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Madonna - surprise! - stirs controversy with Eurovision Song Contest performance
22 Mai, 2019, 04:41 | Auteur: Christine Menetries
Eurovision confirmed they were not an approved part of the show and Madonna has "been made aware" the event is supposed to be "non-political".
The band, who landed tenth place in the Eurovision song contest, have said they are against Israel hosting the contest and describe dit as "whitewash", which has been the subject of boycott calls by pro-Palestinian groups. This element is an act that was not part of the rehearsals which were clarified by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Kan.
Unfortunately for poor Michael, he finished the contest last in the Eurovision 2019 results.
She defended her decision, issuing a statement earlier in the week saying that she would always speak up to defend human rights, and that she hoped to see "a new path toward peace". The Eurovision in Israel was already a highly politicized event, which was even pointed out by Netta, last year's victor, who said after her win that "we have done something insane [fantastic] for Israeli Hasbara".
The Netherlands won the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv after coming top of the leaderboard with Duncan Laurence's performance of Arcade.
The Israeli organisers of this year's Eurovision feared that some of the competitors, under pressure from the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, might inject politics into their performances.
In the south of the city, a beachside area was sealed off for a Eurovision Village spectators pavilion, where fans from different countries danced and watched the event on big screens.
Marc Marquez obtient la pole et chute — MotoGP
Avec cette victoire, Marc Marquez (95 points) se donne un peu d'air au classement provisoire du championnat du monde. Sitôt après avoir réalisé son meilleur tour, Marquez avait chuté en tirant tout droit dans le bac à gravier.
Watch The Final Trailer For "Toy Story 4"
One of those movies is Toy Story 4 , which reunites a majority of the cast from the third film while introducing a few new toys. The adventurous journey turns into an unexpected reunion as Woody's slight detour leads him to his long-lost friend Bo Peep.
The taste of failure? New Coke makes a comeback this summer
Not so much from a sales perspective-it was accepted and preferred across much of the US-but from a public relations perspective. New Coke sometimes feels like a myth to those born after or too young to remember its arrival in 1985.
But Rice added: "I've still had so much fun and I've not once doubted my talent or my singing".
Nevertheless, the show proceeded as planned, with Madonna performing songs like "Future" and "Like A Prayer" during her set.
He said: "Oh god, this is to music first".
Israel's hosting duties were embraced by the country and received intensive coverage and attention in recent days.
Because of Israel's decades-long occupation with the West Bank, the depiction of Palestinian flags in Israel is considered highly controversial.
During the vote counting of Sunday's finale, members of the eclectic Icelandic punk ensemble Hatari held up scarf-sized Palestinian flags.
The band, who dress in so-called BDSM outfits - bondage clothing including leather and whips - had been critical of Israel and previously challenged Netanyahu to a Glima, a Nordic folk wrestling match.
Transfer: Daniel James 'agrees' personal terms with Man United
Many Manchester United supporters will feel their club is in serious need of a squad and behind-the-scenes overhaul this summer. The Wales worldwide is said to have agreed personal terms with United and all that remains is to settle on a transfer fee.
Update On Ashley Massaro's Cause Of Death
She retired from wrestling in 2008, but announced in March that she was returning to the ring. An attorney for Massaro told the New York Post that Massaro's brain may be donated to Dr.
Will the Steelers be better without Antonio Brown in 2019?
But his tweet came only hours after Ben Roethlisberger sat down with KDKA and talked about his severed relationship with Brown. Roethlisberger and Brown became a dynamic tandem for years in Pittsburgh, and Roethlisberger said they were close friends.
What AOC and two presidential candidates thought of 'Game of Thrones' finale
Martin - the author of the books on which the show was based - has identified himself as a feminist. Sansa, although not the queen of Westeros in the end, did maintain her title as Queen of the North.
Mkhitaryan to miss Europa League final
The Spaniard said at his press conference: "It's bad news, but I can not do anything about this issue. "It's the kind of game that doesn't come along very often and I admit, it hurts a lot to miss it".
Celine Dion Is Absolutely Magical in New Carpool Karaoke
Within seconds, she is starting her own singalong of " My Heart Will Go On " and responding to his questions in song-form. Dion reluctantly revealed she had way too many, with Corden saying he'd heard she had about 10,000 pairs.
Emery: Mbappe wanted to go to Real Madrid with his eyes closed
The Arsenal boss said he had to convince the player to stay in Paris while he was managing the club. I hope that can perhaps be at Paris Saint-Germain, that would be a great pleasure.
UEFA defends Baku Europa League final after Arsenal letter
Arsenal coach Unai Emery has said: "I don't know what the problem is between the two countries but we are going to do all we can to have Mkhitaryan there".
Instagram laisse fuiter les données privées de millions d'influenceurs
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Little Caesars will test pizza with meatless sausage as a topping
Burger King announced it would sell the Impossible Whopper-made with Impossible Foods' plant-based burger patty-last month in St. There are plans to roll out the meatless pizza in Detroit, if testing in the first batch of states proves successful.
Injuries pile up for San Jose Sharks ahead of crucial game
Coach Peter DeBoer gave no update on their conditions and didn't say whether any of the three made the trip to St. Despite already being down 3-2 in the series, they're going to be short-handed in Game 6.
Huawei Responds To Google's Ban
Liu added that Huawei did not blame Google for its decision and said it was too early to say what the consequences will be. The company reported earlier its global sales rose 19.5% a year ago over 2017 to 721.2 billion ($105.2 billion).
Trump tells Pentagon chief he doesn't want war with Iran
Washington has deployed an aircraft carrier group and B-52 bombers to the region against what it claims is an imminent threat from Tehran.
Abortion rights rally draws at least 1,000 in downtown Portland
A federal judge in MS on Tuesday heard arguments in a lawsuit challenging the state's new fetal-heartbeart abortion law. The hopes of anti-abortion activists have been lifted since President Donald Trump took office more than two years ago.
Author: 'Game of Thrones' finale was ending, also beginning
Nobody is retiring any time soon ... "'Cause I know how much work was put into this". "How about this? I'll write it". He also reminded viewers that there are many differences between the books and the show.
This is how much your shoes will cost if tariffs take effect
While US tariffs on all consumer goods average just 1.9 percent, they average 11.3 percent for footwear and reach rates as high as 67.5 percent.
DHS warns of data threat from Chinese-made drones
DJI refuted the report but pushed out Local Data Mode, which allowed users to fly drones without an internet connection. There is no new public evidence available to support the American claim of Chinese spying enabled by DJI.
Severe weather: Flash floods, rescues follow twisters, rain in Southern Plains
Many homes and business turned into piles of rubble in a matter of moments, but it's not just tornadoes that's causing hazards. School districts across Oklahoma have cancelled classes on Monday in anticipation of the storm.
'John Wick: Chapter 4' To Premiere In May 2021
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NHC: First named storm of the season develops in the Atlantic
The National Hurricane Center said that an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter plane confirmed winds near 40 miles per hour . The NHC said that "little change" in strength is forecast for Tuesday, and weakening is expected to begin Tuesday night.
Infant cut from IL mother's womb opens eyes for father
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Ford to cut 800 salaried positions in United States by August
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Session Description:
This session focuses on the strong and continuing relationship between computer graphics and video games. This symbiotic relationship has clearly benefitted each of these important fields independently, and has had an undeniable impact on society as a whole. Early video game developers used interactive computer graphics to help them tell their stories, to create more-complete fantastical worlds, and to empower players to explore, create, and learn. These developers worked wonders with the limited capabilities of the hardware at their disposal, leading to many articles asking things like "How were they able to do that?"
While many of these "tricks" were gleaned from the hard work of computer graphics researchers, this was by no means a one-way street. Now-common techniques such as multitexturing can be traced back to early video games, such as Quake. The sheer volume of video games sales, in turn, led to the rapid increase in hardware support for ever-more-sophisticated graphical rendering, leading to more expressive video games, leading to more sales, and better tools...wash, rinse, and repeat.
Fast forward to today, where VR/AR/MR=XR is continuing this intricate dance. XR hardware is (slowly?) becoming more commonplace through mass production, bolstered by the continued maturation and malleability of tools, skills, delivery conduits, and consumption platforms, leading to a democratization of support for creativity. People can now produce and deliver visceral experiences to a mass market like never before. Come with us as we present a snapshot of this interesting and successful symbiosis of Graphics & Games.
Session Day and Time: 20 October 1:15pm-3:15pm
Length: 90-120 minutes
Chair Bio:
Rob Lindeman (Professor and Director at the Human Interface Technology Lab NZ, University of Canterbury)
Rob Lindeman is Professor and Director at the Human Interface Technology Lab NZ (HIT Lab NZ) at the University of Canterbury. In a previous life, he was Director of a leading academic games program in the US. Rob's been struggling to make sense of VR since 1993.
Anthony Steed (University College London)
Anthony Steed is Head of the Virtual Environments and Computer Graphics group in the Department of Computer Science at University College London. He has over 25 years' experience in developing virtual reality and other forms of novel user interface. He received the IEEE VGTC's 2016 Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award.
Krystal Paraone (StaplesVR)
Krystal Paraone is the studio manager and lead game developer at StaplesVR, a multidisciplinary creative technology company based in Auckland. She works as a generalist in skillsets and technology with years of experience developing for a wide range of industries and audiences.
Amber Taylor (Ara Journeys)
Ngāti Whātua, Te Rarawa, Ngapuhi, Tainui, Ngāti Mutunga, Te Āti Awa
Amber Taylor is Co-Founder and CEO of ARA Journeys, a mobile gaming company that blends the digital world with te taiao and te ao Māori. Inspired by and drawing on mātauranga Māori, ARA's award-winning games use immersive technologies (AR, VR, MR) and artificial intelligence (AI) to promote connection, education, and exploration. Amber is an advocate for growing Māori and Pasifika talent and diversity in the tech sector.
Amber is a business mentor with NZ Business Mentor Association, Auckland Regional Ambassador for National Digital Forum (Ministry for Culture & Heritage), member of the Young Business Leaders Initiative with Ministry for Foreign Affairs & Trade, and NZ scout for USA Female Founded Club.
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Keynote Speakers - 3

