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JDU Dalit leader found hanging inside Bihar police station, 3 cops arrested
Ganesh Ravidas (45) was found hanging from the ceiling of the toilet at Nagarnausa police station in Nalanda district on late Thursday night.
A local leader of the ruling Janata Dal(United) in Bihar was found hanging in the toilet inside a police station, hours after being picked up for interrogation, evoking violent protests from residents of his village in Nalanda district.
Three police personnel were arrested in connection with the Dalit politician's death, a communication from the district administration said on Friday.
Ganesh Ravidas (45) was found hanging from the ceiling of the toilet at Nagarnausa police station in Nalanda district on late Thursday night, official sources said.
Janata Dal(United) national president and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also belongs to the same district.
Ganesh Ravidas, who was the block president of the partys Mahadalit cell, was picked up for interrogation in connection with the kidnapping of a girl wherein he was not named an accused, the sources said.
As the news of the death spread to his village early Friday, his supporters stormed the police station and began hurling stones, leaving a few policemen injured.
The villagers alleged that it was a suicide abetted by custodial torture.
Some of the villagers alleged that they have noticed injury marks on the forehead of the deceased, which indicated that he was driven to suicide by torture at the hands of the police.
They alleged that Ravidas had helped the girl marry the man she loved and take shelter in some far-off city, much to the chagrin of her father who had lodged a case of abduction.
The locals further alleged that the police had been in cahoots with the girls father and putting pressure on Gamesh Ravidas to divulge her whereabouts.
Meanwhile, DIG, Central Range, Rajesh Kumar rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation and upon his instructions, the SHO of Nagarnausa Kamlesh Kumar, Additional
Sub-Inspector Balwinder Rai and Chowkidar Sanjay Paswan have been placed under arrest, a communication from the district administration said.
A case has been registered against the three arrested police personnel by the family members of the deceased under the SC/ST Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code, the communication added.
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Peter Wennink was appointed President and CEO of ASML on July 1, 2013. He joined the company in 1999 as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the Board of Management. Peter has an extensive background in finance and accounting. Prior to ASML, he worked as a partner at Deloitte Accountants where he specialized in high technology with an emphasis on the semiconductor equipment industry.
In addition to his position at ASML, Peter is a member of the Royal Dutch Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the supervisory board of the Eindhoven University of Technology and a member of the Advisory Board of the Investment Committee of the National Civil Pension Fund (Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the Dutch pension fund for government employees). Peter also serves on the board of the FME-CWM, an employers' organization for the technology industry in the Netherlands.
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Martin earned a degree in electrical engineering from HTS Arnhem (HAN University) and a degree in physics from the University of Twente in the Netherlands in 1984. In 2012, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in physics by the University of Amsterdam and in 2014 was made a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion (Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw).
He received the 2014 IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award for his contributions to nanotechnology and was awarded the 2015 IEEE Robert N Noyce Medal for exceptional contributions to the microelectronics industry. In 2019 Martin received the Imec Lifetime of Innovation Award in recognition of his personal contribution to the realization of ever more powerful microchips.
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Roger Dassen joined ASML in June 2018 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed as a member of our Board of Management in April 2018. Roger joined ASML from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, where he was the Global Vice Chair, Risk, Regulatory, and Public Policy.
He also served as the Global Chief Ethics Officer and as a member of the DTTL Executive, as well as CEO of Deloitte Netherlands. Roger was a Deloitte Netherlands audit partner from 1996 until 2018 and served as advisory partner and/or global LCSP for a number of the firm's largest clients.
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For the last few weeks we have been closely reporting on Mike Isaacson, the controversial Anitfa leader who teaches at John Jay College. In spite of backlash from elected officials, several law enforcement unions, and the public at large; he is still on paid administrative leave. Here are some newly surfaced tweets from Professor Issacson.
Here, he appears to encourage people to throw molotov cocktails at police officers.
@babeeeinstein If you aim it right, you should be able to hit the cop car with a molotov.
Here he encourages people to burn down their precincts, but specifically during business hours.
He's also made sure to let people know that gasoline or other accelerants will help.
And just one day after the July 7th 2016 murder of 5 police officers in Dallas he said "Off the pigs".
And then just over a week later he asked for "more dead pigs".
Here are some more examples of this John Jay College professor calling for large groups of people to be killed.
If pigs are protected by hate crime law, you may as well kill them anyway.
In April of last year he outlined his preference for hanging fascists "by their toes and taking turns beating their lifeless bodies".
This year, he wrote this little poem about Donald Trump in which he says "he will hang by his toes".
Prior to Trump's election he appeared to encourage people to throw molotov cocktails at the white house.
He also tweeted about the assassination of Mike Pence and Donald Trump.
Taken individually it would be easy to dismiss one of these tweets as a "joke" or being "taken out of context" but Professor Isaacson has demonstrated a pattern of advocating for political violence and this type of behavior should not be tolerated from any educator. Please take a moment to contact the John Jay College President, Karol Mason, and demand she #FireMike.


