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A MAN has died following a 'stabbing' in a Scots town as a woman was rushed to hospital.
Officers raced to Macdowall Street in Johnstone at around 1:50am last night.
A man, aged 40, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 59-year-old woman was taken to QEUH with serious injuries, however, medical staff describe her condition as stable.
The death is currently being treated as suspicious.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 1.50am on Wednesday, 1 June, 2022, police responded to an incident in McDowall Street, Johnstone.
"Officers attended and a man, aged 40, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 59-year-old woman was taken to QEUH with serious injuries, however, medical staff describe her condition as stable.
"The death is currently being treated as suspicious.
“Enquiries are at an early stage and officers are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or have any information regarding it to contact Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 0213 of Wednesday, 1 June.
"Crimestoppers can also be contacted on 0800 555 111 where you can give information anonymously.
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“As a result of the incident, McDowall Road is closed at its junctions with High Street and Quarry Street."
Images from the scene show police tape outside a property and surrounding a black car.
A cop can be seen standing by the scene as investigations continue.
A forensics tent has been erected as officers comb the scene.
Elsewhere, in a separate incident, a man was rushed to hospital after he was stabbed in a Scots street last night.
Emergency services raced to the scene on Main Street in Barrhead at 11:40pm as reports of the attack came in.
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Top 9 Bollywood's May 2023 releases on OTT platforms - Action, romance, and drama at your fingertips!Have a look at the highly anticipated Bollywood releases in May 2023 on various OTT platforms, including Vikram Vedha, Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, and Shehzada, among others. Author : Malkit Singh
The entertainment industry has been revolutionized with the introduction of streaming services, and Bollywood filmmakers are making the most of it. As we step into May 2023, we are all set to witness some exciting Bollywood releases on OTT platforms. From action-packed thrillers to light-hearted comedies, there is something for everyone. One of the most anticipated movies of the month is Vikram Vedha, a Hindi remake of the Tamil film of the same name, featuring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan in lead roles. Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, a romantic comedy-drama, and Shehzada, a family drama, are also among the highly anticipated releases this month. So, gear up for some fantastic Bollywood movies, and get ready to enjoy them from the comfort of your home.
1. Vikram Vedha (JioCinema)
Vikram Vedha (2022) is an action-packed thriller film that depicts the intense conflict between a cop and a notorious gangster, which is a Bollywood remake of the 2017 Tamil movie with the same title. Although the trailer of the movie was captivating, it failed to garner attention at the box office. Vikram, the honest police officer, is determined to capture and eliminate Vedha, the ruthless gangster. However, as Vedha begins to narrate some intriguing stories to Vikram, the lines between good and evil become blurred. JioCinema is now streaming the film in Hindi, Marathi, and Bengali audio formats for free. The movie features Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Radhika Apte, and other talented actors, and is directed by Pushkar and Gayathri. Tune in to witness the unexpected twists and turns of this gripping thriller. The IMDb rating of the movie is 7.1. The OTT release date for Vikram Vedha is May 12, 2023.
2. Titu Ambani (JioCinema)
Titu Ambani is a story of a man who strives to become a successful business magnate by prioritising his career over his relationships. However, his ambitions are shattered as he faces setbacks in both his marriage and profession. How will he make amends? The 2022 theatrical release is now available for streaming on JioCinema for free. The film features a talented cast including Deepika Singh Goyal, Tushar Pandey, and Raghubir Yadav, and is directed by Rohit Raj Goyal. Titu Ambani has an IMDb rating of 5.9 and was released on JioCinema on May 6, 2023.
3. Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (Netflix)
Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar is a romantic comedy that revolves around Rohan 'Mickey' Arora and Nisha 'Tinni' Malhotra, who fall in love and get engaged. When Tinni gets cold feet and seeks the help of a break-up consultant without knowing it's Mickey, things take a hilarious turn, and they break up. Chaos ensues, and secrets are revealed when they meet again. The film features cameos from Kartik Aaryan and Nushrat Bharucha. Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar has an IMDb rating of 6.7 and is available to watch on Netflix. The cast includes Ranbir Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, and Dimple Kapadia, among others, while Luv Ranjan is the director. The movie was released on May 3, 2023, on the OTT platform.
4. UTurn (Zee 5)
Rachana, a prospective journalistic intern, investigates a series of collisions caused by drivers illegally moving concrete blocks on a flyover to make a U-turn, but soon becomes a suspect in a murder case. U-Turn is a ZEE5 original film with an IMDb rating of 7.0 and is available to stream on Zee5. The movie stars Alaya F, Manu Rishi, Tariq Mir, Priyanka Arya, Aashim Gulati, Apoorva Suman, and Shreedhar Dubey. ZEE5 describes the movie as a thrilling tale about Radhika, a journalism intern who turns sinister as she becomes a suspect in the murder of one of the motorists she was investigating. U-Turn was released on 28 April 2023 on Zee5.
5. Selfiee (Disney+Hotstar)
Selfiee is a Hindi film available on Disney+ Hostar, revolving around Vijay Kumar, a famous Bollywood actor who needs a driver's license from Om Prakash Agarwal, an RTO official and a devoted Vijay supporter. A miscommunication between them turns into a public dispute. The film features Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Diana Penty, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Mahesh Thakur, Meghna Malik, Abhimanyu Singh, Adah Sharma, Kusha Kapila, and special appearances by Mrunal Thakur, Yo Yo Honey Singh, and Jacqueline Fernandez. The film was directed by Raj Mehta and has an IMDb rating of 5.9. It was released on 21 April 2023 on Disney+ Hostar.
6. Shehzada (Netflix)
Shehzada is a film about Bantu and his estranged father Valmiki, who have no love between them. Bantu falls in love with Samara and learns that Yashoda and Randeep Nanda are his biological parents. To reunite his family, he visits the Nandas and helps them. The digital streaming rights for Shehzada belong to Netflix. The film features a cast that includes Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon, Ronit Roy, Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Sachin Khedekar, Rajpal Yadav, Ankur Rathee, Shalini Kapoor, Sunny Hinduja, Debattama Saha, Vin Rana, Ashwin Mushran, and Ali Asgar. Shehzada was released on 14th April 2023. The film has an IMDb rating of 4.6.
7. Mrs Undercover (Zee5)
Mrs Undercover is a spy comedy movie about Durga, a spy who has been operating undercover as a housewife for ten years when she is abruptly summoned back to work. Radhika Apte plays the character of Durga. She maintained her cover for ten years, acting as a loving housewife to her patriarchal husband, almost ignoring that she was an undercover spy. She continues to live a parallel existence as a housewife while being summoned back to work to stop a frightening, terrifying killer. The film has an IMDb rating of 6.5 and will be available to stream on Zee5 starting from April 14, 2023. The cast includes Sumeet Vyas, Rajesh Sharma, Saheb Chatterje, Laboni Sarkar, Angana Roy, Indrasish Roy, Amrita Chattopadhyay, Roshini Bhattacharya, and Biswajit Chakraborty.
8. Gaslight (Disney+ Hotstar)
Gaslight is an upcoming Hindi psychological thriller film starring Vikrant Massey and Sara Ali Khan. The film is set to release on digital platforms in the last week of March 2023. The story follows Misha, who visits her ancestral home after 15 years to meet her estranged father, only to discover that he has vanished. The film is touted as the best elevator pitch one has ever heard, with a murder mystery at its core. The film's cast also includes Akshay Oberoi and Chitrangada Singh. Gaslight is directed by Pawan Kripalani and will be available to stream on Disney+ Hotstar. Its IMDb rating is currently 7.6.
9. Faraaz (Netflix)
"Faraaz" is a Hindi-language action thriller based on the 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The movie is inspired by true events and follows a hostage crisis that occurred when heavily armed militants attacked a popular café in Dhaka. "Faraaz" premiered at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival on October 15 and was released theatrically in India in February 2023. The film is directed by Hansal Mehta and stars Zahan Kapoor, Aamir Ali, Juhi Babbar, Aditya Rawal, and others. It has an IMDb rating of 4.4 and will be available for streaming on Netflix starting March 30, 2023.


