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Who is Riko Shibata? Everything to know about Nicolas Cage's wife
Monday, November 08, 2021 at 1:54 PM by Vivian Mutsoli
Riko Shibata is a Japanese-American celebrity partner. She is known for being the wife of famous American actor Nicolas Cage. Unlike most celebrity wives, she leads a low-key life, and as a result, not much about her is in the limelight. The couple tied the knot on February 16th, 2021, and this was her husband's fifth marriage. So, how much do you know about her?
Nicolas Cage (R) and Riko Shibata pose at the after-party for the premiere of Neon's "Pig" at Craft Restaurant on July 13th, 2021, in West Los Angeles, California. Photo: Kevin Winter
There are numerous ways of becoming famous. Some people become popular because of their careers, skills, or influence. Others rise to fame because of their relationships or marriages to celebrities. For example, Riko Shibata is famous today because of her husband, Nicolas Cage. Unfortunately, not much about her was known until this relationship happened.
Riko Shibata's profile summary
Full name: Riko Shibata
Date of birth: January 10th, 1995
Age: 26 years (as of 2021)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Place of birth: Kyoto, in Japan
Nationality: Japanese, American
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Religion: Christianity
Eye colour: Black
Height: 5 feet 6 inches (168 centimetres)
Weight: 119 pounds (54 kilograms)
Spouse: Nicolas Cage
Known for: Being a celebrity wife
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Riko Shibata's background
Is Riko Shibata Japanese? She was born in Kyoto, Japan. However, she holds both Japanese and American citizen and is of Asian-American ethnic background. Having been born on January 10th, 1995, she is 26 years as of 2021.
Riko is pretty private. She has not disclosed much information about her family and educational background.
Unfortunately, Riko Shibata's occupation is not known. She came into the limelight because of her relationship with Nicolas Cage. She has been seen numerous times in the company of her lovely husband.
Her husband is a famous American actor and filmmaker. Nicolas made his debut on the big screen with the coming-of-age movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Over his lengthy career, he has been featured in several movies and won awards.
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What is Riko Shibata's net worth?
Unfortunately, Nicolas Cage's wife has not revealed her net worth. However, as the wife of the famous American actor, she has access to her husband's millions of dollars. According to Celebrity Net Worth, his net worth is a whopping $25 million. He has made his fortune from his illustrious career as an actor.
Riko Shibata and Nicolas Cage's relationship and marriage
How did Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata meet? Riko met Nicholas first time at Shiga, Japan, in 2020. She would later travel to attend the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California. She sat next to actress Rachel Brosnahan during the award.
Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata attend the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 8th, 2020, in Santa Monica, California. Photo: Michael Kovac
Apparently, Riko Shibata's interest in pets is part of what convinced Nicolas Cage that their relationship could work. Nicolas Cage told Entertainment Tonight.
We met in Japan, and I thought she was stunning when I met her. We had a lot in common.
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In August 2020, Cage announced that he got engaged to Riko. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, he could not propose in person. Nonetheless, on February 16th, 2021, the couple married in a small wedding at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.
During the wedding, she walked down the aisle dressed in the traditional Japanese bridal kimono. The bridal attire was hand made in Kyoto, Japanese. She commanded the attention on that day.
Unlike her husband, who had been married before, Riko's relationship history is unknown. Nicolas Cage first married Patricia Arquette. Their marriage lasted for six years, between 1995 to 2001. He then moved on to marry Lisa Marie Presley from 2002 to 2004.
Nicolas' marriage ended in 2004, and he married Alice Kim. This marriage lasted from 2004 to 2016, more prolonged compared to others. He married his fourth wife, Erika Kookie, but they split after four days in March 2019.
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Riko Shibata and Nicolas Cage age difference
Riko Shibata and Nicolas Cage's marriage has defied the barrier of age differences. She was born on January 10th, 1995, while her husband was born on January 7th, 1964. So their age difference is 31 years.
Does Riko Shibata have children?
Shibata has not given birth to any child so far. However, she is a stepmother to Nicolas' two children. The American actor has a child, Weston Coppola Cage, from his ex-lover, the famous actress Christina Fulton. His other son's name is Kal-El, and he is from his marriage to Alice Kim.
Quick facts about Riko Shibata
Who is Riko Shibata? She is the wife of American actress Nicolas Cage.
What nationality is Riko Shibata? Shibata holds dual citizens. She has both American and Japanese citizenry.
Where was Riko Shibata born? She was born in Kyoto, Japan. However, she was raised in New York.
How old is Nicolas Cage's wife? Shibata was born on January 10th, 1995. As of 2021, she is 26 years old.
What does Riko Shibata do for a living? Unfortunately, Nicolas Cage's wife has not disclosed any details on her profession.
What are the body measurements of Riko Shibata? She stands at 5 feet 6 inches (168 centimetres), and her body weighs 119 pounds (54 kilograms).
What is the age difference between Riko Shibata and Nicolas Cage? Nicolas is 31 years older than his fifth wife. Nonetheless, their difference has not deterred them from loving each other.
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Riko Shibata is a pretty private person and lives a low-key life. However, she was catapulted into the limelight because of her relationship with American actor Nicolas Cage. She is the fifth and current wife of the actor.
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Toothpaste is not only a cheap and perfect cleaner for your teeth and could be used to clean everything from bathroom to the kitchen. Besides, you can use toothpaste as a beauty product. Wait for what? Yes, toothpaste could be used to combat acne and pimples. Simply apply it and continue applying for a couple of days and your skin will be clear. Need to exfoliate nose? "Clean" your nose using a toothbrush and toothpaste. Dry and chapped lips? Exfoliate easily them with a toothbrush and toothpaste.
Moreover, you can use toothpaste to strengthen your nails and to speed up growing. Use it for a couple of weeks and you will have perfect nails.
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John Resig was generous enough to mention Processed Tower Defense, and I decided to briefly celebrate this afternoon by adding the big missing pieces of functionality: tower upgrades and different types of creeps.
Go play around a bit, and then come back if you're curious about the details.
There are now four types of creeps: Normal, Fiz, Buzz, and FizBuzz. If you're a programmer, that may be enough to tip you off to when they'll occur, but if not its just a meager joke of sorts. FizBuzz creeps occur on waves divisible by fifteen, Buzz creeps occur on waves divisible by five (except those divisible by fifteen), Fiz creeps occur on waves divisible by three (except for those divisible by fifteen), and Normal creeps occur on all other waves.
Pretty much just boilerplate extension of the original CreepWave, except that the FizBuzzCreepWave only spawns one creep (since its so tough to kill).
Tower upgrades were a bit more troublesome to implement, entirely because I am drawing much of the UI using HTML widgets (a decision I reached because text rendering support is limited for the canvas). Regardless, they are working. To upgrade a tower, click on it, and then use the upgrade button that appears in the right hand side (underneath its current statistics).
The two towers upgrade a bit differently. First lets look at the Missile Tower.
Its firing rate doesn't improve at all, but its range increases substantially with each upgrade. Its damage doesn't increase quite as quickly as the laser tower, but it doesn't really matter since its initial damage is ten times higher.
Next, a glimpse at the Laser Tower.
The Laser Tower's damage rate increases quickly, and its range moves up a bit as well. In addition, its reload rate drops by 10 milliseconds with each upgrade (it starts out with a 250 ms reload rate), which is a handy improvement. If you managed to upgrade a Laser Tower twenty five times, then it would fire a new laser each time the rendering loop is processed. Then again, the framerate is only 60 frames per second, so it would actually max out its effective firing rate with a mere twenty four upgrades instead.
Well, I never really intended to keep working on PTD, but its kind of a dull game and I figured I would make it slightly more exciting for anyone unfortunate enough to find it. Once again, I don't really have any clear intentions of continuing work on it, but it might happen if anyone is particularly interested.
More tower types. Probably something involving small ellipses (gattling?) and large ellipses (cannon). Also some of the tactical towers wouldn't be so hard to implement (slowing, damage over time, tower enhancers, etc), and would add some interest to the game as well.
More types of creep waves. Release the creeps faster sometimes. Sometimes have a fix of creep types.
Vary the number of entrance squares, doubling or tripling the number of creeps.
More arcade type elements, such as a powerful tower that must be player controlled, etc.
Pathfinding AI for the creeps. It would be nice if the creeps occasionally did more than walk in a straight line.
I'd really enjoy having support for displaying multiple tower killzones at once. See the full coverage of your towers.
Anyway, hope the game is a bit more interesting now.


