Malaria is one of the world's most serious health problems. No single approach has yet to fully conquer either the disease or the disease vector, the mosquito. The most common electronic means of killing mosquitoes, the "bug zapper" is not particularly effective. Using lasers to kill mosquitoes has previously been thought of as completely ridiculous. Now the concept is being taken seriously.
Now the concept is being taken seriously.
Why? An incredibly effective mosquito killer has already been invented. These things are amazing.
Well I had the impression, fshgrl, that the issue wasn't efficacy but rather cheap efficacy. At $250 a pop for those mosquito killers (and I imagine you'll probably need more than one per village), they're significantly harder to distribute than the mosquito nets that run at something like $3-4 each while protecting the entire family.
Not sure how much more financially viable lasers would be, but it's good to check out all the options nvertheless, eh?
Going after mosquitoes (and hell, ants, bedbugs, and cockroaches) is the kind of thing that I think "nanobots" would be good for. But really you don't even need nanoscale technology, just dime-size components big enough to hold sufficient propulsion, sensors, logic, and power. Going after cockroaches would be a good start. Surely all those "Battlebots" inventors could at least try to get cracking and invent a fist size car to patrol the kitchen at night. There's a fortune to be made.
I loved it when Bill Gates released mosquitos into the audience, saying "There's no reason only poor people should get malaria."
There is nothing like flying into a jungle filled foreign country tripping from your malaria meds though, do we really want to get rid of that?
How could anyone think of using a laser to kill anything as ridiculous? Have these people never seen a James Bond movie?
Do you expect me to stop spreading deadly disease, Mr. Scientist?
There are definitely folks out there working on it.
Those lasers probably only work if you mount them on a sharks head.
Hilarious star wars send-up aside, nothing that requires a constant supply of electricity is going to do anything at all to prevent malaria. And Phire, I've been living in Ghana for over a year now, and sadly very few people make use of (readily available and and relatively cheap*) nets. I know only a handful of Ghanaians who use them, slightly more who use them for their babies.
According to this New Yorker article (abstract), by working to get DDT banned, Rachel Carson holds some responsibility for the current malaria epidemic.
The solution to malaria is money. How much money does a company make when it spends a lot of money to come up with a very popular drug (Viagra, for example)? That's the kind of reward that should be offered for the invention of an economical, effective malaria vaccine. Start a fund with international aid money, let it collect interest, and keep throwing money into the pot. Maybe there are such funds, but they aren't big enough or we'd be hearing about the race for the fantastic malaria vaccine prize. It has to be billions of dollars.
That Rachel Carson story is an old one and has been pretty comprehensively debunked.
For one thing, while DDT was banned in the US, it was not banned worldwide. Rachel Carson could plausibly be blamed for a US malaria epidemic, if one existed.
If only we could salt the world with perchlorates, we could cure malaria. Of course, we'd kill off all other life, too, but then who needs the Rachel Carsons of the world to tell us how to think?
Excellent. I fantasize about laser-based mosquito defense every time one gets into the house. I'm glad to see our country's rocket scientists are on top of it.
Though I, like everyone else, have a hard time seeing how this could really affect malaria in the poorest regions of the world, it's still interesting research, and it's not like the less-poor regions of the world don't have mosquito-borne diseases too.
In the Virgin Islands malaria is fairly rare but dengue fever is still pretty widespread and the mosquito population is thick.
These things are amazingly effective on individual mosquitos. We keep one in each room and every night before bed we make a sweep of the bedroom. The number of bites I wake up with has decreased dramatically.
Any laser strong enough to zap a mosquito would probably be strong enough to cause permanent eye damage.
On the other hand, when I was young I used to imagine how I could booby trap my room to protect myself from ninjas (probably a result of reading the novel The Ninja and having an overactive imagination). Turn the power up on one of these babies and it would do the trick, as long as I always remember to wear my computer ID bracelet to I don't get zapped by my own petard.
Here's a laser that could wipe out a few mosquitoes.
I worked for a small-scale county mosquito control program in Virginia a couple years back. Most of our work centered around monitoring for West Nile Virus in mosquito populations, but we did a fair amount of population control as well.
The thing about this laser system and the CO2/vacuum device to which fshgirl linked is that they're tantamount to swatting mosquitoes in mid air, which is to say that they're really only good at maintaining a perimeter, doing relatively little to put a dent in the population. This is the same problem with a lot of insecticide spraying as well. It's like the Manginot Line: the bugs just fly around it.
A smarter public health official goes after the mosquitoes at their most vulnerable and population-dense larval stage. Female mosquitoes lay egg rafts in standing water that can produce between 50-300 mosquitoes in less volume than that of a soda cap. It just so happens that a naturally-occurring soil bacteria, bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis, or Bti, prevents larvae from developing to adulthood, killing off untold thousands in every treated birdbath and flowerpot. Did I mention that its toxicity is almost completely specific to mosquitoes? Half of my job at the Health Department was throwing packets of Bti in city stormdrains, passing them out to residents who call with complaints, and counseling folks on how to treat or get rid of standing water on their property (corrugated drain pipes, by the way, are like little mosquito tunnels of love).
Of course, this was a stateside, mostly suburban program in an area where Malaria was not endemic. For much of the developing world, these large-scale treatment programs are tough (just try getting rid of all the standing water in a slum), meaning that insecticide-treated bednets and indoor residual spraying are the only real options. Interestingly enough, giving the bednets out seems to have a lower success rate than selling them at a nominal fee and using social marketing techniques. Many of the free nets end up being used by fishermen.
But I digress. What I'm really trying to say is: 1) dump your standing water, 2) treat with Bti any water that must stand, and 3) if you're traveling to an endemic area, TAKE YOUR ANTIMALARIALS.
carmen: "Hilarious star wars send-up aside, nothing that requires a constant supply of electricity is going to do anything at all to prevent malaria. And Phire, I've been living in Ghana for over a year now, and sadly very few people make use of (readily available and and relatively cheap*) nets. I know only a handful of Ghanaians who use them, slightly more who use them for their babies."
So then aside from the funds that would ensure the spreading of nets, what else can be done? Why don't people want to use them?
The CO2/vacuum thing is, as I understand it, more effective than swatting 'em out of the air because the pesky critters 'smell' the CO2 as a meal and so are drawn to it. They can't help themselves, they go looking for a tasty treat and instead are sucked into a catchment and die die die you itchy little fuckers.
Why don't people want to use them?
In short, they're hot. A lot of people live in a single room, or a few rooms, that have very little ventilation and may have two adults and multiple kids in them. Adding another layer of barrier between you and the faint breaths of air that come through the window can be agonizing. I am lucky enough to have a well ventilated room and a ceiling fan, so its usually fine. But on hot nights when the electricity goes off, I totally understand where people are coming from.
There's also a tendency, in Ghana anyway, to label any sickness 'malaria'. On top of that, adults who've survived multiple bouts of malaria often experience it as a more mild illness than its fatality rates might suggest. So these things combine to make malaria seem like not that big a deal to people who've been living with it all their lives.
I'm not really qualified to say but I'll go ahead and hazard some guesses. Standing water is a major problem. There are a lot of small streams that get sluggish in the dry months, as well as open sewer/drains, and a lot of stuff kept outdoors that can collect water. So educating people about the issues of standing water and freeing up some money for the governments to invest in an infrastructure of covered drains and sewers might be some things that could be done (I don't think the education will work without the infrastructure: Ghanaians aren't dumb. They can look along the roadside and see that there is enough standing water in the drains that it doesn't really matter if there is a can or two in their yard collecting the rain). Education about nets and what they do helps though; the people I know who use nets are ones who understand the risks and causes of malaria pretty well. Effective, quick, cheap testing for malaria, maybe, so that doctors could stop over-diagnosing and mis-prescribing and/or more doctors so that they are more able to put time into dealing with the numbers of people who need their help. No easy answers that I can think of.
I saw the mosquito fly in front of me, then I didn't see anything at all.
The mosquito magnets I linked to are incredibly effective at clearing an area up to a half acre or so. A few per village would do a lot.
fshgrl- the problem really breaks down to cost.
$1500 for 6 of those things to cover a small 3 acre village (even less, because you want overlapping coverage areas). But then you need to keep them fueled, so ontop of the $1500 up front expense, there is the even greater expense of keeping a solid supply of propane going, which in most developing countries is a rare commodity. And are you going to go to a group of people, who have already adjusted to living with malaria, and tell them that the propane you are giving them is just for malaria prevention, and no they can't use it to have a warm meal? Or to boil water to sanitize it?
A 40lb bag of BTI which can cover 4 acres for 30 days is $159. And that is commercial resale cost, not bulk distribution. And assuming a very heaving coverage / dosage per acre, when in most arid climates you just need to target the marsh and specific standing water areas. And it cuts the lifecycle of the mosquitos, not just reducing the adult numbers.
And $1500 goes a long way towards putting in a playpump well pumping system for the same village, and give them a fresh, year round supply of water, which would minimize the need for collecting water in open cisterns and vats, which would also reduce the overall mosquito population.
As for the bug zapper itself? I think it is very neat, and would be a good system compared to the propane and chemical setups, because in theory you could just attach it to a solar array and let it guard a village.
But then imagine what you could build for the same village for the cost of the solar arrays alone. Or what they could have if you just gave them the solar arrays to power an irrigation system so they can have a steady crop supply even during draught conditions?
Forget about mosquitoes. This thing could keep a cat entertained for YEARS.
Around half of Ghana's population lives in an urban environment, and this is very much the trend in Africa in general. The city I live in is over a million people, and is pretty spread out. It would take a massive influx of capital to provide enough of the magnets for this kind of area. The expense and logistics to use these for effectively controlling malaria (as opposed to mosquitos as simply pests) seems to me to make them unrealistic.
I think MrZarquon has really hit on an important point in that given that kind of expense, people will probably prioritize other things, like bore holes or hospitals, over mosquito control.
My dad always took a preventative stance, pouring motor oil into standing pools of water. My 7 year old inner-environmentalist always cringed at that.
Here are some projects I think are examples of what the focus really can be about when designing to truely help increase the standard of living: the Rocket Stove, the Clay Fridge, and the Clay Water Filter.


