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[GLENN BECK] Aaron Watson: One of the Greatest American Entrepreneurs Alive Today
Country music sensation Aaron Watson made it the old fashioned way: through hard work, grit and determination. The only recording artist to make it without a record label, Watson credits his parents for teaching him about hard work and never giving up. He treasures one story, in particular, about the heartbreaking day a record producer told him he didn’t have the right stuff.
“After he said we didn’t have what it takes, I went back home, and I was pretty heart broke,” Watson said. “And I told my dad, ‘They don’t like my songs.’ And he said, ‘That’s alright. They said the same thing to Willie.’ And then dad said, ‘When Willie turned 45 years old, he made it.'”
At the time, Watson was 21 years old.
"I’m thinking, ‘Whoa, dad, so are you saying that it’s going to take me 24 years to make it?’ He said ‘Yeah, if you want it bad enough.'” Watson recalled.
Eighteen years, 13 albums and 2,500 shows later, Watson is at the top of his game.
“I just applied all the principles that my mom and dad taught me growing up of being all heart, all hustle, giving God all the glory, and I used all of those things they taught me. My business model is very simple: Faith, Family and Fans,” Watson said.
Read the full article and interview on glennbeck.com
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Will Gustav Become a ‘Rural Storm’?
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As Gustav churns toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, we are glued to the television. What's the latest pressure? Wind speed? When will the next hurricane hunter report?
This morning, we learn in the New York Times that there are urban hurricanes and there are rural hurricanes, depending on where they make landfall. The Times reports: "A Louisiana State University scientist who has been tracking the storm said the area at greatest risk, under present forecasts, was not New Orleans but the low population district between Houma and Lafayette on the state’s south central coast. 'It’s just like Rita; it’s more of a rural storm than an urban storm,' said Robert Twilley, a professor of oceanography and coastal sciences.
Most eyes over the next few days will be on New Orleans. Rightly so. But if Gustav is a "rural storm," and strikes hardest outside the metro area, the nation needs to pay attent
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If you are dreaming of getting married in an exotic foreign land surrounded by friends and family; serenaded by outlandish dancers and tropical lures, read on and decide from our expert list.
Mexico is loved for its multiplicity and while being exotic and predominantly Spanish, the country's close ties with the USA means many Mexican's understand English well and the US dollar is an accepted currency. The best locations for weddings in the country are Cancun, Acapulco, Riviera Maya, Cozumel, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlán. The beautiful coastal stretches of Mexico face the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on the East while the mighty Pacific is on the West. Weddings are popular not just for the stunning scenery but also for the fabulous food and ever smiling locals who know just how to set up an unforgettable celebration. Mexico is ideal for couples on a tight budget looking to have a tropical and exotic wedding.
The Bahamas is an archipelago of over 2000 islands that are found close to the edge of southern Florida. There are many little islets and coral cays that are great lures for snorkelers, divers and also wedding planners. Vintage mansions surrounded by rustic gardens, sunny skies and informal settings are what many couples crave for when planning a wedding in the Bahamas.
The Maldives is probably one of the most popular wedding destinations around the world. The gorgeous island is dotted with beautiful coral atolls that are ideal to organise dreamy and memorable wedding ceremonies at a luxury Maldives resort. Catering to the couples every need these resorts take care of all basic necessities and additions - leaving you completely hassle free. Choose from impromptu beach side weddings to romantic sunset terrace weddings. The choices are endless. The complimentary overnight hotel stays often offered, are great treats for couples who opt to spend their honeymoons right on the archipelago. There you can swim, dive, snorkel, sail, fish, kayak - as a couple in a tandem kayak - and indulge in a million other 'couples' activities under sunny skies. On the South Ari Atoll is Maafushivaru Maldives resort.
Kauai is considered the Garden Island of Hawaii. It is one of the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands located to the far north. Kauai is much smaller than its sister islands; Big Island, Maui and Oahu. The island still exudes a vintage ambiance of Hawaii from years gone by; this is probably just one of the lures that draw couples to choose Kauai as a wedding destination. Other attractions are the islands unspoilt beaches, the gorgeous Na Pali coastline, the Waimea Canyon and many breath-taking waterfalls.
The Caribbean islands are favoured by couple as a wedding destination for its diverse tropical lures. Popular islands are St Lucia, Turks, St Martin, Caicos, Cayman Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands. Seven Mile Beach is generally a hot spot to plan a wedding at, while sunny skies and laid back vibes are ideal for couples who like a no fuss wedding.
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Q: How to redirect Wordpress home page to custom static HTML page I am facing an issue while I upload the custom HTML page into my Wordpress site.
The page all alone working fine as I put it in separate folder or if I change its name to index.php .
But then their arise a conflict between this custom page and the other WP theme pages .If I set this as a index.php page in theme or root WP .This page runs swiftly but other theme pages doesn’t work .Just show the same index page but with broken css
So all I want is not to broke my theme page as well to set custom html page it as my default Home Page
How can I achieve this ? I am using divi them
HTML page that I want to set as my Default Home page : http://filmyoze.com/Default
Rest of site : http://filmyoze.com
A: WordPress relies on all WordPress requests being routed to index.php, which kicks off the whole WordPress lifecycle and then serves up the proper page, content, etc. (This is true for everything except requests to other real, existing files, like images and external pages that don't need WordPress.)
If you want your custom page to be the home page of your site, but live within WordPress (which is usually the case), then you need to operate within WordPress's world. That means you don't just stick a file in your directory, and you certainly don't replace WordPress's index.php file.