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How Credit-Card Numbers Are Stolen on the Web
Discussion in 'Technical' started by ghostrider, Apr 19, 2006.
LONDON — The credit-card details of thousands of Britons are being sold in Internet chat rooms by criminals who hack into company computer systems and steal information in order to commit identity fraud.
Every day at least 400 credit-card numbers, along with other personal information including three-digit security codes, PINs and dates of birth, are sold by the gangs, The Times has learned.
Other pieces of information routinely taken include phone numbers, e-mail and street addresses and mother's maiden names.
A credit card number sells for $1, while a card with a three-digit code fetches $5. Additional security information, such as a mother's maiden name, can add $10 to a card's value, and a working PIN can push the price up as high as £100 ($175).
The thieves target both companies whose customers buy online and those that take orders by more conventional means, demonstrating that it is not just Internet-based companies that are at risk, but any organization that holds personal information about consumers.
The Times contacted 14 customers whose details had been passed to it by a U.S. company that monitors such chat rooms. They were astonished when a reporter read out their credit-card numbers.
The names had been taken from unidentified British servers. By calling the individuals on each list and checking which purchases they had made on the day the details were stolen, The Times was led to two reputable companies — one a supplier of travel goods based in Amesbury, Wiltshire, with a database of more than 20,000 customers, the other a computer sales company in Sheffield. Neither company was aware that its systems had been targeted.
The names were among hundreds that were sold during a single night's trading in the chat rooms.
The British government's Serious Organised Crime Agency said that cybercrime was "among its priorities" but declined to comment on the methods and resources being used to combat it.
Alun Michael, the e-Commerce Minister, said: "These findings are disturbing and we will look at them very seriously."
Banks are planning to address the problem by issuing card numbers which are valid for single transactions only, meaning that if the number is subsequently stolen from a company database, the risk to the cardholder is substantially reduced.
ghostrider, Apr 19, 2006
Tango3 Aimless wanderer
This points out the dangers of Every momand pop enterprise and his dog setting up databases..people find it easy to ask for all kinds of personal info ("mandatory fields") please correct the highlighted field and resubmit your order..radio shack lost my business inthe 80's because of their practice of interrogating you when you made any purchase( for thier catalog mailing: i.e. name addresss phone# zip.One day I just said No, I'm not giving you all this personal info. Here;'s $3.50 for my transistors and solder, ring me up or keep 'em( I was henceforth known as "that paranoid guy").You tube wants your birthday for their "age verification/certification". Problem is somebody gets your name here, birthday there, address from a third,even if all the info isn'tcollected in one site...its dangerous.I've accepted a certain level of risk on this because I wanto use the 'net for shopping.
Tango3, Dec 26, 2006
I've been reading an interesting book that ties into this topic. It's called The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick.
Cheap used copies can be found at Amazon
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DentaQuest employees are joining others across the country to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the National Education Association's (NEA) Read Across America Day this March.
This year, NEA's Read Across America Day, which coincides with Dr. Seuss's birthday, aims to motivate and share the joys of reading with more than 45 million readers, both young and old.
To honor Dr. Seuss and celebrate the fun and value of reading, DentaQuest employees are visiting schools in Columbia, S.C.; Locust Hill, Va.; Lincoln, Neb.; Milwaukee and Mequon, Wisc.; Austin and Red Rock, Texas; Doral, Fla.; and the Greater Boston area. Participants will read aloud to students with books specifically related to taking care of your teeth, a message that aligns with our mission. The books will be one of these three: Throw Your Tooth on the Roof by Selby B. Beeler, The Tooth Book by Edward Miller, and Open Wide by Laurie Keller.
Our goal is to inspire a joy of reading and the importance of taking care of our teeth and gums – in a fun way. This is a great opportunity to help build a nation of thoughtful readers, as well as knowledgeable future health care consumers.
For more information about NEA's Read Across America, including other reading celebrations and ways to motivate reading every day, visit www.nea.org/readacross and www.readacrossamerica.org.


