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How Has the Internet Revolutionized Political Campaigns?
Using the Internet Beyond Advertising
Taking Advantage of Social Media
The Dark Side of the Revolution
Politics Marches On
It's a question that's easy to ask and a bit complex to answer. We're practically bombarded with political campaign ads on the Internet; they've become a fairly normal part of life.
Today we hope to examine how the Internet has altered the way campaigns are run, for good and bad. Whatever place you sit on the political spectrum, we hope this examination will help you make better, more informed voting decisions!
We'll start with the initial question; although it's so broad, we'll also break it down into smaller parts. Simply put, the Internet has been a massive paradigm shift in the way political campaign managers approach campaigns.
In the past, it was difficult for political campaign ads to reach many people at once. It was possible to spread a message to much of the country through radio and TV, but it was expensive and still somewhat limited.
Now, in the age of the Internet, it is much easier to target a message at particular demographics nationwide, at a fraction of the cost of old ads. This targeting is also more reliable than running an ad and hoping your target audience hears it.
This doesn't mean spending has gone down, though. In fact, literal billions have been spent on internet ads. The Trump and Biden campaigns alone spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the last election courting voters.
Of course, the Internet allows for more than running political campaign ads. It's also been an invaluable tool for data collection and research.
Take, for instance, voter lists, which can allow a campaign immediate access to millions of individual and household contacts. Not only that but a fairly wide range of information is also available about each given contact too.
We live in an age of data. With time and effort, there is very little a political campaign cannot learn and then use to its advantage. The Internet is a huge pool of information, and the tools we use to process that pool are evolving.
Consider something as simple as a survey which, if targeted right, can be used to collect results far faster than mail-in surveys ever did. Not only that, it is much easier to convince someone to do such a survey compared to mailing back their response.
If you think of social media as a fun way to talk to family, you may ask, "Why has social media affected political campaigns?"
It's a reasonable question but one that comes from a misunderstanding of what these platforms have become. In reality, they are a strange combination of the modern town square, newspaper, and more.
More than 70 percent of adults are on at least one social media platform, where they share and receive opinions, news, and facts (as well as misinformation and disinformation) with both friends and strangers.
It's no secret that Donald Trump was a heavy user of Twitter during his campaign and presidency, and it seems to have helped him rally his supporters time and again. These platforms have power.
While there is a lot to bemoan about social media, a strong political campaign has to take advantage of these platforms in the modern world. Millions of Americans are accessible on them, given the right approach.
Even more, interestingly, social media can be a low-cost way to rally support. Starting an account is free, and it doesn't take much for a politician to build a follower count.
From there, every message sent out is much like a free political ad or important message going to anyone who is following.
There's plenty to be excited about when it comes to the Internet, but it is not all good news. The Internet has also allowed for an age of misinformation and intentional disinformation like we've never seen before.
Politicians are seeing (and even using to their advantage) internet communities forming echo chambers, where they deny inconvenient truths and repeat myths and downright lies that help support their personal beliefs.
While many people, from politicians to tech CEOs and more, are trying to fight this wave of misinformation, other powerful people encourage it to help rile up supporters and make them resistant to changing their opinions.
It's something the world has to be cognizant of and work to change. There's no easy answer to this issue, but few would argue voters are better off living in an age where it's easy to be misled by objectively wrong claims.
Some are also uncomfortable with the power some tech CEOs have over politics, with the ability to shut out voices on a given side of the political spectrum on platforms used by millions of Americans.
This issue is even more complicated as the discussion brings in various freedom of speech arguments, what should be considered a public forum in our digital age, and more.
What's clear is we need to pay attention. The Internet is a powerful tool, but it requires we ask complicated, nuanced questions. Americans, and humanity, haven't ever faced these issues before.
So how has the Internet revolutionized political campaigns? In ways unthinkable even a few decades ago.
The nature of political campaigns has always been an evolution, changing with the times to adapt to new technology and a massive cultural shift. At the same time, the Internet may be the biggest shift yet.
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I have a deep fascination for American "junk" food.
Growing up in Brasil meant things like fruit roll ups, pop tarts, and waffles were precious commodities that we rarely – if ever – got access to. If any kid went abroad and brought back said treats they were immediately bumped into royalty status and we would endlessly pester them for a single taste of the sweet treasures they had brought back with them.
I remember when I first went to visit my dear auntie and godmother in the US. She had a basket full of treats waiting for me, the fridge and pantry fully stocked of everything that a child could want. My biggest breakfast love? The frozen waffles. It was pure magic – pop a frozen clump into the toaster and it would pop out as my sweetest dreams. It was similar to Eleven's love of Eggos. Oh the simplicity of being young.
I created these matcha waffles as an homage to my younger frozen-waffle-loving self, but of course a much healthier and protein-filled version. I don't even want to know what went into those frozen lumps I used to love! You can do as I did and make a batch of these and freeze the leftovers for future enjoyment. To defrost it reverts back to my old obsession – simply pop it in the toaster! Simple as that.
I've added Aiya's Cooking Grade Matcha to these to make them cool and grown-up, because green matcha waffles are very mature and sophisticated. True story.
Place all the coulis ingredients into a saucepan and heat gently, stirring and breaking down the berries as you go.
Once that is done, set the coulis aside to thicken and heat the waffle iron according to the instructions.
Create a well in the large bowl and add your wet ingredients, whisking them together and mixing the wet into the dry ingredients until just combined.
Coat the waffle iron with some oil and scoop about ¼ to ½ cup of the mixture per waffle into the iron.
Cook until golden and crisp, about 3-5 minutes, then serve with the coulis.
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I really like it when you post things like this! I have printed out some of the activities and crafts for Emma to do.
When I used to teach I had a student who was born on leapday.
He's turning 12 this year, but he's having a huge bunch of friends over for a "Number 3" party since it is really his THIRD birthday!
His parents have always been really cool about the whole thing,giving him a party or whatnot on the 28th or 1st. But---I think they're doing a big blowout this year for him.
I've missed you, normalmiddle. Good to hear from you. I gathered from my surfing around that many people host big Leap Day party bashes for those that claim a Feb.29 birthday. I heard a fun call-in show many years ago on the radio with people calling in teeling what they'd done. Such as, "I got my driver's license just after my fourth birthday." "I'm celebrating my 7th birthday today. I have three children." It was just crazy.
These look like fun things to do and I know the kids would enjoy them.
These things look like so much fun!!! I love all your helpful creative ideas!
those are cute! Thanks !!!!!
Thanks for the kind comments. :-) Oh yes, Emma is so looking forward to the arrival of her cousin. It is so sweet to watch her pick out toys she is going to give him, and listen to what she says.
You always have the best ideas! Thanks!


I rediscovered the simple fun in making gelatin desserts. Nothing fancy really. The colourful gelatin is the star; any other ingredient plays a minor presence.
Well, good morning, everybody, and welcome to day 255,642 aboard the Axiom. As always, the weather is a balmy 72 degrees and sunny, and, uh... Oh, I see the ship's log is showing that today is the 700th anniversary of our five year cruise. Well, I'm sure our forefathers would be proud to know that 700 years later we'd be... doing the exact same thing they were doing. So, be sure next mealtime to ask for your free sep-tua-centennial cupcake in a cup. Wow, look at that.
Well, this is my Christmas season in a cup. The red and green makes it feel festive! To make this, simply cook the red gelatin as per package direction, then ladle onto the cups. Chill until solid, then cook the green gelatin and cool it off a bit before pouring into the cup. Then refrigerate. Before serving, add some evaporated milk on top.
Oh, and I also added some grated carrots before pouring in the green gelatin, as adapted from another gelatin recipe.
I think I'll try having even more colour stripes in my next gelatin cook-off.


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12 Richest NFL Players & their Net Worth
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Sanjib Sah
This article was last updated by on November 7, 2022
When we say the richest NFL player's net worth, who pops into your mind, and how much do you think they make? Let's find out the same.
The sport, Basketball, is the highest paying sport in the world. However, American Football doesn't shy behind as it falls in the top 5 sports which pay their players the most.
It's been over a century since the start of the NFL. It was first introduced in 1920 and, ever since, has debuted many talented and legendary players, and the legacy continues.
Moreover, the popularity of the NFL has grown tremendously as the years pass by. Hence, this automatically makes the NFL players more valuable and worthy of higher payments.
Now, let's dive into the list of richest NFL player's net worth.
12 Richest NFL Players Net Worth
The list contains the names of professional football players. So, before getting to know the players, first, look at the overview of the players and their net worth.
Name of the Player Net Worth
1. John Elway $145 million
2. Russell Willson $135 million
3. Aaron Rodgers $120 million
4. Ben Roethlisberger $100 million
5. Joe Flacco $85 million
6. Cam Newton $75 million
7. Matt Ryan $70 million
8. Kirk Cousins $70 million
9. Ndamukong Suh $50 million
10. Julio Jones $50 million
11. Jalen Ramsey $50 million
12. Dak Prescott $40 million
12. Dak Prescott
Full name: Rayne Dakota Prescott
Team: Dallas Cowboys
Position: Quarterback
Dak Prescott is the NFL quarterback who started his professional journey from the 2016 NFL Draft. He was selected by the Dallas Cowboys and currently plays for them.