As the end of October draws near and November approaches, investors might be pondering: how do ASX share prices typically perform in the eleventh month of the year? To avoid a thesis-long analysis, this article keeps the assessment narrowed to the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO).
Often the best approach to investing is simply applying dollar-cost averaging (DCA) and investing regularly regardless of the prevailing conditions. However, historical data can sometimes help us understand reoccurring themes. An example is the old “sell in May and go away” thematic.
How does November compare?
To establish what November typically looks like, we reviewed the historical monthly data of the Aussie benchmark index since 1970. While there are many ways to interpret the data, we have opted for the ‘average monthly return’ analysis.
Taking the average returns of each month across the past 51 years indicates that historically the best returns occur during April — how Foolish!
Following on from there, we can see the prevalence of the ASX 200 Christmas rally, with December being the second-best performing month on average for ASX share prices.
On average, November has been the fifth-highest returning month of the year. However, considering November has, in the past, been the beginning of multiple months of positive returns, investors might consider it a prime point of entry into the market.
What are the best months for ASX share prices in history?
We use the term ‘in history’ loosely, as 1970 is as far as our ASX 200 dates back to. Regardless, our findings indicate that the best month on record was indeed… November. In fact, we only need to look back 12 months to see the greatest monthly returns on record.
It appears 2020 was the year for setting records with April of the same year taking out the second spot.
Finally, it is worth noting that although October is tied with September as the worst month on average for ASX 200 share prices, October 1993 comes in as the fourth-highest monthly performance in history. This simply illustrates the unpredictable nature of the stock market and ASX share prices.
Ultimately, investing for the long term helps alleviate this short term unpredictability.


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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Fans of Taiwan pop star Jay Chou (周杰倫) are suing a low-cost airline after a seven-hour flight delay caused them to miss his Paris concert, reports said Friday (Jan. 19).
The flight from Madrid was carrying 145 fans hoping to attend the Paris leg of the singer’s Carnival World Tour on Jan. 13. However, Netherlands-based airline Transavia repeatedly postponed the flight due to technical problems, the Liberty Times reported.
The plane had been scheduled to take off at 12:30 p.m., but did not take off until 7:45 p.m., causing the fans to miss the whole concert. As a result, some of the passengers decided to sue the airline.
Travelers even had to call in the police because airline staff refused to supply them with the necessary forms, according to the report. Some fans said their losses totaled 500 Euro (NT$17,000), including the airline fare, the ticket for the concert, and the cost of accommodation in Paris.

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Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron’s new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.
Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.
When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined–it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri’s unique family lineage.
When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them. One of the visitors is Marie, a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to find that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the history of the estate and its surrounding community. There is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it . . . until a nefarious group comes after her in search of a rare and dangerous immortality elixir. Up against a centuries-old curse and the deadliest plant on earth, Bri must harness her gift to protect herself and her family.
From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes another inspiring and deeply compelling story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.
“Whenever you hear a story about villainous women, you should ask who’s telling the story. Medea’s tale has been told and retold a dozen times, but always by men who seem to revel in her heinous actions without addressing what caused it. Sometimes her story is used to showcase women as crazy, unpredictable, or vindictive.”
I don’t know why I waited so long to read that book! It took a book club read to decide me and I was really pleasantly surprised with what I found!
What’s the poison heart about?
It’s about Briseis, an adopted teenager who had always been able to grow plants in a single touch discovering her past and her heritage.
Raised by two mothers in New York, Briseis has always had to hide her mysterious “gift”. She feels very lonely, not fitting anywhere, and always needing to repress something that feels inherently “her”.
“Quiet plants might perk up around me, but they didn’t uproot themselves or destroy a fence to get close to me. They didn’t turn obscene shades of their natural colors when I was around.”
When she learns that she has inherited an estate from an unknown aunt, Bri and her mothers set to discover that venue, trying to see if it could be their salvation from financial problems.
That also means new beginnings for Bri, with people who never had to witness the strange behavior of plants whenever Bri is close by! And the estate is so vast, in the middle of woods and vegetation that she immediately feels that she can finally let lose!
The house is more like a mansion with an apothecary, walled garden filled with the deadliest plants that Bri alone seems immune to! All this gave a spooky and mysterious atmosphere to the story, enhanced by the arrival of strangers on their doorstep.
What will follow is a story that was part fantasy, part coming of age, part mythology and part mystery all mashed together! It shouldn’t have worked and yet it did splendidly!
I really loved the character growth of Briseis! How she was learning about her past and her power. Kalynn Bayron wrote it like a treasure hunt with clues left here and there for Bri to decipher and go to the next step on her journey. The hunt for the keys and truth, all her discoveries were my favorite part of the book. I loved how the intrigue progressed!
The atmosphere was amazing! A little bit gothic and a little bit spooky, helped by a cast of adult side characters that had something unsettling about them. I was trying to guess who was a villain all along!
And the whole backstory of how the power came to be and the imagining of the “heart” (no telling more as I don’t want to spoil anything) was very intriguing, keeping me engrossed all along!
Something we discussed in the book club meet was Briseis trust. She will meet some people that she will trust right away and that won’t maybe be the smartest choice but we all could see that she craved acceptance. I think she was so happy to have people accepting her, ready to befriend her that she didn’t question things.
Another strong point in that story is the cast of badass women! You could see it as an ode to feminism and that truly was inspiring!
I already know that I will read the sequel very soon!
Thanks for reading!

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From Peter Pan’s sprightly Tinker Bell to The Nutcracker’s adventurous Marie, Amanda Cochrane has breathed life into a variety of PBT feature roles with grace and personality that can be felt from the audience. With many new roles ahead, this fall will mark not only Amanda’s fourth season with PBT, but will launch her career as the company’s newest soloist.
Beginning at age 3 with dance classes in Spokane, Washington, Amanda went on to accrue early onstage experience, dancing the role of a page in Western Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty and a variety of children’s parts in Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker. By age 13, after completing a six-week summer program in Poughkeepsie, NY, Amanda had set her sights toward a professional ballet career.
“I got to see a lot of older dancers performing while I was there, and it really inspired me,” Amanda said.
Once Amanda decided that she was destined to be a professional dancer, she dedicated her time to training to make her dream come true. Following years of training at the PBT School Graduate Program and summer programs at other ballet companies, the transition from ballet student to professional came as a somewhat surreal experience.
“These people inspired me on a daily basis,” Amanda said of her first experience dancing onstage with PBT company dancers as a PBT School student. “It was incredible.”
As a PBT School student, Amanda was able to interact with the company she would later join as a professional dancer. “Everyone was almost like a family, and I wanted to be part of that. The dancers really seemed to work as a team, and they all supported one another.”
Since joining the company in 2009, Amanda continues to focus on growing and honing her dancing, character development and artistry.
“I feel like a lot of my inspiration in dancing comes from the music,” she said, using the example of The Nutcracker battle scene. “That fear that you can feel for Marie, I feel very in the moment during that scene.
Among her other memorable roles are dancing her first major pas de deux on the Benedum stage as the Sugar Plum Fairy in PBT’s The Nutcracker as well as Tinkerbell in Jorden Morris’ Peter Pan, which gave her the opportunity to let loose and have fun with the character.
“Generally, you can feel the atmosphere that the audience is giving off,” she said, adding that a burst of applause during a difficult variation, for example, adds to the energy onstage. “That gives me a lot of motivation to keep my stamina up.”
Nineteen years after taking her first ballet class, Amanda is poised to begin her first season as a PBT soloist. She said her season highlights will include performing some of her favorite story ballets like Cinderella and The Nutcracker as well as the opportunity to work again with Jorden Morris during Moulin Rouge® – The Ballet.
“It’s all very exciting,” she said of her new role with PBT. “I do think it adds to my motivation…I’m always working on (artistry), what makes every piece unique.”

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"If you have data that you want to analyze and understand, this book and the associated Weka toolkit are an excellent way to start." -Jim Gray, Microsoft Research
Let's talk about data mining. What is data mining? Data mining is the discovery of a model in data it's also called exploratory data analysis, and discovers useful
I am currently reading Data Mining Concepts and Techniques by Jian Pei.This book is a whole lot of theory and not much engrossing.Can someone please suggest a more
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction, Second Edition (Springer Series in Statistics)
1.1 What is data mining? The past two decades has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of information or data being stored in electronic format.
Listed below are the highest quality books on predictive analytics / data mining / data science I've encountered so far, with a focus on books beyond the intro level.
Books shelved as data-mining: Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques by Jiawei Han, Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Application
R and Data Mining introduces researchers, post-graduate students, and analysts to data mining using R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
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Did you know there’s a village in your neighbourhood? Say hello to the all-day bar that’s marked the beginning of the neighbourhood’s renaissance a couple of years ago!
“It’s A Village”, located right on St. George’s Square, is the ideal place to have a drink or a quick bite.
During the seemingly endless summer, its patrons fill up the seats by the tables on the square or out on the sidewalk. On rainy days, they find refuge inside the bar for a coffee or a drink under the cool sounds of jazz, soul, rock and funk music.
All in all, a definite must-visit while in the neighbourhood, just a couple of blocks up from our stylish Top Stays One flat!

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LONDON (Reuters) – European shares hit fresh 5-1/2 year highs on Tuesday, tracking Asian shares higher as Chinese money rates eased, while the dollar got a boost from a report the Federal Reserve would again trim its bond buying next week.
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For an adjustable rate mortgage, the minimum interest rate that could be charged.
An agreement that guarantees to the buyer a minimum interest rate for future lending requirements.
An option that sets a lower limit on the level of an interest rate. Compensation is payable to the holder of the option if rates fall below the protected level. A premium is required.