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Communication, Conference, Research
CfP – Truth and Communication in the Age of Misinformation: From Kierkegaard to Social Media
Truth and Communication in the Age of Misinformation: From Kierkegaard to Social Media
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The Institute for International Communication, College of Professional Studies, St. John's University, NY, USA
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy
Location: St. John's University, NY, USA
Date: November 16-17, 2018 (Friday-Saturday)
In a tribute on the occasion of Soren Kierkegaard's 200th birthday, Jeffery Frank writing for The New York Times, called him "rogue philosopher, great communicator." By all accounts SK's contribution to the field of the philosophy of communication is yet to be unfolded. His widely publicized quote stirs relevancy for our times:
"The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness. The capacity of the newspaper for degeneration is sophistically without limit, since it can always sink lower and lower in its choice of readers. At last it will stir up all those dregs of humanity which no state or government can control." (The Last Years: Journals 1853-5 quoted in Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels)
Although acknowledged primarily as philosopher of religion and ethics, Kierkegaard was also, equally significantly, a prescient scholar in communication theory – a field decades from emergence in his lifetime. Many of his principal contributions to human knowledge were very directly about the relationship between communication and truth
The evolution misinformation, although popularized in the press as a unitary political phenomenon under the label of "fake news", comes with a significant number of changes in the mechanics of truth and epistemology. Computational truth, derived from non-empirical evidence, digital manipulation of multimedia, algorithm-based approaches to selection of evidence and the rise of social knowledge are challenging some of our basic assumptions about evidence and truth that have persisted for over 200 years.
Transformations in the relationship between truth, news, and communication technologies have an unarguable impact on the ways that modern democracies and economies function. As this debate alternates from promises to critical tones, it is time to explore Kierkegaard and the misinformation phenomenon through the broader lens of post-empirical age of knowledge.
The phenomenon of misinformation has been extremely simplified and is often reduced to technical issues in a perspective based on technological determinism. We argue that instead the relationship between truth and media is more nuanced, problematic, and multidimensional.
Starting from the inspirational work by Kierkegaard, we invite experts from several disciplines to discuss this multidimensional relationship and present their thoughts and research findings.
Following areas of interest will be explored:
Philosophical explorations of "fake news"
Information Technology, new media and the fabric of misinformation
Journalism and "fake news" consumption
The Economics of "fake news"
Linguistics and the rhetoric framing of "fake news"
Sociology of misinformation
We will select 12 best presentations for publication in an edited book.
There will be designated open discussions about the search for communication policy and tools that will drive a post-empirical media future.
Conference fee – $100.00. Please make checks payable to St. John's University. Deadline for submission of a 500 words proposal is September 15, 2018.
Please submit your proposals to: fausto.colombo@unicatt.it or monteirb@stjohns.edu
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Pint to Pint: The Three Kings, London EC1
A real fire, complete with rhinoceros, at a cosy bohemian London pub
By Keith Miller
3:02PM GMT 27 Dec 2012
London doesn't really come into its own at Christmas in the way that, say, New York does. The natives grow fractious as the shops fill up and the infrastructure comes juddering to a halt. That twinkle-toed movie feeling is hard to realise. You can't really picture Diane Keaton and Woody Allen trading blows over a taxi outside Primark, or Fred and Ginger locked in a 45-minute passive-aggressive sulkathon in the lingerie department at Harvey Nicks after he's got her bra size wrong. I've always thought it telling that nobody seems to mind how bad the West End lights are: to hell with it, we all think, let's just get this done and go home.
Pubs, to paraphrase Homer Simpson, are both a cause of and a solution to these problems. Only the retail arteries of the West End, Regent Street and Oxford Street, aren't great for pubs (though they are world-class for overcrowding and ill humour). But this week's selection, The Three Kings in Clerkenwell, is just 15 minutes from Oxford Circus on the mighty 55 bus.
It's one of a little crop of surviving Georgian buildings in Clerkenwell, north of the City: Finsbury town hall around the corner, the starkly elegant church just opposite. Beyond the churchyard is Sekforde Street, for my money the prettiest 18th-century street in London. In summer a certain amount of spilling-out takes place at The Three Kings, less orderly than at the nice (though slightly less bohemian and more corporate) Crown over the road; but in the winter, you want to get inside, and ramp up the cosiness.
The interior is basically an oversized student's bedroom from the early Eighties (cut-out album sleeves, artfully random bric-a-brac, a huge Chet Baker poster) with a bar where the bed might be. There is a real fire, though it does have a stuffed rhinoceros head over it. A sort of snug halfway along is the only internal division, but the pub isn't big, and can get crowded (just not ill-humoured).
The beer offering is adequate but isn't going to set Camra pulses racing: sickly-sweet Red Stripe and Sagres on the lager front; Timothy Taylor Landlord, Woodford's Wherry and Fuller's ESB on the bitter; Guinness on draught, and various bottles. Food is hearty and ever so slightly left-field: meatballs (£5.25) and roast vegetables (£6.95) alongside the inevitable Scotch eggs (£3.50), the official bar snack of this Jubilympic year. (We shall have to see what the gods of chance have in store for 2013 – I'm betting on whelks).
But the abiding joy of the place is an enlightened musical policy: the warm crackle of vintage vinyl (like chestnuts roasting on an open fire) is a given, and there are frequent gigs. Indeed, your reviewer once performed here – a fat Elvis number, as part of the sensational Jazz Cigarettes Live Karaoke revue. The pictures fell off the wall that night, I can tell you.
The Three Kings, 7 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0DY (020 7253 0483)
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Thomas Saunders
Public Interest Radio
WESA battles back with NPR and local news
by Ben Schmitt
McNulty /istock.com
Marco Cardamone offered a blunt assessment in recalling the transformation from Duquesne University's radio station WDUQ to 90.5 FM WESA, an all-news National Public Radio format: "We got pretty clobbered," he said with a chuckle. "The backlash was much greater than we anticipated. You always lose part of an audience in a radio ownership transition, but we did not properly anticipate how huge the outrage would be."
Since launching in July 2011, WESA has faced a series of daunting challenges: overcoming the transition from WDUQ; soothing rankled jazz fans who lost their favorite station; building a local and national news format; and rebuilding its listener base, membership and financial support.
But a rocky beginning appears to be paying dividends as station managers say there's been recent growth in audience, membership and corporate underwriting.
In June 2011, right before WESA launched, the average number of daily 90.5 FM listeners was 48,400. That number dipped in June 2012 to 38,000 and rebounded this June to 54,700. Average weekly listeners during the same time period was at 146,200 for June 2011, dipping to 85,400 in June 2012 and climbing back to 119,600 last June. The station recently topped 10,000 people who donate $40 or more annually. Membership tumbled from 10,793 in 2011 to 8,990 in 2012, but bounced back this year to 10,749. "We've had a lot of growth," said DeAnne Hamilton, WESA's general manager. "I'm really pleased that we are being embraced and accepted in the market. The foundation support here is just phenomenal. We know we have to earn it too, and we're not going to take anything for granted."
Initially known as Essential Public Radio, the new station was rebranded in August 2012 to 90.5 WESA, when administrators realized the need to play up the station's call letters and connection to news content.
"We had to do a lot of building as we were going," said Tammy Terwelp, WESA's director of content and programming, who came to Pittsburgh from Chicago to help launch the new station. "Marco likened it to putting a car together while driving at 80 mph."
Cardamone, who now chairs the 90.5 WESA board, was a key part of a group that put together a bid to buy WDUQ when its sale was announced in 2010. He had previously been chair of WYEP 91.3 FM, which shares a building with WESA on Pittsburgh's South Side. "There was a contingent of us who thought, 'Let's not lose the largest single public radio station in this market,' " Cardamone said. "We felt that in Pittsburgh we could not let this happen. We were one of only two of the top 50 markets in the country that didn't have an all-news, NPR station. Then came this idea to save DUQ and transform it into an all-new news format with more local reporting."
Behind the scenes, the move to purchase the station and build a bigger local news presence was spearheaded by local foundations, and in December 2010 WYEP bid to buy DUQ for $6 million.
"I was very concerned about the possibility that we could lose our flagship NPR affiliate," said Grant Oliphant, president and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation, which has invested $750,000. "I think that would have been a really strong mark against us in terms of being a major city. A lot of people want to live in a place where people have access to NPR. One of the unfortunate things that happened was that this was cast as a choice between a news station and a jazz station. There was no money behind the alternative, but there was a possibility of money behind an all-news station."
To appease jazz listeners, WESA added a 24⁄7 Web stream (www.pittsburghjazzchannel.com) and HD channel for jazz, but loyal listeners were still outraged. "The backlash was hard, and it hurt my heart," Terwelp said, who went through a similar transition at a Chicago public radio station. "I took the phone calls, and I was empathetic. Someone told me that I was responsible for killing an entire genre of music. I wish I had that kind of power. The bottom line is that you can't be all things to all people."
The new station also created and produces the weekday, live talk show, "Essential Pittsburgh," which focuses on key regional issues. When "Essential Pittsburgh" began, Terwelp said, the team was unacquainted, "and, within three weeks, they had to put a daily show together. No one could hand over the Rolodex. They really had to start from scratch."
A key member of that team was Pittsburgh native Paul Guggenheimer, who returned from South Dakota Public Broadcasting to host "Essential Pittsburgh." "From the beginning, I think we have done good shows," he said. "But I also think that we are now really hitting our stride." He mentioned shows on race relations and an hour-long segment with Murrysville native Sean Parnell, a U.S. Army lieutenant who wrote the book "Outlaw Platoon" about his wartime experiences in Afghanistan. Both spun into public forums that WESA recorded and aired. "Interviews like [Parnell's] are so riveting. That is when radio is so powerful — it can be more powerful than television. You have this guy telling you this incredible story, and people were pulled right in."
"It is a grueling schedule to do it live and do it daily with multiple segments," said General Manager Hamilton, who came to Pittsburgh from WKAR Public Broadcasting at Michigan State University. "It's madness. But if you're like me, you love it. You thrive on deadline. And we're delivering a quality local show to our listeners."
The changes come as local and national radio continues to be in flux. The AM band, in particular, is struggling in markets across the country because of signal strength, easy interference and resistance from younger listeners. Locally, AM financial news station WMNY-1360 folded last summer and was donated to a Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ.
"In one perspective, there is no difference between AM and FM," said Michael Young, senior vice president and Pittsburgh market manager for CBS Radio Pittsburgh, which owns news talk station KDKA radio (1020 AM), FM sports station 93.7 The Fan, WDSY-FM, which is country and known as Y108, and WBZZ-FM (100.7 Star), which is pop music. "Great brands make radio successful, and serving communities very well is the driving engine. But I certainly concede there is a critical mass difference between the two bands right now."
While many wonder whether AM ultimately will fade away, Young is not among them. "The really good AM stations have good ownership and radio personalities and serve their communities well. In many rural areas, the number of stations, when comparing FM to AM, tends to even out or even favor AM radio."
Underlying the struggles between the bands is online and satellite radio. "What keeps me up at nights is FM radio and looking at all the new cars equipped with satellite radio," said WESA's Terwelp. And at classical music and NPR station WQED-FM, managing director Joanna Marie said, "You cannot ignore online. In the future, most, if not all, listeners will switch to some other device. You have to make sure that wherever the listeners are, your station is there, too. It's better to embrace and do the best you can than stick your head in the sand because online listening it is not going away."
In terms of programming, music remains strong, with country music having made considerable inroads with teens and pre-teens. Sports talk radio is a giant, as CBS Radio's Young said, because of the unending appetite of listeners to discuss their home teams. The still-unknown piece of the puzzle is where local news and more in-depth journalistic programs in the public interest fit. It's part of a larger question across the country. In an age of declining newspaper readership and a perceived crisis in quality journalism, how will citizens get the information they need in order to make informed decisions about issues important to their communities?
When it comes to WESA-FM, the Pittsburgh Foundation's Oliphant says administrators will continue to pay close attention to radio trends and evolve.
"We are operating in a very rapidly changing media environment. We have to give our experiment time to play out, but there is no guarantee that every aspect will survive. Still, it's also important to keep experimenting. 'Essential Pittsburgh' touches on a wide variety of important local issues, and they don't seem to be afraid of tackling the tough ones, including race relations and public education. They seem to be willing to hear from all sides of any issue and engage in serious conversations."
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We've Got Heart! Katie Gallagher Gives Back
"All children deserve to go far, no matter where they start." — Katie Gallagher, Assistant General Counsel at KinderCare Education.
By day, Katie Gallagher works with KCE's legal team. In her off hours—between being a mom to her two kids—Gallagher volunteers her time as a board member of Metropolitan Family Service (MFS).
MFS offers a range of services to families in the Portland, Oregon area, including before- and after-school programs for children, parenting classes and financial coaching for families, and in-home support for older adults. "MFS provides services to everyone, from the very young to the very old, and all the stages in between," Gallagher says.
Why she's involved
KinderCare Education (KCE) and Metropolitan Family Service have a relationship that stretches back nearly 20 years. There's a reason for that: KCE works to serve children, families, and communities—and so does MFS. Gallagher is one of several KCE employees who have sat on the MFS board. "There's a lot of need in Portland," she says. "Portland is a great place to live, but there are a lot of people who live in this town who don't share the riches."
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Torre Latinoamericana () — небоскрёб в Мехико, расположен в историческом центре города, на углу  и , в непосредственной близости от Дворца изящных искусств.