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Shurmur reacts to OBJ's Manning comment
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Giants' Pat Shurmur reacts to Odell Beckham Jr.'s jab at Eli Manning
Shurmur doesn't view his comments as an insult to the veteran QB
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As the Giants finished up their three-day minicamp in East Rutherford on Thursday, head coach Pat Shurmur wasn't just fielding questions about his current 90-man roster. He was also asked about one of his former players.
Odell Beckham Jr. has been taking part in his own minicamp with his new team, the Cleveland Browns. After the session on Wednesday, the star receiver looked to have taken a shot at his former quarterback Eli Manning with this comment.
"I'm going to have to get adjusted to the speed because he has an arm,'' Beckham told reporters. "He's throwing that ball hard. Just catching him from the first day, it was like, 'Wow! This is completely different.' It just takes time."
But that's not how Shurmur saw it.
"I wouldn't say it's a criticism of Eli," he said. "It's more of -- hey, he likes who he's playing with."
Pat Shurmur didn't see Odell Beckham's comments as a shot at Eli Manning pic.twitter.com/SolM9UoXcJ
- SNY (@SNYtv) June 6, 2019
Shurmur added that Beckham is just getting comfortable with his teammates, which includes his new quarterback in Baker Mayfield. The 2018 first overall pick by Cleveland has an electric arm, and can definitely sling it as he showed in his rookie season. Beckham will have to figure out his timing with Mayfield, especially on deep balls.
But that isn't the Giants' problem anymore. The past three days has shown Shurmur that his team is very cohesive, and is different to his first season in 2018.
"I see good, competitive play. Both sides of the ball are making plays. I think that's important. I just see the interaction as a team -- the communication on defense, the communication on offense. ...As compared to a year ago when we were putting in our system for the first time, you just see improvements that way."

