotel: InterContinental® Chongqing Raffles City Opening date: Early 2020 About: Located in front of the famous Chao Tian Men Square, the hotel will have 380 guest rooms and suites that provide stunning views of Yangtze and Jialing River. The SkyCrystal, located on the 42nd floor, connects four skyscrapers at the height of 250 meters with views over the bustling Yuzhong District. The hotel's Chaotianmen Grand Ballroom will be the largest in the city, offering 1200sqm of space and floor to ceiling windows overlooking Chao Tian Men Square and Yangtze River.
Hotel: Kimpton® Shinjuku Tokyo Opening date: Q2 2020 About: Kimpton® Shinjuku combines a style and ethos inspired by New York's arts scene with exquisitely-detailed Japanese handcrafted artisanal traditions. The result is a curated canvas with intricate interiors that are guaranteed to inspire. Close to the iconic Shibuya crossing, the hotel sits in the heart of fashionable Shinjuku. City locals and travellers alike will be able to satiate their appetites at The Jones, a New York-inspired café, The District, a restaurant that features an outdoor terrace and Eighty-Six, a rooftop bar open only to VIPs.
Hotel: Kimpton® Vividora Hotel Opening date: February 2020 About: Kimpton Vividora Hotel will mark the brand's debut in a new European market: Spain. The hotel will be located in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, tucked away on a pedestrian street. Guests will enjoy being just a few steps away from charming boutiques, buzzy restaurants and stunning centuries-old architecture that can be found along the neighbourhood's narrow winding roads and in its lively plazas. This property is outfitted in typical early 19th century Spanish architecture, overlooking neighbouring Gothic buildings, giving hotel guests typical residential Gothic Quarter views.
Hotel: Kimpton® Clocktower Hotel Opening date: Spring 2020 About: A 10-minute walk from Piccadilly Station, Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is visible from all around thanks to its clocktower. It is less than five minutes by foot from the world-famous LGBTQ area of Canal Street, and a short walk from the city centre's shopping malls and department stores. Located in the heart of the city, opposite Oxford Road Station, the impressive property has 270 rooms. Renowned for its award-winning collection of seasonally-inspired restaurants and bars, at the heart of Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is The Winter Garden, a space full of natural light, where guests can sit back and relax for a drink or a meal, whatever the time of day or night. Destination bar and restaurant, The Refuge by Volta, serves globally inspired small plates, craft beers and cocktails curated by the awardwinning team from Volta and has a uniquely curated programme of events and happenings.
Hotel: Hotel Indigo® Verona Opening date: Mid 2020 About: Constructed in the early 1920s, this elegant building was once the private residence of the Reichenbach family, members of the Austrian nobility. Subsequently, the property was respectfully transformed into preserving its architectural beauty. The hotel features 62 guest rooms and suites, a bar, an elegant breakfast room, two meeting rooms that can seat up to 120 people and a relaxing garden with an adjacent courtyard. A city-centre location makes it the ideal choice for guests wanting to explore the best of what Verona has to offer.
Hotel: Kimpton® Paris Opening date: Late 2020 About: Kimpton will open in one of Paris' most sought-after districts, near the famous Paris Opéra. The historic building will be fully transformed with Kimpton's signature bold and playful design, featuring 149 guest rooms including 27 suites, luxury spa and fitness facilities. The hotel's meeting space overlooks the Parisian streets, buildings and rooftops, for a truly memorable view. The hotel will offer the brand's innovative design and personal approach to guest service, using thoughtful perks and amenities, and a sense of delight, to make guests feel truly at home.
Hotel: Kimpton® Bozeman Opening date: Early 2020 About: Kimpton will be debuting its first property in Montana, a historic building in the heart of downtown Bozeman. The 122-room hotel is set in the former National Guard Armory building, which was built in 1941 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. In keeping with the building's history, the design will retain the original Art Deco style created by famed Bozeman architect Fred Willson. The hotel will feature a signature restaurant, a whisky and bar centric speakeasy featuring music and live entertainment, and 8,000sqf of meeting and event space. The new hotel will also feature a concert hall designed to attract top musical performances, as well as a rooftop pool and bar where guests can enjoy breathtaking views of the Bridger Mountain Range. The hotel's location will attract a broad spectrum of outdoor enthusiasts, with Yellowstone National Park as well as Big Sky and Bridger Bowl ski resorts at its doorstep. In addition to Bozeman's premiere outdoor offerings, which extend to incredible biking trails and fishing adventures, the city is also home to a vibrant art and music scene.
Hotel: Hotel Indigo® Spokane Opening date: Early 2020 About: Dating from 1911, the historic building in Spokane's downtown area is being brought back to its former glory following an extensive refurbishment. The five-story, 112-room Hotel Indigo® Spokane will feature a restaurant and bar, fitness center, business center and 1,500sqf of meeting space. Located less than one mile from the Spokane Convention Center and Spokane Falls, it is just two blocks from River Park Square.
Hotel: Hotel Indigo® Chattanooga – Downtown Opening date: Early 2020 About: Hotel Indigo® Chattanooga is set right in the heart of Chattanooga's downtown district, making it the ideal launch pad for a visit to the Gateway to the Deep South. It is located in a bustling area of the city, on the banks of the Tennessee River, with access to popular attractions such as the world's largest freshwater aquarium. Many guest rooms boast city views, and corner suites dazzle in the evening surrounded by the luminous cityscape. The hotel features 5,000sqf of vibrant meeting space to accommodate events and meetings from two to 100 guests.
Hotel: Hotel Indigo® Miami Brickell Opening date: Early 2020 About: The 140-room Hotel Indigo® Miami Brickell is designed by Sanchez + Coleman Studio and set in the heart of Miami's ever-rising Brickell, the city's financial district and urban haven. The hotel sits close to (free) public transport, state-of-the-art shopping districts and stylish dining spots. Guests will be able to take advantage of a variety of amenities, including a 2,000sqf meeting room, gym, and outdoor pool and lounge.
Hotel: Kimpton® Pittman Hotel Opening date: Mid 2020 About: Kimpton is set to open in the Deep Ellum district of Dallas, solidifying its role in revitalising one of the most historically significant neighbourhoods in the region. Originally the historic Knights of Pythias Temple (subsequently the Union Bankers Trust Building), the building was designed in 1916 by architect William Sidney Pittman. The hotel will include 165 guest rooms, more than 5,000sqf of meeting space, a signature restaurant, bar and lounge, outdoor patio, pool and fitness centre. Keeping true to the building's history, the design will retain the original Beaux-Arts structure and the integrity of the fourth-floor ballroom where celebrated blues musicians such as "Blind Lemon" Jefferson, Robert Johnson and "Lead Belly" Ledbetter performed.
