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What Has Happened to Tony Pigg? Has He Made a Full Recovery from His Illness?
If you’ve been a fan of Live with Kelly and Ryan for a long time, you’ve probably noticed that entertainment veteran Tony Pigg hasn’t made any announcements for the show in the last year. Ryan Seacrest has taken over the role of an announcer in his absence.
Ryan did briefly explain that Pigg was sick and couldn’t host the show for the time being, but that was over a year ago.
Pigg has a long history in the entertainment industry.
From 2014 through 2019, Pigg worked as an announcer for 595 episodes of Live with Kelly and Ryan. His radio career, on the other hand, spans decades. Pigg has been a part of the entertainment industry since the 1970s, when his voice could be heard on the WPLJ radio station.
Since its inception in 1971, WPLJ has been a well-known rock radio station. Pigg has been with the station since the beginning.
When he took over the announcements on Live with Kelly and Ryan, he became a household name over time.
It’s reasonable that his absence from the show would cause concern among viewers.
Fans were very concerned about Pigg’s health.
Many fans flocked to Twitter to inquire about the show’s hosts’ health and present situation. Pigg had been sick, according to Seacrest. with no further information Fans became more concerned about his absence.
Pigg was sorely missed by one fan that she sent weekly tweets to the show’s official Twitter account. Kelly Ripa was explicitly questioned by another fan, who tweeted, “Tony Pigg, what happened to him? I’ve been missing his voice!”
On Twitter, fans are inquiring about Tony Pigg (Source: Distractify)
Fans inquired on the show’s official Facebook page as well as on Twitter, but no official response came from Kelly or Ryan.
Pigg is enjoying his retirement by spending time with his family.
On November 6, 2019, movie reviewer Jackson Murphy rushed to Facebook to notify Pigg’s worried admirers that Pigg had been sick for a time but was doing much better. In the same message, Jackson also announced the announcer’s retirement before expressing his gratitude to the veteran.
Pigg has been spotted on social media a few times since his retirement. He appears to have abandoned his career in order to spend more time with his family.
His gorgeous wife, Lucinda, with whom he has been married for 34 years, and their three boys make up his family.
Calder, Miles, and Luca are three of Calder’s friends. Steve, the family’s rescue dog, is also a member of the family.
Pigg and his gorgeous wife just celebrated 35 years of marriage. Lucinda’s arms were wrapped around her beau in the photo, which was taken in a cozy setting with the couple laughing together.
Pigg had previously appeared on his son Calder’s Instagram account. He was pictured lounging on a yacht with his family in an Instagram post from June 21, 2020.
Pigg appears to be doing well in retirement, as seen by a series of photos from both his son’s Instagram account and his most recent 35th wedding anniversary celebration post.

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Irene Dunne - Sing, My Heart MP3
Music by Harold Arlen Lyrics by Ted Koehler This is the first performance of the Arlen standard, from 1939. This song was written for Miss Dunne.
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My Heart Sings/ I Belong To You (William McDowell)- Family Worship Cover MP3
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BENGALURU: Ten days ago, a farmer in Magadi taluk
woke up to three wild elephants
invading his field. About 500 banana saplings were devoured in no time, causing him a huge loss. Three days ago, a vegetable farm near Savandurga belonging to a farmer named Boralingaiah was raided by another elephant. On Sunday night, a mango farm in VG Doddi of Magadi
was destroyed by jumbos.
In the past few weeks, instances of elephants raiding farms have become common on the city’s outskirts, especially in Magadi and Nelamangala taluks. The menace is keeping farmers
and foresters on their toes as they have to keep night vigil to save crops.
Marappa NK, a farmer from Magadi, said a harsh summer and dried water bodies in the forests of Bannerghatta are causing elephants to stray in search of food and water. “The months of March, April and May are a big headache for farmers in the stretch between Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) and Tumakuru, which covers Bidadi, Savandurga, Shivagange, Kyatasandra and Gubbi in Tumakuru. Here, water bodies have adequate supply through a major part of summer. Elephants camp near water bodies like Manchanabele Dam and invade agricultural fields whenever they need food,” he added.
Prakash NK, another farmer, said, “Mango and jackfruit are a major attraction for elephants during this season. Farmers in Magadi and Nelamangala grow vegetables, which they supply to Bengaluru.”
Thimmarayappa, range forest officer (Magadi), said they are doing their best to keep elephants away. “BNP has around 50 elephants and the food isn’t enough for the huge number. When they wander out of forests during summer, we keep a tight watch to ensure they don’t enter farms. But these animals are intelligent as they move around at night. Elephants have a habit of returning to BNP only after monsoon begins,” he added.
Thimmarayappa said they will ensure farmers get compensation as early as possible whenever their fields are raided by elephants.
Praveen K, a wildlife enthusiast, said long-term measures like enriching forests with more water holes to harvest water will help in keeping elephants inside the woods. “Growing more bamboo and grasses elephants feed on is also important,” he added.


Are pressure groups a threat to the democratic process in the United Kingdom?
Pressure groups, are un-elected by the general public, yet they are a part of the political, and some could argue, the democratic process in the United Kingdom.
Pressure groups are normally single-issue groups, or they claim to represent the interest of a section of society or organisations.
Political parties by their very nature cannot hope to be experts on all areas of policy and issues, and therefore they have to consult with think tanks and/or pressure groups. For instance, whilst considering their policies on the environment, a political party may ask the views and opinions of the RSPB, friends of the Earth, Green peace or a particular university or think-tank. Pressure groups exist to influence government policy over the area or areas that concern that pressure group.
There are two main systems that can exist where pressure groups are concerned. These are pluralism and corporatism. British pressure groups fit in a the description of a Liberal sub-group of corporatism, there being a mixture of groups that have weak or no links to government and themselves (these tend to be groups such as the Animal Liberation front, and other, more radical environmental groups) and interest groups such as trade unions and the CBI.
The position of pressure groups in the democratic process within the United Kingdom is intriguing. Pressure groups rarely become active within the democratic process by way of seeking representation at a local and national government level.
Most pressure groups have some kind of internal democracy, but cause and episodic groups are likely to have a decentralised structure, taking decisions to the membership of the groups, where as corporatist groups will hold elections to committees that make decisions on behalf of the membership.


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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Study
Are you an active/ex-smoker with a diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?
Local doctors Aaron N. Hartman MD, Raymond Decker, MD, and Lind Reiss, NP, are enrolling new participants in a COPD clinical trial. Help doctors learn more about a possible new investigational treatment option for COPD and take control of your COPD treatment. Sign-up today.
In order to qualify for their study, participants must:
- Be 40-80 years old
- Have been diagnosed with COPD
- Be a current or former smoker
- Currently be using a prescribed inhaler
Study-related care and medication will be provided at no cost to qualified participants. Subjects may be compensated for participation.

