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10 Haunting Abandoned Amusement Parks
by Elliot | Epic
In recent years, the internet has been plagued by images from creepy abandoned amusement parks in Japan and China. It makes sense as the abandoned parks are good ground for aspiring photographers wanting to make a creepy name for themselves. There's just something so weird about abandoned amusement parks, with their rusting metal and chipping paint. Maybe because they were once whimsical places for children to have a great time. And now they look like the ideal creepypasta setting. Here are my top 10 most haunting abandoned amusement parks. Some of which are available to purchase, just in case you're looking to get into the industry.
Wonderland Amusement Park, China
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The Wonderland Amusement Park is different than most abandoned amusement parks as it was abandoned even before it's construction was completed! It was built (mostly built) 20 miles from Beijing to be Asia's largest amusement park. This was in the 1990s, when Asian economies were first starting to take off. But there was a big financial crash in 1998. This, combined with local complications, resulted in the half-built amusement park being completely abandoned. There were several building left standing, including a large castle. As these structures remained, there were a number of following attempts to save and complete the amusement park. All have failed.
Six Flags New Orleans, USA
Six Flags New Orleans was abandoned just as hurricane katrina was about to smash into it. The amusement park was completely flooded by the hurricane and no real attempt was made to reclaim the park. This is partly due to the massive damage done by the water, which would have cost a lot more money to repair than the site is even worth. Six flags soon announced the park was a total loss that they wanted an exit of the 75 year lease of the land they had . This led to an extensive legal battle with local officials. Today, the park is still there. It's no longer flooded and is just rusting away.
Land Of Oz, USA
Land of Oz operated from 1970 to 1980. It was obviously based on the wizard of oz. In this park, oridinary people could experience the magical land of oz. That all sounds good and well, but the emerald city was destroyed in a 1975 fire. This harmed the commersial exposure of the land of Oz and it was in decline from there. With ever declining visitors, it joined the abandoned amusement parks graveyard in 1980. After being abandoned, the park was heaviy vandalised by those godless misinformed youths! These days it's only ever really visited by urban explorers. Makes sense. Who else would go there?
Holy Land USA
Holy Land USA was always going to fail. An amusement park based on bible verses is difficult to maintain. For a while during the 1960s and 70s, forty thousand people came to see it. The whole park was littred with massive crosses and weird historic catacombs. The park closed down after it's owner died in 1986. After this, the park was pretty much left as is and forgotten about. It was only remembered when a 16 year old girl was raped and murdered in the park in 2010. There is currently a project to revive the amusement park for some reason. But with the place all overgrown I think it's going to take a long time.
Lake Dolores Waterpark, USA
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Lake Dolores Waterpark was obviously a waterpark that is now left abandoned. It was open from 1962 to 2004, and was pretty popular during the 1970s. But the park took to decline towards the late 1980s and it was doomed from there. So it closed down in 2004 and hasn't been used since. It was just left to decay. That is, apart from the parts that were salvaged for scrap metal. Today, it's just a destination for urban explorers. It's also used as a filming location for commercials and music videos due to it's classic doomsday-like look.
Pripyat Amusement Park, Ukraine
Pripyat is the Ukrainian city abandoned as a result of the Chernobyl meltdown. So anything within the city was left behind, including it's amusement park. The Pripyat amusement park hadn't yet opened to the public, although it was completed. The meltdown happened shortly before the park's opening date. Chilling images of the park are well recognized on the internet. The ferris wheel is probably the most chilling – glimpse into what a real post-apocalyptic world would be like. The bumber cars are also recognizable. It truly is among the most haunting abandoned amusement parks. It doesn't help that the park is still host to radiation levels, making urban exploration less common here.
Joyland, USA
Joyland is possibly America's most iconic abandoned amusement park. Opening in 1949, it was well known in it's home state if Kansas. It was always a weird place, featuring a roller coaster made from wood. It was popular right through the second half of the 20th century. But not so much in the 21st. In 2004, the ferris wheel glitched and a 13 year old fell from it to the ground. This hurt the park's reputation and attendence fell swiftly. It closed down permanently just 2 years later. Sections of the park are now currently being slowly dismantled and sold for scrap metal.
Spreepark, Germany
Spreepark was originally built by the Soviets in East Berlin. For some reason the communists really loved building amusement parks just to abandon them later. The park wasn't much more than just one big ferris wheel in it's centre. So it was never a popular attraction, stacking up massive debts. By the year 2000, only about 400 thousand people had ever visited the park. With not enough visitors to pay off their enormous debt, the park was obviously heading for failure. It finally closed down in 2002, and hasn't reopened since. It's hard to tell what the park is like today as not many urban explorers visit. It's thought of as rather boring.
Nara Dreamland, Japan
With the best name out of all the abandoned amusement parks, Nara Dreamland was built as Japan's answer to Disneyland. There really isn't much to say about Nara Dreamland – it just didn't recieve many visitors as it was considered cheap and dull. They didn't even have a giant mouse! So people didn't visit much and it was forced to close back in 2006. It might be the most popular destination on this list for urban explorers. In Japan they're known as haikyoists, just in case you were interested.
Takakanonuma Greenland, Japan
Takakanonuma Greenland HAS to be the most haunting abandoned amusement park on earth. Just look at any photograph taken from the park and your immediate thought will be something like "Oh… that's bloody creepy". It was first opened in 1973 and first closed in 1975. This is largely due to the deaths of several people at the park. This in turn gave rise to rumors that the park was haunted. So it was abandoned for a while until being reopened in 1986 and then closed again in 1999. The most creepy thing is the legend surrounding it. They say that anyone wanting to visit the park should be careful. If you take any photographs, a young girl will appear in the photo when it develops. Even when the park is devoid of children.
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25th of December, 1975 - Facts, Nostalgia and Videos!
What Day: The 25th of December, 1975, fell on a Thursday.
On this exact date: Iron Maiden is formed by Steve Harris in London.
43 years, 4 months and 0 days have passed since the 25th of December, 1975.
Week Number: This date occurred during Week 52 of 1975.
Leap Year: 1975 was NOT a leap year.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1975 was the year of the Rabbit (Yin Fire).
Native American Zodiac: The 25th of December, 1975 falls under the Goose.
Age: Anyone born on the 25th of December, 1975, will be 43 years of age.
American Format: 12-25-1975 (the MDY format is also used in Belize).
YMD Format: 1975-12-25. This format is often used by software applications, simply because numbers such as "19751225" are easier to sort.
Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 188697600.
Gerald Ford was the President of the United States on the 25th of December, 1975.
A baby that was born on the 25th of December, 1975 was probably conceived around the 17th of March, 1975. (Rough Estimate).
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6th of December, 1975: The Balcombe Street siege begins when Provisional IRA members hold a couple hostage in London.
29th of December, 1975: 11 people are killed when a bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.
25th of December, 1971: 158 people are killed when a fire breaks out at a hotel in South Korea.
25th of December, 1977: Comedian Charlie Chaplin passes away.
25th of December, 1989: Former Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu is executed.
25th of December, 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union.
25th of December, 1996: The murder of six year old JonBenet Ramsey shocks America.
25th of December, 2011: 18-year-old American Internet personality Ben Breedlove dies from a cardiac arrest.
25th of December, 1990: The movie The Godfather Part III is released.
25th of December, 1994: The Jungle Book (1994) is released in cinemas.
25th of December, 1999: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) is released.
25th of December, 2002: Catch Me If You Can (2002) is released.
25th of December, 2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) is released in movie theaters.
25th of December, 2009: The movie Sherlock Holmes (2009) is released.
25th of December, 2012: Quentin Tarantino's movie Django Unchained (2012) is released in cinemas.
25th of December, 2016: Christmas 2016.
Happy Days - TV show that is set in the 1950s / 1960s in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Kojak - TV show about a bald New York detective.
25th of December, 1899: Humphrey Bogart: Actor.
25th of December, 1946: Jimmy Buffett: Singer.
25th of December, 1954: Annie Lennox: Singer.
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Since the 25th of December, 1975, earth has travelled approximately 705,603,787,200 miles through space.
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If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 117,600,631 steps. That's about 52,267 miles!
Since this date, 16,409,390 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!
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Inside The Headset: Matt Drinkall [PODCAST]
On this episode of Inside the Headset, we speak with Kansas Wesleyan University Head Coach Matt Drinkall about his "Power Spread" offensive philosophy, using efficiency cut-ups in game-planning, and get his take on the MJ versus LeBron debate.
After a career-ending injury as a player at the University of Iowa, Drinkall began his coaching career as a student assistant for the Hawkeyes (2001-2002). His first full-time position was coaching receivers and serving as the defensive coordinator at Bettendorf (Iowa) HS (2003-2005). Coach Drinkall coached tight ends at Western Illinois (2006-2007), and while at St. Ambrose (2008-2013), he was able to coach receivers, the offensive line, and he had play-calling experience as the offensive coordinator. In 2014, Drinkall was hired as the head coach at KWU.
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[0:57] Becoming a student-assistant at Iowa
[5:14] Benefits of having a young coaching staff
[10:03] Riding a dirt bike to work
[12:10] Wrestling as entertainment and social media
[15:01] Hiring a Director of Player Morale
[18:48] Creating and using efficiency cut-ups in game-planning
[23:22] Philosophy behind KWU's "Power Spread"
[31:24] Incorporating tags to take shots off base plays
[34:48] Carrying only a few plays offensively
[37:47] Utilizing sprint-out pass concepts
[46:45] "Embrace Debate" – Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James
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Edmonton Elks re-sign Canadian running back Anti Litre
January 14, 2023, 1:57 p.m. ·1 min read
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed Canadian running back Ante Litre to a one-year contract extension.
The 28-year-old from Vancouver suited up in all 18 games for the Elks in 2022.
He posted a career-high 241 rushing yards and ran for a touchdown as well as catching 16 passes for 89 yards.
Litre also ranked third on the team with seven special-teams tackles.
"I'm coming back because we have a lot of unfinished business from last year," Litre said Saturday in a statement released by the Elks.
"I believe in my teammates, I believe in the coaches, I've got a lot of faith in this team. I think we can make a good run at the Grey Cup this year, so I'm excited to get back to work with everybody."
The five-year CFL veteran spent his first four years with the Calgary Stampeders, who drafted the Simon Frasher alum 28th overall in the 2017 draft.
Litre has a career 41 receptions for 319 yards and 147 carries for 519 yards and three touchdowns.
The six-foot, 229-pound back has played in six playoff games and was a member of the 2018 Stampeder club that won the Grey Cup.
The Elks opens their regular season against the Saskatchewan Roughriders at home June 11.
Their first pre-season game May 22 is against Calgary.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sebastian Aho scored a goal for the fourth straight game and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Sunday in a matchup of the teams with the two best records in the NHL. Paul Stastny scored on a second-period power play, Seth Jarvis posted a goal in the third, and Jordan Staal added a short-handed empty-netter as the Hurricanes won their fifth game in a row and extended their points streak to eight games (7-0-1). Frederik Andersen, playing for the first time