Hotel: Kimpton® Kawana Bay Opening date: Mid 2020 About: Located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines, Grenada's tropical climate and cooling trade winds make for idyllic temperatures yearround. Nicknamed the "Spice Island," the beautiful, exotic country is rich in local history and culture, providing inspiration to Kimpton's locally-minded design talent. The name of the resort itself, Kawana Bay, pays homage to the native leatherback turtles, named "Kawana" by the Carib Indians when they settled the island in 1300 AD. A hillside retreat tucked away between tropical rainforest cliffs and the world-renowned Grand Anse Beach, the luxury resort will offer picturesque views and instant access to the southeastern Caribbean Sea and surrounding mountains. The 146-key resort will comprise 101 luxury studio rooms and 45 suites. A number of Kawana Bay's suites will include private pools overlooking Grand Anse Beach, largely considered to be one of the world's best beaches, and all rooms will feature spectacular ocean views.
Hotel: Kimpton® Mexico City Opening date: Mid 2020 About: Mexico will see Kimpton® Hotels & Resorts open its first two properties in 2020. The high-end boutique hotels will be located in the upscale neighbourhood of Polanco in Mexico City, and will feature select room counts: one with 32 guestrooms and the other with 48 guestrooms. Both will offer a signature restaurant and rooftop bar. The dynamic Polanco neighbourhood is home to numerous high-end boutiques, restaurants and art galleries. Culturally diverse and always evolving, Mexico City is an epicentre for historical and modern architecture and world-renowned culinary offerings.
Hotel: Hotel Indigo® NYC Financial District Opening date: Mid 2020 About: Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, Hotel Indigo® NYC Financial District is the brand's second hotel in Manhattan. The hotel features a ground-floor restaurant and bar, and 25th-floor bar promising panoramic skyline and river views. With a location three blocks from the resurgent South Street Seaport and two blocks from the New York Stock Exchange, it will be in demand by business and leisure travelers alike.
Hotel: InterContinental® Punta Piqueros Opening date: Mid 2020 About: Located on a rock known as Punta Piqueros in the district of Concon, this hotel overlooks the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean. The hotel boasts spectacular views of neighbouring Viña del Mar, the weekend getaway spot for Santiago's well-heeled, and the colourful and bohemian port city of Valparaiso. The 140room hotel offers five suites and a variety of ways to wine and dine with two restaurants, a wine bar and a pool bar. The expansive gym and spa span 10,000sqf and feature treatment rooms, pool and sauna to ensure guests can properly unwind.
Hotel: Kimpton® Roatan Resort Opening date: 2020 About: The largest of Honduras's Caribbean Bay Islands, Roatán sits atop the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second-largest barrier reef in the world, making its turquoise waters a sought-after destination by snorkel and scuba diving enthusiasts and adventure tourists alike. Roatán has a rich history tracing back to its indigenous Paya peoples and is regarded as the gateway to Central America. Nestled on the pristine white sands of West Bay Beach, Kimpton Roatán aims to celebrate the island's diversity and local culture in its thoughtful artwork, incorporating Paya artifacts loaned from the national museum into its destination spa. Its carefully designed sustainability-driving infrastructure, boasts solar technologies, on-site water desalination and eco-friendly touches throughout the property. Guests of the resort will enjoy the rooftop sky bar with a glass-fronted pool, expansive outdoor pool, chef-driven restaurant, lounge and beach bars, fitness centre, a luxurious spa, water sports facilities and nearly 6,000sqf of indoor and outdoor meetings and events space.
Hotel: Kimpton® Omaha Opening date: 2020 About: Kimpton is set to open its first property in Nebraska, in the popular and vibrant Blackstone District of Omaha. The century-old property was built in 1916 in the heart of the city and is one of the earliest structures in Nebraska listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is steeped in history – it was once the premier hotel for travellers travelling between Chicago and San Francisco and Richard Nixon announced his presidential run from the Grand Ballroom in 1967. In its heyday, the Orleans Room was the most famous restaurant in the city, as well as the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich. The hotel will feature 205 guestrooms, a steakhouse, and the reimagined celebrated Cottonwood Room bar. A swimming pool in a resort-style setting and almost 11,000sqf of meeting space including the restored famed rooftop Grand Ballroom make it the ideal option for guests wanting to sample some of Kimpton's signature flair in Nebraska.
Hotel: Kimpton® Hotel Arras Opening date: 2020 About: This former bank-turned-boutique hotel has been reimagined with a blend of art Deco and modern mountain edge. Finished with Calacatta marble, European oak, lush leathers, bold metals and original artwork by local artist, it is a designlovers dream. Experience hand-turned pasta and heath-fired pizzas in Bargello Restaurant, or craft cocktails in District 42. The hotel has spectacular views over the city or mountains and also plays host to Kimpton's famous evening Social Hour.
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Meet 'From Now On' director Javier Colón Ríos
Bio: Javier Colón Ríos holds a master's degree in film direction from the American Film Institute. After making several award-winning short films, he wrote, produced and directed his first feature film "I am a Director", which was distributed by The Sundance Channel, Starz and Canal +. After the success of this first film, he co-wrote and directed "Yo Soy Un Político" which was sold to HBO and is now on Amazon Prime. After the success of his first two films, Javier has shadowed on TV's "Jane the Virgin" and "Good Trouble" and directed his third feature film "Inside the Circle."
Bio: Ivonne Coll is a theater, television and film award-winning actress born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, where as a child she trained in classical ballet and flamenco dance with Walter Mercado. In 1967 she won the title of Ms. Puerto Rico to represent the island in the Miss Universe contest. Coll was a series regular on the award-winning show "Jane The Virgin" (CW). Other television credits include "Switched at Birth" (ABC Family), "Teen Wolf" (MTV), "Glee" (Fox), "East Los High" (Hulu), "Nip Tuck" (FX), "An American Family" (PBS), "Six Feet Under" (HBO), "NYPD Blue" (Fox), "The Practice" (Fox), "ER" (NBC), "Heroes" (NBC), "Crossing Jordan" (NBC), "Judging Amy" (Fox), "Saturday Night Live" (NBC), "Cold Case" (CBS), "Joan of Arcadia" (CBS), LA Law (Fox), "Wings" (CBS), "Without a Trace" (CBS), "CSI" (CBS) and most recently "One Day at a Time" (Netflix) and "Being There" (FX.) The award-winning (Best Overall Romance Story, Rincon International Film Festival) "From Now On" marks her debut as a director, writer and a producer.
Film title: "From Now On"
Synopsis: Two middle-aged Latinas from the East Coast stop along the Malibu coast on their way to Northern California. Both are from conservative families. They have done something momentous today, defying cultural stereotypes imposed by their own culture. A phone message from a beloved young nephew offering unconditional love, reveals to us, the life-changing decision they have made.
Click here to watch Javier Colón Ríos and Ivonne Coll's short film "From Now On."
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Q: APIDOC - Remove Sample Request Hey there I'm trying to remove/hide the sample request form from my apiDoc. I'm not using the sampleUrl tag on my package.json config, on the api_porject.json this property is set to false.
But still, on every request that there's the sample request.
I've also tried to apply the param @apiSampleRequest off to my codeblocks but no luck.
Any suggestions?