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Student Art Exhibition at Jackson Library
January 11, 2011 by Michael D Harris
For the second year, Jackson Library features student art in the first floor reading room.
Art Department students have collaborated on an installation that explores the history of the university. While enrolled in the courses of Design II (taught by Bryan Ellis), Alternative Photographic Process (taught by Leah Sobsey) and Books and Images (taught by Belinda Haikes), the students delved into the materials housed in the library's Hodges Special Collections and University Archives. By incorporating photographs, historical objects, letters, documents and oral history, the students' art re-imagines the history of the campus and connects it to the present day, notes Kimberly Lutz (University Libraries).
The Exhibition opening reception will be Thursday, Jan. 20, 4-5:30 p.m. in the Jackson Library Reading Room. All are invited.
The exhibition will be on display throughout the spring semester. A percentage of all sales will benefit the University Libraries.
Visual: By artist Bennie Robinson, "McIver's Desk Mask"
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The Best Little Newfoundland Christmas Pageant…Ever!
From Christmas pageant to comedy hilarity in one song. See what happens when "the worst kids in the history of the entire world" move this pageant from a failure to the becoming the best (ever) as everyone learns the true meaning of Christmas.


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Care for 13,000 Britons at risk as provider seeks rescue plan
Allied Healthcare, which provides home visits to 13,000 people, warns it will go bust without help from creditors
Zoe Wood
@zoewoodguardian
Fri 20 Apr 2018 14.30 EDT Last modified on Sun 22 Apr 2018 04.59 EDT
A home healthcare nurse holds a senior woman's hands. Allied Healthcare has contracts with 150 local authorities. Photograph: fstop123/Getty Images
The care of more than 13,000 elderly and vulnerable Britons could be thrown into turmoil after one of the biggest providers of home care visits in the UK warned it would go bust unless creditors backed a rescue plan.
Allied Healthcare, which has contracts with 150 local authorities and also provides out-of-hours services for the NHS, is asking for breathing space on its finances after cashflow problems that have been triggered in part by an £11m bill for back pay owed to sleep-in care workers.
The loss-making company has 8,700 employees and cares for 13,500 people in their homes via a network of 83 branches around the country. According to the Allied website it is the country's largest domiciliary care business, twice the size of its nearest competitor.
Its Primecare division provides primary and urgent healthcare services, including NHS 111 telephony services, GP-led medical centres and end-of-life care. It also provides healthcare services in a number of secure settings including prisons, immigration centres and secure training centres.
Allied was bought by the German private equity firm Aurelius in a £19m deal in December 2015 but it has struggled against a backdrop of local authority funding cuts.
In a letter to creditors seen by the Guardian, its chief executive, Luca Warnke, said it had "significant funding pressures on our customers that have impacted on their ability to deliver financially viable health and social care services". It added that it had taken the decision to pursue a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), an insolvency procedure that will enable it to agree a payment plan with creditors that include landlords and members of its pension schemes. It expects to file for the procedure on Monday.
Warnke blamed rising agency labour costs for its woes, pointing to the shortage of doctors and nurses since the Brexit vote as well as a potential £11m bill for backdated "sleep in" payments depending on HMRC's calculation of the pay period.
Last year the government changed its guidance on how sleep-in carers should be paid, advising that they were entitled to earn the national minimum wage for the entirety of the time they were present in a house rather than just a flat rate. At that time some charities warned it could cost the sector £400m and potentially bankrupt many social care charities and providers.
The company said in a statement: "As with many independent providers in the UK health and social care sector, Allied Healthcare has been operating in a highly challenging environment for a sustained period of time, which has placed pressure on the company.
"As a result of these challenges, Allied Healthcare has has taken the decision to pursue a company voluntary arrangement as part of a prospective business plan that will ensure safe continuity of care across our UK-wide operations, place the company on a sustainable long-term footing and maximise repayments to creditors.
"The proposed CVA will not impact on the safe continuity of care that Allied Healthcare provides across the UK," it said. "Allied Healthcare will continue to trade safely and it remains business as usual for Allied Healthcare employees and customers."
The company insisted there were currently no plans for redundancies or branch closures.
A spokesman for the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents local authorities, insisted that councils have "robust" contingency plans in place to manage the care of individuals if necessary if the company were to fail.
"The absolute priority for councils affected is to protect the vital care and support that older and disabled people rely on and ensure it is able to continue without interruption," a spokesman said. "The LGA is working alongside the Care Quality Commission and the government to support Allied, where possible, as it plans to financially restructure the business and continue to provide high-quality home care."