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text: Great tv show from 2004. It is a pleasure for me to watch such a good tv show. If a tv show can keep me focused for the full tv show time, that's really great. In my opinion, some of the actors roles were just a masterpieces which made an amazing impression on me. I've been a big fan of such cinema for some time. Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two - Season 14 is the best choice for an evening with netflix.


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Interpretations and Perspectives of the Great Conflict
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Europe’s ‘Seminal Catastrophe’ or the ‘Great Turning Point in the History of Mankind’? Deliberations on the Centennial of the Outbreak of the Great War from a Polish Perspective
Abstract: The chapter is devoted to the debates on World War I in historiography. The Great War is recognized as European, the Urkatastrophe, as George F. Kennan argued. From the perspective of one hundred years, both world wars are often perceived in the framework of a great ‘European Civil War’ (1917–1945). In the book Europäische Bürgerkrieg 1917–1941. Nationalsozialismus und Bolschewismus, published in 1989, Ernst Nolte strongly supported this point of view. The negative legacy of the Great War is now at the centre of historiographic debates. But, of course, there is no single point of view on the consequences of the War. In the eyes of Polish historians, the perspective of ‘European Civil War’ is stimulating and requires special attention, because for the oppressed Central European nations (like the Poles), the Great War brought national independence. Obviously, the geopolitical revolution in East-Central Europe (1914–1919) was a catastrophe for empires, but it became a turning point in the existence of several hitherto stateless nations (Poles, Czechs, Baltic peoples etc.). The principal thesis of the essay is the conviction of the author that critics of the Versailles Order (1919–1939) – sometimes very one-sided – played and play the decisive...
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The Chair of the Ktunaxa Nation Council says recent criticism about the inquiry into the missing and murdered indigenous women may be a bit extreme but understandable.
Kathyryn Teneese is reacting to last week’s remarks by BC First Nations leader Bill Wilson who says the $54 million inquiry is quote “a bloody farce”.
The investigation, that was announced last August, has been under fire for delays and lack of communication.
Wilson says the commissioners have failed miserably and should resign.
Teneese says she doesn’t know if she would go as far as Wilson did with his comments but he is likely expressing frustration felt by many people across the country.
She does hope the inquiry doesn’t get caught up in bureaucracy as this is a very serious issue.
Teneese says the fact that a commission was established is a positive step, however, if we are trying to move forward on topics of such significant nature we should find ways to see progress in a more timely manner.
The national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women will hold its first community hearing Tuesday in Whitehorse.
40 families have already registered to tell their stories.
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A recently rediscovered song by Alan Vega called “Muscles” is getting a new life on a just-released posthumous album, Mutator.
The track is cold, grimy, echoey, and unsettling, as any track by the late Suicide frontman ought to be, as he sings about “life in the Rainbow Room” and yelps wildly. Vega, who died in 2016, recorded the song and the rest of the album between 1995 and 1996 with his longtime collaborator Liz Lamere but ended up shelving it; the music recently resurfaced in what is now known as the Vega Vault.
A video for the track features imagery of Vega in black and white and small blasts of cover, as well as glimpses of some of the singer’s artwork. Film director and onetime Jesus and Mary Chain bassist Douglas Hart made the clip using photos culled from Vega’s archives by Michael Handis, creative director of the Vega Vault.
“When I was 15 years old, an arts show on British TV called Riverside showed the video for Suicide’s ‘Frankie Teardrop,’” said Hart, who has previously made clips for Primal Scream and Pet Shop Boys, in a statement. “This video became for me the nexus between music and images. Those sounds and frames have haunted and sustained me for 40 years. So to be involved in bringing the Vega Vault to life for ‘Muscles,’ blows my fucking mind — a dream project for me.”
“The Vega Vault’s visual collection showcases the true spectrum of Alan Vega’s persona with intimacy — the artist, the poet, the musician, the style icon, the unifier, the polarizer,” Handis said. “Douglas Hart’s touch pushes these rare and unseen images beyond their digital threshold, mutating static stills into a full-on optical assault. This kinetic approach to the archival photography mirrors the blazing spirit of Alan Vega — primitive yet simultaneously futuristic. And totally cathartic.”
Vega’s label previously released a couple of other songs from Mutator, “Fist” and “Nike Soldier.” “Our primary purpose for going into the studio was to experiment with sound, not to ‘make records,’” Lamere commented in a statement. “I was playing the machines with Alan manipulating sounds. I played riffs while Alan morphed the sounds being channeled through the machines.”
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Mariah Carey's Ex-Husband Sends Her Support, Suggests She Replace Her Team
The 67-year-old former head of Sony Music Entertainment was married to Mariah from 1993 to 1998. He is telling people to back off his ex-wife as this could have happened to anyone, but he doesn’t have the same kind words for her team.
“MC is arguably the greatest pop voice to come along in the last three decades. She has had more number one hits than any pop artist in history!!! She is a global icon and a treasure with incredible talent not only as a singer but as a great songwriter. What happened on NYE could’ve happened to anyone!” Tommy said in a letter sent to Page Six. “Yes, her technical people should’ve helped pay more attention to all of it so that there was no chance of that happening.”
Click inside to read what Tommy Mottola said about Mariah Carey’s team…
“My only advice is that she should hire more seasoned and respected professionals to surround her and help her with her career! I would never have encouraged her or guided her to do something like a reality television show!!!!! I don’t get it!!” Tommy said. “That does absolutely nothing for her integrity, her credibility, or her massive talent!! She should take a step back, think carefully and figure out what to do next. That is what she does best.. most certainly none of these issues or problems ever existed with her in her early days at Sony for the first 10 years when she skyrocketed to global superstardom!! Where absolutely meticulous and methodical attention was paid to every single detail and nuance that went on into her career!”
Stella Bulochnikov, the current manager for Mariah, responded to the statement by saying, “Really? Tommy is a relic. Did he give you that statement from a rotary phone?”

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Working for a safer community
Youth a top priority for new subcommittee
NNSL (Sep 18/98) - Helping provide solutions to problems involving youth is one of the primary concerns of the subcommittee to make Yellowknife a safer community, said Dave Nicklen, director of public safety.
Nicklen said the first task the subcommittee must undertake is identifying problem areas in the city.
"We must also focus on identifying who we can assist in alleviating these problems," said Nicklen.
"There's a lot of agencies out there, but, I suppose, they're a lot like everywhere else in that they're understaffed in some respects."
The subcommittee was formed by council in March, 1998, and had its first meeting in June.
Nicklen said the subcommittee includes a good cross-section of representatives from the community, including the chamber of commerce, aboriginal groups, police, both school districts and the general public.
"Basically, you're looking at different organizations from within the city that would have a vested interest in youth and safety.
"With business people, for example, if their window is pounded in or people are afraid to go to their building or store, this has to be addressed."
Coun. Ben McDonald said in creating the subcommittee, city council wanted the community to identify problems and provide potential solutions.
McDonald said a number of community organizations will be consulted to ascertain their roles in dealing with safety issues they see facing the community.
He said the subcommittee will establish its mandate after that, but he doesn't see it delivering its own programs.
"We'll be more of a clearing house or advocacy agency on behalf of people and issues identified as a safety concern," said McDonald.
"Council created a youth committee to focus on youth issues, but there's no doubt one of the primary concerns of the people on this committee focuses on youth."
RCMP Sgt. Marlin Degrand said he thinks the subcommittee could be a valuable tool in addressing some problems concerning Yellowknife youth.
He said 13 of 81 complaints received by the RCMP during the past week involved youth in some manner.
"I'm starting to see youth crop up in our reports with more regularity than I would like," said Degrand.
"It's a trend I don't like and it's certainly a concern."


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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Second 2012 Presidential Debate Wrap Up
The problem for Mitt Romney was that 2007-2008 Obama was in the room and proceeded to spank that azz.
It was a town hall style format in which the questions came from the audience, and this time President Obama challenged Mitt Romney from the outset. Romney also tried to run over moderator Candy Crowley like he did with Jim Lehrer two weeks ago in Denver and she wasn't having it.
Neither was President Obama, who called Romney's butt out every chance he got and mentioned the issues he left on the table in Denver to the frustration of his base.
The POTUS was on his debating A game last night while a flummoxed Mitt Romney made some unforced errors. The critical one came when Mittens thought he had the POTUS cornered on a question pertaining to the Benghazi, Libya consulate attack and he was embarrassingly corrected not only by President Obama, but called on his lie that the president never called the Benghazi attack a terror one by moderator Candy Crowley. President Obama also called Mittens butt out for playing politics with the issue as well and called it offensive his insinuation that the POTUS or any member of his administration would play politics with a situation in which 4 diplomats died.
Mittens also got called on his immigration policies when the POTUS pointed out his campaign adviser was Kris Kobach, the author of the Arizona SB 1070 law Romney called 'a model for the nation'.
In the final question of the night Romney opened the door for the president to use the 47% comment against him and the POTUS whacked Romney with it in his closing statement as the debate ended..
President Obama was on a mission last night and he accomplished it. He confronted Romney on his lies, vigorously defended his administration and his policies, fired up the base, and convincingly won this second debate. Now we'll see not only how the conservafools spin this debate, but which way the polls go in reaction to this Obama win.
They're already attacking Candy Crowley, so that means they think Mittens lost.
The October 22 debate in Boca Raton, FL with its focus on foreign policy will definitely be a fun and critical one. Whether it determines the outcome of the election remains to be seen.