It wasn't easy to impress Captain Fred Stott.
He was a man of the world. Educated at the prestigious Philips Academy and Amherst College, he knew enough history, biology, and civics to spend two years teaching before joining the service. Since OCS, he'd added an impressive list of credentials to his record: machine gun platoon leader, an infantry-tank liaison, a rifle company executive officer, and now a company commander. He'd witnessed countless acts of bravery, and contributed his own to receive a Navy Cross. And he'd countless tragedies, losing more friends than he cared to count. He could rub shoulders with battalion commanders, or run up against them when his "Fireball" personality got the better of his tact. A gifted writer, he constantly took mental notes of what he heard, saw, and experienced, in preparation for future publications. He seemed to have an opinion, an explanation, or a rationalization for everything he saw – and he had seen a lot in the last two years.
Yet one brief period seemed to catch him off guard. The experience of going into reserve on Iwo Jima was, he found, simply beyond belief.
For three unbelievable days and nights we rested in reserve. It was unbelievable because all former reserve experience on Saipan and Tinian was temporary, and we would be fortunate to remain so situated for one full day.
To be in reserve was unbelievable, because the preceding week had been unbelievable as well. The First Battalion, 24th Marines fought longer battles in more grueling climates, but a single week on Iwo dealt them casualties that were, in Corporal Alva Perry's words, "awesome." Almost 900 of them had landed on February 19; today they could count 629 ready for duty, and of these 31 had already been wounded, treated, and returned to duty. Never had the battalion taken so many losses in so short a time, and while other units had suffered more, the experience was an unprecedented physical and mental trauma for which there was no quick cure.
At 0900 on February 26, 1/24 left the blockhouses and moved to an assembly area in TA 165 E. The men knew that this respite might end at any time – it would prove to be the last they received for the duration of the battle – and they made the most of their reprieve while it lasted.
The recently vacated, pre-dug foxholes were pleasant. We were plentifully supplied with water for washing, drinking, and even shaving, and with quantities of appetizing "10 in 1" rations. We lazed around, ate, slept, ducked an occasional sniper bullet….
They dropped their gear in foxholes, shedding combat packs and webbing with sighs of relief. Habit and necessity convinced them to carry their weapons at all times; helmets were worn, aching feet remained in reeking boondockers. They cleaned weapons, then themselves. The more fastidious washed faces, hands, and scrounged for toothbrushes; others didn't bother, rationalizing that they all smelled the same, anyway. A few passed out and slept, dead to the world. And the rest realized just how hungry they were.
Exhausted Marines from 1/24 enjoy "a quiet moment" on Iwo. The man at front right is sound asleep. Photo courtesy of John C. Pope.
Marines make donuts in a makeshift kitchen on Iwo Jima. Date unknown.
With the gustatory bar set to this uninspired height, any change in diet was a welcome one – so First Battalion's chowhounds perked up when they saw the bulky, heavy cardboard boxes labeled "RATION 10 IN 1." Originally created for tankers and mechanized infantry (the fifty pound boxes required vehicles to transport any great distance), the "10-in-1" was intended to feed ten men for one day, or one man for ten days. Connoisseurs of K-rations were impressed with the planned menus for breakfast, dinner, and supper – and by the variety of tinned foods they dug from the boxes.
Although first introduced in 1943, the 10-in-1 evidently did not reach 1/24 until Iwo Jima. They were an immediate hit. "A 10-in-1 is enough to feed a whole squad," explained Al Perry. "It was loaded with good things. My favorite was a large can of uncooked bacon." He joined the handful of foxhole chefs learning to prepare their own meals.
• Open can of bacon with can opener or, if impatient, with bayonet. Remove bacon and set aside.
• Find or borrow a "handful" of C4 explosive. Place the C4 in an empty C-ration can.
• Light, very gingerly, with the matches included in your 10-in-1 ration.
• Place bacon in flattened tin skillet, and place skillet over the burning C4.
• Make sure nobody knocks over your stove.
• Cook for ten minutes.
Captain Joe Swoyer dishes out hot food on Iwo. He described the meal as "pineapple and turkey" – where he got the ingredients is not known. USMC photo.
"Chow down on Iwo Jima." These 1/24 Marines have found some "10-in-1" rations. Photo from John C. Pope.
Mail arrives on Iwo Jima. USMC photo.
"Mail call, Iwo." Few things brought joy like letters from home. Photo courtesy of John Pope.
Being in reserve was restful, but one was never completely at ease. Iwo Jima is often described as a battlefield with no rear area, and for good reason. Japanese troops hid in bypassed bunkers, waiting for a good target or for the day their food and water ran out, at which point they opened fire. General Kuribayashi's subterranean tunnel network had countless entrances and exits; try as they might, Marine demolition teams couldn't find and seal them all. At night, raiding parties emerged to steal supplies, kill Marines, or both. PFC William Quinn swore he could hear someone digging beneath his foxhole around the clock. "My foxhole buddy and I were deciding, when he breaks through, who's going to drop the first grenade?" Quinn recalled. Luckily, "he never did get through." The battalion took daily steps to counter this problem, starting immediately upon arrival at their rest area. A combat patrol was sent to the Boat Basin; after investigating some rusted Japanese barges, the patrol reported all clear.
We went down and we each picked up two five-gallon cans of water. I'm carrying a carbine, and I put it on my shoulder – of course the thing would be sliding down. So I unbuttoned the flap [on his combat jacket] and I put the sling underneath and buttoned it down.
Now how stupid could you be? The Japanese, they had spider traps and stuff—they could come up out of the ground from anyplace and be behind you. What would have happened if they had popped up? I couldn't have fired a shot. I could have thrown water on 'em maybe…. That sounds 'rear echelon,' but we had to get the water back and I was having trouble keeping that rifle handy so I buttoned her down. Boy, I never did that again.
Bill Quinn and his buddies had a close call courtesy of a skilled Japanese observer. They were at loose ends, with "no leadership, no communications, just sitting in these big foxholes." One of them – an amateur golfing champion – produced a golf ball from deep within his pack. He was sitting in the biggest sand trap of his life, but still scooped out a little hole, found a stick, and took a few practice putts. Suddenly, everyone wanted a turn. "We were gonna have a contest," related Quinn. "The battle's going on while we're doing this. We're seventeen, eighteen, twenty years old – what did we know?" Unfortunately, one killjoy Japanese observer spotted the tournament and sent over a dozen mortar shells. "Missed all of us, but it almost got the gunny sergeant. The Gunny was sitting in the gun position, and the mortar came right over his head, went into the embankment, but didn't explode." Gunny Lohff was "a little irate" and swore unspeakable vengeance if he saw the golf ball again. "We knew what he was gonna do with it!" Quinn laughed.
Of course, where there was combat, there were casualties. Shells felled a few men, sending them to the hospital with blast concussion or shrapnel wounds. A few others went down for untreated diseases, or for complications from earlier wounds. And two Able Company men lost their lives. The first was the company commander, Major William K. Stewart, who succumbed to wounds suffered on February 25. The other was Private William W. Knicely, the company's barber.
Although a Marine since 1939, Knicely was in combat for the first time. He had served as a cook for a Parris Island defense battalion; when his unit left for the Pacific, Knicely and a handful of others decided not to make the trip. After six months on the lam, Knicely was apprehended and was charged with desertion in time of war. Whatever defense he offered failed to impress the judge, and Knicely was stripped of his rank and sentenced to several years in Portsmouth Naval Prison.
Baker Capt. William A. Eddy, Jr.
The respite also gave the battalion a chance to reorganize. Wounded leaders needed to be replaced; depleted squads and platoons needed to bolster their numbers. Unfortunately, few of the details were recorded for posterity. On 27 February, 2Lt. Charles R. Anderson Jr. transferred from Charlie to Baker Company, presumably taking command of one of Captain Eddy's rifle platoons. All of the battalion's companies had lost at least one officer; some platoons were being led by NCOs.
In addition to the inter-company shuffling, a handful of men rejoined the battalion. These Marines had been wounded or fell sick in the first week of the battle; their ailments had been treated in the rear, and they were now judged well enough to return to the battle. However, welcome as they were, they were not enough to rebuild the battalion to fighting strength.
Cpl. Hasara returned from hospital, and 2Lt. Anderson was transferred, on 27 February, 1945.
All other events occurred on 26 February.
Towards the end of February, groups of bewildered-looking men began reporting to the combat units. They were comparatively clean, fresh-faced children or somber older men. They bunched together, or wandered out into the open. They handled their weapons without confidence or enthusiasm.
 Sandy Stott, excerpt from "Looking Back at War and Life: Fred Stott, '36," Andover Magazine, Fall 2011, 23. Digital edition. Lt. Stott evidently argued with a superior officer, telling the man he was unfit for command. He spent four days in the brig, but avoided formal charges thanks to his performance in the Marianas campaigns.
 Stott penned at least two works that were published during the war years: "Saipan Under Fire," and "Ten Days on Iwo Jima," which appeared in Leatherneck magazine.
 Frederic A. Stott, "Ten Days on Iwo Jima," Leatherneck Vol. 28, No. 5 (May, 1945); 18.
 Original landing strength, by this author's count, was 893. Accounting for the battalion's daily casualties is more difficult than might be expected. This article uses two main sources: the regimental after action report, and the battalion's own muster rolls. While the muster rolls count time from midnight one day to midnight the next, the regimental report counts from 1800 hours one day to 1800 the next—thus, a man wounded and evacuated at 2100 hours on February 21 would be counted as D+3 by the battalion, and D+4 by the regiment. Daily counts on this website are based on the battalion muster roll.
 John C. Pope, Angel On My Shoulder, Kindle edition, locations 1509-1511. Interestingly, a former Charlie Company cook named Peter Kakadelis recalled making donuts on Iwo Jima, and that the smell was so enticing that he had to have guards posted around his kitchen. Unfortunately for 1/24, Kakadelis had been transferred out of their unit, and the fruits of his labors went to his new buddies in I/3/14.
 Alva Perry, "The Men Of 'A' Company," 2011.
 Mike Mervosh, oral history interview conducted by The National World War II Museum, "Oral History Part 2," March 19, 2008.
 Colonel Walter I. Jordan, Annex George to Fourth Marine Division Report on Iwo Jima: RCT 24 Report (2o April, 1945), 32.
 Major Charles L. Banks, "Final Report on IWO JIMA Operation, Battalion Landing Team 1/24," in Annex George to Fourth Marine Division Report on Iwo Jima: RCT 24 Report (2o April, 1945), 142. Hereafter "Final Report." Toothbrushes, razors, and razorblades were in short supply.
 William T. Quinn, interview conducted by the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, "Heroes of Iwo Jima: 70 Years Later," 5 March 2015.
 Bill Crozier and Steve Schild, "Uncommon Valor: Three Winona Marines at Iwo Jima," Winona Post, 25 October 2006. Online edition.
 Col. Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret.), "Iwo Jima: Hell With The Fire Out," Leatherneck vol. 78, no. 2 (February 1995), 17.
 Quinn, oral history interview. The battalion's AAR for February 27 notes "late in the day a few heavy enemy mortars landed nearby." That a few shells merited reporting gives a good indication of the relative quiet.
 Knicely died en route to Saipan; he was buried in a cemetery there on March 4, 1945.