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Emerging as one of the most rapidly developing economies worldwide, India offers tremendous opportunities for the growth of businesses. This rings true, especially for digital marketing. Currently, there are of 35% of the Indian population that has access to the internet. This figure may seem low, but considering that India's population exceeds a billion, this means that there are about 462 million internet users in the country. In addition, the internet penetration rate is expected to reach above 55% by the end of 2025 due to the fast development of telecommunications infrastructure. According to the Mary Meeker Annual Internet trends report for 2017, the country's rate of internet use is quickly growing indicating that the Golden Age of digital marketing is yet to come in India.
Adapting to digital marketing has always been a point of skepticism for Indian marketers. This is mainly due to the inadequate reach of digital channels to prospective audiences. However, marketers are beginning to open up to the idea of digital marketing with the internet becoming an indispensable part of people's lives. As a matter of fact, the average budget allocated to digital marketing grew to 21% in 2017 from 19% in 2016. This is anticipated to have a massive surge in succeeding years.
According to We Are Social's Global Digital Report for 2019, there are 1.190 billion mobile subscriptions in India, which accounts for 87% of the population. As mobile data plans in the country become more affordable and pervasive, the populace's access to the internet is expected to become more widespread in the coming years.
Furthermore, there are over 310 million active social media users in India. The biggest social network in the country is Facebook with around 300 million users in 2018. Instagram follows this with about 75 million users. LinkedIn has 54 million users, Snapchat has 11.15 million users and Twitter has 7.65 million active users.
Social media has transformed the way information is shared and it has introduced niche content experts into the forefront. These experts are able to maximize their audience reach and make a name for themselves on social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. These individuals are considered online celebrity endorsers. Since their content is widely read, shared and followed, they present a distinct opportunity for businesses to be featured in their engaging content and reach their wide audience.
Another perk for brands wishing to campaign with a social media influencer is that they can choose the influencer based on their niche or content. From a broad range of niches, such as fashion, electronics, food, and more, influencers are numerous and have formed tightly knit communities surrounding them.
The results of social media influencer campaigns have also proven to be positive since online celebrities have strong roots in the community and are trusted and respected by the public. Several startups have used this method of communication to increase brand awareness in a different and memorable manner.
Influencer marketing is anticipated to remain a cornerstone in digital marketing for the next few years. However, companies must remain wary of the quality of the content shared and the engagement rate before signing on an influencer.
One of the emerging trends in search engines is the use of structured data to produce Rich Snippets. This method allows search engines is to display other data on a company in their search results, such as reviews from their website, information about their events, and more. This feature has been around for some time but has only recently become popular among SEO experts.
Google prefers structured data as it allows its algorithm to understand and interpret the data better. Aside from better interpretation of data, Google also awards brands with better-looking and engaging display results. If a company is content-driven or e-commerce related, there are a multitude of ways to implement structure data and this strategy is bound to become even more popular in the future.
The use of video content in India is increasing in popularity due to two major reasons: falling data charges and more options for video content channels. At present, YouTube is no longer the sole source of video entertainment. Users looking for entertainment are now spending more time on Facebook Watch, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and the like.
Video content channels have tapped into a mix of international and high-quality local content which encourages more users to patronize video on mobile. Having more affordable data charges has also broken the limits of data usage in urban and semi-urban areas. The tremendous popularity of stories on Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat also holds a lot of potential for brands looking to leverage and communicate their message.
Another development that is driving the growth of the digital industry is producing content that reaches out to particular customers. This concept aims to create a more personalized experience for online shoppers by designing a more dynamic website and incorporating a marketing strategy that delivers content to users.
Through an approach that makes use of smart marketing automation, businesses will be able to generate messages that cater to different audiences. For instance, new customers can be welcomed with a message displaying the available discounts and offers, and engage them further with a live chat widget. With studies indicating that 61% of customers trust e-commerce solution providers that create personalized and tailored content, e-commerce sites are adopting this trend to engage with customers.
Voice search is the new frontier for Google as well as every other search engine across the globe. Amazon's Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana or Google's Assistant all respond to a user's questions based on the same model as search engines give results based on text questions.
Since users are hardly expected to use exact keywords to find answers on search engines, voice search is also based on long tail search terms. For digital marketers, this means that there is a need to optimize content with different questions on the same topic that users are expected to ask.
India's online landscape is set to get even more diverse as an even larger number of users gain access to low-cost internet and affordable phones. This will result in a greater demand for internet content in the languages that users understand best. Thus, to cater to this emerging internet audience, it is necessary for companies to put vernacular to the forefront of their digital marketing strategy. Indian languages should be the focus of brands, from their websites to their apps, social media campaigns, etc.
Communicating with regional audiences goes beyond merely taking a brand's main message and translating it into various languages. It involves developing communications aimed particularly at these audiences, considering their unique needs, challenges, and desires at the core. By doing this, brands can create a crucial personal connection with consumers.
Chatbots have been increasing in popularity since 2017 and they are now more intelligent than ever before. Majority of chatbots have a limited script, typically offering a fixed set of options that users can choose from. Once the inquiry is narrowed down, users are often passed on to a human representative to resolve it. However, with the introduction of AI, chatbots are likely to replace the human aspect involved previously. Chatbots are now programmed to be smarter, with the ability to respond to a broad range of questions in a meaningful way and resolve issues without requiring any human intervention. As technology continues to advance, chatbots are anticipated to become even more widespread as companies take advantage of their low cost and better efficiency.
One of the successful digital marketing campaigns in India was implemented by KFC. As a matter of fact, KFC is the number one restaurant brand on Indian social media. The main objective of their social media marketing campaign was to increase the sales of their product and to appeal and to target to a younger audience by introducing apps like Radio KFC RK Hunt, Designing Your Own Bucket campaign, Currycature, and Wow Menu option.
To sum it up, India's online marketing landscape is currently emerging. The golden age of digital marketing is yet to come. Thus, marketers need to embrace the fact that effective interaction with potential customers through digital channels are becoming a necessity. Opportunities can be maximized by establishing effective digital marketing strategies which include social media influencer campaigns, rich SEO implementation, video content, personalized customer content, optimizing voice search, producing vernacular content, and developing smarter interactive chatbots. These are but some of the ways to penetrate the Indian market amid the constant changes in the digital landscape.
To learn more about online marketing in India, contact us today at Info Cubic Japan.


I've written a couple of times over the years about asking for feedback - at what stage(s) it is most useful to do so, and how to manage one's own emotions so as to get the best value out of it. But it's also worth considering how to give feedback. This is something we work hard at in Magenta, with very clear protocols, because while (nearly) all feedback is meant well, it makes a huge difference how it is done.
Unless your intention is to deliver a fatal blow to somebody's confidence, bear the following points in mind.
Is now a good moment to offer feedback?
This is probably the most important point. Just because somebody has shared the products of their artistic labour, doesn't mean they are open right now to your opinions.
If they have been working on it at length, they may have mentally put down their tools, considering the job done, at least for now. If your response is essentially sending them back to the studio to work, they won't want to know.
How do I know whether feedback is welcome? is the question that inevitably arises. One good clue is whether they have asked for it. If they haven't, then you won't be rude by not offering any, and you might offend if you do. You can congratulate safely, but leave the detailed critiques until they signal they're ready for them.
Be aware that sometimes people say things that might sound like requests for feedback, but are actually requests for reassurance. You can usually tell this from context and body language. When someone says, 'What did you think?' in a social environment that doesn't offer opportunity to say much more than, 'Great job, mate!', then that's what they're asking you to say.
Yes, I know this is needy, and it irritates me too to tell these little social lies, especially if I wasn't actually all that impressed. But, you know, let's just be kind and recognise that everybody needs reassurance. Destroying somebody's confidence just when they're signalling it's fragile is not going to produce a more impressive effort in the future.
What kind of feedback should I give?
Positive feedback is always a good bet. Even if you thought it was the biggest pile of poo you've witnessed since Michaelmas, if you stop and think for a moment, there will be something you can honour. Identify and specify what has been achieved.
This is not just about protecting the artist's ego. It is about helping people recognise and thence take ownership of things they can do well. This will mean they will keep doing them.
For example, at an early comedy gig of mine, a friend complimented me on my skill in 'finding my light' - i.e. positioning myself on stage in such a way that I was well-lit. I hadn't been particularly aware of doing that, but I am now. Compliments can actually turn chance acts into skills to be deployed at will.
If there was something that you think could be better, still start off with what you think is good. This will reassure the artist that you are on their side, and that you do recognise their efforts. It will also remind you of the bigger picture so you don't get too obsessive about the flaws.
Then, when you do talk about the improvements needed, talk about what they could add or do differently, rather than what was wrong.
See what I mean? Saying what was wrong gives the persistent subtext, 'Feel bad about yourself'. Making exactly the same point phrased as what to work on is just a helpful to-do list.
As you may have guessed, this post was written in response to receiving some unsolicited negative feedback on something I was feeling a bit fragile about. That I agreed with some of the criticism made not the slightest bit of difference to the 10 minutes of my life I spent in tears or the two days it took to dare to go back to the work in question. The rage was wasted emotional energy, and this post results from the need to turn the experience into something productive.


