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Robert F Smith
American private equity boss Robert F Smith stunned students at Morehouse College when he vowed to pay off the student loans of every member of the class of 2019.
“On behalf of the eight generations of my family that have been in this country, we’re gonna put a little fuel in your bus,” Mr Smith, 56, founder of Vista Equity Partners, said during his commencement speech to the Atlanta college’s graduating class. “My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans,” Mr Smith added, according to a Twitter post by Morehouse.
Almost three-fourths of students use federal loans at the historically black college, which has about 2,100 male undergrads, according to US Education Department data. The typical debt for the Morehouse undergraduates who take out federal loans and complete college is $26,000, according to government data. That doesn’t include private lending or federal loans made to their parents. The school told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution it will cost an estimated $40 million to retire the debt of the graduating class, which totals about 400 students.
Mr Smith is the richest black person in the US with a net worth of $4.5 billion on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, surpassing Oprah last year. The philanthropist had already announced a $1.5m gift to Morehouse. Students cheered at the news that he was also relieving the class of 2019’s college debts. He hasn’t yet clarified how the gift will be structured or the mechanics of how it will be used to pay off the students’ debt.
Mr Smith is the founder and chief executive officer of Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm with $56 billion under management. A graduate of Cornell University and Columbia Business School, he was a tech investment banker at Goldman Sachs before leaving to start Vista in 2000.
Mr Smith signed the Giving Pledge in 2017, promising to invest half his net worth during his lifetime toward protecting the environment and supporting equality.
Lee Shau Kee
Hong Kong’s second-richest man, Lee Shau Kee, is stepping down as chairman of Henderson Land Development, joining the ranks of the city’s aging tycoons handing the reins to the next generation.
The 91-year-old billionaire announced his retirement from the top post before the developer’s annual meeting last week. While he remains as an executive director at the firm he founded 46 years ago, his sons Peter Lee Ka Kit and Martin Lee Ka Shing will take over as co-chairmen and oversee its mainland and Hong Kong businesses respectively.
“I will still participate and offer my opinion in major matters,” Mr Lee said in an interview with Bloomberg. “Aside from work, I hope I will have more time to enjoy family life, play with my grand kids and continue with my charity work.”
Mr Lee’s imminent retirement, which he flagged in March because of his advanced age, comes as other tycoons hand the baton to the younger generation. The city’s richest man Li Ka-shing, 90, put his son Victor in charge of the family businesses last year. Hong Kong gambling tycoon Stanley Ho, known as the "godfather" of Macau casinos, also stepped down last year aged 96 as his daughter Daisy took over his flagship SJM Holdings. David Li of the Bank of East Asia last week stepped down after a 38-year tenure as chief executive, the longest for a major Hong Kong-listed company.
Hong Kong boasts 87 billionaires in total, only second in the world to New York’s 105, according to Wealth-X's 2019 Billionaire Census. Mr Lee is worth an estimated $25bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Mr Lee told Bloomberg he was positive about the outlook for the property market in Hong Kong.
“The current market still enjoys substantial housing demand, mainly because interest rates are quite low, and also because Chinese people like to have their own properties,” he said.
Uber’s first employee, Ryan Graves, has informed the company that he is resigning from the board of directors, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The filing stated the reason for Graves’ resignation, effective as of May 27, “was not the result of any disagreement” between him and the company or its board of directors.
Mr Graves, the founder and chief executive of investment company Saltwater, became the first official employee of Uber after responding to a tweet in 2010 from Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, who was looking for potential employees for a start-up company. At the time Mr Graves was working at General Electric.
The 35-year-old became Uber’s chief executive, then senior of vice president of global operations before resigning in 2017.
Ron Sugar, the independent chairperson of the board of directors, called Mr Graves “one of the key people who helped shape Uber into the company that it is today”. Mr Sugar said the board accepted Graves’ resignation and thanked him for his “contributions to Uber’s success”.
Mr Graves owns 31.9 million shares in Uber and is worth an estimated $1.4bn, according to Forbes.
Spain’s richest person is betting billions on prime US real estate. Amancio Ortega, the founder of Zara owner Inditex fashion group, completed a $72.5m deal for a downtown Chicago hotel last month. That followed purchases within the past six months of a building in Washington’s central business district and two Seattle offices leased by Amazon for a combined $1.1bn.
Mr Ortega’s US spending spree increases the value of his global property empire beyond $13bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, giving him the biggest real estate portfolio among Europe’s super-rich. Diversifying his fashion fortune to preserve his sizable wealth, Mr Ortega has invested more than $3bn in US real estate over the past six years, acquiring landmark properties like Manhattan’s historic Haughwout Building and Miami’s tallest office tower.
“If I’m a billionaire investor trying to preserve my wealth for the long term, I’m looking at key buildings in major cities,” said Alex James, a London-based associate partner at real estate broker Knight Frank’s private client team.
US property makes up the largest share of the real estate owned outside Spain by Ortega’s main investment vehicle Pontegadea Inversiones, regulatory filings show. In March, the firm paid $740m for the Amazon-leased properties, the Seattle Times reported.
Beyond the US, Pontegadea has invested in property around the UK, Canada and Spain, focusing on major cities including Madrid and Toronto.
Mr Ortega, 83, has a net worth of $63.6bn, according to the Bloomberg index, making him the world’s sixth-richest person. Most of his fortune derives from his majority stake in Inditex, the world’s largest fast-fashion clothing chain operator.
Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen was unmasked by Artnet as the mystery buyer of a Jeff Koons rabbit sculpture last month in New York for $91m, a record for a living artist at auction.
Mr Cohen, 62, had denied purchasing the work at Christie’s post-war and contemporary art evening auction.
The winning bid came from art dealer Bob Mnuchin - the father of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin - who was in the sales room and said he made the purchase on behalf of a client.
The stainless steel, 3-foot-tall inflatable bunny was part of a group of works consigned by the family of late media mogul Si Newhouse.
Art collectors and investors shelled out more than $2bn over five days of auctions in New York. Mr Cohen, the founder of Point72 Asset Management, is one of the world’s top collectors, having amassed works from Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns. He’s worth $10.2bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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One of the pitfalls of doing low carb or lchf is occasionally you realise that the things you used to eat are a missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle when it comes to a complete dining experience.
Some things you always took for granted and considered an essential part of a meal are no longer on the menu.
Is a Chinese meal complete without special fried rice, or is an Indian curry complete without the mango chutney and Naan bread?
The latter is the purpose of this post.
I’m a big fan of hot and spicy food and curry is always a welcome treat. So now I’m avoiding bread and sugary fruit, both Naan bread and mango chutney are well and truly off the menu, not to mention the bed of rice normally associated with a good Chicken Vindaloo or Beef Madras.
Like many of the recipes I post here, I found a low carb alternative to flat bread that does a pretty good impression of garlic Naan and makes a bowl of beef curry a lot closer to the old curry experience.
This flat “bread” is very quick to make and reasonably close to the real deal.
So let’s not muck around and get into it.
Low Carb Flat Bread Ingredients.
100g (3/4 cup) Coconut Flour.
15g Psyllium Husk.
Pinch of Salt.
2 Cups of Water.
Garlic Powder (a sprinkle to taste – Optional)
How to Make Low Carb Flat Bread
1) Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.
2) Add the 2 cups of water
3) Add any flavourings like the Garlic Powder, herbs or whatever takes your fancy.
Mix it all together.
The mix will resemble claggy jelly like wallpaper paste.
4) Let the mixture rest for 15 minutes. This will allow the coconut flour to absorb all of the water. There is no yeast involved, so there is no proving or size increase of this dough mix.
5) Knead the mixture into a dough ball
6) Cut the dough into 4 or 6 pieces
7) Roll the dough balls flat and brush with Olive Oil and cook in a hot dry frying pan.
You can cover the pan with a lid to get the flat bread to puff up.
Then flip it like a pancake.
Cook through both sides and place on a cooling rack.
As the flat bread cools it will get firmer to resemble traditional flat breads.
Serve with something tasty, like this beef curry:
I really like it, it provides a side dish to calm down a spicy main. I guess you could pair these with anything like a chilli or use them as a soft keto taco shell.
I hope you give it a go.