A: In my case setting "sampleUrl": null in the config did the trick to disable the form globally without a @apiSampleRequest off comment.
If you want to disable only some of the forms you can use "sampleUrl": true and set @apiSampleRequest off where you want to disable the form.

A: remove this line @apiSampleRequest    from each api function
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Q: Collect GCOV results from binaries running on different hosts Suppose I build my project with coverage on machine A. Copy executables of the project into machine B. Tests are run using these executables on machine B. Is there a way to collect coverage results for these runs?

A: I think you can achieve this by using -fprofile-generate flag while compiling and linking.
So when you compile you will get .gcno files generated in your Machine A. Now you transfer your executables to Machine B and run the executable. This will create .gcda files in the path you have provided in -fprofile-generate flag in Machine B.
Now simply transfer your .gcda files back to Machine A(where your .gcno files are)and run gcov , it will give you the coverage report for the run on Machine B.
Hope this helps.


Quite a few players have stopped their Grade Points from being rolled back in Street Fighter IV by changing their DNS servers to OpenDNS. While this fix has worked for several players, a few people are still reporting the same problems after implementing it.
You can find very clear and helpful instructions to implement OpenDNS here. For those of you who are a bit more tech savvy, all you have to do is adjust your DNS settings to those below.
In case you're a bit worried about this change, I've personally been using OpenDNS for over a year now and have had absolutely no problems at all with them. I'm also on one of the biggest Internet Service Providers in the nation and OpenDNS' servers have outperformed theirs.
Considering this is a free service, and one many people swear by, if you're experiencing trouble with rolling back Grade Points — I'd highly recommend making this switch.
Also some players claim this has fixed their disconnection issues, and they're seeing overall better performance online, but your mileage may vary.
Thanks go to Azianflavor, TongariDan, Schmeggma and many other people on the EventHubs.com forums for their help.
Blazt The Speakerz and CSVagrant put together a nifty combo video featuring Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter IV. The clip starts off with easier stuff, but it gets going soon after.
While most of these combos aren't practical in a game setting, by watching it you may find a few things you didn't know were possible that you can add to your arsenal.
Another thing to note is how much damage scaling starts happening on some of these bigger combos.
G4TV.com caught up with Seth Killian and they chatted about SFIV's Championship Mode update, the National and World tournaments and character rankings.
Also Seth mentioned that the Street Fighter franchise has multiple possibilities for the future on the table right now.
While future SF details won't be announced at this year's E3, something tells me we won't have to wait a long time before we hear about the next upgrade or iteration to the Street Fighter series.
The Dogface Show has posted part two of their interview with Seth Killian of Capcom and MrWizard, the main guy who runs Shoryuken.com.
In this segment the guests talk a lot about the EVO Fighting Game Championship and what users can expect if they show up.
Part 3 should be posted in another week or so, when it's up, we'll have a link here.
The legendary Alex Valle was featured in a Kotaku article which talks about how he got into the Street Fighter series.
Alex discusses his early years playing the game and there's a few quotes about his aggressive style of play from other competitors.
He also seems to have fairly strong opinions about online play vs. playing in person. Here's a clip the piece.
"Arcades are where you can truly level up your game against many opponents with no lag issues or rage-quitters," Valle says. "Maybe those rage-quitters can still leave mid-match and cause a scene or something. Playing online on a console is more of a tool for execution and strategy." In short: Play online if you want to practice, play in arcades if you want to fight.
So, what do you think? Do you agree that playing online is just a way of improving execution and strategy, and playing in person is the true test?
Capcom of Japan has issued a statement apologizing to PlayStation 3 players for Battle Points, Grade Points and Championship Points not updating properly for some Street Fighter 4 users.
The Google translation is a little rough, but you can make out some of the details for yourself.
If I'm translating the page correctly, they also mention that a few players have had trouble with being disconnected while voice chatting and trying to upload or watch replays.
In the statement they say they're investigating the matter and hope to have a solution soon. Good news for those of you having issues online, as Capcom is looking into the problems.
The story from IGN.com is that Capcom is going to release 9 new games on the Wii before April 2010. While it doesn't get into specific titles, the article states that one of their goals is to bring major franchises to the system.
One of Capcom's biggest franchises, if not the biggest, is Street Fighter, and with a Wii install base of almost 50 million units world wide — double what the current PlayStation 3 userbase is — they'd be foolish not to put out more titles on the system.
A controller that works well for fighting games might be a bit of an issue, but considering how they're approaching Street Fighter IV's PC release, having a pack-in controller option doesn't seem out of the question.
So if a Street Fighter title besides Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is going to hit the Wii, how do you think it will pan out? Does it matter much if the graphics are dropped down a bit if the game play is there? And would you actually buy a Wii Street Fighter game if it were available?
New business model for arcades?
BeefJack and VersusCity reported that Cave, a Japanese developer, is exploring a new business model for arcade machines with the release of their title DeathSmiles II.
Besides having a ridiculous name, the game will be shipped to select arcades for free with the vendors and Cave splitting the profits from the quarters dropped in.
Considering how much these machines cost and how the console gaming experience has grown, this is an interesting approach. A full on Street Fighter IV cabinet could run upwards of $20,000 and for an arcade vendor to make that kind of investment to not have it pay off ... well, you can see why a lot of arcades have gone under.
While it's highly unlikely the arcade scene will ever be restored to what it once was, this might help keep the current scene around awhile longer. One also may wonder if Capcom will look at doing this with future Street Fighter titles.
Previously we posted links to some of the artwork from the Street Fighter Jab Strong Fierce art exhibit that's being held in Southern California, but GameSetWatch also captured a bunch more photos of the pieces at the show.
Some of the images are off the wall, but they're still very good regardless. If you're into art, it's definitely worth checking out.
The exhibit closes down today, so it's your last chance to go if you're interested.
Sumthing Else Music Works has signed on with Capcom to distribute their video game music soundtracks, including Street Fighter IV. Here's a clip from the press release.
New York - May 11th, 2009 - Sumthing Else Music Works, the premier label dedicated to licensing and distributing video game soundtracks, is delighted to announce that it has entered into a multiple-title licensing partnership with Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, to release the original soundtrack albums for best-selling franchises including Bionic Commando, Resident Evil, Dead Rising, Street Fighter and Monster Hunter.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sumthing Else Music Works will license Capcom's catalog for distribution on digital and physical formats in North America. Physical CDs will be distributed by Sumthing Distribution and digital releases will be available on Sumthing Digital www.sumthingdigital.com and iTunes.
Several people have reported that their new Standard Edition Mad Catz FightSticks are not experiencing the moving washer issue, although some are still getting joysticks that have that problem.
A little background, if the washer on the joystick moves, it can get out of place and your joystick will 'catch' a bit preventing completely unhindered movement. If you have experience with modding joysticks, the fix is simple. Open up your Mad Catz joystick and superglue the washer down (instructions). It sounds like newer models have resolved this issue, but since there's still a few older models floating around — that's likely why you're still seeing reports of it not being fixed.
Also Capcom and various other retail outlets are still filling back-orders on the Mad Catz sticks, and they're expected to be doing so until some time this month. After all of the back orders have been sent out, the Capcom store and other places will be opening up both the Tournament Edition and Standard FightStick again for retail sales.
The goal is to get a Mad Catz stick in the hands of anyone and everyone who wants it. When sales open up again, you'll see a news post here on the EventHubs.com front page.
Also for those of you having recurring problems with buttons that randomly stop working, some players have also reported success with swapping out the breakway cable on the XBox 360. Although this doesn't fix the issue, it did lessen the frequency of how often it came up.
The matter can also still be resolved by simply unplugging and plugging in the joystick again.
The American Street Fighter IV champion, Justin Wong, commented in an interview that he's the player to beat at this year's EVO 2009 Fighting Game Tournament, even after losing 0-4 against Daigo Umehara's Ryu in the World Competition.
That original interview didn't provide a lot of detail on why he thought this was the case, but Gamenook caught up with him and a few friends and they cover the subject a bit more.
The clip above gets to the most interesting part of the interview right away, but you can also check out part 1 here as well.
Justin also says his own personal tier list for Street Fighter IV is Seth, Sagat, Ryu and Zangief. He mentions this a bit after he claims that Sagat is overrated.
So, what do all of you think of the explanation given?
We've added a new feature to the front page of EventHubs.com. Now you can easily go back in time to browse older stories you may have missed with our paginated front page.
All of you have to do is scroll down and click one of the numbered or Next links and you can browse our new archives with article text and images.
Most of you have probably noticed that after a number of hits, your combos don't quite take off as much power as you thought they would.
This is something built into Street Fighter 4 called damage scaling, and it reduces the amount of life you take off in combos, after a certain number of hits. This is a function added into the game to help negate the impact of infinites and really large combos — among other things.
We posted a guide that explains combo damage scaling so you have a better idea how to put together your combos for maximum damage and efficiency.
Gigantic kudos go out to Genotox, Buktooth and Yeb for collecting information and putting it up for everyone to check out.
Christian Svensson updated his blog on Capcom-Unity with more details about the PC version of Street Fighter IV. Here's the interesting stuff in bullet points.
The game will retail for $39.99 and ships on July 7th.
Best Buy customers will get an Eagle One animated DVD with the game.
For $59.99 you get the game and a PC/XBox 360 Mad Catz FightPad, the bundle is a limited edition run, so once it's gone, it's gone for good.
You'll also be able to buy the game from digital distribution areas, like Steam, Impulse, Direct2Drive, Metaboli, Gametap, Nvidia.com and GamersGate.
The Street Fighter 4 guide for Blanka here on EventHubs.com has undergone heavy revisions recently.
Not only has the main guide been revamped to provide better details on how to use each of his moves, but there's new combos, strategies and general tips on how to raise your game while using the beast.
Also we've added in a video page and character match up notes, to help you with some of the specific fighters you'll face while using him. You can also find older sections for his frame data and challenge mode trials.
As always, if you'd like to add anything to the guides on the site, please leave a comment in the appropriate section.
Kudos go to SuperGolden, The Mullah, tatatan1, LatinDiveman, Tinshi, MAGUS1234, Viscant, ElectricBalls, Mijnjiku and MOD for their contributions both large and small.
Capcom's latest financial report has been released, and they break down their top 44 selling games ever. Street Fighter IV has made a nice initial showing, but it's also cool to check out how old Street Fighter titles performed on the list.
Here's how the top 10 looks.
Here's some other notable games from their top 40.
If you want to go further, you can check out the whole list here.
It's pretty interesting to see which games are and are not up here. The only Alpha title that cracked the top 44 was Alpha 3, and not a single Vs. title made the list.