Instead, you create a page template and a page within WordPress to use it. Basically:
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*Create a page in WordPress
*On your WordPress dashboard, go to Settings -> Reading and for Front Page choose the page you created
*In your site's directory, name your file front-page.php
*In front-page.php, at a minimum, put the PHP calls to get_header() before your content, and get_footer() after your content
With those steps, WordPress will capture all requests to your home page, and serve the page you created (in step 1) using the template you created (in steps 3 & 4). You can then go further and store front page content (i.e. content, meta data, etc.) on that WordPress page, and pull it into your page template dynamically.
A: This code may help resolve the issue for this particular situation. Put this code in yor theme's functions.php.
add_action('template_redirect', 'default_page');
function default_page(){
if(is_home() or is_front_page()){
exit( wp_redirect("http://path/to/your/html/file"));
}
}
Replace http://path/to/your/html/file to exact url of html file.
I hope this helps.
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Cities within 100 miles of Oakdale, TN
35 miles: Knoxville, TN
77 miles: Chattanooga, TN
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87 miles: Dalton, GA
16 miles: Oak Ridge, TN
36 miles: Maryville, TN
72 miles: Morristown, TN
78 miles: East Ridge, TN
23 miles: Farragut, TN
56 miles: Sevierville, TN
97 miles: Greeneville, TN
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Fairfield, New Jersey, July 30, 2003 -- Kyocera Mita, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, announced today that it has been awarded the Most Cost-Effective Printer Technology award from internationally known Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories (BERTL). This award further validates Kyocera Mita's commitment to lowering its customer's total cost of ownership (TCO) as well as providing an environmentally friendly product which maintains the highest quality output.
"Kyocera Mita is honored to receive BERTL's Most Cost-Effective Printer Technology award," said Michael Pietrunti, vice president, marketing for Kyocera Mita America. "BERTL's recognition further supports our claims that Kyocera Mita offers the lowest printer TCO in the industry today. This commitment was further reinforced with Kyocera Mita's introduction of the FS-C5016N, the first color printer in the 11-20 page segment to offer a color page for less than five cents."
"The core of ECOSYS is a Kyocera Mita patented long life amorphous silicon drum which has a much longer life than traditional network printer imaging/toner cartridge units and can last up to a half million impressions without being thrown away," said Carmel Rowley, CEO BERTL. "This not only reduces landfill waste, but also reduces the cost per page significantly. When BERTL analysts performed an accelerated 24-hour continuous print test, Kyocera Mita's ECOSYS technology easily beat its competition, with reliability as good or better than products it was tested against."
Kyocera Mita introduced ECOSYS for its printer line to symbolize their environmentally friendly properties. ECOSYS products allow the addition of toner to the existing unit without disposal of the drum, eliminating the unnecessary waste of cartridges. Unnecessary waste is eliminated because the only consumable is toner. ECOSYS printers also utilize long-life drums that significantly reduce the cost per page. The result is that Kyocera Mita's ECOSYS printers create less waste than any competing products and have the lowest comparable cost per print.
BERTL is the leading independent test laboratory for digital imaging devices; with offices located in the United States and England. BERTL has pioneered new methods of testing multifunctional devices, introduced a highly sophisticated range of user-relevant tests on "connected" imaging output devices, and developed the world's leading image analysis software, "Page Check". BERTL has been in the office products testing industry for over 10 years. The end-user is always their primary consideration. BERTL offers a range of subscription services: LabCheck, Imaging at Work, Color at Work, DataCheck Side by Side Comparison Database and PageCheck PRO software for measuring Page Coverage and producing Annualized Print Cost Reports. BERTL is regarded as the premier source for independent test reports and up to the minute product research. For more information, visit BERTL (Digital Test Lab) on the World Wide Web at http://www.BERTL.com.
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Evelynd History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Evelynd is a name that was brought to England by the ancestors of the Evelynd family when they migrated to the region after the Norman Conquest in 1066. The Evelynd family lived in Surrey. The name, however, derives from the family's place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Ivelyn, in Calvados, Normandy. The Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae noted Roger Ivelin, Normandy 1198. [1]
Early Origins of the Evelynd family
The surname Evelynd was first found in Surrey where "the family, said to have come originally from Evelyn in Normandy, had settled in Shropshire and afterwards in Middlesex. " [2]
From this verifiable source, we found Burke in his Burke's Landed Gentry who claimed derives it from a place in Shropshire "now called Evelyn, but formerly written Avelyn and Ivelyn." (Burke) However, this claim has met with disagreement as "the name of that place was formerly Evelyth, which has never been that of the family of Evelyn. " [1]
Early History of the Evelynd family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Evelynd research. Another 114 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1579, 1620, 1706, 1631, 1706, 1591, 1664, 1628, 1660, 1601, 1685, 1626, 1640, 1648, 1660, 1660, 1620, 1706, 1818, 1655, 1699, 1633, 1671, 1664, 1666, 1677, 1702 and 1702 are included under the topic Early Evelynd History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Evelynd Spelling Variations
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence in the eras before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate regularly changed the spellings of their names as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Evelynd have been found, including Evelyn, Ivelyn, Aveling and others.
Early Notables of the Evelynd family (pre 1700)
Outstanding amongst the family at this time was Sir John Evelyn (1591-1664), an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1660, reluctant supporter of the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War; Sir John Evelyn (1601-1685), an English politician, Member of Parliament for Wilton (1626), Ludgershall (1640-1648), and 1660 and Stockbridge in 1660; John Evelyn FRS (1620-1706), an English writer, gardener and diarist, best known for...
