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Laviai Nielsen (Londres, 13 de marzo de 1996) es una deportista británica que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de relevos.

Ganó dos medallas en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo, plata en 2017 y bronce en 2022, y dos medallas de plata en el Campeonato Europeo de Atletismo en Pista Cubierta, en los años 2017 y 2019.

Participó en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020, ocupando el quinto lugar en la prueba de 4 × 400 m.

Palmarés internacional

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Atletas del Reino Unido
Atletas del Reino Unido en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020
Velocistas
Nacidos en Londres
Británicas del siglo XXI
Deportistas femeninas del Reino Unido
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This article is about the rock band. For other uses, see The Cult (disambiguation).
Founding members of the Cult, Ian Astbury (vocalist) and Billy Duffy (guitarist), performing in 2016
Death Cult (1983-1984)
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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The Cult are a British rock band formed in 1983. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury's previous band Southern Death Cult. They gained a dedicated following in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s as a post-punk/gothic rock band, with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking into the mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s establishing themselves as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love Removal Machine" and "Fire Woman". According to music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the band fuse a "heavy metal revivalist" sound with the "pseudo-mysticism ... of the Doors [and] the guitar-orchestrations of Led Zeppelin ... while adding touches of post-punk goth rock".[1] Since the initial formation of Southern Death Cult in Bradford in 1981, the band have had various line-ups; the longest-serving members are Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, who are the band's two songwriters.
After moving to London, the band released their second album Love in 1985, which charted at No. 4 in the UK and included singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Rain". On their third album, Electric (1987), the band supplemented their post-punk sound with hard rock; the polish on this new sound was facilitated by producer Rick Rubin. Their fourth album, Sonic Temple (1989), proceeded in a similar vein, and these two albums enabled them to break into the North American market. It was also during this period that The Cult relocated to Los Angeles, California, where the band are currently based.[2][3][4]
The Cult released two more studio albums ‒ Ceremony (1991) and The Cult (1994) ‒ before breaking up in 1995, due to internal conflicts.[1] The band reunited in 1999 and released the album Beyond Good and Evil two years later. The Cult went their separate ways once again in 2002, but returned in 2006 to perform a series of worldwide tours, and have since released three more studio albums: Born into This (2007), Choice of Weapon (2012) and Hidden City (2016).
Early history (1981–1984)
Main article: Southern Death Cult
The band's origins can be traced to 1981, in Bradford, Yorkshire, where vocalist and songwriter Ian Astbury formed a band called Southern Death Cult.[5] The name was chosen with a double meaning, and was derived from the 14th-century Native American religion, the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex or Southern Death Cult as it was sometimes known, from the Mississippi delta area,[6] but it was also a stab at what the band viewed was the centralisation of power in Southern England (including that of the music industry); there has long been a perceived notion of a North-South divide based on social, historic and economic reasons.[7] Astbury was joined by Buzz Burrows (guitar), Barry Jepson (bass) and Aki Nawaz Qureshi (drums); they performed their first show at the Queen's Hall in their hometown of Bradford on 29 October 1981.[8] The band were at the forefront of an emerging style of music, in the form of post-punk and gothic rock (then known as positive-punk), they achieved critical acclaim from the press and music fans.[8]
The band signed to independent record label Situation Two, an offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records, and released a three-track, triple A-side single, Moya, during this period. They toured through England headlining some shows and touring with Bauhaus and Theatre of Hate.[8] The band played their final performance in Manchester during February 1983, meaning after only sixteen months the band was over. A compilation named The Southern Death Cult was released, this being a collection of the single, radio sessions with John Peel for Radio One and live performances - one of which an audience member recorded with a tape recorder.[8]
In April 1983, Astbury teamed up with guitarist Billy Duffy and formed the band "Death Cult". Duffy had been in the Nosebleeds (along with Morrissey), Lonesome No More and then Theatre of Hate. In addition to Astbury and Duffy, the band also included Jamie Stewart (bass) and Raymond Taylor Smith (later known as Ray Mondo) (drums), both from the Harrow, London based post-punk band, Ritual. Death Cult made their live debut in Oslo, Norway on 25 July 1983 and also released the Death Cult EP in the same month, then toured through mainland Europe and Scotland. In September 1983, Mondo was deported to his home country of Sierra Leone and replaced by Nigel Preston, formerly of Theatre of Hate. The single "Gods Zoo" was released in October 1983. Another European tour, with UK dates, followed that autumn. To tone down their name's gothic connotations and gain broader appeal, the band changed its name to "the Cult" in January 1984 before appearing on the (UK) Channel 4 television show, The Tube.
The Cult's first studio record, Dreamtime, was recorded at Rockfield Studios, in Monmouth, Wales in 1984. The record was to be produced by Joe Julian, but after recording the drum tracks, the band decided to replace him with John Brand. Brand produced the record, but guitarist Duffy has said the drum tracks were produced by Julian, as Preston had become unreliable.
The band recorded the songs which later became known as "Butterflies", "(The) Gimmick", "A Flower in the Desert", "Horse Nation", "Spiritwalker", "Bad Medicine (Waltz)", "Dreamtime", "With Love" (later known as "Ship of Fools", and also "Sea and Sky"), "Bone Bag", "Too Young", "83rd Dream", and one untitled outtake. It is unknown what the outtake was, or whether it was developed into a song at a later date. Songs like "Horse Nation" showed Astbury's intense interest in Native American issues, with the lyrics to "Horse Nation", "See them prancing, they come neighing, to a horse nation", taken almost verbatim from the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, while "Spiritwalker" dealt with shamanism, and the record's title and title track are overtly influenced by Australian Aboriginal beliefs.
On 4 April 1984, the Cult released the single "Spiritwalker", which reached No. 1 on the independent charts in the UK, and acted as a teaser for their forthcoming album Dreamtime. This was followed that summer by a second single, "Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles)", before the release of Dreamtime in September; the album reached No. 21 in the UK, and sold over 100,000 copies in the UK alone. On 12 July 1984, the band recorded five songs at the BBC Maida Vale 5 studio for a Richard Skinner session. Before and after the album's release, the Cult toured throughout Europe and England before recording another single, "Ressurection Joe" (UK No. 74), released that December. Following a Christmas support slot with Big Country, the Cult toured Europe with support from the Mission (then called the Sisterhood). Dreamtime was released initially only in the UK, but after its success, and as the Cult's popularity grew worldwide, it was issued in approximately 30 countries.
Mainstream success (1985–1990)
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
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In May 1985, the Cult released their fourth single, "She Sells Sanctuary", which peaked at No. 15 in the UK and spent 23 weeks in the Top 100. The song was recently voted No. 18 in VH1's Indie 100[when?]. In June 1985, following his increasingly erratic behaviour, Preston was fired from the band. Big Country's drummer Mark Brzezicki was picked to replace Preston, and was also included in the video for "She Sells Sanctuary". The Cult recorded their second album, Love in July and August 1985. The band's music and image shifted from their punk-oriented roots to 1960s psychedelia influences. Love was a chart success, peaking at No. 4 in the UK and selling 100,000 copies there[9] toward a total of 500,000 copies throughout Europe, as well as 100,000 in Australia and 500,000 copies in the United States.[10] Love reached number 20 on the charts in The Netherlands, where it remained for 32 weeks.[11] To date,[when?] the record has sold over two and a half million copies worldwide.
From late September 1985 to June 1986, the band went on a worldwide tour with new drummer Les Warner (who had played with Julian Lennon and Johnny Thunders). Two more singles from the Love album followed; "Rain" (charting in the UK at No. 17) and "Revolution" (charting in the UK at No. 30). Neither charted in the US. Another single, "Nirvana", was issued only in Poland. The album version of "Rain", as well as the remix "(Here Comes the) Rain", were used in the Italian horror film Dèmoni 2. Once back in England, the band booked themselves into the Manor Studios in Oxfordshire, with producer Steve Brown (who had produced Love), and recorded over a dozen new songs. The band were unhappy with the sound of their new album, titled Peace, and they decided to go to New York so producer Rick Rubin could remix the first single, "Love Removal Machine".
Rubin agreed to work with the band, but only if they rerecorded the song. Rubin eventually talked them into rerecording the entire album. The band's record company, Beggars Banquet, was displeased with this, as two months and £250,000 had already been spent on the record. However, after hearing the initial New York recording, Beggars Banquet agreed to proceed. The first single, "Love Removal Machine", was released in February 1987, and the new version of the album appeared in April that year, now renamed as Electric, reaching No. 4 and eventually outselling Love. The band toured with Kid Chaos (also known as "Haggis" and "The Kid") on bass, with Stewart on rhythm guitar. Two more singles, "Lil Devil" and "Wild Flower", were released during 1987. A few tracks from the original Peace album appeared on the single versions of "Love Removal Machine", and "Lil Devil". The full Peace album would not be released until 2000, when it was included as Disc 3 of the Rare Cult box set.