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I like sphinx, I have played with it for a short period of time and I have already found an easy solution to the tedious problem about cross-platform compatibility of math equations, the organization of my doc is kept clean and i can tune a lot of options for the output.
Now the last part that i have to solve: there is a generic way or a well defined protocol to integrate the sphinx output into my C/C++ application ?
For example sphinx is capable to output the markup as tokens like in this pseud code:
std::string doc_author = "Super Mario" // already done by Sphinx ... std::cout << doc_author << std::endl; // i just have to use the token named doc_author with my functions/methods
to keep things simple I'm thinking about supporting an integration between my app and the natively supported outputs options like
html to make standalone HTML files dirhtml to make HTML files named index.html in directories singlehtml to make a single large HTML file pickle to make pickle files json to make JSON files htmlhelp to make HTML files and a HTML help project qthelp to make HTML files and a qthelp project devhelp to make HTML files and a Devhelp project epub to make an epub latex to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter latexpdf to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex text to make text files man to make manual pages texinfo to make Texinfo files info to make Texinfo files and run them through makeinfo gettext to make PO message catalogs changes to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items linkcheck to check all external links for integrity doctest to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)
the problem is that this technologies are not for the math world, the only one that offers a relatively decent support for it is the pdf file format and maybe the html, but in this case i have to use png for maximum compatibility because many devices are not supporting modern solution for rendering math, and pngs suffers from a fixed resolution and do not scale really well on high resolution devices.
There is an easy way to integrate sphinx with a generic application or I have to consider and intermediate step with the pdf output from sphinx ?


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Shazam! is DC’s most joyful and sweet movie since the days of Christopher Reeve’s Superman.
Netflix's trippy sci-fi series returns for an even stronger Season 2.
Writer-director Jordan Peele has created another marvelous new American horror story in his latest film, Us.
It’s an off week for Star Trek: Discovery as exposition becomes the name of the game in "The Red Angel."
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a stylish, focused stealth-action take on the FromSoftware formula that's something amazing all its own.
The latest Destiny 2 addition Season of the Drifter focuses on Gambit Prime, The Reckoning and the coveted Thorn exotic weapon. Here's our review.
Arrow dedicates an entire episode to its flash-forward storyline this week, and the same strengths and flaws remain.
Netflix's Love, Death & Robots is a surreal sci-fi-horror-comedy anthology that you'll either love or hate.
Review: Airiam finally gets her own episode, and it’s an unforgettable one in this week's Star Trek: Discovery, "Project Daedalus."
Idris Elba's directorial debut is a rich and stylish "DJ Noir," but the soundtrack is better than the story.
Triple Frontier features a top-notch cast and a dark story about the dangers of greed, but it fails to capitalize on its own promising premise.
Left Alive tries to be so, so many things: a stealth game, a military…
I love One Piece. I love its world, its characters, and its sense of…
The Flash delivered a big game-changer in tonight's episode, but it may not be enough to revive an ailing season.
Team Arrow tried to learn to be cops this week, and the results weren't pretty.
American Gods is finally back for Season 2, but its much-anticipated premiere is missing Bryan Fuller and Michael Green's miraculous touch.
A new enemy emerges in this week's episode as the Doom Patrol take a big step toward becoming true superheroes.
Discovery revisits a classic from the franchise’s past while also priming itself for the back half of Season 2.
The finest version of DMC combat brings me to tears of joy.
Carol Danvers' debut puts a fresh spin on Marvel's Phase One origin story formula.

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Jimmy Fallon will take over "The Tonight Show" next Monday and he'll have a huge lineup to open his premiere week.
NBC just released the full list of guests and performers who will join Fallon.
Among the big guests are Michelle Obama, U2, and Justin Timberlake.
Check out the full list below:
Monday, Feb. 17: Guest Will Smith and musical guest U2.
Tuesday, Feb. 18: Guests Jerry Seinfeld, Kristen Wiig and musical guest Lady Gaga.
Wednesday, Feb. 19: Guest Bradley Cooper and musical guest Tim McGraw.
Thursday, Feb. 20: Guests First Lady Michelle Obama, Will Ferrell and musical guest Arcade Fire.
Friday, Feb. 21: Guest Justin Timberlake.
"The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon will premiere after the Olympics at midnight from February 17-20 before settling into its normal 11:35 p.m. time slot.

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TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott quietly signed legislation over the weekend that allows students who are undocumented immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition at Florida colleges and universities.
House Bill 851 was a priority of House Republicans, including Speaker Will Weatherford, who overcame opposition from Senate conservatives to achieve passage in the final days of the 2014 session. Yet Scott didn't provide an opportunity for them to take a victory lap, since he chose not to hold a formal bill signing, as he has for other priorities.
The governor has focused on the tuition-control portions of the legislation to contrast them with the policies of his expected opponent for re-election, former Gov. Charlie Crist. Scott will tour the state all week — he started in Fort Myers on Monday and has stops planned in Miami, Boca Raton, Orlando and Pensacola — discussing higher education and tuition and campaigning against Crist.
"We're going to talk about legislation I signed this weekend to stop Charlie Crist's 15 percent annual tuition increases," Scott said during a morning appearance on WINK-TV in Fort Myers.
Only after tweaking Crist did Scott reference immigrant students, widely known as "dreamers.''
"Students that grew up in our state are going to get the same in-state tuition as their peers, which is what's fair," he said.
The immigrant tuition bill passed the House 84-32 but was stalled in the Senate until Scott enlisted the help of two former Republican governors, Jeb Bush and Bob Martinez, both of whom called on the Senate to take action. "Dreamer" students, wearing orange mortarboards, were a frequent presence in the Capitol rotunda this spring as they rallied support for the measure.
Scott, who initially opposed in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants, was careful to express his support for the bill during the session only because it also freezes tuition at current rates. Crafty legislators tied the tuition freeze to the more controversial "dreamer" provision.
Republican Sen. Jack Latvala of Clearwater maneuvered the legislation to a successful floor vote, and while Senate President Don Gaetz opposed the bill, he did not stop it from being considered.
Latvala said he doesn't fault Scott for signing the bill privately and then hitting the campaign trail.
"I think that they just made a conscious decision that they don't really want to do bill signings and mix them up with campaign things," Latvala said.
Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, expressed similar sentiments.
"I feel like the celebration will be when these students go up to sign up for school and can afford it," he said. "I don't need anyone to pat me on the back."
Democrats and the Legislature's Hispanic caucus had long supported allowing in-state tuition for "dreamers," but it wasn't until House Republicans signed on and agreed to tie in the broader tuition issues that the legislation gained traction. At least 17 other states already have similar laws on the books for undocumented immigrants.
Scott's support of the bill drew criticism from both the right and the left. Senate Democratic leader Chris Smith issued a statement calling Scott's position a "remarkable turn-around" with dubious timing.
"While it's unfortunate that it took his bid for re-election to finally come around, on behalf of working families and children seeking a better future, we welcome his decision to join us," said Smith of Fort Lauderdale.
The group Floridians for Immigration Enforcement had urged Scott to veto the measure by reminding him of his own statements on immigration. Legislative director Jack Oliver said he thinks Scott purposely misled voters in 2010 when he indicated support for Arizona-style reforms that never came to fruition.
Now that HB 851 is law, only the University of Florida and Florida State University have the flexibility to impose tuition increases outside the Legislature's approval. And the bill lowers the maximum increase from 15 percent to 6 percent, based on each school's ability to meet certain requirements.
Scott's campaign launched a television ad last week criticizing Crist for signing legislation that allowed colleges to raise tuition. The ad did not mention that the GOP-controlled Legislature, including Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, pushed the tuition hike and got Crist to go along with it.
News of Florida's tuition bill being signed into law came on the same day President Barack Obama announced he was taking additional actions to make student loans more affordable.
Staff writer Steve Bousquet contributed to this report. Contact Tia Mitchell at (850) 224-7263 or firstname.lastname@example.org.

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Fuel cell tanks
The M1 Abrams tank is the main battle tank of the U.S Army and is really good at two things — blowing stuff up while not getting itself blown up. It's not so great at getting places efficiently. It takes almost 10 gallons of gas just to start it up and goes less than 1 mile per gallon burned. It gobbles up 12 gallons per hour just idling! A lot of that fuel is used to power the electronics that run a modern-day tank — the sensors, computers, lights and life-support systems. The Army is exploring the use of fuel cell technology that would eliminate the need for gas while producing a silent tank. The Army still needs to figure out how to create enough fuel to power the fuel cells, but that's another problem it’s working on.