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'''Leonhard Euler''' (''1707-1735'', pronounced ''Oiler'') was a famous Swiss [[mathematician]]. He made numerous contributions to many fields of [[mathematics]] and [[science]]. Euler is often considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, along with [[Isaac Newton]], [[Archimedes]], and [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]].
== Biography ==
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He also discovered the power series for the [[tangent function|arctengent]], which is
He also discovered the power series for the [[tangent function|arctangent]], which is
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* [[Euler's line]]
* [[Euler's identity]]
* [[Euler's constant]]
* [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Euler.html Biography of Euler]
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Leonhard Euler (1707-1783, pronounced Oiler) was a famous Swiss mathematician. He made numerous contributions to many fields of mathematics and science. Euler is often considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, along with Isaac Newton, Archimedes, and Carl Friedrich Gauss.
2 Contributions to Mathematics
2.2 Analysis
3 Physics
Euler was born on April 15, 1707 in Basel, Switzerland. Euler's parents were Paul Euler, a pastor of the Reformed Church, and Marguerite Brucker, a pastor's daughter. He had two young sisters, named Anna Maria and Maria Magdalena. At the age of thirteen he enrolled at the University of Basel.
On January 7, 1734, he married Katharina Gsell. The young couple had thirteen children, only five of whom survived childhood.
After suffering a near-fatal fever in 1735, Euler became nearly blind in his right eye. Soon after his return to Russia in 1766, he became almost completely blind in his left eye. Despite his horrible eyesight, Euler continued his prolific research.
Even as an old man, Euler was famous for being able to calculate difficult arithmetic quickly in his head.
On September 18, 1783, Euler passed away in St. Petersburg, Russia after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery.
Contributions to Mathematics
In 1735, Euler showed that where is the zeta function.
Euler's polyhedral formula states that for any convex polyhedron, with , and denoting the number of vertices, edges, and faces, respectively, .
Euler's totient theorem is a theorem related to Euler's totient function, or the sum of all numbers relatively prime to a number and less than it.
Euler's identity is a famous identity of complex numbers which states that for all .
Euler was the first to use the notation , and also was the first to call such structures functions. This led to great advancements in calculus and algebra.
Euler contributed greatly to the expansion of a branch of mathematics called analysis. His achievements often involved power series. He is also credited with discovering Euler's constant, denoted as . Euler discovered that
He also discovered the power series for the arctangent, which is
Euler helped the wave theory of light become the dominant idea for most of the nineteenth century. He also made several other contributions to optics, such as disagreeing with Isaac Newton's theory of light.
In addition, he made several important discoveries in astronomy and mechanics.
Euler's line
Euler's identity
Euler's constant
Biography of Euler
Retrieved from "https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php?title=Leonhard_Euler&oldid=27952"
Famous mathematicians


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Homo Faber: The Triumph and Perils of Narcissistic Politics /
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Homo Faber: The Triumph and Perils of Narcissistic Politics
These last two weeks of the Republican Presidential nomination race have been eventful, as they have seen Donald Trump accumulate enough delegates for most pundits and the Chair of that Party, Reince Priebus, to declare him its likely nominee. Indeed, Trump's delegate total is adequate to have prompted his two remaining rivals to depart the contest, leaving him the proverbial last candidate standing. And so it now appears that the Republican Party candidate for President this year will be a demagogic, nativist, race-baiting narcissist who has promised his followers little more than that he is smarter than everyone else and can will the outcomes he declaims. Trump's success has many in his party more than angry and concerned for the GOP's electoral fortunes in the fall, and some have refused to embrace him as the inevitable nominee. That list includes former Presidents H. W. and George W. Bush as well as House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan. Former Massachusetts governor and GOP standard bearer Mitt Romney has also not endorsed Trump. But many of the real estate businessman's former rivals have done so, including Ben Carson and Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey and former governor Rick Perry of Texas. Other Republican leaders have lined up to lend him their support as well, including, perhaps most notably, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. These individuals apparently have no difficulty embracing so anti-democratic a figure in the name of party "unity" to secure a victory (power) in the fall. Given that Trump continues to make the same essential arguments he has made since the start of his campaign, one must accept that these officials are willing to take their chances and dance with a demagogue if it means they can gain or retain political power. Meanwhile, during this same period I have read countless stories and opinion pieces warning journalists not to "normalize" Trump and treat him in the same manner as the yet to be determined Democratic Party nominee (neither of those candidates have engaged in a race baiting and nativist campaign, nor stooped to playground rhetoric to belittle their rivals as Trump has routinely done). Nor, on the evidence at least, has either Democrat deliberately lied repeatedly by repudiating statements made previously on the record, leaving supporters to decide what to make of so blatant a disregard for truth, as again, Trump has done. Perhaps the most important argument for not "normalizing" Trump is his patent and prideful ignorance and his lack of relevant experience for the presidency. The eminent physicist Jeremy Bernstein, for example, recently examined Trump's comments on nuclear policy and declared him a "colossus of ignorance" on that vital concern.[1]
Other experts on fiscal and monetary policy, trade policy and immigration, among other topics, have similarly declared Trump's version of reality to be both fanciful and dangerous. Nevertheless, his supporters have handed him an improbable victory and apparently see his constant evocations of superior will and intellect as sufficient to whisk away all of their fears, trials and travails. These individuals appear to take Trump at his word that he will attain his often outrageous claims by sheer force of his "smarter than everyone else" boasting. It is all deeply unsettling, frightening and sad for the devotee of freedom and democratic governance, but perhaps to be expected in light of at least a share of modern philosophic tenets and our nation's dominant public philosophy. What follows is a brief reflection on how these set the stage for this apparent triumph by a demagogue—for his likely victory has not changed what he is or how he attained that turn—irrespective of how many GOP officials now decide to support him in the name of power.
Prior to the 17th century certainly, as Hannah Arendt has observed, philosophers saw human thought as a direct way to consider and attain the truth of situations and concerns. Knowledge was thus the handmaiden of contemplation, as philosophy was then seen as the servant of theology. Certainly since Francis Bacon argued in the early 1600s that knowledge was power, however, Western civilization has moved ever more fully toward the position that thought is, and should be the agent of doing and not to be undertaken for its own sake.[2] Nonetheless, despite our broad approval of this stance as a population today, when knowledge serves production it cannot also serve as a guide or restraint on that "making." Instead, the apparently useful bends knowledge to its will as it becomes the lone rationale for contemplation. This strained logic is far advanced in American universities today, for example, where the only legitimate form of knowledge is fast being defined as that which can be instrumentalized, commodified and made imminently "productive." Today, students are told by friends and family and the media to eschew classes and disciplines that are perceived, incorrectly, as not being immediately useful, and state governors almost daily issue demands for more "job ready" curricula and propose not allowing students who enroll in "unproductive" majors to assume loans to help defray the costs of their education. There is, in principle, no end to the demands on knowledge that can (and in this view, must) occur in the name of the instrumental or of production, just as there is, in principle, no arbiter available to discipline such claims. They may become as limitless as human will can make them. This situation can become dangerous for democratic politics, when citizen desires linked to production and utility devolve into arbitrary willing. That is, this understanding allows individuals to require that knowledge "produce" certain outcomes, irrespective of whether those demands bear any relationship to reality.
If all of this sounds familiar, it should, as it is a near perfect representation of current GOP nomination politics. Donald Trump has presented himself and his personal will as sufficient to bring the world's complexities, pain and woe to heel, suggesting to voters that he alone is capable of controlling and overcoming all of the challenges now confronting them. According to Trump, he will shape nations, economies, events and all else to his will because he says he can. Trump's voters want security, and the narcissist has promised it to gain the approbation he requires. Each actor in this play obtains what they need as both embrace the supposed promise of the unfettered will's power to control knowledge to "produce" change. In a Faustian bargain, voters hand off the hard challenges, and their power, to an individual arguing that all knowledge will hew to his will. In so doing, citizens give that person the status he craves. With the redefinition of knowledge as instrument of a will's production, nothing remains to prevent a fearful and undisciplined population from absolving itself of responsibility for its own freedom and governance, and giving those rights to a proponent of his own unfettered desires. Thus it is that a demagogue can come to popular approval in his Party, and thus it is that GOP leaders must decide whether to sanction this outrage or accept it. It now appears that for many of those officials, the latter will obtain.
Even at this stage in the evolution of political thought in modern life, our nation's governing imaginary concerning the role of knowledge need not be so conceived. Roughly 100 years ago, Robert Frost wrote a sonnet as a young man that argued that an individual's work, in this case a metaphor for a citizen's responsibility to act in ways that preserve the rights and freedom for all in the polity, could in fact serve to expand his or her locus of awareness and understanding beyond the merely instrumental, and beyond a vision of life as simply the result of will, production and consumption. That alternative vision could in itself tie the individual to his or her place in the world and create an ontology of meaning and knowing that was architectonic and broader than the useful, and that did not pretend to human control of all exigencies and circumstances. Perhaps our politics today needs nothing more or less than so sweeping a change in its ontological underpinnings, if we are not to fall prey recurrently to crowd pleasers promising the impossible and claiming that one human's will personified is able to harness all necessary knowledge to conquer our collective challenges. It is clear, as a demagogue prepares to gain a major political party nomination in our nation, that this rethinking and refashioning must come soon. Here is an excerpt from Frost's answer to the perilous epistemic and ontological possibility that Trump embodies and represents.
Mowing[3]
There was never a sound beside the wood but One, And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. …
The fact is the sweetest dream that labor Knows. My long scythe whispered and left the hay to make.
The poem describes a joining of knowing and producing, with production serving knowledge and not the reverse, and with each creating a greater whole together. Self-governance requires just such a foundational guiding vision if it is to escape serving as the architect of its own destruction.
[1] Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1893, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5500/5500-h/5500-h.htm
[2] Jeremy Bernstein, "The Trump Bomb," New York Review of Books, May 16, 2016, 32-33 at 33.
[3] Robert Frost, Selected Poems, New York: Random House Publishers, 1992, 61.