Prescott has a net worth of $40 million. Recently, he signed an extension deal with the Cowboys worth $160 million for four years.
Dak is also a fan favorite for advertisements and endorsement deals that generate millions for the quarterback alongside his NFL career.
Other than endorsements, he is also an avid investor. He is an investor for an AI company called Oxefit. Dak is also fond of cars as he owns Tesla and an Escalada. Similarly, his house is spread 7 acres worth $3.3 million.
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11. Jalen Ramsey
Full Name: Jalen Lattrel Ramsey
Team: Los Angeles Rams
Position: Cornerback
Los Angeles Rams are known to pay their players generously. Hence, Jalen from the LA Rams doesn't fall behind. With a net worth of $50 million, he is in the 12th position on our list of the richest NFL players' net worth.
Ramsey holds stocks with Biosteel Sports Nutrition and Rally investment firms, contributing to his net worth. He also owns stocks of Brand Inc worth over $13 million and has no record of selling them.
Ramsey played college football for Florida State before his professional career. Later, in the 2016 NFL Draft, he was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars and played for them for three years. Then, he joined the Rams in 2019 and currently plays for them.
Jalen Ramsey, one of the richest NFL players.
Throughout his career, he has achieved several awards and recognitions. He has competed in the All-Pro and Pro-Bowl games, was named the PFWA All-Rookie Team in 2016, and won the BCS National Champion in 2013, to name a few.
Furthermore, his NFL statistics include 307 tackles, 1 TD, 60 pass deflections, and 3 forced fumbles.
10. Julio Jones
Full Name: Quintorris Lopez "Julio" Jones Jr
Team: Tennesse Titans
Position: Wide Receiver
The next millionaire on our list is Julio Jones, the Tennesse Titans wide receiver. He started his NFL career in 2011 as the Atlanta Falcons selected him in the 2011 NFL Draft.
He signed a contract worth $66 million with the Falcons, making him one of the highest-paid NFL players. Other than the NFL, Jones is the owner of the Tuscaloosa car dealership company.
He was the wide receiver for the Falcons until 2020. However, in 2021 the Falcons traded Jones with the Titans.
Since his NFL career, he has achieved 851 receptions, 60 TDs, 12.925 receiving yards with 15.2 yards per reception. Furthermore, he was named the NFL reception co-leader in 2015 and two times NFL receiving yards leader in 2015 and 2018 simultaneously.
In 2018, Jones broke the record of the fastest NFL player ever with 10,000 yards.
9. Ndamukong Suh
Full Name: Ndamukong Ngwa Suh
Team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position: Defensive End
From the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, we have Ndamukong, who plays defensive end in the NFL. He started his professional journey when the Detriot Lions selected him in the 2010 NFL Draft.
He became famous as the highest-paid defensive player with a contract of $114 million.
Suh is a well-known business owner who co-founded HM S Development, a real estate company. Furthermore, he also owns a couple of hotels and restaurants in different cities.
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He played for the Lions from 2010 to 2014, moved to Miami Dolphins in 2015 until 2017. In 2018 he played for the Los Angeles Rams and currently playing for the Buccaneers from 2019.
Suh's NFL statistics consist of 3 defensive touchdowns, 559 tackles, and 65.5 sacks. Moreover, he has received the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award, Outland Trophy. AP Player of the Year and also holds the title for the Super Bowl Champion.
8. Kirk Cousins
Full Name: Kirk Daniel Cousins
Team: Minnesota Vikings
Quarterbacks are known to be paid one of the highest in the football league. Kirk Cousins, the NFL quarterback of Minnesota Vikings, isn't an exception. With a whopping net worth of $70 million and more, he is the 10th on the list.
Kirk started his NFL career with the Washington Redskins since the 2012 NFL Draft. He played for the redskins until 2017. Then, in 2018 Kirk signed with the Vikings a three-year contract with $84 million.
Kirk earned the name Captain Kirk because of his leadership and tremendous skills. Regarding the NFL statistics, he has completed 2.541 passes, 3,781 attempts with a 98.6 passer rating.
Kirk is married to Julie Hampton and has two sons together. Other than NFL, he also appears in advertisements and dealerships.
7. Matt Ryan
Full Name: Matthew Thomas Ryan
Team: Atlanta Falcons
Matt, also known as Matty Ice, is another millionaire quarterback on our richest NFL player's net worth list. Matt has had a remarkable NFL career and is considered one of the best NFL quarterbacks in history.
In 2008, Matt signed a $72 million contract with $35 million guaranteed funds. Hence, making him the fourth highest-paid quarterback. Moreover, he extended the contract with $100 million guaranteed in 2018.
Ryan is also known for his love for real estate. Other than the NFL, Ryan accumulates his earnings from endorsements for high-end brands like Mercedes-Benz and Nike.
Ever since he got drafted in the 2008 NFL Draft, he has played 13 NFL seasons with the Falcons. He has completed 4,975 passes, 11 touchdowns, 7,602 pass completions with a 94.5 passer rating throughout his career.
Moreover, in 2016 he received the NFL Most Valuable Award, Bert Bell Award, and NFL Offensive Player of the Year. He has created several NFL records, such as most passing yards, most wins by a quarterback, and most games with 200 and more passing yards.
In 2018, he signed a contract extension with the Falcons for five years worth $150 million. This contract is one of the highest NFL contracts in history.
6. Cam Newton
Full name: Cameron Jerrell Newton
Team: Free Agent
Newton is an American Football quarterback who started his NFL career with the Carolina Panthers. He was selected in the 2011 NFL Draft and signed a four-year contract worth $22 million with the Panthers. Then, in 2015 signed a five-year extension worth $104 million.
Newton is a successful businessman who owns a production company called Iconic Saga Productions. Moreover, the Atlanta-based player also has a youtube channel where he uploads family and health-related videos.
Newton played with the Panthers from 2011 to 2019. Later, he signed with the Patriots for a year in 2020 and received a salary of $7 million in total. Currently, he has been released by the Patriots, and now Cam serves as a free agent.
In 2015, Cam received the Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year by the NFL. In 2014, he was awarded NFL'S Offensive Rookie of the Year.
As of now, Newton has achieved 70 touchdowns with an 85.8 passer rating.
5. Joe Flacco
Full name: Joeseph Vincent Flacco
Team: Philadelphia Eagles
Flacco is known for his strategic business ventures, where he teams up with different companies. Recently, he teamed up with a company called Nexxi which is a green construction company.
Flacco signed a $121 million contract with a $20 million salary yearly guaranteed.
The Baltimore Ravens selected Flacco in the 2008 NFL Draft; however, he had had several team changes from Denver Broncos in 2019 to New York Jets in 2020 and has been active with the Philadelphia Eagles since 2021.
Joe has bagged the Super Bowl MVP award and Pepsi NFL Rookie of Year award. Also, CAA rewarded him with the Co-offensive Player of the Year award in 2007.
As for his NFL statistics, Joe has a passing rate of 62%, with 6,066 passing attempts and 40,931 passing yards.
4. Ben Roethlisberger
Full name: Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr.
Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Net worth: $100 million
Ben, also known as Big Ben, stands tall at 6 ft and 5 inches, is a Pittsburgh Steeler's quarterback. He began his NFL career in 2004 when the Steelers picked him in the 2004 NFL Draft.
He earned a salary of $54 million in 2018 and 2019, respectively. In his overall NFL career, he is known to have received at least an earning of $230 million. Ben is also known for his love for real estate as he owns several lake houses and multi-million dollar houses in several cities.
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Big Ben has created several NFL records from most 500-yard passing games, and most touchdown passes within two games, most passing yards, to name a few.
He also has a Super Bowl Champion tag with the MAC Most Valuable Player, NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, and two times passing yards leader of the NFL. The numerous awards, dedication, and honors have made him one of the greatest NFL quarterbacks alive.
With a new worth of over $100 million, he falls in the fifth position of the highest NFL player net worth list.
3. Aaron Rodgers
Full name: Aaron Charles Rodgers
Team: Green Bay Packers
In our list of the richest NFL player's net worth, another quarterback of Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers, takes the fourth spot with a whopping net worth of $120 million.
The Packers signed a four-year extension contract with Rodgers in 2018 worth $134 million. This is one of the highest NFL contracts in the NFL history.
Aaron was selected by the Packers in the 2005 NFL Draft and has diligently played with them ever since. He has 32 rushing TDs, 3,279 rushing yards, 52,142 passing yards with a 103.9 passer rating.
Rodgers is also known for his business involvements, such as Roth Capital, a sports business venture. He also appears in several advertisements and promotions from insurance, sports brands, automobiles, and food.