История
В 1946 году страховая компания получила разрешение от Министерства финансов на строительство самого высокого небоскреба в Латинской Америке на углу улиц Франсиско Мадеро и Сан-Хуан-де-Латеране (позже переименована в Центральную ось Ласаро Карденаса) с 44 этажами. Небоскрёб был спроектирован мексиканским архитектором . В 1956—1960 годах это было самое высокое здание Латинской Америки, и самое высокое здание Мексики в 1956—1972 годах.

Это уже давно не самый высокий небоскреб в Мехико, но один из самых престижных, поскольку он стал первым в мире, построенным в сейсмической зоне, и из-за его истории самого высокого небоскрёба Америки за пределами США, что делает его одной из самых важных достопримечательностей города. Небоскрёб выдержал  и 8,1 балла в 1985 году без каких-либо повреждений.

Использование
Большинство помещений здания занято офисами различных коммерческих организаций.

На 36-ом этаже располагается , в котором освещены различные аспекты истории Мексики, начиная с момента колонизации испанцами. На 37-ом этаже находятся кафе и сувенирный магазин. 38-ой этаж занимает постоянная экспозиция La Ciudad y la Torre a través de los siglos, повествующая об истории здания. 41-й этаж занят рестораном и баром. На 42-ом и 43-ем этажах размещаются временные выставки. На 44-ом (последнем) этаже смотровая площадка. С антенны Латиноамериканской башни осуществляется ретрансляция передач  на частотах 103.3 и 104.1 FM.

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Muhammad Ali, The Greatest, Has Passed Away at the Age of 74
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Muhammad Ali, The Greatest, passed away Friday at the age of 74 in Phoenix, Arizona. Heavyweight multi-champion, entertainer, civil rights activist, Muhammad Ali symbolized the greatness of humanity, freedom, and self reliance.
Born Cassius Clay, he became a Muslim and adopted the long-lasting name of Muhammad Ali. In rejecting the name of Cassius Clay, he said: "Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it, and I didn't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name, and I insist people using it when speaking to me and of me."
When it came to fighting for what he believed in he did not hesitate to stand firm for his principles. When his number came up for serving in
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What's your colour?
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Leigh Anne Isaac presenting a seminar to a group of students Jan. 31 – Photo by Mark Hendricks
The colour of a garter snake impacts how it survives in its environment, a wildlife biologist told the audience at a Jan. 31 environmental science seminar – and humans are changing that environment.
Humans engineer the area around us to best suit our needs. In the Okanagan we turn semi-arid landscapes into green vineyards. While the destruction of animal habitats is often a subject of discussion, less often is the ability of those animals to survive afterward.
"How an animal looks in its environment very much has implications," said Leigh Anne Isaac as she points to a picture of a rattlesnake and a vineyard. "Habitats are being converted and so the habitat in which a rattlesnake is used to being in looks much different now."
Isaac, who received her PhD in biology from the University of Victoria, was the guest lecturer for the third seminar in the environmental science seminar series put on by TRU. Isaac spoke to a crowd of approximately 40 about her research into the impact of color variance on a species.
Isaac's research was inspired by a single question — why do garter snakes vary in colour? To answer this question, she set out to capture garter snakes that have two distinct colourations, light skinned and dark skinned. She would then measure differences in traits and behaviour.
"Seems straightforward but it isn't, I guarantee you," Isaac said.
Isaac's work examined three areas: protection from predators, differences in behaviour and thermal differences.
The ability of a prey to avoid detection due to camouflage, of which colour is a primary factor, is known as crypsis. Isaac examined the crypsis of garter snakes by capturing them as they were basking and taking samples from the immediately surrounding area.
Isaac took these samples and measured the type of light that bounced back to obtain a measurement. The findings determined that for the area the snakes came from there was no difference in the crypsis between the two colourations.
Although crypsis was the same, the behaviour between the two colourations varied significantly. The light skinned snakes were quicker to flee when they were detected; however, the dark skinned snakes were significantly faster once moving.
The light skinned snakes also tend to be found further away from the nearest hiding point than their dark skinned counterparts.
The dark-skinned snakes had a longer life expectancy, as the lighter-skinned snakes were more vulnerable to predators; however, the lighter-skinned snakes had larger litter sizes
Temperature plays a large role in animals such as snakes and colour was found to play a strong role in temperature. Isaac found that the darker skinned snakes had higher average body temperatures.
Snakes are temperature sensitive and at higher body temperatures they are faster, have increased metabolic processes and enhanced digestion. This gives the darker skinned snakes a comparative advantage.
Isaac hopes her research will have more than merely academic impact. She hopes her research will have relevance to conservation efforts as we better understand the impact of changing an animal's environment on its continued survival.
The environmental science seminar series is open to everyone and take place on Thursdays in room S203 in the science building. A full listing of dates along with abstracts of the presentations can be found on TRU's website at https://www.tru.ca/science/programs/msces/mscseminar.html.


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By jimmy September 30, 2021 love music
Currently, Breezy is a highschool senior at the world-renownedInterlochen Arts Academy, majoring as 1 of 30 singer-songwriter students from around the globe. As part of her daily studies, Breezy works with professionals like Courtney Kaiser-Sandler, Kyle Novy, Dr. Matthew Cochran, and second runner up on NBC's The Voice, Joshua Davis. She continues to gig and perform on and off campus regularly, whereas activly documenting her life through her songs. This previous June, Breezy released a new single "Hanging on Life", along with an animated music video created by Interlochen Alumni, Taetyn Panagos. This past July Love started her first sponsership so far with Mya-Moe Ukuleles, making her an offical Mya-Moe Artist.
It impacts the ways we work, chill out, behave, and really feel. It could make us smile or cry, it helps us bond with the individuals round us, and it even has the facility to alleviate a range of medical circumstances.
Streaming by way of every earbud, Lizzo is having a monster 12 months, with lead single "Juice" oozing into everybody's summer season anthem playlists. Might we advocate the title love monitor off her 2019 studio album to queue up subsequent? Prince's eleven minutes of pure passion about being with the one you like as the world comes to an finish was initially imagined to be a collab with Stevie Nicks.
Khalid may sing an instruction guide and it would nonetheless sound extra romantic than most love songs. The young artist brings "Heaven" to life, depicting the potential end of a relationship that is being staved off by the will to reconcile physically. First and foremost, I wouldn't be attending these festivals if it weren't for the music.
It was interesting enough to learn completely to the top however had i known the breadth of its content before i started it, I most likely would not have determined to read it. I was anticipating to learn more about why people's musical pursuits are so diversified—the duvet saying "from mozart to metallica" made me suppose he wrote more about that facet. He eluded to it at instances, but not in the depth i needed. I additionally didn't look after all of the humor—i like my non-fiction picks to be dry. (It jogged my memory of a e-book by ozzy osbourne i learn a few months ago).
After listening to the track again and again, detainees begin to feel that life is meaningless, and that it's time to give up. In reality, one examine published in Psychology of Music confirmed that ladies who had been uncovered to love songs were more likely to provide their telephone quantity to a prospective suitor than those that weren't. (Been there, women.) Whichever means you slice it, some days, you simply need the entire feels. Here, the 50 most romantic songs ever written, from some of the most iconic artists in music historical past.
In the U.S. military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, there's a particular spot, known as "the Disco," the place interrogators use music to get detainees to talk. Naturally, dying steel is on the playlist, and so is Christina Aguilera. But in accordance with The Guardian, the most used music in the military's arsenal is Barney's "I Love You." Interrogators refer to it as "futility music," which convinces prisoners that it's pointless to maintain their silence.
"Crazy in Love" remains probably the greatest pop songs of all time, iconic in each its beat and the unforgettable music video that went together with it. As Beyoncé continues dominating the world as the goddess of the humanities, it's onerous to choose just certainly one of her finest hits but this must be the contender for greatest love song. At times this book made me really feel like i used to be taking a music concept course. Not sure after studying it that the title and content match. I learned a lot about music however the book was completely different than i had anticipated.
It wasn't that I was fat I simply wasn't comfy with myself to wear that.
I didn't really suppose this is able to occur once I first went to music festivals, however I actually have really stepped out my consolation zone in relation to what I wear at festivals.
She also loves 90s era alternative, so as a result of I'd had a style of that style earlier on, we had some widespread floor too.
Music was a dialog starter and a method to find out about each other's backgrounds and interests.
With new material written each week, Breezy plans to release new music throughout the year. Keep up with Love on social media (Facebook and Instagram), Youtube, and her private blog which is updated monthly. Most dance pop songs churned out by producers these days won't stand the take a look at of time, but there is a magic in "We Found Love" that retains people returning even a decade later. The gleeful construct up and Rihanna's vocals will put a lush and loving glow on any dance flooring.
He (Always) Glances Back One More Time When You Part
The songs you love (and hate, and even the ones you are feeling pretty neutral about) don't just make up the soundtrack to your life — they actually help to form it. Why is the opening theme from Barney the most powerful track of the final 25 years?
The language of affection may be translated in many ways, however the most common? From fashionable music magicians like Frank Ocean to traditional groups together with the Bee Gees and Earth, Wind, and Fire, there are many songs every music aficionado ought to take heed to in their lifetime. But let's give attention to the romantic side of musical storytelling. We're here to rank the best love songs ever penned in history. Music plays a hugely important function in our emotional, mental, and even bodily lives.
My favorite a part of this guide was a section known as Are You Musically Talented? It surrounded the components of being musically gifted, and if anybody is actually born that way.
I love getting to see my favourite artists and songs live. I love seeing how that artist items together songs for an hour creating a complete new dynamic. I also love discovering new music after I discover the levels and see artists I hadn't heard of earlier than. Music has all the time been and will all the time be a huge a part of my life and festivals are the most effective alternative for me to expertise it.
You might not keep in mind lyrics additional than "How does it really feel? " from the neo-soul singer's chart-topper from 2000, however you positively remember the provocative video of D'Angelo emoting in the nude in front of a digicam. Folk rocker Brandi Carlile (and one-fourth of the soon-to-be-huge country supergroup The Highwomen) shows off her range from beginning to middle to end in her 2007 music. Doesn't this 1965 Righteous Brothers track simply make you wish to dig your palms into some moist clay a la the epic romance Ghost and let no matter occurs just happen? The British rock band's golden oldie (released in 2000, it's nearly 20 years old in any case) is one sultry gradual song.
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"Colin initially tried fixing his road-rage weapon to a BMX bike and it worked so well he decided to try it on his moped. Now he has even attached a lever to change the angle of the flames.
But sadly Colin, who built the moped in his spare time in his back garden, will not legally be allowed to use it on the road.
'I've been told that if I fire the flames while riding on the road it's equivalent to using a firearm and I could be in a lot of trouble,' he said. 'Unfortunately I won't be able to ride it into the centre of town but it's a lot of fun and I'll use it off-road.'"
Previously, Crazy Rocket Launcher Motorcycle Mod.
Something way too cool on something way too lame.
Unfortunately I won't be able to ride it dizi izle into the centre of town but it's a lot of fun and I'll use it off-road.'"