While there are law firms in Texas and Colorado that may handle oil and gas matters in New Mexico, there are far fewer of such firms that call New Mexico home as we do.
Cavin & Ingram, P.A., is a boutique oil and gas law firm located in the heart of New Mexico. Our attorneys practice extensively in venues throughout the state and have significant experience working within the New Mexico regulatory and operational environment.
To learn more about the individual qualifications of our legal team, please follow the links below.
Our law firm has been recognized for the highest standards of legal ability and ethics. We have been listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and hold an AV Preeminent* Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating. This is the highest peer review rating for legal ability and ethics.
Our attorneys have more than 70 years of combined experience representing the interests of oil and gas producers, mineral interest owners, landowners, lenders, and others facing oil and gas-related legal issues such as title opinions and mineral interest transactions. Our versatile practice also allows us to represent clients in business law, contracts, probate and other areas that fall outside of or intersect with oil and gas law.
New Mexico's borders cut through the Permian Basin and the San Juan Basin, oil and gas production areas that span state lines. Our attorneys practice statewide in New Mexico and are also licensed to practice in Texas and Colorado. We are prepared to represent clients with multijurisdictional legal concerns throughout the region.
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What Google's 'Bedlam' Algorithm Update Means For Your Business
On November 6, 2019, panic ensued among SEO professionals. Without warning, Google changed its three-map pack algorithm, wreaking havoc on search result rankings. On November 8, the organic search algorithm also changed. SEO pros described the days that followed as "bedlam." Formerly high-ranking businesses fell to mediocre or poor placements for no apparent reason.
By the end of the week, many businesses saw their rankings restored to their former glory, but not all. In response to the chaos, Google released a rare statement explaining that it had begun using "neural matching" to generate local search results.
This statement gives a rare glimpse into the black box of Google's algorithm programming. It tells us that Google has made a fundamental shift in how its algorithms determine rankings. Before the change, it traditionally relied on keywords and businesses' primary categorization to determine relevance, while also factoring in location and the prominence of a website or its owner.
Now, Google's algorithm improves on the relevance component using machine learning (ML) not just to read the keywords, but to interpret the subtext of search terms. Google's algorithm is now far from the stereotypical robot, taking everything 100 percent literally. It can now "understand" nuances of language and guess what is meant even when the searcher can't quite describe it. As a result, the user receives search results that are far more relevant to his or her intention.
For business owners, the new algorithm presents a golden opportunity as long as they manage a few drawbacks, such as increased spam. By playing the game right, business owners can enhance web traffic, convert more leads and use the internet to grow their businesses like never before.
What is neural matching?
Google explains that neural matching helps its algorithms better understand how words relate to concepts. One Google engineer referred to it as a "super-synonym system." The algorithm stores all the synonyms of words, and, when presented with a keyword search, it can combine all the possible meanings of each word and synthesize them to create multiple interpretations of the user's possible meaning.
Though this may sound like an English professor with superhuman abilities, the process is much more mechanical. ML applications learn by repetition. They try one thing, then another, repeating what works and eliminating what fails.
Unlike a human, AI doesn't truly understand the meanings behind the results it provides. It learns by rote. Because of massive computing power, it can use these rote lessons to dispense answers at speeds inconceivable for a human brain.
A neural matching example
To illustrate this concept, Google provided the example of the query, "Why does my TV look strange?" Surprisingly, one possible answer is the "soap opera effect," which refers to the lifelike quality of HDTV that some viewers find similar to the videotaped look of soap operas.
Without ML, an algorithm couldn't make this connection. It isn't literal enough. Yet many searchers use this query without ever having heard of the soap opera effect. The new algorithm can suggest this answer even if the searcher doesn't know how to express it. The soap opera effect is just one of many answers the algorithm can produce for this particular query.
How businesses can benefit
Businesses that provide multiple services can increase their local Google rankings. Before the update, a business's primary category in Google My Business largely determined when it appeared in searches. A law firm with a primary business of personal injury appeared in searches for that type of attorney, but if the firm also practiced real estate law, it was less likely to show up in searches for real estate lawyers. Neural matching allows Google to better recognize all services, especially if businesses keep their website and My Business profile updated and detailed.
For this hypothetical law firm, the SEO strategy is clear: create more content for its real estate business, so it appears in local real estate law firm searches. Many businesses today have multiple subcategories. By creating content based on these subcategories for the new algorithm to search, businesses can appear in more local searches, receive more inquiries and win more business.
Users have highlighted spam as one drawback of the update. To reduce spam, report it to Google through the "suggest an edit" or "remove this place" feature. Common spam includes phony reviews, wrong locations and multiple listings for one business.
Businesses have a golden opportunity to enhance their visibility on the web. By creating content that maximizes potential neural matches, businesses appear in more searches. Companies with multiple lines can now create unique content for each business segment and appear in different types of searches. Despite the temporary uproar the new algorithm caused, businesses that design content with neural matching in mind stand to gain increased exposure and more business opportunities.
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Gills to play Welling in Kent Senior Cup
Kent Cup draw has been made.
Welling United drawn against Gills.
Gillingham will play Welling United in the second round of the Kent Senior Cup.
The draw was made on Friday and Steve Lovell's side will now travel to Park View Road to try and earn a place in the third round having received a bye at the opening stage.
The fixture has a provisional date of September 12, however this is subject to change.
A confirmed date, along with ticket prices, will be released in due course.
Gillingham were defeated by Maidstone at the quarter-final stage of last year's competition; the stones going on to win the tournament after defeating Folkestone Invicta on penalties.
The draw in full can be accessed here.


Ace Bags, a line carried by The Travel Club, reaches out to ICanServe Foundation during breast cancer awareness month.
From October 5 to November 5, Ace Bags donates P100 for every P3,000 worth of Ace Bags purchased at the following branches of The Travel Club: Trinoma (Quezon City), Shangrila Plaza (Mandaluyong), Greenbelt 3 (Makati), Mall of Asia, and Ayala Center Cebu.
Ace Bags has allotted its potential donation to provide financial assistance for the treatment of breast cancer patients.


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$149 Million Budget Game Star Citizen Gets a Stunning New Development Diary
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A few days ago, developer and publisher Cloud Imperium Games released the latest monthly developer diary for their gigantic space exploration game Star Citizen. Check it out below.
Directed by Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, Star Citizen raised an incredible $149 million through crowdfunding, making it one of the biggest budget games of all time. To put that number into perspective, Horizon Zero Dawn and Mass Effect: Andromeda cost $47 million and $40 million respectively, both of which were considered to be huge AAA productions. Star Citizen has a larger budget than both of them combined, so this is one absolutely gigantic game.
As you explore Star Citizen's huge galaxy, you'll come face to face with some horrific creatures, including the giant worm monsters in the videos below. Interestingly, xenolinguistics specialist Britton Watkins, who worked on Star Trek Into Darkness, helped to create the languages spoken by the sentient alien races you'll be encountering, such as the warlike Vanduul (pictured at the bottom of the page).
Both space combat and ground-based first-person shooting will also play a large role, and this video pretty much confirms that the game will be rated M by the ESRB. The gameplay snippet in a derelict spacecraft below also shows off some of the more creepy aspects of Star Citizen, and to me it almost seems like it has a kind of Dead Space vibe.
In addition to the open world component, Star Citizen will also include a story driven single-player campaign called Squadron 42, which will feature a huge A-list voice cast including Gary Oldman, Mark Hamill, Rhona Mitra, Gillian Anderson, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Strong, Jack Huston, John Rhys-Davies, Liam Cunningham, and Harry Treadaway.
I never thought I'd see the day when a crowdfunded game could be classed as AAA, but Star Citizen more than fits the bill. Because it's such an expansive and technologically advanced game, a console release is unlikely (Roberts has stated that he will not allow it to be dumbed down to work on less powerful platforms), so we can assume that it will be exclusive to PC unless future consoles have the horsepower to run it successfully. Either way, you can stay updated with Star Citzen on its YouTube channel and Cloud Imperium's website.
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Planview donates more than $38,000 to American Red Cross in support of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
AUSTIN, Texas – September 1, 2017 – In the wake of Hurricane Harvey's destructive path this week, Austin software company Planview joined other central Texas organizations in deploying funds to support efforts by the American Red Cross to help those affected by the severe weather across coastal and central Texas. An employee match program combined with executive leadership giving brought the overall donation to more than $38,000.
"Like so many central Texas companies, our employees and their families and friends have been impacted by Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath," said Planview CEO Greg Gilmore. "The American Red Cross is on the frontline when disaster strikes and we wanted to do our part to support their relief efforts in helping our Texas neighbors get back on their feet."
As many Austinites come together to support this community, we want to share two employee stories that are just a glimpse into the spirit of this city we call home.
Karen Nichols, Planview customer success program manager, volunteered at the American Red Cross main evacuation shelter in Austin, Delco Center. "I worked about 40 hours in three days at the shelter, but what I gave was nothing compared to what I received. Everyone pitched in to help each other. There were no labels, no expectations, just people working together," said Karen. She recalls meeting a five-week-old and his mom who arrived in wet clothes. The mother wanted to bathe her son and asked for a towel or anything dry she could put on him after his bath. What struck Karen was the mother's desire to make sure no one else needed the towel and clothes before she would accept them for herself.
Aaron Jayjack, Planview director of cloud operations, helped four-legged victims as he chased Hurricane Harvey along the Texas coast. He transported animals to safety and reunited a dog with his owner after Aaron found "Cash" alone and distressed in Runge, Texas. A few tweets and hours later, Cash was back with his family. "I've been chasing storms in Texas since the 1990s. Nothing beats helping the most vulnerable among us, like pets who get disoriented and distressed in the storms," said Aaron.
The American Red Cross continues to accept donations online. In addition, KUT has compiled a list of additional organizations looking for volunteers and donations to get help where it is needed most. Giving City Austin also shared tips on how to make sure gifts have the most impact.
About Planview
As the global leader in work and resource management, Planview makes it easier for all organizations to achieve their business goals. We provide the industry's most comprehensive solutions designed for strategic planning, portfolio and resource management, product innovation, enterprise architecture, and collaborative work management. Our solutions span every class of work, resource, and organization to address the varying needs of diverse and distributed teams, departments, and enterprises. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Planview's 700 employees serve more than 3,000 customers worldwide through a culture of innovative technology leadership, deep market expertise, and highly engaged communities. For more information, visit Planview.com.