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module SpreeSeurShippingLabeler
  module Generators
    class SeedGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
      desc "Create default shipping boxes"
      def run_db_seeds
        seed_file = File.join(File.expand_path("../../../../db", __FILE__), "seeds.rb")
        load(seed_file) if File.exist?(seed_file)
      end
    end
  end
end

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Use of home as office calculator© : for paid subscribers.
This is designed for use by a self-employed person in order to calculate how much to claim as a tax deductible expense for working from home.
Each expense claim will be different and each claim must be based on actual business practice.
This calculation requires a high degree of common sense combined with use of judgement and an understanding of both the type of business conducted and the tax rules.
Expenses may be apportioned on different basis.This toolkit calculates expenses on the basis of number of rooms and hours. A different or perhaps a more accurate calculation may create a different result when taking into account actual usage and other factors as considered in the guide Working from home (self-employed). Use of rooms as a basis of apportionment may give you a skewed result if your office is small and other rooms large.
From April 2013 small businesses may alternatively claim a Fixed rate deduction.
If you also work away from home, how many hours do you work away from home per day? Its useful to know this so that you don't overclaim home use.
How many rooms do you use wholly and exclusively for work?
If you are not working full time from home you may need to restrict your claim if you are not using rooms wholly or exclusively for the business. This calculation time apportions the claim over 24 hours. It may be more beneficial to work out usage on an expense by expense basis, see Working from home (self-employed).
Take the combined totals from Step 3 and divide by Step 2A, then multiply by (2B + (1/2 x 2C)). Multiply the result by your total hours at Step 1 and divide by 24.
Telephone costs are not included in this calculation as it is assumed that the business would either support a dedicated phone line or that any claim for the use of a private phone will be claimed separately based on actual use.
You need to take a view as to whether repairs and renewals are included in this calculation. For example, if you refurbish your kitchen, sitting room/drawing room and bedrooms, which are all rooms which we normally expect to be used primately for private use, the objective in refurbishing may well be to make your home more pleasant and there is a duality of purpose, and no tax relief is allowed, and not even a proportion of the cost is likely to be accepted by HMRC or a tribunal. If you refurbish the room you are using as a office or workshop if the objective is to smarten up your workplace, make it habitable for work, make it presentable for clients, it is unlikely that anyone will object to a claim for part or all of the cost.
The cost of something like re-roofing your home is very likely to be disallowed due to duality of purpose.
According to its manuals HMRC will not challenge reasonable claims when there is minor use of home. Prior to April 2013 it seemed reasonable to assume that rather than attempt a calculation HMRC would allow at least the same allowance that HMRC allows employees who are homeworking. This has amounted to £3 per week for home working for 2011/12, and £4 per week from 2012/13. This is non-statutory.
See our Flat rate expenses or actual cost toolkit. Go to Sole Traders > What expenses can I claim.
Different rules apply to home working directors and employees. A directors is more likely to be able to charge rent and there may be some additional issues and complications by virtue of their office.


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Milan Purović (en ), né le  à Titograd (auj. Podgorica) en Yougoslavie (auj. au Monténégro) est un footballeur international monténégrin. Il évolue au poste d'attaquant au Radnik Surdulica.

Biographie

Palmarès
 / Étoile rouge de Belgrade
 Champion de Serbie-et-Monténégro en 2006.
 Champion de Serbie en 2007.
 Vainqueur de la Coupe de Serbie-et-Monténégro en 2006.
 Vainqueur de la Coupe de Serbie en 2007.
  Sporting Portugal
 Vainqueur de la Coupe du Portugal en 2008.

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Footballeur yougoslave
Footballeur international monténégrin
Joueur du Buducnost Podgorica
Joueur de l'Étoile rouge de Belgrade
Joueur du Sporting Clube de Portugal
Joueur du Kayserispor
Joueur du Videoton FC
Joueur de l'Olimpija Ljubljana
Joueur du CF Belenenses
Joueur du Cercle Bruges
Joueur de l'OFK Belgrade
Joueur du Metalurh Zaporijjia
Naissance à Podgorica
Naissance en RS du Monténégro
Naissance en mai 1985