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In August this year, an international expedition organized by the Russian Geographical Society conducted a unique salvage operation in one of the Earth's remotest regions. The 70-year old American Douglas C-47 aircraft made an emergency landing in Siberia back in 1947, and the remains are just now being recovered, with some shocking discoveries.
Back in 1943, when the US and the Soviet Union were allied in defeating Nazi Germany, the US started a Lend-Lease act that guaranteed that a continuous stream of American war material made its way to the Soviets. According to CNN, this is the case of this C-47 in particular, transported along a thousand miles of the Alaska-Siberia road that cuts through the Arctic. Without having been used during the war, the aircraft was used by civilians, flying from Krasnoyarsk to remote outposts in Northern Siberia.
Story Behind the Crash
"I'm Tyurikov's board," says a penned message on the plane's interior, according to The Siberian Times, "there are three women and six children onboard. On 22.04.47 at 00:30 we took off from Kozhevnikovo and headed for Krasnoyarsk. At 5:30 was the emergency landing. No casualties."
Captain Maxim Tyurikov saved all 32 lives on board after engine failure due to bad weather. Most of the survivors were rescued 20 days after the crash, amid dwindling food supplies. The good captain, however, and a group of eight crew and passengers who attempted to venture out and seek help all died in the tundra's harsh conditions.
An Emotional Reunion
Having been moved from the remote Arctic to Kransnoyarsk city by the barge Kislovodsk on the Yenisei River, it has now been moved to a special facility of the Expeditionary Centre of Krasnoyarsk Branch of the Russian Geographical Society. Restoration works are expected to take place soon, however, before disassembly, Captain Turikov's daughter Avelina Antsiferova, 76, came to see the wreck for the first time, and to sit in the cockpit of the stricken plane her father had safely landed.
"If I can touch this plane, then my life is not lived in vain," said Avelina, who had last seen her father when she was only six years old, "all my feelings awakened in me. There was quite a cool, northern wind. This is the far north, after all, and we even saw a reindeer running in the tundra far away...I climbed into the cabin, where my father had been at the helm. I touched all this, I felt everything. All this was so dear to me. I had dreamed for so long of seeing his plane, but I was so lucky to be able to get inside it. It was such an emotional moment."
Captain Tyurikov's body was only found in 1953, by a reindeer herder. Avelina's notebook had been with his remains then, and that was how the captain's body was identified.


Rogue Legacy 2 has the following styles of gameplay.
- In a 2D style game the graphics are usually more flat and do not have a 3D appearance. Some 2D games will have flat graphics with a 3D appearance to them but they are still considered 2D games.
- Action games are fast paced and tend to put the player in the middle of the action, requiring you to jump over obstacles, climb ladders, and shoot things.
- An adventure game is where the player is usually the protagonist and plays through an evolving story. The storyline is the driving part of an adventure game.
- Survival games are usually focused on resource management, such as ammo and health, and occasionally include elements of stealth. They tend to be based on either supernatural enemies, have horror themes, or be post-apocalyptic. The primary gameplay mechanic is to simply stay alive.
- In a role playing game, or RPG, the player takes on the role of the main character and helps the story line to unfold. It usually involves a very long play time, inventory management, and a deep leveling system. RPG's are usually the longest style of game. Skyrim and Fallout are amongst the most popular RPG style games.
- Platform games, also known as platformers, have the player jumping from platform to platform, sometime performing some sort of acrobatic stunt. Common examples include Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog.
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When you are playing Rogue Legacy 2 you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and sometimes even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.
Before You Forward a Port
Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:
- Your router's IP address.
- Your gaming machine's IP address.
- The TCP and UDP ports to forward.
How to find your router's IP Address
The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.
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Our Network Utilities software makes port forwarding a breeze. You can be done in just a few minutes.
The normal process for forwarding a port is:
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- Locate your routers port forwarding section.
- Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the applicable box in your router.
- Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
- Sometimes you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
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The required ports that need to be forwarded for Rogue Legacy 2 are as follows:
Rogue Legacy 2 - Steam
- TCP: 27015-27030, 27036-27037
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Analogue Photography is like magic! The beauty of a self printed B&W image is amazing. Photography always has been a disruptor. The freedom to create a reproduction of the world on negative and being able to print it has been an magical experience. Carte-de Visite from Disderi, Balloon pictures from Nadar, Lartigues experiments, picturalism from Margaret Cameron. All made with analogue cameras, analogue film but most of all with passion. In their veins there were chemicals, in their minds there were images and creativity a lot of creativity.
Do you want to experience what all these giants went through? Join our 3 Day analogue professional darkroom Course. And it makes sense, because developing your own films and printing your own negatives in a darkroom feels like magic.
Black and white analogue photography can create beautiful prints with lots of shades of grey, deep blacks and wonderful highlights.
Dodging and burning, masking, contrast control, all the techniques that we now know from Photoshop, were already used by these great masters of photography.
No analogue equipment needed. We provide you with the analogue camera, films, chemical, paper, enlargers, en an excellent teacher. So we educate you how to face all the challenges in the darkroom. How to create a perfect analogue print. How to build an efficient and not to costly darkroom. We will use our enlargers to work with. To guarantee maximum quality time with the teacher the group will be not bigger then 2 people.
And really.. you will love it.
First day you come to our Institute and bring a digital camera just for practice. We will educate you about the basics, exposure, analogue equipment etc. Day 2 you go out and shoot images on film and develop your own negatives. Day 3 is all about printing, dodging, burning etc. We have combined all the important info into a folder that we will give you on your first day. When you finish the module successful you will get a certificate. Coffee & tea are free.
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You don’t have to bring an analogue camera to school. But if you want to work with your own or family camera that is possible. Here are the requirements: It should be an analogue Single Lens Reflex camera that needs a 35 mm film. So no medium 120 camera. Also the option to change aperture, iso & shutter speed is needed. If the camera needs batteries make sure you have new ones and even better also spare ones.
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The Basic Summercourse is for anyone who is interested in photography. A great way to learn how to work with your camera and at the same time enjoying beautiful Amsterdam during the Summer. In a small group, you will learn about visual language, digital technique, studio and even film.
The Darkroom Lounge is the place to meet if you are into analogue photography. A limited group of students come together once per month to print there negatives and discuss their images. Skills are practiced and contacts are made often combined with a good glass of wine. On hold now due to circumstances.
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Altijd al willen werken in een analoge donkere kamer om je eigen foto’s te printen? En hoe denk je over het werken met een analoge camera en op film je foto’s maken? Je eigen negatieven op nivo ontwikkelen? We merken dat er steeds meer liefhebbers van analoge fotografie en het toepassen van diverse technieken zijn. Zowel tijdens de opname maar ook tijdens het afdrukken van de foto’s. Daarnaast is het gebruik van analoge materialen zo kostbaar dat het printen onder begeleiding van een trainer kostenbesparend is. Verspilling van dure materialen wordt namelijk op deze manier verkomen. Ook kan onze trainer je veel ‘kneepjes van het vak’ leren.
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In 1430-1435, the Rohan Master illuminated this Book of Hours preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, a devotional book remarkable for the dramatic effects of its illuminations. Studying closely the nature of human emotions, the Rohan Master was able to render in painting a variety of intense and complex feelings. This ability to render emotions in painting brought Millard Meiss to define the Rohan Master as the French expressionist painter of the fifteenth century.
The Emotional Illuminations of the Rohan Master
The vast decoration of the Book of Hours includes 11 full-page miniatures, 54 large miniatures, and more than 200 smaller miniatures. The illuminators used vivid colors and gold leaf. Scholars have recognized the style of the Rohan Master in about ten miniatures of the manuscript. The Rohan Master depicted the facial expressions, but also the gestures and the postures of the figures, in a way that could enhance the emotional participation of the characters to the overall scene. The Rohan Master had a large workshop whose artists probably contributed to the making of the Rohan Hours. Such talented illuminators as the Bedford and Boucicaut Masters along with the works of the Limbourg brothers inspired the painters of the Rohan workshop.
The margins of the book display Old Testament miniatures with inscriptions in Old French. These illuminations, in line with such didactic codices as the Bible moralisée, represent events from the Jewish tradition that are related in content and meaning to the main miniatures, depicting events from the New Testament.
The Old Testament scenes inspired by the Bible moralisée were based on a codex owned by Yolande of Aragon, the Angevin Bible (Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. Fr. 9561). The bible worked as a model for the illuminators. It is interesting that the subjects were copied including some errors in the captions. The manuscript of the Rohan Hours was left incomplete, ending abruptly after the Stabat Mater. It has been noticed that at least four miniatures are missing. The text of the liturgical hours was written in black and sometimes in an uncommon blue ink, and the Gospels in alternating blue, gold, and red lines.
The Origin of the Rohan Hours
There is no clear evidence about the circumstances of the making of the Rohan Hours. It has been suggested that the Duchess of Anjou, Yolande of Aragon, probably commissioned the book for her nephew Charles, the dauphin of France. Another hypothesis relies on the fact that the coat of arms of the house of Rohan is featured in the manuscript: the Rohan family would have commissioned the book for the wedding of Charles of Anjou, count of Milan with the daughter of Alain IX de Rohan.
Although the origin of the manuscript remains obscure, it is certain that in the fifteenth century the manuscript belonged to Isabella Stewart, Duchess of Brittany, who added the arms to the book (fol. 135r). The codex passed on to the House of Rohan, and eventually to the Jesuits in the seventeenth century. In 1784, the Duke of La Vallière sold the manuscript to the Royal Library.