Internet Friendly Google to Shutter Its Phone Store. Good!
Google to Shutter Its Phone Store. Good!
Google's no-frills, Web-only strategy for the Nexus One sounded iffy from the start, and in the wake of rumors of feeble sales and canceled plans for additional carriers, the only surprising thing about the company's change of plans is how swiftly they came. The turnabout is probably a tad embarrassing for Google, but it's also a logical move given the store's failure to make much of a dent in the phone-selling universe. Google's a much more impressive company when it brings radical inventiveness to a problem of long standing than when it does things for no clear reason other than that it can.
I'm not particularly saddened by the demise of the store in its current form, since the only clear benefit it offered over buying a phone directly from a retailer was the option–not very popular in the U.S.–of opting for an unsubsidized, unlocked model. It's sad, though, that Google failed to really shake things up with the unconventional business models that some of us fantasized about. A Googlephone sold at a phone store may still be an excellent phone–I imagine Google may announce the Nexus One's successor as soon as next week at its I|O developer conference–but it's going to be sold the same old way as any other handset.


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Eluveitie () est un groupe de folk metal suisse, originaire de Winterthour, dans le Canton de Zurich. Le groupe est formé en 2002 par Chrigel Glanzmann, et leur premier EP, Vên, est commercialisé en 2003 suivi par la suite d'un premier album studio, , en juin 2006. En novembre 2007, Eluveitie signe avec le label Nuclear Blast. Le premier titre de cette collaboration, , est publié en février 2008. L'album atteint la  des classements musicaux suisses, et la  des classements musicaux allemands. En avril 2009 sort un album acoustique, Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion. Il est suivi en février 2010 d'. Eluveitie fait paraître , un autre album de folk metal, en 2012. Le groupe sort un nouvel album le  août 2014, .

En 2015, Nicole Ansperger quitte le groupe et est remplacée par Shir-Ran Yinon, avant de réintégrer Eluveitie en juillet 2016. En mai 2016, à la suite de divergences d'opinion et de conflits d'intérêts, Anna Murphy, Merlin Sutter et Ivo Henzi quittent le groupe et sont remplacés par de nouveaux musiciens en 2017, avant la sortie de l'album Evocation II. Le 5 avril 2019, le groupe sort Ategnatos, son huitième album.

Le groupe est connu pour utiliser des instruments de musique traditionnels médiévaux ou celtiques, comme des flûtes, la cornemuse, le violon, et la vielle à roue. Les paroles de certaines chansons sont écrites en gaulois, reconstituées ou retranscrites depuis des inscriptions d'époque. Eluveitie tire son nom d'un graffiti étrusque retrouvé à Mantoue faisant référence aux Helvètes.

Biographie

Formation et débuts (2002–2006)
En 2002, Chrigel Glanzmann fonde Eluveitie, au départ comme un projet exclusivement studio. Glanzmann souhaite mêler metal et musique celtique. Les musiciens n'ont pas d'autres choix que d'enregistrer leurs morceaux en studio. Le nom du groupe s'inspire d'un graffiti datant d'environ 300 ans avant J.C. découvert à Mantoue. En alphabet étrusque, l'inscription se lisait eluveitie, interprété en langue étrusque comme elvetios (). L'inscription est sans doute une référence aux Helvètes qui vivaient à Mantoue. À la suite de la sortie de leur EP Vên en octobre 2003, Chrigel décide de faire d'Eluveitie un groupe à part entière et recrute neuf musiciens (dont certains avaient déjà participé à Vên). Ils signent en 2004 un contrat avec Fear Dark Records.

Au début de 2006, le groupe effectue un nouveau changement de formation. Sarah Kiener est remplacée par Anna Murphy pour jouer la vielle à roue et Linda Suter est renvoyée. En mi-2006, l'album Spirit est publié au label Fear Dark.

(2007–2012)
En novembre 2007, Eluveitie signe un contrat avec le label Nuclear Blast et sort (le 15 février 2008) son deuxième album, . L'album atteint la  des classements musicaux suisses, et la  des classements musicaux allemands.

Le projet suivant d'Eluveitie, , est annoncé en 2008. La première partie de l'album, Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion, est publiée en avril 2009. C'est un album entièrement acoustique. Le groupe publie une édition spéciale de cet album sous le titre  en mai au magazine  qui est édité le 15 avril et qui comprend huit chansons issues de Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion et cinq issues de .  est leur deuxième single. La chanson Inis Mona rencontre un important succès et contribue fortement à faire grandir la popularité du groupe. C'est la chanson du groupe la plus vue sur YouTube. En 2008, le groupe sort son premier album live,  ; il reprend les chansons de leurs deux premiers albums, ainsi que leur EP. Mi-juillet 2008, les jumeaux Rafi et Sevan quittent le groupe pour des raisons personnelles, et sont remplacés par Päde Kistler et Kay Brem.

Eluveitie annonce sur son site web, le 17 septembre 2009, son entrée en studio pour l'enregistrement d'un nouvel album, intitulé . L'album est publié dans son intégralité  sur leur page MySpace le 12 février jusqu'à sa sortie européenne. Il est publié le 19 février 2010. Les chants en gaulois sont moins présents, et le groupe se base à nouveau plus sur l'anglais.

Eluveitie tourne en Europe et en Amérique du Nord en 2010. Cette même année, en août, ils sont récompensés dans la catégorie  au Wacken Open Air.

et  (2012–2014)

Eluveitie fait paraître , un autre album de folk metal, en 2012, favorablement accueilli par la presse spécialisée. Lors d'un entretien avec le magazine , Chrigel Glanzmann révèle le titre de son futur album solo, , et de nouvelles chansons du groupe ; en juin 2013, cependant, aucune date de sortie n'est donnée. Pendant leur tournée en Amérique du Sud, Anna tombe malade le 26 janvier 2013, et doit retourner en Suisse. Malgré cela, le groupe continue la tournée en son absence. Le 29 août 2013, Eluveitie annonce travailler sur un nouvel album, et indique que leur tournée  sera leur dernière en live (à l'exception du ) avant de travailler pleinement sur leur album. Le 11 décembre, Nicole Ansperger devient la remplaçante de Meri Tadić au violon.