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GYM LEADER'S and POKEMON LEAGUE: Info on Gym Leaders and the Elite Four.
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Where did it all go wrong?
by James Thornton
After just 16 months, 68 games and 23 wins, Mark Robins became the fourth managerial casualty of the 'New Era' following a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of AFC Bournemouth on Saturday. To the ill-informed it may have looked like Robins' departure was a knee-jerk reaction made on the back of one bad result.
In truth, however, things had been gradually deteriorating under Robins for some time. A dismal end to the 2013-14 season, which saw Town record just 6 wins after the turn of the year, and culminated in the sacking of Robins' backroom staff, has left few Town fans surprised that Robins and Town have parted company.
To be fair to Robins, he initially did well as Town manager and I think he deserves a lot of credit for helping preserve the club's Championship status. When he arrived at the club in February 2013, he inherited a squad short of fitness and confidence from his predecessor, Simon Grayson, and relegation was an all too real danger.
It wasn't always pretty, indeed Robins' first game in charge saw one of the most harrowing performances of the season as Town were thumped 6-1 by Nottingham Forest, but Robins ultimately did just enough to keep Town in the Championship.
As 2013 faded into 2014 the team seemed to be improving with each match whilst playing a brand of attractive passing football. Some fans were even talking about a push for the play-offs.
To put into context just how much of an impact Robins had on keeping Town up, it is worth pointing out that Town picked up 21 points from his 15 games in charge – including memorable wins at Elland Road and Molineux – compared to just 10 points from the 15 games that preceded his appointment. It would therefore be churlish to argue that Robins did not play a huge part in keeping Town in the Championship in 2013.
Furthermore, it is hard to overstate just how important keeping Town in the Championship was. After years of struggling to get out of League One and playing the likes of Stevenage and Dagenham, it was imperative that the club did not slip back to this level at the first time of asking.
Many fans did not have the stomach for another season in League One and the financial ramifications of relegation would have seen Town miss out on millions of pounds in match day income and TV rights. Having achieved his initial mandate of survival, it was abundantly clear that the objective for the 2013-14 season would be to ensure that Town would push on and not find themselves in a relegation battle for a second successive year.
An encouraging first-half of the season, built around the excellent form of James Vaughan and the creativity of Adam Hammill, saw Town nicely poised in mid-table at the turn of the year and there was a real sense that the club was moving in the right direction.
Although this was always likely to little more than wishful thinking, few fans could have predicted just how spectacularly Town's form would fade away in 2014. Although many Town fans had expected the side to have a blip at some point, it was the manner of the performances, and the fact that Robins seemed unable to stop the rot, which were particularly worrying.
Each week the same old excuses were made in the post-match interviews and the constant assertion that Town were "a work in progress" and that the club were "on a journey" wore increasingly thin with the fans.
Furthermore, by the end of last season, it was increasingly apparent that the vast majority of the players Robins had signed were either not performing or simply not up to standard. Jon Stead, Martin Paterson and Cristian Lopez, for example, all struggled to make an impact on the first-team. Indeed, of the signings Robins made in the 2013 off-season only James Vaughan and Adam Hammill – two players who had already been on loan at the club the previous year – could be deemed successful signings.
Although the January window did see Robins sign two players who look to have plenty of potential in Nahki Wells and Joe Lolley, his subsequent management of these two players can only be described as poor. For example, for all Nahki Wells did exceptionally well for Town last year, he was often left marooned up front on his own, or with winger turned striker Danny Ward as his only support.
It was abundantly clear that Town were not playing to Wells' strengths and although I admit that Town may not have had the budget to bring in someone to bring the best out of Wells last season, it should surely have been one of the top priorities for this summer to bring in a strike partner to help get the best out of Wells.
The fact that Town kicked off the 2014-15 season with Danny Ward as Wells' main strike partner is, in my opinion, nothing short of criminal and a real waste of his undoubted talent.
Equally, Robins' reluctance to utilise Joe Lolley was particularly strange. Lolley arrived full of confidence after a fine start to the season with Kidderminster, yet Robins gave Lolley only the occasional cameo appearance.
When Lolley did play he displayed a willingness to make things happen, but despite many fans calling for him to be given more game time, Robins obstinately refused to give Lolley anything more than the odd substitute appearance.
Nevertheless, although the good football of the first-half of the season had all but disappeared, and some of his tactics were increasingly perplexing, the vast majority of Town fans were happy that Robins was the right man to lead the club into the 2014-15 season.
And yet, here we are. One game into the new season and Town are bottom of the league and manager-less. Although it would be wide of the mark to say that yesterday's defeat to Bournemouth was the sole reason behind Mark Robins's departure, it was certainly a contributing factor.
Ultimately, however, it seems that it was Robins who decided to call time on his reign at the club, citing that "he didn't feel he could bring success within the vision of the club."
Town's performance yesterday was so utterly abject that you had to question what Robins had been doing with his squad all pre-season. The baffling decision to play academy graduate Matt Crooks – a midfielder by trade – and full-back Lee Peltier as part of a 3 man defence had many inside the stadium questioning whether Robins should immediately be put in a straight jacket.
Yesterday's result, and utterly bizarre tactics, confirmed to many Town fans that Robins was no longer the right man for the job. Ultimately, however, it seems that it was Robins who decided to call time on his reign at the club, citing that "he didn't feel he could bring success within the vision of the club."
Although this will come as a bitter blow to Dean Hoyle who prides himself on the vision and stability of the club, it is a statement that I do not really buy into. Whilst I appreciate that he was operating under a tighter budget than the vast majority of club's in the division, it is not as if Robins hasn't been backed in the transfer windows he has had at the club. In my opinion, Town's decline under Mark Robins has been more down to poor player recruitment and erratic tactics, rather than the "club's vision." Simply put, there is no excuse for performances like Saturday's debacle.
There were good times under Mark Robins, and he deserves a lot of credit for keeping the club in the Championship, but it is hard to be too upset with his departure after some of the performances over the last few months.
Indeed, it is becoming something of a trend that Town are hiring managers who are initially making a positive impact before losing their way over time and failing to build on an encouraging start – a criticism that can be leveled at Lee Clark and Simon Grayson as well as Mark Robins.
Although Dean Hoyle has done so much good for the football club, the hiring of managers has been one area that has left something to be desired. With this in mind, it will be interesting to see just who is lined up as Mark Robins' replacement, and whether they'll be able to succeed where Robins failed and bring "success to Huddersfield Town within the vision of the club."
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Pakistan Update
Dawn reports more round-ups of Afghan Taliban on suspicion of terrorism near the Iran border in Balochistan. This is further evidence that Iran is still playing a hand in Afghanistan, and futher that they might be trying to destabilize Pakistan from their border areas. After all, what quicker way for Ahmadinejad to gain nukes than to take over Pakistan? Large amounts of civil unrest and strife in Pakistan could give him the excuse to do so. This could have been Taliban crossing from Iran to Pakistan, or it could have been the other way — perhaps they were going to visit the Qods brigade factory and pick up some IED's.
QUETTA, Nov 18: Law-enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested 120 Afghan nationals from Nushki and border area Tump at Pakistan-Iran border on suspicion of terrorism. A team of Frontier Corps raided a hidden place in Nushki, some 160km from here and taken 33 Afghan nationals who crossed into Pakistani area without legal documents. The team arrested another badge of 87 Afghan suspects from Tump a town at Pakistan-Iran border who arrived here with the aim of crossing into Iran illegally.
The other possibility besides creating unrest in Afghanistan or Pakistan would be for them to have been headed out to join the Islamic Courts in Somalia, or heading to Oman then up to Iraq.
In other news, this is not looking good in Peshawar, from the Frontier Post:
PESHAWAR (SANA): Law enforcement agencies in the NWFP have unearthed a vast network of suicidal attackers in the country. Official sources here said that investigations into Friday's abortive suicidal attack, in which the attacker was killed and two policemen injured, had pointed a wider network of such attackers active in the province. They said that these attackers were planning more such attacks in the near future. Two suicidal attacks took place in the NWFP over the last couple of days. The first took place in Dargai, Malakand Agency, in which 40 recruits of Pakistan Army were martyred. In the second attack, the attacker was killed and two policemen injured in the provincial capital. The police, after the Friday incident, had taken the brother and father of the suicidal attacker Nadeem into custody. Besides, the Pesh Imam of the local mosque was also nabbed for questioning. The father of the slain attacker said that Nadeem used to remain absent from the houses for many days and nights. He said he was also out of the house on the night before the attack
New National Space Policy
For a lucid, detailed, and factual review of changes to our national space policy please see this article by Dwayne Day at Space Review. I will keep an eye out for his future articles, he definitely grabbed me with this first para:
Ever since the new National Space Policy was released on October 6, partisan pundits on both the right and the left have been commenting on it with limited degrees of knowledge or logic. After reading their work, one gets the sense that very few of the commentators actually bothered to read the ten-page policy. Rather, they read articles about the policy, and comments about it by people they dislike, and then fit it into their standard partisan model of good and bad. Because all politics are tribal these days, there is no need to actually think. All that matters is whether one is a Crip or a Blood, an Eloi or a Morlock, a Republican or a Democrat. Rather than analyze and discuss, the pundits reach for the nearest rock.
He also posts at great link at the end of the article to a PDF that compares the prior policy to the new.
Pakistan National Assembly Passes Women's Protection Bill
Predictably, the Taliban supporting party from NWFP, MMA stalked out in a snit. From the Pakistan Observer:
Fazl and other Opposition members taking part in the debate, belonging to MMA and ARD criticized the Bill and described it in conflict with the teachings of the Holy Quran and Sunnah and in violation of the constitution. They stressed the need that the rights of the women should be protected but the Bill under consideration is meant to weaken the family system. They were of the view that it will shatter the very basis of our values and norms. They demanded that the recommendations of the Ulema Committee should be incorporated in the Bill. Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman wanted that the consideration of the Bill should be delayed and members of the Ulema Committee consulted.
Under the previous law, if four males did not testify to the woman's rape, then the woman was automatically guilty of adultry or other crime which could lead to stoning. A woman could not testify in her own behalf, meaning that a raped woman was better off not reporting a rape. The "hudood" laws are this way to match extreme fundamentalist views of sharia.
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Does anyone know where the sausage cellar went? Does he have a new location?
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Irish Ears Are Smiling
By Cris Glaser on Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 4:00 am
Tim Benson credits his passion for playing the uilleann pipes to the Chieftains' Matt Molloy. "He's the finest flute player on either side of the Atlantic," says the Benson, Bigler & Stamper member. "I was inspired by this guru and plunged into the Irish flute with reckless abandon." For the past six months, Benson, fellow piper Brian Bigley, and guitarist Jimmy Stamper have been performing traditional Irish-pub ditties like "Red-Haired Charlie" and "Rose in the Heather." They're booked through the summer, playing at local festivals and clubs.
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Utterly eschewing the general bonhomie surrounding the newly-minted contemporary regard for the comic strip medium as a language of complicated personal expression and artistic sophistication, professional colorist and award-winning letterer F. C. Ware returns to the book trade with "The ACME Novelty Library," a hardcover distillation of all his surviving one-page cartoon jokes with which he tuckpointed the holes of his regular comic book periodical over the past decade.
Sometimes claimed to be his "best work" by those who really don't know any better, this definitive congestion of stories of the future, the old west, and even of modern life nonetheless tries to stay interesting by including a luminescent map of the heavens, a chart of the general structure of the universe, assorted cut-out activitites, and a complete history of The ACME Novelty Company itself, decorated by rare photographs, early business ventures, not to mention the smallest example of a Comic Strip ever before offered to the general public. All in all, it will likely prove a rather mild disappointment, but at least it catches the light in a nice way and may force a smile here and there before being shelved for the next generation's ultimate disregard and/or disposal.
Chris Ware lives in Chicago, Illinois, with his wife, Marnie. He is the author of Jimmy Corrigan — the Smartest Kid on Earth, which received the Guardian First Book Award in 2001 and was also included in the 2002 Whitney Biennial of American Art. He most recently edited the 13th issue of "McSweeney's Quarterly Concern," and continues work on two upcoming genuinely serious graphic novels. The 16th issue of his regular periodical, not uncoincidentally titled "The ACME Novelty Library," will be released this fall.
It's uncanny that someone so young would have such an apparent recollection of the history of comics,and the talent to expand upon it.
Ware is the most versatile and innovative artist the medium has known.
With all his literary accolades and awards, it's easy to forget Ware (Jimmy Corrigan) is one of the warmest, funniest cartoonists in America. The Acme Novelty Library collects a few issues of Ware's comic book series by the same name and adds plenty of new pages and visual delights. It is, like all of his work, an utterly immersive experience. You're not just reading his comics, you're inhabiting his world: from fake ads to diagrams for paper models to a lengthy and very funny fictional history of the Acme Novelty Company. These strips combine complex and beautiful visuals with the humor of hapless, often sad characters in ridiculous predicaments. "Rusty Brown", a series of strips based around an obsessive collector who will be the subject of Ware's next graphic novel, is particularly strong. These comics showcase Ware's unusual sensitivity towards his characters, building an incisive, multi-dimensional portrait of Brown and his friend Chalky White. On top of all of these riches there is Ware's own personal "history of art" in cartoon form, and a multi-page story about a naked superhero. Combining surreal humor, cutting satire, stunning visuals, and empathic characters, Ware's latest is a wondrous journey into the universe of a master cartoonist in peak form. (Sept.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Welcome back, Jimmy Corrigan. We're glad to find the long-unavailable issues seven through 15 of The Acme Novelty Library in one place. With a four-city tour. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Like the cartoon equivalent of Willy Wonka-a graphic visionary opens the door to his creative factory with a wide-ranging anthology that conjures a world (if not a universe) unto itself. Before he helped spur the graphic novel to greater cultural legitimacy and mainstream popularity with Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (2000), Chicago artist Ware had established a devoted following among comic connoisseurs with his work under the periodical ACME Novelty Library banner. This tabloid-sized collection of short strips suggests a manifest destiny of the imagination, as Ware moves all over the artistic landscape, from the retro homage of Quimby the Mouse to the sci-fi futurism of Rocket Sam and Tales of Tomorrow to the new frontier of Big Tex. (Inevitably, Jimmy Corrigan pops in as well.) Many of these strips are a single page or less, and some of them are not accompanied by text. Ware elsewhere employs plenty of small-type language to subversive advantage through a series of comic-book advertisements that suggest the cultural imperialism of America-the-theme-park, and the quick-fix, self-help capitalism that puts a price on everything from creativity to sexual/spiritual fulfillment to reason to live. Cutting closest to the subculture that shaped Ware's sensibility are the ongoing adventures of Rusty Brown, in his move from geeky kid to obsessive collector. For those willing to dismantle the book as a disposable artifact, there are cut-and-fold projects for assembly and a constellation chart of the cosmos suitable for wall-hanging. Ultimately, the artist argues that the essence of cartooning isn't drawing; that this is a complex language of pictures and works, meant to be read ratherthan merely viewed. The innocence of childhood comics, the formal precision of design (almost art deco in some places) and the darker realities of modern life find an edgy balance in Ware's work. Another winner from Ware, up there with Jimmy Corrigan.
The Acme Novelty Library 2 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 1 reviews.
The design work is beautiful, superior, every superlative you can imagine, but the how miserable we all are attitude of the content I can do without. Todd Solondz, David Foster Wallace, and Chris Ware all walk into a bar... the joke is on them. Mark Twain had more hope for humanity than this. I love myself. I love being alive. The R. Crumb worshipping, self loathing, misanthropic, stunted adolescent comics auteur crowd has wore itself thin with me.