2. Russell Wilson
Full name: Russell Carrington Wilson
Team: Seattle Seahawks
It is raining quarterbacks in our richest NFL player's net worth list. The next quarterback to take the third position is Russell Wilson, with a net worth of $135 million.
Russell started his NFL journey in 2012 with the Seattle Seahawks and is currently active with them.
Russell Wilson on the field.
Other than his NFL career, Wilson also owns a brand management company called the West2East Empire. Furthermore, he also co-owns the Seattle Sounders Football Club.
Russell also earns millions from advertisements and promotions for different clothing and industry apps.
1. John Elway
Full name: John Albert Elway Jr
Team: Denver Broncos
One of the greatest quarterbacks, John Elway, plays for the Denver Broncos. He has worked for the Denver Broncos ever since he started his NFL career.
Currently, he works for the Broncos as their football operations president. He also worked as the GM and executive vice president for the Broncos.
In terms of his business ventures, he was the co-owner and CEO of the football team called Colorado Crush. However, the club lasted from 2003 to 2008.
In 2015, Broncos started a wine company called 7Cellers Wine Brand. He also owns several car dealership companies such as Toyota Scion and Chevrolet, to name a few.
With a total net worth of $145 million, it puts him on the top of our richest NFL player's net worth list.
Being a well-known NFL player certainly comes with its advantages. The NFL players listed above are certainly earning the amount of their lifetime.
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BJURecords Recording Artist JEFF FAIRBANKS celebrates his debut CD at The Moldy Fig on June 30!
Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records Recording Artist
Jeff Fairbanks Celebrates the release of his debut CD PROJECT HANSORI - MULBERRY STREET
at NYC's newest jazz venue, The Moldy Fig on June 30!
Listings Information:
Jeff Fairbanks' 17 Piece Jazz Orchestra, "Project Hansori",
Performs Music From Mulberry Street
June 30, 8:00 PM @ The Moldy Fig
$10 cover, 178 Stanton Street, lower east side, NYC, tel 212 777 3727, info@moldyfigjazzclub.com, www.moldyfigjazzclub.com
Reeds: Aaron Kruziki, Travis Sullivan, Michael Webster, Dace Noland, Paul Nedzela
Trumpets: Tim Wendt, Colin Brigstocke, Jason Wiseman
Trombones: Matt McDonald, John Yao, Sam Burtis, Max Seigel
Rhythm: Ryan Pate, Francesca Han, Linda Oh, Bryson Kern
The press on Mulberry Street:
"When I first encountered "Mulberry Street", I was knocked out by its bold combinations of traditional sounds and contemporary jazz but it is so much more than that.The section writing is clean, clear and inventive, harmonies abound, the soloists first-rate, and the vision of the composer is fully realized. At a time when there are myriad large ensemble recordings, Jeff Fairbanks' Project Hansori is one of the most impressive and satisfying."-Richard Kamins, Step Tempest
"Asian folk music fused with modern jazz? You've got to hear it to believe it."
-Tammy Scileppi, Times Ledger
"First class sitting down jazz all the way...This is simply a dazzler throughout."
-Chris Spector, Midwest Record
"The compositions on trombonist Jeff Fairbanks' album Mulberry Street...sound very fresh". -Emilie Pons, CityArts
Join us on June 30 @ 8:00 PM for the long-anticipated release celebration for Mulberry Street, the debut album of Jeff Fairbanks' Project Hansori. With the album recorded in late 2009, and carefully edited over time, this event is over 18 months in the making. The venue, Moldy Fig, is a brand-new Jazz club on NYC's Lower East Side, that -like Project Hansori-is preparing for a grand opening of its own. The club is a work of art in itself, with a themed interior of strictly brick, wood, and brass, and a high ceiling over a great acoustic room.
JEFF FAIRBANKS' PROJECT HANSORI:
An exciting new sound of Asian folk music mixed with modern Jazz, 17-piece Jeff Fairbanks' Project Hansori (Korean for "one sound") performs the all original music of its leader. An in-demand composer and performer, and a recognized talent, Fairbanks has won national awards and recognition from ASCAP, BMI, IAJE, and numerous competitive grants from the American Music Center, the Copland Fund, and the Queens Council on the Arts. Here we will celebrate the release of Project Hansori's debut recording, Mulberry Street, on the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records label. Featuring a cast of 22 musicians including guest bari saxophonist Fred Ho, this album of Fairbanks' original compositions and arrangements fuses East and West in an imaginative new setting.
NEWS FLASH!!! AARON COPLAND AWARD:
Mulberry Street just won a grant award from the Aaron Copland Fund For Music. The award is highly competitive, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra among the other awardees. The Copland Fund's purpose is to "encourage and improve public knowledge and appreciation of contemporary American music", and in addition to the prestige it carries, this grant greatly helps cover the enormous cost of producing and marketing a new recording. Along with Fairbanks' previous Recording Grant from the American Music Center, this makes two prestigious awards garnered for his debut recording, Mulberry Street. I think this composer is definitely onto something!
Mulberry Street is also currently on sale at the Downtown Music Gallery (Manhattan), at www.bjurecords.com, and at Amazon.com
For More Information on Mulberry Street,
or To Schedule an Interview with Jeff Fairbanks,
Jason Paul Harman Byrne @ Red Cat Publicity
Tel 347 578 7601, Email redcatjazz@mac.com
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Minus18 get the keys to the Victorian Pride Centre
20 November 2019 News
Minus18, Australia's youth driven network for LGBTIQ youth is the first LGBTIQ organisation to sign a tenancy at the Victorian Pride Centre.
Pride Centre Chair Jude Munro AO symbolically handed over the first set of keys to what will be Minus18's new home, when the Pride Centre doors open in late 2020.
"We are thrilled that the Pride Centre's first LGBTIQ resident organisation supports and empowers the youngest members of our communities and will have a permanent home to support future generations," said Ms Munro. "Minus18's presence cements our community's legacy but also our activist origins of being young and proud."
"Through the important work of Minus18, future tenants and the social activation spaces, LGBTIQ youth will have a safe and welcoming home at the Pride Centre," added Ms Munro.
Minus18 will be located on the first floor of the Pride Centre along with other LGBTIQ focused resident organisations soon to be announced. Minus18 will have a dedicated office space with access to co-working, meeting room and event spaces throughout the iconic Centre.
"Each year, Minus18 supports thousands of LGBTIQ youth across Victoria, providing a place where they are safe, empowered and belong," said CEO Micah Scott. "The Victorian Pride Centre extends this sense of belonging to a physical home, and is an exciting milestone, bringing with it a training ground for the next generation of volunteers and community leaders."
This state-of-the-art, 6,000 square metre Centre will be the second-largest Pride Centre in the world. Through an integrated and multi-faceted approach, it will provide local, national and international visitors with access to technology, resources, essential health and social services, social connection and shared learning opportunities.
For more information about the Victorian Pride Centre, visit: www.pridecentre.org.au for details.
Image: VPC Chair Jude Munro AO, Minus18 CEO Micah Scott and team mark the signing of their tenancy agreement, on the site of the Victorian Pride Centre, due to open late 2020 – photo courtesy of www.photosbyjeevs.com
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Publications Post Magazine 2022 November/December 2022 Outlook: The rise of content lakes, AI & more
Skip Levens
Outlook: The rise of content lakes, AI & more
The rise of content Lakes
The notion of 'data lakes' is often heard – a massive data repository that an organization can tap into for review and analysis. Object storage has been a popular choice for this application – it's a simple-to-access architecture, available to any authorized user with internet connectivity. A variation now becoming popular is the notion of a 'content lake.' Media-rich companies with multiple sites, often spread across wide geographies, have long struggled with shuttling content — like video and imagery — and its metadata between locations to speed content production. Businesses will lean on asset management systems to natively index content in object-based archives and help shift and consolidate content in a shared content lake, resulting in even large global organizations gaining a 'single view' across their entire operation.
AI/ML gets grounded
While AI is the new buzzword, using it in most content production organizations has been messy. Cool AI tools to up-res or transcribe video are scattered across web tools, custom applications or embedded in editing suites. Looking forward, beyond the 'standard' actions of these tools, content producers will work with data scientists and computer vision experts to customize these tools to meet their specialized content domain and needs, and to automate actions that take content loggers ages to complete. As content leaders realize they are in a critical race to develop and implement these tools, they will look to centralize this development and connect it to powerful GPU pipelines.
Serving content like code
Everyone's familiar with the need to deliver finished content in multiple formats for different platforms, but a new and intriguing possibility is emerging. While custom workflow actions can make the creation of those formats more programmatic and repeatable, edge-web services are pointing the way to another option. Imagine if you could serve a single piece of content on the web and personalize it on the fly based on the user's location or other preferences, then entice the user with more content influenced by their location? It's possible with a new class of tools from content caching services. As your content moves to caching servers, you can embed simple, 'if/then' logic to personalize content, adapting to the users' location to serve different audio, a different UI and more. The line between content workflow and code will keep blurring in the race to get more efficiency and productivity.