En mars 2014, Eluveitie remporte le prix de meilleur groupe national aux Swiss Music Awards. En avril la même année, le groupe est en tête d'affiche pour une tournée européenne, aux côtés des groupes Arkona et Skálmöld. Le 14 mai, le groupe annonce la sortie officielle de leur nouvel album pour le  août 2014, et son titre, . La couverture créée par Chrigel Glanzmann est également révélée. L'album débute notamment en première position sur le Billboard suisse, atteint la 6 place en Allemagne et la  des classements musicaux autrichiens. Début juin, le groupe annonce la sortie de leur single issu de l'album , intitulé , le 13 juin. Eluveitie fait paraître le vidéoclip le 3 juillet.

(2015-2017)

Le 31 juillet 2015, Eluveitie annonce le départ de sa violoniste Nicole Ansperger, pour raisons familiales. Des auditions sont organisées pour la remplacer. Le 28 août 2015, le groupe déclare avoir choisi Shir-Ran Yinon comme nouvelle violoniste pour le reste de la tournée.

Le 12 avril 2016, le groupe donne un concert acoustique au festival  avec le groupe parodique espagnol Gigatron. Le 5 mai 2016, le groupe annonce qu'à la suite de divergences d'opinion et de conflits d'intérêts, Anna Murphy, Merlin Sutter et Ivo Henzi quittent le groupe, à compter du 5 juin 2016, date de leur dernier concert à l'occasion du FortaRock à Nimègue. Le groupe joue par la suite avec un line-up provisoire composé de Michalina Malisz à la vielle à roue, de Jonas Wolf à la guitare, de Liv Kristine au chant et de Alain Ackermann à la batterie. Shir-Ran Yinon annonce pour sa part que son contrat ne sera pas renouvelé et qu'elle donnera son dernier concert avec Eluveitie le 16 juillet 2016 au festival Masters of Rock en République tchèque. Nicole Ansperger reprend sa place au sein du groupe dès le 20 juillet.

Le 17 septembre 2016, le groupe annonce via sa chaîne YouTube qu'il compte rentrer en studio pour enregistrer l'album , faisant suite à . La date de sortie est annoncée pour le printemps 2017.

Le  janvier 2017, à l'issue d'un décompte ayant démarré le 15 décembre 2016, les nouveaux membres du groupe sont présentés : il s'agit d'Alain Ackermann à la batterie, Jonas Wolf à la guitare rythmique, Michalina Malisz à la vielle à roue et Fabienne Erni à la harpe et au chant. Le 9 juin 2017, le groupe dévoile un extrait du single "Epona", disponible sur les plateformes de téléchargement. Ils annoncent également dans le même temps la sortie de l'album pour le 18 août 2017. Le concept tourne entièrement autour de la mythologie celtique.

À la suite de la publication de l'album, le groupe part en tournée européenne commune avec Amaranthe dans le cadre du Maximum Evocation II à partir du 25 octobre 2017, avec notamment une première date à Parme et avec des passages dans des villes comme Vienne, Stuttgart, Paris ou bien Londres.

Le 17 octobre 2017, le groupe annonce la sortie de leur nouveau single Rebirth pour le 27 octobre de la même année.

Réédition de  et Ategnatos (depuis 2018)
Le 19 octobre 2018, un an après la publication de leur single Rebirth, le groupe retourne en studio pour enregistrer leur huitième album. Pour fêter le dixième anniversaire de la sortie de Slania, une réédition spéciale de l'album est publiée le 16 novembre 2018, incluant notamment des démos, des versions acoustiques, ainsi que des commentaires.

Le 22 janvier 2019, le groupe annonce la sortie de son huitième album, Ategnatos, pour le 05 avril 2019 toujours sous le label Nuclear Blast. Dans le même temps, ils dévoilent les dates de leur tournée promotionnelle qui démarre le 08 novembre 2019 avec une première étape. Les groupes Lacuna Coil et Infected Rain assurent la première partie. La tournée s'achève le 21 décembre de la même année à Hambourg.

Le 04 septembre 2019, ils dévoilent la date de sortie de leur nouvel album live pour le 1er novembre 2019, toujours via Nuclear Blast. Celui-ci a été enregistré aux Masters of Rock en République Tchèque, lors de leur précédent passage. Il s'agit alors du premier album live enregistré avec le nouveau line-up.

Le 30 mars 2020, le groupe annonce de nouvelles dates pour une tournée nord-américaine devant se dérouler entre le 21 septembre et le 25 octobre 2020. Insomnium et Infected Rain sont annoncés comme premières parties. Cependant, en raison de l'épidémie de Covid-19, cette dernière est annulée.

Le 02 juin 2022, le groupe publie son nouveau single "Aidus".

Style musical
Lors de sa création, Eluveitie s'inspire du groupe Haemoth. Dans plusieurs chansons, Eluveitie utilise des paroles en gaulois, une langue celtique continentale aujourd'hui éteinte. Le groupe s'inspire pour ses textes des rares écrits gaulois, comme le plomb du Larzac, le plomb de Chamalières ou le plat de Lezoux. Eluveitie est un terme reconstruit avec une base gauloise qui signifierait « Je suis l'helvète ». Le reste des chansons sont en anglais.

Récompenses

 2017 : l'album Evocation II: Pantheon est élu  meilleur album de l'année par la rédaction de La Grosse Radio

Membres

Membres actuels
 Chrigel Glanzmann – chant, mandoline, tin whistle, gaita, guitare acoustique, bodhrán, harpe, bouzouki (depuis 2002)
 Kay Brem – basse (depuis 2008)
 Rafael Salzmann – guitare solo (depuis 2012)
  – violon, chœurs (2013–2015, depuis 2016)
 Matteo Sisti – cornemuse, tin whistle, guitare acoustique (depuis 2014)
 Alain Ackermann – batterie (depuis 2016)
 Jonas Wolf – guitare rythmique (depuis 2016)
 Fabienne Erni - chant, harpe (depuis 2017)

Membres invités
 Laura Fella – chant (depuis 2016)
 Fredy Schnyder – hammered dulcimer (2009, 2011)
 Mina the Fiddler – violon à cinq cordes (2009)
 Oliver Sa Tyr – bouzouki (2009)
 Alan Averill – chant (2009)
 Torbjørn  Schei – chant (2010)
 Brendan Wade – uilleann pipes (2010)
 Dannii Young – voix (2010)
 Shir-Ran Yinon - violon, chant (2015–2016)
 Liv Kristine - chant (2016)
 Alain Ackermann - batterie (2016)
 Jonas Wolf - guitare rythmique (2016)

Anciens membres
 Michalina Malisz – vielle à roue (2016-2022)
 Merlin Sutter – batterie (2004–2016)
 Ivo Henzi – guitare rythmique (2004–2016)
 Anna Murphy – vielle à roue, chant (2006–2016)
 Patrick  Kistler – cornemuse, whistle (2008–2014)
 Meri Tadić – violon, chant (2003–2013)
 Siméon Koch – guitare solo, chant (2004–2012)
 Sevan Kirder – cornemuse, flutes, whistle, chant (2003–2008)
 Rafi Kirder – guitare basse, chant (2004–2008)
 Severin Binder – chant (2004–2006)
 Linda Suter – fiddle, chant (2003–2004)
 Sarah Kiener – vielle à roue, accordéon, chant (2005–2006, 2009)
 Dani Fürer – guitare solo (2003–2004)
 Dide Marfurt – vielle à roue, cornemuse (2003–2004)
 Gian Albertin – basse, chant, effets sonores (2003–2004)
 Dario Hofstetter – batterie (2003–2004)
 Yves Tribelhorn – guitare rythmique (2003–2004)
 Philipp Reinmann – bouzouki (2003–2004)
 Mättu Ackerman – fiddle (2003–2004)

Chronologie

Discographie

Albums studio
 2006 :
 2008 : Slania
 2009 :
 2010 :
 2012 : Helvetios
 2014 :
 2017 :
 2019 :

Singles et EP
 2003 : Vên (EP)
 2008 : Inis Mona
 2009 : Omnos
 2010 :
 2012 :
 2014 : King
 2014 : The Call of the Mountains
 2017 : Epona
 2017 : Rebirth

Albums live
 2008 :
 2012 :
2019 : Live at Masters of Rock

Compilations
 2009 :
 2012 :