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Time For Jazz Odyssey: Hawks 4 – Flames 5 (OT)
By Sam Fels January 29, 2014 879 No comment
Extra Skater
Well, it's gone from just doldrums or boredom to officially a slump. And while the little things that have added up to a loss the past couple weeks have changed from game to game, the overriding theme has been the Hawks just don't have much jump or zazz. That extra spice that usually carries the Hawks through just isn't there right now.
It comes in a few forms. Usually it's the lack of movement in anything or cutting corners. You would lose count if you went back through tonight's game and counted the amount of times a Hawk just skated past a puck-carrying Flame and took one wave with his stick instead of stopping and trying to actually pick the puck. Against a shot-blocking heavy team, you have to move yourself and the puck quickly to open up lanes. The Hawks repeatedly stood still and then tried a shot. That's not going to work.
It shows itself in not being above your man or between him and the puck before it gets there. Sharp getting beaten to the net for the OT winner after Leddy chased to the board is just one example. You see it in Hawks not moving toward their d-men to help or on breakouts and instead wait for the puck to come to them. It's the hope plays with too-fancy passes instead of working to score that result in turnovers.
All of it has the Hawks looking like a Spinal Tap show right now. Sure, there's flashes of brilliance and good production, but just enough is being cocked up to fuck over the whole thing.
Is it chronic or just a passing virus? I don't know, I don't think it's the former. But the Hawks are in 2nd place now, and the volume on this trip is about to go way up. If the Hawks can't rummage around and find a couple more bullets in the pocket (because that's where you keep your bullets?) we could easily be looking at a repeat of 2012's Trail of Tears.
The Two Obs
-The Hawks gave up a lot of odd-man rushes in the first 40 tonight, and while it's easy to air out Bickell for the first one that scored, the Hawks sloppiness with the puck made it immaterial where the third forward was placed. He would have had to have been in his own zone at this rate. When a d-man jumps into the play, yes the third forward has to fill in but the idea is to get the puck deep with your numerical advantage. Instead, the Hawks turned the puck over at the first opportunity with silly passes. Shaw's waist-high laser was one. Shaw abandoning Sharp on the power play to try and win the puck among two Flames was another.
Of course, Seabrook played the first 2-on-1 like an absolute boob., which didn't help.
-I suppose you could argue that Andrew Shaw is hitting some sort of wall. This is his first full season at this level, though he's had two combined full seasons at the AHL and NHL. But the first at his level is probably something of an adjustment, so let's go with that for now as a cause for his being a full body dry heave lately.
-Rozsival wasn't much better.
-As far as Pirri's first game back, it's kind of what we're used to seeing. Some good offensive play, some pinning in the defensive zone. He does need to get stronger on the puck, but that will only happen with another summer with nutcase Paul Goodman.
-Another bugaboo of late is that the Hawks goaltending hasn't come through. This might not be a game if Raanta stops either of those first two very preventable goals. Crow has let in his share of weak ones of late too. And maybe that's it. Maybe these blips in the Hawks' game were there last year a bit but were erased by superb goaltending.
-The Hawks being 0-7 in OT is almost certainly just an anomaly. I'm sure we'll see a lot of theories over the coming days, but it's pretty much just every bounce and fuck up going in the net against them. You could play those 7 OT games again and the Hawks might win all of them. Of course, if they don't bag a couple before the season ends we may see a lot of stories about how the Hawks will handle playoff overtimes and shaken confidence and won't that be fun?
-Bryan Bickell played a game you might expect after a healthy scratch. Desperate to make an impression at times and terrified of making a mistake at others. But hey, at least he almost got as much ice time as Working Class Hero (TM) Brandon Bollig, who I think just got in his linemates' way again.
-I feel like tomorrow night's game is ending in a blowout either way. The Hawks usually get clocked in Vancouver once a season, or they'll respond when they absolutely have to after another "we're not really here" effort.
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MindFreedom International est une coalition internationale d'usagers de la psychiatrie afin de lutter contre l'« hospitalisation forcée » en psychiatrie et protéger les droits des personnes prises en charge par la psychiatrie.