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For over a decade, I have supported families as a birth and postpartum doula, behavioral therapist for children with Autism, Early Head Start Home-Visitor, and an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). My work experience includes positions with a state-wide perinatal health collaborative and as the Director of a 3-year, multi-state, maternal and child health program.
I have a Master's Degree in Public Health, which gives me a strong understanding of how systems and policy shape our health and choices, and ultimately, how I can shape those systems to benefit all people.
Serving hundreds of families, and my own challenging journey as a parent myself, have given me a strong understanding of the supports we need to help families thrive. Safe and respectful maternity care, paid leave policies, quality and affordable childcare… these are not our hurdles to face alone. I care deeply about protecting our environment and ensuring our children have a more stable economy as they enter increasingly unstable times.
My husband and I have two young children and five rescued animals. As a family, we love working in our backyard garden, enjoying our city's lovely parks, and joining local advocacy and activism events. If I have a few moments alone, I can be found crafting, reading, or cuddling with a cat. Recent commitments include serving as the President of the Pikes Peak Breastfeeding Coalition and as a member of the Pikes Peak Regional Doulas Association.
I believe it is the government's moral responsibility to not only protect families, but to ensure communities in which we live thrive. We feel the crushing stress that 30 years of deregulation, oppressive corporate power, and income inequality has brought to the majority of Americans, and it's time to put power back into the hands of the people.
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Sherrill Roland spent 10 months and two weeks behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.
While clocking undeserved time, the Asheville-born artist missed his grandmothers' funerals and the birth of his daughter. For a time, he spent all but one hour each day secluded in a prison cell with a small, open window.
Feeling exposed, with little privacy, he covered up the cell window with cascading strands of toilet paper that he later wrote messages and musings on.
Some of these are now part of …and justice for all," a powerful multimedia exhibition at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture. It remains on exhibit through April 12.
Sherrill Roland's work is featured in the "…and justice for all" exhibition at the Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture. He is pictured here making faux cinder blocks out of plywood at the McColl Center. His art is inspired by his wrongful conviction and incarceration. He spent nearly a year in jail. John D. Simmons JSIMMONS@CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM
POWERFUL STORIES
"Fig Leaf on Cell #7" is one of the works featured in the exhibition. Handwritten in all caps with black ink, it shares Roland's thoughts, intended for the mother of his newborn daughter — the musings of a man wrongly convicted. The scroll hangs from a see-through glass door, alone, exposed at the center of the gallery.
The exhibition opened in November as a part of the Gantt's Initiative for Equity. It seeks to humanize and examine an imperfect criminal justice system.
The Gantt gallery, small and dim, holds powerful stories.
"Yesterday was a tough day mentally for me," Roland wrote. "I had a little anxiety about the surroundings. Was a little down. … It remains hectic, tension always high."
Roland was incarcerated in Washington, D.C. after being wrongfully convicted of four misdemeanors.
"Roland was able to use art as a tool to escape, to create, and to express himself," said Alexys J. Taylor, the Gantt's exhibitions and collections manager. "We (at the Gantt) use art as a tool to share the stories of hope and community."
Sherrill Roland's work is featured in the "…and justice for all" exhibition at the Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture. He is pictured here making faux cinder blocks out of plywood at the McColl Center. His art is inspired by his wrongful conviction and incarceration. He spent nearly a year in jail.
Through large-scale imagery, video and art installations, the Gantt intimately explores the big-picture issues surrounding incarceration — racial profiling, impact on the family and the adverse psychological toll that disproportionately affects communities of color.
"…and justice for all" seeks to humanize and examine a justice system that disproportionately affects people of color.
Alexys J. Taylor talks about the "…and justice for all" exhibition at the Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture in uptown Charlotte. It examines a range of topics surrounding the high incarceration rate of people of color. Among the four artists featured in the exhibit is N.C. artist Sherrill Roland who was wrongfully convicted and spent 11 months in prison. The exhibit is open through April 12. Joshua Komer THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
Visitors to the exhibition learn that the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
In 40 years, America's prison and jail population has grown 500%. According to the most recent Bureau of Justice Statistics report, the national incarcerated population in 2016 was approximately 2.2 million.
While people of color make up 37% of the U.S. population, they make up 67% of the prison population, according to The Sentencing Project, a nonprofit that works for a fair and effective criminal justice system.
INCREASING AWARENESS
Many of the statistics are projected onto the gallery floor, and while they can incite anger or disbelief, Taylor said the core of the Gantt's exhibition is not one of national shame, rather of awareness.
"It's a bit of an emotional roller coaster through here," she said on a recent tour. "We know that. Our goal is to create dialogue and understanding through the experiences shared in the works."
Roland's toilet-paper text, for one, is tender, and, at moments, even funny. "I can't wait to build forts, tents, and sand castles with her," he writes of his newborn daughter. "See her reaction when she tastes rainbow sherbet or fried pork chops for the first time. I'll keep dreaming."
Then, later, "Today was a better day. Found out I got a job in the kitchen. I'm happy because it takes days off my sentence, pays, and will keep me occupied. They say folks gain weight down there. I've always been slim, why not?"
A variety of mediums are used in the "…and justice for all" exhibition, including video installations. Larger than life-sized projections of black men line each end of the gallery and visitors can hear them say aloud how many times in their lives they've been stopped by police under the controversial "stop and frisk" policy. Joshua Komer THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
The soundtrack of the Gantt gallery space comes from controversial Brooklyn-based artist Dread Scott. Larger than life-sized projections of black men, dressed in T-shirts and jeans, are visible on the two shorter ends of the rectangular gallery space.
Through the video installation, Scott addresses the "stop-and-frisk" policing policy. With arms folded or hands in pockets, the frank voices of individual black men say aloud how many times each has been stopped by police in his lifetime: "I've been stopped 61 times" one man says. "….About 150 times" and "…Close to 200," others can be heard saying.
The exhibition makes clear that many things — sentencing policies, implicit racial bias, socioeconomic inequity — all contribute to racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
Hanging on the right side of the room, Russell Craig's "E. Val" is a series of seven evocative canvases, the faces of men who have been affected by police brutality. The paintings, like inkblots, consist of ox blood stains and acrylic paint.
As part of his psychological evaluations while in the foster care system Craig, a self-taught artist from Philadelphia, was given Rorschach tests. Through his work, which was featured in HBO's The O.G. Experience, he aimed to represent the psychological trauma felt in black communities.
Photographer-artist Deana Lawson's work is also featured in the exhibition. It's a long, vertical series of 42 family portraits that show the unwavering love and devotion that Lawson's cousin, Jazmin, shared with her boyfriend while he was imprisoned for three years in upstate New York.
Posing with her man and children pridefully in front of a cinder-block mural at the prison — a lighthouse set against a cobalt ocean and smiling sun — Jazmin's hairstyles change. Cropped cut to long curls. Black hair, then blonde. Her clothing styles evolve, too.
"It shows a different perspective," said Taylor. "It's not just about the individual, but about the whole family, and the impact they have while their loved one is behind bars — how they navigate this."
Original story appears in The Charlotte Observer.
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Aurora Eiendom and Alti Forvaltning form a strong alliance
Aurora Eiendom builds the future of retail by converging digital and physical retail, by creating an ideal environment for both tenants and customers. Alti Forvaltning is our 50% owned management company.
Alti Forvaltning
In July 2021, the acquisition of the first five shopping centers in the Aurora portfolio was completed, and this marked the start of our business.
At the same time, Aurora Eiendom AS took over 50% of the shares in Alti Forvaltning AS, which now manages the shopping centers and manages Aurora Eiendom as a group. The combination of well-located, modern high-quality centers and an industry-leading management organization provides a solid foundation for further growth and development. The shares in Aurora are registered on Euronext Growth Oslo
TIMELINE / KEY EVENTS
Incorporation of Aurora Eiendom AS.
Five investors commit to invest approximately NOK 1 bn in the company.
Aurora Eiendom raises NOK 2 bn in new share capital.
Aurora Eiendom enters into an agreement to buy 50% of the shares in Alti Forvaltning AS. Aurora's shopping center portfolio is managed by Alti Forvaltning.
Aurora Eiendom closes the acquisition of the first four shopping centers and takes over the daily operations.
The Company agrees to buy its fifth shopping center, Farmandstredet in Tønsberg, from Steen & Strøm AS / Klépierre and takes over the daily operations.
Aurora Eiendom AS is listed on Euronext Growth Oslo under the ticker «AURA».
Aurora Eiendom acquires 25% of JHG Invest AS, which owns 35% of Jærhagen Kjøpesenter, managed by Alti Forvaltning.
Acquisition of Buskerud Storsenter from Citycon. Private placement of NOK 400 million towards existing owners, related to the acquisition.
Private placement of NOK 600 million, announcement of the acquisition of Gulskogen Senter (100%), Arkaden Senter (100%) and Hamar Storsenter (25%), transactions closed on July 1st 2022.
Our Investment criteria and strategy
Our mission is to own, operate and develop leading shopping destinations and create value for customers, tenants and investors.
Aurora Eiendom will continue to seek out and invest in shopping centers that are carefully selected.
Aurora Eiendom, together with Alti Forvaltning, carries out a thorough analysis of rental income, costs, tenants and competition as part of the investment decision.
The company actively opts out of deals that do not fit our strategy and portfolio, the focus is on proper growth.
Real estate segment
Shopping centers and adjacent assets and projects
LOCAL MARKET POSITION
Leading or have the potential to be leading
Geographical exposure
Large and medium sized cities in Norway
Petter A. Stordalen
Profiled investor and businessman best known for his ownership in Nordic Choice. Extensive experience with retail – helped rebuild Steen & Strøm in 1991 and was one of the cornerstone investors in Sektor Gruppen before it was sold to Citycon in 2015.
Johan Johannson
Majority owner of the largest grocery chain in Norway, Norgesgruppen. Significant real estate owner and one of the cornerstone investors in Sektor Gruppen (31 %) before the company was sold in 2015.
Lars Løseth
Lars Løseth is regarded as one of the leading shopping center experts in Norway. Best known as the founder of AMFI, a significant owner and the largest operator of shopping centers in Norway.
Marius Varner
Marius is the CEO and Chairman of Varner, one of Norway ́s largest retail companies. Cornerstone investor in Sektor Gruppen (27%) before the company was sold to Citycon in 2015.
Sigurd Stray
Sigurd is COO in Eiendomsspar, which is one of the leading real estate companies in Norway. Prior to Eiendomsspar, he worked 7 years at Olav Thon Gruppen, and 2 years in DnB Asset Management. Sigurd holds an MSc Economics with specialisation in Finance from BI Norwegian Business School.
Lars Ove Løseth
Lars Ove holds a BSc in Retail Management from BI Norwegian Business School and a
MSc in Real Estate Developement from NMBU. He has extensive experience in shopping center management, and has been CEO of Alti Forvaltning since 2018. Prior to Alti, Lars Ove was trainee at Olav Thon Gruppen, leasing manager at LL Holding and retail consultant at BigBlue & Company.
Aage Lilleberg
Before joining Alti Forvaltning in September 2021, Aage was Regional Director at Olav Thon Gruppen for 9 years. Aage has previously worked as Property Manager and Regional Director at Amfi Drift AS. Before starting his career in shopping center management, Aage worked in retail, production and wholesale. Aage holds degrees at Norsk Kjøpmannsinstitutt and BI.
Kathrine Mauset
Kathrine holds MSc in Economics and Finance from Université Toulouse 1 Capitole in France. She has work experience from IBM, Danske Markets Corporate Finance, Amfi Eiendom AS and Sparebank 1 Nordmøre. Kathrine joined Alti Forvaltning in July 2021.
Aurora and Alti is one of the strongest alliances in the Norwegian shopping center industry
Alti Forvaltning AS is a professional property manager, and currently manages 38 shopping centers, among these the centers owned by Aurora Eiendom.
Alti Forvaltning AS is owned 50% by Aurora Eiendom AS and 50% by Alti AS (LL Holding AS 80% and Sørco Holding AS 20%).
The head office is located in Surnadal, Nordmøre region, with branch offices in Oslo, Trondheim, Arendal and Ålesund.
Alti Forvaltning AS has around 50 employees in administration, as well as employees out in the shopping centers (approx 90). All management resources dedicated to Aurora Eiendom AS are employed in Alti Forvaltning AS.
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5 Free Open Source Alternatives To Microsoft Office
Vangie Beal | PCWorld | September 17, 2012
While Microsoft Office is the industry standard in terms of , integrated applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, database management, email and desktop publishing. However, it's important for small business owners to know that these types of office applications are also available in free and open source office productivity applications.
Open source office software has come a long way in recent years, so choosing free software over expensive proprietary software doesn't mean you'll lose features and support. Today's open source office productivity software is feature-rich and provides ample access to online documentation and large communities of users and developers.
You'll also find that open source products support the common document file types-including Microsoft file formats. Best of all, when you choose open source office software, you can forget about the hefty purchase price and per-user licensing fees that can eat up a small office's budget in no time...
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Aetion, the software platform company delivering the real-world analytics and evidence needed for biopharma and payers to engage in value-based care, announced it has raised $36.4 million in Series B funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and included, as a new investor, Amgen Ventures, alongside existing investors Flare Capital Partners, Lakestar, and Oxeon Ventures. Mohamad Makhzoumi of NEA will join the Aetion board of directors.


