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Farm Aid: Beyond the Music
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Farm Aid's annual concert, an all-day music and food festival, will take place on Sept. 16 in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.
Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Jack Johnson and Sheryl Crow will be headlining, among many other prominent musicians. Proceeds from the concert will benefit small family farms by providing farmers with resources and support.

Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp started Farm Aid as a benefit concert in 1985 to "raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on the land." Since its inception in 1985, Farm Aid has flourished into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. In 2001, Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid board of directors.

Farm Aid has raised more than $50 million to support the family farm system in America. In addition to raising money, Farm Aid provides a hotline for farm families in crisis, 1-800-FARM-AID, and has created an online platform called the Farmer Resource Network to help farmers find important farming resources. The nonprofit has granted more than $22 million to 300 organizations across the nation, part of an effort to enhance local and regional food systems.

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At this year's Farm Aid concert, food will be provided by Farm Aid's HOMEGROWN Concessions, a "first-of-its-kind model for featuring family farm-identified, local and organic foods at major concert events." Concertgoers will be able to enjoy fresh food that was locally and sustainably produced by small farmers, such as smoked salmon wraps, fresh smoothies and portobello mushroom burgers. Tickets for the 2017 Farm Aid concert are currently sold out, but there is still time to win a few VIP tickets. Click here to enter to win.

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10 Celebrities Advocating for a Sustainable Food System
By Alanna Wittet
Star status can bring the opportunity for celebrities to wear many hats and draw attention to environmental and health issues. Whether they are producing or performing music for fair trade campaigns, designing ethically sourced products or growing food for the hungry, these 10 stars are using their fame and dollars to advocate for a more sustainable food future for all:
Jessica Alba: After becoming a mother and struggling to find chemical-free personal care and baby products with transparent disclosures, Jessica Alba co-founded The Honest Company alongside environmental scientist Christopher Gavigan. The company creates a variety of personal care, cleaning and baby care and nutrition products that are sustainable, transparent, ethically sourced.
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Jason Brown: After leaving his NFL football career in 2012, Brown took up farming to help feed North Carolina's hungry. His 1,000-acre farm, First Fruits Farm, donates its first fruits of the harvest to local food pantries. A self-taught farmer, Brown donated more than 46,000 pounds of sweet potatoes and 10,000 pounds of cucumbers to food pantries in 2014.
50 Cent: In addition to being a member of Feeding America's Entertainment Council, 50 Cent also aids in the fight against hunger through his Street King initiative. With every bottle of his Street King energy shot sold, he funds one meal for a child in need through the World Hunger Programme. Having funded 3.5 million meals so far, he aims to provide 1 billion meals. To combat hunger in America, 50 Cent has also partnered his SMS Audio brand with Feeding America to additionally fund 250 meals with every headphone set purchased in the U.S.
Coldplay: As a global ambassador for Oxfam International, Coldplay has vocally supported and furthered the reach of the organization's mission to end global poverty, injustice and hunger. Promoting Oxfam's GROW and Make Fair Trade campaigns while on tour, Coldplay helped disseminate the message to more than 100 million people. Lead singer Chris Martin has also traveled to Ghana and Haiti to observe the effects of unfair trade on farmers.
Michael Kors: Michael Kors is a Global Ambassador Against Hunger for the U.N. World Food Programme. Since 2013, Kors' Watch Hunger Stop Campaign has helped to provide more than 10 million meals to children through the WFP's School Meals Programme, while also engaging other celebrities on the issue of world hunger through their involvement in the campaign.
Kate Hudson: Joining Michael Kors and his campaign to alleviate hunger worldwide, Katie Hudson serves an ambassador and spokesperson to Watch Hunger Stop. In helping to launch his latest watch style for the campaign, every watch sold will provide 100 children a nutritious meal.
Jamie Oliver: In addition to being a celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver further works towards building a stronger and healthier food system through his foundation, the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation. By providing food education programs and global campaigns to influence international food policy, the Foundation works to transform people's lives by both improving access to good, fresh and real foods and equipping people with cooking skills. He is also active in lobbying the U.K. government to establish a multi-sectorial Child Obesity Strategy to improve children's nutrition and reduce obesity. In 2016, Oliver's Foundation has been present at key global events including the World Health Assembly, The Nutrition Growth Summit and the U.N. General Assembly, championing policy to combat childhood obesity.
Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson: In 1985, Young, Mellencamp, and Nelson hosted the first Farm Aid concert to draw attention to the loss of family farms and to raise money to keep farming families on their land. To date, Farm Aid has raised more than US$50 million to support family farms in America by promoting food produced by family farms, supporting fair farm policies and providing resources that help farmers thrive.
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The Standing Rock Protests Are a Symbolic Moment
This past Thursday was Thanksgiving. A time when we remember a feast, the first Thanksgiving, on Plymouth plantation in the autumn of 1621. The tales of pilgrims from the Mayflower who celebrated the harvest, shared and broke bread with the first Americans, are still used as inspiration and shared with children, teaching them the beauty of gratitude.
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But it is now widely understood this Thanksgiving story is a fictional history. It was invented to whitewash the vicious genocide wrought upon the native inhabitants of this magnificent continent. Not only did the Europeans try to eradicate native populations, but they made every effort to eviscerate their culture, their language and eliminate them from these coveted lands.
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From Plymouth Rock to Standing Rock, this lie has made our Thanksgiving Day a day of mourning for the First Nations, all the tribes big and small, those who came before us.
A few weeks ago we traveled to visit the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota. We arrived at this unprecedented historical gathering of more than 500 tribes and thousands of others standing on the frontlines to protect water, to state the most basic human truth, to say water is life. Despite the painful history, today they fight peacefully for us all.
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The camp grows as winter comes. Standing in protection of our most vital life support systems, but also for the rightful preservation of Native American cultural ways and their sovereignty. Everyone we talk with is committed to peaceful resistance. Weapons, alcohol and drugs are forbidden there.
Standing together in prayer to protect water displays a deeply rooted awareness of life's interconnected nature, and of the intrinsic value and import of traditional ways. This growing movement stems from love, it is the most human instinct to protect that which we love. An eager and engaged youth are at the core of this pipeline route resistance, learning from a population of elders who pass down unforgotten knowledge.
It is an awakening. All here together, with their non-native relatives, standing strong in the face of outrageous, unnecessary and violent aggression, on the part of militarized local and state law enforcement agencies and national guard, who are seemingly acting to protect the interests of the Dakota Access pipeline profiteers, at a cost of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars, above all other expressed concerns. They stand against corporate security forces, the county sheriff and the national guard. Standing while being hit with water cannons, mace, teargas, rubber bullets. Standing without weapons and praying, the water protectors endure human rights abuses in freezing temperatures. Supplies arrive from all over as the social media universe shares the heartbreaking news to the world, that an American corporate media is not free to report. Thus, it is the ugliness of corporate America, seen around the world.
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But they stand, their hair frozen from water cannons. They stand for all that is good and they stay strong.
We are calling upon you, President Barack Obama, to step in and end the violence against the peaceful water protectors at Standing Rock immediately.
We will be going back to support the water protectors again.
Let us all stand with them in thanks, in appreciation for the ancient wisdom they carry, in thanks for this opportunity for true gratitude. For giving us a path forward. For trying to show us a road to survival.
We offer our support and our respect. We hear the call to protect the water protectors to listen, learn and get engaged. They are brave. We thank them. And we can give thanks for the bounty.
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Like water on the garden of activism, America's surprise president brings a bounty of opportunity. The great issues of our time are now brightly illuminated and people are becoming more aware of them than ever, from sea to shining sea, from Standing Rock to Wall Street.
The surprise president-elect was not the winner of the popular vote, does not have a mandate for the change of ideals envisioned. Keep in mind, close to over two million more people voted for another candidate. Nor is the surprise president the leader of the free world. Two hundred of the world's nations believe in science, above the profits of the oil, gas and coal industries, and are committed to working together to protect the future from an unchecked climate crisis. The surprise president claims he does not believe in climate science nor the threats it presents and his actions and words reflect that claim in tangible and dangerous ways.
Do not be intimidated by the surprise president's cabinet appointees as they descend the golden escalator. Those who behave in racist ways are not your leaders. The golden tower is not yours. The White House is your house.Your growing activism in support of freedom over repression, addressing climate change, swiftly replacing a destructive old industries with safe, regenerative energy, encouraging holistic thinking in balance with the future of our planet; that activism will strengthen and shed continued light on us all. These worthy goals must be met for all the world's children and theirs after them.
This is our moment for truth.
Unintimidated, stand, speak up and show up. Be counted. Be like our brothers and sisters at Standing Rock. Be there if you can. The progress we have made over 240 years as a nation, has always come first from the people.
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The Food Movement Speaks With One Voice—Occupy Our Food Supply
Stefanie Spear
On Feb. 27, an unprecedented alliance of more than 60 Occupy groups and 30 environmental, food and corporate accountability organizations will join together for Occupy our Food Supply, a global day of action resisting the corporate control of food systems.
The call to Occupy our Food Supply, facilitated by Rainforest Action Network, is being echoed by prominent thought leaders, authors, farmers and activists including the Indian environmentalist Vandana Shiva, Food Inc.'s Robert Kenner, music legend Willie Nelson, actor Woody Harrelson, and authors Michael Pollan, Raj Patel, Anna Lappe, Gary Paul Nabhan, and Marion Nestle, among others. (See quotes in release below). The central theme uniting this diverse coalition is a shared sense of urgency to resist the corporate consolidation of food systems and create socially and environmentally just local solutions.
"Nothing is more important than the food we eat and the family farmers who grow it," said Willie Nelson, founder and president of Farm Aid. "Corporate control of our food system has led to the loss of millions of family farmers, destruction of our soil, pollution of our water and health epidemics of obesity and diabetes. We simply cannot afford it. Our food system belongs in the hands of many family farmers, not under the control of a handful of corporations."
From Brazil, Hungary, Ireland, and Argentina to dozens of states in the U.S., thousands of people will be participating in the Feb. 27 global day of action. Participants will be reclaiming unused bank-owned lots to create community gardens; hosting seed exchanges in front of stock exchanges; labeling products on grocery store shelves that have genetically engineered ingredients; building community alliances to support locally owned grocery stores and resist Walmart megastores; and protesting food giants Monsanto and Cargill.
"Occupy our Food Supply is a day to reclaim our most basic life support system—our food—from corporate control. It is an unprecedented day of solidarity to create local, just solutions that steer our society away from the stranglehold of industrial food giants like Cargill and Monsanto," said Ashley Schaeffer, Rainforest Agribusiness campaigner with Rainforest Action Network (RAN).
Never have so few corporations been responsible for more of our food chain. Of the 40,000 food items in a typical U.S. grocery store, more than half are now brought to us by just 10 corporations. Today, three companies process more than 70 percent of all U.S. beef—Tyson, Cargill and JBS. More than 90 percent of soybean seeds and 80 percent of corn seeds used in the U.S. are sold by just one company—Monsanto. Four companies are responsible for up to 90 percent of the global trade in grain. And one in four food dollars is spent at Walmart.
The overwhelming support for Occupy our Food Supply underscores the unity between farmers, parents, health care professionals, human rights activists, food justice advocates and food lovers around the world who are increasingly viewing their concerns as different manifestations of the same underlying problem—a food system structured for short term profit instead of the long term health of people and the planet.
Supporting groups include—Bay Localize, Berkeley Association for Animal Advocacy, Biosafety Alliance, California Food and Justice Coalition, Chiapas Support Committee, Family Farm Defenders, Food Democracy Now, Food First, National Family Farms Coalition, PAN (Pesticide Action Network), Pesticide Watch, Planting Justice, Organic Consumers Association, Occupy Big Food, Occupy Claremont, Occupy Cargill, Occupy DC, Occupy Delaware, Occupy Denver, Occupy Farms, Occupy for Animal Rights, Occupy Fort Lauderdale, Occupy Food, Occupy Gardens Toronto, Occupy Jacksonville, Occupy Maine, Occupy MN/Seeds of Change, Occupy Monsanto, Occupy Philly (Occupy Vacant Lots), Occupy Portland, OWS-Food Justice, OWS Puppets, OWS Sustainability, Occupy Santa Cruz, Occupy SF Environmental Justice Working Group, and Occupy the Food System- Oakland, among many others.
For the full list of supporters and more information on the events planned for Occupy our Food Supply, click here.
Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist and internationally renowned activist, adds—"Our food system has been hijacked by corporate giants from the seed to the table. Seeds controlled by Monsanto, agribusiness trade controlled by Cargill, processing controlled by Pepsi and Philip Morris, retail controlled by Walmart—is a recipe for Food Dictatorship. We must Occupy the Food system to create Food Democracy."
Raj Patel, activist, academic and author of The Value of Nothing, reflects—"It's hard for us to imagine life without food corporations because they've made our world theirs. Although we think food companies make food for us, in almost every way that matters, we—and our planet—are being transformed to suit food companies. From their marketing to children and exploitation of workers to environmental destruction in search of profit, the food industry represents one of the most profound threats to sustainability we face today."
Occupy Wall Street's Sustainability and Food Justice Committees issued this statement in support of #F27—"On Monday, February 27th, 2012, OWS Food Justice, OWS Sustainability, Oakland Food Justice & the worldwide Occupy Movement invite you to join the Global Day of Action to Occupy the Food Supply. We challenge the corporate food regime that has prioritized profit over health and sustainability. We seek to create healthy local food systems. We stand in Solidarity with Indigenous communities, and communities around the world, that are struggling with hunger, exploitation, and unfair labor practices."
"On this day, in New York City, community gardeners, activists, labor unions, farmers, food workers, and citizens of the NYC metro area, will gather at Zuccotti Park at noon, for a Seed Exchange, to raise awareness about the corporate control of our food system and celebrate the local food communities in the metro area."
Marion Nestle, professor and author of What to Eat and Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, said—"While the food industry digs in to fight public health regulations, the food movement will continue to attract support from those willing to promote a healthier and more sustainable food system. Watch for more young people going into farming and more farmers' markets, farm-to-school programs, school meal initiatives, and grassroots community efforts to implement food programs and legislate local reforms. There is plenty of hope for the future in local efforts to improve school meals, reduce childhood obesity, and make healthier food more available and affordable for all."
Rukaiya Rofiq, director of the human rights organization Yayasan SETARA Jambi in Indonesia, said—"It is encouraging to see Americans connecting the dots between the food choices they make at a grocery store and the serious impacts those choices have here in Southeast Asia. When an additive like palm oil is used to make cheap crackers and cookies it gives companies a green light to expand palm plantations at all costs which is why we see community member homes bulldozed when they fight expansion, Indigenous land rights ignored, and natural rainforests completely decimated. Invisible companies like Cargill, who are profiting off the backs of Indonesians, must be held accountable in the countries they call home."
Michael Ableman, farmer and founder of the Center for Urban Agriculture in Goleta, California, said—"We are focusing on what we are for, as much as what we are against. We are re-occupying our soils with life and fertility and our communities with good food. We are working to rebuild the real economy, one based on soil and seeds and sunlight and individuals and communities growing together."
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Sylvan LaCue takes a brief journey to the familiar with his latest tape 'E V A N G E L I N E'. The Fortune produced EP serves as an aftermath tale to his highly anticipated, upcoming album 'Far From Familiar'.
Futuristic is a rapper residing in Arizona & Devvon Terrell is a R&B singer from Brooklyn. The west coast and the east coast artists have collabed together in the past, their recent offering is the bombastic 'Coast 2 Coast' mixtape.
"Never one to leave his audience in waiting—especially during the holiday season—Marco gift "raps" a successful 2015 and delivers the highly anticipated mixtape, Blue December."
Pittsburgh singer CJ Tonic, and Rhode Island emcee Cru Alxndr, collaborate together for their EP, Pink Treasure. The tape is an ode to females around the world, a world admittedly dominated by men and some of these men objectify women; Pink Treasure is the perspective from the other men who treasure the worth of worthy women.
CreativAngel took a couple years to hone and focus his talents since his 2nd mixtape, Focus. The young emcee, soon to be 23, takes the lessons he's learned during his sabbatical to enlighten listeners on his new tape 'Creativ U'.
Cassio Mccombs takes a dive into the deep end in his Chillwave instrumental mix ' The Deep End'.
'Run The Jewels 2' is critically acclaimed and is a personal favorite of mine boasting a raw approach to just dope raps over dope beats, no need for hooks or any other mainstream gimmicks. Their latest offering, Meow The Jewels, is no gimmick either, trust me. 'Meow The Jewels' is a remix to 'Run The Jewels 2', with each original record receiving scratches from prominent producers and DJs such as Just Blaze, The Alchemist, BOOTS, Zola Jesus, and more.