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Creelman producer elected to Sask Pulse Growers
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) is pleased to announce the newest members to the Board of Directors, following the close of the election period on November 30. Two board members are new, and SPG retains an existing Director for another term.
New to the SPG Board are Winston Van Staveren of Creelman, and Terry Youzwa from Nipawin. SPG welcomes back Corey Loessin from Radisson, who was re-elected. These newly elected members will join SPG's Board in January 2021.
Winston van Staveren farms with his family at Creelman, where they grow canola, wheat, durum, soybeans and lentils.
Winston earned his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Saskatchewan. After receiving his degree, he worked overseas in New Zealand on a mixed farm and returned home to Saskatchewan to farm full time.
He is on the board of directors for the Indian Head Agriculture Research Foundation (IHARF). For that organization, he is on the Crops and Marketing committee. He is active in his community and serves as a director for the Creelman Agricultural Society, and also is a director for the Fillmore Prairie Memories Museum and the Fillmore Catholic Church. He is also a volunteer crop reporter for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture.
Winston is optimistic about the pulse industry in Saskatchewan and intends to be a strong voice for the interests of our hard-working farmers.
"On behalf of the Board I would like to congratulate Corey, Winston, and Terry. I look forward to the experience, expertise, and diverse perspectives they will bring to the board table from their growing regions," said SPG Chair Brad Blackwell. "I would also like to thank all of the candidates for putting their names forward, it was encouraging to see the increased level of interest from growers this year with a strong list of candidates. Their passion and commitment to the growth of Saskatchewan's pulse industry is greatly appreciated."
There were 3,269 votes cast by 1,238 voters in this year's election. Nearly all votes were received through the online voting platform. The final vote results were: Bruce Elke – 406; Norm Hall – 476; Corey Loessin – 856; Ryan Neubauer – 170; Winston Van Staveren – 704; Terry Youzwa – 657.
As per member feedback at the 2020 AGM, SPG has expanded board size to nine elected members, effective January 2021. The new director terms for Corey, Winston, and Terry will begin following SPG's 2021 Annual General Meeting on January 12, 2021.
The afternoon of Jan. 12 will feature a pulse market outlook from 3-4 p.m. by Chuck Penner and Marlene Boersch. The virtual AGM will begin at 4 p.m. Registration is now open for the virtual AGMs. To register, visit saskcrops.com.
Accountable to and funded by growers, SPG's strategic direction is guided by a nine member, grower-elected Board of Directors. SPG's mission is to provide leadership for profitable growth for Saskatchewan pulses.
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A diverse generation often misunderstood by employers
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A unique six-part study of Millennials across the globe confirms some common assumptions about this generation while proving other stereotypes wrong. The most important lesson, however, is the diversity of this generation, which is often overlooked by employers.
The new study, co-sponsored by the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, the HEAD Foundation and Universum, covers Millennials from around the world and reveal complex profile of the generation that will represent 75% of the workforce within 10 years.
For example, more than 70% of Millennials surveyed indicated they hoped to achieve leadership positions, a result that coincides with previous studies. However, the major draw of a leadership position, according to the INSEAD survey, was "high earnings." Money is more valued by Millennials than the stereotypes suggest.
As for working hard and commitment, 64% felt they were up to the challenge of stress and hard work that came with a leadership role. However, for a majority of respondents, challenging work meant being involved in innovative work and learning new things, not coping with a heavy workload.
Concerning the pace of careers, 60% of Millennials valued a fast-track path to leadership punctuated by constant promotions, confirming the accepted wisdom.
Also confirming the accepted wisdom was a question that asked respondents whether they would trade a well-paid and prestigious job for better work-life balance. The vast majority either agreed (47%) or were neutral; only 17% disagreed.
One area in which general results diverged from common wisdom concerned the influence of government. Most Millennials surveyed believed that private business or individuals — private business in the Middle East, North America and Western Europe and individuals in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe — had a greater influence. The researchers emphasize that this reflected what Millennials believe occurs, not what should occur.
The most strongly divergent result concerns the involvement of family and friends in careers. The image of Millennials bringing parents to job interviews is wrong. Overall, only 26% of Millennials involved parents in career decisions, and 21% said friends had an influence.
Of course, it can be dangerous to make generalizations about such a large and dispersed population based on survey averages. This new research makes a major contribution of the discussion by highlighting the differences among different geographic regions. For example, while money was in the aggregate the major draw of a leadership position, Millennials from different parts of the globe cited different reasons for wanting to become leaders. Millennials from Central and Eastern Europe and North America wanted most of all to influence their organizations; Millennials from Africa, on the other hand, wanted the opportunity to coach and mentor others. In another example, fast-track careers, as noted above, were valued by 60% of respondents. However, there were significant differences among regions: respondents from the Asia-Pacific region and Central and Eastern Europe valued a fast-track career the most (67% and 70% respectively), while only 39% in the Middle East thought it was important.
This study yields a number of recommendations for managers.
Develop a granular strategy for attracting and managing Millennials, not one based on averages. The first of a planned annual survey, the INSEAD study highlights not only the regional differences among Millennials, but even the country-by-country differences within the region. Millennials are shown to be quite heterogeneous. Tailor your Millennial strategies to national preferences.
Align your employer brand to future Millennials. Companies may have strategies targeted to Millennials in the workforce, but most Millennials are in pre-employment status. These younger Millennials are more idealistic about work, more focused on work-life balance and less likely to involve family or friends in their careers. Now is the time to discover meaningful value, aside from salary and benefits, to offer future employees.
Pay attention to what Millennials value in their leaders. One of the greatest disparities among regions concerned leadership attributes. Employee empowerment garnered the most responses (31%) to the question of what survey participants valued most in leaders. However, only 13% of Central and Eastern European respondents chose that response — they valued technical and functional expertise (58%) much more than empowerment. Recruitment and retention strategies will vary greatly in different parts of the world.
Use the qualities and values of local Millennials to make purposeful hires. Make an inventory of the qualities and values of Millennials that align best with your company; then seek out Millennials from regions or with heritages that fit best with what is valued in your company.
Ensure that your employer brand resonates with (actual) Millennial characteristics. Younger Millennials, especially, want to work for a company that truly lives its values. The external image or reputation of a company is less important to them. How effective are your efforts to attract, retain and train new employees? Any issues may indicate that Millennials are not finding what's important to them in your company.
The full survey is published in six parts – each focusing on a different aspect of the Millennial generation. You can access the survey in e-Book format from Universum Global
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A few days ago, my Baby C. was playing with his toy robot on the floor when a thought occurred to me… Baby C., aka Lulu, really reminds me of someone and not just his dad (although the resemblance is uncanny!) or even my dad (even though… from certain angles… yes, I can definitely see it!). "Just who do you remind me of," I wondered aloud.
Back in 2011, he released that 80s' electro pop influenced solo album Colourblind Stereo while the band were on hiatus?
He was a judge on The Voice of Ireland?
He's now back in the studio recording new material with The Blizzards (yay!)?
Brez and the boys from The Blizzards.
Oh, and, almost forgot! Bressie is besties with Niall Horan from 1D as they hail from the same Irish Midlands town, Mullingar! Up the 'Gar!.. Or something… not too sure as have never been there despite it only being about an hour from my own hometown. But… look! It's Nialler!!! 💖 Serious kudos, Brez!
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This is one of just a few structures left from the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. Designed by Buffalo architect George Cary (1859–1945), its south portico is meant to evoke the Parthenon, in Athens. In 1987, it was designated a National Historic Landmark. Founded in 1862, the Buffalo Historical Society's first president was Millard Fillmore. Its exhibits, programs, and events are a magnet for schoolchildren, families, and students. It has hosted observances of Lincoln's Birthday for over a century. In 1960, the Society changed its name to the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, and in October 2012 it became the Buffalo History Museum. The Buffalo Japanese Peace Garden is in front of the museum.