Why Light? Living creatures cannot survive without light (ray). Human also maintain the life breathing the air and taking the nourishment, and obtain necessary energy for reproduction and survival under the sunlight. Light and color is one of oldest therapy in human history, and full spectrum visible light therapy is the one that induces human biological change using sunlight or carbon light of fire which is artificial visible light made through burning of carbon. In the types of lights that are used in medical treatment, visible lights have duality of wavelength and particle, and when wavelength is emphasized, we call it a light wave, and when particle is emphasized, we call it a photon. There is a treatment using these characteristics of lights. Visible Light Therapy. It is applied to the treatment of many diseases or symptoms. Light can penetrate into our body and raise the temperature of deep part, which enhances level of immunity and kills all the germs or viruses. Carbonlight. We cannot survive without the sun as we cannot survive without water and air. Natural healing power is strengthened through the irradiation of safe light using most similar light to that of sunlight recognizing importance of light on the scientific base. Why diseases increase in spite of medical or scientific development? Since human did not make animals, we need lots of time and sacrifices to explain it. Riddles exist limitlessly. Phototherapy shows the possibility of cure controlling light energy which is essential to living things. It proves that a few % of light energy may cure the disease. There is still unknown area in light energy, but it can be one of treatment methods.
Humanity worshiped the sun as a god in ancient times and they used sunlight as a treatment method of diseases. In medical history, Hippocrates (born in 500) who is regarded as the father of medicine started to use a light for the treatment. Since then, light treatment has been spread over the world with scientific and medical evidences. Hippocrates said "If disease cannot be cured by medicine, it should be cured by operation, and if it cannot be cured by operation, it should be treated by the heat." It is to treat the affected part using the spectrum that is generated when carbon rod containing high purity elements is burned at high temperature.
390nm ~800nm wavelength among the lights is called visible lights area that we recognize as a light. Out of rainbow colors like purple, navy blue, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red, yellowish green which is located at 555nm from these visible lights is known as the brightest one. Carbon and many elements are combusted and they changed to light energy which penetrates into the body deeply and makes good blood circulation increasing level of immunity and metabolism, which creates vitamins and increases calcium for smooth hormone secretion and cell proliferation.