Vidéographie

Clips
 2006 : Of Fire, Wind, and Wisdom, tiré de Spirit
 2009 : Inis Mona, tiré de Slania
 2009 : Omnos, tiré de Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion
 2010 : Thousandfold, tiré de Everything Remains As It Never Was
 2012 : A Rose For Epona, tiré de Helvetios
 2012 : Havoc, tiré de Helvetios
 2014 : King, tiré de Origins
 2014 : The Call of the Mountains, tiré de Origins
 2017 : Epona, tiré de Evocation II - Pantheon, réalisé par Jason Borruso
 2017 : Lvgvs, tiré de Evocation II - Pantheon, réalisé par Jason Borruso
 2017 : Rebirth, tiré de Ategnatos
 2019 : Ategnatos, tiré de Ategnatos
 2019 : Ambiramus, tiré de Ategnatos
 2022 : Aidus, réalisé par Marcus Overbeck et Michael Jörg
 2022 : Exile Of The Gods, tiré du single du même nom, réalisé par Marcus Overbeck et Michael Jörg

Lyric vidéos
 2012 : A Rose For Epona, tiré de Helvetios
 2014 : The Silver Sister, tiré de Origins
 2017 : Catvrix, tiré de Evocation II - Pantheon
 2019 : The Slumber, tiré de Ategnatos
 2019 : Worship, tiré de Ategnatos, dirigé par Chrigel Glanzmann

Notes et références

Liens externes

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Groupe suisse de metal celtique
Groupe musical formé en 2002
Groupe musical des années 2000
Groupe musical des années 2010
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Edward Thompson Wailes (February 16, 1903 – June 25, 1969) was an American diplomat and lawyer who served as an ambassador to Czechoslovakia, South Africa, Iran, and Hungary. He also served as the sixth Assistant Secretary of State for Administration.

Early life and education

Edward T. Wailes was born in Brooklyn, New York City on February 16, 1903. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1925 and a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1927.

Career
After graduating from law school, Wailes joined the United States Foreign Service. As a Foreign Service Officer, he alternated between field appointments and desk jobs at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. Overseas, he was posted in Nanking 1930-33; in Brussels 1936-39; in Ottawa 1942; and in London 1943-45. He married Cornelia Lyon on December 30, 1933.

In 1945, he served as Special Assistant to the Director of the State Department's Office of European Affairs, and then as chief of the Division of British Commonwealth Affairs 1945-48. He became a Foreign Service Inspector in 1948, and Chief Inspector of the Foreign Service Inspection Corps in 1951.

In 1953, President of the United States Harry Truman nominated Wailes as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration and, after Senate confirmation, he held this post from May 29, 1953 until June 22, 1954.

President Dwight Eisenhower named Wailes United States Ambassador to South Africa on September 15, 1954, with Ambassador Wailes presenting his credentials on November 29, 1954 and holding that post until August 11, 1956.

Eisenhower then named Wailes United States Ambassador to Hungary, with Ambassador Wailes receiving his commission on July 26, 1956. At the time of this appointment, the People's Republic of Hungary was ruled by the Hungarian Communist Party, under Prime Minister of Hungary András Hegedüs. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 began on October 23, 1956, with crowds demanding the return of former Prime Minister Imre Nagy, who had pledged to lead Hungary out of the Warsaw Pact and promised democratic reforms. The next day, Nagy took over as Prime Minister. On the advice of Soviet Ambassador to Hungary Yuri Andropov, Hegedüs fled to the Soviet Union and signed papers asking for Soviet intervention in Hungary to stop Nagy. Wailes arrived in Hungary on November 2, 1956. Soviet tanks entered Budapest on November 4, Nagy fled, and the pro-Soviet János Kádár became Prime Minister of Hungary. The Hungarian Revolution ended on November 10, with the Soviets having succeeded in blocking any movement towards democratic reforms in Hungary. Wailes refused to present his credentials to the new government, stating that the government "did not represent the people." Shortly thereafter he was "recalled for consultations" and left Hungary on February 27, 1957.

Wailes spent 1957-58 as Deputy Commandant of the National War College. President Eisenhower then named him United States Ambassador to Iran and he served in that post 1958 to 1961. President John F. Kennedy then nominated him as United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, with Wailes presenting his credentials on July 28, 1961 and serving as ambassador until October 22, 1962.

Death
Wailes retired in 1962 and died in 1969.

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I climbed into bed last night. My husband was sound asleep and very warm.
I snuggled up REAL close and claimed the warmest parts to help relieve my chills.
We proceeded with a conversation about community property. He is having difficulty with the concept.
Community Property: What is his, is ours. What is mine, is mine.