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Title 13. Criminal Code
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Arizona Revised Statutes Title 13. Criminal Code § 13-3408. Possession, use, administration, acquisition, sale, manufacture or transportation of narcotic drugs; classification
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A. A person shall not knowingly:
1. Possess or use a narcotic drug.
2. Possess a narcotic drug for sale.
3. Possess equipment or chemicals, or both, for the purpose of manufacturing a narcotic drug.
4. Manufacture a narcotic drug.
5. Administer a narcotic drug to another person.
6. Obtain or procure the administration of a narcotic drug by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation or subterfuge.
7. Transport for sale, import into this state, offer to transport for sale or import into this state, sell, transfer or offer to sell or transfer a narcotic drug.
B. A person who violates:
1. Subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section is guilty of a class 4 felony.
C. A person who is convicted of a violation of subsection A, paragraph 1, 3 or 6 of this section and who has not previously been convicted of any felony or who has not been sentenced pursuant to § 13-703 , § 13-704, subsection A , B , C , D or E , § 13-706, subsection A , § 13-708, subsection D or any other provision of law making the convicted person ineligible for probation is eligible for probation.
D. If the aggregate amount of narcotic drugs involved in one offense or all of the offenses that are consolidated for trial equals or exceeds the statutory threshold amount, a person who is convicted of a violation of subsection A, paragraph 2, 5 or 7 of this section is not eligible for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis until the person has served the sentence imposed by the court, the person is eligible for release pursuant to § 41-1604.07 or the sentence is commuted.
E. A person who is convicted of a violation of subsection A, paragraph 4 of this section is not eligible for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis until the person has served the sentence imposed by the court, the person is eligible for release pursuant to § 41-1604.07 or the sentence is commuted.
F. In addition to any other penalty prescribed by this title, the court shall order a person who is convicted of a violation of this section to pay a fine of not less than two thousand dollars or three times the value as determined by the court of the narcotic drugs involved in or giving rise to the charge, whichever is greater, and not more than the maximum authorized by chapter 8 of this title. 1 A judge shall not suspend any part or all of the imposition of any fine required by this subsection.
G. A person who is convicted of a violation of this section for which probation or release before the expiration of the sentence imposed by the court is authorized is prohibited from using any marijuana, dangerous drug, narcotic drug or prescription-only drug except as lawfully administered by a health care practitioner and as a condition of any probation or release shall be required to submit to drug testing administered under the supervision of the probation department of the county or the state department of corrections, as appropriate, during the duration of the term of probation or before the expiration of the sentence imposed.
H. If a person who is convicted of a violation of this section is granted probation, the court shall order that as a condition of probation the person perform not less than three hundred sixty hours of community restitution with an agency or organization that provides counseling, rehabilitation or treatment for alcohol or drug abuse, an agency or organization that provides medical treatment to persons who abuse controlled substances, an agency or organization that serves persons who are victims of crime or any other appropriate agency or organization.
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African Children's Choir set for Middlewich concert
VOICES were raised in song at a concert featuring the African Children's Choir at St Michael and All Angels' Church in Middlewich.
Friday's event was organised by Middlewich Town Council as part of the 'Celebrating Cultures' project.
Town centre events manager Dave Thompson said: "We were delighted to welcome the choir back to Middlewich and tickets sold fast.
"All funds raised at the concert were donated back to the choir and it was another concert to remember in the fabulous setting of St Michael's."
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GETCHELL, DONNELL N.
Donnell N. Getchell, 81, of East Hartford, husband of Eunice M. (Decker) Getchell, died Friday, (September 1, 2000) at Victorian Heights Nursing Home, Manchester. He was an Army Veteran of World War II having served in Australia and New Guinea. Prior to his retirement, he had been a truck/auto mechanic for many years in the Hartford area. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Donna M. Stark and her husband, James, of East Hartford; a sister, Andrea Salmonte of Quincy, MA; two brothers-in-law, Wilmer McBurnie of Wiscassett, ME, and Frank Jordan of Bangor, ME; two sisters-in-law, Eleanor Dyer of Manchester and Lena Howell of Bangor, ME; a step-daughter, Catherine M. Durdan and her husband, John, of Avon; two grandsons, James Donnell Stark of East Hartford, and Scott A. Stark of Glastonbury; two granddaughters, Cheryl A. MacCluggage and her husband, Stewart of Glastonbury, and Angela A. Donald and her husband, Charles of Manchester; two step-grandchildren, Dianne Pizzanello and John Durdan; four step-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his twin sister, Dorothy J. McBurnie. Funeral services will be Wednesday, September 6, at 11 a.m. at The Mulryan Funeral Home, 725 Main St., Glastonbury. Interment will be in Old Church Cemetery, Glastonbury. Calling hours will be Tuesday 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Blast from Sun Unsettles Earth's Magnetic Field, but No Storming
January 13, 2014 - By GPS World Staff
Image of the sun on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, from the Solar X-Ray Imager on NOAA's GOES satellite, taken just after the maximum emission of a solar flare. The eruption came from the middle of the sun and is directed toward Earth. This is the largest solar flare so far this year.
Forecasters at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center said the sun's coronal mass ejection (CME) that reached Earth on Jan. 9, unsettled the geomagnetic field but did not cause storm conditions to be reached due to the weak magnetic field. While there is still a chance we could see some geomagnetic storming, that threat is greatly diminished. The Space Weather Prediction Center is a division of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The sunspot in Region 1944 that produced the eruption at 1:32 p.m. EST Tuesday, January 7, has had no significant additional flaring and shows signs of decay.
How space weather affects real-time technology
Economies around the world have become increasingly vulnerable to the ever-changing nature of the sun. Solar flares can disrupt power grids, interfere with high-frequency airline and military communications, disrupt GPS signals, interrupt civilian communications, and blanket the Earth's upper atmosphere with hazardous radiation.
Monitoring and forecasting solar outbursts in time to reduce their effect on space-based technologies have become new national priorities. And NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), part of NOAA's National Weather Service, is the nation's official source of space weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings.
Space weather explained (source: NOAA).
Monitoring the Sun
To monitor events on the sun, SWPC staff utilize a variety of ground- and space-based sensors and imaging systems to view activity at various depths in the solar atmosphere. A worldwide network of USAF-sponsored optical observatories also provides space weather forecasters with detailed, plain-language information about activity in and around sunspot groups, as well as other areas of interest on the sun.
Space weather forecasters also analyze the 27-day recurrent pattern of solar activity. Based on a thorough analysis of current conditions, comparing these conditions to past situations, and using numerical models similar to weather models, forecasters are able to predict space weather on times scales of hours to weeks.
With effective alerts and warnings, NOAA is helping to minimize the hazards of space weather on technology. For example, satellite operations can be adjusted, power grids can be modified, and polar flights can be rerouted.
For more information, visit the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center or follow space weather on Facebook.
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3 Comments on "Blast from Sun Unsettles Earth's Magnetic Field, but No Storming"
JJM says:
Did the solar cycle PEAK in 2013 or are we still in a high activity potential.
Eric Gakstatter says:
The general consensus it that the peak was May 2013. However, note that historically speaking, the most extreme geomagnetic storms occur in the two years following the peak such as the Halloween storms of 2003 that occurred after the peak of Solar Cycle 23.
Thanks for the clarification and for the Historical as a warning to remain alert for another year+. Not to mention that even during a low activity period, an explosion directed at our planet could be troublesome or disastrous. So stay subscribed to NOAA.


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Hold down a button to save it as a ringtone or notification.
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Q: Do notifications while the screen is off prevent an FCM High Priority message from counting against the "App Standby Bucket" I'm working on a messaging app where messages need to come through so we're sending our messages as "High Priority" to bypass Doze.
In Android P they added a new thing called "App Standby Buckets" which limit how many FCM messages you can send if the app isn't in the "active" or "working set" app list.
The buckets are detailed at this link
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/pie/power
The documentation also says

If, in response to a high priority message, a notification is
  displayed in a way that is visible to the user, then your app standby
  bucket quota will not be consumed by that message.

If the screen is off and the notification sound plays, but the user doesn't see or interact with the notification since the screen is off, will that count against our bucket limit?
These notifications need to come through and being placed in the frequent or rare bucket could be very problematic.
I know we can request permission to bypass battery optimizations (I believe we fall in the allowed category) but there's no guarantees that will be granted.