In the US, the Cult, now consisting of Astbury, Duffy, Stewart, Warner and Kid Chaos, were supported by the then-unknown Guns N' Roses. The band also appeared at Roskilde Festival in Denmark in June 1987. When the world tour wound through Australia, the band wrecked £30,000 worth of equipment, and as a result they could not tour Japan, as no company would rent them new equipment. At the end of the tour the Electric album had been certified Gold in the UK, and sold roughly 3 million copies worldwide, but the band were barely speaking to each other by then. Haggis left the band at the end of the Electric tour to form the Four Horsemen for Rubin's Def American label. Astbury and Duffy fired Warner and their management team Grant/Edwards, and moved to Los Angeles with original bassist Stewart. Warner sued the band several times for his firing, as well as for what he felt were unpaid royalties due to him for his performance on the Electric album, resulting in lengthy court battles. The Cult signed a new management deal and wrote 21 new songs for their next record.
For the next album, Stewart returned to playing bass, and John Webster was brought in to play keyboards. The band used Chris Taylor to play drums during rehearsals and record the demos, with future Kiss drummer Eric Singer performing during the second demo recording sessions. The Cult eventually recruited session-drummer Mickey Curry to fill the drumming role and Aerosmith sound engineer, Bob Rock, to produce. Recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from October to December 1988, the Sonic Temple record went Top 10 in both the UK and the US, where it was certified Gold and Platinum respectively. The band went on tour in support of the new album and new single "Fire Woman" (UK No. 15) (NZ No. 1), with yet another new drummer, Matt Sorum, and Webster as keyboard player. The next single, "Edie (Ciao Baby)" (UK No. 25) has become a regular song at concerts for many years.
In Europe, the band toured with Aerosmith, and in the US, after releasing another single "Sun King" (UK No. 42), they spent 1989 touring in support of Metallica before heading out on their own headlining tour later that same year. A fourth single, "Sweet Soul Sister" (UK No. 38), was released in February 1990, with the video having been filmed at Wembley Arena, London, on 25 November 1989. "Sweet Soul Sister" was partially written in Paris and was inspired by the bohemian lifestyle of that city. Released as a single in February 1990, the song was another hit in the UK, and reportedly reached number one on the rock charts in Brazil. After playing a show in Atlanta, Georgia, in February 1990, the band's management told Astbury that his father had just died of cancer. As a result, the remainder of the tour was cancelled after a final leg of shows were performed in April. After the tour ended, the band were on the verge of splitting due to Stewart retiring and moving to Canada to be with his wife, and Sorum leaving to join Guns N' Roses.
In 1990, Astbury organized the Gathering of the Tribes festival in Los Angeles and San Francisco with artists such as Soundgarden, Ice-T, Indigo Girls, Queen Latifah, Iggy Pop, the Charlatans, the Cramps and Public Enemy appearing. This two-day festival drew 40,000 people, and inspired Lollapalooza, which started in 1991. Also in 1990, a ten CD box set was released in the UK, containing rare songs from the Cult's singles. The CDs in this box set were all issued as picture discs with rice paper covers, housed in a white box called "Singles Collection", or a black box called "E.P. Collection '84 - '90". In 1991, director Oliver Stone offered Astbury the role of Jim Morrison in Stone's film The Doors. He declined the role because he was not happy with the way Morrison was represented in the film,[citation needed] and the role was ultimately played by Val Kilmer.
Ceremony and the lawsuit (1991–1994)
In 1991, Astbury and Duffy were writing again for their next album. During the demo recordings, Todd Hoffman and James Kottak played bass and drums, respectively. During the actual album recording sessions, Curry was recruited again to play drums, with Charley Drayton on bass, and various other performers. Astbury and Duffy's working relationship had disintegrated by that time, with the two men reportedly rarely even being in the studio together during recording.[citation needed] The resulting album Ceremony was released to mixed responses. The album climbed to US No. 34, but sales were not as impressive as the previous three records, only selling around one million copies worldwide. Only two official singles were released from the record: "Wild Hearted Son" (UK No. 34, Canada No. 41) and "Heart of Soul" (UK No. 50), although "White" was released as a single only in Canada, "Sweet Salvation" was released as a single (as "Dulce Salvación") in Argentina in 1992, and the title track "Ceremony" was released in Spain.
The Cult's Ceremonial Stomp tour went through Europe in 1991 and North America in 1992. In 1991 the Cult played a show at the Marquee Club in London, which was recorded and released in February 1993, packaged with some vinyl UK copies of their first greatest hits release. Only a handful of CD copies of it were ever manufactured originally, however it was subsequently reissued on CD in 1999. An incomplete bootleg video of this show is also in circulation.
The band were sued by the parents of the Native American boy pictured on the cover of Ceremony, for alleged exploitation and for the unauthorized use of the child's image. The parents stated that the boy felt he had been cursed by the band's burning of his image, and was "emotionally scarred."[12] This image of the boy is also burned in the video for "Wild Hearted Son". This lawsuit delayed the release of Ceremony in many countries including South Korea and Thailand, which did not see the record's release until late 1992, and it was unreleased in Turkey until the Cult played several shows in Istanbul in June 1993.
A world tour followed with backing from drummer Michael Lee (Page & Plant, Little Angels), bassist Kinley "Barney" Wolfe (Lord Tracy, Black Oak Arkansas), and keyboardist John Sinclair (Ozzy Osbourne, Uriah Heep) returning one last time, and the Gathering of the Tribes moved to the UK. Here artists such as Pearl Jam performed. The warm-up gig to the show, in a small nightclub, was dedicated to the memory of Nigel Preston, who had died a few weeks earlier at the age of 28. Following the release of the single "The Witch" (#9 in Australia) and the performance of a song for the 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie soundtrack entitled "Zap City", produced by Steve Brown and originally a B-side to "Lil' Devil", two volumes of remixes of "She Sells Sanctuary", called Sanctuary Mixes MCMXCIII, volumes one and two, and in support of Pure Cult: for Rockers, Ravers, Lovers, and Sinners, a greatest hits compilation which debuted at No. 1 on the British charts and later went to number one in Portugal, Astbury and Duffy fired the "backing band" and recruited Craig Adams (the Mission) and Scott Garrett for performances across Europe in 1993, with some shows featuring Mike Dimkich on rhythm guitar. This tour marked the first time the band performed in Turkey, Greece, and the Slovak Republic.
The Cult (1994–1995)
With the same line-up still in place, the band released The Cult[1][13] in October 1994, produced by Bob Rock.[13] The self-titled 'Cult' album is commonly referred to as the 'Black Sheep' album by fans of the group.[14] Astbury referred to the record as "very personal and very revealing" songs about his life, with the subject matter ranging from sexual abuse at the age of 15, to the death of Nigel Preston, to his directionless years spent in Glasgow in the late 1970s.
The record achieved little success, only reaching No. 69 in the US and No. 21 in the UK. Duffy remarked that he thought that the record wouldn't sell well due to the offensive lyrics. The record went to number one in Portugal also, but quickly dropped out of sight. The single "Coming Down (Drug Tongue)" was released with the band going on tour in support of the new album. Only one more single, "Star", was officially released with a live appearance on UK TV show The Word. "Star" began life in 1986 as "Tom Petty" and was recorded at the "Sonic Temple" demo sessions as "Starchild", being dropped by the band during rehearsals. In 1993 the song was resurrected and was finally completed for the record in 1994 as, just simply, "Star".
When the band began the Beauty's On The Streets tour in winter 1994, they augmented the line up with James Stevenson on rhythm guitar. As with the Ceremony record several years earlier, no other official singles were released, but several other songs were released on a strictly limited basis: "Sacred Life" was released in Spain and the Netherlands, "Be Free" was issued in Canada and France, "Saints Are Down" was issued in Greece, but none of the songs gained much commercial success. During this tour, the Cult made their first ever appearance in Norway.
Break-up (1995–1998)
During the Black Rain tour of South America in spring of 1995, despite the fact that several more new songs had already been recorded, the tour was cancelled after an appearance in Rio de Janeiro in March, and the band split up citing unspecified problems on a recent South American tour. Astbury started up a garage band called Holy Barbarians a few months later. The band made their debut at the 100 Club in London in February 1996 and released their first (and only) record in May 1996, and toured throughout North America and Europe for the rest of 1996. The band started writing material for a second record in 1997, but the band was dissolved and Astbury began writing and recording a solo record. Throughout 1997 and 1998 Astbury recorded his solo record, originally to be titled Natural Born Guerilla, later called High Time Amplifier. Ultimately the record remained unreleased until June 2000 when it was released under the name Spirit\Light\Speed. Astbury played one solo concert in 1999.
In November 1996, a number of CD reissues were released: the band's American record company released High Octane Cult, a slightly updated "greatest hits" compilation released only in the US and Japan; The Southern Death Cult, a remastered edition of the fifteen-song compilation CD; a ten-song compilation CD by Death Cult called Ghost Dance, consisting of the untitled four-song EP, the single "God's Zoo", and four unreleased songs from a radio broadcast; and a remastered repackaging of the Dreamtime album, containing only the ten original songs from the record in their original playing order and almost completely different but original artwork. Dreamtime Live at the Lyceum was also remastered and issued on video and for the first time on CD, with the one unreleased song from the concert, "Gimmick".
Reunion (1999–2001)
Ian Astbury performing live
In 1999, Astbury and Duffy reformed the Cult with Matt Sorum and ex-Porno for Pyros bassist Martyn LeNoble. Their first official concert was at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in June 1999, after having rehearsed at shows in the Los Angeles area. The band's 1999 Cult Rising reunion tour resulted in a sold out 30 date tour of the US, ending with 8 consecutive sold out nights at the LA House of Blues. In 2000, the band toured South Africa for the first time, and North and South America, and contributed the song "Painted on My Heart" to the soundtrack of the movie Gone In 60 Seconds. The song was featured prominently and the melody was fused into parts of the score. In June, Astbury's long-delayed solo record was finally released as Spirit\Light\Speed, but it failed to gain much success. In November 2000, another authorised greatest hits compilation was released, Pure Cult: The Singles 1984–1995, along with an accompanying DVD, which was later certified gold in Canada. The Cult, as well as Ian Astbury, performed on separate tracks on the Doors tribute album, Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors, covering "Wild Child" and "Touch Me".