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How to create stunning animated navigation icons
Love CSS animations and transforms? In this simple tutorial I’ll show you how to use these 2 things to create beautiful animated navigation icons – icon transforms from “hamburger” to “x” icon.
You can use this tutorial in combination with our simple offcanvas navigation menu – this icon fits perfectly as an offcanvas toggle icon.
Before we start you should see what we’re trying to achieve here. This is a live demo of our project on codepen. To see the icons in action just click on them.
This icons are built on HTML, CSS and jQuery as you can see in codepen. Besides that we’ve included animate.css for CSS animations. The whole CSS is written in LESS language, so if you want to see the compiled version just click on the “View compiled” button in codepen CSS section. CSS and JS files are documented with useful comments which tells you which code is important to include if you want for your icons to work properly. Also there are some variables that you can change – for example to change the colour of the buttons or to change the animation.
The HTML for this tutorial is very simple. We’ll just add an “.icon” div with 3 “spans” in it. These “spans” will be bars in our “hamburger” icon.
Also we have to include the animate.css stylesheet. Later we’ll pull CSS animations from that stylesheet. To do that just add this line of code to your <head></head>.
Also we have to add some classes on “.icon” div to call CSS animations from animate.css. We will do that with this code:
Now you are able to change animation through your JS file, just change the value of “animation” variable. In comment you can find list of animations names you can use. Also if you want to disable animation just comment out the code above.
In this article I’ll include only important CSS code that is necessary for icons to work properly. Firstly we’ll style the icon’s default state.
Now we have to add some styles to the style icon when it has the “.icon–active” class.
To finish off if you’ve implemented everything as it is in our codepen on top of the article you should get beautifully animated navigation icons.
It’s over to you! Now you can play around with animations and shapes and be creative. I’d love to hear what you think of my post on how to create animated navigation icons.


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I think Matthew did a great job again. Beobrand stays true to himself and his oaths. One oath made him appear a coward yet he fulfilled it. As mentioned in another comment he had to be reminded of what kind of man he was. Although every part of his being wanted to go the other way, in the end he stayed true.
Let me preface this by saying I couldn’t write a book in ten years. Twenty years. But I just wish they came out more quickly because I find I don’t remember what happened in previous books. Took me half this book to recall who Cynan was. I have an idea that in the next book Beibrand has a certain king he will want to have a long talk with, and I’m looking forward to that encounter, but fear by next summer I will hardly recall it.

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315 8th Ave. in Asbury Park — Courtesy: Gebroe-Hammer Associates
By Joshua Burd
Two multifamily properties in Asbury Park have changed hands for more than $9 million, one of three Jersey Shore-area deals arranged recently by Gebroe-Hammer Associates.
The brokerage announced the deals on Thursday, touting the heated competition among investors seeking opportunities in central Monmouth County. The Asbury Park deal, which involves a 74-unit portfolio spanning 315 8th Ave. and 510 5th Ave., set a new price-per-unit benchmark this year for Class B garden apartments in the city, totaling $125,000 per unit.
Sales Representative Adam Zweibel, who specializes in Monmouth and Ocean counties and Central New Jersey, brokered the deals for the Livingston-based firm. The other deals include the $8.675 million sale of 68 garden-style units in Long Branch, known as Patten Pointe Apartments, and a 23-unit sale of 106-110 4th Ave. in Bradley Beach.
Each of the properties is easily accessible via automobile or mass transit and near abundant retail, dining and recreational options, Gebroe-Hammer said in a news release. As such, would-be investors have been aggressive in their bidding.
“In addition to their prime downtown location near Asbury Park’s famed boardwalk, the properties attracted tremendous investor interest associated with value-add potential that can be achieved with the implementation of capital improvements,” Zweibel said in a prepared statement. “These enhancements, including but not limited to kitchen and bath renovations, appeal to today’s tenant base of individual professionals, families and retirees, who value the seaside locale and short, easy commute to major centers of employment and culture, including Midtown Manhattan, North Jersey, the Trenton/Princeton corridor and Philadelphia.”
Patten Point Apartments, located at 581 Patten Ave. drew similar interest. Zweibel collaborated with Managing Director Joseph Brecher to exclusively represent the seller and procure the buyer.
The newly renovated complex is minutes from the mixed-use Pier Village and is close to Monmouth Mall, Monmouth Racetrack, golf courses, parks and public transit, the news release said. The Garden State Parkway and routes 35 and 36 are less than five minutes away.
In the Bradley Beach trade, Zweibel exclusively represented the seller in the sale, which averaged a per-unit price of $108,695.
“With vacancy rates at their lowest level since Q3 2002 and asking rents on the rise, the Monmouth and Ocean county submarkets are showing no signs of slowing down, in terms of investor interest,” Zweibel said. “These trends are expected to extend on an annualized basis well into 2018.”

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Dawn DeHerrera loved to perform native American dances.
She had a soft spot for homeless people and would often give up her lunch for someone she saw on the street, said her friend Jennifer Nelson. She loved cherries and pomegranates.
She was the “gentlest person I ever knew,” Nelson related to Families of Victims of Homicide and Missing Persons.
When friends were down or upset, she often said, “It’s all good, sista.”
DeHerrera disappeared in late December of 2002.
Police were called to a massage center near Federal Boulevard and Speer Boulevard in early 2003 on the report of a decaying body.
An autopsy was performed and it was determined that the remains were those of DeHerrera.
She died of asphyxiation, the coronmer concluded.
A service was held at the Denver Zen Center. No names of family members were announced in her obituary. Friends were asked to bring flowers and memories.
Anyone with information about DeHerrera’s murder is asked to contact Denver police at 720-913-2000. Denver Post reporter Kirk Mitchell can be contacted at 303-954-1206 or follow him on Twitter @KmitchellDP


Olson: Water on earth is about 4.5 billion years old
Letter to the Editor:
Re: article in current Star Herald about Rock County Water System receiving a
grant to determine nitrates and also the age of water in Rock County.
If you google “How old is drinking water,” you find that all water on earth is about 4.5 billion years old. It was formed during the formation of
the solar system and just cycles and changes form (as rain, snow, sleet, etc.) No new water has been added since that time.
Perhaps the grant is designed to determine how long nitrates have been in the
I like to tell people I only drink fresh water; it’s 4 1/2 billion years old!
Luverne native now in Pinedale, Wyoming


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“I was born on the other side of the world, of the moon say some.”
In 1964 he was born in East Timor, son of Portuguese parents, from Portuguese families in the History of painting and photography of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Kurt Pinto, António, Novaes family). Self-taught, he starts as professional photographer in 1985, chartered by the Ministry of Labour and he specializes in architecture / interior photography and production, portrait, graphic report and art reproduction, with an international portfolio of clients.
In 1994 he discovers himself in the authorship and begins his photographic poetry.
For several years accumulating positions as redactor, responsible editor and producer and from 2005 to 2010 he is consultant of photographic art and fine art printing to Konica Minolta and Hewlett-Packard Portugal, developing cultural projects.
Since 2005 until now he dedicates in exclusive terms to his photographic poetry, teaching,and consulter and production / consultancy in cultural projects.
Regular invited to share his vision and experience in the press, lectures and conferences with some of the most recognized international institutions, since 1990 that is dedicated to the teaching of photographers, producers and models, in master classes, courses and workshops, with exclusive programs with its rigor and chaos.
He is represented in private and institutional collections, with portfolios, fine art series and 49 exhibitions (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Brazil, United States, Macau, Hong Kong and Japan), his authorship, projects and teaching have been successively rewarded and sponsored by cultural and educational institutions, and brands such as Kodak Laboratories, Konica Milnolta, Hewlett-Packard Portugal, Adobe, Olympus, Sony and Hahnemühle, among others.