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With more than ten years of qualitative experience, having successfully executed some of the extremely challenging projects in the service industry, Mr. Anubhav Pratap Singh exhibits a proven management background and expertise to the business. He is committed to leading the organization in complete sync with high standards of integrity and accountability.
It is his confidence, conviction and enduring dedication that enforced the remarkable escalation of Indiacon Internet Technologies from a five-person operation to an over 50 employees organization. Today, with its dynamic and powerful force, the company is a well known name amongst the leading Internet solution providers, helping clients's sites worldwide.
The Indiacon Internet Technologies workforce is an exceptional podium of diverse academic backgrounds fitting smoothly and working efficiently into the homogenous setup. Our highly productive team includes web designers, Creative content writers, web developers, smart sales executives, technical experts as well as internet marketing consultants to meticulously and strategically knit complex e-business solutions, customized according to the clients' business requirements. All our team members are chosen after a scrupulous selection process and are consistently made to attend creditable training sessions to improve the quality of skills. Unsurprisingly, all these experts have impeccable presentation and communication skills.
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As every year, BeDjango team attended Pycon in order to keep in touch with the Community. However, this year we bring something different: a talk about SEO.
The marketing-oriented talks are unusual in this kind of technological events. However, the organization has paid special attention to this area, and has supported the submission of innovative talks, allowing us to contribute to the digital evangelism within Python Community.
Our years of experience in digital strategy, working with international clients from different business areas, has made possible for us to focus the talk in a practical way.
Our main objective was for the developers to leave the event with a small checklist of actions to take into account when developing a web project, in order to improve visibility in Google.
To do this, we were inspired by the daily work with our Python / Django experts team and the difficulties and challenges that we face in each project.
One of the fundamental bases of this talk, was the division into the 3 main phases of a project. It is very common to think that SEO is something that applies when finalizing a project, but the experience of our Django digital expert team has taught us that it is something that must be taken into account from the beginning.
The technical optimisation, focus on increasing acquisition, is something that is achieved by improving aspects related to Google and accessibility such as metadata, structuring URLs or page architecture; as well as the site content, more oriented to the user.
Therefore, the fact that the Python / Django team knows about this useful tips that help optimize SEO, since the development environments are created until the project release, contributes to avoid major modifications when the architecture is advanced or delays that will affect the partnership with the client. It also ensures teamwork in different areas, as well as agile development.
In this talk, we deal with frequently asked questions that we face when developing web projects based on Django, such as the maximum H1 allowed on each page, blocking the indexing of production environments or the need to always build PRO with a sitemap. xml and a robots.txt created.
We are grateful to have been able to share our experience with the Python Community and satisfied with the warm welcome the talk had. Thank you all for attending and for contributing to this kind of events continue to widen horizons towards the union between Digital and Tech.