In November 2000, Beggars Banquet released 15000 copies of a six-disc boxset (with a bonus seventh disc of remixes for the first 5000 copies) titled Rare Cult. The box set consists of album out-takes, demos, radio broadcasts, and album B-sides. It is most notable for including the previously unreleased "Peace" album in its entirety. In 2001, the band signed to Atlantic Records and recorded a new album, Beyond Good and Evil, originally being produced by Mick Jones of Foreigner, until Jones bowed out to tour with Foreigner. Astbury and Duffy co-wrote a song with Jones, an odd occurrence, as in the past, neither Astbury or Duffy would co-write their material. Bob Rock was the producer, with Martyn LeNoble and Chris Wyse as recording bassists, as Mike Dimkich played rhythm guitar on tour, and Matt Sorum returning as drummer. Although Sorum has previously toured with the band on the Sonic Temple tour in 1989, this was the first time that he had recorded a studio album with the band.
However Beyond Good and Evil was not the comeback record the band had hoped for. Despite reaching No. 37 in the US, No. 22 in Canada, and No. 25 in Spain, sales quickly dropped, only selling roughly 500,000 copies worldwide. The first single "Rise", reached No. 41 in the US, and No. 2 on the mainstream rock charts, but Atlantic Records quickly pulled the song from radio playlists. Astbury would later describe the experience with Atlantic to be "soul destroying", after Atlantic tried to tamper with the lyrics, the record cover, and choice of singles from the record.
After the first single from the record, the band's working relationship with Atlantic was on paper only, with Atlantic pulling "Rise" from the radio stations playlists, and stopping all promotion of the record. The second single "Breathe" was only released as a radio station promo, and the final single "True Believers" was only on a compilation sampler disc released in January 2002 (after the Cult's tour had already ended). Despite "True Believers" receiving radio airplay in Australia, both singles went largely unnoticed, and both Astbury and Duffy walked away from the project. LeNoble rejoined the band for the initial dates in early 2001, and Billy Morrison filled in on bass for the majority of the 2001 tour.
The European tour of 2001 was canceled, largely due to security concerns after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the band flew back to the US to tour again with Aerosmith. But the eleven-week tour was considered by fans to be a disaster[citation needed] , as the band played only a brief rundown of their greatest hits. In October 2001, a show at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles was filmed for release on DVD. After the tour ended in December 2001, the band took most of 2002 off, apart from a few shows in the US to promote the release of the DVD, with Scott Garrett and Craig Adams rejoining the band.
Despite the commercial disappointment of Beyond Good and Evil and the supporting tour, the band was voted "Comeback of the Year" by Metal Edge readers in the magazine's 2001 Readers' Choice Awards.[15]
Second hiatus (2002–2004)
In late 2002, Ian Astbury declared the Cult to be "on ice" indefinitely, after performing a brief series of dates in October 2002 to promote the release of the Music Without Fear DVD. During this second hiatus, Astbury performed as a member of the Doors (later dubbed the Doors of the 21st Century, later still renamed D21c, and most recently known as Riders on the Storm) with two of the original members of that group. D21c was sued numerous times, both by Jim Morrison's family and by drummer John Densmore. Astbury supposedly started work on recording another solo album that later became the backbone for the Cult's Born into This.
At the same time, Duffy was part of Coloursound with bassist Craig Adams and ex-Alarm frontman Mike Peters, then Dead Men Walking (again with Peters) and later Cardboard Vampyres. Sorum became a member of the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver. In 2003, all of the Cult's records were issued on CD, with several bonus tracks being issued on the Russian, Belarusian, and Lithuanian versions. These eastern European releases had many printing mistakes on the jacket sleeves and lyric inserts. In October 2004, all of the Cult's records were again remastered and issued again on CD, this time in Japan in different cardboard foldout sleeves. "She Sells Sanctuary" appeared in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, playing on rock station V-Rock.
Second reunion (2005–2007)
The Cult playing at Drave Rock Fest in 2007.
In 2005, the band reunited to prepare for the Return To Wild world tour in 2006, making their first live appearance in three-and-a-half years on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Their lineup consisted of Astbury (vocals), Duffy (lead guitar), John Tempesta (drums), Dimkich (rhythm guitar) and Wyse (returning as bassist). Their first stage show was held in March 2006 in San Francisco, California, at The Fillmore. The entire tour was recorded by Instant Live and sold after each show. In May, they did an eight date tour in Canada. Later that summer, they toured central and eastern Europe and played their first concerts in Bulgaria, Poland and Serbia. An eleven-date UK tour followed as well as several more dates in the United States, finishing with a South American tour in December. That year, Duffy began the band The Cult - Hollywood 2006, pictures by Sherry Lee).
During these tours, the band occasionally played an extended set, including several songs the band had not performed in decades: "King Contrary Man" and "Hollow Man", neither of which had been performed since 1987; also, "Libertine" was performed approximately three times, for the first time since 2000, and "Brother Wolf, Sister Moon", which was only performed one time since 1986 (for this particular song, the band played an abridged version which has never been performed before or since)
Astbury announced in February 2007 that he was leaving Riders on the Storm and returning to the Cult. He stated: "I have decided to move on and focus on my own music and legacy."[16] The Cult was featured on Stuffmagazine.com's list of ultimate air guitar players. On 21 March 2007, it was announced that the band would be touring Europe with the Who. The first confirmed tour date was in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in early June, with at least a dozen shows set to follow. The band played a gig in London's West End at the CC Club on 7 June 2007, along with nearly two dozen shows across continental Europe during summer. The tour also includes the first performance in Romania and Croatia.
Born Into This (2007–2009)
The Cult performing in 2009.
On 29 May 2007, the band signed a deal with major metal label Roadrunner Records.[17][18] Their 8th studio album, titled Born into This was released on 16 October,[19] and was produced by Martin "Youth" Glover, bass player for Killing Joke. Born into This was released as regular single disc and limited edition double disc, the second disk being a bonus 5-track CD[20] holding the following tracks: "Stand Alone", "War Pony Destroyer", "I Assassin (Demo)", "Sound of Destruction (Demo)" and "Savages (Extended Version)". Prior to the album's release, the band played festival and headline dates, and supported the Who in Europe through summer 2007, with a US headline tour to follow. The band's appearance at Irving Plaza in New York City in early November 2006 was filmed and was released in 2007. The Cult New York City, issued by Fontana North and is the Cult's first high definition DVD release.[21] Meanwhile, Astbury lent vocals on two tracks of the 2007 Unkle album "War Stories", one of them being the first single from the album, "Burn My Shadow".
The band performed a UK and European tour in late-February and early-March 2008. On 24 March, they began their North American tour including a major 13-city tour in Canada. During September 2008, the Cult did a brief series of dates in the northeast United States, and they toured in Brazil as part of the South American tour in October 2008. As of May 2008, according to The Gauntlet, the Cult are currently unsigned and no longer under contract with Roadrunner Records.[22] In October 2008, it was announced that the Cult would headline the inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Antonio, to be run 16 November 2008. The Cult announced plans for a tour showcasing their 1985 Love album across the USA and then the UK in October where they will play at the Royal Albert Hall.[23]
Coinciding with the remastered Love album and 4 disc Omnibus boxed set, the Cult kicked off the long-awaited Love Live Tour in late summer. Performing their classic Love album in its entirety, each show was played with the Love tracks opening with "Nirvana" to "Black Angel". A quick intermission followed, then other Cult hits were played (varying by venue): "Sun King", "Dirty Little Rock Star", "Electric Ocean", "Illuminated". Then followed the favorites "Fire Woman", "Lil Devil", "Wild Flower", and lastly "Love Removal Machine". In the evening of 10 October 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the band performed a second encore with original Cult bassist Jamie Stewart and drummer Mark Brzezicki, who played drums with the band during the Love album recording sessions in July and August 1985.[24] The band sold Love Live USB flash drives for each show during the tour.[25]
Capsule EPs (2010)
The Cult entered 2010 continuing their Love Live Tour and announcing more dates in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan.[26] The band finished recording a four-track "Capsule" with producer Chris Goss. Capsule 1 was said to be the first of three or four to be released sometime in summer 2010. Release formats include CD-DVD dualdisc, 12-inch vinyl, and digital downloads.[27][28] Capsule 1 was released on 14 September 2010.[29] The band officially announced the release of its first new studio recording since 2007, "Every Man And Woman Is A Star". The new single was released through the iTunes Store on 31 July 2010.[30]
On 1 August 2010, the band played the sold-out music festival Sonisphere, which marked their first UK performance since the tour for their Love album. During the performance they debuted their new single, "Every Man and Woman is a Star", which was released on 1 August 2010. On 14 September 2010 the band embarked on a new U.S. tour and released Capsule 1[31] in conjunction with media technology company Aderra Inc. and made it available in multiple formats including a CD-DVD DualDisc, USB flash drive, 12 inch vinyl, FLAC download and MP3 download. The collection includes a short film made by singer Ian Astbury and Rick Rogers.