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La vicomté de Cardona, apparue autour de la ville de Cardona, fut détachée du comté d'Osona au . Elle fut la base de la puissance de la famille de Cardona, qui obtient son élévation au titre de comté de Cardona au . Le duché de Cardona, un des titres nobiliaires les plus prestigieux d'Espagne, fut créé en 1482 par les Rois catholiques en faveur de Jean Raymond III Folch de Cardona.

Histoire

Vicomté de Cardona

Dans la  du , les vicomtes d'Osona, subalternes des comtes d'Osona, s'établissent autour de Cardona, où ils établissent leur château. Le premier vicomte connu qui exerce à Cardona est un certain Guadall, qui venait d'Osona et qui meurt vers 973. Son fils Ermemir, mort en 1010, lui succède et s'occupe du repeuplement de son domaine, par une charte de repeuplement, octroyée par le comte d'Osona Borell. Il reçoit semble-t-il même le droit de battre monnaie par cette même charte. La vicomté s'étend alors, à la frontière occidentale du comté d'Osona, autour du château de Cardona, dans la vallée du Cardener, jursqu'à Bergús à l'ouest, la vallée de Navel et le ruisseau d'Ora, et au nord Sorba et Gargallà. Les limites au sud et à l'est sont moins précises.

Les premiers à porter le titre de vicomte de Cardona sont Guisla de Cardona en 1062 et son fils Raymond Folch , mort en 1086. Son frère et successeur, Folch II de Cardona dirige la vicomté au nom de son petit-neveu Bernat Amat de Claramunt, fils de sa nièce Ermessinde, morte abbesse en 1090. Il devient ensuite évêque d'Urgell en 1089, puis de Barcelone en 1095, où il s'oppose au comte de Barcelone Bérenger-Raimond II, avant de s'éteindre en 1099.