Another 70 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Evelynd Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Evelynd family
For many English families, the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. For such families, the shores of Ireland, Australia, and the New World beckoned. They left their homeland at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. Many arrived after the long voyage sick, starving, and without a penny. But even those were greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. Numerous English settlers who arrived in the United States and Canada at this time went on to make important contributions to the developing cultures of those countries. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Evelynd were among those contributors: Mary Evelin who settled in Virginia in 1648; Thomas Evelin settled in Barbados in 1671; Francis Evelyn settled in Philadelphia in 1874.
Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae
Norman Conquest
The Evelynd Motto +
Motto: Durete
Motto Translation: Hardness.
^ The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
^ Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Evelynd (English)
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Soccer takes opponents to limit but falls short
Wednesday (Dec. 30) proved to be a tough final day for the Xavier Prep soccer team in the Excalibur Tournament of Champions in Irvine, Calif.
The Gators began the day at 3-0 after winning their first three games of the tournament.
But they fell to Esperanza (Anaheim, Calif.) on penalty kicks after battling to a scoreless tie in the semifinals, then suffered another penalty-kick loss to Chaminade (Los Angeles) after the two teams tied at 1 in regulation in the third-place game on Wednesday night.
Xavier coach Barb Chura said the Gators dominated the game against Esperanza, but could not put the ball in the net during regulation time.
Chura said she played reserves in the third-place game to give them experience and the Gators held up well. Senior Jackie Tait scored the XCP goal on a feed from sophomore Hannah Hale.
Xavier (8-2) had two players selected to the All-Tournament Team – senior Lex Allard and sophomore goalkeeper Kinsey Ehmann.
The Gators return home to Petznick Field on Tuesday (Jan. 5) for a game against Phoenix Pinnacle.
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Xavier on a roll, reaches soccer tourney semis
This is shaping up to be quite a memorable season for Xavier Prep’s soccer team.
The Gators ran their record to 8-0 on Tuesday (Dec. 29) and reached Wednesday's (Dec. 30) semifinals of the Excalibur Tournament of Champions in Irvine, Calif.
It is the most success Xavier has had in the years since first coming to the prestigious tournament.
The Gators will meet Esperanza, Calif., in a semifinal contest at 1:30 p.m., Arizona time, on Wednesday. The winner will play for the tournament championship at 7:30 p.m., and the loser will play in the third-place game at 6 p.m.
Xavier began the day on Tuesday with a 2-0 win over Temecula Valley, Calif., then played Cypress, Calif. The Gators fell into a 2-0 hole against Cypress before rallying in the second half for a 2-2 tie and then earning the victory with a 5-4 edge in penalty kicks.
Sophomore goalkeeper Kinsey Ehmann made a pair of penalty kick saves to ensure the victory.
Down, 2-0, the Gators came back in the second half with goals by freshman Emily Chiao and sophomore Abby Hubbard.
Freshman Sadie Wintergalen set up the first goal with an aggressive run down the flank, beating a defender and getting the ball to Chiao. On the second goal, Olivia Chan made a long run and fired a shot at the goal. The Cypress goalkeeper mishandled the shot and Hubbard was there to finish the play.
Xavier coach Barb Chura said Cypress was by far the best team the Gators have faced in the tournament, and said Esperanza also will provide a big challenge.
Against Temecula Valley, both of Xavier's goals came in the first half.
Junior defender Maddie Amavila picked up the point on the first goal, and sophomore defender Madeline Warren connected for the second score. Both goals came off of corner kicks.
Chura said the game was physical and fast-paced, “and the defense by the whole team held strong.’’
The coach was able to play most of her girls on her roster against Temecula Valley.
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Gator soccer triumphs in first round
Xavier Prep’s soccer team reached the round of 16 after a 3-0 first-round victory on Monday (Dec. 28) over Long Beach Poly in the Excalibur Tournament of Champions in Irvine, Calif.
The Gators (6-0) will play Temecula, Calif., or San Clemente, Calif., in the second round on Tuesday (Dec. 29). That game will begin at 11:30 a.m., Arizona time. Xavier also will play another game later in the day.
Freshman Alison Broderick scored the Gators’ first goal in the first half. She connected from about 30 yards out off an assist from Natalie Duque. Xavier had several other good chances in the first half. Sadie Wintergalen set up many of those attempts by outworking the opposing defense.
Quiqui Hita had a fine all-around game for the Gators and scored the team’s second goal for a 2-0 lead in the second half. Emily Chiao provided the assist.
Chiao accounted for XCP’s final goal after dribbling the ball through three defenders and sliding the ball past the Long Beach Poly goalkeeper.
Kinsey Ehmann was solid in goal for the Gators, and her defensive teammates kept the opponent away from the goal most of the time.
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Soccer team ready for Calif. tournament
The Xavier Prep soccer team takes over center stage during the week between Christmas and New Year’s with five games over three days in the Excalibur Tournament of Champions at the Great Park in Irvine, Calif.
The Gators are riding an early streak of success with a 5-0 record. They have outscored opponents 17-2 during that time, including three shutouts.
Xavier opens play in the Excalibur on Monday (Dec. 28) with a noon (Arizona time) start against Long Beach Poly.
A win over Long Beach Poly would set up a second-round game on Tuesday (Dec. 29) against either Temecula, Calif., or San Clemente, Calif., at 11:30 a.m. (Arizona time). A loss to Long Beach Poly would lead to a loser’s bracket game on Tuesday against Temecula or San Clemente, with a 10:30 a.m. (Arizona time) start.
Two more games are scheduled Wednesday (Dec. 30). Starting times depend upon what the Gators do in the earlier rounds.
The Gators return to regular-season action on Jan. 5 with a home match against Phoenix Pinnacle at Petznick Field.