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In case you missed it, June is vendor spotlight month here on the blog and this week's feature is all about my incredibly sweet and talented friend Jaycie! Keep reading below to learn more about her and her amazing business. She continues to impress me with her dedication, passion, and talent! I know you'll love her just as much as I do!
How did you become a hair stylist/makeup artist? How long have you been in business?
I have been freelancing for about 10 years now. I did hair and makeup for friends in high school, but it wasn't until after college that I decided to really focus on turning my craft into a business. I have a degree in Business Art and can't think of a better way to make use of it! I never imagined it would turn into such an amazing career, and am truly grateful for my amazing clients, and all the support of friends, family and friendors in the industry!
What's one piece of advice you'd give to someone who's in need of a makeup artist/hair stylist?
Find someone who you feel comfortable with and want to hang out with on your wedding day. There are so many talented makeup artists and hair stylists around the Chicago area that can create any look. But you should find someone you mesh well with so you can feel at ease the morning of your wedding.
What's your favorite place in Chicago to hang out, have a drink, etc?
Do you have a favorite wedding month or season?
Personally, I love summer weddings because of the bright colors and sunshine! However, I have seen many many fall and winter weddings that were just as breath taking!
What's your favorite makeup/hair trend?
I love a classic simple hair and makeup look. Clean natural colors and soft textured hair. I love glowy skin and a little pop of color on the lip. I love working with each bride and their features to create a perfect, not over done, look. Everyone has a limit with how much makeup their face can handle, and everyone's hair is different, so I find everyone looks their best when you work with their hair type and features and not against them.
What separates you from the other Hair/MUAs in Chicago?
I'd like to think that my personality separates myself. I truly love getting to know my brides and making sure they feel beyond perfect on their big day. I love working with them to create the look of their dreams. Whether it be over the top dramatic or the perfect barely-there look. By the end of the wedding day, I feel like I am best friend with the bride and her family and feel sad that its all over!
Do you have a team or people that help you on occasion? Tell us about them!
YES! I have several girls in the industry that I have met along the way and I just adore them. Being a freelancer with out any co-workers, it can sometime be challenging to brainstorm business ideas, find new products and continue to advance. These ladies are the backbone to my business and I can rely on them to help with larger weddings, use as referrals and or bounce ideas off.
My ideal client would be someone who is up for trying something slightly out of their comfort zone but isn't afraid to speak up when they don't like the direction we might be going in. I think its easiest to find the perfect look for someone when they aren't afraid to openly communicate their opinion. Team work is where it's at!


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Ukiah Food Bank Fund Drive reaches $78,376
PUBLISHED: December 27, 2018 at 12:54 pm | UPDATED: December 27, 2018 at 12:59 pm
The Ukiah Daily Journal would like to thank our community for these continuing donations to the 2018 UDJ Holiday Food Bank Fund Drive, as of Dec. 24:
Anonymous, $2,500; Ukiah Sons of Italy, $1,000; Erlinda Saenz & Thomas Corey, $400; Phyllis Curtis, $300; L.S. Architect, Inc., $200; Frank & Andrea Braverman, $200; Theodore & Jessica Kimball, $200; Gerald & Daphne Martyn, $150; In Memory of Timmy Crew by Sharon Lou Crew, $100; Kenneth & Jan Hartman Olsen, $100; Larry & Diane Parker, $100; Judith Popowski, $100; Barbara Rovera, $100; Bonnie Thornton, $100; Jonathan Whipple & Margaret Agnew, $100; Anonymous, $60.25; In Memory of Eugene Davis by the Davis Family, $50; J.L. & M.E. Aikman, $50; Lynn Cyrilla Crutcher, $50; Keith & Gail Leland, $50; Linda McNeal Steffen, $25.
Grand Total: $78,376.50
To donate to this year's Fund Drive, send your check or money order made out to the Ukiah Food Bank to the Food Bank at 888 N. State St., or to our UDJ office at 617 S. State St., or you can bring it to our office and we will pass it on.
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Waterfowl hunters are invited to participate in special drawings for controlled hunting opportunities, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
The ODNR Division of Wildlife will be holding drawings in northwest Ohio at the following locations: Pipe Creek Wildlife Area Waterfowl Hunts- A drawing will be held at Osborn Park Thursday, Aug. 17, at 6:30 p.m. Registration is from 5 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. at Osborn Park, 3910 Perkins Ave., Huron. East Sandusky Bay Metro Park Waterfowl Hunts- A drawing will be held at Osborn Park Thursday, Aug. 17, at 6:30 p.m. Registration is from 5 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. at Osborn Park, 3910 Perkins Ave., Huron.
Adult participants are required to present proof of purchasing their current Ohio Wetland Habitat Stamp or current hunting license. Youth Hunters are required to present proof of purchasing their current Youth Hunting License to be eligible to participate in the drawings.
One notable change, beginning in 2017 the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area Early Waterfowl Hunt drawing is being held through the computer lottery. Hunters can apply for the controlled hunt by completing the application process online using Ohio's Wildlife Licensing System at wildohio.gov through July 31.
• If you have been reading my column for long, you already know that Magee Marsh is one of my favorite places in Ohio. Here is a great way to enjoy this wonderful place through out the summer. Walkers, birders, and wildlife enthusiasts are encouraged to participate in the Hike the Dikes program at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area and Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Hikes take place the second Saturday of each month June through September according to the ODNR.
Hike the Dikes is a partnership program between ODNR Division of Wildlife – Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, and Black Swamp Bird Observatory. Each walk is hosted by one of the partner agencies. Hike dates for 2017 include June 10, July 8, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9.
Hikes begin at 9 a.m. and usually last one to two hours, depending on the weather. Starting locations are dependent on the hosting agency. Hikes in June, and July will meet at the Sportsmen's Migratory Bird Center at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, located at 13229 West State Route 2, Oak Harbor 43449. Hikes in August, and September will meet at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center, located at 14000 West State Route 2, Oak Harbor 43449.
Anyone who attends three or more Hike the Dike walks in 2017 will receive a free hiking stick. For more information call Magee Marsh Wildlife Area at 419-898-0960 ext. 21 or Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge at 419-898-0014. To learn about other available programs, visit wildohio.gov.
• Twenty-five individuals, including 20 juveniles, were recently convicted of 161 hunting-related charges in the Muskingum County Court and the Muskingum County Common Pleas Court Juvenile Division, according to the ODNR.
Over a two-year period, ODNR Division of Wildlife officers received numerous complaints about white-tailed deer being illegally shot near Philo in Muskingum County.
During a night project in 2014, a vehicle was observed spotlighting deer in a hay field. When state wildlife officers approached the vehicle, it fled the scene at a high rate of speed. Officers pursued the vehicle until it was deemed unsafe to continue.
The State Highway Patrol provided a lead in December 2015 when State Troopers pulled over an adult and four juveniles and discovered three dead deer in the vehicle. State wildlife officers and investigators followed up with the individuals and were able to determine that one of the juveniles had been a passenger in the vehicle that had fled the year before. Officers were also able to identify additional suspects and other violations. More suspects were identified through subsequent contacts and additional violation reports. The investigation eventually resulted in 25 individuals being issued summonses for more than 200 counts of wildlife violations.
The defendants were found guilty on 161 of those counts and ordered to pay $1,675 in fines and $3,991 in court costs, and complete a combined 440 hours of community service. Several items seized during the investigation were forfeited to the ODNR Division of Wildlife, including firearms, deer parts, and ginseng.