Bernard Aimé de Claramunt, ayant hérité de la vicomté, prend le nom de Cardona. Il épouse une fille des comtes de Barcelone et meurt en 1151. Son fils, Raymond Folch II, étant mort en 1150, c'est son petit-fils, Raymond Folch III de Cardona, qui lui succède vers 1155. Il épouse Isabelle, fille du comte d'Urgell Armengol VI. Ennemi du vicomte et troubadour Guilhem de Berguedan, il est tué par lui à Colltort en 1176. Son fils aîné, Bérenger  de Cardona, lui succède brièvement (1176-1177), avant que la vicomté revienne à son fils cadet, Guillaume de Cardona. Au début du , les vicomtes de Cardona Raymond Folch IV et, surtout, son fils Raymond Folch V, participent aux grandes révoltes nobiliaires contre le roi d'Aragon Jacques . Le fils de Raymond Folch V, Raymond Folch VI, surnommé le Prohom Vinculador, collabore avec les rois Pierre III, Alphonse III et Jacques II.

Durant trois siècles, la vicomté s'est considérablement agrandie. En 1365, elle s'étend sur  km² et compte  feux. Elle comprend, outre Cardona et une bande de territoire de Bages à la droite du Cardener, pratiquement tout le Solsonès, avec les villes de Solsona et Sant Llorenç de Morunys, ainsi que les zones limitrophes du Berguedà (Correà, Capolat et el Pujol de Planes), de la Segarra (Ivorra, Tarroja et Torà), de la Noguera (Vilanova de l'Aguda) et d'Anoia (Castellfollit de Riubregós, Pujalt et Calaf), la vallée d'Òdena et les châteaux entre Anoia et l'Alt Penedès (Montbui, Claramunt, Orpinell, Mediona) et, enfin, Vallmoll, dans l'Alt Camp.

Les vicomtes sont des personnages importants, proches conseillers des rois d'Aragon. En 1375, Hugues II de Cardona est élevé à la dignité de comte, ce qui le met au même niveau que les anciens lignages comtaux d'Ampurias, de Pallars, de Prades et d'Urgell.

Comté de Cardona

Le titre de comte est octroyé en 1375 à Hugues de Cardona par le roi Pierre III. Hugues agrandit considérablement le territoire de son comté, obtenant la vicomté de Vilamur en 1381, la riche baronnie de Bellpuig et celle de la Juneda en 1386. Jean Raymond Folch de Cardona, qui succède à son père Hugues II en 1400, poursuit la politique familiale de proximité avec les souverains aragonais. À la suite du compromis de Caspe de 1412, il se rallie à la maison de Trastamare et Ferdinand . En récompense, sa famille obtient des avantages : en 1425, son fils Jean Raymond Folch II, qui a épousé  l'héritière du comté, Jeanne de Prades, obtient un jugement favorable dans le procès sur l'héritage du comté de Prades et de la baronnie d'Entença.

Jean Raymond Folch III, fils du comte précédent, obtient le gouvernement du comté de sa mère en 1445. Quand éclate la guerre civile catalane, en 1462, il embrasse la cause du roi Jean II, contre les autorités catalanes. Son fils, Jean Raymond Folch IV, qui reçoit des propositions pour devenir roi, les décline, et reste lui aussi fidèle au roi. Il obtient la main d'Aldonza Enríquez, tante du roi Ferdinand II et est investi en 1491 du comté de Pallars Sobirà, qu'il a conquis au nom du roi. Ce comté est érigé en marquisat, tandis que le comté de Cardona est érigé en duché.

Duché de Cardona

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Articles connexes

 Famille Folch de Cardona
 Liste des vicomtes, comtes et ducs de Cardona

Liens externes

  « vescomtat de Cardona », Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, consulté le .
  « comtat de Cardona », Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, consulté le .

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HMAC and SHA-1 weakness?
Imagine the following scenario:
Select known data (known to several parties)
Mix data with secret key and generate SHA-1 hash
Mix SHA-1 hash with secret key and generate HMAC
The purpose is to verify the integrity of the data - to ensure that data has not been altered after the generation of the HMAC.
My question is:
Is there any weakness to using a SHA-1 hash rather than for example SHA-256 in this scenario?
Does the use of SHA-1 make it easier to for example extract the secret key compared to SHA-256?
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$\begingroup$ Isn't this a duplicate crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/18575/is-hmac-sha-1-secure? $\endgroup$ – theCuriousOne Sep 21 '16 at 15:42
$\begingroup$ Please provide a more precise specification of your scheme. How exactly do you propose that the mixing will work? What do you mean by "generate HMAC"? Try specifying your algorithm using formulas. $\endgroup$ – D.W. Sep 21 '16 at 17:37
$\begingroup$ Please Check d-HMAC, it is an improvement of HMAC. $\endgroup$ – Adam Mucha Jan 14 '18 at 1:41
If the data is already known then there is no reason to distribute it. You could just refer to it.
That's what you use a HMAC for.
You'd normally use your symmetric key only once.
It's got smaller output and therefore less protection against brute force attacks, but HMAC in itself isn't vulnerable. SHA-1 is however under attack, with collision resistance the first to go. If you manage to muck up step 2 then you're likely in trouble. If you use HMAC then you may not be directly vulnerable to current known attacks. But attacks only get better.
No, the fact that SHA-1 may be less collision resistant doesn't mean that the algorithm is reversible.
That said, unless there are pressing requirements to use SHA-1, e.g. backwards compatibility, I would rather choose SHA-256 or SHA-512/256.
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Regarding SHA-1 vs SHA-256, SHA-1 is somewhat deprecated because it's getting uncomfortably close to being broken for some applications: it may be possible to generate a collision for a cost of less than 1M\$ (although it's been a while since this prediction was made and nobody's published a collision yet). In your scenario, the important property is not collision resistance (i.e. being unable to find X and Y such that SHA-1(X) = SHA-1(Y) but X ≠ Y), but preimage resistance (being unable to find X given SHA-1(X)). There is no known attack against this property that's anywhere close to being feasible. So while it would be good hygiene to use SHA-256, SHA-1 is also ok.
Remembering HMAC-SHA-1(secret key, data) is sufficient to verify the integrity of the data without allowing entities that don't know the key to find what the data is. Even SHA-1(data) would mostly do for this, except that an adversary could verify a guess for the data. With HMAC-SHA-1, an adversary cannot verify a guess without knowing the secret key or asking a party that knows the secret key. If your only concern is to verify the integrity then SHA-1 is sufficient.
Your step 2 is not necessary and you should skip it. It's probably not harmful, but it might be. It depends exactly how you "mix data with secret key". Generally speaking, it's a bad idea to use the same key for multiple purposes, because there might be coincidences in the way the key is used. For example, if the way you do this mix at step 2 is to calculate HMAC-SHA-1(secret key, data), then your integrity value is HMAC-SHA-1(secret key, HMAC-SHA-1(secret key, data)). If the intermediate value is revealed to an adversary then they can submit it as the data, and then they can get your system to calculate HMAC-SHA-1(secret key, HMAC-SHA-1(secret key, HMAC-SHA-1(secret key, data))), and so on, which might give them some advantage such as substituting some data with its HMAC. This sort of protocol attack tends to work only if things align just right, but in practice it does sometimes happen that things align just right, and that can completely break an otherwise-secure system. So, don't use the same key for different purposes.
If you need to use secret material in different places in a protocol, then use your secret material as a master secret rather than a key, and apply a key derivation function to generate independent-in-practice keys for each purpose. But here you should simply omit step 2 and use the key only once, for the single HMAC step.
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As Mac OS X was starting out in 2001, Jonathan Ploudre looked back at BeOS, which Apple had considered as a potential replacement for the Classic Mac OS when it gave up on its Copland project. BeOS had much to commend itself, including a whole different kind of system architecture that made even older Macs snappy.
BeOS or NeXT: Did Apple Make the Wrong Choice? BeOS was very responsive, even on older Macs, and its journaling file system was way ahead of what Apple and NeXT had.
BeOS and BFS, the BeOS Filing System explains the advantages of a journaled file system.
User Interface: Mac vs. BeOS looks at some of the UI choices made by Be's developers.
Using BeOS on a Power Mac looks at how well BeOS worked on PowerPC Macs while pointing out how disappointing it was that it would never run on G3 and G4 Macs.
NeXT: Apple's Right Choice concludes the series, examining why NeXTstep was a good choice for basis of Apple's next generation operating system.
There is an Open Source project called Haiku that is working to try to clone the BeOs. It has come a long way over the past 10 years or so and is worth a look.