Back to the drawing board for Xavier hoops
Xavier Prep’s basketball team will have these next two weeks over the holidays to sit back and reflect on what occurred in the Nike Tournament of Champions and take steps toward improvement.
The Gators won their first game of the tournament, held in south Phoenix and the east Valley, but then lost three in a row and saw their overall record dip to 9-4.
The last two came on Monday (Dec. 21) and Tuesday (Dec. 22).
Both games were close. Xavier had fallen into the loser’s bracket of the Gold Division after a loss on Saturday (Dec. 19) to Huntington Beach, Calif.
XCP then took Cherry Creek, Colo. (Greenwood Village) to overtime on Monday, and Cherry Creek came away with a 71-65 victory.
That set up a seventh-place game on Tuesday against Lutheran High of Colorado (Parker), and Lutheran earned a 56-52 win, holding off a furious rally by the Gators.
XCP returns to action on Jan. 4, facing Anthem Boulder Creek in a 6:15 p.m. game that will be played at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix. The arena is home to the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury.
Good start for XCP hoops, finish not so much
Xavier Prep’s basketball team walked into its Nike Tournament of Champions game on Saturday (Dec. 19) and jumped to a 10-0 lead over Huntington Beach, Calif.
The Gators went on to another easy victory, right?
Not really. From that point on, everything that could go wrong for the team did at Gilbert Campo Verde High.
They lost their shooting touch. Their passes went into the hands of the opponent as much or more than they did their own. Huntington Beach was more aggressive on the boards and played with a much more physical approach.
It all added up to a 58-40 victory for Huntington Beach, and dropped the Gators (9-2) into the loser’s bracket of the Gold Division.
Xavier’s next game is Monday (Dec. 21) at 1 p.m. against Cherry Creek (Colo). The game will be played at the Kroc Center in Phoenix, 13th Street and Broadway Road. Xavier would play again on Tuesday (Dec. 22) at 10 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. at Kroc.
Xavier was outscored 19-10 in the second quarter and 14-6 in the third.
Sophomore Alana Kelley scored 12 points to lead the Gators. Senior Vanessa Murphy scored 10, but all of those were in the first half. She spent most of the second half frustrated by foul trouble.
Xavier opened the tournament on Friday (Dec. 18) with a 67-32 win over Windsor, Calif.
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Murexsul jacquelinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
Distribution
References
Muricidae
Gastropods described in 1969
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The National Assembly member representing Kankia, Kusada, Ingawa Federal constituency, Alhaji Ahmed Babba Kaita has won the APC Daura Senatorial Primary election.
Alhaji Ahmed Babba Kaita defeated eight other contestants when he scored 1,723 votes.
Declaring the result at Daura Motel venue of the primary election, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee from the National Secretariat of the Party, Mr. Patrick expressed satisfaction on the peaceful conduct of election.
Other contestants are Alhaji Sani Nasiru Zangon Daura who scored 1,474 votes and Alhaji Mustapha Kanti Bello who scored 317 votes.
The rest are Ahmed El-Marzuk the current Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice who got 46 votes, former Speaker of the state house of assembly Alhaji Ya’u Umar Gojo-Gojo 101 votes, Lawal Garba seven votes, Ahmed Jamo and Dr. Salisu Inagwa got two votes each, Professor Umar Katsayal 29 votes among others.
The result indicated that all the Senatorial candidates of APC Ahmed babba Kaita and that of PDP Kabir Babba Kaita are of the same family who would slog it together in secondary election.
Meanwhile, the Secretary to the Government of Katsina State Alhaji Mustapha Mohammed Inuwa has described the peaceful conduct of Daura senatorial district primary election as a victory for democracy in the state.
Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa was speaking shortly after the declaration of the result said the party APC would now waste no time in embarking on campaign for its candidate.
He expressed optimism that the ruling APC in Katsina State would emerge victories after the election.
Also speaking, Katsina State APC Chairman, Malam Shitu S. Shitu advised the winner of the primary election Ahmed Babba Kaita to put more effort in conversing for support and advised those who loss to co-operate with him for the success of the party during the secondary election schedule on August 11, 2018.
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We are very excited to announce our 7th Avery's Light Golf Tournament in memory of our daughter, Avery Diane Hanson. This year's tournament we will be supporting The Finley Project.
Register: Click here to register online. Pay in advance here or with cash or check the day of the tournament.
Secure your sponsorship by registering here and paying online or by calling, 321-591-8655.
The Finley Project's mission is to provide care for mothers who have experienced the unimaginable - the loss of an infant. Their devoted team provides a lifeline for mothers in the minutes, hours, and days after the loss of an infant through a 7-part holistic program that supports each mother physically, emotionally, and spiritually at no cost to them. They provide support to families as they plan funerals, nourishment to the families by providing grocery gift cards, assist in placing families in support groups, one on one counseling sessions with a licensed mental health counselor and assigns each mother a support coordinator who will provide support for the mother for up to 5 years.
Unlike any other support program, The Finley Project has been supporting families since 2014 and to date has helped over 500 families, provided $27,000 in groceries, 150 hours of home cleaning services, 135 hours of massage therapy, 500 hours of counseling services and over 6,240 hours of support coordinator services. And this year we hope to be able to help The Finley Project support even more families by donating funds raised from the Golf Tournament to their organization and we hope you will join us!
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Mykolaivka (), previously Mykolaivka-Vyrivska (until 1957) and later Zhovtneve (1957-2016) is an urban type settlement in Sumy Raion of Sumy Oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. Population:
History
During World War II it was under German occupation.
Urban-type settlement since 1957.