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Movies | March 27, 2019 5:00 am
How the Disney Takeover of Hollywood Impacts the Future of Film
By gobbling up Fox, Disney is killing off vestiges of the old studio model's independence.
This 20th Century Fox sign is a thing of the past. (Getty Images)
By Stephen Whitty
The fanfare just became a funeral march.
One of the greatest studio logos in film history—20th Century Fox's thundering drums and searching spotlights—went silent and dark recently as Disney finalized its purchase of the competing studio.
Shareholders—and fanboys who can now imagine Fox's X-Men and Fantastic Four joining the rest of Disney's merry Marvel team—may have reason to celebrate. Serious movie fans, though, should mourn.
It's not just another sign of the Mouse Factory's mission to engulf and devour everything , as they greedily add a few new, edgier franchises, like Alien and Avatar, to their crowded stable of Muppets, superheroes, Jedi knights and Pixar toys.
It's the disappearance of a little bit of Hollywood history. And a reminder of how little the word "studio" even means anymore.
The first studios were created by individuals, not conglomerates. Their founders were brash men with big personalities, and they stamped every movie they made with their own hopes and fears.
Doing that, they created brands before "branding" was even a thing. Their own particular styles and sensibilities went into every project they approved, leaving moviegoers knowing just what to expect, right from the moment those studio logos flashed on the screen.
Warner Brothers? That was the dependable home of scrappy and working-class heroes, with stories about cab drivers and secretaries, gangsters and long-haul truckers. Even their musicals were blue-collar, set in Depression-era New York and featuring chorus girls and struggling songwriters.
MGM? As Gene Kelly pronounced in the studio's Singin' in the Rain, "Dignity. Always dignity." Metro was a place of classy best-sellers and classic adaptations, of fake British villages and real English stars, terribly tasteful dramas and gorgeous—but never garish—musicals.
Every studio had its own small specialty.
Paramount was the literary lot, where brilliant wits like Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges pushed boundaries (and, sometimes, the censors' buttons). RKO boasted gorgeous black-and-white cinematography and crisp Art Deco set design. Universal was for kids of all ages, mixing monster movies with Abbott and Costello comedies.
Fox, meanwhile, was as its independent as its boss, Darryl F. Zanuck—and as unlikely to play it safe.
Warner may have sometimes shown a social conscience, but Fox pushed it even further, its The Grapes of Wrath, Gentleman's Agreement and Pinky talking frankly about class, anti-Semitism, and race. MGM might have Kelly and Judy Garland, but Fox's musicals were always a little wilder, a little louder. (Of course, having Carmen Miranda under contract didn't hurt).
And while every studio had its own resident sex symbol, decade after decade, the biggest, boldest beauties always seemed to end up at Fox—whether it was Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe or Raquel Welch. Fox always pushed to deliver more—a devotion that finally proved nearly deadly with enormous money pits like 1963's Cleopatra and 1967's Doctor Dolittle.
Times were changing, though, and soon the cocky old moguls disappeared, their studios now part of other, larger corporations that had made their money building parking lots, or selling soda. Movie studios weren't dream factories anymore. They were another line item on the quarterly report.
Of course, there were those who cheered the end of the old moguls—the Golden Age of Hollywood was basically 40 years of #MeToo. But at least Warner and Mayer and the rest took a certain pride in, and responsibility for, the movies they made. After all, their name was usually there, right in the credits.
But with the conglomerate's new anonymity came deniability. Those old, personal connections were gone forever.
Does the average moviegoer even know who really runs Paramount or Universal today? If the original Columbia pictures put out a stinker, head honcho Harry Cohn knew someone would blame him for it. But who do you blame now when Sony puts out a flop?
Maybe more to the point: how can you even tell the studios apart? Most of them are as alike as the product they push.
Oh, occasionally, one will show a sudden thrilling burst of personality, like Paramount, a few years back when it took wild (and costly) bets on profoundly difficult movies like mother!, Silence, Downsizing and Suburbicon. But that was then. This year, Paramount didn't even have a plausible awards-season contender. It's back to being just another company.
Of course, maybe that's safer. The irony is that, recently, the studios that have succeeded in developing a signature style only ended up getting bought —by Disney, which then stamped it out.
First it was Miramax, which had spent the '90s specializing in broad-appeal foreign films and edgy indies but, put under Disney's control, became just another logo. Then there was the idealistic Pixar which, once firmly under the Mouse's thumb, began doing some very un-Pixar things, like churning out sequels nobody wanted, and features designed to do little but sell toys.
Now it's Fox's turn, and that's a particular shame. Because while that studio no longer had the singular stamp of Zanuck's personality, it still retained a willingness to go further than its rivals.
Remember, it was Fox that, under its Fox 2000 label, still put out smart, mid-budgeted, mainstream movies like The Hate U Give, Hidden Figures and The Devil Wears Prada—films with big stars but smart stories too, a niche that apparently interests Disney not at all. They've already announced the unit is being shut down. (Fox's indie arm, Fox Searchlight, seems to have been spared.)
Fox still had some of Zanuck's brashness, too. When it did do genre, it did it differently, giving us the R-rated gore of Logan, the adults-only humor of Deadpool, the trippy sci-fi of Avatar, the dirty kicks of Kingsman: The Secret Service. It pushed the envelope in comedy, too, eagerly underwriting the rude, crude gags of Seth MacFarlane and The Simpsons.
How is all that going to mesh with Disney's jealously protected family-friendly image? It will be interesting to see.
And it will be a kind of rough justice if, in gobbling up other people's brands, one of the oldest and most successful businesses in Hollywood only ends up diluting its own.
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In addressing issues of poverty alleviation and sustainability, Lusa Community Chest is involved in a range of income generation programmes. Together with corporate partners, we facilitate the installation of vegetable tunnels, mini bakeries, soap and candle making projects at various non-profit organisations. These projects provide products for use by the organisations and where possible surplus products can be sold to offset operational costs.