Skip Levens is Product Marketing Director for Quantum (www.quantum.com).
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In this verse, I hear God telling me that he will give me specific instruction for the call he has placed on my life. The angel of the Lord told Mary what was about to happen to her. Mary asked "how," and the angel specifically told her. I find myself asking God how certain things will play out in my life too. God has a specific call on my life and when I ask him how he will accomplish things through me, I wait with expectancy that he will guide me and make my path clear.
Some years ago, I was unexpectedly laid off from a job. I prayed and asked God what he wanted me to do next. He told me to go back to school and become a teacher, so I did that. Recently, I obtained a degree in education. After school was finished, I prayed again asking God to show me what the next steps were. Where should I work, Lord? Where do you want me to go? "Here," he said, and then showed me where he wanted me to work. God has a specific purpose for me, for all of us. It is unlikely that he will map out our entire life's work all at once. But I knew that once I opened my heart to God and wanted his will to be done in my life, he made it clear to me what I was to do.
Even on a daily basis I ask God what he has for me today. What can I do today for the kingdom of God by your Holy Spirit? Where will you send me, Lord? What do you want me to say to this person? Then I wait with expectancy for specific instruction from the Most High. And he always instructs me of the next step.
Lord Jesus, please align my will with yours. Help me to follow your instructions for the call you have on my life and help me to be an obedient servant. Amen.


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Flockjay Could Solve Tech's Diversity Problem With A Bootcamp For Sales
Theo MillerContributor
Tech commentary
A cheerful casual businessman sits on the phone and smiles.
For almost a decade, bootcamps have offered practical training for anyone who wants to work in the technology industry. Most of these programs focus on coding while neglecting other skills that could be just as useful. Some less reputable bootcamps have been criticized for saddling students with debt without finding them work, but the business model succeeds under the right circumstances because it solves a significant problem for recruiters.
Meanwhile, a more sensitive and deeply rooted issue has gained the attention it deserves. Systemic discrimination at multiple stages of life has resulted in a severe lack of socioeconomic and gender diversity in tech, which is as bad for the industry's culture as it is for already vulnerable and afflicted communities.
Shaan Hathiramani, founder of Flockjay, wants to leverage the existing bootcamp model to fix diversity in tech. By offering sales training, he provides access to under-represented groups and improves the industry's culture as a result. I spoke with Shaan about his fresh take on the bootcamp model, the recent pivot to revenue-first thinking in Silicon Valley, and the emerging debate surrounding income share agreements.
This transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Shaan Hathiramani: The guiding mission of Flockjay is to empower upward mobility, specifically for people from non-traditional and underrepresented backgrounds because we're in an important phase of cultural development in tech. Ben Horowitz just put out a book on culture. People are talking about culture and diversity differently, but there's still a lot of lip service that's paid to diversity and it gets manifested in top-down attempts.
Some tech companies pay a quarter-million a year for a Head of D&I (diversity and inclusion) to develop and implement a strategic plan. For that same money, you can hire 25 elite Flockjay sales reps from diverse backgrounds and groom them as the future leaders of your company.
In my experience, sales training is quickly done in-house as part of an onboarding process. What sort of training do you provide your students?
Shaan Hathiramani: There's a whole hidden language to tech — how to set up a Zoom call, how to cold message people on LinkedIn. It's natural for you and me to reach out to someone on LinkedIn and say, "Hey, I love what you're doing and would love 10 minutes of your time." But that might not feel intuitive if you haven't come from a background where you have a computer at five years old.
So we're thinking about things holistically. Yes, we offer best-in-class training for a profession that's incredibly valuable to most tech or tech-enabled companies. We also offer a way to think about the lifecycle of someone who's entering an industry and the re-skilling crisis in this country. Beyond just giving them skills, we give folks the support they need to succeed and rewrite their own stories.
What does Flockjay mean?
Shaan Hathiramani: Birds fly further and faster together. So everything we do is flock-first, and there's a quirky and cool Flockjay culture with Flocktinis and Flockjay Fridays amongst the students. That's something that has organically come up. The whole idea is to do things as a flock first, and that's reflected in how we approach education, placement, and outcome transparency.
It sounds like you have the foundation for a unique brand that has a different tenor than most startups.
Shaan Hathiramani: It's a cultural thing. We're all realizing hustle-mania, like "crushing quotas" can be toxic and lead to burnout. We want to integrate work and life and be empathetic to single moms who are badass sales reps. This is the future of work, and it's part of our brand and our culture and our name.
You won't find stuff like "hustle harder" and "crush quota" on our website. We want to raise the consciousness of the industry and work toward great outcomes.
It's no longer enough to aggressively acquire users if you have no revenue. Investors have been burned too many times. Do you see Flockjay as part of this current shift from product-led to sales-led startups in the Valley?
Shaan Hathiramani: Yes, we are making a very conscious bet. We see the sales cycle is moving earlier and earlier in the lifecycle of a company. And so, every three months, there are 200 companies that come out of a program like YC that need to learn how to sell.
If you think of the history of software, we went from on-premise to off-premise, we went from a hyper-outbound model to a self-serve model to the Dropbox model. As the barriers to entry for software development get lower, competition increases, and businesses need to figure out enterprise earlier and mid-market earlier. You can't just count on everyone downloading Dropbox at home and bringing it to work.
With that, there is a renewed focus on contribution margins, gross margins, LTV — just the life cycle of the customer that you just hadn't heard of at the early-stage before. This means there is a rush to understand how to build go-to-market functions and it's actually pretty straightforward. There are four levers: the number of your sales reps, the productivity of your sales reps, how fast you ramp them up, and your retention. Flockjay accelerates each one.
Enterprise sales strategy can be complex stuff. It's much more difficult than people often realize. At the highest level, it's distinctly intellectual. Yet salespeople have a stigma like they're hawking used cars, relative to how exalted designers and engineers are today.
Shaan Hathiramani: As sales gets more technical and more enterprise, you can't fake it with the steak dinner anymore. You have to think about who the stakeholders are, what value you bring to the table, and how that value solves real business problems. You have to be an industry thought leader, a trusted advisor, and navigate an intricate machine that no one teaches you how to navigate. It's a very specific skill set that is broadly applicable in many different companies and contexts.
That's why the demand for top tier sales talent leads to a lot of false positives. Managers are trained to hire the guy who has VP of Sales on his resume because they think that solves for what they want. But really, they're hiring a previous generation into a new and evolving role. I think that's a huge opportunity for myth-busting as well.
Like other bootcamps, you offer ISAs for financing as an alternative to student loans. Why have income share agreements surged in popularity recently and do you believe they can achieve widespread traction in the United States?
Shaan Hathiramani: A well-implemented ISA program can broaden access to high-quality education. Yet even if you're providing a premier educational experience, the baseline in American society today is students pay upfront and there's a broken promise in the end.
And liability...
Shaan Hathiramani: Yeah, no accountability and unending liability. The only time you hear from your college post-graduation is either asking for charitable donations or asking for payments on your debt, right? So ISAs change the conversation around owning the outcome of the program.
We have the lowest ISA I've seen for a program of this quality. It's 10% on one year. We don't want to earn the upside of what you earn. Most of the earnings in sales come after the first year, so we want you to keep all of it. We just want to service the cost of running the business.
You run into trouble when the marketing hype starts to outstrip the actual function. That's when ISAs are structured in a way that feels predatory and doesn't feel completely transparent. When graduates look at their paycheck stub every two weeks and have a sinking feeling that they'll be docked for years. And ISAs are so nascent that we haven't actually seen how that experience affects people. So for a lot of bootcamps, which are built around three or four-year programs with 17-20% interest, I'm not surprised there is a political backlash.
Some presidential candidates like Elizabeth Warren say it feels predatory.
Yeah, she's trying to tie it to Trump too.
Shaan Hathiramani: Right, so that's where the narrative disconnects from reality.
The reality is that most big companies have absolved themselves from the training costs for their employees. That didn't use to exist in this country. Companies used to own a lot of the investment and risk in their people. And you've seen companies basically outsource most of the responsibility of training people. They just cherrypick people based on an online job listing. They can reject 99 people and take one. And so any business that has to keep itself afloat like education has a real cost as it builds toward and prizes an actual outcome for students where they are set up for success.
It's really important and something that we focus on, along with involving companies in this equation. We lower the upfront cost to students and make ISAs as untaxing as possible. That's how I think these programs should function because otherwise, you're setting people up for future heartache.
Do you offer other forms of financing?
Shaan Hathiramani: So you can either pay the whole thing up front at a discount, or you can do an ISA, which is also substantially reduced. We're also starting a 501(c)(3) to fund scholarships for folks who can't do the ISA as a form of need-based financial aid.
Students must be appreciative. What sort of feedback have you gotten?
Shaan Hathiramani: The outcomes are inspiring and the people are inspiring. We have 101st Airborne veterans and bartenders and middle-school math teachers doubling and tripling their incomes. They are launching careers at companies they choose where for the first time, they see upward mobility. I didn't expect so much personal transformation. Folks record little video clips about how the week went, the skills they're learning, and how Flockjay flows into different aspects of their lives.