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What is 710 Day?
You've heard of 420, but April 20th isn't the only day of the year cannabis aficionados circle on their calendar. 710, or July 10th, focuses on highlighting cannabis in all its forms, particularly oils, concentrates, and dabs.
But if you've never heard of 710 before, you're not alone. 710 still isn't as well-known or as popular as 420. It's much newer, dating back to 2012. Compared with 420, there are also fewer mainstream pop culture references to 710. However, 710 awareness continues to grow each year.
We've prepared the following basic guide to help you get the most out of 710 Day this year. Whether it's your first time hearing about 710 or you're a 710 veteran, the information below is sure to be helpful. Once you've learned about 710, you can also spread the word to your friends and family.
What is 710?
710, or 7/10, is widely considered to be a holiday for consuming cannabis oil products, including dabs and concentrates. If you turn 710 upside down it spells OIL, a word that's used to describe cannabis products that are highly potent (hash oil, shatter, wax, resin, etc.) 710 day occurs annually on July 10th, or 7/10.
What Makes 710 Different From 420? What is 710?
If this is your first time hearing about 710, you're probably wondering what, if anything, makes this day different from 420. Although both days honor cannabis culture, there are several key differences.
420 is more general and centers around all forms of cannabis. 710 focuses on cannabis oil, concentrates, extracts, and dabs. In fact, some refer to 710 as International Dab Day.
This means retailers and cannabis media will emphasize oils, concentrates, extracts, and dabs on 710. Many cannabis websites, blogs, podcasts, and YouTube channels produce special content about dabbing that they release on or around 7/10. You may encounter 710 online content that focuses on:
Dabbing basics
Alternative uses for cannabis oil, extracts, and concentrates
Information about CBD oil
Information about specific cannabis blends used in oils, extracts, concentrates, and dabs
You can also expect cannabis retailers to offer 710 sales and promotions. Many companies offer discounts or "buy one get one free" offers on 710. These sales promotions may include cannabis oil, extracts, concentrates, and dabs, as well as accessories.
Why Is It Called 710?
Unlike the origins of 420, no one knows exactly who invented 710, but some sources attribute the creation of 710 Day to rapper and cannabis activist Taskrok.
According to an interview with The Leaf Online, Taskrok and his friends were interested in picking a day to consume cannabis dabs but wanted to choose an alternative to 420. Taskrok suggested July 10th because 710 looks like "OIL" spelled upside-down.
However, Taskrok denies ownership of 710's origins, telling The Leaf Online, "I don't want to try to own it though. It belongs to the community now."
Info For First-Time Dabbers on 710
Cannabis oil, extracts, concentrates, and dabs are relatively newer forms of cannabis consumption. If you've never tried them, 710 is an opportunity to broaden your horizons. Wondering where to start? You can always ask your local retailer's budtenders for help getting into oils, extracts, concentrates, and dabs. Additionally, this info can help you get started:
The Dabbing Process
The process of dabbing may sound more complex than smoking cannabis or consuming an edible, but it's actually quite simple. When dabbing, you place a small amount of cannabis oil, extract, concentrate or wax (known as a "dab") onto a heated surface. Usually, this surface is a metal or ceramic chamber inside a vaporizer or similar device. The heat causes the cannabis to release a cloud of cannabinoids, which you then inhale.
Why People Dab
You may be wondering why people consume cannabis oil, extracts, concentrates, or dabs instead of smoking or eating cannabis. There are several reasons why some cannabis users prefer these methods.
First, dabbing causes the effects of cannabis to "kick in" much sooner. Often, it only takes a few seconds for users to feel the effects of cannabis after dabbing. Many also feel that cannabis oils, concentrates, extracts, and dabs are a better value because they're much more potent than other cannabis methods. When properly stored, they also stay fresher longer.
Second, the vapor produced by cannabis oils, extracts, concentrates, and dabs is less harsh on your lungs. These methods are considered "smoke-free." Users who have respiratory issues or dislike the feeling of normal smoke often prefer to dab instead of consuming cannabis in a pipe or joint.
Types of Dabs
If you're interested in dabbing on 710, you'll find a wide variety of cannabis oils, extracts, concentrates, and dabs available for consumption. As with other types of cannabis, dabs are available in sativa, indica, or hybrid varieties.
You can also find cannabis oils, extracts, concentrates, and dabs that are CBD dominant.
Head to CULTA for Your 710 Day Needs
Our professional budtenders and customer service team are standing by to help.


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Q: vagrant up error, windows firewall Tesla@DESKTOP-BKQPA9C MINGW64 ~/Desktop/Shell
$ vagrant up
==> default: Attempting graceful shutdown of VM...
    default: Guest communication could not be established! This is usually because
    default: SSH is not running, the authentication information was changed,
    default: or some other networking issue. Vagrant will force halt, if
    default: capable.
==> default: Forcing shutdown of VM...
==> default: Checking if box 'ubuntu/trusty64' is up to date...
==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
    default: Adapter 1: nat
==> default: Forwarding ports...
    default: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
    default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
    default: SSH username: vagrant
    default: SSH auth method: private key
Timed out while waiting for the machine to boot. This means that
Vagrant was unable to communicate with the guest machine within
the configured ("config.vm.boot_timeout" value) time period.

If you look above, you should be able to see the error(s) that
Vagrant had when attempting to connect to the machine. These errors
are usually good hints as to what may be wrong.

If you're using a custom box, make sure that networking is properly
working and you're able to connect to the machine. It is a common
problem that networking isn't setup properly in these boxes.
Verify that authentication configurations are also setup properly,
as well.

If the box appears to be booting properly, you may want to increase
the timeout ("config.vm.boot_timeout") value.

I think the problem is with firewall exception. A window should pop-up asking for an exception, but it didn't. I created the firewall exception by myself.
Still not working.
I think I am lacking somewhere in the windows firewall settings.
This is my Vagrant file
# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"

# Installation script
$script = <<SCRIPT
echo Provisioning system ...
apt-get install cowsay unzip
rm /usr/share/cowsay/cows/*odo*
SCRIPT

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $script
end

I also noticed that there is no adapter settings for VirtualBox Host-Only Network in Network Connection settings in control panel.

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The 2018 YouTube Rewind Is Here: K-Pop, Fortnite, ASMR, Will Smith & More
Mark Sundstrom
Mark Sundstrom Published: December 6, 2018
YouTube has their YouTube Rewind for 2018, the video platform's annual recap of all the biggest YouTubers, viral videos, social media memes, and basically anything popular online over the past 12 months. It's a lot, but it's great.
2018's YouTube Rewind starts off strong with megastar, and everyone's favorite new Instagram user this year, Will Smith. The theme of this year's Rewind is that the YouTube users and creators control it, so when Will Smith says he wants Fortnite and famous YouTuber Marques Brownlee, he gets exactly that.
Set to a remix of Cardi B's inescapable hit "I Like It" with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, the famous YouTuber is suddenly sky diving out of a flying bus with fellow YouTubers ItsFunneh, GamingWithKev, Luzu, and more.
Upon landing on the magical island, the YouTubers and Internet personalities realize they control Rewind, meaning they can make anything happen – and they do.
Around a campire, Liza Koshi, sWooZie, and more YouTubers wish what they think Rewind should be, and then we see all those wishes magically come true.
We get to see a diverse who's who of online stars recreate a K-pop music video, do wacky science experiments, and eat EVERYTHING in a mukbang (in South Korea). EDM star Marshmello drops in, and so does the Walmart yodeling kid, who judges a figure skating performance by 2018 Winter Olympics medal winner Adam Adam Rippon. We also see a bunch of YouTube's animated, two-dimensional famous faces doing the #InMyFeelingsChallenge to a remix of Drake's massive hit.
Then the Rewind video goes deep, dedicating a segment to activists, people promoting important causes, those who bravely talked about mental health, fierce and empowering queens of the drag world, increased Asian representation in media, and all women "finding their voices," teachers, refugees, and kids who follow their dreams.
Then the creators turn their attention to the comments to see what fans think should be in this year's YouTube Rewind. We get to see a lot of soccer, more Fortnite, some ASMR and slow-mo footage, and even YouTubers strutting a runway in the hilariously oversized costumes from Kanye West and Lil Pump's "I Love It" video, all set to a remix of Panic! At The Disco's recent hit "High Hopes." Oh, "Baby Shark" is in there, too.
Watch the impressive run-down in full above, and let us know your favorite part, or if you think they left anything out that should have been included.
Filed Under: Brendon Urie, Cardi B, Drake, Kanye West, Lil Pump, Marshmello, Panic at the Disco, Will Smith
Categories: Celebrity News, News