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It was an air trauma nurse who found Mike. She was driving to work late at night when she saw taillights coming from an irrigation canal off the side of a rural road in northern California. After working a long day as a general contractor, Mike was driving home in his work van when he had a seizure and drove off the road into the canal. Once in the ER, the doctor told Mike that he had a seizure, he was no longer able to drive, and they treated him for a possible heart condition.
From that point forward, Mike's seizures became more frequent, having at least one every week. Those that he noticed were strong seizures resulting in physical injuries like dislocated joints or broken bones. He was prescribed a slew of medications but nothing seemed to work. The seizures kept coming. One of his general contracting clients suggested that he go to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. On the flight from Redding, CA to Rochester, MN he had a seizure and woke up in a Denver hospital. He then tried an Amtrak train and bus to get to Rochester but had a seizure while in transit too. Finally, he found a friend who would drive him to Rochester. There, he was diagnosed with epilepsy and began treatments at the Mayo Clinic.
Mike found himself jobless, broke, and divorced two years after diagnosis at the Mayo Clinic. His life now revolved around epilepsy. He moved to Phoenix to continue receiving care through the Mayo Clinic's satellite location. Despite the treatments, Mike was still having grand mal seizures with loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. The seizure frequency was now every 3-6 days. He began to withdrawal from society. Mike was attempting a variety of treatments from vagus nerve stimulation to brain resection. Still, it was a roller coaster of promising treatments that only led to disappointment from poor results. "For years, the doctors did not believe me when I showed them my seizure diaries," Mike says. "It was like I was doing something wrong to spark the seizures." Living on disability assistance, Mike had to do something to change his life path, so he enrolled in a community college.
One of his doctors suggested that he participate in a clinical study of the NeuroPace RNS System for refractory focal epilepsy. The RNS neurostimulator is a device similar to a heart pacemaker but for the brain. Mike's RNS System monitors his brain activity 24 hours a day, and recognizes & responds to his unique brain patterns to stop his seizures before they start. It also records Mike's brain activity, which provided insights that enabled his doctors to optimize his epilepsy care. After the procedure and his recovery, Mike was back attending college classes.
As part of the RNS System clinical study, he was required to keep a seizure diary. Reviewing his diary entries with the research team, they would compare his documented seizures to the sensing activity from the RNS System. The data would match. "For years, I tried to explain all the seizures I was having. Now with this device, the data validated it," he said. For Mike, that was his eureka moment when he felt the data gave him a voice. As they studied the seizure diaries with the sensing and stimulating data, they found triggers that would spark seizures like heat stress or a high carbohydrate intake. These were behavioral items that Mike could control, and did, by adapting life activities. He went from experiencing seizures every 3-6 days to having them every 2-3 months. Mike felt more in control, that he could get his life back. He started feeling "normal" again.
Still using the RNS System, Mike earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in social work. He graduated from both ASU & the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. While working on his degrees, Mike started giving back by working as a Mayo Clinic Social Worker and visiting other people with epilepsy at the Mayo Clinic-Phoenix hospital. Eventually, the pages of Mike's seizure diary were blank and he realized he had become seizure-free. He later moved to Portland, Oregon, found a job, and returned to being social. Putting his passion to work, Mike is now a Patient Educator for NeuroPace working with others living with epilepsy.
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Ghislaine Maxwell Net Worth 2022: Biography Epstein Island
Updated on: September 2, 2022 by Federick Brown
Name: Ghislaine Maxwell
Salary: $8 Million
Monthly Income: $1 Million
Date of Birth: December 25, 1961
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.75m)
Profession: British former socialite
Nationality: British, French
1. Ghislaine Maxwell Net Worth
2. Ghislaine Maxwell's Inheritance
3. Ghislaine Maxwell House
4. Ghislaine Maxwell Net Worth Growth Rate
5. Ghislaine Maxwell's Education
6. Ghislaine Maxwell & Jeffrey Epstein
7. Ghislaine Maxwell's Arrest
8. Ghislaine Maxwell's Relationships
As per recent documents filed with the Court, the net worth of Ghislaine Maxwell is estimated to be $69 million dollars. Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 of trafficking and other offenses in connection with the financier and convicted offender Jeffrey Epstein. For her services, Ghislaine Maxwell was paid over $10 million dollars annually by Epstein. Ghislaine Maxwell's net worth has reduced at a rate of 60% over the past three years due to ongoing litigations.
Ghislaine Maxwell Net Worth
As per recent documents filed with the Court, the net worth of Ghislaine Maxwell is estimated to be $79 million dollars. For her services, Ghislaine Maxwell was paid over $10 million dollars annually by Epstein.
Name Ghislaine Maxwell
Profession Former socialite
Ghislaine Maxwell Net Worth Summary
Ghislaine Maxwell owns over 11 real estate properties spread across the world, 14 Cars, 7 Yachts, and 2 private jets. Ghislaine Maxwell's Assets also include Cash reserves of over $25 Million. Ghislaine Maxwell also owns an investment portfolio of 12 stocks that are valued at $40 Million.
Ghislaine Maxwell's Inheritance
Ghislaine Maxwell's father was from a Jewish family, and her mother was of Huguenot descent. Ghislaine Maxwell's family lived in a 52-room mansion in Oxford, United Kingdom. Maxwell's family owned a publishing house, a mining company, and a trucking business. After her father's death, Ghislaine Maxwell received over $29 million dollars through inheritance.
Ghislaine Maxwell House
Ghislaine Maxwell has bought a 12,500-square-foot luxury mansion for a cost of $25 Million. Ghislaine Maxwell has then renovated and expanded the house by hiring an architectural design firm and spending an additional $4 Million For this luxury home, Ghislaine Maxwell has imported Swedish-oak flooring covers the vast great room, which offers dedicated areas for relaxing, dining, and cooking. A fireplace warms one end of the room.
Ghislaine Maxwell's house also comes with a library room and a fireplace in the corner. According to the taste of Ghislaine Maxwell, the house was designed with minimalistic interiors and furniture, with the principal bedroom featuring walls of glass that open directly to the backyard.
Ghislaine Maxwell Net Worth Growth Rate
Ghislaine Maxwell Net Worth in Last 6 Years
Ghislaine Maxwell's Education
Ghislaine Maxwell studied first at Oxford High School for Girls in North Oxford and then, aged nine, was enrolled at Edgarley Hall boarding preparatory school in Somerset. Ghislaine Maxwell attended Marlborough College to study for A-Levels, before going on to earn a degree in Modern History with Languages from Balliol College, Oxford in 1985.
Ghislaine Maxwell & Jeffrey Epstein
In the late 1980s, Ghislaine Maxwell's father introduced her to Jeffrey Epstein. Ghislaine Maxwell had a romantic relationship with Epstein for several years in the early 1990s, and remained closely associated with him for more than 25 years until his death.
Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein had friendships with several prominent individuals in elite circles of politics such as Bill Gates, Robert F. Kennedy, Kevin Spacey, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and Prince Andrew. Ghislaine Maxwell introduced Epstein to Prince Andrew, and the three often socialized together.
Ghislaine Maxwell's Arrest
Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire by the FBI on 30 June 2020, through the use of an IMSI-catcher mobile phone tracking device on a phone used by her to call one of her lawyers, her husband Scott Borgerson, and her sister Isabel.
US District Judge Alison Nathan ruled that Ghislaine Maxwell would face two separate trials, one for the trafficking charges and another for perjury. The trial commenced on 29 November 2021 with opening statements. On 31 December 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty and convicted by a jury in US federal court on five sex trafficking-related counts carrying a potential custodial sentence of up to 65 years imprisonment.
Ghislaine Maxwell's Relationships
Following her personal and professional involvement with Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell was romantically linked for several years to Ted Waitt, founder of Gateway Computers. Ghislaine Maxwell helped Waitt obtain and renovate a luxury yacht, the Plan B, and used it for travel to France and Croatia.
Since 2014, Ghislaine Maxwell had been living in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, in the home of Scott G. Borgerson, a Council on Foreign Relations.
How did Ghislaine Maxwell get her money?
Ghislaine Maxwell has received over $29 million dollars through inheritance from her family. She has also earned millions by assisting Epstein in trafficking.
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell's father?
Robert Maxwell.
What happened to Ghislaine Maxwell's money?
After her arrest by the FBI, Ghislaine Maxwell's assets were frozen and transferred to an escrow account. Ghislaine Maxwell's assets are put up for sale, and the proceedings from the sale will be distributed to her victims.
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell married to?
Scott Borgerson.
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Alexandre del Valle (Marselha, 6 de setembro de 1969) é um politólogo, jornalista e ensaísta francês, especializado no radicalismo islâmico, no terrorismo e nas relações Ocidente-Rússia.