Students notice their interpersonal relationships change — the way they conduct themselves and their conversations change — because they're practicing life skills for sales: active listening, asking open-ended questions, reading people better, researching folks before they meet up with them at a networking event. There's this confidence unlock that happens, where you see people as one thing in week one and something entirely different weeks later. Sales is incredibly conducive to growth because of how personal it is.
Tech sales are more complex than people realize. Training students to perform such a specialized function increases their earning power, while creating consistent value for the companies where they are placed.
The pivot to revenue-first thinking is very real and Flockjay is well-positioned to maximize the potential of this shift in groupthink amongst investors and corporate officers in Silicon Valley.
Income share agreements are practical, but the current iteration of ISAs hasn't surfaced in mainstream culture, so there may be a thorny adjustment period.
Theo Miller
Theo is the founder of Hit Start Media. He produces shows about emerging trends and pressing issues in the tech industry, and he's the co-host of Techlash. Before
Theo is the founder of Hit Start Media. He produces shows about emerging trends and pressing issues in the tech industry, and he's the co-host of Techlash. Before founding his own company, Theo was one of the first five employees at Carta. Theo also serves as a judge for UC Berkeley's Big Ideas entrepreneurship contest.


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Don't Talk FE down! It does a vital job!
Another week, another stinging attack on Further Education by the outgoing Head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw. This time, at the Baker Dearing Conference on 21 July in central London, Sir Michael Wilshaw talked about "an alarming rate of underperformance and failure, especially when we remember that the majority of 16- to 19-year-olds are educated in the FE sector".
As FE teachers take a welcome and deserved break at the end of another academic year, it must be soul-destroying to hear their efforts decried on the national stage – particularly at a time of such uncertainty when college budgets have been hit and Area Reviews are 'streamlining' provision in different parts of the country.
Listening to SMW, we are drawn deeply into the world of statistics, measurable outcomes and performance data. According to this data, it is plain which colleges are doing well and which aren't. But not only do we need to have serious doubts about the validity of this data and the picture that it presents but we also need to start taking stock of how this regime of performance (in FE's case closely connected to funding) is interfering with the actual educational experience on offer.
There was another interesting piece of news last week that at first appears to be unrelated. This news was about the financial penalties that have been imposed on hospitals for not hitting targets. The fines imposed have grown until they are estimated to be around £2.8 billion.
How is this linked to FE and how is it linked to SMW's criticism?
It's connected because FE colleges have been enduring penalties like those for more than twenty years. The fact is, FE has a tighter more punitive set of funding arrangements, tightly linked to performance than any other sector of education.
But that's not all that sets it apart. No, it has also endured more funding cuts since 2010, by a large margin, than any other part of our education system.
And who does this hit most?
We would argue that it hits the most needy.
Small miracles are being achieved every day across our country in Further Education; miracles in which people's lives are turned around, in which people are discovering that they are able to learn and to harness learning to realise their dreams. These miracles are overseen by dedicated teachers who know that an educational experience is about so much more than assessment and who know that negative experiences of assessment, in many cases not carefully scaffolded or prepared for have to be counteracted before learning can commence.
For some learners, further education is needed because what was on offer the first time round didn't meet their needs, didn't get the best out of them, didn't allow them to shine. We have to remember: if getting 5 GCSEs at A* – C is the key measure of success, then our schooling system isn't working properly for 42.9% of state school students. This shouldn't mean that their educational choices are automatically narrowed at the age of 16. They should if anything be further enriched! These young people form a large chunk of FE's student body and they arrive in colleges feeling as though learning isn't for them, that they aren't clever, that they aren't cut out for learning. It has been the job of Further Education providers to meet the challenge of motivating and inspiring students to believe in themselves as learners for decades. It's just that it often feels to teachers as though this is despite funding constraints and the views of people like SMW rather than because of them.
There is mounting evidence that the transformative potential of further education is damaged by the annualised funding and performance-led cultures. FE funding cuts hit the students and target the institutions that are there to help them. Further Education is desperately needed: that is not a situation caused by colleges. And yet colleges are straight-jacketed by a punitive regime of performance-related pay that has been abandoned as counter-productive for hospitals.
← I didn't know that I was meant to be a teacher.


Today was the day me, CC and Hayzybobzykins went for the "Swimming with Dolphins"-excursion at the island-complex Bay of Islands, leaving from Russell. Max. 35 people on the boat, three hours. There was a 98% chance of us seeing dolphins, said Billy and Tommy on the boat, but we definitely don't get to swim with them each time – everything obviously relies on Mother Nature. Billy and Tommy were very friendly, very informative and very lovely. (Tommy was female btw, any ideas what name it's short for...?) There are loads of reasons why there isn't always the possibility of swimming with them: if they aren't being friendly, or if they're resting, and especially if it's a "nursing pod" meaning there are one or more baby dolphins.
At the (cold) front of the boat!
We didn't get to swim. But it was a PERFECT excursion anyways. AMAZING views, and loads of interesting sealife. Funky birds that dive-bombed from heights straight into the water, and we even saw two penguins in the water!! Already then I was like, even if we see nothing interesting from now on, this trip was a success for me.
A zoom of a zoom, but it is a penguin!!!
Then we found two dolphins. They were swimming fast and didn't act very "friendly", so we just followed them. At some point they seemed to be getting more "friendly", so Tommy asked for a few "strong swimmers" to get into the water and see what mood they're in. So, three guys, CC included, got into the water and tried to swim towards the dolphins. But they weren't sociable, and continued swimming off. Oh well.
After that we found a massive pod of dolphins, probably fifteenish? It was amazing. I was actually happy when they realised this is a nursing pod, meaning a) I wouldn't have to feel bad about wimping out the swimming part – it appeared much more difficult and requiring talented swimming skills than I'd thought (I imagined it to be splashing in the water with dolphins happily bouncing around you or something like that) b) I'd get to see a baby dolphin!!!
With Tommy and Billy in the background!
I've never been the biggest fan of dolphins before – I mean, they're cool and all, but wouldn't count them as any sort of favourite animal. But now, I have fallen in love with dolphins. In the evening I had the sort of hollow feeling you have when you miss someone. I realised I missed the dolphins.
The rest of the afternoon was spent eating ice cream burgers (oh yes!) and hanging out at our pool (yep, our motel-village has a pool and spa pool!!), then had a very nice dinner at an outdoor food place called Hone's (CC and Hayzybobzykins had fish n chips, I had a fish wrap. Om nomsiekins). We went to Hayzybobzykins's afterwards to use her wifi (we have none), and I fell asleep there. It wasn't even 10. Dolphin-watching is tiring.
I am not a dolphin hehe!
Sounds like you had a blast! I didn't know there were penguins in NZ!!
What about Thomasina? Or perhaps there's an NZ name like Tomtomzakiwa? If you'd been swimming amongst them you wouldn't have been able to take pictures, so there's another reason for being glad it was a Nursing Pod. (A Nursing Pod sounds like it ought to be some kind of place for people who need Extra Special Care.) BTW, the Kiwi you photographed at the end looks very much like a Seagull - quite an uncanny resemblance.
True about the picture thing! And lol.
Kirahveilla on nyt kilpailija! Mitähän se muuten käytännössä tarkoittaisi, jos menisi uimaan delfiinien kanssa silloin kun ne eivät ole "friendly"? Hyökkäiskö ne kimppuun?


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Ljubljana Travel Guide
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The vibrant Slovene capital Ljubljana gracefully fans out from its castle-topped hill, the old centre marooned in the shapeless modernity that stretches out across the plain. It's a dynamic and fast-growing capital packed with compelling sights, but they are only part of the picture; above all Ljubljana is a place to meet people and enjoy the nightlife.
Metelkova
Museums west of Slovenska
The Old Town
South of Prešernov trg
St Nicholas' Cathedral and the market
Tivoli Park
Ljubljana's main point of reference is Slovenska cesta, a busy north–south thoroughfare that slices the city down the middle. Most of the sights are within easy walking distance of here, with the Old Town straddling the River Ljubljanica to the south and east and the nineteenth-century quarter situated to the west, where the principal museums and galleries are.
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The majority of Ljubljana's
are patronized by business people, and with prices that reflect this. Most establishments are pretty central and can be easily reached on foot from the train and bus stations. The city now has an excellent clutch of
, most of which have internet and kitchen facilities – where breakfast is not included in the price, expect to pay around €5. If you can't bag a bed at any of these, there are four clean and well-run
student hostels
Dijaški dom
), with beds available between mid-June and August. P
rivate accommodation
is another option – if this is your preferred choice, head to the tourist office on Stritarjeva, who should be able to arrange something close to the centre.