On 26 October 2010 the band and Aderra Inc. announced the release of a new song, "Embers", for 1 November 2010 and Capsule 2 available through their web store on 16 November 2010.[32] Pictures from the Cult's tour stop in Chicago on 28 October 2010 can be seen at a local radio station website.[33]
On 17 September 2010, the band performed live at the Fall Frenzy concert at the Tempe Beach Park in Tempe, Arizona. Other bands that played at this concert were Stone Temple Pilots, Shinedown, and Sevendust.[34]
On 4 December 2010, the band performed a live set for Guitar Center Sessions on DirecTV. The episode included an interview with the band by program host, Nic Harcourt.[35]
Choice of Weapon (2011–2013)
The Cult performing in May 2012
During the Cult's concert at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on 21 January 2011 Ian Astbury declared that the Cult would be recording a new album directly after the tour. They also announced that they would be working with Chris Goss, who performed with Masters of Reality as a supporting act the same evening.[36] On 11 May 2011, it was announced that the Cult were signed to Cooking Vinyl Records, who will release the new album in early 2012.[37] Commented guitarist Billy Duffy: "We are very much looking forward to returning to our U.K. roots in many ways working with Cooking Vinyl." Vocalist Ian Astbury added, "We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with Cooking Vinyl." By May 2011, the band had been writing and recording new demos at its Witch Mountain studio hideaway in the Hollywood Hills, and began recording their new album at Hollywood Recording Studios.[38] In October 2011, bassist Chris Wyse stated the album was almost finished and expected to be released in April 2012. Chris also described it as a "Zep/Stooges mix of energy."[39]
On 29 November 2011, it was announced that the album would be produced by Bob Rock, who provided the same role on Sonic Temple, The Cult and Beyond Good and Evil.[40] The album, entitled Choice of Weapon, was released on 22 May 2012. The band partnered with Rolling Stone to premiere the first song from the album titled Lucifer on 30 January.[41] On 5 February 2012, the Cult song "She Sells Sanctuary" was used as the soundtrack for a Budweiser commercial in a mashup with Flo Rida aired during Super Bowl XLVI. In May 2012 the Cult appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and played "For The Animals".
On 28 September 2012, it was announced that the band would release Weapon of Choice, a "prequel" album to accompany the band's latest album, Choice of Weapon.[42] The digital-only release, available exclusively on iTunes for two months only beginning 16 October, features the songs that were ultimately included in "Choice Of Weapon" at an earlier stage of development. Explaining the motivations behind the release, singer Ian Astbury said that "These songs were turned over and over, forged in long rehearsals and writing sessions, and emanated from challenges both personal and professional. We put our guts into this; [Producer Chris] Goss was able to create an environment where the songs were born through playing and turning over lyrics, through hard work and intense sessions." Astbury added "These songs have an integrity and rawness of their own. In many ways it's a different album to the one we released and reveals the foundations of 'Choice Of Weapon'. We were able to close the doors and begin to explore spaces we had not been in for a while."[42] The song "Twisted and Bleeding" was made available for free download at the band's website ahead of the full digital release.
On 20 June 2013, the band announced the release of Electric-Peace which comprises the entire Electric album plus the Peace album which was previously released on the now discontinued Rare Cult box set in 2000. It is due for release in the US on 30 July.[43] In 2013 Mike Dimkich left the band and joined Bad Religion to cover for guitarist Greg Hetson.[44] James Stevenson, from the Beauty's On The Streets tour in 1994, replaced Dimkich as the Cult's rhythm guitarist.[44]
Hidden City (2013–2017)
In March 2013, Billy Duffy told Argentina's journalist Fabrizio Pedrotti that the Cult had begun work on a new album for a 2014 release.[45] The band were expected to begin work on the album after they finish their 2013 world tour, where they played the Electric album in its entirety.[46] In August 2014, Billy added that the next album, which was not expected to be released before 2015 at the earliest, "will be more guitar heavy".[47]
On 5 November 2015, it was announced that The Cult would release their new album, entitled Hidden City, on 5 February 2016.[48] The album is said to be the final part of a trilogy[49] that began with Born into This, and marks the fifth time Bob Rock had produced a Cult album. The band also announced that they had hired bassist Grant Fitzpatrick as the replacement for Chris Wyse.[50] Chris Chaney (Jane's Addiction, Camp Freddy) and producer Bob Rock performed session bass on the album. In support of Hidden City, The Cult opened for Guns N' Roses on the Not in This Lifetime... Tour.[51][52]
In an October 2016 interview with PopMatters journalist J.C. Maçek III, Cult guitarist Billy Duffy spoke of the band's playlist while on tour, saying "Obviously you want to make an impactful [show]," he continues. "There are some practical, pragmatic decisions made. If you're playing to a crowd who are not very familiar with you, there's no point of going too deep but we do always make sure we play a new song. Like on Guns N' Roses' [tour] we had fifty minutes which is ten songs all in. So, you know we just made sure that in those ten songs we played 'Deeply Ordered Chaos' which we're proud of and it makes a certain statement. And it just alerts people to the fact that, yes, we have made a record in the last 30 years. You know and that's a good thing. Psychologically, that's the blood transfusion that we need. And we're very mindful, we have a very loyal fan base. We don't pander as you well know."[53]
New music (2018–present)
In an April 2018 interview with Guitar World, guitarist Billy Duffy was asked if another album from The Cult is in the works. He replied, "Never say never! Ian and I enjoy the process of making new music, and we feel it's vital to keep the band healthy, even if it's pretty much in the law of diminishing returns area now. Who knows if it will be a whole album a series of singles or an EP? I can say new Cult music will be forthcoming, but these days we don't rush it as there's no point. Quality is key. We are past the point of having to release stuff so if we feel it's good enough, then we will release it in some shape or another."[54]
On 2 April 2018, a tour of the United States of America called "Revolution 3 Tour" was announced for the summer. They performed as one of the three headliners, along with Stone Temple Pilots and Bush.[55]
In April 2019, The Cult announced that they would celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of their fourth album Sonic Temple with a world tour, which began on 2 May in Houston, Texas and is expected to wrap up around 2020.[56][57]
In a June 2019 interview with LA Weekly, vocalist Ian Astbury stated that The Cult were "long overdue" to release new music. He was quoted as saying: "We do have some stuff we've been working on, but it's yet to see the light of day."[58]
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Antarctica Putting Brakes On Global Sea Level Rise! And: 'World Climate News' Makes Debut
By P Gosselin on 24. January 2023
New climate science videos now in English – made in Germany: 'World Climate News' YouTube channel.
In the first video: Alarmist sea level rise scenarios looking more unlikely…some Antarctic regions will see cooling…
The German Die kalte Sonne site, and then later Klimanachrichten now presents its climate and energy news videos in English at its new YouTube channel: World Climate News. Be sure to subscribe.
World Climate News presents the latest scientific results, featuring commentary on and analysis of peer-reviewed articles from well-known journals.
The latest video looks at sea level rise and tornadoes.
Even the IPCC disregards alarmist sea level projections
Concerning sea level rise, Potsdam climate researcher Stefan Rahmstorf and other far-out alarmists have warned global sea levels could rise up to "one meter ninety" before the end of this century. Yet, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) takes a different view. In its 5th State of the Climate Report of 2013, for example, it projects a sea level rise of just 53 centimeters for a scenario where CO2 emissions peak around 2040.
Brakes on sea level rise as some Antarctic regions expected to get colder!
The 2013 IPCC projection has now been backed up by René van Westen and Henk Dijkstra from the University of Utrecht. Their published results of a sea-level computer simulation in the journal "Science Advances" showed that the ocean around Antarctica is hardly expected to warm up and that regions are even expected to get colder by the end of the century.
Thus, according to the new calculations, the ice melt caused on the coasts of Antarctica is only a third of what earlier, lower-resolution simulations suggested.
Antarctic ice volume to reduce sea level rise 25%
The new model also expects more snowfall in Antarctica and the Antarctic ice mass is even expected to remain unchanged and stable overall this century. In this respect, Antarctica will probably make no contribution at all to global sea-level rise by 2100. This reduces the rise in sea level to be expected in this century by 25%.
While the old model assumed a sea-level rise of about 42 cm, it is now only 33 cm, i.e. 9 cm less. A value that is far removed from the dramatic scenarios of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
No data supporting link between warming and tornadoes
When it comes to tornado activity, December 2021 saw a series of violent tornadoes in the southeastern USA. More than 85 people died. As expected, the usual suspects pointed the finger at man-made climate change, World Climate News reports in the video.
However, Andreas Friedrich of the German Weather Service, DWD, reminded in mid-December 2021 that there is currently no evidence that the series of tornadoes is related to climate change. This is supported by Chris Martz, who plotted the tornado statistics for the USA using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) for the last 65 years.
The result? No discernible trend.
How will tornadoes develop in the future? According to Matthew Woods of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, tornadoes could become rarer but more violent. The bottom line is that the future remains uncertain.
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John Hultquist 24. January 2023 at 5:32 PM | Permalink | Reply
There will be more or fewer tornadoes, or no change.
Future tornadoes will be weaker or stronger or about the same.
Tornado alley will shift north, south, east, or west, or maybe not.
The season will start sooner — or not — etc.
Pick your favorite weather event and write a scenario.
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It looks like that the source of the problem is the artificial intelligence. Plus the problem is that scientists trust their computers more than their heads. Two idiots: one inside and the other outside the computer.