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HomeAmericasRolls-Royce to manufacture propellers for U.S. Navy's Constellation (FFG-62) frigates
Rolls-Royce to manufacture propellers for U.S. Navy's Constellation (FFG-62) frigates
May 11, 2021 GDC Americas, Defense Industry, Industry 0
Rolls-Royce has reached agreement with Fincantieri Marinette Marine to design and manufacture up to 40 fixed-pitch propellers for the U.S. Navy's Constellation-class (FFG-62) guided missile frigate program. Fincantieri was awarded the shipbuilding contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in April 2020, to design and build the first FFG-62 class frigate. The program of record is for a total of 20 ships, with the first to be delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2026.
US Navy Selected Fincantieri Marinette to Build FFG(X) Frigate
US Navy's Constellation Class Frigates
Hellenic Navy plans to purchase four Multi-Mission MMSC frigates
Neil Pickard, SVP – Land & Sea, Business Development and Future Programs said: "We're excited to join Fincantieri on the U.S. Navy's newest frigate program. We've been strong international partners for many years and now we'll work together in the U.S. for the first time to deliver world-class American-made products for our military."
The first set of propellers (two per ship) is scheduled to be delivered to Fincantieri in 2023.
The propellers will be manufactured in Rolls-Royce's recently upgraded Pascagoula, Mississippi foundry and will be some of the first work to utilize the newly installed state-of-the-art equipment and renovated facility; funded through investments from the DoD, Rolls-Royce, Jackson County (MS) and the state of Mississippi.
"This will be one of the first dividends realized on the recent investments in Pascagoula thus ensuring critical Naval manufacturing capabilities are retained in the U.S.," said Neil. "And, we'll continue to deliver on those investments, supporting the needs of the future Naval fleet with our full range of in-country capabilities including design, manufacture, test and maintenance."
Each propeller for the FFG-62 class frigate weighs more than an average passenger bus. The Rolls-Royce Pascagoula Foundry is one of only two facilities in the country qualified to cast propellers of this size for the U.S. Navy. In fact, ninety-five percent of the commissioned U.S. Navy surface fleet is equipped with Rolls-Royce propellers.
Naval components manufactured by Rolls-Royce at Pascagoula include controllable-pitch propeller systems, fixed-pitch propellers, and water jets.
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Keel Laid For French Navy's Support Ship
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'Chole Bhature' is an exotic vegetarian dish of the Punjabi Cuisine. It is one of my family favorite dishes. 'Chole Bhature' is a combination of spicy and tangy Chole with crispy and puffed Bhature. Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans) when cooked slowly with onion, tomatoes, and other spices turns to a rich, delicious, and aromatic curry well-known as Chole, which is served with fried leavened bread called as Bhatura. It is popular as a breakfast, fast food, and even as main meal, as it is a complete meal in itself. Chole Bhature is accompanied with lassi, onions, and carrot or mango pickle. This dish is a must in almost all Indian restaurants and relished by one and all.
Heat the oil and ghee in a deep pan and add cumin seeds. Once it crackles add the bay leaf. Now add finely chopped onions and saute for 1-2 minutes on medium heat till it changes color. Add ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute. Add the mashed/pureed tomatoes and cook on medium till you see oil leaving the sides. To it add the chole masala, red chili powder, dried mango powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt and 1 cup of water, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the chickpeas and mix well.Cook on a medium flame for 5 to 7 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Chole is ready to be served. Garnish with some fresh cilantro and onion rings.
Oil for frying the Bhaturas.
In a large bowl, sieve together all-purpose flour, semolina, and baking powder. Now add sugar and salt and mix it well. Add 2 Tbsp. cooking oil and mix it with your palm. Add yogurt and mix well. Knead into firm dough by adding little water if needed. Apply little oil and cover the dough with a wet muslin cloth and leave it to risen for about 2-4 hours. After couple of hours, knead the dough once again. Meanwhile heat the oil in a pan to fry the bhaturas. Now divide the dough into equal portions and give them a shape of a ball. Roll out each of the dough balls into oval or circular shape with a rolling pin.Deep fry the bhatura's on high heat one at a time till the bhaturas puff up and both sides are slightly golden brown in color. Drain on absorbent paper or kitchen towel. Do not roll the bhatura's too thin else it will not puff up. Serve hot with Chole.
Relish this mouth-watering Chole Bhature with family and friends.


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BLACK TRIP INTERVIEW: "I WANT TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD TO DARKNESS"
Posted November 30, 2015 by Louise Brown
Back in 2012, when working on the very first issue of Iron Fist, we interviewed Peter Stjarnvind about his then new band Black Trip. Now having just released their second full-length 'Shadowline' we thought we would re-print the entire article as his passion for his band and for heavy metal has not changed. Vocalist Joseph Tholl is interviewed in the latest issue of the magazine, out on December 7
"You can laugh at me but don't you ever make jokes about heavy metal. It's my religion."
Peter Stjarnvind is deadly serious. You can hear it in his voice as he spits his manifesto down the crackly phone line. The former Entombed, Krux and Nifelheim drummer has a passion and it's that word that sums up our 50 minute conversation. And it's a passion for traditional, true, authentic heavy metal, so much so that it's lead to new band, Black Trip.
Don't for one second presume that in the wake of the Swedish revivalists (Enforcer, Portrait, In Solitude et al) that our gallant stickmaster decided to jump on a bandwagon. Peter's been an advocate of heavy metal since the late '70s, and while his erstwhile Nifelheim bandmates have morphed into the comedic brothers of Maiden fandom, he's just as much a maniac for metal as the Bröderna hardrock. However for Peter, swap Bruce for Biff and you're getting close to his obsession. It was seven years ago that he found himself drinking backstage at a festival with fellow drummer Daniel Bergkvist (of Swedish speed freaks Wolf) and lamenting the lack of love for Saxon and by the end of the weekend they'd promised to start a band that would pay respect to the men that "brought us all together".
Forming before the current wave of traditionalists got together to start a well-needed old-school metal revival, Black Trip was the domain solely of Peter. He picked up a guitar, not his instrument of choice, and started to write the music of his youth that he missed so much.
"The first time I met Daniel we came to the conclusion that we both loved the '70s and '80s heavy metal sound. So that inspired me to start writing," he explains. "I wrote 'The Sleeper', the first song, about seven years ago. I've taken my time to write the songs. I wanted to focus on the sound coming from England between '79-'82. I want Black Trip to be on the right side of the road to darkness."
Iron Fist discovered Black Trip through their Facebook page and before long the two demo tracks online would be the most played songs in the office. But beyond the familiar sounds of NWOBHM, a painstaking recreation of the passion (there's that word again) of the underdogs such as Bleak House and Jaguar, there's something else lurking, and like most of the contemporary Swedish heavy metal bands it's hard to miss the nods to their own kin, Heavy Load, Oz, Jonah Quizz and other such forgotten heavy metal gems from the Northlands.
"I wanted to recapture the sounds of bands like Pokolgép from Hungary, Drakar from Czechoslovakia and a lot of weirder bands out there. Witch Cross from Denmark and Sarcofagus from Finland too," he tells us as he carries on to reel off a list of obscure bands that we're not going to pretend to know about. "The Scandinavian bands were influenced only by the British bands as none of us had heard the Eastern Europeans bands. You had to wait for the wall to come down. All these bands were locked in the East, y'know? And the fascinating thing is, where did they get their influences from?"
Influence is something that is cannot be understated in heavy metal, especially where Iron Fist is concerned. Why is it that we are so comfortable with the past? Why are we so dismissive of modernity, like mixing thrash with dubstep or taking the sounds of Meshuggah and multiplying it beyond recognition? In an earlier conversation with Niklas Kvarforth of Shining, who himself is always trying to push his band into newer territories, he admits openly to being a copy of what his forbears Burzum and Mayhem did, and it seems that the metal covered in Iron Fist will always be open about its respect of past masters. Is Peter worried that he may be stuck in the past?
"Maybe, on some level. But now we can see what's good and what's not. What I miss is that hunger that metal bands seemed to have early on. What I've tried to capture with Black Trip is the spirit of all those hundreds of British heavy metal bands that recorded one 7" and wanted to make an album because Iron Maiden did and Saxon did. They were so hungry you can hear it. That's gone these days, it seems so pretentious and not about the passion for the music.
"And another thing I thought a lot about, when looking for a singer for Black Trip, every fucking New Wave band had a great singer but I can't mention even five decent singers from England now. Where did they go?"
Which brings us to Joseph Tholl. The idea of the guitarist from perky, upbeat youths Enforcer joining forces with a member of the servants of Satan beggars belief, but the unlikely lads have collided and created one of the most exciting demos of 2012.
"He's much younger than me," Peter laughs. "We met properly on June 22, I remember the date because it was the day Breivik shot those kids in Norway. We were playing the same festival and he was doing backing vocals in Enforcer and I asked him if he'd ever consider singing lead. He recorded the vocals for the demo and I was overwhelmed because he completely captured what I was looking for. He had that passion, so it was a good marriage.
"One thing that I think was important when looking for a singer also is to know that JB from Grand Magus was going to be involved," Peter admits. "He sounded great, but it sounded like Grand Magus, so for me there was no point doing it. I hadn't heard Joseph's folk/blues band [www.MySpace.com/JosephTholl] before doing this but this is certainly the first time he's sung lead in a heavy metal band and I think it's good to not have a 'known' guy, otherwise it just sounds, well, with JB it just sounded like I'd written a song for Grand Magus. So to find someone like Joseph who didn't already sing in another band was amazing to me. JB heard the songs with Joseph actually, and said to me 'stick with that guy!"
At the time of writing Black Trip have only played a couple of shows and released a 7" through Primitive Art, but they already shine. Maybe it's the combination of Peter's history with the genre's early days and his legacy with some of extreme music's most game-changing bands matched with Joseph's youth and obsession with recapturing a sound he was too young to live through. However, Peter is adamant that this is his project… for now.
"Both Joseph and Sebastian [Ramstedt, guitars, also of Nifelheim and ex-Necrophobic] have song ideas but we're gonna take them for the second album," he insists. "I thought since I'd written all the songs up to here, for me, it would be the most perfect gift to have all of them on the first album. I want to have the first Maiden album and then we can do the 'Killers' album. It's not an ego thing, I just want to keep it so we're recording these songs and keeping it how I thought it would sound.
"However, I don't sing, so I don't write song melodies, so it was really good with Joseph because for the 7" I had some lyrics written by Erik Danielsson from Watain and some written by the guitarist from Kaamos but Joseph didn't find the melodies right so he wanted to rewrite the lyrics, and I think that's a really brave idea. He's definitely an asset for me."
With such legendary names such as Daniel, Sebastian, Erik, Konstantin, JB and of course Peter involved in one way or another it would be easy to file Black Trip in the supergroup or side-project box. Does Peter agree?
"I see it as a band," he says firmly. "I thought of it as a side-project when I was doing the songs on my own, sitting recording at a friend's house. Do you wanna know how I record?"
"I go to a rehearsal room with two microphones plugged straight into ProTools and then I count in myself with the drum sticks and then I think about the riffs in my head and record. No click track, no guitars. I do it once, and then I go and do the guitars, bass and the leads. That is a project. All the demo songs and the 7" I did like that. There is a reason for not using a drum machine. One, it sounds stiff and awful and you don't get the feeling. Second, I can't programme for shit and it pisses me off. It took me 20 minutes to record [forthcoming album song] 'Feeding The Fire', I set up the microphones, took off my shirt and just played it once and it's so much easier for me to do that than try and programme a drum machine. In a sense it's been a project but now we're playing together it's a whole different thing."
As the conversation continues we go back to the current music scene. Peter's lived through so many of the vital musical zeitgeists; NWOBHM, the birth of death metal in Stockholm, the explosion of the Gothenburg scene, black metal's second wave, so it's interesting to get his take on the contemporary metal scene, and while he's quick to dismiss the Americanisation of Swedish death metal ("I'm pretty sure that I know more about heavy metal than some American who just discovered At The Gates, some clown with shorts on, you know what I mean? It bothers me as a human being, not just as a hard rocker!") he's not worried about the recent success of bands like Ghost.
"I wrote these songs seven years ago, there was no resurgence to speak of and now I'm not sure if this is a good time for Black Trip or not," he ponders. "I think a lot of the bands in the new wave, or whatever you wanna call it, have a good personality to them rather than the death metal scene in the early '90s where every band started to sound so alike. There's more personality in the metal bands. You can hear the difference between Enforcer and In Solitude or Ghost.
"I don't think they should be in my territory because they don't know what they're doing anyway," he continues when asked if he's worried that in the wake of Ghost a new batch of watered-down versions could be cloned to make the bigger labels a quick buck or two. "I always think people don't understand that heavy metal isn't a music style, it's a lifestyle. You can't just jump in and out and think that you're cool or hip or with it, it's a passion that doesn't go away. If labels do try and copy it to get their own Ghost, or own occult/trad metal band it's not going to effect us. Put it like this, if I sell a million copies of Black Trip I would be worried because I know that there isn't one million people who really understand heavy metal. Why is my ex-wife liking Ghost? Because she heard it on the radio? It's weird that people like Ghost but they don't like Mercyful Fate, that's a fucking insult to everything I care about. It would be like liking Black Trip but not Saxon."