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The Ultimate Guide to San Juan del Sur Surf
by Joseph Richard Francis March 6, 2022
written by Joseph Richard Francis Published: March 6, 2022 Last Updated on January 3, 2023
San Juan del Sur surf has grown and grown in popularity in recent years, making this beach-fronted towns one of the centers of the sport in Nicaragua.
An introduction to San Juan del Sur surf
San Juan del Sur has risen and risen in popularity in the last 10-15 years, establishing itself as both a surf mecca and a digital nomad hub. We'd say it's probably a little better at the latter of those two, becuase there's not actually a surf break on the doorstep. San Juan del Sur playa is more for fishing boats and beach parties, although we can hardly deny it makes an amazing place to return to after you've surfed the nearby breaks.
Talking of the nearby breaks…welcome to Rivas. For 20 miles to the south and 5 miles to the north, the shoreline here offers bay after beach after reef for surf-hungry visitors. It has excellent consistency and a great variety of wave types, ranging from mellow beachies to beefy points that can keep more experienced rippers smiling as they sip their sunset cocktails back in San Juan del Sur.
There's decent public transport on offer to the beaches around town (especially Maderas). However, we still think the best way to go about organizing a surf trip here is to pick a good surf hostel/camp that offers transport to and from the neighboring breaks. That way, you won't have to hassle about how you're getting to your dawn patrol and whatnot. It's all done for you.
This guide is just one part of our complete guide to surfing in Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur surf at a glance
Variety of breaks to the south and north
Great surf camps
There's no town break, so you need to travel
Maderas can get crowded
What's in this guide to surfing in San Juan del Sur?
A guide San Juan del Sur surf spots
Where to stay when surfing in San Juan del Sur
The San Juan del Sur surf season
San Juan's surf spots string up to the north of the town and down to the south, where they finally end with the Costa Rican border, around about 18 miles away. You will be traveling that shoreline on a surf trip here – either by boat, bus, or rental – because there's no break on San Juan del Sur beach itself.
Playa Maderas
If you're planning on hitting the San Juan del Sur surf this year, then you should definitely get to know about Playa Maderas. This A-frame break on the north side of the town is the premier wave in the area. It's 20 minutes away but is the go-to option for surf schools and even local rippers, offering good consistency and shape throughout a long season.
We've got a complete guide to surfing in Playa Maderas right here
Playa Remanso
Playa Remanso reminds us a little of Sri Lanka's Weligama in that it's usually a learner's haven but can sometimes drop bombs in the middle of the wet season. Most of the time it's a mellow beach wave that stays green for a nice long ride across the bay. It caters to all levels and is best surfed when the tide's approaching. Most surf camps will come here with intermediate and lower groups, and it's a convenient 10-minute drive from San Juan del Sur town.
Not to be confused with its more-famous bro across the border in Costa Rica, this Playa Hermosa is one of the stars of the San Juan del Sur surf scene. It's just over a mile in length, and has good wind protection on stronger days from the headland at the north end. The whole bay has peaks when there's a big swell, and they can even get tubey and hollow in the middle of the rainy season. Dry season, this one's an unbusy spot with glassy A-frames that go right and left at about chest height. Get the groveler out when it's smaller and you'll have some nice ankle-burner fun. There's a small entry fee for Playa Hermosa ($3 last time we were there).
El Yanke
Also known as Playa Yanke or Playa Yankee, this one is a little more exposed to the open Pacific than its compadre to the north. That means you get some bigger waves come through, especially when there's a strong W element to the swell. The lefts tend to be the better ones and can wall up more than anything else in the area. About 20-30 minutes from San Juan del Sur town.
Playa El Coco
Playa El Coco is about 30 minutes' drive south of San Juan itself. There are a couple of good lodges where you can stay if you don't want to make that drive but do want the break right on your doorstep each morning. Another sand-bottomed beginner and up spot, it's not as busy as the other beaches closer to the town and offers lovely chest-high peelers that are great for longboarders or starters.
Sally Ann's
The last of the well-known spots (shh – there are others!) before you pass into Costa Rica is Sally Ann's. 40 minutes south of SJDS, this one's a fickle but rather perfect A-frame that shapes up beautifully when there's a good SE swell. Morning sessions without any wind are best. They can see the spot offer up a circular tube to the right and a tighter hollow pocket to the left. It's best for expert surfers.
San Juan del Sur is packed with some of the best beach and surf camps in Nicaragua. It's actually one of the most-visited towns in the country, so you can expect a mix of hotels to match. The options below are the ones that we think stand out from the crowd, both in SJDS itself and close to the best breaks in the nearby beaches.
the SPACE.
the SPACE. is a super-cool hangout spot with a swim-up cocktail bar and loads of room for the laptop warrior digital nomad surfers out there. We really like the style (it's got a hint of Bali to it) and the mix of suites and dorms to suit all budgets. Yoga classes and fitness facilities are also part of the package.
The Beach House Nicaragua
The Beach House Nicaragua is just about as close as you can get to the sands in San Juan del Sur. The highlights are the salt-breezed restaurant and the deck spaces out front, where you'll watch some of the most dazzling sunsets you've ever seen after a surf session.
The Dreamsea Surf Resort Nicaragua isn't actually in the core of SJDS. It's just up in the hills behind the town, but that adds to the experience because the jungle peers in close and you get howler monkeys and exotic birds for company. They've done a cracking job of making a lux-end surf camp with a pool and great surf trips organized for you on site. Highly recommend.
Step-by-step guide to planning your San Juan del Sur surf trip right now
Step one: Book flights to the San Juan del Sur surf…We use Skyscanner and only Skyscanner for this. The reason? We've always found it the best site for comparing deals from basically ALL airlines and somehow seems to offer deals that beat going direct.
The top time to surf in San Juan del Sur is the wet season, between May and August. Yes, the weather isn't as beach-worthy, but the waves are at their biggest, forming on strong SE Pacific groundswells that start very far away in the Antarctic latitudes. The season basically has surf every day but it does vary – some sessions are chest high and small, others are barrels that peak overhead. Beginners – like total beginners – can come to San Juan del Sur surf spots pretty much any month, except February, which sees a distinct dip in swell quality in our opinion.


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Q: Substrate Offchain-worker Http Fetch Error Problem

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*I want to get data from Github using Substrate's Offchain-worker.

*The following sample works.

*However, when I change the URL to Github, I get an error with the "pending.try_wait" function.

*I'm adding it because I need a "User-Agent" to send an Http Request to Github.

*If anyone knows why this fails, could you please tell me?

Successful sample
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        let request =
            http::Request::get("https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data/price?fsym=BTC&tsyms=USD");
        let pending = request.deadline(deadline).send().map_err(|_| http::Error::IoError)?;
        let response = pending.try_wait(deadline).map_err(|_| http::Error::DeadlineReached)??;
        if response.code != 200 {
            log::warn!("Unexpected status code: {}", response.code);
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Sample to fail
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        let response = pending.try_wait(deadline).map_err(|_| http::Error::DeadlineReached)??; -> ### Error is Occuered.
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The school's 18th "Challenge Cup" Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition for College Students started
On October 13th, the school held the launching ceremony of the 18th "Challenge Cup" Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition for college students. Feng Jun, deputy secretary of the school Party committee, attended and delivered a speech.The heads of the Academic Affairs Office, the Scientific Research Office, the Youth League Committee, and the College of Environmental Resources, the secretary of the Youth League Committee of the second-level college and the head of the "Challenge Cup" competition team participated in the launching ceremony.
Feng Jun pointed out that the development of science and technology lies in innovation, and the hope of innovation lies in youth.The school attaches great importance to and supports the innovation and entrepreneurship work of college students, implements the "1625" action plan for innovation and Entrepreneurship education, and has produced a number of research results of great promotion value.He hopes that all units will work together to support and create a good atmosphere; students should establish lofty ideals and climb the peak of science and technology; strengthen teamwork, cultivate innovation capabilities, and contribute youth to the realization of the second centennial goal!
The person in charge of the organizer of the "Challenge Cup" competition jointly launched the 18th "Challenge Cup" Extracurricular academic Science and Technology works competition for college students.
At the ceremony, the person in charge of the Youth League Committee issued a mentor appointment letter to Wang Yongneng, an expert in the sixth phase of "Creative Challenge".Wang Yongneng gave a keynote report on "The cultivation and optimization of 'Big Challenge' scientific and technological innovation projects from the perspective of innovative thinking".
In the next step, the School Youth League Committee, together with relevant units, will continue to carry out special training and individual counseling to improve the quality of student team works. Through on-campus competitions, outstanding works with distinctive ideas and remarkable results will be selected to prepare for the 18th Challenge Cup in Zhejiang Province. Fully prepared.(Youth League Committee Shi Dali)