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By: WT Writer February 13, 2018 February 27, 2018
Indian OceanFamily, Maldives, Soneva Fushi
A family affair at Maldives' Soneva Fushi
John Thatcher finds that Maldives' Soneva Fushi delivers the ultimate island adventure for kids
Every day started the same. Every day started differently. At sunrise I'd be sat in a swing seat on the top-floor veranda of our villa, my eyes glued to the ever-changing vista before me. The glistening strip of light that the rising sun imprinted on the rippling ocean – sometimes shaded orange, on other days a deep pink – would swiftly advance to the shoreline, where it would come to rest, illuminating a half dozen crabs who scurried to bury themselves in the sand to avoid detection. Only the gentle break of the waves beyond the house reef made a sound, and even it was hushed, as if respectful of being present at the birth of a new day.
All was calm, the peace enchanting, a world away from our family life in Dubai, where at the same point of the morning my wife Victoria and I would be racing against the clock to get our girls dressed (difficult), fed (very difficult) and into the car in a desperate attempt to get a five-minute head start on the other competitors in the school run.
Our daily duel with time suddenly seemed so superfluous. But almost as sudden as that thought had formulated did it dissipate.
"What time does the kids' club open?'
asked my eldest daughter Aerin (aged seven), freshly sprung from bed and already wide-eyed in anticipation.
"9am," I replied, folding the page in the book I'd started and aborted countless times since Aerin's birth.
"Is it 9am now?"
"No, not yet, another two and a half hours to wait."
"How long is that?" asked Aerin.
"About six episodes of Sofia The First," I replied, to a despondent groan.
This is how I now compartmentalise time. My trusty weapon against the onslaught of 'are we there yets', 'is it ready yets' and 'can
we go nows' is to state the length of some of Aerin's favourite TV shows. It's surprisingly effective, too, for at least one third of an episode of Doc McStuffins, anyway. Then impatience takes hold.
The Best Holiday Ever
Yet there's every need for a child to grow restless awaiting entry to The Den, Soneva Fushi's kids' club-cum-fantasyland. Hidden away behind dense foliage, a telltale sign you're close to it is the screams of delight emanating from high up in the treetops, through which you can glimpse the tip of a giant water slide. I looked around to determine just how wide the smiles were on the faces of my two girls (Pandora, aged five, completing the double act) but only their haphazardly discarded bikes remained, the handlebars lodged in the powder-soft sand.
There's every need for a child to grow restless awaiting entry to The Den, Soneva Fushi's kids' club-cum-fantasyland
"Best. Holiday. Ever!" exclaimed Aerin, once I'd caught up with her inside, her excitement forcing her to gasp at breaths. "Look!" she then ordered, pointing at everything around her with one full sweep of her arm.
My eyes first met that tree-high, twisting slide, which shoots its riders into one of two swimming pools. Then I was dragged by tiny hand to, in no particular order, a pirate ship, a Lego room, another room containing a range of instruments sufficient to service the New York Philharmonic, a mocktail bar with enough different juices to float that aforementioned pirate ship, and a cinema. It sure beats the den I fashioned from a sleeping bag and stick when about the same age as Aerin.
At a loose end
With our kids in The Den, Victoria and I were at first thrown by the very idea of having time to fill. What was it we actually did before we had the girls? I'm sure it wasn't snorkelling. But with our feet wedged into flippers, we flopped from the speedboat that had ferried us a few hundred yards from the island into an aquarium-esque world where we were all but guaranteed to spot turtles, apparently. Not as certain, though possible, was the likelihood of encountering the scary-sounding titan triggerfish. I'd never heard of it before, let alone seen one, but our fellow snorkeller, Judy, told us of how she was attacked by one, only yesterday, in this very same stretch of water.
"What do you mean by 'attacked'?" I asked.
"It came at me, bit my behind, and kept on coming, despite me swimming frantically away," she recounted.
"Did you do anything to annoy it?"
"I just swam, is all."
At that point, the snorkel trip wasn't quite as appealing as it had been only seconds earlier, given that our chances of avoiding an attack seemed to rest on not actually swimming while in the ocean, which would presumably bring about drowning. Thankfully, our guide was on hand with the knowledge to bridge the gap between reality and fear-induced fantasy. The titan triggerfish could get angry and attack, yes, but it did so only to protect its nest during the reproductive season, which was coming to an end. Besides, our guide would point out any nests and ensure we avoided them.
While that reassured Victoria and I, it didn't do much to calm the nerves of Judy, who while snorkelling thought the accidental brush of my flipper on her leg was the triggerfish back for another bite. She did what our guide had told her to do in a repeat situation – lay flat and kick her flippers as hard as she could at the fish, or me, as was the case. In hindsight, I'd have rather been bitten. By the triggerfish, not Judy.
Island adventures
After our girls' mornings at play in The Den, we spent the rest of our afternoons at leisure in our remarkable residence: the huge, two-floor Villa 1, which looks like it was built by Robinson Crusoe with the aid of Man Friday, interior designer Sunday and architect Tuesday. In its outsized pool (free from the threat of triggerfish) I taught Aerin how to snorkel while Victoria helped Pandora practise her swimming strokes. Later we would run time and again from the in-rushing tide as it swallowed up our private stretch of beach, causing both girls to buckle up with laughter.
"Why don't fish have legs?" asked Pandora as we made our way back into the villa to change for dinner. "Why haven't we seen a mermaid yet?" "Do jellyfish taste like jelly?" "Do you think we'll have jelly for dessert?"
Villa 1 bathroom, by Richard Waite
I may prove proficient batting away Aerin's questions about time, but Pandora is a whole different ball game. Her questions range from the merely curious to the philosophical and fantastical, and those in-between that force you to realise that you actually know precious little about anything mundane (how many countries are there in the world?). The one thing that unifies Pandora's questions is that they are relentless. They spray from her mouth like bullets from a sub-machine gun held by a man with a nervous twitch, hitting anyone within earshot. Which, during a post-dinner trip to the Maldives' first on-resort observatory, just so happened to be astronomer Adam.
"What's that?" asked Pandora, pointing at the brightest star to catch her eye.
"Saturn," replied Adam.
You don't need an observatory to view the celestial charms at Soneva Fushi; the night sky is so incredibly star-studded it's as though it has been Photoshopped for guests. But it's an incredible facility at which to learn more about our solar system, particularly if you like to ask a lot of questions. And so…
"What's that?" asked Pandora again, unaware that we had walked full circle around the observatory's viewing level.
"Is there a man in the moon?"
"Not that we know of, Pandora, but man has landed on the moon."
"Saturn," replied Adam, laughing.
Adam could thank his lucky stars it was past Pandora's bedtime.
Top billing
I've been to many Maldives resorts. I've been to resorts where at mealtimes (breakfast included) some guests feel the need to flaunt jewellery of such obvious value that if sold it would raise enough cash to wipe out the debt of a small country. I've been to resorts where in spite of the fact that the Maldives is 99% ocean, fish are flown in from far and wide to meet the requests of particularly picky guests. And I've been to resorts where staff members are trained to only walk sideways when accompanying guests to their rooms so that they can always look them in the eye – unnerving, more than anything else. To my mind, such resorts miss the point. To me, the truly great Maldives resorts are those that encapsulate laid-back, pared-down luxury. Those resorts that serve to reinforce the fact that you're on a desert island and encourage you to embrace the uniqueness of it. Of all the places I have stayed at in the Maldives, Soneva Fushi does this best of all. It offers every conceivable luxury and indulgence – great food utilising island-grown ingredients, some incredible villas, and spectacular facilities like the observatory and a yacht you can stay on overnight – but it's not in your face demanding attention. You take off your shoes because you want your toes to sink into the sand; you don't wear them to impress fellow guests at dinner.
It's this pervading air that makes Soneva Fushi such a favourite with families and the celebrity set. While we were there, a famous film director and his very famous son (on account of his incredibly famous mother) visibly revelled in their time away from the glare of the public eye (although the son was asked a series of questions by Pandora about what was on his plate when she cornered him at lunch, of course).
On our last evening we took a private cruise at sunset to see dolphins frolic at sea. As we sipped on bubbles and nibbled traditional Maldivian bites, our boat circled around their energetic performance. Then we were taken by another boat from the island's jetty, 10 or so guests at a time, over to a sandbank on which bars and live cooking stations were set up, lit by flaming torches. It was on account of the resort's GM hosting a party to which every guest and staff member was invited, a chance to meet and mingle and share tales of that day's adventures in paradise (such as being kicked to near death while snorkelling).
Soneva Fushi Sandbank Dinner, by Richard Waite
Almost all the guests we spoke to were repeat visitors to Soneva Fushi. Like them, I'm sure we'll return here one day and find it just as we had left it: unhurried, unspoilt, unbowed as the original 'no shoes, no news' escape. If it has changed by then, I know a little someone who will question why.
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Adam Cianciarulo and Kawasaki Team Green had a flawless week with six Moto wins and six Motorcycle-Superstore Holeshots.
Motorcycle-Superstore.com is pleased to recognize the 105 class winners from this year's 2012 Red Bull Amateur National Motocross Championship presented by Amsoil just completed at Loretta Lynn's Ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN. The Motorcycle-Superstore.com Holeshot Awards go to each of the fastest holeshot pilots from every class moto. Kawasaki-mounted Mini phenom, Adam Cianciarulo, took the top honors of the week sweeping all holeshots and moto wins in the Super Mini 1 (12-15) and Super Mini 2 (13-16) classes.
The Girls (9-11) class was dominated by Jazzmyn Canfield with three Holeshots and three Moto wins.
Finishing second overall in the 250 C Stock class, Addison Emory IV took the Holeshot Award in the third Moto.
Addison Emory's mom was more than happy to hold on to Addison's $100 Holeshot check while he was presented the gold medal for his Moto class win.
Ryder DiFrancesco's Holeshot check was almost as big as he is. Ryder dominated the 51 (4-6) AMA 1 Stock class.


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GREW NOT OVER-CONCERNED
Disappointed with Saturday's result, but it's not the end of the world
Assistant Manager Mark Grew is obviously disappointed with Saturday's result against Gillingham, but he says it is just a blip and hinted the management are not over conjcerned.
He said: "We are disappointed with Saturday's result but we have got to put it right this week. We have got to work hard on things we didn't do well on Saturday.
"We've gone through the DVD with them this morning and there are quite a few things. The goals we conceded were 'everything we told the lads were going to happen'.
"We watched the DVDs of Gillingham's last two matches and warned the players what to expect and that is the frustrating thing, when you have told them and then they concede like that. It's a bit annoying to say the least.
"We had chances to get back into it, but unfortunately the luck wasn't with us. Overall I think they probably deserved the win.
"You know sooner or later something is going to happen. It's unfortunate it happened on Saturday in front of a good crowd, but we're still second in the league. It's a blip, but not a crisis.


Social media has become the link, the link that links us all in an ever expanding virtual community. A community much wider, bigger and beyond anyone's control.
It will make you feel popular one moment and deserted the next. It can leave you feeling quite lost if you don't bring along your only defense-a sense of humour.
A lot of people are of the opinion that social media tends to make people feel low and depressed. That makes sense; looking at the selective best moments of friends, seemingly living better lives will do that to anyone.
Social media has some serious issues and it's negative effects can't be ignored. But we can't avoid it's use completely.