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Venice and Vienna in the Early 17th Century
From Venice
Venice was always distinguished from the other great Italian cities due to her economic ties to the east and the booming commerce pursued through international shipping. At the beginning of the 17th century, she was already past her political zenith, but Venice was still home to a powerful oligarchy that enjoyed considerable wealth. Musicians from throughout Italy and Europe came to Venice to find employment sustaining the display of Venetian magnificence in music. The musicians in the latter half of 16th century Venice developed a style that was recognizable for its spectacular approach, divided choirs, and virtuosic writing for the voice, now known as the "Venetian School." In the early 17th century, Venice became a hotbed of experimentation in instrumental composition, as well as a center of opera, publishing, and other musical activity. Most of the musicians of this century worked for at least some time in Venice, primarily at the basilica of St. Mark's. All of the collections from which these pieces are taken were published in Venice, whose presses played a central role in the diffusion of printed music throughout the century. Works by authors from all over Italy and Europe were published there. This immense amount of musical productivity emanated from Venice to influence the whole of Europe.
To Vienna
The Venetian style was strongly felt in Imperial lands, where Archduke Ferdinand of Graz, Austria, placed his court ensemble under the direction of Italian composers and maestri di cappella at the end of the 16th century. When he became Emperor Ferdinand II in 1619, he transferred his then entirely Italian ensemble to the Hapsburg residence in Vienna. Antonio Bertali was third in the line of Italian maestri di cappella. Giovanni Battista Buonamente was the Imperial chamber musician and composer in the Vienna Hofkapelle. Massimilano Neri dedicated his sonata collection (apparently composed for Vienna) of 1651 to Emperor Ferdinand III, who eventually raised Neri to the nobility. Thus the Imperial musical establishment was dominated by Italian musicians and styles, and Venetian styles met Viennese music, and evolved into a new idiom.
Instrumental music forms
In the early 17th century, instrumental music, following a radical change in Italian vocal music, expanded as never before. The first great master of the new style of vocal music, Claudio Monteverdi, maestro di cappella at St. Mark's, has found a solid place in our concert halls, but the instrumental repertoire of that time remains relatively unknown to today's audiences. Monteverdi, though prolific, left no independent instrumental music. Instrumental music played a secondary role in the written culture of church polyphonists, but it was nevertheless essential on many occasions, from the Mass to civic ceremonies.
The Sinfonia
The sinfonia is a short, instrumental work used to introduce other works in entertainments or theatrical productions. It was used in both secular and religious settings.
The Canzona
The emergence of truly idiomatic music for instrumental ensemble began with the canzona da sonare ("song to be played"), modeled on the chanson (the French song). The addition of the basso continuo (a system of notating bass parts with figures to indicate which chords to play) to the 16th century canzona allowed for solo and duo sections to alternate with tutti passages, eventually leading to canzonas for fewer than four instruments. Canzonas were generally a conservative form with only occasional changes in meter, although many later canzonas are similar to the new sonata form.
The Sonata
The sonata takes elements of the traditional multi-voiced Venetian canzona, includes virtuoso solo writing and concertante exchanges between players, and creates an extended work for fewer musicians. Sonata means "something played." The early sonatas are in one continuous "movement." Although different sections of a sonata clearly require different tempos, tempo marks are generally absent in the earlier works, and did not become standard until after 1650.
The Chaconne
Popular dance music has always been brought into the world of art music. The chaconne was a lewd and riotous dance that came to Italy from Spain. The development of the basso continuo increased the importance of dance genres such as the chaconne that rely on a repetitive ground bass. The chaconne became one of the most popular and important of these genres. A chaconne's syncopated bass line is typically eight –measures long.
Instrumental music based on vocal music
Creating new works from familiar songs is the basis of much of music of the Renaissance, and this practice continued in the 17th century. The Ruggiero may have begun as a simple chord progression used for singing poetry. The name refers to Ariosto's Orlando furioso, which was probably sung to its tune. Rossi's sonata uses the Ruggiero ground bass eight times. La Monica was a popular song, the complaint of a young girl forced to become a nun. Marini's sonata consists of several variations of the song's harmonic progression, although the tune itself is never used.
The Composers
Pier Francesco Cavalli was born Francesco Caletti-Bruni in Crema. He took the name Cavalli in homage to his benefactor, Federico Cavalli, who took him to Venice in 1617. Cavalli began his career at St. Mark's as cantor, became second and then first organist, finally becoming maestro di cappella in 1668. Cavalli was a true disciple of Monteverdi, writing for both church and theatre. Monteverdi made eloquent use of the descending fourth, usually a bass line for a lament, as does Cavalli in his Sonata à3 from Musiche sacre.
Salomone Rossi "Hebreo" was born in Mantua and spent his life working for the Gonzaga family. We know that he worked in close collaboration with Monteverdi for several years, but his compositions remain on a fairly basic level, unlike those who worked with Monteverdi at St. Mark's. Very little is know about Rossi, probably because he was Jewish, and even the respect in which he was held as a composer did not eliminate all of the obstacles for a Jewish musician functioning in a musical culture dominated by Italian Catholicism.
Though his parents were Italian, Francesco Turini was born and lived the early part of his life in Prague. A child prodigy, he was appointed court organist at the age of 12, later traveling to Rome and Venice to study. He served as a private organist in Venice before becoming organist at Brescia's Cathedral. His only instrumental works are included in his first collection of madrigals.
Giovanni Antonio Bertoli was possibly born in Brescia. His book of nine solo sonatas for bassoon and continuo was dedicated to the cathedral organist of Brescia, Francesco Turini, who may have been Bertoli's teacher or co-performer. It is the oldest know collection devoted exclusively to solo sonatas, a distinction made all the more extraordinary by the fact that the collection is for a bass instrument. Bertoli--who must have been a bassoonist of considerable standing himself-- composed the sonatas at the suggestion of violinist Antonio Bertali.
Biagio Marini, born in Brescia, was one the most famous violinists of the time, first appearing in records at the age of 15 at St. Mark's. He returned to Brescia, in 1620, traveled to Parma, Neuburg, Germany, and Milan, finally returning to Venice in 1653.