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Breckenridge Habitat house receives solar panels from Innovative Energy
Joe Moylan
jmoylan@summitdaily.com
Summit Habitat for Humanity and Innovative Energy announced this week a partnership to add a solar panel system to the Habitat for Humanity home now under construction off Boreas Pass Road in Breckenridge.
The system is one kilowatt in size, encompasses five solar panels and will be constructed on the south-facing roof, according to a joint Summit Habitat and Innovative Energy news release. Innovative Energy is donating the entire system, including installation, permits and interconnection with the utility.
The set up and materials are estimated at $5,000 to $6,000, said Michelle Zimmerman, vice president of operations for Breckenridge-based Innovative Energy, and the company estimates the system could reduce monthly electrical expenses by almost half.
"This is a great opportunity for us to participate in the Summit Habitat for Humanity home just outside of Breckenridge," said Eric Westerhoff, president of Innovative Energy, in a statement. "Adding solar to this home will help keep electric bills to minimum, saving money on monthly expenses for the next 25-plus years."
The solar electric system will be net metered by Xcel Energy, allowing the homeowner to pay less for power each month and receive a credit for excess kilowatt-hours made by the system, the release stated. Kilowatt-hours not used by the home are stored in a virtual solar bank by the utility, much like rollover minutes by cell phone companies, and may be used by the homeowner at night or in winter months when there are fewer sun hours during the day.
"This will keep the home even more affordable for the family and we look forward to continuing this beneficial relationship with Innovative Energy," said Summit Habitat executive director Nancy Shockey in the release. "We are very grateful for their support."
In July, Summit Habitat received the necessary building permits from Summit County for the construction of the new home located on Illinois Gulch Road in the Woodmoor development in Breckenridge. Frisco resident April Weber and her four children were selected by Summit Habitat to occupy the three-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,400 square-foot home.
In addition to the partnership with Innovative Energy, Summit Habitat also announced this week that excavation has begun and the foundation will be laid next week. Time, equipment and materials have been donated by Pat Quigley of PSQ Excavation and local contractor EHL, said David Pessel of Summit Habitat. The home, Summit Habitat's fourth since 2000, is slated for completion around Thanksgiving.
In conjunction with the start of construction, Pessel said Brooklyn's Tavern and Billiards, located in LaCima Mall in Breckenridge, agreed to assist in raising funds for the Weber's home build, as well as builds in the future.
From 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 Brooklyn's is celebrating the completion of its new bar, created by Silverthorne's Prism Design artist Tim Schwander, and will donate 30 percent of its earnings to Summit Habitat.
For more information about the fundraiser and Summit Habitat projects, contact David Pessel at david@pessel.com.
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Thirty-five countries sent a total of 1,041 athletes and officials to Perth. Jersey was amongst the medal winners for the first time, whilst British Honduras, Dominica, Papua New Guinea and St Lucia all made their inaugural Games appearances.
Aden also competed by special invitation. Sabah, Sarawak and Malaya competed for the last time before taking part in 1966 under the Malaysian flag.


Built in 1896 at a cost of $250,000, the Queen Anne-style mansion was originally the private residence of Judge Vining Harris. His wife, Florida Curry, was the youngest daughter of the state's first millionaire William Curry. A prominent Florida family, the Curry's built eight mansions within the Key West Historic District. Although the home was designed with only a single bedroom, it featured elegant public rooms, large stained glass windows to let in cool ocean breezes and multi-story balconies offering dramatic ocean vistas. Mrs. Harris engaged Thomas Edison to oversee the installation of electric lighting, which was a novelty at the time. Investors in Henry Flagler's overseas railroad, the family entertained the industrialist during the construction of this engineering marvel.
During Prohibition, the home became a speakeasy. While the first floor served as a restaurant, the second floor was used as a casino, and the top floor was the backdrop for socializing. Celebrities and notorious gangsters would frequent the establishment while on their way to Havana. In 1939, it became the Café Cayo Hueso, a Cuban-style nightclub. The club hosted legendary figures such as Ernest Hemingway, Gore Vidal and Truman Capote as well as Louis Armstrong, Gloria Swanson and Tallulah Bankhead.
In the early 1950s, the Victorian mansion was converted back into a private residence. In addition to King Juan Carlos of Spain, the Southernmost House has welcomed five U.S. presidents. They are Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter. Four decades later, the mansion was renovated into the modern-day, 18-room boutique hotel that features numerous modern amenities. Many visitors and locals celebrate important events like birthdays and anniversaries at the hotel, which is also a famous wedding venue with its mansion, seaside and garden settings.
Historical Marker No. 8, situated at the corner of Duval and South streets, explains the significance of the building. Inside the boutique hotel, there is a small collection of interesting documents signed by various U.S. presidents, including a copy of Kennedy's inaugural address. Various other presidential artifacts on display include the signatures of William Henry Harrison and Lyndon Johnson. There is also a small collection of personal writings from Ernest Hemingway. These include letters to close friends and family members. Another exhibit displays treasures and artifacts salvaged from a sunken Spanish Galleon by Whitey Keevan.
There is limited parking near the inn, so the best way to see the building and learn about its fascinating history is to take an Old Town Trolley Tour. The excursion is one of the most popular things to do in Key West. The educational and entertaining sightseeing tour includes many little-known facts about dozens of popular sites around the island.
This historic inn is within walking distance of several other places to visit in Key West.
The Southernmost Point Marker is a multicolored, concrete buoy designating the southernmost point of the continental United States. This popular tourist attraction was installed at the corner of South and Whitehead streets in 1983, replacing a small sign that was often stolen or moved. At 90 miles, the large anchored buoy is closer to Havana than it is to Miami.
Located at the end of Duval Street near the Southernmost Point Buoy, South Beach is a pleasant 200-foot-long stretch of sand with shallow water and a concrete pier. This quiet beach is a local favorite. It features a café as well as views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Southernmost House. Legends hold that Tennessee Williams would swim here almost every day that he lived in Key West. For early risers, the beach offers breathtaking views of the sunrise from the beach and pier, which is also used for fishing.
Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory is home to more than 50 different species of these colorful creatures in a tropical haven. The conservatory features specimens from around the world in various shapes, sizes and patterns. There are also cascading waterfalls, flowering plants and an aviary filled with free flying butterfly-friendly birds, such zebra finches and Chinese painted quails.


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Sling Media, the makers of SlingBox — a device which connects to a home's TV signal (cable box, digital tuner or PVR) and then 'slings' that signal over a broadband connection to either a PC or cell phone — has signed a deal to partner with the National Hockey League.
Under the NHL deal, Slingbox owners would be able to record their favorite hockey moments and post the clips on Sling's Web site. The clips will be searchable by each club, and the NHL plans to offer its own long- and short-form programming.
The new SlingBox feature called "Clip+Sling" which will launch later this summer, allows Slingbox users to 'clip' short segments from live or recorded television shows and post them on Sling's new video destination site for others to view. The NHL is the first major sports league to sign onto the service — CBS joined earlier in the year — and is in stark contrast to the Major Baseball League's recent objections to SlingBox (see our post 'SlingBox: television networks' friend or foe?'). Furthermore, the "Clip+Sling" feature is potentially more controversial as footage uploaded can be shared with anybody (where SlingBox's placeshifting functionality is restricted to personal use only) and seems to move the service into YouTube territory.
There are obviously some concerns over rights issues and other things, but they want to do it. We're in deep, deep discussions with about ten of the major network and cable network owners, and I imagine when we launch we'll have most deals done, if not a lot of the major ones.
Hirschhorn's pitch to media companies is that their content is already out there, and yet it's difficult to track and monetize. Sling Media's technology allows the audience to do exactly what they're already doing, he says, but with a business model that will benefit content owners such as selling advertising and offering full length paid-for content.