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Hospice of the Plains will be hosting their 17th annual hog roast and auction Saturday, February 9 at the Sterling Elks Lodge. Hospice of the Plains was established October 2, 1996 in Wray and was certified by Medicare on November 8, 1996. In 2000 after the closing of the hospice in Sterling, CO, a satellite Sterling Hospice of the Plains office was established and licensed October 2, 2000. Hospice of the Plains serves Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and Yuma Counties plus the eastern border of Weld and northern border of Kit Carson Counties. Hospice provides supportive services (physical, social, spiritual and emotional) to patients, their families and significant others through a team approach. Members of the hospice team make periodic home visits. On call support is also available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for phone consultations or emergency visits. Services can be provided in the home, nursing home/long term care or assisted living facility. When symptoms cannot be controlled elsewhere, services may be provided within a hospital. This annual fundraiser is designed to continue to provide this much needed service for the people of northeastern Colorado. The Sterling Elks Lodge is located at 321 Ash Street. Dinner will be served from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. and will include roasted hog, baked beans, potato chips, cole slaw, dessert and a drink. The auction will begin at exactly 5:30 p.m. Items are donated by many different individuals and businesses.
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BCLC faces lawsuit from second problem gambler
ctvbc.ca Published Saturday, July 24, 2010 12:47PM PDT Last Updated Friday, May 18, 2012 11:16PM PDT
A Vancouver Island man is suing the B.C. Lottery Corporation because the company denied him a $42,500 jackpot on the grounds he's a registered problem gambler although the BCLC has never stopped him from losing money.
At the time, Mike Lee was supposed to be barred from casinos entirely under the BCLC self-exclusion program, but his lawsuit contends that the company let him in and allowed him to gamble anyway.
"It's unconscionable to allow someone that has gambling issues to let them play, watch them put their money into a machine, and then disallow them when they win," said Lee's lawyer, Josh Weiszner.
"If they are going to allow him to play and lose, they should allow him to play and win."
BCLC refused to comment on the specifics of the case while the issue is before the court.
But the company did say it has the power to make rules that establish qualifications for who can win prizes.
It's the second lawsuit in less than two weeks that takes BCLC to task over lax enforcement of its self-exclusion program, which is meant to keep problem gamblers away from casinos.
A week ago, Joy Ross of Langley filed suit against BCLC for more than $300,000 -- the amount she says she lost because, even though she registered as a problem gambler, B.C. Lottery Corporation didn't stop her from gambling.
Addiction specialists say addiction to gambling is a real phenomenon. Because of the high amounts of money at stake, it can be as devastating to people's lives as crack or heroin addictions, according to experts.
The lawsuits come on the heels of a CTV News hidden camera investigation revealing that a registered problem gambler could walk into four different Lower Mainland casinos without being stopped.
According to Lee's lawsuit, he put himself on the self-exclusion list because he had a new family and didn't want to lose money gambling.
But court documents say he walked into the Cowichan Chances Casino on January 25, played the slots and was up about $300 when he hit the jackpot: $42,484.67.
"He was elated that he won and he went out to cash out, and at that point he was denied his winnings," said Weiszner.
Lee's lawyer claims the lottery corporation knew he was playing slot machines while excluded because he's won smaller jackpots on several occasions. It was only the large jackpot that got BCLC's attention.
"My client provided his ID. They clearly identified my client. They paid him his winnings and never asked him to leave," he said.
Weiszner says the system that protects problem gamblers has to change.
"If the B.C. Lottery Corporation is going to give the impression to people who need assistance that they're there to help, they should follow through with it," said Weiszner.
With a report from A Channel's Stephen Andrew and CTV British Columbia's Jon Woodward
Problem gambler Mike Lee has filed a lawsuit against the BCLC. July 23, 2010. (CTV)
Laywer Josh Weiszner is representing problem gambler Mike Lee in a lawsuit filed against the BCLC. July 23, 2010. (CTV)
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Motherhood. It can mean many things, and our own definition of it is largely defined by our individual experiences. To one person, motherhood might simply mean the act of raising children; to another, motherhood might be what defines them.
It is not uncommon to generalize the concept of "motherhood" and lump everyone who upholds a single criterion - being a mom - into one group. But, really, motherhood affects us all in one way or another, and that way is as unique as the pattern of curves and ridges on a fingertip.
Despite the recent outbreak of (heated) discussion surrounding the Time cover story depicting a beautiful and young woman nursing a toddler, and the questioning if following a certain philosophy makes one more or less of a mother, humans, as a whole, are truly bound by a common goal: to raise the next generation to the best of our abilities under the circumstances at hand.
But, there is no one answer.
Every mom will have her own definition of motherhood. But, being a mom is by no means a prerequisite for understanding motherhood as it relates to an individual. For this special Mother's Day post, we would like to pay homage to motherhood in its many forms. Here you will not find a singular description of motherhood. What you will find, however, is what it means on a more personal level, which is to say that the definition can only come from the heart.
Thank you to all of the wonderful people who participated in this project (and with short notice!) - we have answers in paragraph, tweet, and prose forms.
Motherhood means feeling a kaleidoscope of emotions simultaneously - fear, glee, worry, angst, pride. And it means being an advocate and a revolutionary who empowers her children to engage in society in a meaningful, fun, vibrant way. And lastly, motherhood means always giving up the biggest piece of cake and the last popsicle and being okay with that.
Motherhood means accepting responsibility. If you read the news or listen to the hype, you know what I mean. Every choice you make, from before a child is conceived, until long after you're dead, there is someone out there that will tell you how it impacted your kid. As my nana always said, "It's always the mother's fault." I just hope that as the time passes I get more credit than blame for how my kids turn out.
Motherhood is how you stretch your heart in ways you never thought possible. It's how you love through the ups & down, the challenges that life brings. And, it lasts a lifetime from that first tiny cry.
I'm a human geneticist by training, so I've been told having a child is the ultimate version of participating in my research. But the science analogy that best summarizes it for me is maternal-fetal microchimerism. Data demonstrating that my son and I each likely have some of each other's intact cells inside us forever -- as I have with my mother, and she with hers, and so on -- beautifully represent to me the meaning of motherhood. As the quote from Elizabeth Stone goes, having a child "is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." To me, that includes half my DNA, some of my cells, and so many of my hopes and dreams, all in one sweet, kissable package.
Motherhood: As a mom of triplets, some would say I have triple the work but I like to think of it as triple the hugs, triple the joy, triple the fun! And when people ask me what it's like to become a mom I tell them "it's the toughest job you'll ever love." Happy Mother's Day to all of you amazing, do-it-all moms out there!
I'm a man, so I obviously have no first-hand experience as a mother. That said, I was raised by a (wonderful) single mother, and have had the pleasure of watching my wife be an awesome mom to our three daughters. Those experiences have shaped my impressions of motherhood. To me, motherhood means being kind, but honest. Being gentle, but strong. Being nurturing, but encouraging independence. Motherhood is letting your kids think you are ten feet tall and bulletproof, so they feel you can keep them safe -- even though there's stuff out there that scares the hell out of you. It's encouraging your kids to learn new things and to work their butts off in school, without making them feel stupid. Motherhood is leading by example when it comes to telling right from wrong, and showing your kids which battles are worth fighting. And, when the time comes, motherhood is letting go of the reins to see where the kids go on their own. Motherhood is not for wimps.
To me, motherhood means leading by example in the most pivotal role I've ever accepted.
The greatest realization of motherhood for me was that the children we have are people of their own, not "our" children or some kind of nutty, messy, screaming, demanding "other" invading our space, disrupting our lives, and taking our precious time. They are people I love to have around me because they make me laugh, they bring out the teacher in me (not hard to do), they are cool and interesting and imaginative and fun, and each of them (I have three) is a complete individual with a unique personality, outlook, potential, talent, and beautiful, beautiful face that I love to see every day. Just as I choose to spend time with others whom I love, respect, admire, and laugh with, I choose to do the same with my children. That said, I also still have what I had before my children arrived--a happy, full busy life with a partner to whom I seem to grow closer every day, and work that I love. Thanks to my children, I've got something even more--three more wonderful people added to my life whom I am deeply delighted and, frankly, honored to know. As Bill Murray's character in Lost in Translation observes, "They learn how to walk and they learn how to talk... and you want to be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life."
Motherhood is humbling. Of all the endeavors I have tackled in my life, never have I wanted so badly to get everything right and yet known that I would not. Never have I been so emotionally invested in the results, so exhausted by the labor of it, and also, so strangely confident that it will turn out OK. It is the most human thing I have ever done.
For men whose ideas of fatherhood were shaped in large part by its absence in our own lives, motherhood may mean something a bit different. I'm by no means a scholar, but I've had the opportunity to speak often and at length with women across the globe on this topic, and to curate their thoughts a bit. These women talk about the feeling of connection to their children they know no one else has. They describe the magic of watching their little ones narrate the moments of discovery in their lives. They talk about how their children "complete the circle" and teach them the other side of unconditional love. They help you understand why people invoke the lioness or the grizzly when describing the protective instinct.
My perspective of motherhood is a lot like that last sentiment - it's the unyielding power that rises up in you when you realize a little person depends on you for everything. I know that many men step up when left in that situation - I've seen it first-hand - but I suspect the feeling is different for women because this little person actually came from you, is an extension of you, is connected to you in ways no man will ever fully understand.
When I think of motherhood, I think of unconditional love. It's what my mother gave to me, and it's what I expect I would feel for the children I don't intend to have. My mother made countless sacrifices for me, but she was independent and did not allow motherhood to define her. She has always encouraged me to be my own person and chase my own dreams. She didn't want me to feel constrained by gender roles. I feel fortunate to live in a time when motherhood is a choice, not an obligation. I admire my peers who have chosen to have kids, but I'm content to enjoy the rich mother-daughter relationship I have with my mom without feeling obliged to replicate it.
Editors note: Christie has recently written a wonderful piece on motherhood at Last Word On Nothing. Go read it!
As a working mother of 4 very young children, I don't have much time to reflect on much - this stage of my life is pretty much dedicated to surviving. I do know that once I decided that I really wanted to start having children (when I was almost finished my PhD) - my life seemed oddly empty. It was as though I realized that something tremendous was missing and I became completely obsessed with wanting them. Now that I have them (yes all 4 of them!) there are many times when I feel completely overwhelmed and exhausted, but I will always remember the feelings of desire to have a family. I know that my life would be empty and incomplete without my lovely babies.
For five years, I have been a mother. I have learned - and am still learning - some very difficult lessons on time management and prioritization, on choosing my battles wisely, and on being ok when things aren't exactly perfect (or even decent). But, to be honest, these are all lessons I really needed to have in my life. Though it might seem a bit counterintuitive, the mostly delightful chaos associated with rearing my girls has given me more focus. For me, motherhood is more of a state of being, and it has helped me learn how to not sweat the small stuff (for the most part), to be more mindful of the present, and to think more about the future. Oh, and motherhood also gives me that special golden ticket to buy really cool games and toys (because who isn't interested in seeing what Doggie Doo is all about), as well as provides a dependable companion for roller coaster rides.
Motherhood had made me stand in my living room as my kids run around me and think how odd it is that I protect these three little persons. Motherhood has made me weep at the sight of children hurt or hungry; has made me rageful at a world where monsters are free; has made me face my own capacity for anger; and it has graced me with random gifts like hysterical laughter over blueberry waffles at the breakfast table.
He stands on the mound alone.
@Babyattachmode: to me motherhood means realizing that I have this enormous amount of love for such a little person!
@Jtothehizzoe: The "motherhood" is that end of town where all the moms hang out, actin' all hard, right?