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The benefits of the multiple–channel cochlear implant have now been established in a series of studies. However, there are still many patients in need of the procedure who are not receiving help. In many cases these adults and parents of deaf children are unaware of the benefits of the device. There is therefore, a great need to provide up to date information through a number of channels. These should be through the medical/scientific community, and in particular professional associations in otolaryngology, audiology, speech pathology and education of the deaf. It would be helpful too if there was an official association concerned with cochlear implantation. As the procedure, one might say, has come of age, it is now timely to think of perhaps even a journal where publications of significance can be dispersed.
There is a great need that cochlear implants should now become more available to people in countries which have limited resources and manpower. Studies have shown cost benefits, and cost utility for the implant compared to other procedures, such as kidney transplants. To help deaf people in countries with limited resources there is also a need to involve international organizations to provide finance and other support. One of the greatest needs is to have rehabilitation and education support. International agencies could facilitate training for these professionals. Furthermore, as cochlear implants become more sophisticated, the speech processing improvements may become less evident, and the devices distinguished by additional facilities and greater convenience. Industry might therefore be in a position to provide standard devices at lower cost to these countries as well.
Another issue of concern is the need to standardize the total management of patients on a world wide basis. There are cases of surgery being undertaken in a haphazard fashion without due regard to the need to have a team approach to the patient particularly the provision of audiological, educational and speech services. Cochlear implantation is a procedure requiring expertise in a number of ways. Firstly, if cochlear implantation is a formal section of learned societies these can make representations to governmental health departments. A high standard in the field can also be achieved through the publication of cochlear implant journals, presentations at general Otolaryngological and other scientific meetings. There is also a need to develop an international body to analyze the performance of various commercial devices and provide the information publicly. Today there is a demand for evidence–based medicine and an independent body to provide a review of clinical trials. Cochrane Collaboration is an association involved in providing data on randomized trials for other procedures, and a similar association could be established to review cochlear implant findings. Maintaining clinic standards would also be facilitated by an industrial code of practice.
Although multiple–channel cochlear implantation is now an established clinical procedure it is important for the discipline that the future continues to be undertaken in accord with the Helsinki Declaration on Biomedical Research and in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Finally, the conflict with the signing deaf community over cochlear implants for children needs to be further addressed by the provision of up to date information. The rights of parents and the child for hearing and a good education are supported by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations 20 November 1989.

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If someone has dropped their phone in water then it’s easy to make fun of them. In fact, it’s almost as easy as dropping your own phone in water.
Getting a cell phone wet is a bad idea. Despite the fact, we can be careless at times; whether it’s jumping into the pool, dropping it in the toilet, or leaving it outside during a rainstorm. Accidents happen. If you can think of a ridiculous way to soak a phone, then you can feel certain that someone has done it.
The problem with getting a cell phone wet is that the moisture causes internal parts to corrode. Corroded parts aren’t going to work well for very long, assuming that they work at all.
The Solution Is Below.
First, disconnect the phone’s battery and any other detachable parts. Set them out on a dry surface where they won’t get splashed, dunked, or whatever it is that you’ve done to your poor phone already. Now, just wait a while. Give the pieces a day to dry. You can also wrap the phone and its detachable components in an absorbent towel, or even a bowl of rice, which will absorb the water.
The key is to make sure that the phone’s internal components are completely dry before you turn the phone back on. Do not, however, use a blow dryer. That will just make the problem worse by pushing the water droplets into the phone’s deeper recesses.
Unless your phone is covered for water damage, sending it to the manufacturer would be useless. Wait a minimum of three days before attempting to put the battery back into your phone. When you are ready, assemble your phone, insert the battery, and turn it on. With any luck, your phone will still be functioning!


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Maria Sharapova: Christmas Shopping at Armani Milan Store!
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The recent cold weather in Louisiana may have been the end of the road for some plants as temperatures dipped into the teens and stayed below freezing for full days. The hibiscus in your garden may have survived because you gave it extra insulation, but what about marsh plants? Louisiana salt marshes are home to black mangroves (Avicennia germinans), but this represents the very northernmost part of their range. Of the three mangrove species found in the continental United States [red (Rhizophora mangle), black, and white (Laguncularia racemosa)], black mangroves are the most cold-hardy, but they are still sensitive to winter weather- they generally cannot establish above 28° N and S latitude because winters are too cold (a sliver of the Birdsfoot Delta is below 29° N, so we really are at their limit).
The three mangrove species are also different in their tolerances for other environmental conditions: red mangroves establish in the intertidal zone, while black and white mangroves are found at higher elevations, and white mangroves can colonize areas with little to no soil. In Florida where all three species occur, mangrove zones can be defined from the water extending inland and up in elevation .
Black mangroves are an important component of Louisiana salt marshes, providing habitat to a variety of species. The complex root systems trap and collect sediment, limiting erosion and maintaining land. Juvenile invertebrates and fish find shelter among the roots, while seabird chicks, such as brown pelicans and roseate spoonbills, are protected from high water events and predators up in the branches.
CWPPRA projects that nourish barrier islands and create new marsh habitat help maintain black mangrove populations by providing new land for the plants to colonize; in turn, the mangroves help the new land persist in the face of wind and wave energy.


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To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Record Store Day we’re delighted to announce an exclusive release of ‘Live On The Riverboat’. Recorded live on the Renfrew Ferry in 2002, the live recording features Simon Fowler & Oscar Harrison running through a series of OCS classics to the rapturous Glasgow crowd. Originally released as a fan-club only CD this recording in now available on translucent blue vinyl for the very first time!
Get your copy from participating indie record stores near you on #RSD22. Find more info and a participating store near you at https://recordstoreday.co.uk


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In Chile’s landmark presidential elections Sunday (January 17th), right-center candidate Sebastian Piñera, defeated the ruling left-center Concertación coalition’s nominee, Eduardo Frei, by a tight margin of 51.6% / 48.39%. These results are especially remarkable for two reasons:
1. The Concertación has been in power since the fall of Pinochet’s dictatorship in 1990, so this is the first time in 20 years that the coalition has lost the presidency.
2. Current President Bachelet, also of the Concertación, enjoys extraordinarily high approval ratings (some estimate 81%), yet her even popularity and backing could not secure a victory for Frei.
These facts both clearly signal that Chileans are eager for a change. But what will this change mean for our BioGem in Patagonia, where we are working to save two of the region’s most pristine rivers from HidroAysén’s massive hydroelectric proposal?
Throughout the campaign, the President-elect had been presented above all as a businessman (check out the headline of the New York Times article about the election). Indeed, his business assets range from investments in the country’s largest airline, to a popular television channel, to a major soccer (ahem, excuse me – football) team, among others. On the campaign trail, Piñera often touted his business credentials as evidence of his executive experience and skills.
As HidroAysén’s environmental review process proceeds and the company continues to seek approval, it will be imperative for President-elect Piñera to acknowledge that HidroAysén is simply a bad business investment. As evidence, one need look no further than its environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents, which underscore the proposal’s woefully poor planning and deficient research. One could also look to the fact that a July 2009 study demonstrated that there is absolutely no need for any of the dams’ expected electrical output – and to date, no one has argued otherwise. Furthermore, BBVA, a major international bank that was considered one of the likely potential financiers of HidroAysén, publically and strongly announced that it would not consider backing the project since it did not meet sustainability standards.
President-elect Piñera has also already acknowledged the benefits of investing in energy alternatives. He has stated his intention to foster the development in non-conventional renewable energy in Chile by investing in R&D and removing the market barriers preventing the industry from taking off. The timing for such incentives couldn’t be more advantageous, as Chile’s first solar power plant was just approved on January 12th. This 9 MW plant, located in the northern Antofagasta region, will be the first of six solar plants planned by the Spanish company, Solarpack. Also, Copec, a major Chilean energy and forestry company, just opened its first renewable energy powered service station, with intentions to continue investing in renewables.
These announcements make me optimistic. When President-elect Piñera takes office on March 11th, I hope his well-honed business skills will show him that Chile’s energy future does not lie with out-dated, large conventional power plants like HidroAysén or coal, but rather with the growing, dynamic market of renewables. Perhaps this change in the country’s political leadership will further boost the already-emerging change in the country’s energy development.