Histoire
La coalition est issue de la Coalition internationale de soutien fondée en 1988, et a changé de nom en 2005 avec l'admission en tant que directeur de David Oaks.

À la base de la Coalition internationale de soutien se trouverait une lettre d'information du nom de Dendron, qualifiée de samizdat, qui faisait le lien entre des représentants de l'antipsychiatrie progressiste comme Ronald Laing et une frange plus moderne des usagers-consommateurs de la psychiatrie.

Actions

Le programme appelé Shield (bouclier) consiste en un réseau (voir pair-défense) appelé Réseau de solidarité de Mindfreedom, qui réagit et protège les usagers en cas de traitements forcés en psychiatrie, tels que l'électroconvulsivothérapie.

En 2003 une grève de la faim a été initiée afin de demander à l'Association américaine de psychiatrie ainsi qu'à l'Administrateur de la santé publique des États-Unis et à l'Alliance nationale pour la santé mentale une « preuve non ambiguë que la maladie mentale se situerait dans le cerveau ».

Ouvrages

 Oaks, David W. (2007). 'MindFreedom International: Activism for Human Rights as the Basis for a Nonviolent Revolution in the Mental Health System'. In Peter Stastny & Peter Lehmann (Eds.), Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry (pp. 328-336). Berlin / Eugene / Shrewsbury: Peter Lehmann Publishing.  (UK),  (USA). E-Book in 2018.
 Oaks, David W. (2007). 'MindFreedom International – Engagement für Menschenrechte als Grundlage einer gewaltfreien Revolution im psychosozialen System'. In: Peter Lehmann & Peter Stastny (Hg.), Statt Psychiatrie 2 (p. 344-352). Berlin / Eugene / Shrewsbury: Antipsychiatrieverlag. . E-Book in 2018.
 Taylor, Dan (2007). 'MindFreedom Ghana: Fighting for Basic Human Conditions of Psychiatric Patients'. In Peter Stastny & Peter Lehmann (Eds.), Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry (pp. 336-342). Berlin / Eugene / Shrewsbury: Peter Lehmann Publishing.  (UK),  (USA). E-Book in 2018.
 Taylor, Dan (2007). 'MindFreedom Ghana – Unser Kampf um humane Lebensbedingungen für Psychiatriebetroffene'. In: Peter Lehmann & Peter Stastny (Hg.), Statt Psychiatrie 2 (p. 352-358). Berlin / Eugene / Shrewsbury: Antipsychiatrieverlag. . E-Book in 2018.