Educação
Ele seguiu seus estudos no Instituto de Estudos Políticos de Aix-en-Provence, a Universidade Montpellier 3 Paul-Valéry e Instituto de Ciência Política em Milão. Graduou-se em Segurança, Defesa Nacional e História das Doutrinas Políticas.

Ele apresentou uma tese na história contemporânea na Universidade Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 "O Ocidente e a segunda descolonização: Indigenismo e islamismo da Guerra Fria até os dias atuais"

Carreira profissional
No início de sua carreira, ele trabalhou como funcionário em França, em seguida, trabalhou no Parlamento Europeu, antes de criar sua empresa de consultoria Geopol.

Já lecionou na European University of Rome, depois na Metz University of Law e despois na Escola de Comércio - La Rochelle.

Em 2019, ele co-fundou o Multipolar World Institute em Bruxelas e é membro do Think Tank CPFA Centre of Political and Foreign Affairs e depois do French Intelligence Research Centre (CF2R)

Ele atualmente leciona geopolítica como Porfessor Associate de relações internacionais e geopolitica  na IPAG Business School (desde 2017)

Ensaísta
Ele é o autor de sete livros, traduzidos em Português, italiano e sérvio. Em seu primeiro livro "Islamismo e os Estados Unidos: uma aliança contra a Europa", ele estudou a instrumentalização por serviços secretos norte-americanos dos Mujahedeen afegão na sua luta contra a União Soviética.