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CAUTION: VERY HOT! Made from one of the hottest chile peppers on planet Earth. SHU’s measure three times that of the hottest Habanero chiles.
FLAVOR PROFILE: Unique hot sauce with extreme heat, The Naga (or Bhut) Jolokia chile has a naturally smokey flavor and a slow, enjoyable but long-lasting burn.
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A group of University at Buffalo architects and researchers is looking to create a bridge for builders to access the latest design trends.
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Asked for input on driverless vehicles, Buffalo group is less than thrilled
UB shows off its driverless shuttle bus Olli during a forum on driverless vehicles at UB South Campus. Students and staff have been testing the driverless bus on the North Campus for the past year.


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I have known Gitl for just about a year and in that time have been completely bowled over by her understanding of how to communicate without words.
She radiates an impulse, an urge, almost a passionate need to communicate. She is full of new ideas, almost in a rush to make up for lost time.
To me, the extraordinary thing is not how she is producing all these wonderful works of art now, in the second half of her life, but how she kept them within herself for so long until they burst forth and are still bursting. We may be meeting tonight in North London but there seems no doubt that she is destined for a truly international career.
She has been described in the media as ‘the Jewish grandmother from Stamford Hill” but I hope we will go far beyond that cliché today.
A few facts: Gitl was born into an orthodox family in Israel. Her parents were both Holocaust survivors, her mother of Auschwitz her father survived the Bor labour camp in Yugoslavia, and she grew up speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew in such poverty that most of her childhood was spent in an orphanage. Married at 18 she came to Britain in 1973 and is the mother of 8 surviving children.
She started work as an artist only when her children had grown up and found a natural ability as a competent painter. Producing landscapes of the Kent coast and also of Israel from memory her work was good enough to be accepted on the tough 5 year Central St Martins Fine arts course. She was always an original talent; she first mixed her paint with scent and other fabrics and then she slowly learnt to look beyond paint and soon exchanged her paintbrush for a camera and landscape for fabric. But she is constantly seeking new and original ways to express herself and I hope she will talk about some of them tonight.
By the end of her course, her creative identity had evolved so it appeared as if she had arrived on the scene a fully fledged artist but of course her childhood and 30 years of motherhood and the suffering of her parents had all been absorbed and digested if you like and were now making an appearance in her work.
As her course director revealed, Gitl was known as ‘the lady’ during her years at central st martins for her warm reserve as much as her proud bearing.
This is what she wrote at the time of her graduation show.
“Gitl appears to have found her own language for her inner thoughts certainly so when judging by those spellbound visitors who stood at her exhibit wiping a forlorn tear.”
I have one of her sumptuously gorgeous photographic sculptures and look at it constantly to find new images and thoughts in the tunnels and through the folds and the shadows.
– Can you tell the story of the pomegranate here?
Our course in Saint Martins was not about technique, it was mainly about conceptual awareness, and guiding us aspiring artists to find our own, true inner voice.
Some of my colleagues were puzzled with my frequent departures, I moved on from issues of ethnicity, to issues of motherhood, or more abstract areas of interest, but my teachers approved and encouraged me to roam about to find my true fascination. For me, the course turned into a kind of an inner expedition, into my suppressed inner world and most personal experience, for what I had to device means how to tease and challenge myself. I had a medical photograph of my dissected, removed womb. I photographed and enlarged it, wanting to see how can one deal with such a personal image.
While dealing with it, I was sitting in the Succa, as it was during the days of our Sukkot, our ancient harvest festival, my gaze fell upon a pomegranate hanging from the ceiling as a traditional decoration, symbolising plenitude.
I was intrigued as I found the pomegranate resemble the shape of the womb, I took it down begun to experiment with it.
At a point I photograph it as it was wrapped in a peace of soft cloth, to resemble the covering skin.
On analyzing the takes, it turned out that the, telling effect of the folds and creases in the cloth was overwhelming, to the point that the original images of the medical photo and womb, were of no value and a distraction, and so have I fallen on the potent language of fabric folds, textures and creases.
– When did you first pick up a paintbrush…
It was not exactly a brush, but I remember painting once Jerusalem’s old city view from the roof of our orphanage, I painted it wit a peace of burned wood on a found floor tile and it was adored by the head.
It was at fairly early age.
– Then perhaps about learning English (briefly)
Naturally, the boys went to Haider where they spoke only Yidish, while the girls spoke English amongst themselves and I spoke to them Yiddish, just like my mother was speaking to me in Hungarian while my language was Yiddish. It was about 10 years ago when I took to learn the language and reading and writing, it was a couple of years later when I begun, on my teachers advise to read the Guardian.
– What was it like at Art school with all the other young and trendy students?
I know that people find it rather unusual, that an Ultra orthodox Granny shall jell with lively, modern art students… but in reality, it was a hard, all demanding course, and we were all working very hard, just to survive the course, I have seen myself as one of the students, I was not given any allowances, and no one made feel out of place, Saint Martins is a great, serious place…
– I have read somewhere that you went to a life class with your daughter and discovered you were good at it? How is your daughter’s life as an artist different from yours?
Our Elky is a fine artist, who has graduated Hetherlys, which is a classical fine art school, where she completed a portraiture diploma. She is following now for some time a musical genre and produces most vital, brilliant sketches of musicians in action, but of course, it is fairly ironic that I the Buba (granny) have created my own genre… while Elky is a figurative expressionist, but I guess that people will hear of Elky, she knows what she is doing, she is really good.
– You have bucked the trend that declared modern art was all about installations and dead sheep and dirty beds. You have shown that religious art can also be modern and fashionable. Was that important to you… or were you not conscious of deliberately setting out to make items of religious art?
Frankly, in my age is about time, one does what one feels like doing… I am lucky to work in an age where art, what is essentially the human creative impulse, is widely liberated, I can not claim any special credit for taking courage to ignore yesterday’s trends, because we live now in the post trends age. As to what you may regard as religious art, I would rather call it; a particular religious girls art, keeping in mind Bernard Shaw’s quote saying; ‘when one is accounting honestly about the life of one person, in one given time, he is in fact writing a chapter in the great book of humans, of all times…’ – Being an Orthodox woman artist
I aspire to be true to myself in my art, that my work shall represent my particular experience, and reach out to all human’s and effect them by it’s quality and honesty, in whatever I deal with, be it the feminine issue, age, or what I would call ‘my personal luggage’.
– Are you still as orthodox as ten years ago?
I am lucky to have spent the best part of my life, with an open minded man, and naturally I have learned to differentiate between spirituality and sectarian religious dogma, However, my later education opened for me the wider world, after having to learn, maybe, in the hard way, that not all is perfect in ones community, so have I learned later that not all is decadent in the other…
– What does your religion mean to you?
Lets face it, Religion is in the essence of my only native culture, Religion does not ‘mean’ for me, it possesses me, by the way of guiding me or haunting me, but I must say, that I know by now, of extremely spiritual people, Jews and non-Jews, while being pure and pious with no religious beliefs and practices as I knew them.
– Why should orthodox women not be allowed to express themselves openly and communicate?
I do not blame any culture or community for trying to preserve itself, but I must agree that I wished that the individual, be it man or woman shall become more relevant and given some chance to develop, But, that’s how things are in this given time…
– Looking back… how do you see that your family background – the silences, The pain –how has that influenced your work?
Others can judge it far better than I could, I am only me, and my art is my expression I keep in mind Olitski’s saying: ’Do not expect anything-Do your work and celebrate’having mentioned Olitski, I have also at heart his motto; Give the work life…
– Both you and your husband are deeply involved in art – What have you learnt from each other?
I guess that we have agreed that life is too short to waste on mediocre stuff…
– Would you do anything differently if you started again today?
Today is the first and most important day of our life, and one would not spoil it by gilt and remorse… Especially when knowing that one’s past is his very much his ‘me’ of the present.
– This picture of woodblocks is very different from the soft textile pictures is one essentially female and the other hard brutal and male? How did it arise… Tell us about what else you have on display here at Bruce Castle Museum?
When I undertook to make the Sacred project, I thought to focus on the pages of a most telling prayer book of old, being aware that the Sidur, the book of our ancient, Hebrew daily prayers, was by far the most personal object to our ancestors, I wanted make it talk, by photographing it as a woman, a mother, a housewife looks at the tell tale marks of agitation and tears though out it’s fragmenting pages, while the story with the letters is that the letters found me, not vise versa…
As to categorising the gender of the Martyred Letters, I guess that you will find this work of the Martyred letters, to have more than one expression, I hope that there are enough effects in the installation to reveal my feminine gaze and touch, mainly in the regimented chaotic order. It is my dealing with the familiar dilemma as to how can one make honest art about what happened to our parents, while a work of art is expected to be aesthetically appealing, I hope that these ‘male’ blocks do silently pray for the suffering of men and women alike.
– What can art do that religion cannot?
I have never thought about it, I supose that you are better positioned to answer it than I am, I guess that I could not have engaged the Muslim ladies with a Shofar …
– Do you believe religion is still a force for good or is it the individuals and how they behave?
I am not an authority to speak wisely about the merit’s of religion, I lack the distance needed for objectivity, I am still, to a considerable degree religion’s subject.
– Are you surprised by your success – how do you explain it?
I am a workaholic by nature, I worked all my life, and now taken to a field where is no time left for stock taking, but I am most grateful that people enjoy what I do, I pray that it shall remain so.
– What next? You have to make up for lost time…
Next is work, and work again, and more work…
– Other peoples interpretations of your work Some say it is erotic does that bother you …
My husband reassures me that eroticism is a measure of aesthetically value since biblical times, I am not aiming to scandalise but to convey fleeting sensations as I manage to capture them into my work.
– At the moment you are in huge demand for work and interviews. Is there a danger that YOU might become the story not your work-how will you prevent that…
I gave my poor man a good ear-bashing of these worriers of mine, he laughs it off, saying that I remind him of the chap who whispered into his ears ‘I opened a grocery, and swear you to keep it secret…’
– What are your main artistic influences and are they changing?
I am captivated by the fabric effects in the works of old masters like Carvaggio, Rembrandt, now I am preoccupied with Bernini.