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What Do French Eat in Christmas?
Are you planning to spend your Christmas holidays in France? If so, be prepared to experience a culinary adventure unlike any other!
A traditional French Christmas dinner is decadent, exotic, rustic, and mouth watering. After partaking in this special feast, you’ll be smiling for days.
Come the holidays, French chefs pull out all the stops to make a memorable Christmas meal.
Here’s what you can expect in a traditional French Christmas dinner.
1. Boeuf Bourguignon
This is a classic French dish that is enjoyed in every household. The beef is stewed in velvety red wine and braised with a selection of country vegetables. This stew is cooked slowly to marry the flavors of the wine, beef, and vegetables.
2. Foie Gras
The ultimate decadent dish, a traditional French Christmas feast is incomplete without it. This goose liver pate is topped with a rich sauce and served with freshly baked bread. Foie gras is the perfect appetizer to kick start your luxurious dinner.
This is another must-have accompaniment in a traditional French feast. Specially bred snails are perfectly cooked with a mélange of herbs and topped with a buttery sauce, served with rustic bread. Escargots are served as the first course during a special meal.
A beloved muse bouchée, the French cannot start any festivity without their beloved caviar. It is often served atop a mini buckwheat pancake or cracker and served with white wine. Many consider this appetizer a part of Christmas tradition.
You have not experienced decadence unless you’ve tasted a souffle. It’s no secret that the French are in love with these delicate delights. At Christmas, savory souffles are made using spinach, cheese, and butter. If it is served as a dessert, a chocolate souffle is the best end to a traditional feast.
6. Gratin Dauphinois
You will never want mashed potatoes again after having the traditional French version of this vegetable. Gratin Dauphinois is often served as a side dish on Christmas Eve. It is a delectable medley of sliced potatoes layered with cream, garlic, and various types of cheeses. The medley is baked until all the flavors gel together to form a melt-in-your-mouth delight. It pairs perfectly with chicken, turkey, and beef.
Bored with having turkey every Christmas? Try wildfowl. In the last few years, wildfowl has replaced turkey and lobster as the main meal at Christmas dinner. In France, wildfowl is goose, quail, pheasant, or guinea fowl. It is roasted in red wine and herbs, and served with roasted potatoes.
8. Buche de Noel
A traditional French Christmas feast is incomplete without a rich and delectable dessert. The Buche de Noel is an important and traditional French dessert. Popularly known as the yule log in the West, it was first created in 1800 by a French pastry chef. The Buche de Noel is a luscious cake layered with buttery cream. It is shaped and sculpted to resemble a tree log. Decorations such as shrubs, grass, and mushrooms are crafted from meringue.
9. Roast Turkey
A traditional French turkey is often enjoyed at Christmas dinner. Unlike the American version, the French roast their turkey with chestnuts. It is served with a variety of side dishes like fresh salads, roasted vegetables, and potatoes.
10. Thirteen Desserts
This is a special dessert that pays homage to Jesus Christ. In French Christmas tradition, it is customary to end a fest with thirteen desserts. The number represents the disciples of Jesus who were at the last supper. The desserts range from cakes, fruits, tarts, to donuts.
Make your Christmas memorable with a traditional French dinner.
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Mark Dubois grew up in a tiny village in the South of France where fresh ingredients, traditional recipes, and fantastic french wines are present in every house and corner. Chef Mark is specialised in Mediterranean Gastronomies, but he is more passionate about baking. Chef Mark is currently working as a hosted Chef in different restaurants around Europe.

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September 21, 2009
WOOSTER, Ohio - A menacing microbe, the same one responsible for the Great Irish Potato
Famine, has been spreading throughout the northeastern United States since the
early 1990s, threatening both tomato and potato crops in the region - but its
days may be numbered. The genome of this disease-transmitting microscopic organism
(Phytophthora infestans or plant destroyer) has been sequenced by a large group of scientists, which includes William Morgan, professor of biology,
biochemistry and molecular biology at The College of Wooster, and Sophien
Kamoun, formerly of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
(OARDC). The two worked collaboratively with nearly 50 other scientists over a
10-year period. Their findings were published in the Sept. 13 issue of Nature.
The objective was to determine the entire genome sequence of the organism, which is unique from an evolutionary perspective, according to Morgan. "Several other related microbes, such as those that attacked soybean crops and oak trees, were sequenced previously," he said. "These three microbes have a common origin that is distinct from fungi. Consequently, chemical treatments
that control fungal pathogens often don't work on Phytophthora."
The significance of sequencing the complete genome, or genetic instructions, is that it opens the door for more detailed investigations into how the pathogen infects these plants. Ultimately, this information could be used to develop methods for controlling the pathogen, according to Morgan, who noted the value of the relationship between the College and the OARDC. "The arrangement
(between the two entities) allows faculty and students to take part in cutting-edge research on a wide range of projects," he said. "We are very fortunate to have a facility like (OARDC) so close to our campus."
Morgan's role in this project was to understand the genetic messages produced by the
organism. "The genome is sort of like a magazine," he explained. "There are a lot of images and advertisements that really don't mean much, but what's important is the text. The objective is to identify which portions of the text in the articles are copied into messages so that other researchers can find where they exist in the genome."
Morgan, who devoted his last research leave to supervising a co-worker on this study, took samples of the pathogen and dissolved them using standard biochemistry techniques. This process releases the chemical components of the organism and allows scientists to identify the RNA (Ribonucleic acid), which contains the genetic messages that are decoded to produce proteins, the molecular machines within a cell. "Our ultimate goal is to find the protein machinery that is
unique to this pathogen," said Morgan. "Then we can try to figure out which enzyme is capable of breaking down the wall of a plant, and find a way to block it from continuing that function."
Despite the excitement of figuring out the genome sequence of this fungus, Morgan and his associates acknowledge that the triumph may be short-lived. "Pathogens change quickly," he said. "Before long, a new strain may emerge that is resistant to the latest treatment, but our hope is that this additional information will allow the development of plants with 'durable resistance' that cannot be easily overcome by the pathogen."
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Digital media such as the Internet and video games have become increasingly important in the lives of children and youth. Even when young people are consuming other media, such as TV, music and movies, they are likely to be doing it through the Internet. As well, nearly all the media they consume, from TV shows to toys, have Web pages, virtual worlds, video games or other digital spinoffs associated with them.
Social networking is one of the most popular online activities in Canada. In fact, according to the Canada Online! study, 40 per cent of all Canadians use a social networking site. Facebook is the most popular of these sites by a long shot, with over seven million active Canadian members.
Young Canadians today are growing up in a culture where gambling is legal, easily accessible – especially online – and generally presented as harmless entertainment.
Research shows that less than 20 per cent of parents discuss gambling with their children; this issue is seen as minor, mainly because parents are generally unaware of their kids’ participation in these sorts of activities.
Framed around key concepts of media literacy, the That’s Not Me tutorial examines how entertainment and news media represent diversity and the impact these media portrayals can have on the value we place on individuals and groups in society. The tutorial explores how the media industry is changing to better reflect Canadian society and provides strategies for challenging negative representations and engaging young people in advocating for more realistic and positive media portrayals.
In e-Parenting Tutorial: Keeping up with your kids’ online activities, Alice, a witty and cyber-savvy mom, takes parents on a tour of the many different Web environments and activities that are popular with children and youth.
The Parenting the Digital Generation workshop looks at the various activities kids love to do online and offers tips and strategies for everything from Facebook privacy settings, online shopping, cyberbullying, to protecting your computer from viruses.
The Raising Ethical Kids For a Networked World tutorial examines some of the moral dilemmas that kids face in their online activities and shares some strategies to help them build the social and emotional intelligence that’s needed to support ethical decision making – and build resiliency if things go wrong.
Despite all of the concerns about what youth are doing with digital media, MediaSmarts’ study Young Canadians in a Wired World (YCWW) has found that not only are most kids not getting in trouble online, they’re often being actively kind and thoughtful towards people they know.
As we grow, we pass through distinct stages of moral development in which our ethical thinking is based on different principles. The second stage in learning ethics is becoming aware of rules that either punish or reward us for doing something: younger children are most motivated by a fear of being punished for bad behaviour, but become more concerned with the rewards of good behaviour as they get older.