Archaios is a Death Metal band from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic that miraculously has managed to survive almost two decades of several line up changes, periods of personal and public turmoil, lack of support from record labels, poor management, or a worldwide fan base. All this while living in one of the most ultra-conservative Third World societies of the world. Since its inception in the Dominican underground scene in 1994, the band has enjoyed favorable popularity among other bands and...
Archaios is a Death Metal band from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic that miraculously has managed to survive almost two decades of several line up changes, periods of personal and public turmoil, lack of support from record labels, poor management, or a worldwide fan base. All this while living in one of the most ultra-conservative Third World societies of the world.
Since its inception in the Dominican underground scene in 1994, the band has enjoyed favorable popularity among other bands and fans of extreme music. However, their country’s predominant right-wing media has never paid serious attention to Archaios beyond the casual mention of the band as a “musical oddity” or to use it as target for censorship campaigns against Metal Music. In spite of this, the group has become one of the most important musical entities of the scene, giving fans dramatic and unforgettable stage performances at live events.
Due to constant member changes in the past, economic constrains and poor logistic support, Archaios has only released some demos and their album debut "Out of the Shadows" (2006). Although locally this recording was warmly received, the lack of support from a proper record label denied the band the posibilty of making an impact in the international Metal community.
However, things are about to change for the current and most solid line up of Archaios, which just finished the recording of its second full length, titled "The Distant". The recording began in 2009 as a self-financed venture and was partially abandoned after the band ran out of funds. In 2010 the independent record label Dark Canvas Records signed the band and propeled the completion of the album. After almost three years in the making "The Distant" has ultimately become an international effort: it was recorded and produced by the band in its hometown of Santo Domingo; mixed and mastered in Illinois, USA by Kanky Lora (who has worked with Straight Line Stitch, Cavalera Conspiracy and Mark Rizzo) while the cover artwork was designed by Brazillian artist Carlos Fides.
Along with higher production values, "The Distant" proves that Archaios’ music runs deep within traditional and modern Melodic Death Metal while incorporating diverse elements from other musical genres and soulful guitar solos. It also showcases a richer, broader and more sophisticated sound than the one acheived in “Out of the Shadows”. Themes of vengeance, despair, majestic and somber visions of uncertainity along with a deep sense of existentialism overflown the lyrics of the 8 songs of the album.
“The Distant” is scheduled for a 2011 Fall release and is on its way to become the first Dominican Metal recording ever released internationally by a foreign record label. While preparing for their first series of concerts outside their country, Archaios hopes that this album helps to change the international perception of Dominican Metal.The band and its label plan to donate 15% of “The Distant” sales to help in the reconstruction of Haiti, a nation still recovering after the devastating 2010’s earthquakes.
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He has won multiple Grammys, including for his hit-song, "I Believe I Can Fly".
Last week, Jim DeRogatis reported for the New Yorker that IL prosecutors were preparing to indict Kelly after obtaining a newly discovered videotape that appears to show the singer having sex with an apparently underage girl.
Kelly was charged a week after Michael Avenatti, the attorney whose clients have included porn star Stormy Daniels, said he recently gave Chicago prosecutors new video evidence of the singer having sex with an underage girl.
Separately last month, a former manager for the singer turned himself in to authorities in Georgia, where he was wanted on a charge of making threats against one of the families that took part in the Lifetime documentary.
The singer, who has consistently denied any sexual misconduct, was to appear in court Saturday. The majority of the charges, at least 9 out of the ten counts, involve victims in the age of 13 to 16 years old at the time of the recordings.
Foxx said the incidents began in 1998 and involved a victim identified by the initials H.W. In the state of IL, the charge of criminal sexual abuse is a class 2 felony, with each charge carrying a maximum of three to seven years in prison sentence. One, TMZ says, is linked to four different counts.
Probation is also an option under statute.
R. Kelly has faced a string of accusation related to sexual abuse over the years.
He has never been convicted and has previously denied all the allegations.
Kelly, then 27, Wednesday Aaliyah Dana Haughton, then 15, at a suburban Chicago hotel.
The artist, then 27, had produced the teenage singer's debut album titled "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number". The marriage was swiftly annulled. In 2001, Aaliyah died in a light aircraft crash in the Abaco Islands, Bahamas. According to the outlet, one of the alleged victims testified that she was underage when she had sex with R. Kelly between the years 2008 to 2010 in the state of IL. Soon after, according to her statement, Staff said someone one Kelly's staff came in and asked she and Washington to take off their dresses where Kelly entered wearing a white shirt and jeans and having his penis exposed outside of his trousers. The Sun-Times reported that at least two women came forward after Foxx made her plea.
IL prosecutors say they expect to announce charges against singer R. Kelly.
Kelly was indicted on 21 counts of child pornography.


Some downtown Kitchener organizations said they are not as well stressed about a current news of layoffs at Google.
The tech titan informed personnel in mid-January it would certainly be laying off 12,000 employees. On Monday, the company sent alerts to affected Canadian staff members.
It’s not understood precisely the amount of approximately Waterloo shed their task, however a number of previous staff members that worked at the Kitchener place validated online that they were impacted by the cuts.
” While we can not talk about specifics, Canada stays a vital priority market for Google,” Lauren Skelly, a spokesperson for Google Canada claimed in an email.
‘ They’re mosting likely to discover tasks’: Numerous Chief executive officers wanting to employ let go Google staff members
‘ Enjoyed what I did’: Google discharges influence Waterloo area employees
Cora Kuehl, the front of home manager at Cafe Pyrus in downtown Kitchener, claimed Google does not appear to compose a lot of their customer base. Kuehl said much of their customers work in the technology sector, however at locations within their building or various other parts of midtown.
“I seem like our cafe has a specific niche group of individuals that can be found in. I feel like if individuals want to be available in, they’re still going to can be found in,” Kuehl stated.
“Despite having Google discharges happening, I do not believe that’s mosting likely to quit any various other technology companies from still visiting our cafe,” Kuehl stated.
When it comes to selling a house in midtown Kitchener, a real estate agent said having Google in the community is a selling point for some consumers, yet more often it’s the total opportunity that the tech sector around Waterloo offers that gets people buying a building.
“Obviously, Google has even more of an international existence that individuals are aware of. However when you to talk about all these various other startups and also all these use boards and also points like that, that are here,” Shawn Ramautor, sales rep, Royal LePage Wolle Real Estate.
According to Ramautor, much of the buyers that transfer to the area have skills that can be used in multiple markets. He doesn’t anticipate the layoffs to have a long-term result.
“We have to recall as well as take into consideration what took place in the mid 2000’s when edge announced their closures and all of the spin off and also start-ups started, because of all these brightest and also finest individuals since are searching for job,” Ramautor said.
The president of the Canadian Council of innovators, claimed he’s already begun obtaining calls from CEOs wanting to get in touch with the former Google staff members and also is positive they’re mosting likely to find jobs and also stay in the community.


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If you listen in and hear something that sounds current, it’s because they’re still broadcasting today’s news and weather. Stay tuned past that break and you’ll hear the 1960’s era music and DJs.
WVON-AM’s “Retro Day” will air recordings of the actual programming from the 1960s, featuring some the most legendary Chicago DJs ever, all in the prime of their careers. The station will air classic shows from such influential superstar DJs as Herb Kent, Bill “Butterball” Crane, Lucky Cordell, E. Rodney Jones, and Pervis Spann, among others. The original classic 1960s Rhythm & Blues and Chicago Soul music and many of the original commercials will air, as well.
WVON’s “Retro Day” will take place on April 1st, starting at 6:00am and running all the way until midnight. The station will still run its regular news, traffic, and weather segments to keep listeners informed, while they enjoy the audio trip back in time.
Here is the schedule for WVON-AM’s “Retro Day” programming for Monday:
6:00 am–8:00 am: Franklin McCarthy
8:00 am–10:00 am: Ed “Nassau Daddy” Cook
10:00 am–Noon: Bill “Butterball” Crane
Noon–2:00 pm: “The Barron of Bounce” Lucky Cordell
2:00 pm–3:00 pm: Jay Johnson
3:00 pm–5:00 pm: E. Rodney Jones
5:00 pm–7:00 pm: Pervis Spann “The Blues Man”
7:00 pm–9:00 pm: Herb Kent “The Kool Gent”
9:00 pm–10:00 pm: Richard Pegue
10:00 pm–11:00 pm: “Hot Line” with Wesley South & Elijah Muhammad
11:00 pm–Midnight: Bill “Doc” Lee
(hat tip: Tom Teuber)
Get in early: Back this Kickstarter for Moonshine & Mojo Hands, a Mississippi blues weekly web-TV series.
If you liked We Juke Up In Here! and M For Mississippi, then you’ll want to get behind a new Kickstarter from Roger Stolle of Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art and Jeff Konkel of Broke & Hungry Records.
From the Kickstarter intro:
The creators of the award-winning documentaries M For Mississippi and We Juke Up in Here hope to return in 2013 with Moonshine & Mojo Hands, a new weekly web-TV series dedicated to the rude, rowdy — and often ridiculous — world of Mississippi blues. Ride shotgun with hosts Roger Stolle and Jeff Konkel as they travel the Delta’s back roads in search of juke joints, house parties, barbecue, moonshine and — of course — the men and women who keep this uniquely American music alive in the land of its birth.
With its heady mix of fascinating characters, hilarious situations, rustic settings and rousing musical performances, the series aims to appeal to both cult and mainstream fans of music, culture and history. Moonshine & Mojo Hands will combine the feel of the producers’ earlier films with that of television travelogues like American Pickers and No Reservations and web-only shows like Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.
By showcasing such a fascinating foreign land so close to home, the show’s creators hope to inspire others to make their own road trips down Mississippi’s blue highways.
I’m in! You, too? Check out the Moonshine & Mojo Hands Kickstarter.
pat mAcdonald and melaniejane perform “Invisible Pistols” during WPT’s 30-Minute Music Hour, hosted by Andy Moore. Recorded in February 2013 at the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay, WI. The first airing on Wisconsin Public Television is tonight (3/22), if you still do TV.
View the full episode here: WPT.org
Also: Holiday Music Motel
Also: Steel Bridge Songfest
Gary Clark, Jr. on a new Austin City Limits!
The PBS embed code shows a short clip. Watch the full episode online until March 16, 2013.