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Thank you, Engineering Student Services & Academic Programs Office at Texas A&M University! They have taken over the hosting of my Wired Study Tips podcast on iTunesU. If you haven't already done so, bop on over to Wired Study Tips on iTunes and take a listen.
On my study skills video and in my study skills ebook I discuss the importance of taking frequent breaks during study sessions to boost recall and focus. Studying for 30 to 45 minutes and then taking a short 5 to 10 minute break can really boost your brain power.
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First is Kim Deitch's mostly-human Alias, which starts out biographical, then goes whacko as Waldo the cartoon-cat id-monster, who he's been drawing for forty years, comes into his life and becomes an obsession.
More to the point are reviews of two books in Lewis Trondheim and Johann Sfar's Dungeon series: Dungeon Parade, vol. 1: A Dungeon Too Many (NBM, paper, $9.95) and the start of the whole phenomenon, Dungeon, vol. 1: Duck Heart (NBM, paper, $14.95). As I noted in my Previews post in May, these and all the earlier Dungeon trade paperbacks are offered again in the current Previews, along with the latest one. Each comprises the contents of two or three of the original French albums.


THE airline employee who stole an empty plane, took off from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and crashed into a small island has been revealed as 29-year-old Richard Russell.
The married airport worker "hijacked" the Bombardier Q400 twin-engine turboprop plane before taking it for a ride as he was pursued by F-15 fighter jets. He told an air traffic controller he was "just a broken man" minutes before dying when the plane crashed into a small island on Seattle's Puget Sound.
Russell didn't have a pilot's licence, and authorities say it's unclear how he attained the skills to do loops in the aircraft before crashing about an hour after taking off.
His devastated family released a statement describing the airline employee, whose nickname was Beebo, as a "warm and compassionate man".
Russell worked for Horizon Airlines, a sister carrier of Alaska Airlines, as a ground service agent who helped baggage handlers and was part of Horizon's tow team, which moved planes around on the tarmac.
Officials revealed he used a machine called a 'pushback tractor' to first manoeuvre the aircraft so he could board and then take off on Friday evening local time.
"That means I lift a lot of bags, like a lot of bags, so many bags," he says, adding, "it allows me to do some pretty cool things, too." There are then shots of trips he took, including flying over Alaskan fjords, visiting lavender fields in France, touring in Yucatan, Mexico, and attending a hurling match in Dublin, Ireland.
There was no connection to terrorism, Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the local sheriff's department, said.
Video showed the Horizon Air Q400 doing large loops and other dangerous manoeuvres as the sun set on Puget Sound. There were no passengers aboard.
Harrowing audio revealed the pilot joking with the controllers who begged him to land the 76-seater Horizon Air Q400 before it nosedived and burst into a fireball.
In his final moments captured by partial recordings of his conversations with air traffic controllers that were published online by Broadcastify.com, Russell said he was sorry to disappoint people who cared about him.
"We were married one year later, and one month after that we opened a bakery which we successfully ran for 3 years," he wrote on his Web page. "We consider ourselves bakery connoisseurs and have to try a new one every place we go." The couple later moved to Washington state, where he got a job with Horizon. His wife could not immediately be reached for comment.
Investigators are trying to find how he got on the plane. "He's ground support so they have access to aircraft," Debra Eckrote, the Western Pacific regional chief for the National Transportation Safety Board, said of Russell.
The airline was co-ordinating with the Federal Aviation Administration, the FBI and the National Transportation Safety Board, he said.


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Understanding the Child Labour Act in India
Child Labour is one of the biggest social ills in India. Even almost 7 decades after the independence, lakhs of children continue to toil in fields and factories. Several NGOs for charity have been working to fight this menace called child labour. If you're looking for ways on how to prevent child labour, the supporting a child rights NGO is a good option.
What Child Labour Act All About
The Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act, 1986 is perhaps of the most hotly debated acts in the Constitution of India. It is this act of the Central Government which elaborates where and how children can work and where they cannot. This Act comprises parts and schedules which list down the detailed provisions of the Act and also contain list of occupations and scenarios in which children can or cannot work. As per this Act, a child is defined as a person who has not completed the fourteenth year of his age. It's an Act which sets the scope of prohibition of the engagement of children in certain employments and goes on to regulate the conditions of working of children in certain other employments and extends to the whole of India.
Part II of the Child Labour Act act prohibits children from working in any occupation listed in Part A of the Schedule of the Act. These occupations include (but are not limited to): Catering at railway establishments, construction work on the railway or anywhere near the tracks, plastics factories, automobile garages and others. The Act also makes the provisions to prevent children working at places where certain processes are being undertaken such as beedi making, tanning, soap manufacture, brick kilns and roof tile making.
Part III of the Act was enforced in 1993. This part defined the occupations in which children may work which are otherwise not listed in the schedule. This part stipulated the number of hours for a particular kind of establishment for which a child can work. It stated that no child can work for more than those many hours in that particular establishment. Children should not be working for more than three hours at a stretch and once three hours are completed, then the children must be given an hour break. In total, children are not to work for more than six hour stretches (their break interval inclusive). Also, they cannot work in the hours falling between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. Children are also not allowed to work overtime or work at multiple work locations in a given day. At the same time, a child is entitled for one holiday per week. It is also mandatory for the employer of the child to duly notify an inspector about the children working in their establishment and keep a log of all children being employed which should be available for inspection.
Disputes Regarding the Child's Age
If there's any confusion pertaining to the age of the children, the inspector can get the child examined medically to determine his/her age if the birthday certificate for the child in question is not available. Part of IV of the act outlines different punishments and penalties for persons violating the rules and provisions laid down in the Child Labour Act
Recent Amendments to the Child Labour Act
Last year, significant amendments were made to the Child Labour Act. These amendments, proposed a few years ago, were cleared by the Union Cabinet in May last year. These amendments seek to completely bar children less than 14 years from working in any sector except entertainment industry and non-hazardous family enterprises. Another major provision of this amendment which allowed children between 5 and 14 years of age to help in family enterprises after school hours or during vacation, met with great resentment by child rights activists and NGOs like Save the Children which called for a blanket ban on child labour.
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At the exquisite bed and breakfast that boarders the Chugach National Forest, the Inn at Tern Lake was the perfect spot for the unity of Kaylee & Donny! These two didn't let a little rain stop their wedding day. With plan B into action they shared their vows under beautifully lit vaulted ceilings and with adoring friends and family.
As the rain lifted, just a little, we were able to quickly grab the wedding party for some outside shots. The now husband and wife looked stunning! It goes to show that sometimes things don't always go as planed, but when laughter and love are involved...everything is as it should be!