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A note on our lawsuit against Otto and Uber
Competition in the self-driving space is a good thing; it pushes everyone to develop better, safer and more affordable technology. But we believe that competition should be fueled by innovation in the labs and on the roads, not through unlawful actions.
Recently, we uncovered evidence that Otto and Uber have taken and are using key parts of Waymo's self-driving technology. Today, we're taking legal action against Otto and its parent company Uber for misappropriating Waymo trade secrets and infringing our patents. We wanted to share more context on why we made this decision.
Our investments in self driving cars and LiDAR
Our team formed in 2009 with the goal of making transportation safer and easier for millions of people. We've made tremendous progress since then, developing custom software and hardware in-house, dramatically improving the performance of our self-driving system, accumulating millions of miles of experience and completing the world's first truly autonomous ride on public roads.
One of the most powerful parts of our self-driving technology is our custom-built LiDAR — or "Light Detection and Ranging." LiDAR works by bouncing millions of laser beams off surrounding objects and measuring how long it takes for the light to reflect, painting a 3D picture of the world. LiDAR is critical to detecting and measuring the shape, speed and movement of objects like cyclists, vehicles and pedestrians.
Hundreds of Waymo engineers have spent thousands of hours, and our company has invested millions of dollars to design a highly specialized and unique LiDAR system. Waymo engineers have driven down the cost of LiDAR dramatically even as we've improved the quality and reliability of its performance. The configuration and specifications of our LiDAR sensors are unique to Waymo. Misappropriating this technology is akin to stealing a secret recipe from a beverage company.
Why we're taking a stand
In 2016, Uber bought a six-month old startup called Otto and appointed its founder (a former employee on our self-driving car project) as its head of self-driving technology. At the time, it was reported that Otto's LiDAR sensor was one of the key reasons Uber acquired the company.
Recently, we received an unexpected email. One of our suppliers specializing in LiDAR components sent us an attachment (apparentlyinadvertently) of machine drawings of what was purported to be Uber's LiDAR circuit board — except its design bore a striking resemblance to Waymo's unique LiDAR design.
We found that six weeks before his resignation this former employee,Anthony Levandowski, downloaded over 14,000 highly confidential and proprietary design files for Waymo's various hardware systems, including designs of Waymo's LiDAR and circuit board. To gain access to Waymo's design server, Mr. Levandowski searched for and installed specialized software onto his company-issued laptop. Once inside, he downloaded 9.7 GB of Waymo's highly confidential files and trade secrets, including blueprints, design files and testing documentation. Then he connected an external drive to the laptop. Mr. Levandowski then wiped and reformatted the laptop in an attempt to erase forensic fingerprints.
Beyond Mr. Levandowki's actions, we discovered that other former Waymo employees, now at Otto and Uber, downloaded additional highly confidential information pertaining to our custom-built LiDAR including supplier lists, manufacturing details and statements of work with highly technical information.
We believe these actions were part of a concerted plan to steal Waymo's trade secrets and intellectual property. Months before the mass download of files, Mr. Levandowski told colleagues that he had plans to "replicate" Waymo's technology at a competitor.
There are many more details in our complaint, which outlines unlawful misappropriation of our trade secrets, patent infringement and unfair competition. We're seeking an injunction to stop the misappropriation of our designs, return all trade secret information and cease infringing our patents.
Our parent company Alphabet has long worked with Uber in many areas, and we didn't make this decision lightly. However, given the overwhelming facts that our technology has been stolen, we have no choice but to defend our investment and development of this unique technology.


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It appears that everywhere you turn on the Internet you are graced with advertisements of all kinds. There are the more obtrusive pop-ups, subtle text links, and the trusted middle ground, the banner. It doesn't matter if you are surfing the web hopping from random site to random site or we are searching topic specific keywords in the Google search engine, advertisements will be there.
The majority of advertisements are running across multiple channels (i.e. social, search, etc.) to expand the overall reach of the campaign. Once an advertisement is clicked on, if the advertiser is doing his job, you should be directed to a landing page associated with the advertising campaign.
So, let's take a little bit about landing pages.
In a nutshell to keep this simple and concise, a landing page is a web page that is specifically designed and built to support the message of an advertising campaign. It acts as an extension by including the proper sales copy and images to entice the visitor to perform the desired action (which is usually fill out a form or purchase a product).
Think about this, According to Nielsen Norman Group, the average website visitor will bounce from your site within 10-20 seconds and the average page visit is less than a 60 seconds. On a well built landing page you can expect a bounce rate of 70-90%. This is direct proof that your sales copy, whether text or video, needs to instantly deliver your message and be relevant to your audience.
The landing page example portrays an effective use of sales copy because it is visually appealing and organized into bullet points.
Imagine you are walking down a street and you see a sign that says "1 million dollars right this way". You decide to start heading that direction. After about a mile you get to the end of the road where there is a cliff, and nothing else. You look around and see a bunch of information regarding this 1 million dollars that could be yours. You see beautiful signs, you see awesome images of people throwing money around in the air, but you aren't told how to get this million dollars you were told about.
This same situation is what can occur if your landing page doesn't use a strong call-to-action. If you have the best advertisements in the world scattered all over the web for your campaign with click through rates of 90% (how awesome would that be), it won't matter if people don't know what to do when they get to your landing page. So the key is to inform website visitors exactly what the page is about and what you want them to do when they get there. And, it should always be focused on only one call-to-action, not multiple messages.
You will notice on our TakeLessons landing page there is a one centralized message and one main call to action; private English lessons and getting started is easy.
Over 70 years ago Hedwig von Restorff conducted and experiment on human memory. Basically she wrote down a list of 10 items where 9 out of the 10 were black. The other one was a different color. The conclusion of her experiment showed that people remembered the item that was a different color easier than the others. This same theory applies today and should be leveraged on your landing pages, particularly involving sign up form (assuming your landing page has one- which it should).
There have been a number of studies conducted on color theory in relation to its impact on increasing conversions. A study by ContentVerve.com shows an increase in sales by 35% simply by changing the button color from dark blue to bright green.
Trust is one of the single most important factors in any relationship. Without it, we lack substance. We trust our friends when they tell us to check out a movie. We trust our parents as kids when they tell us we can overcome some childhood obstacle. And we should trust in the product or service we are choosing to buy. It is that simple. Think about this from Tim Ash, adding trust symbols to your landing page can increase conversions by anywhere from 20-40% (although I feel this is a bit extreme and the landing page must have been terrible to begin with).
Reviews, star ratings, and testimonials from authority sites like Yelp, Angie's List, Google, etc.
Miscellaneous badges that read "money back guarantee", "doctor approved", etc.
This is extremely simple and applies directly to your sign up form. Less is more. Only ask for the necessary information you require from a visitor to your landing page in order to convert them or qualify them accordingly. If all you require is an email address and the person is good to go, then ask for an email address only.
As you can see, TakeLessons decided that they needed first name, email, and phone number to qualify people for a proper conversion.
I've had numerous clients come to me for consulting services and they want to add a form to their landing page or website that includes like 12 fields. No one wants to fill out 12 fields unless you are in a specific industry where this is necessary and expected. A perfect example is Adobe. Every form you fill out for an Adobe report of some kind requires like 10 pieces of information. I am still confused why I sign up.
QuickSprout provides an example where conversion rates increased by 120% from simply changing the number of form fields from 11 to 4. Interestingly enough, the same report notes that forms with 3 fields can expect a 25% conversion rate, 3 to 5 fields can see 20%, and forms with 6 plus will result in 15% conversion rate. Now I believe this to be an extreme case, but it is still interesting to see the impact subtle changes can have.
I think the correlation here is very simple. By creating a landing page with great sales copy, a strong call-to-action, proper design and color selection, powerful trust symbols, and the correct number of sign up fields, you will undoubtedly see an increase in conversions. Even websites that are already highly successful like SEOMoz, were able to see a $1 million increase in sales from landing page changes when working with Conversion Rate Experts. No matter how large or small your business may be, if you implement these 5 guiding principles the money will start rolling in shortly after.
For over 15 years I've been in board rooms helping CEOs of start-ups, Fortune 100 companies, & small businesses (SMBs) get results. These articles are the result of my experiences and written to help guide you on your quest.