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Roger Waters called Zionism a “stain” and accused a prominent Jewish philanthropist of being a “crazy puppet master” with “Donald Trump’s little pr**k in his pocket.”
Geriatric British rocker Roger Waters recently appeared on Gaza’s Hamas-affiliated Shehab News Agency, spewing a filthy, anti-Semitic diatribe that should have made the show’s host blush, but didn’t.
Waters called Jewish mega-philanthropist-businessman Sheldon Adelson a “fascist, racist bigot,” accusing him of being a “crazy puppet master” who keeps “Donald Trump’s little pr**k in his pocket.”
Waters continually stoops to pathetic new lows, and in this clip he makes sure to hit all the disgustingly sour notes called for by the anti-Semitic, Israel haters’ playbook.
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The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival is on during October and Renfrewshire is staging many events as part of it. The opening event was on Saturday in County Square in Paisley. Despite the rain the enthusiasm of performers and audience shone through. Read Raw are taking part and we are reading at The Bankhouse, Gilmour Street, Paisley on 6th October between 8.00 and 9.00 followed by a band. Also we will be at the Paisley Museum on 19th October, 12.30 to 1.30. If you can come along we will be delighted to see you.
Details of the festival can be found onwww.mhfestival.com or download the Renfrewshire programme from www.renfrewshire.gov.uk


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|Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, Matthew Beard as Peter Hilton, Matthew Goode as Hugh Alexander and Allen Leech as John Cairncross surround Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing.|
Bart, Mike, Matt and I went to see “The Imitation Game” last night — witty, intelligent, moving and sumptuously filmed.
The film does a good job of suspensefully explaining what the Enigma codebreakers at Bletchley Park did to end World War II without resorting to math lessons. Yet another of those stories about a man who saves the world and is rewarded by society with destruction.
Here’s Matt’s review:
Bart Rettberg, Dan Hagen and I took in the 2014 dramatic thriller, "The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, and an ensemble of British actors, all of whom play their roles exceptionally. Cumberbatch is Alan Turing, the mathematical genius whose work to crack the ENIGMA code of Nazi Germany hastened the victory in Europe by a full two years and saved some 14 million lives -- and laid the groundwork for your laptop, smartphone, mobile GPS, really, anything involving a computer. Turing essentially invented computers.
The quest to develop a "digital computer" that can crack the ENIGMA code provides the backdrop against which another drama unfolds, this one centering around Turing's homosexuality and the role it played not only his development as a person, but also in his untimely demise. There was some small controversy among some circles because the film did not feature any homosexual sex scenes, and I think such scenes would have served no purpose to the film's narrative.
Instead, we see flashbacks to Turing's youth, his falling in love with Christopher, his only friend in his adolescent years, and his commitment to that love in his adult years, when he gives his thinking machine that very name. The film does not dance around Turing's sexuality, (he explicitly states he is homosexual plenty of times in the film to make that clear) nor does it shy away from the fact that his sexuality led to an ungrateful government charging him with indecency and sentencing him to a slow, miserable process of chemical castration.
Cumberbatch's performance is terrific and worthy of the accolades and nominations he has thus received to date -- I was particularly impressed with how he addressed and subtly performed Turing's stuttering speech impediment. Knightley is fantastic in her role as the female lead and fellow codebreaker who understands and cares for Turing unconditionally. Other notable performances include Mark Strong as the Chief of MI6, Rory Kinnear ('Skyfall, and the upcoming 'Spectre') as an overly inquisitive police detective, and Charles Dance (Game of Throne's Tywin Lannister).
The film also has a tremendous score imagined by Aleandre Desplat ('The Queen,' 'The King's Speech).
P.S. Alan Turing committed suicide at the age of 41, only one year after being given his chemical castration sentence. As Dan Hagen pointed out, Turing is another in a list of historical figures whose contributions to the advancement of civilization cannot be understated and yet was crushed underfoot by civilization's own mores and prejudices.


As the days of the Gov. Tim Pawlenty administration wane and some of his appointed commissioners head for the exits, reliable Steve Sviggum is staying on board and taking on a new role.
He’ll be the commissioner of Management and Budget, starting Dec. 2, replacing the departing Tom Hanson, who’s leaving to lobby and consult.
Sviggum is currently commissioner of Labor and Industry, a post he’s held since 2007. He’s also a longtime legislator who served as speaker of the House and House minority leader.
The governor said in a statement: “Steve has a wealth of government experience that will provide steady leadership at MMB as we conclude our work and prepare to transition to a new administration.”
It’s not clear whether Pawlenty will appoint a new Labor and Industry commissioner to replace Sviggum, since the new governor will appoint his own set of commissioners in early January, unless a recount challenge lengthens Pawlenty’s term.


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I’m blogging for my life…
14-year-old Hugh Hollenbeck doesn’t get it. What doesn’t he get? Just about everything. That’s why he walks around with a little camera attached to his glasses that records his entire life. Then he watches it all later to try to figure out the things he didn’t get before – which, as you’ll recall, is just about everything – and he makes a weekly video blog for all to see.
Unfortunately, Hugh’s cluelessness leads him to run for Student Council President. Even his little sister knows that this school election thing is just “not him”, but Hugh, as always, has to find out the hard way. At least Hugh’s campaign gets him the attention of the very confident, very pretty – and very intimidating – Molly MacLaine. But will Molly be able to help Hugh survive his disastrous campaign, or will he crash and burn… and bring the whole school down with him?
If you like the Middle School series and Diary of a Wimpy Kid, you’ll love HughTube. This book is for anybody who’s ever been baffled by the secrets, contradictions and unwritten rules of middle school. Tweens and teens will easily relate to the comic mishaps of our hapless hero. This funny coming of age, middle grade story is the first in a series, so if you like it, there's more to come!
(Don't forget to look for the surprise after Chapter 1!)
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This book was amazing! I could relate and I bet loads of other children could to. Great Book 📖

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Heavy snow forced postponement of many local sports events Saturday.
The basketball game featuring St. Peter's Boys at LaSalle was postponed. No make-up date had been set.
The PSAL boys' game Sunday morning pitting Petrides at Susan Wagner has been postponed to a date to be determined.
The St. Joseph Hill at Spellman varsity girls' basketball game was postponed to Jan. 18 at Spellman.
The Notre Dame Academy at Our Lady of Victory game will be made up, time and date TBA. The Gators' game with visiting Cardinal Spellman on Sunday at 1:45 p.m. has been postponed. It is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 7 at Notre Dame again at 1:45.
Also, Sunday afternoon's game pitting Mary Louis at Moore Catholic has been postponed.
The Catholic Youth Organization postponed its Saturday evening games from 6 p.m. on and the games in its CYO-MIV Tournament. Sunday's games were still scheduled to be played as of Saturday evening.
The Ridgewood Invite at the Armory Track and Field Center on Sunday has been called off.
Sunday's Staten Island Touch Tackle League tournament has been postponed. The schedule will shift to next Sunday at Monsignor Farrell HS.


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Unfortunately, the injury bug has bitten this Kentucky Wildcats team once again.
In Tuesday’s win over South Carolina, with a few minutes left in the first half, Jacob Toppin rolled his ankle as he was battling for position in the post. He was able to walk to back to the locker room while putting some weight on the ankle. However, the junior forward was eventually ruled out for the remainder of the game.
John Calipari did not have an update on Toppin during the postgame press conference. However, Keion Brooks gave a somewhat positive update of how Toppin looked in the locker room;
“He’s good. He’s in good spirits. He’s fine,” said Brooks. “Just need to take some time to get well because we really need him.”
Toppin was phenomenal in the first half tonight in Columbia, providing a spark off the bench as the Cats dealt with foul trouble. At one point, he went on a run of hitting three straight jump shots as he tallied up 10 points on 4/5 shooting.
From Brooks’ comments, it doesn't seem that Toppin will not miss extended time, which is huge news for the team. Even though his scoring hasn't been a huge factor on this team consistently, it is his ability on the defensive end of the court that has helped push this team to be a top-15 defense in the country.
During his Wednesday call-in show, Calipari did not give much of an update on Toppin other than his injury is an ankle sprain.
John Calipari on Jacob Toppin: “I have not seen him today, but it’s an ankle sprain. We were off today.”— Jack Pilgrim (@JackPilgrimKSR) February 9, 2022
Kentucky welcomes Florida to town this Saturday. Hopefully, Toppin won’t miss much, if any game action due to this injury.