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In the tradition of Walter Mosley and Chester Himes comes OUR MAN IN THE DARK by Rashad Harrison (Atria Books, November 2011, $25), a debut novel about a civil rights worker who becomes an informant for the FBI. Proving once again that fact is stranger than fiction, OUR MAN IN THE DARK follows last year’s revelation that famed civil rights photographer, Ernest Withers, was an FBI informant – and that informants were placed throughout black movement organizations. Skillfully plotted, with remarkably complex characters set against one of the most dramatic times in our nation’s history, OUR MAN IN THE DARK is a timely exploration of morality, personal ambition, and the high cost of change.
“Most people let the beast in them run amok, John. And they merely shrug their shoulders at the damage left in its wake. America has let that beast run wild. I may not be morally perfect, but we are on the right side of morality. We need to remind America of its moral obligation to accept the struggle within itself.”
So says Martin Luther King, Jr in OUR MAN IN THE DARK, speaking to John Estem, one of his foot-soldiers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It’s the summer of 1964, and Estem is a downtrodden number-cruncher, a man with a polio-inflicted limp and only the dimmest hope of career mobility. Marginalized even by his fellow SCLC members, Estem desperately wants to contribute more to the movement than just his bookeeping skills. An outsider who longs for relevance, Estem is tormented by the things that are so close and yet out of reach: Money. Influence. The woman he loves.
And so one day, Estem decides to help himself to a ten thousand dollar donation check meant for the SCLC, and finds himself in the custody of the FBI. They not only know about the check, they have been watching him all along: If Estem wants to keep his theft from his fellow SCLC members, he needs to get the FBI the information they want: Specifically, any information that links Martin Luther King to the Communist Party. “This country is under attack,” they tell him. “Every day, foreign interests threaten to unravel the very fabric of American society. This is a matter of national security.”
But it’s not just Communism the FBI is after, but King himself. And in this endeavor, they are not alone: Estem soon finds himself caught between two forces trying to bring down Martin Luther King – the FBI, and Count. While both parties want MLK taken down for different reasons, they play equally dirty.
With OUR MAN IN THE DARK, Rashad Harrison delivers characters that are neither good nor evil but a provocative combination of everything that makes us human. As their actions bring consequences the reader never anticipates, they beg the question: Is a great man defined by his weaknesses, or his strengths? OUR MAN IN THE DARK is a tautly plotted story that in the end reminds us that the more things change, the more things stay the same: The greatness of our country is limited only by our endless willingness to judge and destroy those who dare to dream of change and progress.
About the Author
Rashad Harrison’s writing has appeared in Reed Magazine, and he was a finalist for the Alexander Patterson Cappon Award in Fiction from New Letters Magazine. He has taught creative writing at New York University and, during the presidential campaign, he was a contributor to MedicineAgency.com, an online journal of political and cultural commentary. He recently received an honorable mention for the Gulf Coast Magazine Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for an Editor’s Prize from Carve Magazine.
Harrison earned a Master of Fine of Arts in Creative Writing from New York University, where he was a Jacob K. Javits Fellow. He also attended post-baccalaureate writers program at Columbia University. He lives in Chicago. For more information, you can visit his website, HERE Or, you can visit him on Facebook, HERE!

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The son and spiritual heir of the founder of the influential Black Muslim movement in America has disbanded the separatist organization, urging his followers to remain faithful Muslims but within the worldwide Islamic community.
"If you follow my advice, you would put down the term 'American Muslim Mission,' " the name by which the mainline black Muslim group has been known in recent years, Warith Deen Muhammad told his followers recently. "You would put it down and never pick up any term that lumps you all together in one community. You would be members of a Muslim community that's international."
Muhammad announced the dissolution of the organization that his father, Elijah Muhammad, helped found more than a half century ago, in simultaneous telephone hook-ups from Chicago to five centers across the country, including Washington.
Munir Um'Rani, acting editor of the organization's newspaper, the weekly American Muslim Journal, said yesterday in a telephone interview from Chicago that response to the April announcement has been "very positive. It's a sign of religious freedom. We're not confined by terms such as 'American Muslim Mission.' "
Imam Adil al Aseer of the Islamic Center here praised the action as a move in harmony with fundamental Muslim principles. "We are against discrimination," he said, adding that Warith Muhammad has "brought the real Islamic ideas" to his people.
Warith Muhammad was designated at birth to succeed his father as head of the organization of Black Muslims, and took over when his father died 10 years ago. But he has consistently nudged his followers closer to the mainstream of both American life and conventional Islamic principles, and away from the separatist community that Elijah Muhammad built up as a bulwark against what he saw as a racist and exploitative white-dominated society.
Warith Muhammad discouraged references to "white devils," and whites as well as blacks were welcomed to worship services and to membership in local mosques. He encouraged black Muslims, for the first time, to register to vote in the 1976 elections.
The founder's son changed the official name of the group, first to the World Community of Islam in the West, then to the American Muslim Mission. He changed his own "un-Islamic" first name of Wallace -- after Wallace Fard who initiated the movement in Detroit in 1930 -- to Warith.
Local imams, as Islamic leaders are called, were encouraged to develop ties with other Muslim leaders as well as with leaders of other faiths. Muhammad himself participated in a historic exchange of visits with Rabbi Joshua Haberman of the Washington Hebrew Congregation here.
While many in the movement accepted the changes, which covered many of the reforms Black Muslim Malcolm X had fought for, others resisted and broke away in sometimes bloody schisms.
A segment led by Louis Farrakhan has retained both the name "Nation of Islam" and racial separatism, as well as the paramilitary trappings of the elder Muhammad.
Um'Rani said membership figures for the American Muslim Mission are not available, but there are approximately 200 masjid, or local mosques, around the country.
Imam Sultan Muhammad, who heads the local American Muslim Mission activities, was out of town and could not be reached for comment on what effects the change may bring in the Washington area.
Um'Rani said negotiations are under way to sell a number of properties owned by the national body, including a farm in Georgia and a site being developed for a college in North Carolina.
Elijah Muhammad, who died without a will, fathered 21 children, some of whom are still locked in a legal battle with the mission for control of portions of his property.