Little is known about Giovanni Battista Fontana except what we find in the introduction to his posthumously published collection of sonatas. He was evidently a violin virtuoso who worked in Brescia, Venice, Rome, and Padua. Fontana took the sonata forward, allowing each instrument an individual voice, notably freeing the bassoon from its previous continuo role. His sonatas represent some of the earliest instrumental experiments with the new basso continuo style and contribute to the rise of the violin as the leading instrument of the later seventeenth century.
Marco Uccellini was one of the principal movers of violin technique in the middle of the 17th century. He was maestro di cappella to the royal courts of Modena and Parma, but published his collections in Venice.
Tarquinio Merula was born in Cremona, and after brief tenures in Bergamo and as court organist in Warsaw, settled in Venice. While in Venice, Merula further developed the instrumental sonata, giving it greater structural order and clearer thematic coherence. He eventually returned to his hometown as the cathedral's maestro di cappella.
Born in Mantua, Giovanni Battista Buonamente was probably a student of Monteverdi there. He was a violinist and was in the service of Vincenzo di Gonzaga. In 1622, Eleonora di Gonzaga married Emperor Ferdinand II. Buonamente accompanied Eleonora to Vienna and soon became chamber musician to the Hapsburg emperor. He returned to Italy to settle in Assisi at the Basilica di San Francesco, the highest honor for a composer in the Franciscan Order. Buonamente composed seven books of instrumental works, but only the last four have survived. In the Sonata "Cavaletto Zoppo" ("limping horse"), he creates a vivid musical description in a strict and elegant formal framework.
Massimilinao Neri was born in Brescia. He became organist at St. Mark's in 1644, directly after Monteverdi's death. He traveled to Vienna for Ferdinand III's wedding, but spent the rest of his career in Bonn, Germany.
Antonio Bertali was born and trained in Verona, but spent most of his career at the imperial court in Vienna, first as a court violinist, then assuming the position of Hofkapellmeister in 1649. Although his sonatas presage the importance of the violin in sonatas in the future, Bertali is most often recognized as the first composer to produce Italian operas for non-Italian audiences.
Dario Castello published in Venice two volumes of "Sonate concertate," and nearly all our knowledge of Castello's life comes from the title pages and dedications to these volumes. He was a member of the Venetian Doge's six-member piffari (wind-players) and a musician at St. Mark's. His first volume is the first printed collection ever to be devoted entirely to instrumental works, while his second is the first ever to consist entirely of sonatas. Castello was a pioneer of musical notation, being one of the first to include clear tempo markings, bar lines throughout, and indications to use the harpsichord instead of the organ as a continuo instrument. It is clear that Castello's style was influential, particularly judging by the numerous editions of his works and their presence in collections throughout Europe. Castello dedicated his second volume to Emperor Ferdinand II.
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The Accident That Created Heavy Metal
The Story Of Tony Iommi: Black Sabbath
When most artists encounter hardship they buckle, when the geniuses of the world encounter struggle they innovate.
A seventeen-year-old Tony Iommi was on the path he had always dreamed of, as a young English guitar player. where most of his friends were doomed for a life of factory work, Tony was scheduled to go across Europe on the first tour with his band the burden beast. But on the very last shift at his job in an industrial steel mill, it came crashing to a halt.
An accident permanently damaged the hand
in which he needed to play the instrument he loved. For most people, they would have packed it in right there and taken it as a sign that maybe the guitar wasn't the right path.
Instead Tony embraced the struggle. He worked around his limitations and invented an approach to still play the instrument. The byproduct, Tony discovered a whole new sound coming from the guitar. That byproduct just so happened to be the creation of a whole new genre in rock music "heavy metal".
It was the mid-1960s, in a smog riddled industrial town in central England, a teenage Tony Iommi was finishing his last shift as a welder before he quit the blue colour life to pursue a dream of rock and roll stardom. His band was set to fly to Germany, he barely could believe it.
It was his very last afternoon when he was told to go work on this massive metal flattening machine for the first time. His co-worker who normally worked that machine was a no-show and there was no one else to do it. Tony had to push the metal into where it was being flattened. But what caught him off guard, was the intense force of the press.
"As I'm pushing the metal through into this machine, it just came down like that on my finger bang and I pulled my arm back, and as I pulled it back I pulled the ends off the fingers," says Tony at interview. Later at the hospital, Tony received devastating news. The doctors told him they couldn't repair the ends of his fingers and that his guitar playing days were now over. The shock sent Tony into a depression.
As time went by, his efforts to play through the pain were fruitless. But it was a gift from his former manager at the factory that shifted his mindset. The manager brought him a Django Reinhardt EP, noting that the famed jazz guitarist became a legend on the instrument despite only having the use of two of his fingers. It gave Tony an idea.
"So I made my tips. I got a washing up bottle, a plastic bottle and melted them down into a ball. Then I got a hot soldering iron and would drill a hole out in it and fit it over my finger. So there's this big ball on my finger" says Tony.
It took a lot of painful hours getting used to the force on his fingers. But the two new fake fingertips meant Tony could play the guitar again. To be able to have a better grip on the strings, he cut up pieces of an old leather jacket of his and glued them on the tips. Now that Tony was getting a decent feel with his new fingertips, he encountered two new limitations to his guitar playing.
One was that regular guitar strings were too heavy and hard to press down on and two, was the loss of dexterity in his fingers. To combat the string issue, he put thinner banjo strings on his guitar. And to make it even easier to play, he turned them down. With the inability to move his fingers fast, Tony had to relearn the guitar from scratch. His makeshift fingertips meant, he needed to make the most of the open strings and simple chord shapes.
All these changes had the added effect of making his guitar sound different than usual. He said - "And that's I think, what made me sort of come up with the sort of Black Sabbath thing, the sound because trying to make them sound bigger to fill in for the full chord that I couldn't play anymore".
The combination led to an aggressive, raw and fat sound. An invented sound that would become part of the framework for Tony's next band Black Sabbath. And an invented sound that some call the birth of heavy metal.
Losing his fingertips was devastating but in hindsight, it created something new. it provided him with a whole new mindset. a whole new way to look at guitar playing. Tony created something new. Something fresh, something good out of what some other people would say a tragedy.
It's funny what life throws at people. How adversity can cripple some and how it inspires others. How Tony could have looked at losing his fingers as a sign to quit his guitar playing and focus on something else. But instead, he looked at it as a new challenge, a new opportunity to innovate.
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