Ele defendeu a ideia de aproximação entre Rússia e Europa para criar um novo bloco geopolítico que ele chamou de "Pan-Ocidente" necessário para combater a ameaça islâmica.

Ele descreve o islamismo como o terceiro tipo de totalitarismo, sendo os dois primeiros nazismo e comunismo.

Seu livro "Guerras contra a Europa" sobre a geopolítica mundial do século XXI foi traduzido para o português.

No penúltimo livro em Portugal, "A Islamização do Europa", Del Valle quer explicar a estratégia de infiltraçao e de conquista de as organizações islâmicas na Europa .

No seu ùltimo livro em Portugal, "O complexo ocidental", manual de "contra-desinformação" pronto a usar nas sociedades ocidentais, vítimas do "vírus da culpabilização coletiva", Del Valle analisa a "arma de destruição mental maciça". Esta culpabilização tem por base "mitos fundadores" qu (as cruzadas, as trevas da Idade Média, a diabolização da Igreja Católica, a dívida para com o al-Andalus, as acusações de esclavagismo, colonialismo e racismo de sentido único, a mundialização feliz e as consequências das políticas da União Europeia).

No seu último livro em França "O Caos da Síria", ele estuda as causas profundas do conflito sírio e da "Primavera Árabe". Del Valle diz que a primavera arabe rapidamente se transformou em um "inverno islâmico". Os ocidentais acreditavam que a democratização salvaria o mundo árabe do islamismo radical, mas, em vez disso, o levou ao poder quando houve eleições livres. Em outros lugares, a antidemocrática Primavera Árabe voltou à guerra civil sectária, ao apogeu do DAESH ou ao retorno do autoritarismo militar..

No ùltimo livro em francès, "Le Projet", escrito com o experto irà-francès Emmanuel Razavi, Del Valle a descreve a extensão de penetração, infiltração e conquista da Irmandade Muçulmana na França, no Ocidente e especialmente na velhia Europa, que consiste em se infiltrar nos círculos educacionais, religiosos, associativos, sindicais e políticos, especialmente nos novos movimentos radicais de extrema esquerda e en fazer passar as críticas ao islamismo e ao islamismo ou ao véu islâmico por notícias na forma de "racismo".

Publicações
 La Maronité politique, Le système confessionnel libanais et la guerre civile, IEP d'Aix-en-Provence, 1992 (mémoire).
 Statut légal des minorités religieuses en terres d'Islam, Faculté de droit d'Aix-en-Provence, 1993 (mémoire).
 La Théorie des élites, Faculté de Sciences politiques de Milan, 1993 (mémoire de DEA en histoire des doctrines politiques et des institutions politiques).
 Islamisme et États-Unis, une alliance contre l'Europe, L'Âge d'Homme, 1997 (ISBN 2-8251-1060-4). versions italienne et serbo-croate.
 Une idée certaine de la France (ouvr coll), Sous la direction d'Alain Griotteray, 1999, France-Empire, 1998.
 Guerres contre l'Europe : Bosnie, Kosovo, Tchétchénie, Les Syrtes, 2001 (ISBN 2-84545-045-1). (versions espagnoles, brésilienne, portugaise, italienne et serbo-croate).
 Quel avenir pour les Balkans après la guerre du Kosovo, Paneuropa/L'Age d'Homme, 2000.
 Le Totalitarisme islamiste à l'assaut des démocraties, Les Syrtes, 2002 (ISBN 2-84545-058-3).
 Le Dilemme turc, ou les vrais enjeux de la candidature d'Ankara avec Emmanuel Razavi, Les Syrtes (ISBN 2-84545-116-4).
 Frères musulmans. Dans l'ombre d'Al Qaeda, Jean-Cyrille Godefroy, 2005 (ISBN 2-86553-179-1), préface d'Emmanuel Razavi.
 Perché la Turchia non può entrare nell'Unione europea, Guerini ed Associati, Milan, 2009 (préface de Roberto de Mattei).
 La Turquie dans l'Europe : un cheval de Troie islamiste ?, Les Syrtes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84545-093-1).
 Rossi, Neri, Verdi: la convergenza degli Estremi opposti, Lindau, 2009, Turin (préface Magdi Allam)
 A Islamização da Europa, Editora A civilizaçao, Porto, 2009 (ISBN 9-72262-719-1).
 Pourquoi on tue des chrétiens dans le monde aujourd'hui ? : La nouvelle christianophobie, Maxima Laurent du Mesnil 2011 (préface Denis Tillinac) (ISBN 2-84001-694-6)
 Le complexe occidental : Petit traité de déculpabilisation, L'artilleur, Toucan Essais, 2014 (ISBN 2-81000-574-5).
 Le Chaos syrien, printemps arabes et minorités face à l'islamisme, L'Artilleur 2014 (ISBN 1-09350-103-1).
Les Vrais ennemis de l'Occident, L'Artilleur, L'Artilleur,  Toucan essais, 2016 (ISBN: 978-2810007271)
La stratégie de l'intimidation, du terrorisme jihadiste à l'islamiquement correct, L'Artilleur, 2018 (ISBN 978-2-8100-0822-3
Le Projet, la stratégie de conquête et d'infiltration des Frères musulmans en France et en Europe, L'Artilleur, 2019. (ISBN 978-2810008667)