Opposite the market, Študentovska ulica winds up the thickly wooded hillside to the castle, originally constructed in the twelfth century, its present appearance dates from the sixteenth century, following an earthquake in 1511. Climb the clock tower for a superlative view of the Old Town below and the magnificent Kamniške Alps to the north. A funicular railway provides a more sedate route up and down the castle hill.
The streets of Ljubljana's Old Town are packed with restaurants to suit all budgets. The best choice for bargain snacks are the many kiosks and stands near the stations and scattered elsewhere throughout town, selling burek, hot dogs and the local gorenjska sausages. There's a lively food market on Vodnikov trg (closed Sun) where you can pick up tasty seasonal produce. On summer evenings the cafés and bars that line the Ljubljanica spill out onto the riverbanks.
Ljubljana has a busy cultural calendar of dance, music and theatre at its purpose-built venues, as well as some exciting annual festivals.
Prešernova cesta 10 01/241-7100, www.cd-cc.si.The city's cultural headquarters, hosting major orchestral and theatrical events, art exhibitions, and folk and jazz concerts.
Druga Godba
01/4308-260, www.drugagodba.si.This annual world music festival in May features concerts at atmospheric venues throughout the city.
International Summer Festival
01/241-6026, www.ljubljanafestival.si.A programme of orchestral concerts at major venues. July to mid-Sept.
National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Župančičeva 1 01/241-1740, www.opera.si.An impressive nineteenth-century Neoclassical theatre staging ballet and opera.
The alternative face of Ljubljana, Metelkova, situated a five-minute walk east of both the bus and train stations, is the city's grungiest quarter. Concentrated in its graffitied streets are a collection of underground clubs, bars and galleries, alongside a couple of more mainstream cultural attractions. The Ethnographic Museum, located in a grand building at Metelkova 2 houses an impressive collection of anthropological artefacts. Close by at Metelkova 22, the Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits modern art from the 1960s onwards.
The town's leafy cultural quarter boasts several impressive museums and galleries. The grand National Museum, at Muzejska ul. 1, displays archeological finds and artefacts relevant to Slovene history. The building also houses the Natural History Museum, whose star exhibit is the only complete mammoth skeleton found in Europe. The National Gallery at Prešernova cesta 24 is rich in local medieval Gothic work, although most visitors gravitate towards the halls devoted to the Slovene Impressionists, and in particular the outstanding paintings by Ivan Grohar. Diagonally across from here the Museum of Modern Art at Tomšičeva 14 showcases more experimental work from the twentieth century onwards.
While Ljubljana's nightlife cannot match the vibrancy or diversity of larger cities, a drink on a warm summer's evening in one of the many convivial cafés and bars strung along the banks of the Ljubljanica is one of the joys of being in this city. Alternatively, a wander up and down Mestni trg and Stari trg will yield an interesting locale every fifty yards or so, while the clutch of energetic bars in Knafljev prehod (the courtyard area between Wolfova ulica and Slovenska cesta) are usually packed to the rafters. Ljubljana's few, but eclectic, clubs – some of which double up as multicultural, arts-type centres – are more widely dispersed throughout town, although all are within walking distance of the centre.
From the bus and train stations stroll south down Miklošičeva cesta for ten minutes and you'll reach Prešernov trg, the hub around which everything in Ljubljana's charming Old Town revolves. Overlooking the bustling square and the River Ljubljanica, the Baroque seventeenth-century Church of the Annunciation, blushes a sandy red; it's worth a look inside for Francesco Robba's marble high-altar, richly adorned with spiral columns and plastic figurines. Robba, an Italian architect and sculptor, was brought in to remodel the city in its eighteenth-century heyday. His best piece, a beautifully sculpted fountain that symbolizes the meeting of the rivers Sava, Krka and Ljubljanica, lies across the river, in front of the town hall on Mestni trg. To get there cross the elegant Tromostovje (Triple Bridge), one of many innovative creations by celebrated Slovene architect Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana, his birthplace. Plečnik made his mark on the city between the two world wars with his classically inspired designs.
On bustling Slovenska cesta in western Ljubljana, the expanse of Kongresni trg slopes away from the early eighteenth-century Ursuline Church, whose pillared Baroque exterior is one of the city's grandest. Vegova Ulica leads south from Kongresni trg towards Trg Francoske revolucije, passing the chequered pink, green and grey brickwork of the National University Library, arguably Plečnik's greatest work. The Illyrian Monument on Trg Francoske revolucije was erected in 1929 in belated recognition of Napoleon's short-lived attempt to create a fiefdom of the same name centred on Ljubljana. Virtually next door is the seventeenth-century monastery complex of Križanke, originally the seat of a thirteenth-century order of Teutonic Knights, now an atmospheric concert venue.
A little east of Mestni trg, on Ciril-Metodov trg, St Nicholas' Cathedral is the most sumptuous and overblown of Ljubljana's Baroque statements. Decorated with fabulous frescoes, this is the best preserved of the city's ecclesiastical buildings. Along the riverside, you can't fail to miss Plečnik's bustling colonnaded market. Just beyond the market is the striking Art Noveau Dragon Bridge, each corner plinth guarded by a copper dragon – the city's symbol.
Beyond the galleries lies elegant Tivoli Park, an expanse of lawns and tree-lined walkways leading to dense woodland. It's a lovely retreat from the busy city centre. A Baroque villa at the edge of the park contains the National Museum of Contemporary History with interactive displays and carefully presented artefacts creating an evocative journey through Slovenia's conflict-riddled twentieth-century history.
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Cloth caps, cobbled streets, meat pies and endless rain...
By Pam Norfolk
8th Jul 2011, 7:00am - 3 min read
Is it true that life is 'grim up north' or is it just an image dreamt up by our cousins in the south?
Undoubtedly, there are vestiges of truth in those old stereotypes but, as a fascinating new book featuring 40 years of iconic photography by Manchester's Sefton Samuels proves, the north is also a region rich in diversity, humour and culture.
Being northern is to be tough, determined, down to earth, resourceful, contrary and, above all, proud, the character traits which illuminate the 219 pages of Samuels' entertaining and nostalgic journey down the years.
Samuels left Manchester Grammar School at 16, trained in textiles and went to work in mills around Yorkshire... but a camera was never far from his hand.
Burnley Nightlife: 19 belting photos of drinkers hitting the town over the weekend
In 1960, he won an amateur photographer of the year competition in Manchester and headed back to his native city just as it was starting to swing.
It was during the Sixties on the gritty streets of Manchester that he developed his trademark style of poignant photojournalism edged with a black northern humour and became a major supplier of photos for national newspapers and television.
Once described as 'the photographic equivalent of Ken Loach,' Samuels snapped legendary northern figures from Alan Bennett and LS Lowry to George Best and Sir Ben Kingsley, but most famously and vividly he captured the realities of everyday life across the north.
From Strangeways Prison and the set of Coronation Street to a clog maker at work and a smiling Miss Tarmac 1985, 80-year-old Samuels encapsulates our northern spirit through the lens of his trusty camera.
There are pictures of annual church parades, once a popular event in many northern towns and cities, a woman up to her eyes in pig's blood and fat as she makes black puddings, a group of hardy miners at the now closed Bold Colliery at St Helens and greyhounds under starter's orders at White City in Manchester.
The rich and the famous also make brief appearances ... horse riders preparing for the 1,000-year-old Holcombe Hunt, LS Lowry resting his feet on the hearth at his Salford home, Oswald Mosley with his 'heavies' in Manchester in 1956 and Winston Churchill on the election trail in Colne in 1951.
There is also a rare photograph of the uncompromising Wigan artist Theodore Major who died in 1999, refused to sell his paintings (particularly to 'the rich') and instead stored them all in the house next door.
Football, that other northern 'religion,' is also a recurring theme whether it's Everton's 1977/8 team, former Manchester United manager Matt Busby at work in his Old Trafford office in 1968 or a relaxed young George Best signing autographs outside his Manchester clothes shop.
Sir John Barbirolli conducting the Hallé orchestra, controversial comedian Bernard Manning at his Embassy Club in Manchester, Billy Graham preaching in the old Maine Road stadium and the aftermath of the
1981 Toxteth riots all feature in Samuels' social documentary.
They say every picture tells a story and this newly published collection of 'reflexive split-second moments' is truly packed with grit, drama, pathos and humour – the very essence of the north.
(Ebury, paperback, £12.99)


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From no fight to super fight
by Tristain Thomas
on Jun 15, 2017 March 13, 2018
On Monday, the fight no one thought would happen became official. Mayweather versus McGregor is on and it is a super fight. Image via Floyd Mayweather Instagram.
In May of 2016, I heard whispers of a potential matchup. A few months later those whispers became rumblings. Now in June 2017, a super fight has materialized. The matchup between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is on and it is indeed a super fight. The boxing world and MMA world are about to collide in a way we have never seen before. So what makes this fight intriguing?
The marketing and trash talk that is about to occur between now and August 26th is going to be entertaining. McGregor has shown his prowess for the art of trash talk. He has already been hurling barbs at Mayweather for months. Just take a look at the picture he tweeted to formally announce the fight was on. Mayweather may not be as outlandish with his trash talk, but don't think he slacks in that category either. The chiding amongst these two will be a factor in talking people into the building and PPV buys.