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Hello. Did you hear? Simon Says Stamp just released some new goodies. You can find them all HERE. I fell in love with the large backgrounds and decided to make a bunch of coloring card sets as teacher gifts…
You may have remembered the coloring cards I shared awhile back HERE. These cards were inspired by those as well as THESE coloring card kits created by the amazing, Jennifer McGuire. The new large backgrounds from this release are perfect for these since they are detailed, outlined, images.
I stamped THIS, THIS, and THIS background stamp using the MISTI. The MISTI helped make the mass producing quick and easy. I masked off a strip on each panel using THIS masking paper so I would have a place to stamp the greeting. The greetings are from THIS stamp set. It’s an older set but one of my favorites!
Here’s a closer look at each background…
I plan on giving these cards as gifts with THESE fine tip markers as well as stamps and envelopes.
I hope this inspires you to create some coloring cards. Large background stamps are perfect for this!
Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be back with more inspiration from this release.
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Christopher Maurice Brown is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia, he was involved in his Church choir and several local talent shows from a young age.
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This is a classic meal that can almost be deemed an American Classic at this point. Italy, we thank you for this rich and creamy Alfredo sauce that envelopes our freeze-dried Belgium pasta. That’s right, this is high quality pasta with real Romano and Parmesan cheeses to indulge all of your senses out on the trail. Our chef got it right in this one when she added roasted red peppers. They don’t just look pretty, but they add a delicious sweet note and blend perfectly with our all-natural white meat chicken. This top-rated meal comes in at 18 grams of protein per serving and is gourmet to the max. This rich entrée will be sure to fill you up, but not weigh you down. It’s lightweight and some of the best that freeze-dried can get. You just add 2 cups of boiling water to this meal and wait for 20 minutes (if you can) and you’ve got the most convenient Fettuccini Alfredo with Chicken around. It’s preservative free like all of our meals and has a 7-year shelf life so you can have it any time. Loved by all ages. You can hide a pouch or two in your pantry for nights when you don’t feel like cooking or for an emergency situation.
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Occasional tables in teak wood for the dining room
I have a feeling that the teak wooden tables have been was always there. They are both classic and modern and can be used in many different rooms of the House. You can never go wrong something with such a beautiful and multi-functional table.
Provide a strong statement in the dining room. There, you could use the coffee table made of teak wood as a buffet if you have many people to guest. There, you could insert Flash touches by this approach. The warmth of teak wood brings together everything in a so great way. [According to French by design]
Table, chairs and side table made from teak wood. What a paradise! With this table, you could present themselves as very old fashioned, but actually he is hip and retro with its outdated accessories with the cool art imprint. I love the way the bowl in the middle of the table almost looks like a part of it. [According to Homedit]
20 great sideboards made of teak wood
Great styled occasional table made of wood from any room
With its many drawers, you can very well use this teak wood table at each corner. I love how one has spiced it up with a few branches. I like also very much the mirror with the natural elements. All over the room, you can feel the great spring! Have you seen the great ceiling up there? [According to the chic Antiquer]
What a room can you integrate a coffee table like this?
In any time! He looks also great in a Labour Office! Let us not forget that the ability to lock everything behind closed doors, there is of key importance. [According to mid-century modern freak]
Is this great piece of furniture very special, isn’t it?
I like that it has both the drawers and doors. This is a really great piece of furniture. When the speech is of practical things, like the details, which can be great in usage? [According to mustard vintage]
Side table in the living room
There’s no other piece in the space, which has been created from oak. You can place it anywhere. [According to home adore]
I love the wood: you must adapt it not always to other objects
If he is still so beautiful like this here and you can store many things including, he is just gorgeous! I love the mix of fancy bottles and funny details. Have you seen the monkeys? [According to Kai Muller]
I think the idea of a decorated bar area just super great!
Teak wood in the bedroom
If you need a changing table because, if one has such a great piece of furniture like this? It is located in the master bedroom. Clearly, you can replace the diapers of babies here late in the evening. But sweet looks, or? [According to design MOM]
Does this table not on the idea to make a change in the cupboards in the bedroom?
The little baby is can grow with objects to fall in love to. I mean this beautiful piece of furniture made of teak wood first and foremost! [According to baby space]
This next room is definitely multifunctional
But the bed already reveals that it is used in practice as a living room. As a piece of furniture in a classic room, which is full of quirky and funny objects, ravishing looks, or? [According to SF girl by Bay]
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You might have thought that this charmingly patriotic photo was the best thing to come out of Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen's recent trip to Coney Island. But not so! The sirs (or homies, as they prefer to be called) have been holding out on us! Sir Pat Stew recently Tweeted this soul-stirring photo of the two bosom buddies as the latest installment in their #gogodididonyc photo series.
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Although this is on a main road (pacific hwy) it has been refurbished so the rooms are very quiet - most face the back - a valley of trees. Rooms are big, bathrooms spotless, towels and bedding good quality. There's little in the way of cafes, shops or restaurants within an easy or pleasant walk but of you're after a... More
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2020 has changed the landscape of the world and America in ways few could have imagined at the beginning of the year – both socially and financially.
The U.S. economy has taken a beating with unemployment reaching as high as 14.7% in April – the highest since the Great Depression – and GDP shrinking 32.9% in the third quarter. Economists don’t see GDP returning to pre-COVID levels until 2023 and the economy returning to full employment until 2025.
Economists have warned against reading too much into the rally on Wall Street.
Although the Dow has just hit a record high – the first since hitting the last record high in February – this is more a function of young, bored, and homebound investors exploring day trading en masse than any solid underlying economic fundamentals.
Online brokers like Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, and Robinhood have all seen record new account signups, but with the Dow currently trading at a PE (Price/Earnings) ratio of 28.6 – nearly double the historic average of 15 – stocks are overvalued and bound to come crashing back to earth.
With a beaten up economy and uncertainty on Wall Street, investors have flocked to gold in hordes as a hedge against inflation – evidenced by a gold price hitting a record high recently.
This strategy has proven historically to be more a case of striking fool’s gold than striking it rich in the past. The last time gold hit a record high in 2011 in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis it bottomed out in 2016 – dropping more than 40% from the previous record high to a new all-time low. It’s likely to happen again.
With “social distancing” creating a new “quarantine economy” hampering certain industries like travel, retail, transportation, entertainment, and hospitality while boosting others like those connected to remote work and mobile and in-home entertainment, many have found themselves out of work or having to learn new skills or take on new responsibilities to survive.
On the housing front, with incomes diminished, many are downsizing to more affordable to mid-range multifamily housing where supply was already constrained.
Those who were cruising along and satisfied with the status quo suddenly find themselves in unfamiliar territory. Suddenly jobless, many are wondering where their next paycheck will come from.
Those who were heavily allocated towards Wall Street and suddenly saw their portfolios shrink overnight are now faced with uncertainty.
This all begs the question. Why has the smart money stayed away from both the stock market AND gold? The answer is their investment allocations have ALWAYS avoided stocks and gold as a hedge against recession and inflation.
In this new economic landscape, is it time to follow the smart money and pursue a new allocation?
Many in the old economy are certainly wishing they had done things differently – never wanting to feel helpless again, wondering when their next paycheck will be. The smart money never has to worry about the next paycheck. Their portfolio is allocated differently than mainstream investors.
THE NEW ECONOMY DEMANDS A NEW ALLOCATION
The two overriding concerns that have risen to the surface for many in the wake of COVID-19 are:
- How to preserve income?
- How to avoid Wall Street volatility?
Where to allocate for a new economy? Look to the smart money – the ultra-rich and institutional investors – who were prepared for the current economic turmoil and who were never worried about maintaining income or preserving capital.
These investors didn’t rely on their jobs for income and didn’t see their capital shrink on Wall Street. That’s because these investors are heavily invested in alternative assets – investments that produce consistent cash flow backed by tangible assets.
That’s why the smart money loathes gold. It just sits there, not producing any cash flow. Income-producing tangible assets are why the smart money was prepared for this new economy or any economy for that matter.
Why cash flowing real assets? It’s because they offer the type of diversification public equities can’t offer to insulate income and assets.
Alternative investments allow you to diversify across:
- Asset Class.
- Stage of Development.
- Investment Vehicle.
- Type of Return.
- Holding Period.
- Geographic Location.
A portfolio spanning a variety of geographic locations and asset classes are equipped to withstand any economic assault on your portfolio.
A new allocation in a new economy will give investors smarting from the recent recession the opportunity to avoid disasters in the future.
For future allocations, look not only beyond Wall Street but look beyond borders and asset classes to not only preserve income and capital but to thrive in the new economic landscape.