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InfoSAWIT, JAMBI – In his work visit to Jambi Province, Minister of Trade, Zulkifli Hasan did audience with many smallholders in the province. Many things were proposed, such as, fresh fruit bunch (FFB) which is less than Rp 2.000/kg and what Ministry of Trade would do to escalate their FFB by the late of August 2022.
In the audience, Minister Hasan emphasized, it takes time to recover the condition to be normal again.
“The government, the stakeholders, the smallholders, and the people are one unseparated unit and if every sector re-strengthens, this would make Indonesia as crude palm oil (CPO) producer that controls the price and supply in the world,” he said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Tuesday (2/8/2022).
He once came by to PT Kurnia Tunggal Nugraha in Jambi to confirm palm cooking oil supply. “In the company, I do see lots of supply and enough for the needs in Jambi. It is in control, about Rp 13.000/liter--16.000/liter.
Packaged palm cooking oil within non-famous brand is sold between Rp 16.000/liter — Rp 17.000/liter. If regular bulk palm cooking oil is sold at Rp 13.000/liter —Rp 13.500/liter. It is in control,” he said. (T2)


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Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ZYNE) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald reissued their overweight rating on shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZYNE) in a research report report published on Tuesday morning. The firm currently has a $28.00 target price on the stock.
ZYNE has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Maxim Group restated a buy rating and issued a $32.00 target price on shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals in a report on Thursday, June 8th. Zacks Investment Research lowered Zynerba Pharmaceuticals from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Tuesday, May 30th. Jefferies Group LLC restated a buy rating and issued a $32.00 target price on shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals in a report on Sunday, July 9th. HC Wainwright set a $30.00 target price on Zynerba Pharmaceuticals and gave the company a buy rating in a report on Tuesday, August 1st. Finally, Piper Jaffray Companies lowered Zynerba Pharmaceuticals from an overweight rating to a neutral rating and reduced their target price for the company from $42.00 to $7.00 in a report on Monday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average target price of $20.11.
Zynerba Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ZYNE) traded up 33.0813% during trading on Tuesday, reaching $8.3442. The company had a trading volume of 3,384,771 shares. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $17.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.50. The stock’s market cap is $110.62 million. Zynerba Pharmaceuticals has a 52-week low of $6.20 and a 52-week high of $25.95. Zynerba Pharmaceuticals also saw some unusual options trading on Monday. Stock traders purchased 7,953 put options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 726% compared to the average daily volume of 963 put options.
Zynerba Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ZYNE) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 1st. The company reported ($0.64) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of ($0.60) by $0.04. On average, analysts anticipate that Zynerba Pharmaceuticals will post ($2.46) earnings per share for the current year.
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In other news, CFO James E. Fickenscher acquired 5,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 12th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $19.82 per share, for a total transaction of $103,064.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief financial officer now owns 12,200 shares in the company, valued at $241,804. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Chairman Armando Anido acquired 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 15th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $19.70 per share, with a total value of $98,500.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chairman now owns 336,012 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,619,436.40. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 10.02% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals by 65,190.0% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 326,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,539,000 after buying an additional 325,950 shares in the last quarter. Chartwell Investment Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals by 19.9% in the second quarter. Chartwell Investment Partners LLC now owns 90,378 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,534,000 after buying an additional 14,978 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals by 192.1% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 35,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $602,000 after buying an additional 23,364 shares in the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers purchased a new stake in shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals during the second quarter valued at about $232,000. Finally, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals during the second quarter valued at about $326,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 31.08% of the company’s stock.
Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Company Profile
Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a specialty pharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in developing and commercializing transdermal synthetic cannabinoid treatments for patients with high unmet needs. Its development pipeline includes two product candidates: ZYN002 and ZYN001. ZYN002 is a synthetic cannabidiol (CBD), which is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, formulated as a patent-protected permeation-enhanced gel for transdermal delivery through the skin and into the circulatory system.
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The required laser parameters for recently proposed gamma-gamma collider Higgs factories are presented and reviewed in the context of new developments in high average and peak power fibre laser technology. A possible laser architecture based on fibres is proposed and some issues surrounding high average power frequency conversion to the wavelengths required for a gamma collider are discussed.
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Biden “shook hands without looking at each other”, and there was only 34 minutes of first face-to-face meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, which lasted about 25 minutes of talks between the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea
These embarrassing scenes, which even South Korean Netizens feel, constitute a prominent mark of the South Korean President’s trip to the first NATO summit.
The extent to which Yin Xiyue can promote the improvement of South Korea Japan relations has also been greatly questioned: Japan has been cautious about holding longer talks, and even directly “slapped” the official announcement of the South Korean presidential palace. The trilateral leaders’ meeting between the United States, Japan and South Korea, which has attracted much attention in Washington, has also become an awkward conversation.
South Korea once again stressed today that Yin Xiyue’s attendance at the NATO summit “is not for exclusion or for specific countries or regions”. On the other hand, he talked about “value diplomacy” at the NATO summit and said that a new South Korea NATO partnership would be signed in the second half of the year.
South Korea, which should not have appeared at the Madrid summit of NATO, was so entangled and embarrassed that it really responded to the sentence: why so!
Biden approached the venue and saw Yin Xiyue who had stood in a good position. Both sides reached out and shook hands. But when the South Korean president looked at Biden with a smile on his face, the American president’s eyes had been fixed on the Bulgarian President RADF next to him. After shaking hands with Yin Xiyue briefly, Biden immediately turned to shake hands with radph and put his hand on his shoulder.
On the 28th, the scene in the group photo session of the NATO summit dinner was sent back to South Korea, which immediately caused heated discussion.
Biden “shook hands without looking at each other” and made a short video on the Internet by South Korean opposition supporters. Biden “didn’t even look at it”, but Yin Xiyue showed his teeth and smiled at that time. Critics even said that it “brought humiliation” to the Korean people.
According to South Korean officials, Yonhap and other media, Yin Xiyue’s trip to Madrid is rich in content:
Bilateral talks were held with major European heads of state, EU leaders and the Secretary General of NATO to discuss cooperation in semiconductor, nuclear power, military industry and other fields; He also participated in multilateral meetings such as the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea, and the leaders of South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. He also called on European countries to pay attention to the denuclearization of the peninsula and seek support for Busan’s bid to host the 2030 WorldExpo.
However, on the first day of the summit on the 28th, the trip of the South Korean President was shrouded in an embarrassing atmosphere.
The meeting between leaders of Japan and South Korea on the same day also ended with the same “effect”.
Also at the dinner held by the king of Spain for the participants of the NATO summit, Yin Xiyue held face-to-face talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. This is the first offline meeting between the leaders of South Korea and Japan since December 2019, but it lasted only threeorfour minutes.
It turned out afterwards that although the time was short, it was enough to cause a “diplomatic storm” between the two countries.
The South Korean presidential palace revealed on the morning of the 29th that this dialogue was initiated by Kishida. He said to Yin Xiyue, “I know you are working hard for Japan South Korea relations”, and also said that “let us work for the healthier development of bilateral relations”.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese retaliation came on the same day.
Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said the content released by the ROK was “quite different from the facts”. Kishida and Yin Xiyue “met in a natural way” at the dinner and said a brief hello. During the conversation, Kishida hoped that Yin Xiyue would “try his best to restore the extremely severe relationship between Japan and South Korea to a healthy state”, and the tone sounded different from the description of the South Korean presidential palace.
The Japanese Sankei Shimbun further reported that the Japanese government has no intention of holding talks between Japanese and South Korean leaders during the NATO summit. Although the South Korean regime has been handed over from Moon Jae-in, who has an “obvious Anti Japanese attitude”, and the South Korean side is looking forward to face-to-face talks between Japanese and South Korean leaders, Japan is still cautious.
Then, the leaders’ meeting of the United States, Japan and South Korea held on the 29th also fell into a similar atmosphere.
Coordinate the two allies of Japan and South Korea to ease relations and resume cooperation, including the military intelligence protection agreement, so as to provide a more favorable starting point for the United States to implement the “Indo Pacific strategy”. This meeting has long been intended by Washington.
With Biden’s help, the leaders of the three countries gathered on a table after a lapse of five years. But from the scene, Yin Xiyue and Kishida Wenxiong, who were sitting at the table, didn’t look at each other directly after the whole meeting.
In the press release after the meeting, the White House described the meeting as “a historic meeting”, saying that the leaders of the three countries discussed strengthening trilateral cooperation in the “Indo Pacific” region, especially the joint response to the Peninsula issue.
But in fact, such “important” talks lasted about 25 minutes in total. Even the Japanese and Korean media were surprised: the three people, in such a short time, can’t actually talk about anything specific
I’m afraid the one who knows South Korea best is its northern neighbor, North Korea.
The online edition of the Korean National Daily quoted a signed comment by the Korean Central News Agency in a prominent position today. This article, entitled “the Asia Pacific is not the North Atlantic”, pointedly pointed out that South Korea’s appearance at the NATO Madrid summit was to voluntarily serve as the “sentinel” and “cannon fodder” of NATO’s “Oriental crusade”.
That’s a little heavy, but the reason is generally OK.
As mentioned before, Yin Xiyue’s smiling face on this trip to the door has become an embarrassing moment.
However, to be realistic, Yin Xiyue showed his “closeness” to NATO as he wished. Yin Xiyue said, “Madrid is the intersection of South Korea’s Indo Pacific strategy and global security and peace concept with the new strategic concept of NATO 2022.”
The South Korean government understands that it was because NATO regarded itself as a “core strategic partner in the future” that it was invited to Madrid. Seoul readily accepts this.
After South Korea officially joined the cooperative Cyber Defense Center of excellence under NATO in May, South Korea and NATO will sign a new South Korea NATO partnership in the second half of this year, that is, to establish a “strategic security cooperation relationship beyond military security cooperation”.
South Korea will also set up a representative office in Brussels to strengthen intelligence sharing with NATO.
In addition to the substantive promotion of relations, Yin Xiyue was also considered to have launched “values diplomacy” at the NATO summit.
Yin Xiyue did not forget to mention the “values alliance” in his speech at NATO, as well as in the South Korea US Japan, South Korea Japan Australia New Zealand and various bilateral talks. Yin Xiyue said in his NATO speech that “the stable cooperative relationship between NATO and India Pacific will become the basis for safeguarding universal values”.
Is the so-called “values” a little familiar and harsh.
During his trip to Asia, US President Biden has always said that his foreign policy is centered on uniting “partners with whom we share values” and jointly opposing governments that “do not share values with us”.
No one doubts that Biden’s words refer to China.
According to this logic, Yin Xiyue’s visit to Madrid this time more highlights the foreign policy tendency of “being pro american and far away from China”.
Of course, Seoul itself does not think so.
The spokesman of the South Korean foreign ministry also reiterated today that South Korea’s attendance at the NATO summit “is not for exclusion or for specific countries or regions”. However, the other half of this sentence is “to explore comprehensive cooperation programs with countries that share core values and norms”.
The president’s office of the Republic of Korea has made it clear before that “we are not in Madrid to discuss the issue of China and the Taiwan Strait”, and there is still a half sentence: “it is to discuss how South Korea, as a global hub, should play its role”.
I’m afraid Seoul needs to learn the idiom “hide one’s ears and steal a bell”: is it not aimed at China without mentioning the word “China”?
What’s more, the South Korean government publicly declared in Madrid that “the era of achieving South Korean export economic prosperity through China has ended.”
It seems that Seoul has participated in the action of the United States and the West trying to suppress China.
Many South Korean media have also seen this.
For example, some media said that the Yin Xiyue government gave up the “tightrope diplomacy” to survive in the gap between the United States and China, and further shifted its focus to the South Korea US alliance, but this will increase the risk of diplomacy with China.
Some South Korean media said more bluntly: “South Korea and NATO jointly set foot on the ship against China and Russia”.
No matter how “clarified” South Korea is, many analysts do believe that since Yin Xiyue decided to participate in the NATO summit, this South Korean government has shown that it “fully accepts the Anti China line”.
This is a rather dangerous tendency.
Just like the force and reaction, “positive anti China will become anti South Korea rebound.”. If South Korea continues to send negative messages to China, it may become “anti South Korea” rebound to a certain extent, which will bring more losses than gains to South Korea’s security and economy.
South Korea must be vigilant against this kind of fire.
Seoul’s primary concern is the North Korean nuclear issue. Obviously, this will not be the main topic of the Madrid summit of NATO. The “all-out response to the North Korean nuclear issue” that South Korea hopes is not completely consistent with the “India Pacific strategy” actively promoted by the United States.
Therefore, no matter how “explained”, the appearance of South Korea at the NATO venue is a very negative trend. Taking part in this transatlantic military and political rally with a strong cold war color and strong hostility to China can only tie Seoul to the “Anti China war vehicle” concocted by NATO.
What will Seoul lose? It is not a difficult account.
Jin xiazhong, the former ambassador to China, said not long ago that it is necessary to explain to the Chinese side that strengthening the ROK US alliance does not mean isolating China, and the ROK China relationship is also one of the international relations that the ROK must develop.
In particular, don’t forget that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and China.