Referências

Jornalistas da França
Cientistas políticos da França
Ensaístas da França

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Autodesk Technology Used to Create HD Commercials and Broadcast Graphics for World Cup
Technology from Autodesk, Inc., which gives digital artists the tools and programming power to efficiently produce content in the level of detail required for high definition television, was used to create HDTV content for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 2006 edition of the World Cup marks the first time that the event has been broadcast entirely in HDTV, and Autodesk s technology was used by five different post-production studios to create World Cup content: Deep Blue Sea, Locomotion, METAphrenie, Method Studios, and The Mill.
METAphrenie, a Berlin-based design and production company, created the Adidas Impossible Team commercial with Autodesk Maya 3D animation software. The entirely computer-generated ad features the Adidas +F50 TUNIT and +Predator Absolute soccer shoes, as well as the gold and black Adidas +Team Geist matchball that will be used in the final World Cup match. Artists at METAphrenie used Autodesk Maya to model, texture, and animate the entirety of the commercial, including the ad s two main characters, soccer players legs and feet, the Adidas products, and the environment.
I love Autodesk Maya software s intuitive workflow, said Andrea Dionisio, creative director at METAphrenie. During production of the commercial, the Maya software s ease-of-use saved us from having to solve technical problems and allowed us to focus on realizing our creative ideas.
Method Studios also used Autodesk Maya software for post-production, as well as Autodesk s Discreet Inferno visual effects system, to create Budweiser s The Wave commercial, which first aired during Super Bowl XL in February. The commercial depicts a packed soccer stadium in which fans hold up cards to create the image of a Budweiser beer being poured into a glass. Autodesk Maya was used to create the cards and Discreet Inferno was used to composite various elements in the ad, such as the soccer players and the crowd.
Mundial Total, DIRECTV s Latin American World Cup channel, used Deep Blue Sea to create broadcast promos, bumpers and opens, as well as their channel logo. Digital artists at Deep Blue Sea used Autodesk s Discreet Flame visual effects system for the rotoscoping, tracking, compositing and conforming of all 2D and 3D components, as well as color correction work.
Autodesk s Discreet Flame system was also used by The Mill to create Football Dream, a commercial for a UK bank, Nationwide Building Society. In the ad, the bank manager falls asleep while speaking to a client about loan rates, and dreams that he is a soccer goalie who is only one penalty save away from winning the World Cup for England. After taunting the penalty taker, the bank manager makes a victorious save with an overhead scissor kick.
We used Autodesk s Discreet Flame system to create various aspects of the dream sequence, explained a lead Flame artist at The Mill. First, Flame was used to design and build the soccer stadium and to create abstract crowds that make it clear that the bank manager is dreaming. Next, to create one smooth shot of the overhead scissor kick save, I had to cut and fold the bank manager s body movements in Flame. Lastly, Flame was used to add in a variety of smaller elements such as confetti, flares, neon lights and signs around the stadium.
Post-production facility Locomotion used a variety of Autodesk products to create a commercial for mobile phone network O2 Germany. The ad shows four German soccer legends engaging in an impromptu soccer scrimmage inside one of their homes. As they play, the walls of the house fly away and a soccer stadium is exposed. Autodesk Maya was used to create the ad s 3D world, including the house, furniture, balls, stadium, shadows and mobile phones. Autodesk Combustion desktop visual effects software was also used for b-spline rotoscoping work and pre-composites, while the Discreet Flame system was used for high-definition finalization.


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'Steady but Sloppy' Fittingly Sums 2017
By Dan Markham on Dec 20, 2017
In this month's flat-roll market feature by Associate Editor Jonathan Samples (Page 14), Esmark CEO Jim Bouchard described the business conditions in 2017 as "steady but sloppy." That also happens to be a pretty accurate description of the year as a whole for the metals industry.
On the steady side we find the consumption picture. While demand for steel and other products didn't enjoy massive growth in 2017, shipments from service centers have been up consistently since the start of the year. Domestic steel mills in the U.S. have enjoyed similar gains, with crude steel production up 3.1 percent for the year to date, though imports absorbed some of those consumption gains.
Automotive has seen a notable slide from its peak in 2016, but modest gains in other end markets have offset that. There hasn't been an overwhelming shift in either direction from any major consuming sector.
Pricing has also remained relatively stable over the course of the year, in defiance of the more volatile recent past. Ongoing trade cases, plus greater strength around the world leading to lower spreads between U.S. and foreign offerings, including Chinese material, have helped keep the price elevated despite low raw material costs.
It's what's happened outside the fundamentals of the industrial economy that has been rife with sloppiness. Regardless how one feels about the ultimate merit and value of the Section 232 trade case, its roll-out was undeniably bumpier than necessary. The Commerce Department set a self-imposed June deadline to deliver a report on the effects of steel imports on the domestic industry, which prompted a last-minute wave of imports coming ashore in the hopes of beating any hard ruling on 232. But the deadline came and went without action, frustrating the steel production community. Moreover, in the time since then, end-use consumers, foreign producers and other interested parties have been lobbying the administration to soften the ultimate determination.
Section 232's rougher than anticipated ride to implementation is consistent with some other Trump administration objectives the steel industry supports. Repeated attempts to overhaul Obamacare came up empty, and tax reform is moving slower through Congress than hoped for.
And it seems the much-desired infrastructure rebuild has not simply been moved to the backburner, but taken entirely off the stove and shoved back in the pantry. A hot topic early in the calendar year, action on spending on public works has been replaced by talk of other administration objectives, and there's been no Beltway clamor to renew the push for roads, bridges and other needed upgrades.
The steel supply chain has, for the most part, managed to navigate the sloppiness of 2017. Here's hoping that 2018 promises a much neater ride for all of the participants.


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The numbers: Housing starts ticked up 1.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.228 million in October, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That was 2.9% lower than a year ago, however. Permits ran at a seasonally adjusted annual 1.263 million pace during the month, 0.6% lower than in September and 6% lower than year-ago levels.
What happened: Builders broke ground on more homes in October, but they applied for fewer permits to start work in the future, another reminder that housing market activity is still moving in fits and starts. October's pace of starts just missed the MarketWatch consensus of a 1.232 million rate.
Big picture: The government's data on new residential construction is notoriously choppy and subject to hefty revisions. Figures on starts and permits from prior months were revised up.
But construction activity is clearly slowing. Year-to-date, starts were only 3.9% higher than in the same period of 2017. That year-to-date measurement has been falling steadily throughout 2018.
Another measurement, single-family starts, is also losing ground. In October, they were 1.8% lower than in September and 2.6% lower than a year ago. Analysts watch single-family starts closely because those homes are mostly built for purchase, rather than rent. If builders start more of them, it's a vote of confidence in the economy and buyers' ability to finance their homes. They are also more labor-intensive, which means the economy will get more of a boost from such construction than from work on multi-family structures.
What they're saying: "With rising mortgage rates and increases in house prices that continue to outstrip disposable income, housing affordability has dropped notably since peaking in 2012," UBS analysts wrote in a recent note.


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Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 16 : A recent study has found that there are marked gender differences in what drives blood pressure in middle-age and adulthood, suggesting the need for gender-specific treatments for hypertension.
"Blood pressure is determined mainly by three factors: heart rate; stroke volume, which is the volume of blood pumped by the heart; and the resistance to blood flow through the vessels, called total peripheral resistance. An increase in any one of the three factors can lead to an increase in blood pressure," said study author Catriona Syme from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
"The key takeaway from this study is that, for young and middle-aged women, stroke volume was the main determinant of blood pressure, while, in men, vascular resistance was the main determinant of blood pressure," Syme noted.
Syme and colleagues studied 1,347 Canadians from the Saguenay Youth Study, including 911 adolescents and 426 adults ages 36 to 65 years. The researchers used a device that measures beat-by-beat blood pressure and the underlying forces of heart rate, stroke volume and total peripheral resistance. In the approximately hour-long protocol, they measured these variables at rest, and during posture changes and a mental stressor - all designed to mimic daily life activities, according to Syme.
Researchers found that in females, stroke volume explains 55 percent of the variance in systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure reading), versus only 35 percent in males.
In males, the major determinant of systolic blood pressure was total peripheral resistance, which explained 47 percent of the variance, versus only 30 percent in females.
These gender differences were seen across most of the 52-minute protocol, being most prominent during standing and least evident during mental stress, according to the abstract.
While current treatment recommendations for hypertension do not differ by gender across all ages, this study suggested potential benefits to prescribing blood pressure-lowering medications with consideration for gender differences in the underlying physiology of elevated blood pressure in young and middle-aged adults.
The research has been presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Hypertension, AHA Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, American Society of Hypertension Joint Scientific Sessions 2017, in San Francisco.
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The Melnā Piektdiena club ("The Black Friday" in Latvian) is an underground, heavy-metal, and extreme music concert venue in Riga, Latvia. Opened in 2006, over the years it has hosted shows by some of the most respected artists within a variety of genres.