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Spanish America
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Countries in North and South America with predominantly Spanish-speaking populations
Map of countries that make up Hispanic America in green.
Spanish speakers in the Americas.
Hispanic America (Spanish: Hispanoamérica or América Hispana) (also known as Spanish America (Spanish: América española)) is the portion of the Americas comprising the Spanish-speaking countries of North, Central, and South America.[1][2] In all of these countries, Spanish is the main language, sometimes sharing official status with one or more indigenous languages (such as Guaraní, Quechua, Aymara, or Mayan), or English (in Puerto Rico)[3] and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion.[4]
Hispanic America is sometimes grouped together with Brazil under the term "Ibero-America", meaning those countries in the Americas with cultural roots in the Iberian Peninsula.[5] Hispanic America also contrasts with Latin America, which includes not only Hispanic America, but also Brazil (the former Portuguese America), as well as the former French colonies in the Western Hemisphere (areas that are now in either the United States of America or Canada are usually excluded).[6]
The Spanish conquest of the Americas began in 1492, and ultimately was part of a larger historical process of world discovery, through which various European powers incorporated a considerable amount of territory and peoples in the Americas, Asia, and Africa between the 15th and 20th centuries. Hispanic America became the main part of the vast Spanish Empire. Napoleon's intervention in Spain in 1808 and the consequent chaos initiated the dismemberment of the Spanish Empire, as the Hispanic American territories began their struggle for emancipation. By 1830, the only remaining Spanish American territories were the islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, until the 1898 Spanish-American War.[7]
The 26th of July Movement, led by Fidel Castro, seized power in Cuba on 1 January 1959, overthrowing Fulgencio Batista's pro-US government. Castro nationalized Cuba's fruit resources, driving the United Fruit Company out, and his purchase of oil from the USSR led to a deterioration of relations with the US, leading to the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion by Cuban exiles, and in 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis almost sparked World War III. Castro's revolution was only the first of its kind in Hispanic America. Leftist governments rose to power across the region, so the United States resorted to backing coups, such as the 1954 overthrow of the popular Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in Guatemala and the ouster of Juan Bosch in 1965 in the Dominican Republic, the latter of which led to the Dominican Civil War and the US occupation of the republic that year. The United States supported coups that installed dictators in Chile, Uruguay, and other countries, and they set up the School of the Americas to train future dictators like Leopoldo Galtieri of Argentina and Manuel Noriega of Panama. Some dictators' rules led to civil wars, such as the Nicaraguan Civil War, Salvadoran Civil War, and Guatemalan Civil War in the 1970s-1990s, and the United States backed governments that used death squads to massacre villagers and priests accused of siding with leftists. These civil wars would end with the end of the Cold War, resulting in the communist guerrillas becoming legal political parties, and many of them would proceed to rule over the country, such as the Sandinistas of Nicaragua and FMLN of El Salvador.
Population[8]
GDP (nominal [USD, billions])[9]
GDP (nominal) per capita
GDP (PPP)
GDP (PPP) per capita
Argentina 44,494,502 2,780,400 545.12 12,502.82 874.07 20,047.49
Bolivia 11,353,142 1,098,581 34.83 3,169.56 78.66 7,218.49
Chile[10] 18,729,160 756,950 247.03 13,575.99 438.75 24,112.94
Colombia 49,648,685 1,141,748 282.36 5,792.18 688.82 14,130.18
Costa Rica 4,999,441 51,000 58.11 11,834.84 80.70 16,435.83
Cuba 11,338,138 110,861 81.56[11] 7,600.00 132.90 11,900.00
Dominican Republic 10,627,165 48,730 72.19 7,159.49 161.84 16,049.46
Ecuador 17,084,357 256,370 98.01 5,929.69 183.61 11,108.56
El Salvador 6,420,744 21,040 26.71 4,343.44 54.79 8,909.43
Guatemala 17,247,807 108,890 68.17 4,088.95 131.70 7,899.20
Honduras 9,587,522 112,492 21.36 2,608.58 43.17 5,271.47
Mexico 126,190,788 1,972,550 1,046.00 8,554.61 2,315.65 18,938.32
Nicaragua 6,465,513 129,494 13.05 2,120.31 33.55 5,451.71
Panama 4,176,873 75,571 55.12 13,654.07 92.95 23,023.88
Paraguay 6,956,071 406,752 27.44 4,003.28 64.40 9,396.02
Peru 31,989,256 1,285,220 245.20 6,198.61 479.811 12,903.09
Puerto Rico 3,195,153 9,104 101.30 29,696.57 130.97 38,393.07
Uruguay 3,449,299 176,215 54.57 15,679.17 74.92 21,527.27
Venezuela 28,870,195 916,445 287.27 9,258.34 426.97 13,760.56
Mexico City Mexico 8,918,653 23,137,152
Buenos Aires Argentina 3,050,728 15,941,973
Lima Peru 8,574,974 12,140,000
Bogotá Colombia 8,080,734 9,367,587
Santiago Chile 5,428,590 7,200,000
Caracas Venezuela 3,273,863 5,239,364
Guatemala City Guatemala 2,149,188 4,500,000
Guadalajara Mexico 1,564,514 4,424,584
Monterrey Mexico 1,133,814 4,106,054
Medellín Colombia 2,636,101 3,731,447
Guayaquil Ecuador 2,432,233 3,328,534
Havana Cuba 2,350,000 3,073,000
Maracaibo Venezuela 2,201,727 2,928,043
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 965,040[12] 2,908,607[13]
Puebla Mexico 1,399,519 2,728,790
Asunción Paraguay 525,294 2,698,401
Cali Colombia 2,068,386 2,530,796
San Juan Puerto Rico 434,374 2,509,007
San José Costa Rica 1,543,000 2,158,898
Toluca Mexico 820,000 1,936,422
Montevideo Uruguay 1,325,968 1,868,335
Quito Ecuador 1,397,698 1,842,201
Managua Nicaragua 1,380,300 1,825,000
Barranquilla Colombia 1,148,506 1,798,143
Santa Cruz Bolivia 1,594,926 1,774,998
Valencia Venezuela 894,204 1,770,000
Tijuana Mexico 1,286,157 1,751,302
Tegucigalpa Honduras 1,230,000 1,600,000
La Paz Bolivia 872,480 1,590,000
San Salvador El Salvador 540,090 2,223,092
Barquisimeto Venezuela 1,116,000 1,500,000
León Mexico 1,278,087 1,488,000
Córdoba Argentina 1,309,536 1,452,000
Juárez Mexico 1,301,452 1,343,000
San Pedro Sula Honduras 1,250,000 1,300,000
Maracay Venezuela 1,007,000 1,300,000
Rosario Argentina 908,163 1,203,000
Panama City Panama 990,641 1,500,000
Torreón Mexico 548,723 1,144,000
Bucaramanga Colombia 516,512 1,055,331
Linguistic map of Latin America. Spanish America in green, Portuguese America (Brazil) in orange, and French Guiana and French Caribbean in blue.
Quechua, Guarani, Aymara, Nahuatl, Mayan languages, Mapudungun.
Spanish is the official language in most Hispanic American countries, and it is spoken by the vast majority of the population. Native American languages are widely spoken in Chile, Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia, Paraguay and Mexico, and to a lesser degree, in Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina. amongst other countries. In some Hispanic American countries, the population of speakers of indigenous languages tend to be very small or even non-existent (e.g. Uruguay). Mexico is possibly the only country that contains the largest variety of indigenous languages than any other Hispanic American country, and the most spoken native language is Nahuatl.
In Peru, Quechua is an official language, alongside Spanish and any other indigenous language in the areas where they predominate. In Ecuador, while holding no official status, the closely related Quichua is a recognized language of the indigenous people under the country's constitution; however, it is only spoken by a few groups in the country's highlands. In Bolivia, Aymara, Quechua and Guaraní hold official status alongside Spanish. Guaraní, along with Spanish, is an official language of Paraguay, and is spoken by a majority of the population (who are, for the most part, bilingual), and it is co-official with Spanish in the Argentine province of Corrientes. In Nicaragua, Spanish is the official language, but on the country's Caribbean coast English and indigenous languages such as Miskito, Sumo, and Rama also hold official status. Colombia recognizes all indigenous languages spoken within its territory as official, though fewer than 1% of its population are native speakers of these languages. Nahuatl is one of the 62 native languages spoken by indigenous people in Mexico, which are officially recognized by the government as "national languages" along with Spanish.
Other European languages spoken in Hispanic America include: English, by some groups in Puerto Rico; German, in southern Chile and portions of Argentina, Venezuela, and Paraguay; Italian, in Argentina, Venezuela, and Uruguay; Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian in Argentina; and Welsh, in southern Argentina.[14][15][16][17][18][19]Yiddish and Hebrew can be heard around Buenos Aires. Non-European or Asian languages include Japanese in Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay; Korean in Argentina and Paraguay; Arabic in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, and Chile; and Chinese throughout South America.
In several nations, especially in the Caribbean region, creole languages are spoken. Creole languages of mainland Latin America, similarly, are derived from European languages and various African tongues.
The Garifuna language is spoken along the Caribbean coast in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Belize mostly by the Garifuna people a mixed race Zambo people who were the result of mixing between Indigenous Caribbeans and escaped Black slaves. Primarily an Arawakan language, it has influences from Caribbean and European languages.
Hispanic cuisine as the term is applied in the Western Hemisphere, is a misnomer. What is usually considered Hispanic cuisine in the United States is mostly Mexican and Central American cuisine. Mexican cuisine is composed of mainly indigenous--Aztec and Mayan--and Spanish influences.[]
Mexican cuisine is considered intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO and can be found all over the United States.
In the United States, with its growing Hispanic population, food staples from Mexican cuisine and the cuisine from other Hispanic countries have become widely available. Over the years, the blending of these cuisines has produced unique American forms such as Tex-Mex cuisine. This cuisine, which originated in Texas, is based on maize products, heavily spiced ground beef, cheese and tomato sauces with chilies. This cuisine is widely available not just in the United States but across other countries, where American exports are found. In Florida, Cuban food is widely available. All of these Hispanic foods in the United States have evolved in character as they have been commercially americanized by large restaurant chains and food companies.
The cuisine of Spain has many regional varieties, with Mediterranean flavors based on olive oil, garlic, and tomatoes and due to its long Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines, has been graced with a great variety and availability of seafood. In the inland communities of Spain, there is a long tradition of cured meat of different kinds, in addition to an abundance of dishes such as roasts and stews, based on beef, pork, lamb, and poultry. The European and Arab heritage of Spain is reflected in its food, along with cosmopolitan influences beginning in the many new ingredients brought in from the New World since the 16th century, e.g. tomatoes, potatoes, or chocolate, and the more modern tastes introduced from Europe since the 19th century, especially through French and Italian dishes. It is only in the last ten years[when?] that Hispanic American dishes have been introduced in Spain. In the United States and Canada, the number of Hispanic restaurants has become a growing trend, following the tapas-style restaurants fashion that first appeared in North America in the 1990s.
Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican cuisines, on the other hand, tend to use a lot of pork and can depend heavily on starchy root vegetables, plantain, and rice. The most prominent influences on their Spanish culinary traditions were introduced by African slaves, and to a lesser degree, French influence from Haiti and later Chinese immigrants. The use of spicy chile peppers of varying degrees of strength used as flavour enhancers in Mexican tradition is practically unknown in traditional Spanish-Caribbean dishes. The cuisine of Haiti, a country with a Francophone majority, is very similar to its regional neighbors in terms of influences and ingredients used.
The Argentine diet is heavily influenced by the country's position as one of the world's largest beef and wine producers, and by the impact that European immigration had on its national culture. Grilled meats are a staple of most meals as are pastas, potatoes, rice, paella and a variety of vegetables (Argentina is a huge exporter of agricultural products). Italian influence is also seen in the form of pizza and ice cream, both of which are integral components of national cuisine.
Uruguayan cuisine is similar to that of Argentina, though seafood is much more dominant in this coastal nation. As another one of the world's largest producers, wine is as much a staple drink to Uruguayans as beer is to Germans.
In Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile, potato dishes are typical since the potato is originally from this region. Beef and chicken are common sources of meat. In the Highlands is the cuy, a South American name for guinea pig, a common meat. Given the coastal location, both countries have extensive fishing fleets, which provide a wealth of seafood options, including the signature South American dish, ceviche. While potato is an important ingredient in the Highlands, Rice is the main side dish on the coast.
This diversity in staples and cuisine is also evident in the differing regional cuisines within the national borders of the individual countries.
Flag of Hispanic Heritage. Motto: Justicia, Paz, Unión y Fraternidad ("Justice, Peace, Union and Fraternity").[20]
While relatively unknown, there is a flag representing the countries of Spanish America, its people, history and shared cultural legacy.
It was created in October 1933 by Ángel Camblor, captain of the Uruguayan army. It was adopted by all the states of Spanish America during the Pan-American Conference of the same year in Montevideo, Uruguay.[20]
The white background stands for peace, the Inti sun god of Inca mythology symbolizes the light shining on the Americas, and the three crosses represent Christopher Columbus' caravels, the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María, used in his first voyage from Spain to the New World in 1492. The deep lilac color of the crosses evokes the color of the lion on the coat of arms of the medieval Crown of Castile.[21]
The Spanish and the Portuguese took the Roman Catholic faith to their colonies in the Americas, Africa, and Asia; Roman Catholicism remains the predominant religion amongst most Hispanic Americans.[22] Membership in Protestant denominations is increasing, particularly in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and other countries.[23] In particular, Pentecostalism has experienced massive growth.[24][25] This movement is increasingly attracting Latin America's middle classes.[26]Anglicanism also has a long and growing presence in Latin America.
Population Total
Christians %
Christian Population
Unaffiliated %
Unaffiliated Population
Other religions %
Other religions Population
Argentina 43,830,000 85.4% 37,420,000 12.1% 5,320,000 2.5% 1,090,000 [27]
Bolivia 11,830,000 94.0% 11,120,000 4.1% 480,000 1.9% 230,000 [28]
Chile 18,540,000 88.3% 16,380,000 9.7% 1,800,000 2.0% 360,000 [29]
Colombia 52,160,000 92.3% 48,150,000 6.7% 3,510,000 1.0% 500,000 [30]
Costa Rica 5,270,000 90.8% 4,780,000 8.0% 420,000 1.2% 70,000 [31]
Cuba 11,230,000 58.9% 6,610,000 23.2% 2,600,000 17.9% 2,020,000 [32]
Dominican Republic 11,280,000 88.0% 9,930,000 10.9% 1,230,000 1.1% 120,000 [33]
Ecuador 16,480,000 94.0% 15,490,000 5.6% 920,000 0.4% 70,000 [34]
El Salvador 6,670,000 88.0% 5,870,000 11.2% 740,000 0.8% 60,000 [35]
Guatemala 18,210,000 95.3% 17,360,000 3.9% 720,000 0.8% 130,000 [36]
Honduras 9,090,000 87.5% 7,950,000 10.5% 950,000 2.0% 190,000 [37]
Mexico 126,010,000 94.1% 118,570,000 5.7% 7,240,000 0.2% 200,000 [38]
Nicaragua 6,690,000 85.3% 5,710,000 13.0% 870,000 1.7% 110,000 [39]
Panama 4,020,000 92.7% 3,720,000 5.0% 200,000 2.3% 100,000 [40]
Paraguay 7,630,000 96.9% 7,390,000 1.1% 90,000 2.0% 150,000 [41]
Peru 32,920,000 95.4% 31,420,000 3.1% 1,010,000 1.5% 490,000 [42]
Puerto Rico 3,790,000 90.5% 3,660,000 7.3% 80,000 2.2% 40,000 [43]
Uruguay 3,490,000 57.0% 1,990,000 41.5% 1,450,000 1.5% 50,000 [44]
Venezuela 33,010,000 89.5% 29,540,000 9.7% 3,220,000 0.8% 250,000 [45]
Hispanic and Latino Americans (Hispanic, Latino)
Hispanidad
Hispanism and Pan-Hispanism
Latin America (Latin Americans)
Spanish language in the Americas
Spanish-language literature
^ All of the following dictionaries only list "Spanish America" as the name for this cultural region. None list "Hispanic America." All list the demonym for the people of the region discussed in this article as the sole definition, or one of the definitions, for "Spanish American". Some list "Hispanic," "Hispanic American" and "Hispano-American" as synonyms for "Spanish American." (All also include as a secondary definition for these last three terms, persons residing in the United States of Hispanic ancestry.) The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (3rd ed.) (1992). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-44895-6. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) (2003). Springfield: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-807-9. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language (2nd ed.) (1987). New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-50050-4. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (2007). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920687-2. Webster's New Dictionary and Thesaurus (2002). Cleveland: Wiley Publishing. ISBN 978-0-471-79932-0
^ "Hispanic America" is used in some older works such as Charles Edward Chapman's 1933 Colonial Hispanic America: A History and 1937 Republican Hispanic America: A History (both New York: The Macmillan Co.); or translated titles that faithfully reproduce Hispanoamérica, such as Edmund Stephen Urbanski (1978), Hispanic America and its Civilization: Spanish Americans and Anglo-Americans, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. The Cambridge University Press textbook by two distinguished historians of early Latin America, James Lockhart and Stuart B. Schwartz is entitled, Early Latin America: A History of Colonial Spanish America and Brazil 1983.
^ "CIA - The World Factbook - Field Listing - Languages". Retrieved .
^ "CIA - The World Factbook - Field Listing - Religions". Retrieved .
^ The adjective "Ibero-American" usually refers only to countries of the Western Hemisphere, but in the title of the Organization of Ibero-American States it refers to Iberian and (Ibero-)American countries, plus Equatorial Guinea.
^ "Latin America" The Free Online Dictionary (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 2000, 4th ed. Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003.)
^ Christopher Conway, Nineteenth-Century Spanish America: A Cultural History (Vanderbilt University Press 2015).
^ "Population, total | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved .
^ "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org. Retrieved .
^ "Demografia de Chile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2009.
^ "The World Factbook -- Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved .
^ IX Dominican Republic Census
^ "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de RD: 1988-2010" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Oficina Nacional de Estadística. 1 May 2015. ISBN 978-9945-8984-3-9. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 2016.
^ "Reference for Welsh language in southern Argentina, Welsh immigration to Patagonia". Bbc.co.uk. 2008-07-22. Retrieved .
^ "The Welsh Immigration to Argentina". 1stclassargentina.com.
^ Jeremy Howat. "Reference for Welsh language in southern Argentina, Welsh immigration to Patagonia". Argbrit.org. Retrieved .
^ "Reference for Welsh language in southern Argentina, Welsh immigration to Patagonia". Patagonline.com. Retrieved .
^ "Reference for Welsh language in southern Argentina, Welsh immigration to Patagonia". Andesceltig.com. 2009-09-29. Retrieved .
^ "Reference for Welsh language in southern Argentina, Welsh immigration to Patagonia". Glaniad.com. Retrieved .
^ a b Raeside, Rob (ed.) (1999-10-11). "Flag of the Race". Flags of the World. Retrieved . CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
^ Image of the standard of the Crown of Castile
^ Christians - Pew Research Center
^ Religion in Latin America Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region
^ Allan., Anderson (2004). An introduction to Pentecostalism : global charismatic Christianity. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521825733. OCLC 53919445.
^ Pierre., Bastian, Jean (1997). La mutación religiosa de América Latina : para una sociología del cambio social en la modernidad periférica (1st ed.). México: Fondo de Cultura Económica. ISBN 9681650212. OCLC 38448929.
^ Koehrsen, Jens (2017-09-01). "When Sects Become Middle Class: Impression Management among Middle-Class Pentecostals in Argentina". Sociology of Religion. 78 (3): 318-339. doi:10.1093/socrel/srx030. ISSN 1069-4404.
^ "Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050". www.pewforum.org. Retrieved .
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Q: Urllib2 and proxies My problem is that a site blocks IP after every 1500 requests no matter if i extend sleep time. So i am using proxies while doing request. Bellow is the code which build an opener.
def getOpener(self, pip=None):
        if pip:
            proxy_handler = urllib2.ProxyHandler({'http': pip})
            opnr = urllib2.build_opener(proxy_handler)
        else:
            opnr = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cookielib.CookieJar()))
        opnr.addheaders = [('User-Agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1')]
        urllib2.install_opener(opnr)
        return opnr

But when using proxies (high anonymous) the site hardly allow 40 - 50 requests. Why is that so? I think each proxy should do 1500 requests. So is there any thing i am missing? May be i need to pass some additional headers?
(This is not a second question it is related with the first one)
Also i found two different syntax of dict for ProxyHandler.
Syntax1:
proxy_handler = urllib2.ProxyHandler({'http': '61.233.25.166:80'})

Syntax2:
proxy_handler = urllib2.ProxyHandler({'http': 'http://61.233.25.166:80'}) #see http:// in value

Does they have different meanings or they are same? What is best practice Syntax1 or Syntax2?

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