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The State of Ransomware Attacks across Latin America
Composed of South America, Mexico, Central America, and some Caribbean islands, Latin America is a large geographic area with a flourishing IT sector. Improved English proficiency, educational support for technology, and proximity to the United States combine to make Latin American countries attractive bases for IT outsourcing and service delivery.
Cybercriminals, who always have a finger on the pulse of IT developments, are in tune with this IT growth in Latin America. These criminals recognize and look to seize new opportunities for ransomware attacks in what they may regard as a region with relatively immature cybersecurity defenses in place.
This article takes a look at some of the biggest recent ransomware attacks targeting companies across Latin America.
Ransomware in Latin America: The Statistics
Before diving into different ransomware attacks in the region, it is worth taking a look at some of the most telling statistics about the current state of ransomware in Latin America:
Recent research found that two Latin American countries—Argentina and Chile—featured in the top five countries targeted by the most ransomware attacks.
The same research found that communications, manufacturing, and retail were the top three industries targeted by ransomware in Latin America in 2021 to date.
According to AdvIntel, one in every three ransomware attacks in the world targets a Latin American country.
These sobering statistics highlight the prevalence of this devastating form of cyber attack in the Latin American region.
Eletrobras and Copel, Brazil: February 2021
In February 2021, technology websites began reporting that two electric power utility companies in Brazil were victims of ransomware attacks.
One of the victims was Eletrobras, which is the biggest power utility company in Latin America. Electrobras generates 40 percent of Brazil's entire electric supply. The other victim was Copel.
The attack on Eletrobras targeted network servers belonging to an Eletrobras subsidiary. This attack resulted in the temporary suspension of some software services.
The Copel ransomware attack resulted in a data breach from which the hackers behind the attack demanded payment for returning data that included confidential employee information and plaintext passwords.
Eastern European for-profit ransomware group DarkSide claimed responsibility for the Copel attack and threatened to upload over 1,000 gigabytes of data to the dark web. Given these attacks occurred almost simultaneously, it's likely DarkSide was behind the Eletrobras attack too. Interestingly, the same gang made global media headlines just a few months later when they carried out a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline in the United States.
Telecom Argentina: July 2020
One of Argentina's largest ISPs became the victim of a ransomware attack in July 2020. The group behind the attack demanded $7.5 million in the privacy-focused cryptocurrency, Monero.
Luckily for Telecom Argentina, the attack didn't impact critical IT services. It is believed that hackers used stolen login credentials obtained through a successful email phishing attack to gain access to the company's IT network. While no critical services were impacted, the attack did damage Telecom Argentina's internal network by infecting 18,000 workstations within its call center.
Foxconn Electronics, Mexico: November 2020
A Mexican facility belonging to Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer Foxconn suffered a damaging ransomware attack at the end of November 2020. The DoppelPaymer gang posted a series of files belonging to Foxconn online in the days after the attack.
A note left on the company's servers demanded a payment of 1804.0955 Bitcoin to return all files, backup copies, and shadow copies obtained by the hackers. 1,200 servers were encrypted and over 20-30 terabytes of backups were apparently deleted.
BancoEstado, Chile: September 2020
The Chilean bank, BancoEstado, had to shut down all of its branches in response to a serious ransomware attack in early September 2020. An employee apparently opened a suspicious Microsoft Office file that then installed a backdoor in the bank's IT network.
The REvil ransomware-as-a-service gang was behind this attack. Having gained access to the network through the backdoor, the gang blocked access to important files. In fact, the attack came to the attention of the bank when employees working weekend shifts found they couldn't access work files from their computers. Proper segmentation of the internal bank network ultimately limited the damage caused by this attack.
Banco de Costa Rica, Costa Rica: May 2020
In May 2020, state-owned Banco De Costa Rica suffered a data breach as the result of a successful ransomware attack. The seriousness of the breach was such that a 2 gigabyte CSV containing credit and debit card numbers made its way to the dark web.
Luckily for the bank and its customers, 70 percent of the stolen card details were from inactive cards and the remaining 30 percent were quickly disabled. The Maze family of ransomware was behind this breach.
Takeaway Lessons on Ransomware Prevention and Mitigation
While every organization rightly wants to avoid ransomware attacks, the successful attacks that make media headlines always contain opportunities to learn how to improve ransomware defenses. Here are some takeaway lessons on ransomware prevention and mitigation from the recent attacks in Latin America.
The attacks on Brazilian electric utility companies highlighted a worrying global trend in which hackers are turning their attention to critical infrastructure. Companies operating in such areas need defense in-depth due to the society-wide importance of the services they provide.
The Telecom Argentina attack underscored the importance of employee awareness around phishing campaigns. E-mail security platforms and phishing simulation solutions are valuable tools in combating this mode of entry into networks.
The attack on Foxconn indicated that companies should take some steps to have offline backups using tape storage or other media not connected to the network.
It is crucial to put controls in place that limit the ability of attackers to move laterally through a network.
Taking the lead from BancoEstado, network segmentation can help limit the impact of ransomware attacks.
When sensitive data is breached, as in the case of Banco De Costa Rica, companies need to take quick action to verify the breach and notify affected parties.
As IT sector growth continues across Latin America, expect the volume of ransomware attacks to keep increasing too. No industry or country is immune to the impacts of a data breach. Taking ransomware defense seriously puts your organization one step ahead of malicious groups who spend their days trying to infiltrate networks and systems.
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Published by Ian Thomas June 9, 2021


Whirligig? Rio Rattles? Congophone? New vocabulary? No, just the names given to toys one can make with the instructions given in Czernecki's craft book, which is an invitation to children and adults to experience hand made toys with the simplest medium—cardboard.
put together a book that goes beyond simple crafting. The folk art of toy making is reviewed with simple stories describing each toy. The Whirligig is a distinctive North American toy that was introduced during the fight for American Independence. Rio Rattles are used in the celebration of the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro. When one needs to communicate with others or to talk to the animals, a Congophone is used. These and other toys found on all five continents are presented in this book. Art, craft, history, geography, legend and tall tale are neatly packaged around directions and colorful diagrams.
General directions and tips for working with the various cardboard pieces are invaluable. There is a secret to getting two cardboard tubes to fit together in the formation of an animal's neck: sandpaper. Glue, tracing paper and paint are examples of the materials that can be located in craft and hardware stores, or in any teacher's closet, making these toys excellent projects for the classroom. A metric conversion table is provided so standard pieces can be located. Some parts do require use of power tools, a drill and saw, as well as a sharp craft knife. This equipment may not be as readily available and does indicate that adult supervision is necessary for some of these projects.
In addition, several of the toys have many small parts that may require prior preparation by an adult or older child. Exact measurements in these cases appear to be needed as some of the toy pieces are the working mechanisms. In order to create the whirligig, for example, one needs to drill holes in several tubes as well as cut various wooden dowels to size, totaling over ten pieces. The whirligig design is based on the weathervane. It is a wind toy that spins around as the feet of the animal also spin in the opposite direction.
pointing to and selecting pieces by color in the diagrams. Painting is a skill enjoyed by all and there is painting to be done with every toy prior to assembly.
Once the skills and tricks are learned, the art of toy making is on its way to becoming an enjoyable experience. Making room decorations, a weekend family project, expanding on a history or geography lesson are all ideas one can utilize from this book. A new generation of crafters may carry on this tradition of hand made toys. One can always use a whirligig in the garden.