History
The venue grew out of the legendary series of Black Friday concerts, which have been held in Riga since the early 1990s, whenever the 13th day of a month falls on a Friday. A series of Latvian metal music compilation CDs were released under the club's name. Since the same promoters staged the metal shows and produced the compilation records, they decided to use an already established name for the CDs. The club is located in an industrial area, between the railway and RVR factory, at 193c Brīvības Street, close to central Riga.

The club opened on Friday, May 13, 2006, with a show by the leading Latvian, technical, death metal band Neglected Fields, whose front man, Sergejs "Destruction" Kustovs, became a co-owner of the venue. Since its first event, Melnā Piektdiena has become the linchpin of the Latvian metal music scene.

Despite its official capacity of only 666 guests (which can be updated to 1000 concertgoers if the bar and smoking area capacities are counted in), the cult reputation of the club attracts world-famous foreign metal bands, as well as local and Baltic musicians. The club also embraces other genres of music, including gothic, progressive rock, electronic, and industrial music among others.

Notable performers
The following list might be incomplete. Some of the bands mentioned below have played Melnā Piektdiena more than once.

2006
Carpathian Forest, Keep of Kalessin, Hate, Danny Cavanagh, Moonspell, and To/Die/For played, plus shows with local bands were held. A series of concerts called InnerFade was launched.

2007
Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, Type O Negative, Krisiun, Týr, Samael, Rotting Christ, Leaves' Eyes, Atrocity, Decapitated, Incantation, Marduk, Chthonic, and Antimatter, among others, played.

2008
Obtest, Soilwork, Overkill, Anal Cunt, Dark the Suns, Negură Bunget, Paul Gilbert, Vader, Grave, Immolation, Melechesh, Enslaved, Metsatöll, Excrementory Grindfuckers, and Emilie Autumn, among others, appeared.

2009
Kreator, Caliban, Eluveitie, Richie Kotzen, Shining, Blaze Bayley, Chimaira, Unearth, Throwdown, and Dååth played. An Anthrax concert was planned, but did not happen because the band cancelled their entire European tour due to a change of vocalists.
Local traditions were continued, such as the Fresh Blood band battle. The first Under the Black Metal Siege event was organized by Dark Domination.

2010
Dark Funeral, Nargaroth, Carach Angren, Brian «Head» Welch of Korn, Despised Icon, Winds of Plague, Parkway Drive, Torture Killer, 50 Lions, Sadist, Nokturnal Mortum, Sabaton, Alestorm, Therion, and Loch Vostok appeared.
A summer mini-fest was announced at the club in July headlined by Napalm Death and featuring Black Cobra, Weedeater, Saviours and Caliban, along with other acts. The festival was a stripped-down version of the Open Air Metalshow previously held annually at Blome near Smiltene town in the Vidzeme region; by 2010 the economic crisis had severely hurt Latvia, and the promoters could not afford a full-scale major event. The smaller festival, held in and around the Melnā Piektdiena venue, proved even more unsuccessful, nearly dragging the club into bankruptcy. The Midsummer Metal Fest has been discontinued in Latvia since then.

2011
Combichrist, Mortiis, Obituary, Sacramental, Nile, Onslaught, Suidakra, Gods Tower, and Amorphis played Melnā Piektdiena for the first time, as well as many returning bands.
For the first time, Wacken Metal Battle was announced for Latvian bands to win a chance to play at the largest European metal fest, the Wacken Open Air in Germany, plus being eligibile to compete for a record deal with Nuclear Blast. A thrash metal band from Rēzekne, Sacramental, won the inaugural Latvian Wacken Metal Battle, followed by progressive death metal 4-piece Opifex (Riga) and thrashers Asthma (Daugavpils) in the next years' competitions. The Fresh Blood band competition was cancelled as it was observed, over the years, that quick local fame was doing more harm than good to up-and-coming bands over the long term.

2012
Sepultura, Soulfly, Fear Factory, Altar of Plagues, Death in June, Monarch!, Hatesphere, Michael Angelo Batio, Rotting Christ, Sacramental, Cradle of Filth, Celldweller and Аркона, plus others appeared. A new annual event, Doomevening (or "Drūmvakar!" in Latvian), was established by Frailty's management. On the December 21, following the so-called 2012 phenomenon, a special event "Pasaules gals" ("End of the World") featuring a nude S&M show was held.

2013
Meshuggah, Children of Bodom, Sacramental, Converge, Rotten Sound, Riverside, Betraying the Martyrs, Master, Ufomammut, and U.D.O. appeared. Evoken appeared at the Antithesis III event. For their show in Riga, Hypocrisy renamed their all-time biggest hit "Roswell 47" (from their album Abducted) to "Riga 47" for one night.

2014
Shows by Turisas, Esoteric, and others were announced for 2014.

2015

Events
The venue also hosts the annual Latvian Metal Music Awards ceremony. The club, while primarily devoted to extreme music, is open to all kinds of shows and promoters of all types of bands, projects, and genres, including: electronic music, house, hip hop, dubstep etc.

There is a tradition, after playing Melnā Piektdiena for the first time, foreign band members are asked to autograph an A4 photo of themselves, which is then framed and permanently hung at the wall near the bar.

2011 murder controversy
In the early hours of the parliamentary election day, September 17, a local electronic dance music DJ and event promoter Aļiks Kalašņikovs was murdered outside the club while leaving the venue. Following a drunken brawl in a parking lot, the victim was shot seven times in the stomach with an illegally modified gun and died fifteen minutes later. The killer, Alfrēds Guže, who at age 29 already had six previous convictions for armed robberies, aggravated assaults, and burglary, was arrested by the police four days later in part because of testimony by Melnā Piektdiena staff and other eyewitnesses. He was found guilty of manslaughter and is currently serving his 9-year and 3-month sentence that includes an added year for another felony committed earlier.

References

External links
Melnā Piektdiena

Latvian music industry


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