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The Danish Girl starring Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander & Amber Heard releases on December 25th. Here is the official trailer and the book written by David Ebershoff available on Amazon.
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"Fashion is a very physical thing," she says. "I wonder what our world will look like when our clothes will be digital."
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Over two days in late October, I had the privilege of attending a conference about data science in Budapest, Hungary. The audience of the conference was evenly split between data scientists, business analysts, project managers and software engineers. Most of the people were employees of local software development companies Prezi or LogMeIn, or employees of the major sponsors (Ericsson, Bosch, MSCI, SAP, etc.). Strangely, half of the speakers where from the US (and Alistair Croll is from Montreal). I has accompanied with two data scientists from Shopify with whom I had many insightful conversations during the breaks. There was also an UX conference called Amuse at the same time and we had access to talks from both, but we stayed in the Crunch room for the whole two days.
Following is a list of my personal notes and impressions for each of the talks. The Twitter steam under the #crunchbp hashtag captures a large part of the audience reactions to the talks. Most talks were filmed and are available on Ustream, but some will be missing. The number of stars corresponds roughly to the order I think someone should watch the videos if you're not going to watch them all, ranked roughly by quality and general interest.
The Web was initially thought as being digital print. Today, technology takes the form of digital agents. If mobile phones continue in the trend of becoming prosthetic brains, they must learn to tell us when they have useful information. Interruptions are the new "interface". Augmented reality doesn't get in the way (think more feeling that you know there's someone behind you more than putting things right into your visual field).
We as humans are bad at finding causation and computers are even worse. Humans because they like a good story, and computers because they are easily caught in a local optimum point and can't innovate (aren't all currently "smart" devices just always stating the obvious?). For an example of such mindless optimization, consider the appearance of the PPM device to track radio broadcast audiences automatically. Compared to the older listening diaries, the device could now track music heard in public areas. This changed the resulting ratings and radio programming was adapted in a way that caused the frequency of the most played songs to increase significantly. Instead of playing more of what people liked, they basically started playing more of what was playing.
Analytics systems are in a position to cause discrimination unintentionally in the form of digital redlining. (it's sad that the video is not available, I would really like to hear about that part again; maybe we can talk to Alistair later in Montreal).
More recently, there has been a new blog article that roughly follows the subject of the talk.
Big data is marked by the transition of an infrastructure around Transactions (CRM, ERP systems) towards Interactions (Social networks, Web services, analytics).
The role of a Data Scientist is not the same of an "old" BI Analyst. The Data Scientist has to come up with new questions first, as a traditional BI Analyst was only concerned by finding answers.
Data centers are boring; today's companies want their smart people think about science. Netflix, which uses extensively AWS for its operations, is given in example.
Data provenance is an upcoming operational challenge and it should be done as early as possible in the data capture process.
First step of doing an A/B testing experiment is to come up with a question. There are two opposing strategies to solve the problem: the "scientific" way is to set up a small number of specific hypothesis and do read all the available literature. The other strategy, the "crime boss" strategy, is to try lots of little things quickly and do no reading at all. As the first method is strictly ad-hoc, the second becomes an operational process and lends to frequent A/B testing.
A/B tests require large samples and the effects are weak (like it is most often for conversion rates) so all your tests will be negative by lack of statistical power. If that's the case, there is nothing wrong in going for the "scientific" approach and doing the reading instead of guessing.
If you still go for A/B tests and wait for your appropriate sample size, don't peek while it is running! This is like cookie baking 😄 Otherwise, you're (very badly) doing sequential testing.
There are sequential sampling methods (see Optimizely, VWO SmartStats) that are popular in clinical research since WWII, but there are fudge factors in the algorithms. Miller proposes his own Ruin Test based on random walks and theory from Gambler's ruin paradox. This method checks for excessive "drift" in order to end the test early are require a more modest sample size.
Guidance needed → The realization stage?
Code reviews are rated for actually improving the product (are are appropriately named "r+"). The pressure in on engineers to prove that the change is bringing an improvement and they than request help and guidance from the analytics team to achieve that. Part of that knowledge sharing is done through checklists (before launching a test, during and after it ended, not much different from airplane flight checks).
"Help" does not mean "on-call". Do rotations.
Presented the architecture for building an analytics pipeline with open-source tools, with Google Cloud Services and Amazon Web Services. Sadly, the huge projector screen starting blinking like crazy and was shut down and it was sadly quite disruptive.
Yali explains to us how Snowplow works and how it extensively uses schema versioning to match the data coming in the system and to provide a contract to its consumers.
The first part is the Validation part. The main output of this stage is the raw events data. This data is immutable. The events that could not pass validation are kept in an alternative storage, where it may be possible to reinterpret or mutate them in order to reintegrate them in the validated set.
The second part uses the validated event data and performs Dimension Widening. This step is where data is expanded in order to include all the interesting contextual information about this event. For example, geolocation may be used to expand from an IP address to a Country, or a user agent string may be used to determine the platform. The result of this part is also immutable and represent the "golden set" of the data.
The third part performs Data Modeling. This is where fancy processing can be done. The result often overwrites, updates or generally mutates existing data in order to provide more precise information. There is a challenge in inspiring confidence in the data while you keep changing it. Business people hate it when yesterday's numbers change. Involve people.
This talk was a bit different because it was presenting data instead of just being academic. At the same time, this was probably the most "academic" talk in terms of culture. The subject was how to hire (and subsequently retain) Data Scientists.
People can't code. 46% of applicants claim they know Python, 35% really ever wrote some Python, 26% can actually give a correct answer to a problem, but just a tiny 12% do this is an elegant way (no crazy copy-pasting). Come on people! In the same vein, many people can define regression, most cannot apply it to a problem.
The guy wrote Lucene "as an experiment" and released it as open source. It went well so when he read a paper from Google he also wrote Hadoop.
We live in a era of hardware abundance. This is a good time for the Hadoop ecosystem. No single component is critical in that ecosystem, even Spark is replacing MR. The name Hadoop will probably stick for longer and become the name of the whole ecosystem, which is becoming a world-wide technological revolution. Let's remember again that this is the name of his kid's toy.
All this is nice and sunny, but we've barely touched the dark part: Hadoop is still immature (in terms of software quality) and there is a shortage of talent (the community is young). The integration problem Hadoop tries to solve is terribly complex, contrasting with the silos it is replacing (just for this reason, the guy also wrote Avro and most of the security layers). In times where having lots of data is becoming a social liability, we don't want our industry to be seen as an evil industry and we don't want to be the bad guys. Tho address this, we need to improve accountability, just like in almost any other industry.
How to enrich events (for example PageViewEvent → PageViewWithProfileEvent) ? The stream processor (hidden in that little arrow) may hit a DB to get the user profile data, but it will absolutely kill your poor operational DB because the aggregate bandwidth capacity of the event stream is roughly 2 orders of magnitude greater than the throughput of the DB. Caching will help you very little because you will still have spikes when a stream processor catches up on a stream. So don't do that.
Make your operational systems publish database change events to your event streams. Move a private DB inside the stream processor (LevelDB or RocksDB seem pertinent choices). Perform "join" between the streams by memoizing the incoming database change data into the internal DB. You parallelize by having Kafka streams partitioned by a meaningful key (here for example, the profile ID would be a good partitioning key). If a stream worker crashes, start a new one and just replay the streams. This is where stream compaction is a nice optimization and allows rebuilding the state in an efficient and robust way.
Most of these systems degenerate in some kind of stream/batch hybrids that some people have named kappa architectures. If you need to reprocess some data, start a new (versioned) stream pipeline beside the old one and when everything's good, kill the old version.
A/B testing for conversion rates is not far from stock trading.
Gave his talk made in LaTeX on Beamer and with sexist examples taken from statistics articles from the sixties. Explained to us how you would do manually what scikit-learn does for you and that Olivier Grisel explained much better at Montreal Python 53.
This talk mostly sounded like a pitch for a few of her books. The content of the talk was way too abstract even if the subject is of the most interesting. Seriously the most disappointing talk of the conference because I had built up high expectations.
Seriously, I might revisit the slides because maybe I just wasn't in very good shape mentally at that time.
Build 3 or 4 KPIs for the whole company.
A KPI must be a predictor. It is measures revenue and it starts to go down, you're already screwed. Base them on your customer lifecycle for example.
KPIs have drivers. For example, the number of surveys drives the number of respondents which in turn drives the acquisition (this is the KPI).
Push KPIs especially to exec, via email. Do it.
Track growth, in absolute value (avoid rates because the denominator changes with the reference, in time). Provide trailing week or month. Consider seasonal effects and day of week.
Personalization is about UX and accounts for cultural variation. Don't be afraid to use external data (blogs, for example) to complete your dataset.
Uses word2vec with abstract data! They use it to build playlist profiles where songs are "words" and playlists are "documents".
Don't be afraid to vectorize your data. It's easy to manipulate, lightweight to transfer or store, safe in terms of privacy. You can use Euclidian or Cosine distance to measure similarity, and Nearest Neighbors to find clusters. But we know that already, don't we?
Data-driven strategy is actually about $$$ (in fact, 5% more than without). Analytics have a 13:1 ROI (Nucleus 2014).
Data Scientists require impact in their role and guidance (which often means training in the business domain).
Nice wrap-up, we're all exhausted.