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5.4 Visual Weight Photo Evaluation
See how to evaluate your photos from the assignment and look at some post-processing techniques that might be used to improve or enhance them.
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5.Visual Weight4 lessons, 18:38
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5.4 Visual Weight Photo Evaluation
Hello everybody, welcome back to basic design concepts for photographers. This is lesson 5.4 where we take a look at the results of the photo assignment for visual weight. The first photo in the assignment was to find a shot that creates visual weight using at least one of the elements frequently seen in design. That's contrasting colors, size, elevation, white space, and so on. And here's the shot that I would like to submit for that category. I really enjoy the way that this tree has a lot of white space surrounding it over here. Plus there's a little bit of complementary colors working with the red of the tree and the green of the grass. I like the cropping I originally got in camera with this photo so I'm not gonna bother cropping it any further. But I do think I could adjust these colors just a little bit more. First of all I want to create a smart object from this layer that's by right clicking on the thumbnail over here and going to convert to smart object. Because I do want to run that camera raw filter. In camera raw mostly I want to increase the shadows a little bit. If I can just bring them up some, lighten them up so they don't look quite as hard. The added a touch of clarity. A little bit of vibrance to just enhance the red of that tree and that just helps make it pop a little bit more. And then mostly out of habit I'll add a curves adjustment layer. Just to make sure I've got some good contrast in there. And there we ended up with, what I feel, is a pretty good shot of this tree that has a lot of visual weight to it because of the white space that's included over here on the left. The next photo in the assignment is to the find a shot that creates visual weight through the use of a human figure or face. And here's the shot that I wanted to use for this. I really like the way I caught this capture of my daughter turning to look over her shoulder. She's looking back to see if I'm still following her, but I actually stopped to take a picture. But the fact that we can see her face so clearly, really draws attention. Because you know there's several human figures in the image. The visual way to the composition lies squarely within her face. Our eyes are just drawn to her expression. But let's see if we can improve this even a little bit more. First of all. I want to crop it down a little bit. I don't like that this hand made it over here and I find some of the background elements are a little bit distracting. I feel that framing is much stronger than it was before. And here's a really nice trick we can use in a shot like this. Photoshop has a select focus area. Will automatically detect the focal range of the image. Now it seems to have removed her face from it, so we can add that in. Make sure those eyebrows get caught there too. And the rest of her arm and her shirt should also be included. We can hit that soften edge to make sure we don't get a very rough pixellated edge and I like to use the refine edge tool as well. Especially with this radius, set that up, and then I will use that radius adjustment over here on her hair, her fly away hair, and click Okay. So think we've got a good selection just at the focal area, and the reason I want to do that Is because I want to add a little bit more vibrancy just to her. That really helps to bring out that blue in her eyes and the blue of her headband too. And then, I'm gonna make a copy of this background layer. So like that same selection from before, I do that by control clicking on that mask. But this time I want to invert it. So I'm going to select inverse. I want to add a hue saturation adjustment layer using that inverted mask so I can pull down the saturation a little bit in that background. Maybe even darken it a little bit too. And then on that copied layer. I want to blue that background a little so first let's go to Filter Blur, just a touch of Gaussian Blur, I know right now it's blurring everything, that's okay because I can mask that out by using the same selection that I created for the hue saturation adjustment layer. So she stands out even more in the image. And then let's just add another curves adjustment layer to increase the contrast and a little bit of the saturation there. And then ultimately I really enjoy this shot. I think it's a really good picture of my little girl. The next photo in the assignment was to find a shot that creates visual weight by contrast in surface or texture. And this is one of my favorite types of shots to look for. And here's the shot that I'm submitting for this. Clearly your eye is drawn to this brick which is just different from the rest of the bricks. It's a little bit smoother, it's not nearly as rough, it's got a slightly different type of color to it. And ultimately it's just that contrast in surface texture. That draws your eye to this brick, and I really like that. But let's see if we can make this image just a little bit stronger even. First of all, this top corner? Mm. I really wanna get that out of there. I don't like the focus brick to be right in the center. I'd rather it be off a little bit. A little closer to one of those intersections of the rule of thirds. Something like that. And then let's create a Smart Object from here. And here's a really fun feature. If we go to Filter Blur gallery. And do the iris blur. And put the center of this blur, which is really the opposite of the blur. Because the center of this ellipse is not blurred, it's the focal point. Pull in that fade off, and then maybe adjust this ellipse a little more. Add some additional blur to it. This adds some artificial focus blur that's just going to reinforce the focus, right on that brick, and then let's add our curves adjustment layer, just to make sure that that contrast is nice and balanced. There we go. I really think that's an excellent example of drawing visual weight by a contrast in surface. The next photo in the assignment is one that creates visual weight with the use of text. And here's my submission for that category. I really like the fact that that text there, that sign toasty warm sandwiches just around the corner. Is on a big field of warm toned colors. Particularly, because it's promising, toasty, warm sandwiches and it's on a warm palette. I think that adds a good design symmetry, at least in my mind it does. In fact, I really like this picture even just how it is. The only thing I'd like to do is use the curves to make sure I've got some good contrast in there. And that doesn't take much. I feel like this picture I got mostly right already in camera. Then the last photo of the assignment was to create visual weight by using depth of field. And I just wanna describe for you my thought process in approaching the photo I ended up with on this. There's this little brook running through a park that's near my house. In the middle of this running water there's all these rocks. In the middle of those, there's this very tiny little plant, just growing out of that water. This is a more clear shot of it, my thought process was to wonder which of the design elements can I use to add visual weight and make this the clear subject of my photograph. And I decided to go with depth of field, but that also meant that I needed to change my angle, but once I got down nice and low and dialed in my depth of field I really like the way this photo turned out. I think it adds a lot of visual weight. It becomes the very clear focus of this shot. The only update that I wanted to make to this photo is these spiderwebs I didn't even notice were there when I was taking the shot. So I'm gonna create a copy of the background layer, and use the spot healing brush. Now you wanna make sure the spot healing brush is just slightly bigger. Then the width of those lines, click on one edge of them, hold down the shift key and click on the other side. Photoshop runs along the edge of that spiderweb and does a good job of removing those, then of course let's add our contrasting curves And there is my submission for the depth of field. Alright everybody, that wraps up this visual weight chapter. I've only got one more video in this course, and that's my conclusion where I share some final thoughts.