The clash in styles is intriguing. We know what Mayweather brings to the table. Impregnable defense, great counter punching, and a high boxing IQ. It's brought him to an undefeated record at 49-0 and allowed him to stake claim to the title of "TBE". (The Best Ever) McGregor is a different story. We know what he brings to the Octagon of UFC. Decent punching power, smooth movements, capable grappler, and stiff kicks that'll lock up your hamstrings. Thing is, he won't be able to bring anything other than his punching power and smooth moment to the boxing ring. He is the wildcard in this fight. We don't know what boxing style he will bring to the table. This adds another layer of intrigue to this fight.
I hear the chatter, there are many saying this fight will be terrible. Many are saying they won't watch this fight. Hell, you had Max Kellerman of ESPN's First Take, say not only will McGregor lose this fight, but he won't land a single punch. (Really Max?! Name a fight where an opponent didn't land a punch. Stop it!) These people are lying to themselves. It is an event the promoters and combatants have over two months to hype the public up over and they will succeed. (Guaranteed the people who said all of that will be at their local BWW watching this fight.)
Two of the biggest stars in combat sports, from different disciplines are about to fight. Two of the most success obsesssd people in the are about to fight. Settle all that talk in the ring. These two are at the top of their crafts, that alone will makes this a super fight and the world WILL be watching.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2′ Trailer Debuts as Knuckles and Tails
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by Dana Abercrombie December 9, 2021 December 9, 2021 0
The first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is officially here and it's a complete brawl.
Unveiled at The Game Awards, the trailer featured the first look at Tails and Knuckles, two of Sonic's animated friends in the live-action world.
Most of the cast from the first "Sonic" movie is returning, including Ben Schwartz as the voice of the speedy blue hedgehog. The sequel introduces his yellow, two-tailed, flying sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower, who's portrayed by Sonic video game voice actor Colleen O'Shaughnessey. Knuckles, a red echidna with spiky knuckles who's sometimes a friend and foe of Sonic in the games, is voiced by Idris Elba. The live-action cast includes Jim Carrey as Dr. Ivan "Eggman" Robotnik, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Lee Majdoub and newcomer Shemar Moore.
Tails (Colleen O'Shaughnessey) in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 from Paramount Pictures and Sega. Photo Credit: Courtesy Paramount Pictures and Sega of America.
In the sequel, Sonic is ready for more freedom after settling into Green Hill, and Tom (Marsden) and Maddie (Sumpter) agree to leave him home while they go on vacation. However, the evil Dr. Robotnik comes back, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to both build and destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with Tails and together they embark on a journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.
From the filmmakers behind The Fast and the Furious and Deadpool, director Jeff Fowler is back for the sequel, as are screenwriters Pat Casey and Josh Miller, along with John Whittington. Producers include Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara and Hitoshi Okuno.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is set to premiere on April 8, 2022.
Watch the trailer above.
Sonic (Ben Schwartz) in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 from Paramount Pictures and Sega. Photo Credit: Courtesy Paramount Pictures and Sega of America.
Jim Carrey in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 from Paramount Pictures and Sega. Photo Credit: Courtesy Paramount Pictures and Sega of America.
Jim Carrey and Lee Majdoub in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 from Paramount Pictures and Sega. Photo Credit: Courtesy Paramount Pictures and Sega of America.
Knuckles (Idris Elba) in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 from Paramount Pictures and Sega. Photo Credit: Courtesy Paramount Pictures and Sega of America.
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Hidayet Karaca, journalist and Samanyolu Broadcasting Group CEO, is currently being held in Silivri Prison. He was detained on 14 December 2014 during a major media crackdown, just three days before the first anniversary of the massive corruption investigations of 17 and 25 December 2013. The year before the major crackdown on the Samanyolu Broadcasting Group and Turkey's best-selling daily Zaman, the government used all means possible to muzzle the remaining free and independent media to prevent questions about corruption.
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CTL has a highly trained staff with a great deal of experience and training in the design, installation, and maintenance of classroom audio-visual equipment. These audio-visual professionals are here to serve the needs of the faculty and students at UGA.
The CTL Classroom Support and Learning Spaces staff has advanced training in a variety of areas. All of the support staff either has or is pursuing an Infocomm CTS certification while the coordinators have or are pursuing CTS-D, CTS-I, or AMX advanced certification. Several staff have engineering backgrounds and post graduate degrees.
UGA, through Classroom Support is a member of Infocomm International, the Audio-Visual organization for design standards and training. UGA is also a member of the Consortium of Colleges and University Media Centers.


G4K Kids Teddy Bear Rescue Game is another point and click room escape game Developed by Games4King Team. There were a few houses in a beautiful and magnificent village. Those houses were pretty good looking. There was a kids teddy bear in that place. One day the kids teddy bear were stuck in a house in the unexpected manner. It is your duty to save the cute kids teddy bear from there.


With 2127 titles, this bibliographic database once provided a comprehensive list of published literature on conservation-poverty linkages. The database was maintained from 2012 - 2016 and was updated monthly with those journal articles and publications that were featured in PCLG News and PCLG Journal Digest. You can search for publications by key word or by theme, and you can download the database into excel.
Note this database has not been updated since 2016. We do, however, maintain an offline archive of publications that we include in the PCLG News and PCLG Digest, and if you would like to see this archive to inform your research then get in contact pclg@iied.org and we can share this with you.
Collaborative governance improves management effectiveness of Hin Nam No National Protected Area in Central Lao PDR.
The influence of socioeconomic factors on the densities of high-value cross-border species, the African elephant.
A Review of the Impact of Militarisation: The Case of Rhino Poaching in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Austere Conservation: Understanding Conflicts over Resource Governance in Tanzanian Wildlife Management Areas.
Considering the needs of indigenous and local populations in conservation programs.


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The Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek is a doorway to the third highest mountain in the world, and the highest mountain in India, and offers a once in a lifetime glimpse at the mighty Himalayan giant up close. Feel the entanglements of your heart fade away as you witness that first ray of sunlight bathing the peak in a golden hue. Tracing the path to the famous Goecha La Pass, the trail to Kanchenjunga Base Camp winds though pristine alpine forests carpeted by blooming rhododendrons, orchids and other beautiful floral species. Climbing up to over 5,000 meters, the trek exposes you to some extreme temperatures and tricky sections to traverse, but the rewards are worth all the efforts you take. Unfurling under the unwavering gaze of Mt. Kanchenjunga, the Kanchenjunga Base Camp trek is on the top of every trekker's bucket list, as it should be. Come, take a few days off from the maddening monotony of life, and rediscover yourself amidst the sweeping realm of the Himalayas.
Usually, there are two or three highlights that make a trek worth your while, but Goechala Trek has so much to offer, and all of it is more than enough to leave a person bewitched. The peak is located in Sikkim and rises to an altitude of 15,100 ft. Goechala Trekking will take you through dense rhododendron forests, to the beautiful Samiti lake. The best highlight of this trek though is the gorgeous view of Mt. Kanchenjunga, and in addition to the scenic beauty of the third highest peak in the world, you get to see the majestic peaks of fourteen other summits. Now that's something worth giving a thought.
Watch the sun as it rises over Mt. Kanchenjunga; trust us when we say that it will be the most beautiful sunrise you have ever seen or most probably will ever see. No wonder this trek is so popular among the trekkers. If you take a look at the Goechala Trek Itinerary you will see that the trek starts from Yuksom, where you will get to from New Jalpaiguri Station. The drive takes around 8 hours. From there the trek continues to Dzongri, all the way to Goechala, through Thansing and Lamuney.
The trek is rated from moderate to difficult, as the trail will get steeper as you move closer to the top. Also, because of the high altitude, there might occur some breathing problems, so best to be prepared in advance.
Best time to go for this trek is from April-June and September-October. Avoiding monsoon season is recommended as the area is prone to landslides, and the slippery tracks will make an already difficult trek riskier.
Blooming flowers, the trail through dense, green forests, shimmering lake, and amazing views of mountain peaks covered with snow; it all adds up to a thrilling experience which will leave you breathless but in a good way. All these highlights are reasons enough for you to pack your bags, so, book your Goechala Trekking Tour Package right away.
One of the largest states in the eastern-northern area of the Indian subcontinent, sharing the borders with, Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal, and West Bengal, is the state of Sikkim, resting majestically near the Siliguri Corridor of India – Bangladesh. It is also one the least populated state and second smallest state of India. The area is adorned with the beautiful range of high altitude species of flora and fauna. It also comprises of the world's few of the highest Himalayan crowns of India. These include the grand peak of Kanchenjunga, which is amongst the thirds tallest mount of the world. The state of Sikkim is also one of the area's which have around thirty-five percent of its state as the reservation work of Kanchenjunga National Park. Thus, it is also the great capital of Gangtok. Sikkim is the topography of few of the most significant vegetation too, like cardamom which contributes to the largest production of India's cardamom vegetation. It is also the world's second-largest producer of the spices. Sikkim is also the fully organic agricultural state and amongst India's first states to achieve this objective. The enchanting beauty of Sikkim is also because of the state's initiative of successfully banning of plastic bottles and other plastic products.