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Shutout gives KU soccer title
Photo by Jon Goering
Kansas University's Monica Dolinsky, right, lines up a shot from in front of the South Dakota State net. Dolinsky netted the shot in the Jayhawks' 4-0 victory Sunday at Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
KU shuts out South Dakota State soccer
KU soccer scored early and often en route to a convincing victory against South Dakota State.
KU's Kelsey Clifton avoids a SDSU slide tackle during a rush at the net in a KU victory Sunday at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
Junior forward Rachel Morris scored two goals and added an assist, and freshman Whitney Berry chipped in two assists as 22nd-ranked Kansas University won the Jayhawk Invitational title with a 4-0 soccer victory over South Dakota State on Sunday at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
Kansas, which defeated No. 18 San Diego 5-0 on Friday, won both of its matches at the tournament and improved to 7-1-1, while the Jackrabbits fell to 2-4-2.
"I thought the girls did a good job this weekend," KU coach Mark Francis said. "Obviously we won and didn't allow any goals, but on top of that, I thought we played well in both games. I thought these two games were pretty consistent for how we expect to play and what we hope to achieve. I thought both defensively and when we had the ball, we did a good job with that."
After recording their most lopsided victory of the season Friday, the Jayhawks wasted little time getting on the scoreboard against South Dakota State.
Just 23 seconds into the match, Morris finished her second goal of the weekend with a high-arching shot over the goalkeeper off a cross from Berry in the near corner. The goal was the fastest to start a match in Kansas history, surpassing the old mark which was held by Erin Hon, who scored a goal 35 seconds into a 1998 match against Western Illinois.
Later in the half, senior Monica Dolinsky found the back of the net with a blast from just outside the box after she had carried the ball through the Jackrabbit defense. Dolinsky's goal, in the 20th minute, gave KU a 2-0 lead at the halftime break. The Jayhawks have been ahead or tied at the half in all nine of their games this season.
Morris got into the act again in the second half, crossing a ball from the near side of the net, which was finished by senior Estelle Johnson for her first goal of the season in the 56th minute. Johnson became the 10th Jayhawk to net a goal this year.
Morris capped her career day with a goal in the 70th minute off another Berry pass. This time, the freshman sent a ball into the box from the far side of the field that eluded the South Dakota State goalkeeper, and on to Morris' foot, giving KU its margin of victory. The five-point match for Morris was the top performance by an individual this season, and the most points by a Jayhawk since Shannon McCabe's hat trick against Francis Marion last October.
"Rachel has done great," Francis said. "We knew what kind of potential Rachel had, and when you get injuries, it creates opportunities for other people. I think Rachel got that opportunity and has made the most of it. She has gained in confidence every time she steps onto the field. She was the offensive MVP this weekend, which is awesome for her. I'm really happy for her, because she's a great kid who works hard and I think she's going to keep giving us good minutes (at forward)."
KU's defense was solid all weekend, holding both San Diego and South Dakota State scoreless. The Jayhawks have not allowed a goal since the 84th minute of their loss to No. 19 Denver on Sept. 11. Senior Julie Hanley made three saves on Sunday against the Jackrabbits.
"The defense is playing really well right now," Francis said. "Julie (Hanley) is doing a great job behind them, keeping them organized. But I think just collectively as a team, we've made it difficult for teams to score. We've done a good job of putting pressure on other players. We put pressure on our opponents all over the field, so I think we just have to continue to do that."
Five Jayhawks were named to the Jayhawk Invitational all-tournament Team, including Morris and Johnson, who were selected the offensive and defensive MVPs respectively. Other Kansas players honored were Hanley, Dolinsky and junior Lauren Jackson.
San Diego defeated Missouri State, 1-0, in the earlier match of the Jayhawk Invitational Sunday.
The Jayhawks (7-1-1) will open Big 12 play on Friday against No. 21 Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex.
KU soccer tops S.D. State, 2-1
KU soccer lackluster in victory
KU soccer 'pretty good' in rout
This is exciting! I have a lunch bet with an aggie that we are going to beat Texas A&M in College Station next week.
MinnesotaJay 10 years, 4 months ago
7-1-1. Wow.
Time to start beating up on conference opponents!
Quick recap: No. 3 Kansas rolls to 81-59 win over Kansas State in Sunflower Showdown January 21, 2020


It is 25 years to this day that the leadership of FRETILIN took the decision to establish FALINTIL to organise our People in the struggle against the forces which sought to perpetuate foreign occupation of our Homeland.
Being confident of victory during these 25 years, FALINTIL guerrilla fighters galvanised the Timorese People throughout the national territory to resist the oppression and humiliation imposed upon us.
Unable to subdue the will of the People, year after year, the invading forces continuously tormented defenceless citizens, women, children and elderly people. As the aggression against our People reached its worst peak, backward-looking forces in Indonesia, deployed over 30,000 men armed with sophisticated equipment which inclued tanks, long-range artillery, helicopters, aircrafts, warships and other weapons to commit genocide.
In a territory with less than twenty thousand square kilometres, with no rear bases nor military assistance beyond our borders to support the struggle, this huge military force was unable to shake the unwavering will of the Timorese People to be free and independent.
We went through immense difficulties to survive, we went through terrible grief and mourning, we buried valiant comrades, we witnessed the massacre of countless thousands of citizens of our Homeland, all perpetrated without pity or mercy.
Defenceless and without any means to protect themselves, our children and our women expressed their revulsion for the invader in everyday gestures and had to face a genocide which took the lives of more than a third of our population.
On this occasion, in which we celebrate 25 years of existence and, on behalf of our armed guerrillas serving the Timorese Nation, from the bottom of our hearts, we pay tribute to the more than 250,000 people who lost their lives.
This genocide did not weaken the decisive support rendered by our People to FALINTIL in their struggle for freedom and independence. The process of this struggle fostered the unity between FALINTIL and the People. In spite of the strong presence of the occupying forces, FALINTIL managed to be operational througout the whole national territory.
The People accepted even greater sacrifices. To defend their Homeland, our People stood up en masse, offered their sons, fed the guerrilla soldiers, gave shelter, cared for the wounded and thus further encouraged the struggle for the Liberation of our country. The People, the entire Nation, upheld the FALINTIL banner as their own.
This unconditional support of the People, together with huge international solidarity with our struggle made it possible for FALINTIL to accomplish its historic mission: TO LIBERATE OUR HOMELAND!
The independence of our country is rooted in the resistance of all its people. It is founded on the sacred legacy of our compatriots who were martyred in the defence of freedom.
At this hour, we remember in particular the FALINTIL fighters who consciously gave their lives to create a free and independent nation. It is with great emotion that we recall Commander Nicolau Lobato, Commander Konis Santana, Commander David Alex, Commander Txai, Commander Ferraz, Commander Mau Karo Tiga Nol Lima, Commander Mau Lani, Commander Mau Vani and countless other heros and distinguished FALINTIL fighters who died for the Homeland of East Timor.
In this path on which we set foot twenty five years ago, other illustrious sons of our people gave, and continue to give, the very best of themselves and their strength to the cause of freedom, democracy, progress and the material and spiritual well being of our people.
We also greet all the commanders and FALINTIL fighters who, on a daily basis, as they carried out their roles, remained vigilant in the defence of the Timorese nation.
From among the many, we must highlight the figure of President Xanana Gusmão, the Commander in these two last decades who so wisely led us to the present moment. President Xanana, the most beloved son of our People, whether in the mountains or in the dungeons of the foreign invader, knew how to keep himself with great dignity in the role of command and to continue to lead our struggle to this point of victory which we are celebrating here today. Today we have reached a new juncture which is appropriate to the construction of a democratic state. We are certain that in the process of establishing a modern, regular armed force at the service of the Timorese Nation, we will continue to benefit from the visionary guidance of President Xanana.
In recent times, last September, when barbarity tried to anul the Popular Consultation during which our people were able to say yes or no to the independence of East Timor, it was due to the decisive command of President Xanana that the FALINTIL accepted the sacrifice which was required of them; to contain themselves when faced with the provocations of the backward looking which were decimating the people and destroying their livelihoods.
That was the hour in which the world wanted to know what the Timorese People truly wanted. The people had had their say. In spite of the climate of terror and intimidation, the People said yes to independence! This affirmation embodies the essence of the whole struggle for freedom and independence carried out by FALINTIL.
This discipline and strong sense of responsibility enhanced the prestige of FALINTIL, both at the national and international levels. Today we are establishing the beginnings of the future armed forces of East Timor.
The medal which we have just received from the hands of President Xanana, which represents the Nobel Peace Prize bestowed upon two illustrious sons of our Homeland and which was given today to FALINTIL by our brother Dr Ramos Horta, reflects the just cause of the struggle of FALINTIL in fighting for peace and liberty. This most unique gesture explicitly recognises that the armed defence of our people is intrinsic to the fight for peace and liberty!
At this moment when we assume the command of FALINTIL, in the context of structuring the new armed forces of East Timor, modern and impartial, and in keeping with the spirit which has always guided our struggle for liberation, we reiterate our commitment both to defend the Homeland and the Timorese nation in the face of each and every type of hostility towards our national independence and our commitment to the creation of a democratic state.
We are alert to the forces of destabilisation which continue to threaten the lives and livelihoods of our compatriots. Once again, we reiterate our total willingness to cooperate with the Peace Keeping Forces to re-establish order and tranquility throughout the entire national territory.
New and difficult tasks lie ahead in this long and complex process of liberating the Homeland and the people. In this process, we commit ourselves to remaining faithful to the principle of subordination to the democratically elected political authority to safeguard independence, national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Our actions will always be directed towards harmony and cooperation amongst nations. With our neighbours, particularly with a democratic Indonesia and with Australia, we share the principles of equality, mutual respect, good neighbourly relations and of mutual assistance to consolidate peace and democracy.
Vivam as FALINTIL (Long live FALINTIL)!
Viva o Povo de Timor Leste (Long live the People of East Timor)!