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TV Spot For Pixar's INSIDE OUT - "Brain Freeze!"
The latest TV spot for Pixar's Inside Out basically introduces us to all of the emotional characters in the film. It also features some delightful new footage from the highly anticipated movie, including a glimpse of what it's like for these characters when there's a brain freeze. The emotions in the movie are voiced by Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, and Mindy Kaling. Here's the synopsis:
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Poehler), Fear (Hader), Anger (Black), Disgust (Kaling) and Sadness (Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
Inside Out opens in theaters on June 19th, 2015.

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Pelicans: Devonte’ Graham is basically a cheaper version of Lonzo Ball
I do agree that Lonzo Ball is the better player and has a higher ceiling, but is he twice as good as Graham? Nope.
You wouldn’t know it from their salaries, as Lonzo is getting paid over $22 million a year from the Bulls and Graham is making about half that for the Pelicans.
Like I said, hype is valuable and the Bulls paid a lot to get a recognizable name to Chicago. I can’t blame them, and Lonzo may be very good for them in a new role, but that contract might also look awful in a few years if Lonzo doesn’t significantly improve.
The Pelicans still have cap space to use and can sign another guy or try to absorb a contract in a trade. For the price of Lonzo they are likely to get Graham and another player, so in the end, the Pelicans will have more depth and will not be losing much statistically.
If the Pels can land another starter and bring Graham off the bench it looks even better.