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Empathetic leaders often display strong emotional intelligence and are better at creating an inclusive workplace
Many people believe empathy is something reserved for home and family life, but the reality is it’s vital in business too, according to Marcela Slepica, Clinical Director at AccessEAP.
Empathetic leaders often display increased emotional intelligence and are better at creating a more inclusive workplace, Slepica added.
“It is said that ‘nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care’ and this is certainly true in a workplace setting,” said Slepica.
“Employees who feel cared for and are valued are more productive, innovative and loyal.”
Without growth and innovation, businesses stagnate and fade away. By understanding others, we develop closer relationships and start to build trust which is essential for success in every business, said Slepica.
While empathy helps us to put ourselves in the shoes of another, empathic curiosity takes it a step further.
Slepica said that instead of just wondering what a person does for a living, empathetic curiosity makes you wonder why they do it. It’s this conscious, careful, wonder that allows you to learn what it’s really like to live in their shoes.
Moreover, showing interest in an employee’s life and background helps us to not only understand them better but creates a more harmonious workplace.
When asked respectfully and with genuine curiosity, questions help to improve our connection and relationships. Strong relationships in the workplace can lead to improved teamwork and collaboration, increased morale and greater productivity.
Indeed, a recent US study shows that nine in 10 employees are more likely to stay with an organization that empathised with their needs and 80% would be willing to work longer hours for an empathetic employer.
Empathy requires listening, openness and understanding; thankfully, it is a trait that can be developed.
Training should be provided to employees and leaders on an ongoing basis to help build on inclusive strategies and strengthen our ability to communicate.
Slepica offers the following tips to develop and increase empathy:
Empathetic leaders spend more time listening than talking as they want to understand the difficulties others face. Listening will help them understand their team better as well as any challenges they may face.
Organisations should create opportunities for dialogue between leaders and employees where everyone can speak their mind in an open environment. Face to face conversations and team meetings tend to be the most effective.
Asking questions shows others that you are giving them your attention, you care about what they say and makes them feel like they are being heard. This in turn will make them feel more valued.
In conflict situations asking curious questions leads to better outcomes as people are given an opportunity to have their side heard, which in turn helps understanding and may avoid assumptions.
Embracing different backgrounds, genders, cultural heritage, ages and working styles can help create more empathy in the workplace. Being respectfully curious about the backgrounds and particular needs of your team will help them feel more valued and bring the best out of them.
Understanding different cultures and their styles allows for more effective management.
Respecting the need for flexibility is crucial and taking time to understand the need for time off for personal or family issues, or the need for flexible working hours, is a simple way to use your curiosity to help you be a more collaborative leader. Often people leave managers, not jobs.
Practice empathetic curiosity daily
Empathetic curiosity is a learned skill that can grow with practice, so put it into daily use. Make a conscious effort to be more inquisitive in day to day activities and interactions through words and actions. This is essential in today’s workplaces where five generations are working side by side.

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Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to Indian subcontinent, south-west China and Indochina. It belongs to the Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree, pippala tree, peepal tree or ashwattha tree (in India and Nepal).
Ficus religiosa is a large dry season-deciduous or semi-evergreen tree up to 30 metres (98 ft) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 3 metres (9.8 ft). The leaves are cordate in shape with a distinctive extended drip tip; they are 10–17 cm long and 8–12 cm broad, with a 6–10 cm petiole. The fruits are small figs 1–1.5 cm in diameter, green ripening to purple. The leaves of this tree move continuously even when the air around is still and no perceptible wind is blowing. This phenomenon can be explained due to the long leaf stalk and the broad leaf structure. However, religious minded people in Hindu/Buddhist religion attribute this movement of the leaves to the fact that “devas” or “gods” reside on these leaves and make it move
The Ficus religiosa tree is considered sacred by the followers of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says, “I am the Peepal tree among the trees, Narada among the sages, Chitraaratha among the Gandharvas, And sage Kapila among the Siddhas.”
Ficus religiosa is grown by specialty tree plant nurseries for use as an ornamental tree, in gardens and parks in tropical and subtropical climates. Peepal trees are native to India and thrive in hot, humid weather. They prefer full sunlight and can grow in most soil types, though loam is the best. When planting, use soil with a pH of 7 or below. While it is possible for the plant to grow indoors in a pot, it grows best outside. Young peepal needs proper nourishment. It requires full sunlight and proper watering.
Ficus religiosa is used in traditional medicine for about 50 types of disorders including asthma, diabetes, diarrhea, epilepsy, gastric problems, inflammatory disorders, infectious and sexual disorders.

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Semantic Web Technologies for Intelligent Engineering Applications
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This is the first book to explore how Semantic Web technologies (SWTs) can be used to create intelligent engineering applications (IEAs). Technology-specific chapters reflect the state of the art in relevant SWTs and offer guidelines on how they can be applied in multi-disciplinary engineering settings characteristic of engineering production systems. In addition, a selection of case studies from various engineering domains demonstrate how SWTs can be used to create IEAs that enable, for example, defect detection or constraint checking.
Part I “Background and Requirements of Industrie 4.0 for Semantic Web Solutions” provides the background information needed to understand the book and addresses questions concerning the semantic challenges and requirements of Industrie 4.0, and which key SWT capabilities may be suitable for implementing engineering applications. In turn, Part II “Semantic Web-Enabled Data Integration in Multi-Disciplinary Engineering” focuses on how SWTs can be used for data integration in heterogeneous, multi-disciplinary engineering settings typically encountered in the creation of flexible production systems. Part III “Creating Intelligent Applications for Multi-Disciplinary Engineering” demonstrates how the integrated engineering datacan be used to support the creation of IEAs, while Part IV “Related and Emerging Trends in the Use of Semantic Web in Engineering” presents an overview of the broader spectrum of approaches that make use of SWTs to support engineering settings. A final chapter then rounds out the book with an assessment of the strengths, weaknesses and compatibilities of SWTs and an outlook on future opportunities for applying SWTs to create IEAs in flexible industrial production systems.
This book seeks to build a bridge between two communities: industrial production on one hand and Semantic Web on the other. Accordingly, stakeholders from both communities should find this book useful in their work. Semantic Web researchers will gain a better understanding of the challenges and requirements of the industrial production domain, offering them guidance in the development of new technologies and solutions for this important application area. In turn, engineers and managers from engineering domains will arrive at a firmer grasp of the benefits and limitations of using SWTs, helping them to select and adopt appropriate SWTs more effectively. In addition, researchers and students interested in industrial production-related issues will gain valuable insights into how and to what extent SWTs can help to address those issues.
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A young Zvishavane entrepreneur Ngonidzashe Sharara(27) is among the beneficiaries of the 2021 Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) entrepreneurship program. Beneficiaries were selected from a pool of over 400 000 applicants from the continent.
In an interview with this reporter, Sharara did not hide his excitement in light of this noble achievement.
“I’m so excited to be one of the beneficiaries of the reputable TEF Foundation. My unique and innovative company is called Cre8 Hub. It is a digital media organization based in Zvishavane which focuses on virtual reality and Double conversations and are hosted by the vibrant Deliwe Ropafadzo Mhaka,” he said.
Besides getting the grant, Sharara also expressed gratitude in receiving Business management mentorship and networking training from TEF. He said the training is vital in how he is going to use the seed grant capital.
“On top of the grant, I also received training in business management and networking which will help me in sustainably using this seed capital for virtual reality and Double conversations intiatives,” he said.
However, Sharara bemoans internet and Information access challenges which usually lead to missing such opportunities by so many young people in his locality.
“Lack of access to information and internet keep many youths in my community unaware of life changing and real youth empowerment opportunities like TEF,” said Sharara.
In a statement, TEF founder Tony O Elumelu said Africa’s future lies in the hands of Youths and he was impressed by the increase of female representation in the program.
“To you young entrepreneurs, the future of our continent lies in your hands. I am also happy that our female entrepreneurs are doing well with 68% representation (of beneficiaries) this year. Applications for the 2022 TEF entrepreneurship program are now open on www.tefconnect.com,” he said in the statement.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation is a leading champion of entrepreneurship on the African continent. Besides providing non-refundable seed capital, TEF also provides business management training, mentorship and networking to participants. During the application window, around 500 000 applicants from the continent send in their business ideas for consideration to TEF every year.