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Solar Energy in Millbrook, AL
Solar Energy in Millbrook
Sorry, historical solar radition values for Millbrook are currently unavailable, please check back later.
Solar Panels in Millbrook
Solar panels in Millbrook that are tilted towards the equator at an angle equal to the latitude will produce the maximum solar energy output. [More]
Sunrise & Sunset in Millbrook
The total length of the day in Millbrook, AL today (January 15, 2021) will be 10 hours and 16 minutes. [More]
Solar Power in Millbrook, AL
Solar Energy Data in Millbrook, AL
See the chart below to see how different types of solar panel installations compare in Millbrook.
DNI in Millbrook
GHI in Millbrook
ATaL in Millbrook
Jan 4.1 kWh/m2/day 2.76 kWh/m2/day 4.22 kWh/m2/day
Jul 4.67 kWh/m2/day 6.2 kWh/m2/day 5.76 kWh/m2/day
Aug 4.6 kWh/m2/day 5.72 kWh/m2/day 5.73 kWh/m2/day
Oct 4.29 kWh/m2/day 3.94 kWh/m2/day 5.06 kWh/m2/day
Nov 4.31 kWh/m2/day 3.12 kWh/m2/day 4.62 kWh/m2/day
Solar Energy Analysis for Millbrook, AL
Based on historical Millbrook, AL data, solar panels that are tilted towards the equator at an angle equal to the latitude will produce the maximum solar energy output in Millbrook. [1]
Millbrook has an average monthly Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) of 4.63 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day), which is approximately 3% greater than the average monthly Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) of 4.5 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar installations in Millbrook that are always titled at the latitude of Millbrook (Average Tilt at Latitude or ATaL) average 5.2 kWh/m2/day, or about 12% greater than the average monthly GHI of 4.63 kWh/m2/day and approximately 16% greater than the average monthly DNI of 4.5 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar Radiation Levels in Millbrook
Solar Radiation Data in Millbrook, AL
See the chart below for monthly solar radiation levels in Millbrook.
Solar Radiation Value in Millbrook
Solar Radiation Analysis for Millbrook, AL
Sorry, it is not possible to complete our solar radiation analysis for Millbrook at this time.
Historical solar radiation data for Millbrook is not currently available.
Solar Power Comparison: Millbrook vs. the U.S.
Solar Power Levels in Millbrook
Sorry, solar radiation data for Alabama is not currently available. Please try again later.
Below is a month-by-month comparison of how average Millbrook solar radiation levels compare to average levels in a city with historcially high levels (NV) and a city with historically low levels (WA). [1]
Current (Millbrook)
Solar Data & Statistics for Millbrook
Sunrise / Sunset in Millbrook
Sunrise: 12:46 pm
Best Months for Solar in Millbrook
ATaL: May (6.01 kWh/m2/day)
DNI: May (5.09 kWh/m2/day)
GHI: May (6.38 kWh/m2/day)
Solar Panel Installs in Millbrook
We do not currently have data on solar panel installations in the city of Millbrook, AL at this current time.
However, Millbrook is in Elmore County and Elmore County has at least 0 solar insallations right now. [1]
Solar Power Output in Millbrook
The Power of Solar in Millbrook, AL
Monthly AC solar system output averages for Millbrook (al). Month-by-month solar power, as ranked by AC output, in Millbrook. [2]
Average AC Output (Solar) Values in Millbrook by Month
Solar Output Analysis for Millbrook, AL
Cost of Utilities in Millbrook
Millbrook Electricity Costs
Electricity prices (residential) in Millbrook averaged 13.07 cents per kilowatthour (¢/kWh) in October 2020, which was about 4% less than the overall U.S. average residential electricity rate of 13.60¢/kWh in October. [3]
Solar Power Poll: Millbrook
Vote now: Given all of the data and analysis provided for Millbrook, is solar power a good choice for residents of this city?
Millbrook Natural Gas Costs
Natural gas prices (residential) in Alabama averaged $21.22 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) in October 2020, which was approximately 72% more than the overall U.S. average residential natural gas rate of $12.35 per Mcf in October. [4]
Weather Forecast for Millbrook, AL [5]
Gentle Breeze: 10 mps W
Precip.: Chance of Rain
Moderate breeze: 12 mps W
Gentle Breeze: 9 mps W
Light breeze: 6 mps W
Light breeze: 5 mps SSW
Light breeze: 7 mps WSW
More about Millbrook
About Millbrook
The city of Millbrook, AL in Elmore County has an approximate population of 14,640. [6]
Millbrook, AL Solar Energy
To learn more about solar energy and solar power Millbrook, AL, or for more solar-related resources for Millbrook, visit the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
It takes light about 8 minutes, 19 seconds to travel the 93,000,000 miles from the sun's surface to us on Earth.
ZIP Codes in AL
Solar Energy & Solar Power in Millbrook, AL


Selling of properties and selling them at the highest and best possible deals is the core function of a real estate broker sponsor. They might also be used for representation of organizations or individual sellers in the business of real estate and also act as sponsors for individual entity. Different countries o geographical areas have varying requirements for one to be considered as a real estate broker. However the common requirements are that one should have attained the age of 18 and above, be a holder of at least diploma or certificate and be well conversant with the laws of whichever state they reside. They should also have valid and legal license that is usually given to them after they pass through a number of tests.


The same thing happened to me. It put my checking account in debit. I cant reach anyone at FB. So I have to pay for a stop payment. The best thing I can say is dispute it!
i dont even go on facebook .i want my money back in my account. its been about 500.00in two months.my phone number is 3305976044.im on ssiand im 75.you betty contact.me now.
someone better get a hold of me soon.
I got charge on my Facebook and I really do appreciate if I could talk to somebody to explain and I want my money back in to my bank acct.
Im writing this complaint because Facebook had charged me $200.00 and it does not even say for what ;I did not buy anything that had cost $200.00 i need for someone to explain why (305-384-0636).
I did not purchase $200 in credit to facebook I ususaly charge $50 or &20 for poker. What happened!!
some one placed charges on my credit card and how do i go and correct this problem its 104.00 thaking out my account with out my permison please help i didnt have it in there anyway thanks for understand this problem.
i have had a lot of charges on my facebook account that i did not buy. facebook thru farmville has been charging my account over and over when i did not give permission for them to do so. i canceled my farmville and my face book. i am cancelling any services from facebook immediatly. i need a cancelation number and the date. also i would like to know why you would not let me remove my credit card number? do not try and charge my account as i canceled the card. you have 24 hours to respond, mu e-mail is [protected]@yahoo.com. this is very wrong to just charge the card when your system feels like it. please understand i am working with the fraud division at my bank to get my money back.
I have been charged with things I never authorized Facebook to charge my debit card with.This has put me in overdraft with my bank, how do I correct this problem.this is 2 separate charges of 107.20, 2 charges of 21.40, and 1 charge of 37.50.
qpdahl is right. Anyone can post, whether they are 5 or 105. Also you said your son did not lie, based on what. What he told you. Basically he told you he did not know real money was being used and he believed you? Well from your latest reply at least you are punishing him for what he did. Next time don't be so believing. Also the 12 year old is not the only one telling you to watch him online. Louis is right, before worrying about what other children are doing online concentrate on your son. When you can actually admit that you are supervising his activities than you can tell worry about another child's internet useage. Still then it is up to the parents not you. I doubt Zach has done anything which cost his parents money. Your however did.
The same thing is happed to me...facebook took monie from my card and i did not give thim the right to do this!!!
I whant my monie back on my cared and i dont know how to do this Please help!!!
I got charge on my Facebook and I really do appreciate if I could talk to somebody to explain why the chip i bought did not credit to slot machine game. The charge is $10.00 and I want my money back in to my bank acct or in the account of the game i purchased. My number is 612-432-6403.
I will like facebook to return my credits immediately. I was playing Horoscope slots when disconnected. My lucky star bonus was 65 in the bottle before disconnected and 39 after disconnection. My chips was less too. please check and return my credit immediately.
I have been charged $1.01 on Facebook when I purchased some gold bars on Garden of Time. The receipt I received on my E-mail said that there was no charge for using my credit card. I would like this charge removed from my bank account and a call about this matter.
Carlene J, King. at 541-233-8110. Thank you for your help with this problem.
i left the room for a minute and somehow my 3 yr old boy was able to purchace 615 fv dollars worth $100. i am on disability and don't have enough money to buy and waste $100 on any game. i have 2 kids .
click on the file submitted and you will see proof positive that facebook will not give you what you pay for.
click on the provided file and that will be proof positive facebook will not give you what you pay for.