In January 1989 the population was 4768 people.
In January 2013 the population was 4350 people.
The settlement was called Zhovtneve, to commemorate the October Revolution, until 2016. On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Chervone to Esman according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
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Urban-type settlements in Sumy Raion
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Catholic Bishops' Conference urges Govt. to reopen schools
The Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka yesterday (29) urged authorities to reopen schools and take drastic measures to stop the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the poor. "The children will be able to learn not only the sciences but also achieve emotional, psychological and spiritual health, interact with their teachers, their fellow students and friends, and engage in extracurricular and sports activities with their peers in order to achieve a sense of emotional balance," said Bishop Winston S. Fernando, head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka, in a press statement. Addressing the teacher salary anomalies which have resulted in mass protests, the Conference appealed to the government in the interests of the children to be flexible and agree to rectifying the long-standing salary anomalies as the teachers. They also stated that teachers matter the most in the moulding of our future citizens and leaders. "We also call upon the teachers to consider it their sacred duty to form and mould the future citizens and call off their strike action to return to school for the love of the children they look after,” the statement further read.
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As a professional photographer, one the most self-rewarding things that can ever happen in your career is to be part of the highlight moments in the life of others.
I had met Jenny and Randall some time ago as the sweetest couple ever. I covered the exciting event of their engagement session truly makes you feel part of their cherished life experiences. And I cannot stop to express how thankful and inspired I am by this.
During engagement photo sessions you have this feeling of pure happiness which surrounds everybody while the photos are being taken. For this engagement session, we picked the location of the Brooklyn Bridge Park, because of the surreal scenery it has. The view of Manhattan from Brooklyn is just beautiful during summertime. It is like having an amazing collage of different natural and urban environments in the same area. You have the beach rocks, the East River, the iconic NYC bridges, urban buildings and green areas too. Along with flowers blossoming and everything happening right in front of your eyes.
Jenny and Randall are such an exciting couple to have a photoshoot with. They were in a great mood throughout the whole afternoon. This helps so much when trying to get the best out of any engagement session. Another carefully picked detail is the time of day to shoot. One can never go wrong with sunset. The cotton candy color of the sky and textures that the sun coming down gave them really helped to capture their love. The clouds looked beautifully painted as if they were cotton candy clouds just placed in the blue sky.
In engagement sessions, props are always welcome. For engagement props, I often suggest specific ones a client can bring, but in the case of Jenny and Randall, they chose to bring ¨ Roxie¨ their beloved dog. With her, props became secondary. Roxie is their ever loved dog, and she was definitely the cherry on top of the day. I often suggest and plan a timeline for the photoshoot but I also give my clients as much freedom as possible. So whether you would like you photos done at Jane’s Carousel, Brooklyn Bridge Park, inside Manhattan, the Skyline, or the World Trade Center, the city is our oyster!
All the planning, preparing, and execution is done together as a team in order to bring out the best of each and every session. I just love to make dream photos of my clients come to life. I am just so grateful to be able to be part of these special moments in people’s lives.
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EU Summit: Slow But Steady Progress
By Forex Gump
October 24, 2011 6:10 AM UTC in News
The long awaited EU summit is done but unfortunately, while some progress was made, not all the details were hammered out. Here’s an update on the three main issues that were discussed by EU finance ministers this past weekend.
Bank Recapitalization
A couple weeks back, I highlighted the importance of bank recapitalization, its potential effects on the European economy, and what methods the EU could implement to buff up European banks.
As it turns out, Germany was able to enforce its demands that responsibility for bank recapitalization would fall to bank shareholders first. If shareholders cannot come up with enough cash, then national governments would have to step up.
The only time the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) may be tapped is when shareholder and local government efforts have been exhausted.
For some, this was a step in the right direction, as it frees up the EFSF to be used for other emergency measures.
One wrinkle that did come out of the meeting though was that the finance ministers could not decide what level to set the minimum tier 1 capital ratio. EU officials had planned to set it at 9%, but word through the grapevine is that Spain, Italy, and Portugal refused to sign off on this unless an expansion or leveraging of the EFSF was part of the EU’s plans.
In the end, I do think these countries will give in to higher capital ratios, as long as they feel that the EFSF will be enough to cater to their needs should they need to access it sometime down the road.
Greek Write-downs
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou also pushed for a “definitive solution” for the Greek debt crisis. This basically meant that he wanted bondholders to accept bigger write-downs on Greek debt in order to lighten the burden on Greek citizens.
Rumor has it that banks offered to take haircuts of 40%, but finance ministers were asking for 50%, while Germany was demanding as much as a 60% reduction in the value of Greek bonds.
Take note that when Greece was given a second bailout last July, assumptions were that Greek bonds would have to be slashed by 21%. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out in the political battlefield and if banks will be willing to take such big hits on their balance sheets.
European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)
With regard to the EFSF, the European Union is basically left with two main options.
The first one is a sort of guarantee for those investors who have already bought the bonds of the debt-ridden euro zone nations. This option would limit the risk to investors because it would allow them to claim insurance in case of a default. The European Union hopes that this plan would attract more buyers to keep weak nations financed and yields low.
The second is to create a new and separate fund. The fund, which would be funded by private entities and other financial institutions, would be used to finance debt-laden European nations. Of course, some of the EFSF money would also be used in the fund.
These three issues are heavily-related. For instance, the amount that would be used for the recapitalization of banks would depend on how big the losses the private sector would be willing to accept on Greek bonds. Meanwhile, the expansion and development of the EFSF program would be largely dependent on how much indebted nations would need should bond yields continue to rise as contagion fears spread.