I saw this vid the other day, and I agree somewhat. I mean, sure be pissed about the debt, but don't just blame Obama. He inherited so many problems.
It always amazes me how much governments spend on military projects. While people starve.
Anywho - perhaps this is getting too political for my first visit here!
sigh. its so true. i hope we can get out of this one day.


The first and main part of this work presents the design, development and operation of a Cavitation Susceptibility Meter based on the use of a venturi tube for the measurement of the content of active cavitation nuclei in water samples. The pressure at the venturi throat is determined from the upstream pressure and the local flow velocity without corrections for viscous effects because the flow possesses a laminar potential core in all operational conditions. The detection of cavitation and the measurement of the flow velocity are carried out optically. The apparatus comprises a Laser Doppler Velocimeter for the measurement of the flow velocity and the detection of cavitation, a custom-made electronic Signal Processor for real time generation and temporary storage of the data and a computerized system for the final acquisition and reduction of the collected data. The various steps and considerations leading to the present design concept are discussed in detail and the implementation of the whole system is described in order to provide the all the information necessary for its calibration and operation. Finally, the results of application of the Cavitation Susceptibility Meter to the measurement of the water quality of tap water samples are presented and critically discussed with reference to other similar or alternative methods of cavitation nuclei detection and to the current state of knowledge on cavitation inception. The second part of the present work presents the results of an investigation on the linearized dynamics of two-phase bubbly flows with the inclusion of bubble dynamics effects. Two flow configurations have been studied: the time dependent one-dimensional flow of a spherical bubble cloud subject to harmonic excitation of the far field external pressure and the steady state two-dimensional flow of a bubbly mixture on a slender profile of arbitrary shape. The inclusion of bubble dynamic damping and of the relative motion between the two phases and the extension of the results to the case of arbitrary excitation are discussed when examining the second flow configuration. The simple linearized dynamical analysis developed so far clearly demonstrates the importance of the complex phenomena connected to the interaction of the dynamics of the bubbles with the flow and provides an introduction to the study of the same flows with non-linear bubble dynamics.


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2021 Literary Criticism Dictionary: "The Wandering Womb"
"The Wandering Womb"
The word "hysteria" originates from the Greek word hystera, meaning "womb," hence was thought only to be found in women. This patriarchal, misogynistic ideal began in the Victorian era. Jean-Martin Charcot was a neurologist who thought hypnosis would treat women with hysteria. This gave birth to the early stages of psychoanalysis, as Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) studied with Charcot and drew upon his work. Freud then conceptualized "hysteria" as the result of "bad" nurturing rather than nature. By "bad nurturing" (Gray 1) Freud meant child sexual abuse and he felt that repressed unconsious memory of this caused hysterical behavior. He later abandoned this theory and concluded that hysteria was the result of repressed sexual desire, and simply talking through past traumas helped the hysterical patient astoundingly, giving birth to psychoanalytic therapy.
Physiologically, (pertaining to the way in which an organism or body part functions) to be hysterical was to stray from what was expected of an organism or body part. To be hysteric was to be a wandering womb…(i.e woman) refusing to follow course and reproduce. In terms of the womb itself, Freud theorized that gender only entered the picture on a psychological level rather than a physiological one, meaning he thought that hysteria impacted women but was not the result of the physical womb. Sara Ahmed mentions the "wandering womb" in her book Willful Subjects, "Think of how hysteria was understood as a "wandering womb," a womb that does not stay in place, that does not reproduce, that in leaving its place allows the woman to lose her place (Ahmed 118). The original thought behind hysteria being linked to a womb is directly correlated to the danger of wandering from femininity. To not reproduce was to go against what was believed to grant a woman joy and fulfillment. Essentially, hysterical symptoms could be referred to as a counter-will. Nonreproductivity is treated, therefore, as a willful object which left unattended to would cause hysteria. A womb that was willing was one that didn't wander and instead lived "in expectation of becoming fruitful" (Ahmed 119). A woman who is willful however, makes the choice independently of authority, normalcy, or expectation. The term "wandering womb" was inherently condescending and judgemental of women as it signaled a warning as to what would happen if a woman didn't do what was expected of them, thus insinuating fear and stripping them of their autonomy.
Ahmed, Sara. Willful Subjects. Duke University Press, 2014.
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Home / Health / An Experimental Ebola Cure May Also Protect Against Nipah Virus
An Experimental Ebola Cure May Also Protect Against Nipah Virus
experimental drug has protected monkeys against infection with Nipah virus, a common disease and emerging pandemic threat for which there is no approved vaccine or cure, scientists reported on Wednesday. The antiviral drug, inhibitor virus, is also being tested against the Ebola virus in the outbreak now underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The only current treatment for Nipah virus infection is a monoclonal antibody that is still experimental; It was tested during an outbreak in India last year
In the new trial, eight African green monkeys were given lethal doses of Nipah virus. Half or them later got intravenous brake remover. All four monkeys survived; the four that did not die within eight days.
If the drug gain approval for use against Nipah, "it will provide us with extra treatment that could be used relatively quickly," said Emmie de Wit, a virologist at the National Institute or Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the study's lead authors. "The average person who reaches hospital dies within two days, so it's hard to protect them once they're infected."
Ebola and Nipah belong to different viral families, but remesivir – made by Gilead Sciences and also known as GS-5734 – appears effective against both
in mice or cells cultivated in the laboratory the drug has also shown some effectiveness against two other pandemic threats: Lassa fever and MERS coronavirus. It is also effective against respiratory syncytial virus, which affects children all over the world.
Although the outer shells of all these viruses are very different, their polymerases – the genome-copying enzyme that inhibits virus targets – are similar, Dr. de Wit explained
The new study, done jointly by the N.I.A.I.D. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was published in Science Translational Medicine.
Nipah virus, which causes encephalitis and pneumonia, is lethal in about 70 percent or cases. It can be caught from animals or transmitted between people. Like Ebola, the virus normally circulates in bats. It was first identified in Malaysia in 1999, when it killed dozens of hog farmers and slaughterhouse workers.
In 2001, a lethal outbreak in Bangladesh, among people who drink raw date, they picked up from pigs, raised beneath trees containing colonies, which had been infected by eating fruit bats or defecated on. palm juice, was directly linked to fruit bats.
Infrared photography showed bats clambering into the clay pots that had been tied to trees to collect the juice, then drooling and urinating in them.
In 2017, when donors and vaccine companies formed a $ 500 million partnership to invent vaccines against three diseases with pandemic potential, Nipah was one of their top priorities. (The other two were Lassa and MERS.)
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In the trial, the four monkeys that survived were given their first remedial dose 24 hours after they were infected, and a daily infusion for 12 days after that. Two developed mild breathing problems that cleared up within three weeks, while the other two had no symptoms.
The next step, Dr. De Wit said, will test how long after the drug can be given and still cure the animals.
In 2015, scientists announced that an experimental Nipah vaccine had protected three monkeys against the virus.


With dozens of original color photographs and informative text, New England Neon takes armchair travelers – and nostalgia lovers -- up and down the main streets and back roads of the region, from the shores of Lake Champlain to the tip of Cape Cod.
My photos and text celebrate the style and exuberance of these one-of-a-kind creations in Boston and Brattleboro, Kittery and Cranston, New Haven and Weirs Beach. Evoking an era when New England glowed at night, the book might make you want to go candlepin bowling.
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