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Given five positive integers, find the minimum and maximum values that can be calculated by summing exactly four of the five integers. Then print the respective minimum and maximum values as a single line of two space-separated long integers.
For example, arr=[1,3,5,7,9] . Our minimum sum is 1+3+5+7 and our maximum sum is 3+5+7+9. We would print 16 24
A monkey man caught inside a jail. He can jumps across the wall. He can jump 'X' meters, but due to slippery walls he falls 'Y' meters after each jump. To escape from jail, he has to cross 'N' number of walls, where height of each wall is given in an array.
Write a program to find total number of jumps, he has to make, to escape
Your function will take three arguments, where:
Argument 1: An integer depicting X, which he can jump
Argument 2: An integer depicting Y, which he falls
Argument 3: An array of N integers having the height of each wall.
1<=X<=109
1<=Y<=105
Your program should return total number of jumps required to escape.
Sample Test Case
Test case 1
Sample Input
Here monkey man can jump 10 meters high, but slides down by 1 meter. He has 1 wall to jump and the height of the wall is 10 meters. Since he jumps 10 meters in the first attempt he cross the wall easily in the first attempt only.
Here, the monkey man can jump 5 meters high, but slides down by 1 meters. He has 2 walls to jump and the walls are 9 and 10 meters hight respectively.
While crossing the first wall, he takes 2 attempts, because during the first attempt he jumps 5 meters but slides down by 1 meters since he didn't cross the wall. In the next attempt he jumps 5 more meters from that position and this time he doesn't slide because he crossed the wall in this attempt because 4+5=9 and 9 meters is the actual height of the wall.
Similarly, while crossing the second wall, he takes 3 attempts because during his second attempt on this wall, he silides down by 1 meters since 4+5=9 and the height of the wall is 10 meters. During his third attempt, he was able to escape.
Ananya likes to keep things tidy. Her toys are sorted from smallest to largest and pencils are sorted from shortest to longest. One day, when practicing her counting skills, she noticed that some integers, have their digits sorted in non-decreasing order. She calls 8, 123, 555, and 224488 as numbers tidy. Numbers that do not have this property, like 20, 321, 495 and 999990, are not tidy.
She just finished counting all positive integers in ascending order from 1 to N. What was the last tidy number she counted?
The first line of the input gives the number of test cases, T. T lines follow. Each line describes a test case with a single integer N, the last number counted by Ananya.
For each test case, output is the last tidy number counted by Ananya.
1 ≤ T ≤ 100.
Sample Input:
Input string: "5#9#6#4#6#8#0#7#1#5"
Triangle will be created as
Sum of highest in each row
5+9+8+7=29
User has n string in english lowercase. In one operation, he can delete any pair of adjacent letters with same value. User wants to reduce string as much as possible. To do this, he will repeat the above operation as many times as it can be performed. Help user to find and print most reducible form of string. If the final string is empty, print Empty String.
Given an integer, NN, traverse its digits (dd1,dd2,...,ddn) and determine how many digits evenly divide NN (i.e.: count the number of times NN divided by each digit ddi has a remainder of 00). Print the number of evenly divisible digits.
Note: Each digit is considered to be unique, so each occurrence of the same evenly divisible digit should be counted (i.e.: for N=111N=111, the answer is 33).
You need to draw a right side staircase structure i.e. right side triangle structue . It seems to stand as right angle triangle from right side.
Input is given integer N,consider it the height of staircase
Print right side staircase with symbol '*' and spaces.
You need to draw a inverted staircase structure i.e. triangle structue which is inverted to left side. It seems to be stand as inverted right angle triangle.
Print inverted staircase with symbol '*' and spaces.
You need to draw a staircase structure i.e. triangle structue which is elevated to left side. It seems to be stand as right angle triangle.
Print staircase with symbol '*' and spaces.


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Finland's historic gold in ice hockey
Thalia Twitty 11 months ago 2 min read
AGI – Finland won the last gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics by defeating the Russian Olympic Committee, the defending champion, in the men's ice hockey final, by 2 to 1. For Finnish hockey, this is the first Olympic title in history after two silver medals. The Russians broke the deadlock after eight minutes with the help of Mikhail Grigorenko with the help of two other excellent champions Nikita Nesterov and Nikita Gusev.
The lottery for the Finns was signed at the start of the central period by Phil Boca on a pass from Hans Bjornnin and Ati Ohtama. The winning goal for Finland after that was achieved at the start of the third match.
After just 43 seconds, Bjornin, 26-year-old Jokerit Helsinki (the only Finnish team to play in the prestigious Russian Continental Hockey League), beat Russian goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov. In the last minute of the match, the Russians tried to equalize by eliminating the goalkeeper, but upon hearing the last siren, the Finns exploded with joy.
Bronze medal in the men's championship for Slovakia who beat Sweden 4-0 and were eliminated in the lively semi-finals by the Russians on penalty kicks.. In 2026, the two hockey tournaments will also include the blue national teams as Italy is the host country. For men, with the exception of Turin 2006, Italy has not qualified for the Games since Nagano 98.
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This morning, the Holy Spirit gave me an understanding that the reason He transformed our identity with the power of His word and Spirit so we could become 'new wineskins' who brought the reality of His divine love.
This world and evil spirits continue to form us to become selfish, greedy, obscene, love of money, love of the world and love of self so that the enemy can use us to spread hatred, stress, anger, self-pride, rebellion, etc in this world. Those people, who carry the 'pattern of the world' and spread that pattern to others, make the world darker. They have become the 'tool for wickedness', used by enemies to destroy the lives of many people and as a result, the world is getting darker because of them.
Through the transformation of the lives of believers, God has the means to pour out His love in their lives until the divine love overflows from their lives.
1. Our focus in building our true identity in Christ will make us the center of His abundance love and also His partner to channel the divine love to those who interact with us.
A cat never barks and a dog never meows, it's not their nature. Just as believers who have experienced transformation through His word and Spirit; who live in their new identity in Christ; it is impossible for them to hold grudges and hatred towards others even though they are treated unfairly. Our new identity in Christ can only love, forgive and forget other's mistakes! The Spirit will train us to always love, forgive and forget other's mistakes.
For others, revenge is an act of showing their strength, but for believers who live in their new identity, forgiving and forgetting are the acts to show their true strength. To forgive and to forget is divine.
God's desire is to use our lives, who have experienced transformation, to touch and fill other's live with His love! Without His love, the world will be destroyed by the act of people who filled with hatred, revenge and rebellion.
2. Don't let the enemy's distraction ruin our divine pattern/ new identity in Christ, that God has built in us.
Enemies will use all kinds of ways to distract us, so that the divine pattern that God built in our lives will never be complete. Just like when we drive on the road, even though we are careful, but others may not do the same. However, that does not mean that we cancel our entire journey.
We just have to be extra careful. That's what we have to do in this life! Continue to walk on this prophetic journey; focus on building our true identity in Christ. Even the enemy always tries to distract our attention in all kinds of ways; to fill our lives with hatred, obscenity, selfishness, etc.; but all we have to do is focus on the work of the word and the Spirit in our lives, while watching over the enemy's efforts that try to take advantage of events, facts/situations that happen in our lives. Make sure we always respond to the things that happen in our lives accurately and wisely, so the enemy does not have any chance to ruin the divine pattern that God built in our lives.
Ask so that our lives is filled with His love and overflow from our lives. Make sure divine nature is formed in our lives.


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El convento de Carmelitas Descalzas sito en el municipio de Caudiel (Provincia de Castellón, España), al igual que el Convento de Agustinos, fue fundado por D. Pedro Miralles, pero murió antes de ver realizada su obra, siendo sus herederos los que dilataron por espacio de más de cuarenta años su fundación, pues ésta se ejecutó el 21 de noviembre de 1671.

El conjunto arquitectónico al estar completamente amurallado da un aspecto recio y monarcal, llamando poderosamente la atención al visitante que llega a Caudiel.

La Iglesia está construida en mampostería y piedra angular; consta de una sola nave con capillas laterales no comunicadas entre sí, toda ella decorada al estilo barroco.

El interior del convento al ser de clausura rara vez puede visitarse, excepto la iglesia y el coro bajo situado al lado del presbiterio y separado de este por una reja de grandes dimensiones; en él puede apreciarse la rica pavimentación de azulejo valenciano (Manises del siglo XVII).

El legado artístico lo podemos resumir en: una imagen de la Inmaculada, policromada, atribuida al círculo de Esteve Bonet; diversa iconografía murillesca; un Ecce Homo, vinculado a Juan de Juanes; una Inmaculada, iconografía premurillesca del siglo XVII y varios lienzos más de autoría anónima y de temática devocional.

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Sling it over to Singapore
Treat yourself to an early Xmas present by heading to the ZoukOut beach festival.
Colm O'Loughlin
Friday, November 23, 2007 - 00:00
Get your plane tickets booked now: this December, the happening metropolis of Singapore, Asia, plays host to the return of one of the world's best music festivals. ZoukOut - from the same heads behind the ultra-slick nightspot, Zouk - is back to electrify Siloso Beach in Sentosa, Singapore, on 8th December, with a breathtaking, carefully selected line-up of acts and DJs.
Representing the cream of dance music from across the sound spectrum, some of the performers already confirmed for this date include Armin van Buuren, who's just been crowned the World's No.1 DJ in our Top 100 DJs poll. He'll be hitting the ZoukOut decks to demonstrate his quality with one of his epic, uplifting and varied sets.
Techno titan Carl Cox will be weighing in with one of his eviscerating sets in the Main Arena, proving why he's retained the title of Top Techno DJ. Booka Shade, fresh from their lush new 'DJ Kicks' compilation, will be hitting up the gorgeous, sun-kissed surroundings with one of their unpredictable, dancefloor-slaying electronic sets.
The Velvet Underground Arena will see some handpicked acts on the noisenik tip. Does it Offend You, Yeah? will be living up to their moniker with riotous cyberpunk and electro crunk to keep the crowd bouncing. Neo ravers will find much to enjoy here, and they'll also be feeling ultra-hip Ed Banger bods like coquette-ish rhymestress Uffie, and her partner in crime DJ Feadz, who'll no doubt regale with tales of debauchery and naughtiness.
James Murphy and Pat Mahoney of DFA and LCD Soundsystem renown are also coming to bang the party with electro, disco, house and who knows what else. And what bill could be complete without eclectic chameleon Gilles Peterson? Dropping the bass all over the place, he'll be playing any kind of groove that makes you move.
Hip-hop heads are also well-catered for with three times DMC World Championship winner DJ Craze, who'll be scratching up a frenzy. In addition, a selection of the coolest Singapore acts will be performing, including I Am David Sparkle, FAB IQ of David Gunn, Great Spy Experiment, Electrico, Caracal and Deserters from KL, representing acts from across the audio spectrum.
One of the performers at last year's event, Steve Lawler, reckoned that ZoukOut is one of the freshest festivals out there.
"It's a great location," said Steve. "It's a nice festival because, of course, it's hot over there so there's no bad weather to contend with! And the crowd are incredibly up for it - it's pretty cool."
This year's festival theme will be the surreal world, celebrating all that's weird, whacked and wonderful, and promises to be just as visually spectacular as the already idyllic surroundings of Siloso Beach.
First appearing on the international festival stage in 2001, ZoukOut has aimed to give the state-of-the-art Zouk clubbing experience a glorious al fresco spin, and the event has gone from strength to strength, last year attracting 20,000 revellers.
Tickets are available online from $48 Singapore dollars (equivalent to £15.94 at time of writing) in advance from www.sistic.com.sg, with festival and hotel deals available through www.octopustravel.com. It's a festival not to be missed!