I must admit that things are looking up though. Financial officials are stepping up their game and showing that they are serious in finding a resolution to the debt crisis. At the same time, I can’t deny that time is running thin. They must act quickly or run the risk of risk aversion taking over again. Watch out for their next meeting this Wednesday as the plans will be clearer and more concrete.
Will we see more progress made in Wednesday’s meeting?
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Q: Problem with CAGradientLayer in a custom UIView within a UITableViewCell I have a somewhat special situation that I need help with. I have a CustomView which I am placing in every UITableViewCell in my UITableView. No problems there.
Within my CustomView is a UILabel which displays some text given to it. Depending on the length of the text, the width of the CustomView grows/shrinks. All fine.
The problem I am having is with a sublayer in my CustomView which is a gradient (CAGradientLayer). The gradient size will not grow/shrink off screen on cells not in view.
Let me show you some code... I create my CustomView like so:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
CustomView *custom = [[CustomView alloc] init];
custom.tag = 777;
[cell.contentView addSubview:custom];
[custom release];
}
}
I don't initWithFrame at this stage as the cell could get reused and the width is always wrong. Once the cell is there, I call a method configureCell: where I do the following:
CGSize teamMaxSize = CGSizeMake(300, 18);
CGSize teamNewSize = [[managedObject valueForKey:@"category"]
sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:kFontSizeTeam]
constrainedToSize:teamMaxSize
lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
CustomView *lozenge = (CustomView *) [cell.contentView viewWithTag:777];
lozenge.frame = CGRectMake(10, 5, teamNewSize.width+12, 18);
[lozenge resetSize];
[lozenge setLabel:[managedObject valueForKey:@"category"]];
This works fine, the width of my CustomView is setup as per the length of the 'category' key. The resetSize; method above simply resizes the UILabel I mentioned before to the new frame of the CustomView before I fill it with the value.
Anyway, back to my issue. I am creating the background gradient in the drawRect: method of my CustomView. It works fine, however is the size of the CustomView at init. After I resize I need to resize the gradient.frame. So, I tried adding
gradient.frame = self.bounds
When I call resetSize in my aforementioned code. However when scrolling through the UITableView I can see the gradient literally filling from left to right as it loads into view. Is there anyway I can get this to happen 'off screen' so the CustomView is filled with the gradient as soon as it appears?
A: Instead of creating a gradient in drawRect:, have you considered using CAGradientLayer as the layer class of your custom view, e.g.:
+ (Class)layerClass
{
return [CAGradientLayer class];
}
Then you can perform any setup of your gradient in your initializer, via self.layer.
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This De Waterkant Spacious Two Bedroom Apartment is a stylish and spacious (130sqm) 2 bedroom property with lovely Table Mountain views and some harbor views. The block in located in De Waterkant which is close to Cape Town city, the V&A Waterfront and Green Point. An ideal location for tourists and coporates as within walking distance to lots of restaurants and nightlife.
The apartment is on 2 levels with the living area downstairs and the sleeping quarters upstairs. There is a balcony both upstairs and downstairs. The kitchen is equipped with Miele and other European appliances including a espresso maker and steak griller. There is also a scullery area off the kitchen with laundry facilities.
The lounge has double volume floor to ceiling windows which fill the apartment with views of the Cape Town cityscape and Table mountain. It has a large comfortable L-shaped couch and large flat screen TV. There is a also sound system and DVD player.
Downstairs also has a guest toilet and there is a gas BBQ which can be used on the balcony.
Upstairs both bedrooms have ensuite bathrooms, one with bath and separate shower and the other with a shower. The main bedroom has lovely Table Mountain views and a walk in dressing room.
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Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood - Trixie Mattel & Katya
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The Supply Chain Matters blog continues its market education series on capabilities related to B2B Business Networks and specifically how advanced technology directed at application to application integration drives added efficiencies across digital ecosystems.
Severe flooding in the U.S. Midwest region is having a cascading effect on agricultural, food, fertilizer, and fuel related supply networks with more severe flooding forecasted for the coming Spring.
The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 29, 2019 Edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech, a brief synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based readership.
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Man Worried Civilians Who Storm Area 51 Will Get Shot Creates Rival Event – at Bermuda Triangle
By Michael Lee | Jul 19, 2019
The success of a Facebook event created by alien hunters hoping to “storm Area 51” has spawned a copycat for thrill-seekers intent on uncovering the secrets held within the notorious Bermuda Triangle.
The Bermuda Triangle, located in the western part of the North Atlantic ocean, is purportedly the site where many ships and aircrafts have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Experts, however, dispute the notion.
The “Storm the Bermuda Triangle, It Can’t Swallow All Of Us” event, created on July 12, has already garnered interest from more than 40,000 people. A description on Facebook says the event’s purpose is “to find lost pilots and the hidden islands in the mysterious triangle.”
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Anthony Dominick Carnovale, the event’s creator, told Fox 11 that his event isn’t a joke.
Once the idea reached more than 25,000 people, Carnovale created a GoFundMe to raise money for a beach party at the tip of the Bermuda Triangle in Florida.
So far, the fundraiser has only been able to raise $85.
Carnovale says the event is scheduled for October 1 at 8 A.M., and attendees are required to dress up as Spongebob characters or pirates. For his part, Carnovale will provide boats and scuba gear. He insists that this is “absolutely” a real event.
“I’m contractually obligated to only use the money for the event. If I somehow can’t, I have to give everyone their money back,” he said.
Carnovale said that he created the event out of concern that people may actually attend the rival Area 51 event.
“The Area 51 event is dangerous,” Carnovale said. “I honestly just don’t want people to attend the Area 51 event because I don’t want people getting shot or arrested.”