Sikkim, like its neighboring states and nations, has a historical significance of being the ancient state of the earliest inhabitants of Lepchas, who are said to be have arrived from the eastern and northern districts of the area. Various important saints of Buddhism also have been passed through the magnificent state of Sikkim. The state often shares a notable history with the Tibet and other neighboring territories around it. Khye Busma of the fourteenth century has been said to have a spiritual revelation to head South seeking prosperity. His descendant, Phuntsog Namgyal was the founder of the empire system in the Sikkim in the seventeenth century. He was the priestly emperor of the Chogyal dynasty.
Britishers made the Sikkimese ally with them to defend the Nepalese from conquering the state. After the historical Gorkha War, the two states signed the treaty under which Nepal returned the Terai area of the state, which it had annexed. Relations between the company and Sikkim started to crumble due to various tax imposition, expedition and venturing moves by the Britishers through the mountains without the consent of the kingdom, annexing Darjeeling and Morang, in 1853. The state further became territory through Chinese conventions of 1890. During the next several years the state was granted sovereignty and further came under the Chamber of Princes, representing as one the princely states of India, in 1922. In 1948 Jawaharlal Nehru, brought about into the focus in the Constituent Assembly of India, that the states are not directly connected to the Himalayan ranges of the country and thus should have a negotiated and separate future. After various movements and uprising the state was offered assistance by India, after its independence, and after various major events finally after an appeal by the prime minister of Sikkim, in 1975 the state was made the part of India. This happened after the referendum which resulted in more than ninety percent of the population of Sikkim favored for the abolition of the monarchy. It was given the place as the 22nd state of the Indian Union, and also the position of an Associate State of the nation.
During recent years, the state has undergone a lot of change, both good and bad. The escaped Tibetan group, spearheaded by the seventeenth Dalai Lama, has been seeking the return of the Sikkim's Rumtek Monastery, which was unresolved by the Chinese, resulting into thawing the agreement of 2003 between the relations of China and India. In 2006, Nathu La pass was opened in the Himalayan ranges of Sikkim, for the trading purpose. This pass, which was the part of the ancient Silk Route became the first open border passway between the two countries of China and India. In 2011, the state has undergone a severe earthquake, which resulted in deaths of more than a hundred people inside and around the territory of Sikkim.
Consequently, coming to the geography of the state, the region is one of the cleanest and peaceful states of the Indian subcontinent. It is home to various mountain terrains, and is overall a hilly state, with an elevation of around 920 ft-28,169 ft. Kanchenjunga summit is straddle between the two states of Sikkim and Nepal. The land is though considered unfit for the vegetation, due to its slanting, rocky terrains, still have been converted into a terrace farm.
There are few streams like Teesta and Rangeet, filled with snow, forming the valleys of the state. Half of the state is surrounded by wilderness and forests. It is home to more than eighty mighty glaciers, more than two-hundred gorgeous lakes, which include the Tsongmo, Kheceopalri and Gurudingmar lakes, five specific, so-called medicinal and therapeutic, hot springs (Phurchachu, Yumthang, Borang, Ralang, Taram-chu, and Yumey Samdong. ) and hundreds of brooks and streams. Most significant ranges passes of various mountains are connected with the states of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet.
Climate is subtropical in the south and some parts of the north. Sikkim undergoes five seasons of winter, summer, monsoon, spring, and autumn. There is a temperate climate and it rarely exceeds the Celsius degrees above 28. Average temperature remains around 18 degrees. It receives regular snowfall, with its snow-line ranges starting from 20,000 ft in South and around 16,100 ft in North. Tundra-type regions are always snow-laden and in such regions once in every four months the temperature can drop to 0-degree Celsius and in few areas around -40 degrees. Landslides, during heavy rainfalls, and fog, are few of the troubles that are faced by the transportations, people and overall state during the monsoon and winter months.
In recent years the government has triumphantly been able to increase the tourism in Sikkim, making its revenue increase by fourteen-folds after the 1990s through various Sikkim Trekking Tour & Holidays companies. Casinos, Online Gambling like Playwin Lottery, have established there roots in Sikkim, who have invested in such industries. One of the important contributions under tourism in the GDP growth of the nation is by the adventure industries of trekking in Sikkim. With the opening of the pass of Nathu La between China and India, which connects with Lhasa and Tibet, with India, has greatly boomed the economy of Sikkim, although the pass needs a good infrastructure and removal of various kinds of restrictions by the Indian and Chinese governments, due to various reasons.
All the expeditions that we provide in the charming state of Sikkim, are covered between 11 to 20 Days of time. These Sikkim trek range from moderate to difficult. The altitude range between 16,220 ft and 17,060 ft. The journey will be through the subtropical weather, requiring acclimatizing. Below are the descriptions of the significant trekking routes that we provide on the Sikkim ranges.
Some of the best trails are also the most Popular Short Treks in Sikkim and comes along with Sikkim trekking packages, due to there popular demand. These trekking trails are usually for the ones who are a novice or with the family or group of friends. At Trekmunk, we provide few of the best treks in Sikkim which are for the passionate mountaineers, with the prior skills and have good mental and physical strength.


Of all the turning points in the history of music, one is instantly audible to the innocent ear. Shortly after the soprano starts singing in the third movement of Arnold Schoenberg's Second string quartet, the music takes leave of its key of F-sharp minor and veers off into an atonal abyss.
In that instant, the harmonic laws that governed European music for 500 years are declared null and void. The rule that C, E and G can go sweetly together in a row but not B, C and D has been shattered. Beauty is no longer a musician's highest aspiration. It has been superseded by the abstract.
When the quartet was first played in Vienna, four days before Christmas in 1908, it provoked a riot. Outraged citizens protested and several arrests were made. I have seen 21st century listeners leap as if struck at its sounds of calculated discordance.
The quartet was a milestone in the evolution of music - that much is undisputed. But what pushed its abrasive composer to challenge and overturn the natural order remains a matter of contention, an unresolved historical chord.
A semi-educated intellectual with messianic self-delusions, Schoenberg had been drifting steadily for some years towards the cliff-edge of tonality. By 1907 Schoenberg, in his mid-30s, was ready to lead the musical tribe into a purifying wilderness of dissonance.
But something held him back. More bourgeois than bohemian, he was married to Mathilde, sister of his best friend Alexander von Zemlinsky. With a family to feed and no regular income, he began to take art lessons from the upstairs neighbour, a gifted painter called Richard Gerstl, with a view to making ends meet by selling his paintings, mostly self-portraits.
Then the unimaginable occurred. The long-suffering, somewhat dowdy, Mathilde began an affair with Gerstl and eloped with him in July 1908, leaving Schoenberg while he was writing the second string quartet.
Friends interceded, persuading her to return to Schoenberg and their two small children after a few days. Four months later Gerstl committed suicide, disembowelling himself with a butcher's knife.
Schoenberg left no account of these traumas. I once suggested, in a book about the role of personal conflict in music, that Mathilde's adultery was the direct cause of Schoenberg's breach with tonality.
The proposition was assailed by a brigade of musicologists for want of conclusive documentary evidence. The fact that Schoenberg had dated the manuscript of the third movement during the days of Mathilde's absence, or that he musically quoted in it the line 'alles ist hin – all is lost' from the street song 'Ach du lieber Augustin' did not sway dusty crows in their collegiate gowns that personal crisis had, in this instance, precipitated musical revolution. It is, I discovered, never easy to persuade academics of the blindingly obvious.
But, now the proof has arrived - and it comes in the form of one of the most revealing documents ever to be left by a major composer. In A Schoenberg Reader, published by Yale University Press, Professor Joseph Auner of New York State University produces the draft of a will that the composer wrote during, or directly after, Mathilde's elopement.
I don't believe there has ever been a more dispassionate rationalization of emotional pain. Schoenberg achieves a detachment which strikingly mirrors the process he was introducing to music: the embrace of atonal, intellectual abstraction over fickle, physically seductive melody.
The abolition of pleasure was a small price to pay for the restoration of sanity and, more importantly, for the victory of mind over the messiness of bodily attraction. Like everything else that he attempted, Schoenberg ascribed moral superiority to his new method of composition. It was a step towards the betterment of mankind.
Later, a dozen years later, Schoenberg renounced atonality and invented a new harmonic system, the 12-note row, which has governed all progressive trends in western music ever since.
Mathilde lived on with him in apparent domestic harmony until her death in October 1923, aged 46. Schoenberg had promised her a memorial. He wrote the words of a requiem, but no music.
For some weeks, she appeared to him in visions. Ten months later he met a girl of 26 and quickly remarried.