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The difficult political and economic situation is eating away at many people,” says the Bavarian state association. “This can be seen very clearly among the members who, after Corona, are very worried that the next big crisis will follow and they will have to accept further financial losses. Professional requirements and day-to-day business are becoming more complicated and complex; This requires competent support, but also personal assistance from the association.” Advice and communication are therefore now important pillars in association life and will become an existential component of association work in the years to come. “The Tonkünstlerverband Bayern”, so TKVB-Managing Director Andrea Fink, “does not see this development as a challenge, but as a great opportunity.”
He also sees the greatest challenge for many musicians LV Berlin 2023 in securing a livelihood through hybrid gainful employment in a variety of flexible forms of employment: “The situation is getting worse due to rising rents, energy and living costs, a high inflation rate and an unchanged competitive working environment in the independent scene. Professional associations are called upon here not only to campaign for fair remuneration in the publicly funded area, but also to work towards the establishment of minimum standards for fees that secure a living for free music projects and music lessons.”
Increased trend towards digital
There is agreement on the finding that Corona has left its mark on the music world and has strengthened a trend towards the digital: “After the extensive elimination of all performance opportunities, the cancellation of concerts and the limited teaching options, we want continuity, reliability and planning security,” says the TKVB-Chairman Prof. Ulrich Nicolai. Like him, the other state association representatives also agree that the audience will return to the concert halls. “Many smaller concert organizers are finding it difficult to start over because the audience is still reluctant to accept the concert offers and some performance venues have simply been dropped,” says Peter-Christian Reimers, Chairman of the DTKV Saar. In addition to the late effects of Corona, he also blames the current economic crisis: “Artists who are dependent on these smaller-scale performance opportunities are still losing income.” Reimers sees the greatest challenge for performing and teaching members of his national association in the coming year Year, therefore, continue to try to build on the situation before the pandemic and at the same time adapt to the new circumstances. In the future, teachers would have to offer online lessons at least as an additional option, since many students would now expect this. This additional option has its advantages, according to Reimers: “But online lessons also require a considerable amount of technical effort, which is associated with considerable costs – for both the teachers and the students.” For some subjects, such as singing lessons, this is the case Possibility also no real alternative.
One would also like to see more audiences in Hesse for the musicians. The problem: “The organizers have smaller budgets than before, events are canceled or not booked at all,” Heike Schulte-Michaelis observed. And spectators are also still cautious, which makes events generally difficult: “Even the public sector has to save. If cultural budgets are cut, it affects us all.” The association must therefore fight harder in 2023 to ensure that there are no further cuts: “On the contrary: we need a financial boost.”
Adapt fees to the conditions
In the state association of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, too, economic aspects will not lose relevance in 2023, on the contrary: “Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania”, according to the local association DTKV– State Chairwoman Martina Scharstein, “is still the poor house of Germany. The highest fees at public music schools are currently paid at the Schwerin Conservatory – 25 euros, without holidays, without continued payment in the event of illness.” The cost situation is what causes the members the most problems: “The fees are not adjusted to the changed conditions,” says one Member from the north: The additional payments to be expected would probably exceed the existing assets, and many groceries are no longer affordable. The goals for 2023 would be obvious: “If I survive the new restrictions without major injuries, that would be good. It can’t be planned.” The energy crisis casts a shadow over the future of the industry, even for the economically better off Bavarians. “We are therefore striving,” says Andrea Fink, “to expand our funding in order to continue to open up many opportunities for our members. And last but not least, there is the wish that the cohesion in the association, among the members, which was created by Corona, will remain and develop further.
In 2023 (finally!), appropriate remuneration for artistic work is all the more important. An important wish relates accordingly to the appreciation of the musical-educational work. “I would wish for more appreciation and more attention for the culture industry on the part of politicians,” says Martin Behm, DTKV Brandenburg. In particular, the freelance sector all too often falls behind. In addition, the people of Brandenburg also see the shouldering of inflation, especially the increased energy costs, as the greatest challenge. It also remains to be seen what, according to Behm, “is still to come in terms of sales tax and bogus self-employment”. A topic that is also on the minds of the Baden-Württemberg state association: the change in the VAT obligation for educational institutions and the consequences for private music lessons in 2023 would be primarily about enforcing the required minimum fees and improving the social and economic situation of the members: “The partially precarious income situation has to improve,” says Managing Director Ralf Püpcke. For 2023 he wishes for openness to develop new business areas, a start-up culture and an entrepreneurial spirit. In this context, he emphasizes the importance of supporting local members in arguing their needs. Püpcke is rather skeptical as to whether this will work if the disciplines go it alone: “It is time to anchor interdisciplinary thinking and action in relation to social megatrends.”
Focus on music issues
All regional associations also want to become more politically active. Baden-Württemberg would like to work to ensure that “culture is anchored in the Basic Law as a state objective”. A demand that is also on the agenda for 2023 in Saarland. “For the future, an extensive discussion would be necessary about what I believe to be the systemic relevance of culture in general and music in particular,” agrees Peter-Christian Reimers: “It cannot be that the range of culture and cultural events only after Cash position is done. Culture and, in particular, dealing with music is an original human means of expression and need and is an essential part of a decent life. The human right to cultural employment and education should be put on an equal footing with the human rights to physical integrity and freedom of expression, and the provision of appropriate offers should be one of the obligations of our democratic constitutional state enshrined in the Basic Law.”
In Hesse, they want to use the 2023 state elections: “We want to get in closer contact with politicians in order to focus on music concerns,” says Heike Schulte-Michaelis. “We would like to ensure that music schools receive better support, but that the self-employed music teachers, who make up the main part of musical education in the state, are not forgotten.” It is also important to continue to support musical education, including for qualified professionals in the All-day offers from elementary schools, for adequate payment and time windows, which also allow qualified offers such as individual lessons at schools. A demand that is also supported in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: “From the perspective of the music teacher, I would like more musical education for the little ones regardless of the parents’ wallet, i.e. offers in all day-care centers and elementary schools. It does cost money, but it is an investment in the future.”
Across all associations, Berlin advocates a higher degree of organization, especially among freelancers: “It is difficult to reach potential younger new members after (or shortly before) they start their careers. At most training institutions, professional associations are not well known and present enough, and targeted and strategic member acquisition would have to be pursued. The associations should try to expand their representation base and represent a significantly larger proportion of musicians in order to gain more political weight (also compared to the unions).” Gaining more members will be part of a return in 2023 in all national associations to be normal. This includes, among other things, it can be heard from Saarland, “to resume the offers before the pandemic”. So basics such as further education offers, preparatory courses for the entrance exam or regular student and member concerts – and basic information. In 2023, for example, the Hamburg State Association is involved for the first time in cooperation with the State Music Council and the University of Music and Theater in establishing a music fair, among other things to introduce a young target group to the diverse field of music professions.
For the musicians in Bavaria, 2023 is also marked by the 75th anniversary of the association. The new promotion TONKÜNSTLER LIVE SPECIAL enables about 190 concerts in all regions of the Free State until March alone. The aim is to continue this funding, which is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art as part of the funding package for free art. Further initiatives for the new year are the expansion of the advisory offensive, which will probably be extended, and the extensive expansion of the further training offers. The development of a podcast, which should start in the spring, is also exciting at the moment. As can be seen, the divide between south and north is still noticeable. While there are celebrations in the south, people in the north are still hoping for an awareness that “at an event, the artists can also cost as much as the buffet!”
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After pumping schools full of pornography and grotesque lies about everything from history to science, anti-American leftists and the broader education establishment are horrified that students in Florida government schools might be exposed to truthful content produced by PragerU. Other states are thinking about following suit.
The Florida Department of Education recently approved PragerU materials as “supplemental curriculum.” That means districts can allow teachers to use it in the classroom without fear of repercussions, though they are not required to. PragerU has videos on countless important topics of the day, including many that challenge the lies of the totalitarian forces working to undermine America.
“The Florida Department of Education reviewed PragerU Kids and determined the material aligns to Florida’s revised civics and government standards,” said a spokesman for the department. “PragerU Kids is no different than many other resources, which can be used as supplemental materials in Florida schools at district discretion.”
Ironically, many of the same ghouls shrieking about “censorship” and “book burning” over efforts to keep actual child porn out of schools are now shrieking about Florida educators having the opportunity to voluntarily use PragerU material. Suddenly the far-left cries of “academic freedom” and “trust teachers” have been replaced with foaming-at-the-mouth hysteria.
PragerU celebrated the news. “A couple of years ago we launched PragerU kids because parents have been frustrated, teachers have been frustrated,” CEO Marissa Streit said while announcing the news. “We have seen that our schools have been hijacked by the left. They have been politicized. They have been used by union bosses. They have been doing everything under the sun not for our children.”
On its website, PragerU describes itself as “the world’s leading conservative nonprofit that is focused on changing minds through the creative use of digital media.” The organization says its videos have amassed around 8 billion views as they “educate millions of Americans and young people about the values that make America great.” It reports having hundreds of thousands of small donors.
Fake-news peddlers and those seeking to perpetuate the monopoly over the minds of children were in meltdown mode. An unhinged propagandist for the far-left Orlando Sentinel, for example, cited PragerU’s approval as evidence that Florida’s “top educational priority” is to fill “school kid noggins with alt-right propaganda.” He also radically mischaracterized a handful of cherry-picked PragerU videos.
Leftist propaganda megaphone MSNBC, meanwhile, fumed in a headline that PragerU “loves gaslighting Black people about racism.” Exhibit A: A video by a black commentator urging black Americans to stop regarding themselves as perpetual “victims” incapable of improving their own lives without help from white-savior liberals in government.
Some when even further into kook territory. Fringe far-left outfit Slate described PragerU videos as “Quasi-White Nationalist Content” in its headline. To support its lie, propagandist Molly Olmstead pointed to a video featuring a Booker T. Washington character telling children that they were not guilty for the “sins of the past” and that America was among the first places to end slavery — all true!
Even California Gov. Gavin Newsome, who constantly whines about alleged “book banning” by conservatives and recently fined a school district for not glorifying child rapist Harvey Milk, tried to dupe his followers on Twitter. He claimed, falsely, that a video with Columbus featured him claiming slavery was “no big deal.” In reality, the Columbus figure said that in his time, it was not considered evil.
In a 2020 interview with FreedomProject’s Dr. Duke Pesta for The New American magazine, Prager discusses how intellectual freedom and even fundamental rights such as free speech are being viciously stifled by the “education” system. Ironically, that effort to silence conservatives and any viewpoints that counter the Marxist narrative is precisely what is driving the pseudo-outrage about Florida.
The fact that God-hating, America-destroying Marxists in media, education, and government must resort to lies to try to keep children from hearing alternate views is very revealing. Of course, adding PragerU as a resource will not make government indoctrination centers posing as schools safe for children. But the unhinged reaction of the establishment to the news should tell Americans everything they need to know.


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1. The design is more fashion with shining silver side, add some element of metal.
2. The solution has 3 coils inside, it makes the charging area much bigger than 1 coil solution. Any place on this pad is the sweet spot so you can just put the phone on the pad and it starts charging, very convenient.
This pad seems too smooth to place the Nexus 4 like the old version, if the table is not very flat, it will slide a little bit. But it has no problem of draining battery after charging complete. And it generates less heat than most other brands, never higher than 104 °F.
Here is the 30% off coupon code from Amazon: IAWP6WRN

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MLP Weekly #20 : Mendocino
In 2008, while staying with my friend@laura_albert, we left San Francisco to enjoy the Standford Inn, a beautiful resort in Mendocino, a Californian seaside village. An enchantment!
I take advantage of this birthday day (mine) to share in this Weekly MLP #20 this beautiful souvenir with the view from the hotel on nature.
I just learned on ARTE that today is the day of the Francophonie, of the French language, but also of happiness. I’m delighted!