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Business Continuity 2010: Do We Really Need a 50-page Disaster Recovery Plan?
Last Update: Apr 12, 2010 | 02:28
Originating Author: Dennis Martin
On the March 2, 2010 Wikibon Peer Incite public call, we discussed how virtualization and cloud computing are influencing business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR). One of the themes that emerged during the call was the notion that virtualization and cloud computing, either together or separately, might allow us to streamline some or all of our DR processes and procedures.
Virtualization and cloud computing both encourage the use of automation to spin up new servers easily and move operating systems and data from one place to another, both tasks that, one way or another, are part of recovering from a disaster. It seems that the everyday techniques used for virtualization and cloud computing processes are ideal candidates to incorporate into DR plans.
Taken a step further, these processes are nearly the same whether the reason is to perform normal operations or recover, so it seems that a separate DR plan can be highly streamlined to refer to standard daily procedures and include only those extra processes required in an emergency. As these processes become more standardized, they become easier to test on a regular basis. This may be optimistic and possibly simplistic, but it may be that a decision to test the DR plan may be as simple as migrating a set of servers and their data to another location. It may even come to the point, using virtualization and cloud computing services, that the "DR manual" could focus more on what should be done for the people involved in the situation and less on the computers and data.
Action Item: Compare the processes used for deploying and moving virtualized computing resources, whether they be local or "in the cloud", and look for overlap with your DR plans.
Footnotes: Dennis Martin runs a test lab and speaks on various topics at industry conferences.
Business continuity, Cloud computing, Disaster recovery, Professional alerts, Recovery Point Systems, Virtualization
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Nice to meet and greet. We have a solid diverse team of Validators.
Primary responsibility of Validator is to secure the network.
Protocol if one notices subset of Validator nodes unavailable.
Much of the above should be captured in wiki.
We agreed to have a standing meeting bi-weekly which puts our next meeting in the 2/15 - 2/20 time window.
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Title: Application of Satellite-Based Spectrally-Resolved Solar Radiation Data to PV Performance Studies
Authors: GRACIA AMILLO ANA; HULD Thomas; VOURLIOTI PARASKEVI; MUELLER Richard; NORTON MATTHEW
Citation: ENERGIES vol. 8 no. 5 p. 3455-3488
Publisher: MDPI AG
URI: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/5/3455/pdf
DOI: 10.3390/en8053455
Abstract: In recent years, satellite-based solar radiation data resolved in spectral bands have become available. This has for the first time made it possible to produce maps of the geographical variation in the solar spectrum. It also makes it possible to estimate the influence of these variations on the performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules. Here, we present a study showing the magnitude of the spectral influence on PV performance over Europe and Africa. The method has been validated using measurements of a CdTe module in Ispra, Italy, showing that the method predicts the spectral influence to within ±2% on a monthly basis and 0.1% over a 19-month period. Application of the method to measured spectral responses of crystalline silicon, CdTe and single-junction amorphous silicon (a-Si) modules shows that the spectral effect is smallest over desert areas for all module types, higher in temperate Europe and highest in tropical Africa, where CdTe modules would be expected to yield +6% and single- junction a-Si modules up to +10% more energy due to spectral effects. In contrast, the effect for crystalline silicon modules is less than ±1% in nearly all of Africa and Southern Europe, rising to +1% or +2% in Northern Europe.


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With bitcoin currently consolidating above $8000 USD after establishing an all-time high of nearly $8400 USD, some liquidity has shifted towards the altcoin markets. This has resulted in several major altcoins setting record dollar-value highs despite holding relatively modest prices when paired with bitcoin. Today, Ethereum set a new all-time high of approximately $420 USD, with prices surpassing $400 USD. Dash and Monero also set a new all-time high today, with Dash testing $600 USD for the first time before retracing to approximately $570 USD, and XMR currently trading for approximately $170 USD.
As of this writing, the price of a single bitcoin is approximately $8130 USD, following the establishment of a new all-time high of roughly $8380 USD earlier this week. The total market capitalization of bitcoin is over $136 billion USD, with 24-hour trading volume exceeding $4 billion USD.
Bitcoin experienced a dramatic November, with the markets falling by roughly 28% after setting the preceding high of $7890 USD at the beginning of the month. The dip comprised the largest red weekly candle in bitcoin's history. However, after making a low of approximately $5450 USD, bitcoin quickly recovered to break above $8000 USD and produce its largest ever green weekly candle.
With Bitcoin's price movements calming in recent days, some liquidity has shifted into the altcoin markets – triggering the establishment of new all-time dollar highs in several major markets. Bitcoin's market dominance is currently 53.1% – down approximately 5% from one week ago.
Ethereum gained approximately 13% to establish a new record dollar high today. The total market cap of Ethereum now exceeds $40 billion USD, with ETH currently trading at approximately $420 USD – up more than 30% since the start of the month. Earlier this week, Ethereum published the initial version of its Casper protocol update, which was first presented at Devcon3 earlier this month.
Dash set a new record high today, currently trading at roughly $570 USD after testing $600 for the first time. Dash has rallied since breaking its preceding all-time high of approximately $400 USD on the 12th of November, after the release of Dash Core version 12.2 four days prior. Dash now has the fifth largest market capitalization with nearly $4.4 billion USD.
Monero also established a new all-time high today, with XMR currently trading at nearly $170. Monero is currently the 7th largest crypto market with a total capitalization of over $2.5 billion.
Bitcoin Cash made gains of over 20% today, with BCH currently trading for $1550. The move comes after several days of consolidation between approximately $900 – $1300, which followed a more than 60% retrace from BCH's all-time high of nearly $3000 USD earlier this month. Bitcoin Cash currently boasts the third largest cryptocurrency total capitalization with $26.5 billion USD.
Dogecoin was among the top performing markets today, gaining approximately 40% to trade at over $0.0021 USD. As of this writing, Dogecoin's total market capitalization is $235 million USD.
Zcash performed well during November and is currently trading at approximately $320 after increasing by over 50% this month. Grayscale Investments announced the launch of its Zcash Investment Trust towards the start of November which, following Edward Snowden's recent praise of Zcash, has likely contributed to the bullish sentiment. Zcash is 15th largest cryptocurrency market with a total capitalization of almost $880,000. Litecoin also performed well this month, gaining by approximately 25% to trade at around $75 USD. Litecoin's $4.1 billion USD market cap makes it the 6th largest cryptocurrency by total capitalization.
Despite several major cryptocurrencies establishing new record highs against the dollar, the majority of altcoins have experienced sustained downtrends since midway through 2017 when paired against bitcoin. Although many altcoin/bitcoin markets have seen significant price increases in recent days, whether or not the altcoin markets can sustain dollar gains independent of a rising bitcoin remains to be seen, with some analysts speculating that the recent Tether hack may have contributed to the recent rise in altcoin prices, arguing that traders may have been purchasing cryptocurrencies to reduce USDT exposure.
Do you think the altcoin markets are heating up for another boom, or will the current momentum quickly fizzle out? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!