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Il gruppo Corimé interpreta accompangnandolo con la musica il celebre testo di Erri De Luca "Considero valore"
I see as a value any form of life, snow, a strawberry, a fly.
I see as a value the mineral kingdom, the assembly of stars.
The tiredness of those who have never spared themselves, an old couple still in love.
I see as a value what won't be of any worth tomorrow and what is still of little worth today.
I see as a value all kinds of wounds.
Feeling grateful though not remembering why.
The name of the wind that is drying the laundry.
The patience of a prisoner, whatever his fault may be.
I see as a value the use of the verb to love and the possible existence of a creator.
I have never known many of these values.
"Nell'aula del tribunale di Torino il 28 gennaio 2015 non sarà in discussione la libertà di parola. Quella ossequiosa è sempre libera e gradita. Sarà in discussione la libertà di parola contraria, incriminata per questo".


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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: What we can learn from the Jami-Lee Ross saga
24 Oct, 2018 03:31 PM 5 minutes to read
Jami-Lee Ross entered politics at a young age. Photo/File
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait is a columnist for the Rotorua Daily Post
I have always believed New Zealand's future is too important to leave up to 120 people of various intelligence sitting in Wellington. Last week's mess emanating from the Beehive merely confirmed that.
Sometimes being an MP allows a person to grow and develop into a great politician. But if the raw material isn't there in the first place it just isn't going to happen.
It has always troubled me when someone decides to go into politics from an early age. Jami-Lee Ross was 18 years old when first elected to the Manukau City Council in 2004.
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Elected to the Auckland City Council in 2010 in the Howick ward and a Member of Parliament for Botany in 2011, winning a byelection. He is now 32 years old.
I can't see anything in his background, left school at 16 with no formal qualifications, that would make him anything more than a run of the mill politician.
There is nothing wrong with being ambitious. Wanting to get ahead. But my expectation is that anyone entrusted to help run the country will have some life and real work experience and must be about building something larger and more lasting than just themselves.
Politics shouldn't be about what they want – recognition, profile, power, whatever. It has to be about what they contribute, build and create.
If MPs reflect the make-up of our communities then you could say the behaviour we have seen, and heard, by Ross in the past week is nothing out of the ordinary. It happens in real life so why are we surprised when the proverbial hits the fan in the Beehive.
Because in real life when things go bad and get ugly you have a pretty good chance of keeping it quiet, hushed up. In politics, things have a habit of getting out. Getting leaked. In this case, it was Ross himself who decided to publicly put the boot into the leader of the National Party Simon Bridges, his leader.
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He accused Bridges of corruption over a large donation, making disparaging remarks, caught on tape, about which ethnic group is more desirable as an MP than another and making hurtful and cruel remarks about fellow MPs. Ross had a complete meltdown that caused Bridges and the National Party embarrassment and humiliation.
Did Bridges see the train wreck coming? It must have been evident for months. Where were his advisers?
As leader of a political party, you would have enough to do without having to douse an affair of this intensity on your own. You must have skilled people available to undertake the "difficult conversations". Even when one party is clearly not mentally fit.
My friend, I call her an expert in the field of difficult conversations, told me politicians and senior executives are not trained to have difficult conversations. They attempt it and invariably mess it up.
They let things drift initially, hoping the problem will go away. It never does. They are reluctant to ask for help and when they do it is often not satisfactory or applicable. They try to contain the problem, muddle their way through and go into lockdown mode. They want to believe the situation is retrievable. And they can handle it. In Bridges' case, at the same time, he has had to attempt to keep the rest of the troops together.
Whether he wanted their advice and whether they knew what they were talking about, everyone seems willing to tell Bridges how he should have handled the Ross debacle.
Many MPs are reported as saying this is the first time in memory they have seen anything on this scale, within any political party. Media commentators, previous high ranking National Party members and former National MPs say the same. Thankfully the Labour coalition Government has remained quiet. They know that at any time a similar bombshell could explode on their home turf. It's only a matter of time.
Will the knives be out now for Bridges from his party? Will he be jettisoned? If what we have seen is so unprecedented how would any leader have handled the situation?
Everyone is now the expert. But could and should senior National Party officials have done more, earlier? Questions, answers and explanations will be expected. Difficult conversations will continue to be had.
The National Party is known to be ruthless when conducting autopsies. But if undertaken without blame, it can go a long way towards creating a climate where the truth is heard. And there's nothing at all wrong in showing a little kindness. It's what the Prime Minister keeps telling us. But I suspect the National Party would choke on that one.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait is a Rotorua district councillor, Lakes District Health Board member and chairs the North Island Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency. She writes, speaks and broadcasts to thwart political correctness
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Adobe unveils Connect 8 Web and videconferencing tool set
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Adobe Systems today unveiled Adobe Connect 8, a Web conferencing tool that supports videoconferencing on desktops, in conference rooms and most mobile devices.
The update, the first since version 7.5 came out a year ago, includes an improved user interface the company said can cut down on technical worries with set-up and customization that seem inherent with many Web and videoconferencing systems, Adobe officials said.
Six-year-old Adobe Connect , which competes with Cisco Webex, Microsoft Live Meeting, Citrix GoToMeeting and multiple offerings from smaller players, has grown quickly especially since 2009 when bookings grew by 50% over the prior year. The technology is now used for about 140 million minutes of Web conferences each month, said Michael Londgren, director of product marketing for Adobe.
"What really sets us apart is ease of meeting access," he said in an interview.
Londgren also noted that the product has benefited greatly from its ability to access a Web or video conference through the Adobe Flash Player plug-in.
Peter Ryce, Adobe's Connect Evangelist, noted that updated offering allows companies to implement video conferencing without a major network upgrade. "We're a lightweight system that's optimized for low bandwidth," he said. "We're very network friendly. Our goal is to democratize the usage here -- the only thing you need is a Flash player. We're not competing with [high end] telepresence."
He said many videoconferences work fine with 250 Kbit/sec of video bandwidth, with some down to 30 Kbit/sec.
The new Connect 8 user interface allows meeting hosts, trainers or presenters to quickly adjust meeting room layouts as needed. The new Connect version includes updated collaboration capabilities and adds two-way Universal Voice provides for two-way communications via Voice over IP and telephone.
Connect 8 also allows for the integration of Adobe Connect with third-party SIP-based H-264-compliant videoconferencing systems. Adobe is offering developers an SDK to create custom software to integrate Adobe Connect with other systems.
Connect 8 also includes the Adobe AIR -based Adobe Connected Desktop, which allows users to set up meetings from a desktop or download recorded sessions for later viewing.
Finally, the updated tool is integrated with Adobe Connect Mobile, allowing iPhone and iPad users to access live meetings and videoconferences. Other clients, such as Android smartphones, require Flash 10.1 for access.
Pricing starts at $500 per seat per year for a "Named Organizer" who works with up to 100 participants in a session. The previous version carries the same price tag. A hosted version of Connect 8.0 is priced at 32 cents a minute per user, with up to 500 users.
For on-premise systems, an enterprise server costs $20,000 and edge servers for distributing the access throughout a campus cost $10,000 apiece.
Connect 8 will be available by the end of November.
Adobe said that the system is used by large operations like Xerox Corp., a division within the Office of Public Health Preparedness in Michigan and the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency. Adobe said the defense suystems agency already has 380,000 active users and has run sessions with 40 cameras simultenously connected in a single session. "We've supported live Web cams from ships and planes, and we're getting wide use there," Londgren said.
Londgren noted that Adobe Connect was used to broadcast recent elections in Kazahkstan, supporting 11 different languages for text chat users.
Meanwhile, Borders Group uses Adobe Connect to increase access and cut the cost of employee training, according to Adobe.
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen , or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed . His e-mail address is mhamblen@computerworld.com .
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