When it comes to heavy-metal music, there are traces of it in every country. The different countries combine their folk music and add a flair of heavy metal to it. Finland is known to be a big player in the heavy metal genre of music. There is a select group of fans who have dedicated their music tastes to heavy metal. This sect of fans enjoys the music that originates from Finland for its classic metal feel. The popularity of Finnish heavy metal music is also on the rise, and several bands are popping up everywhere. These Finnish bands also find that going back to South America to cater to their die-hard fans is what fuels their passion for making heavy metal music.
The Heavy Metal Music Scene in South America
In South America, metal and rock music is big, but the fan base is minimal. However, this is where the Finnish bands go to perform. When looking at the scenario deeper, many of the niche places that host heavy metal music has now moved to the digital space. They can sell the heavy metal music memorabilia as well to a bigger audience when they have a digital presence. Being able to interact with followers and fans in Finland has garnered immense support for the genre. Thanks to the efforts of the organizations that support heavy metal music, a small movement was started on the digital space to encourage heavy metal music. The campaign has been the main reason for Finnish bands popping up with music to offer the growing audience.
In South America, there is a massive demand for cultural music that is common in regions like salsa and Latin American music. However, the unique features of heavy metal that the Finnish bands have brought to the forefront has encouraged followers to sample and fall in love with it. The rebellious nature of heavy metal music is a form of stepping away from the norm that the rest of South America is generally used to. The Nordic feel of metal music has a charm of its own and draws the South American audience. When the Finnish population got a taste of the music and the favorite bands such as Children of Bodom have been launched.
What the People Say
When you speak to the average music lover in South America, you will find them conformed to the traditional music that everyone listens to. However, if you can see a metal fan, their reasoning for liking Finnish Metal music is different. Fans from countries like Brazil find that the music coming from their own countries do not truly serve the heavy metal genre. If they do choose to create the music, it isn’t what a metal head would generally prefer. However, when listening to the Finland bands, there is a taste of raw metal that encompasses the music. The groups in South America find inspiration from the Finnish bands. While the number of groups is still small, the popularity is rising rapidly, and it is only time before the rest of the world begin taking notice.


When hundreds of people from the tiny Irish village of Ballyglass saw a caravan-sized boat washed up on shore Sunday, they gathered on the sand to gaze out at the spectacle. But when one brave citizen climbed on board, they found the stranger solar-powered ship empty – except for one cryptic note left behind by the boat’s former owner, Canadian adventurer Rick Small.
Small, who lived in Ontario, was recognized for riding his solar-powered bike across the country of Canada last year. But now that this note was found in his boat, a big mystery has formed. Where is he? Why was the houseboat floating aimlessly around the Atlantic?
Check out the note and see what Small had in mind…
Last year, residents of Newfoundland, Canada, which is not far from the liberal getaway which welcomes Donald Trump haters in Nova Scotia, spotted the strange house boat. But for more than a year, it has been missing. And now the evidence shows that it was floating out at see all this time.
Although no one was on board, the villagers of Ballyglass found a strange note inside that made them smile.
The note read:
“I, Rick Small, donate this structure to a homeless youth to give them a better life that Newfoundlanders choose not to do! No rent, no mortgage, no hydro,” the note read.
Since the man’s name is clearly noted on the boat’s message, reporters sought out the man for a comment. But he has not come forward. No one knows where he is currently living.
A few people who reside in Newfoundland said that he has rarely been seen since he completed his difficult bike tour of the northern neighbor of the United States. When they did spot him, he was busily working on this houseboat that apparently floated across the ocean.
Irish Coast guard do not think he traveled across the ocean in the boat. Ballyglass Coast Guard shared photos of the strange vessel on their social media pages. Coast Guard officer Michael Hurst talked to ABC News about the strange solar-powered boat.
After the story went viral, some Canadian residents claimed they saw it stationed off Newfoundland. One even said they saw it on the coast of the island as early as last September.
Timothy Legrow, who spotted the houseboat on Newfoundland, claims he spoke to Smalls that very day.
“He told me his plan was to take the boat and prove that solar power could sail it across the Atlantic,” Legrow told ABC News. “I never saw him again after that.’
Hurst, the Irish coast guard officer, suspects something different happened.
“From the message inside, he likely abandoned that idea and just left the boat on a dock for homeless people. It probably broke off and somehow made its way across the ocean to here,” Hurst said.
When Small made the 4,000-mile journey across Canada on his solar-powered bike, he told CBC that “It’s been a blast. It’s been really easy.”
What do you think the answer to this solar-powered houseboat mystery?
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Published: 2/6/2013 3:59 PM | Last update: 2/6/2013 10:43 PM
Suspect in hospital after Harvey Co. manhuntBURRTON — A man suspected of being involved in the attempted theft of multiple vehicles from a Harvey County home-business Wednesday morning is in the hospital after being shot at by a resident of the property.
According to a news release from the Harvey County Sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a 911 call just before 6 a.m. Wednesday from a homeowner saying a truck was being stolen. The homeowner operates Southwest Wheels, which sells used trucks and motorcycles out of the home, 18305 W. U.S. Highway 50.
Investigators discovered a 2001 Dodge Ram 4x4 pickup was stolen from the property, as well a motorcycle. The motorcycle was recovered in a ditch east of the victim's business on US-50.
Harvey County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Highway Patrol, Halstead Police Department, Newton Police Department, Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office and Wichita Police Department searched the area.
Tracking dogs and thermal imaging cameras were brought into the area, and around 10:15 a.m., the suspect was located by K-9. The suspect was placed into custody and transported to St. Francis Hospital in Wichita for treatment from gun-pellets from the victim's shotgun.
Investigators also discovered a white Chevrolet pickup that was reported stolen from Butler County on the railroad right away, approximately one-half a mile away from the original scene. Around 8 a.m., a resident living about a mile south of the US 50 scene, reported a maroon 2010 minivan had been stolen.
The van was recovered, abandoned in a creek, in west Sedgwick County.
The Harvey County Sheriff's Office is investigating the case. Other agencies, the news release states, may also be involved in the investigation because of criminal activity in other jurisdiction.
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Today has been the day chosen for Apple to remove the veil from the iPhone 13 series, as well as the new iPad and Apple Watch Series 7, so there is a lot of news to cover. This time we will know the best and most recent Apple in the field of smartphones, we are talking about the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, which raise the photographic capabilities of the standard model and also the screen. Without further ado, it’s time to meet them.
iPhone 13 Pro
Ok, admittedly, the iPhone 13s do not break much from the established design line, but in their defense, the changes come where they matter most, on the inside. In this sense, the glass matte finish is repeated, the arrangement of the cameras, 90 degree angles for the edges and other characteristics that we already know from the iPhone 12. There is also IP68 certification, which means that they are resistant to water and the dust.
That said, the iPhone 13 Pro opts for a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display with a resolution of 2,532 x 1,170 pixels and, even more interesting: dynamic refresh rate from 10Hz to 120Hz that changes depending on the usage scenario to save battery life. . But these are not all the advantages over the original model, as it also achieves a brightness of 1,000 nits.
On the other hand, the Apple A15 Bionic chip remains the epicenter of it all, exhibiting the best CPU and graphics performance ever seen in an Apple device; 50% faster than the Snapdragon 888, according to the company. Normally here we would list the amount of RAM and battery capacity, but as is the custom with Apple, they have not given any clues.
However, what we do know are the internal storage variants, which start from 128GB to the entire Terabyte.
At the photographic level, 3 rear cameras await us, the main one is 12MP (f / 1.5) with OIS and a pixel size of 1.9 microns . This sensor is accompanied by a 12MP (f / 2.8) telephoto lens plus a 12MP (f1.8) ultra-wide sensor with a 120 ° field of view. For its part, the front camera also uses a 12MP sensor (f / 2.2), but compatible with face ID.
iPhone 13 Pro Max
The iPhone 13 Pro Max can be differentiated at a glance by its 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR display with dynamic refresh rate, but it is not only larger, since it also offers a slightly higher resolution than the Pro model (2,778 x 1,284 pixels), to which must be added a density of 458 pixels per inch.
Under the hood is the same hardware as its siblings, so they have nothing to envy in terms of net performance.
In all the terminals of the iPhone 13 series the operating system iOS 15 , and the connectivity options cover everything that we could ask from a phone; there are from 5G (Sub-6gHz) to WiFi 6 with 2 × 3 MIMO, including Bluetooth 5.0 and through NFC.
The cameras on the iPhone 13 Pro Max are the same as the Pro model, so we can expect the same results. That said, it’s worth mentioning that the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max’s cameras promise 2.2 times better performance than their predecessor in low-light conditions , not to mention the addition of macro mode and Cinema mode. The latter allows you to use selective focus and record in HDR with Dolby Vision. Also striking is the addition of Photo Styles (filters) and the improved night mode.
Availability and price
Both the iPhone 13 Pro and the 13 Pro Max will be available from September 24 (with reservations starting on September 17) in four color presentations and for the following prices:
iPhone 13 Pro
- 128GB = 1,159 euros
- 256GB = 1,279 euros
- 512GB = 1,509 euros
- 1TB = 1,739 euros
iPhone 13 Pro Max
- 128GB = 1,259 euros
- 256GB = 1,379 euros
- 512GB = 1,609 euros
- 1TB = 1,839 euros