Storm Bermuda Triangle event response to viral Area 51 event
More than 1.6 million people have signed up for the Sept. 20 event aimed at storming Area 51, the top-secret Nevada military base.
MORE: Las Vegas Cops Reveal What’s Waiting for the 1 Million Civilians Threatening to Storm Area 51
Air Force spokesperson Laura McAndrews last week warned unauthorized civilians against entering Area 51, which is the site of “armed” training.
“[Area 51] is an open training range for the US Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come into the area where we train American armed forces,” she told the Washington Post. “The US Air Force always stands ready to protect America and its assets”.
McAndrews declined to elaborate on exactly how officials were planning to respond to the potential threat. But security guards and motion-sensor cameras surround the perimeter of the base and signs warn that intruders could face “deadly force.”
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Home/Start ups/MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar Inaugurates Digital India Startup Hub at STPI, Davanagere in Karnataka
MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar Inaugurates Digital India Startup Hub at STPI, Davanagere in Karnataka
NewsVoir November 26, 2022
Hon. PM Modi’s vision is to ensure that every Young Indian gets an opportunity to participate in India’s vibrant Startup & innovation ecosystem: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar today inaugurated a Digital India startup hub at the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centre at Davanagere, Karnataka.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, “The STPI, Davangere will soon usher in new opportunities for jobs and entrepreneurships for the people in the region. It is our PM Narendra Modi Jis vision to ensure that every Young Indian gets an opportunity to participate in the India Techade initiatives taken by the Government.“
He said the Government’s emphasis has been on the growth of IT/ITES/ESDM Industry in the newer cities, and that it should not be confined to the metropolitan centres.
This is the 63rd STPI centre in the country and the fifth in the Karnataka.
Stating that India has the fastest growing innovation system with more than 80,000 Startups and over 107 Unicorns, the Minister said the world today looks at India with awe and respect. “We have assumed the presidency of the G20, a league of world’s largest economies and also the GPAIan international initiative on Artificial Intelligence. It is the fastest growing major economy that has surpassed the UK to emerge as the fifth largest economy, receiving its highest ever FDIs of $83Bn.”
Shri B A Basavaraja, District In-charge Minister, Davanagere, Shri G M Siddeshwara, Member of Parliament, Davanagere, Shri Arvind Kumar, Director General, STPI and other dignitaries were present at the inaugural programme.
Shri Arvind Kumar, DG, STPI in his speech affirmed, “Spread over 10,000 sq. ft. area, Davanagere facility is 5th sub-centre under at STPI- Bengaluru. It has state-of-the-art incubation facility to promote growth in IT/ITES services and build a resilient startup ecosystem.”
The State Government has provided 10,000 sq. ft.builtup space in Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Regional Centre, Davanagere for the establishment of this STPI Centre.
Among other facilities, the Centre has plug-n-play 102- seater Incubation facility, Network Operations Centre (NOC), 16-seater conference room, and 32-seater cafeteria and provision for providing high-speed data communication facilities and other amenities & services required for the export of software & services.
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Larchmont Trail
Larchmont Trail Facts
States: Montana
Counties: Missoula
Trail end points: Dearborn Ave. and Old US HWY 93
Trail activities: Bike, Inline Skating, Wheelchair Accessible, Walking, Cross Country Skiing
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Larchmont Trail Description
The Larmont Trail is a paved path that parallels Missoula's busy Reserve Street (US 93) and provides a safe alternative to riding on the road. The path runs for only a little more than 0.5 mile between Dearborn Avenue and where Reserve Street meets Clark Street (across from University Motors). The path runs along the west side of Reserve Street, paralleling Larchmont Golf Course.
When you reach the south end of the Larchmont Trail, go right on Clark Street then right again on Post Siding Road to access Fort Missoula. You can safely ride or walk along the road here into the fort grounds. Continue toward the other end to visit the Historical Society Museum and also to pick up the South Avenue Trail, which then links to other trails on Missoula's west side. You can also get to the Bitterroot River from there.
There is not official parking for this trail but you can park at Fort Missoula and take Post Siding Road to access the Larchmont Trail.
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4 stars for safety from Reserve Street
May, 2012 by lunariver
Reserve Street (US 93) is a nightmare for cyclists but the trail resolves that problem, if only for a short distance. This path is a great alternative for cyclists and pedestrians wanting to access Missoula’s west side and the Bitterroot River. You'll get great views of Missoula's surrounding mountains and you can link to other west-side trails. Fort Missoula is definitely worth the visit, too!
Bitterroot Trail
Montana - 51 miles
The Bitterroot Trail is a paved pathway largely paralleling US 93 between Missoula and Hamilton in Montana's scenic Bitterroot Valley. The trail...
South Avenue Trail
Montana - 2.2 miles
The South Avenue Trail is a paved path that parallels Missoula's busy South Avenue and provides a safe alternative to riding in the road. The path...
7th Street Trail
The 7th Street Trail is an on-road, extra-wide shoulder specifically designed for pedestrians and cyclists. The path runs for 1.36 miles between...
Mansion Heights Trail
The Mansion Heights Trail passes along the northern end of a neighborhood development of the same name toward the top of Missoula's South Hills. The...
Clements Road Trail
Montana - 1.27 miles
The Clements Road Trail is a paved path that parallels Missoula's busy Clements Road and provides a safe alternative to riding on the shoulder. The...
North Avenue-Humble Road Trail
Montana - 1 miles
The North AvenueHumble Road Trail is a short, Y-shaped link joining two other of Missoula's west-side trails: South Avenue Trail and Clements Road...