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Oluwadamilola Akintewe Crowned Miss Speaker At The Miss Career Africa 2020
Oluwadamilola Akintewe, a 21 years old law student, feminist activist and social entrepreneur from Nigeria was crowned Miss Speaker at the just concluded Miss Career Africa 2020 grand finale which was held on the 27th of November, 2020 at the Marriot Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda
Her project, a not-for-profit social enterprise 'Forbidden Topics' was an initiative birth during the COVID-19 pandemic with a need to amplify voices of women who were muffled during the pandemic lockdown in Nigeria. A whole lot was happening but the world was oblivious to it; the increased rate of sexual gender based violence because victims could not run away from their assaulters who are mostly their sexual partner or husband, period poverty and femicide which was rampant in countries like Nigeria and South Africa. She started the blog to give African women a platform to air their social issues, influence people's thoughts, governmental policies for gender equality and change the narrative. Also, she wants to help adolescent girls and young women with skills acquisition for financial inclusion. So, she had to create a revenue generation aspect to the project through a statement T-Shirts fashion collection called 'Forbidden Topics'.
As a feminist activist and social entrepreneur, she is focused on feminist organising and movement building, disrupting and dismantling systems of oppression against women and girls, raising empowered females, inspiring them and bridging the gender inequality gap. She run several projects including Rebirth to help women from rural communities in Ondo State, Nigeria gain entrepreneurial skills through fashion designing for financial equality.
During the pandemic lockdown in Nigeria, Oluwadamilola also organised 'Project Safe School' for kids in underprivileged communities who couldn't afford Internet, electricity and digital devices for virtual learning and ensure educational equality.
All these experiences fueled her passion to apply for Miss Career Africa 2020 as she went from being a top 10 from West Africa to winning the Miss Speaker Africa 2020 title and a $500 seed funding for her project at the end of the competition.
Her intention is to forever inspire young people to reach for the sun and dare. There's a whole world and universe out there open to supporting a resilient spirit. And for girls, entrepreneurship and business world shouldn't be a male dominated industry. Oluwadamilola Akintewe believes there's more honour in being a rich woman and not just a rich man's wife.
Other Crowned Contestants include;
Miss Career-West Africa: Eze Ifunanya Nneamaka (Nigeria)
Miss Career- Central Africa: Mabula Manganze Grace (DRC)
Miss Career-East Africa: Seraphine Akoth Okeyo (Kenya)
Miss Southern Africa: Nothabo Ncube (Zimbabwe)
Miss Art &Talent: Atosha Genevieve Iranyuze (Rwanda)
Miss Career-Agriculture: Gisele Mignone Irankunda (Rwanda)
Miss STEM: Delica Izere (Burundi)
Miss Career- Hospitality: Maloka Prudence Mohlago (South Africa)
Miss Career-Conservation: Ineza Nice Cailie (Burundi).
Visit Miss Career Africa
Related Topics:Forbidden TopicsMiss Career Africa 2020Miss SpeakerOluwadamilola Akintewe
Sex, homosexuality stall MTN's music festival
Uganda's Nyege Nyege international music and arts festival sponsored by telecom giant, MTN, has been banned because of scheduled open sex, noise, homosexuality, LGBTI.
"Let foreigners not come to Uganda for sex. If you are coming for sexual reasons worse still homosexuality and LGBTQ, stay away."
"MTN Nyege Nyege will not be accepted… it will not take place. I wanted Nyege Nyege cancelled last year but they escaped," Uganda's minister of Ethics and Integrity, Mr. Simon Lokodo warned.
The three-day festival slated to begin on Thursday, Sept. 6, has been banned Lokodo announced.
Lokodo said the government had "information that open sex, noise, homosexuality, LGBTI will be part of the Nyege Nyege''.
"This ugly thing called MTN Nyege Nyege is not taking place this year.
"We have already evaluated how much losses will come. We shall save the image of this country but not allow this to take place for the two days and one night," he said.
This year's festival is sponsored by telecom firm MTN. Last year, Bell Lager — the first Ugandan brewed beer — by Uganda Breweries Limited sponsored the event.
"The activity will be covered by alcohol and music. There will be drugs, toxicants not accepted by this country.
"There will be nudity and sexuality done at any time of the hour. There will be open sex.
"The very name of the festival is provocative. It means "sex, sex" or urge for sex. We have been informed it's taking place near Owen Fall's dam. This brings uncertainty and fear."
"This is close to devil worshipping and not acceptable."
Mr Lokodo said he has written to the police to stop the event from taking place.
The festival had attracted over 300 artists from over 30 countries.
The venue was set on a six-acre forest on the banks of the River Nile, a kilometre away from the source of the river and Jinja town.
Image/Source: East African
Aretha Franklin died without a will – Report
NEW YORK – Aretha Franklin passed away at her home in Detroit after a long battle with pancreatic cancer last Thursday.
And while the Queen Of Soul had been struggling with health for some time, the iconic star did not leave behind a will, according to reports from TMZ.
The Respect singer's estate is estimated to be worth around an $80 million (R1.1 billion), according to People.
Without a will, Aretha's assets were deemed "intestate". The recording artist's estate will be split evenly between her four children, in accordance with Michigan state law.
The absence of a will is interesting in light of Aretha's wealth and circumstances.
Aretha's eldest son Clarence has special needs, requiring both financial and other support.
Without a will, no specific plans are detailed for the eldest of Franklin's children.
Franklin passed away at her Detroit, Michigan home surrounded by friends and family August 16, following years of declining health.
The star was a musical powerhouse throughout her near six-decades in the spotlight.
During her 76 years, she earned 18 Grammy Awards and sold more than 75 million records worldwide.
– DAILY MAIL
Jim Carrey reveals why he quit Hollywood
Canadian actor Jim Carrey has revealed he withdrew from the public eye because he "didn't like what was happening" in Hollywood.
The 56-year-old comedian – who was one of the most sought-after stars in the movies business in the 90s and 2000s – has been noticeably absent from big-budget films over recent years, and Carrey has revealed that his decision to pull back from the business was, in part, motivated by his dislike of the "corporations".
He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I just didn't want to be in the business anymore.
"I didn't like what was happening, the corporations taking over and all that. And maybe it's because I felt pulled toward a different type of creative outlet and I really liked the control of painting – of not having a committee in the way telling me what the idea must be to appeal to a four-quadrant whatever."
These days, Carrey is well-known for his political rants on social media.
But the 'Dumb and Dumber' star – who has as many as 17.8 million followers on Twitter – admitted he has three friends who sign off on his posts before they reach the wider public.
Carrey – who doesn't actually have access to his accounts – shared: "When you're in my position, I think it's a really smart thing to have a buffer."
However, the actor admitted that his manager frets about the politically charged statements he now makes on social media.
He said: "I knew sooner or later I'd find a worthy way to use Twitter. My manager used to be like, 'Don't do stuff on there. You're f***ing insane.'"
Carrey has recently re-entered TV comedy with a starring role in the show 'Kidding'.
He plays the part of a children's TV show host who is trying to keep his career intact as his personal life collapses.
Speaking about his role, Carrey recently explained: "Projects find you when you're ready to express them. That's what I find.
"The ones that you're drawn to are the ones that, for some reason, you've just experienced something very similar or something in your past is lit up by this."
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I am professor of statistics and computer sciences ("Betriebliche Informationssysteme und Wirtschaftsstatistik") at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences.
Basic information may be found on my professional page on www.hs-nordhausen.de. However, I use this website to give further information on my work.
Statistics: 1787 visitors from 16 August 2017 to 31 December 2018. Thank you for your interest!
If you are looking for the my wife's list of frequent mistakes, this list may be found on her pages. However, here's a link I would like to recommend: http://www.mikeseymour.com/deutsch/tips.asp. Before you despair, just remember Mark Twain's famous quote (slightly permuted): "A gifted person ought to learn French in thirty hours, German in thirty days, and English in thirty years." To be honest, thirty years is an optimistic guess.


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