The 2021 YAMI (Youth and Adults in the Music Industry) Sounz Summit has confirmed a packed-out weekend of musical workshops, seminars and showcases in Wanaka on May 8-9.
A grant from the Central Lakes Trust has allowed Lake Wanaka SouNZ Incorporated to confirm the event. Participants (aged from 10 years to “near-ancient”) work alongside the tutors during the weekend summit, with some taking to the stage with their idols at the final night’s public showcase.
Tutors lined up to inspire and guide those attending include Kiwi professionals from acts including Fat Freddy’s Drop, Shapeshifter, L.A.B., The Black Seeds, Sea Mouse, Foley, The Nomad, Anderson Rocio and Arma Del Amor. Bella Kalolo and Deva Mahal will guide singers, while Troy Kingi, Delaney Davidson and Kylie Price will help to mentor songwriters.
YAMI is looking to host around 180 people over the weekend at Lake Wanaka Centre, with over 80% of registration places already taken up. The not-for-profit music summit has received continued support from the NZ Music Commission, QLDC, Recorded Music NZ, and Lake Wanaka Tourism.


The Magnificent .357 Magnum
A lthough it’s considered a modern cartridge, the .357 Magnum, was actually introduced in 1935. At that time it was a giant step up from the preceding .38 caliber cartridges such as the .38 S&W, and .38 Special.
To add glitz to the cartridge’s introduction, Major Doug Wesson took it all across North America, using it on almost every large game animal he could find. Deer, elk, grizzly bears, and many others bit the dirt courtesy of the new magnum.
Not only was the cartridge more powerful than any that preceded it, the gun was a magnificent example of the art of firearms manufacturing. In the beginning all of them were practically handmade, fitted and finished.
This was the era of the Model .357 Magnum, before it became the Model 27. Since that day, there have been many different models and brands of .357 Magnums, even some semi-autos and not a few carbines. Even at this date, 84 years after its introduction, the .357 Magnum is one of the most effective self-defense rounds on the market.
When the .357 was introduced, it was loaded a lot hotter than it is today. In the beginning, if we are to believe the literature, the load that initiated the wave of wonder was a 158-grain bullet at better than 1,500 feet per second.
Today we can only approach that level of performance by handloading for a very strong, long-barreled handgun, using the most modern, slow-burning powders and the best brass. Even then, you have to load it to the top of the charts, or even over the top—something that’s never recommended.
The loads generally seen on dealers’ shelves in that bullet weight are more likely to produce velocities of around 1,250 feet per second. My hunting load generates about 1350 fps from a 6-inch Model 27 S&W– and it is absolutely maximum in that very strong gun. To achieve the 1500 fps we read about it is usually necessary to reduce bullet weight, and even then it isn’t easy. For instance, my current Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading shows only one load with 158-grain bullets that exceeds 1250 fps, and it does not reach 1,500.
I have used the .357 Magnum to take a number of deer, javelina, coyotes, raccoons, and such. For the smaller animals it was great, but the deer sometimes needed extra killing. I have never killed a whitetail in its tracks with a .357, and I have never misplaced a shot. Most of the time some trailing was involved.
That’s in spite of the fact that every shot I have ever fired at a deer was a complete pass-through shot. The reason is that the First Magnum is a bit light in the pockets for animals over about 70 pounds. It produces less than 1,000 ft-lbs of impact energy, even with the stiffest loads I am aware of, and most won’t reach 750.
On the other hand, strange as it sounds, for personal protection the .357 is one of the best. With lighter bullets designed to expand rapidly, it gives good one-shot stopping potential, is not badly inclined to over-penetrate, and is still easy to shoot well.
Even in this era of the semi-auto, I still occasionally carry a very well-preserved old 2 1/2-inch Model 19. With six 125-grain hollow points in the gun and a speed loader in my pocket, I feel quite well armed for almost any situation. Besides, any situation I can’t handle with the wheel gun, I probably couldn’t handle with any other handgun.
It took some little time after its introduction to displace the .38 Special, but eventually the .357 became the sine qua non of law enforcement handguns. The first handgun I was issued as a police officer was a Model 19 S&W. When I joined the Border Patrol I was issued a Colt Border Patrol Model in .357.
I didn’t like the trigger pull of the Colt, so I eventually bought a Smith & Wesson Model 686 (L-frame) .357, which I carried until the Border Patrol began to allow its officers to carry semi-autos.
During the era of the revolver the Texas Highway Patrol issued the S&W Model 28 Highway Patrol to its troopers. The Model 28 is simply a less fancy Model 27, which is the large .44-frame (N-frame) gun in .357. It is heavier than the Model 19, but much more robust.
The Model 19, based on the smaller K-38 (K-frame), but much strengthened, was preferred by most officers because of its lighter weight, even though it would not stand up to as many heavy magnum loads. Also popular was the Colt Python, a beautiful handgun renowned for its accuracy.
The .357 is still popular, and is still a solid choice for self-defense. If you like revolvers, and many still do, there are few cartridges out there with the abilities of the .357 Magnum. Most handgun manufacturers offer several different models to fit almost any scenario and every need.
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But old-school skills still matter, and anyone who wants to experiment with the craft of animation would do well to try stop-motion animation, a relatively low tech way to get started in the industry. Now, a new rig has just been released - Stickybones - which makes the stop-motion animator's job much, much easier.
What is Stickybones?
Stickybones is an animation puppet "made of engineering-grade polymers" with a highly sophisticated joint system. No need to build your own animation puppet to try out stop-motion animation - Stickbones comes ready to use.
Who made Stickybones?
Stickybones was originally created through a crowd-funding effort at Indiegogo, but is now formally offered for sale to the public. You can order them at this website.
How much is Stickybones?
The price for one Stickybones is $89.
What else do you need?
You will also need a camera (your smart phone will do) and some sort of tripod to keep it fixed and stop it wobbling all over the place. And you'll need some editing software, perhaps SonyVegas (which is free) to edit the images you capture into a final movie.
Check out the video below for some animation samples.
The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our new BA/MArt starting in September 2016, follow this link. To sign up for our short animation course starting on June 28, click here.


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M.B. McLatchey‘s memoir Beginner’s Mind and Kevin McIntosh‘s novel Class Dismissed address similar educational themes and explore some of the same tensions in and out of the classroom. M.B. McLatchey and Kevin McIntosh will be joining Jaynie Royal and Pam Van Dyk to explore the philosophical threads of these education-themed literary works.
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AIJC at 25
YESTERDAY, the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) celebrated its silver anniversary with the investiture of its 4th President, Dr. Rogelio V. Cuyno which was held together with the commencement rites of some 20 graduate students who completed their masters degrees in communication management and journalism. The commencement address was given by the chairman of the Commission on Higher Education, Dr. Carlito S. Puno.
Established in 1980, AIJC started with only one program - its graduate school of journalism. Later, it expanded to include a communication major, a professional program offering various courses in communication and development, and a research and consultancy program.
The first president was former Manila Times editor Jose Luna Castro and the chairman for 12 years was former DFA Secretary and UP President Salvador P. Lopez. Joe Luna, who is acknowledged as one of our most outstanding journalists, wrote what was then the most popular textbook in journalism and taught the course as well. "SP," as he was often called, taught the course, Development Environment of Communication. Among the first trustees were presidents of local universities - Far Eastern University's Dr. Nicanor Reyes, De La Salle's Dr. Andrew Gonzalez who was chairman for six years, Lyceum's Dr. Sotero Laurel, Mindanao State University's Dr. Mauyag Tamano, Asian Institute of Management's Gabino Mendoza, and Silliman's Dr. Quintin Doromal who has been chairman for the past eight years.
Its current trustees are Dr. William T. Torres, father of Internet, who is vice chairman, former Communication Foundation for Asia head Fr. Pedro Arguillas, economist and former Ambassador to Italy Jose V. Romero, former Budget Secretary and marketing educator Dr. Manuel S. Alba, noted advertising and marketing guru Javier J. Calero, environmentalist Dr. Corazon PB. Claudio who served as the third president (2002), SSS President Corazon S. de la Paz, GMA Network's CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon, former Education Secretary and National Artist Dr. Alejandro R. Roces, Dr. Cuyno and myself who served as president and executive dean for 17 years. Former DAR Undersecretary Atty. Efren C. Moncupa is the corporate secretary. Among past trustees were former Senator Gaudencio Manalac who was treasurer for many years, public relations pioneer Virgilio Pantaleon, journalists Rodolfo Reyes, Teodoro Valencia, Oscar Villadolid, Teodoro Benigno, Reynaldo Naval, and Arturo Borjal, media manager Merardo Jimenez, and architect Nestor Mangio.
Dr. Cuyno came to AIJC with an impressive background, having carved a reputation as an organizational innovator and trailblazer in the academic world and applied communication. He spent most of his years at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos where he taught in 1962-1995. At UPLB, he set up organizations such as the Research Management Center, the Philippine National Training Center for Rural Development, and the Applied Communication Division of the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research and Development which he headed from 1979 to 1983. He has implemented R & D and management projects in Asia, Africa, and the South Pacific for organizations such as GTZ, Winrock International, and documented his knowledge in various publications on agricultural extension, training systems, research management, organizational and development communication, social marketing, and rural development. …


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2020 Programmatic Trends in LATAM
Patrizio Zanatta, Managing Director LATAM, and Salomão Junior, VP of Seller, LATAM, discuss their predictions for 2020 in the LATAM programmatic market, including more adoption of Demand Manager and the growth of audio and video.
DEMAND MANAGER IS THRIVING IN LATAM
How has Demand Manager been received in LATAM?
PZ: Demand Manager has been very successful in LATAM, and we expect the growth of 2019 to continue in the New Year. We’ve been working with most of LATAM’s top-tier publishers; most of the installations are in Brazil, which is the most advanced market, but we will shortly have partners using Demand Manager in Argentina and Mexico. For 2020, we anticipate adoption among top publishers in all the LATAM countries.
SJ: Brazil is a very different market from the rest of LATAM. It’s the most advanced in the programmatic space, so Demand Manger has been very popular, and many of the biggest publishers are already live. São Paulo is a programmatic hub, but in 2020 we expect Demand Manager adoption will spread to other areas of Brazil.
PZ: Close to 100% of our publishers in LATAM are using Prebid. Prebid.org experienced tremendous growth in 2019 and generated lots of buzz. Rubicon Project and other partners in Prebid.org took the initiative to educate the market about the advantages of open source header bidding, and adoption has been huge. Everybody now knows what Prebid is.
SJ: In the past year, we saw a few Brazilian publishers moving to Prebid Server for video and app inventory. I believe we will see more adoption in 2020, especially with the upcoming privacy regulation in Brazil and Google phasing out support for third-party cookies in Chrome.
SUPPLY PATH OPTIMIZATION (SPO) BEGINS IN 2020
How will SPO affect the LATAM programmatic market in 2020?
PZ: Rubicon Project has recently taken an active role in educating partners about SPO. The more we talk about it, the more we generate awareness from both sides about the benefits of optimizing the supply path.
Advertising in LATAM is not fully automated yet, so many buyers still rely on resellers and intermediaries, especially in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile. These partners can sometimes capture more demand than the publishers generate themselves, so SPO hasn’t been a hot topic until very recently.
In 2019, we started to see more interest from buyers in streamlining the supply path. When we hosted our Executive Exchange in São Paulo, the session on SPO was well attended, and the conversation was lively.
SJ: In Brazil, buyers are more aware of SPO. People have been thinking about it for the past few years, but they are just starting to take steps towards evaluating their partnerships. Brands have begun asking for it, and agencies and publishers are becoming more receptive. I think we will see a lot more SPO in 2020.
LATAM LOVES EMERGING FORMATS
What emerging formats will trend in 2020?
PZ: Both video and audio are exploding, and have dominated PMPs. Spotify, which offers both, grew tremendously last year; it’s become one of our largest partners in LATAM.
SJ: Video growth is huge, and also programmatic guaranteed (PG) — mostly due to Brazil, where video is typically transacted via PG.
PZ: Although we work with most of the broadcasters in the region, there are still very few connected TV (CTV) publishers in LATAM, and not much inventory available. But we have started a lot of conversations around CTV, and we’ve done some testing. Interest seems to be growing from both buyers and sellers.
SJ: Out of home is thriving. It’s one of the biggest markets in Brazil, and more publishers are expected on the exchange in 2020. Our partner Elemidia — with screens in elevators, offices, residential buildings and malls — has 20,000 screens in Brazil and reaches more than 25M people per week. It’s a huge player, and I anticipate DOOH growth outside of São Paulo in 2020.
IDENTITY EMERGES AS A HOT TOPIC IN 2020
How is the LATAM market thinking about identity?
PZ: Privacy and identity are not huge concerns in LATAM at this stage, but new privacy legislation is coming to Brazil.
SJ: The new law will be similar to GDPR in Europe, and it’s supposed to begin in August. I don’t know if publishers and buyers will be ready. After GDPR and CCPA — Brazil is at the forefront of consumer privacy.
PZ: Elsewhere is LATAM, few people are talking about identity. Programmatic is a much smaller piece of the market, and, culturally, Latin American countries have not been as concerned about data privacy. Consumers seem more focused on economic growth.
DEALS DRIVE PROGRAMMATIC GROWTH
What will influence buyer strategy in 2020?
PZ: PG and PMPs are used a lot in LATAM, and will remain essential. PMPs are popular with buyers in the region, since it’s often the easiest way to connect with top publishers. And PG is the preferred channel for video buys. LATAM represents a large part of Rubicon Project’s global PG traffic.
LATAM PUBLISHERS WIN IN THE US MARKET
What other programmatic trends will stand out in LATAM?
PZ: The US Hispanic market is trending, and we are delivering more and more US audiences to US brands through our LATAM publishers. According to eMarketer, the US Hispanic population is big, at some 60 million, and represents $1.5 trillion in buying power. Many companies want to target US Hispanic users, and one place to reach Spanish-speaking audiences is through LATAM publishers. Many US agencies are buying US audiences on LATAM sites. LATAM publishers are making significant revenue from these transactions, even though they involve a smaller percentage of traffic.
SJ: For Brazil, Digital Out of Home (DOOH) will continue as a big trend in 2020, and PG will also grow.
PZ: Television still dominates LATAM in general, so it’s been difficult for programmatic to gain market share quickly. A lot also depends on the economy, as many LATAM countries are dealing with recession and inflation. But I predict programmatic will grow in 2020.
I also foresee a market for CTV emerging, even though one doesn’t really exist yet in LATAM. Which is obviously an opportunity. For instance, nobody in LATAM was transacting DOOH until we started working with a key publisher. We created a market that didn’t exist, and we have the opportunity to do the same with CTV.
Because LATAM is TV-focused, CTV is the next logical step. It’s a huge opportunity for 2020 and beyond.
To learn more about Programmatic in LATAM, reach out to us at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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