Milwaukee Trail
Missoula's Milwaukee Trail provides a valuable east-west commuting route through the city. The paved pathway includes occasional on-road segments but...
Spurgin-Humble Road Trail
The SpurginHumble Road Trail runs just under 1 mile between the Clements Road Trail and the Kelly Island access path at the end of Humble Road. The...
Riverfront Trail (MT)
Missoula's Riverfront Trail follows both the north and south sides of the Clark Fork River through city parks downtown and near the university campus....
Kim Williams Nature Trail
The Kim Williams Nature Trail provides a scenic stroll or bike ride alongside the Clark Fork River, connecting several parks in downtown Missoula. It...
Mullan Road Trail
This shared-use path parallels Mullan Road between Flynn Lane and Cote Lane in Missoula, Montana. The trail is in a mostly residential setting and...
Greenough Park Trail
The Greenough Park Trail is truly one of urban Missoula's best, making for a peaceful refuge from the city hubbub and near the downtown area. The...
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Unable to pay salaries, Afghanistan asks donors for more money
Teachers, civil servants, government workers in need of pay
By Jessica Donati
KABUL (Reuters) — Afghanistan does not have enough money to pay salaries this month and has asked aid donors for a bailout before the end of the year, the treasury chief told Reuters on Thursday.
"Salaries are our priority," Alhaj Mohammad Aqa said, explaining that teachers, civil servants and other government workers had not been paid their salaries this month.
In September, Afghanistan asked for a $537-million bailout but donors had only responded with $170 million, he said, adding that the remainder was needed because the budget for state salaries had run out.
Despite more than a decade spent on projects to boost the economy, the drawdown of foreign troops and aid donations has crippled Afghanistan's finances.
Aqa said government officials had met representatives of the United Nations and a group of about 25 donors this week to ask for the funds.
The revenue shortfall this year stood near 25 per cent of planned expenditures, he said, illustrating the severity of the budget crisis.
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The deteriorating state of Afghanistan's economy is just one of the big challenges facing the new president, Ashraf Ghani, who was appointed in September.
Another priority for his administration will be dealing with a growing Taliban insurgency, that has inflicted a record number of casualties on the security forces this year.
Almost three months into his presidency, Ghani has yet to appoint a cabinet. He told donors at an Afghanistan conference in London this month it would take another few weeks to get a government in place.
The fighting and the drawdown have caused economic growth to slump to a projected 1.5 per cent this year, down from 3.7 per cent last year and an average 9.4 per cent during 2003-2012.
In Kabul, even hospitals are struggling to provide services as doctors are not being paid and some have held protests to gain attention from the government.
"Many of the doctors have not been paid for three months now because the government says there is no money to pay the salaries," said Dr Zabihullah, who works at Nur Hospital in the capital. "We can't work like this."
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James Joyce’s ‘Dead’ house on Usher’s Island goes on sale
Protected structure on Liffey quays to be sold by receivers with guide price of €550,000
Wed, Apr 12, 2017, 05:00
'The Lass of Aughrim' is performed in the 1987 film adaptation of James Joyce's 'The Dead', starring Anjelica Huston and Donal McCann
James Joyce House and Bridge Usher's Island, Dublin.
The “dark gaunt house on Usher’s Island” – the setting of the James Joyce short story The Dead, is to go on sale.
The Georgian house at 15 Usher’s Island, facing James Joyce Bridge on the south side of the Liffey, was built in about 1775 for Joshua Pim, who had his business next door at number 16.
During the 1890s the upper floors of the building were rented by Joyce’s maternal great-aunts, who ran a music school and, most notably, held the Christmas parties that provide the scene for The Dead.
The Dead by James Joyce, in John Huston's film adaptation.
During the course of the 20th century, the house fell into increasing disrepair. Its top floor was removed as an alternative to repairing the roof, and its interiors were vandalised and occupied by squatters.
The building was almost lost to fire in the mid-1990s, and firefighters tackling the blaze had to break most of its remaining windows.
The house was boarded up and remained in a derelict state until 2000, when it was bought by Dublin barrister and quantity surveyor Brendan Kilty.
James Joyce’s listed ‘House of the Dead’ on market for €550,000
Mr Kilty refurbished the building over a four-year period, recreating Victorian interiors in some rooms which have since been used for Joyce-related events, including re-enactments of the Christmas dinner scene.
In 2012, Mr Kilty filed for bankruptcy in the UK, with debts including £2.1 million owed to Ulster Bank in relation to the Usher’s Island house. The house, which is a protected structure, is now being sold on the instructions of receivers with a guide price of €550,000.
‘Very significant’
Senator and Joycean scholar David Norris said Mr Kilty deserved great credit for saving the house from dereliction. “It is a very significant house. I identified and photographed it more than 50 years ago I don’t think anybody knew of its significance at the time.
“Joyce attended Christmas parties there, and the story is a faithful reproduction of those Christmas parties.”
Brendan Kilty, who bought 15 Usher’s Island in 2000, talking to actor Rachael Dowling who played the part of Lilly in the film version of “The Dead”, at a 2004 recreation of the famous dinner scene in the house. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Mark Traynor, managing director of the James Joyce Centre on North Great George’s Street, said while the centre would not be in a position to buy the building, it would be interested in becoming involved in its future.
“We would be very supportive of any activity that would promote its Joycean heritage and would be happy to have discussions with the new owners.”
The centre would also be interested in working with any State agency that might acquire the building, he said.
If James Joyce was alive, I don’t think he’d care
Bob Joyce, the writer’s grand-nephew, said he did not think the building should be acquired by the State. “It has a small connection with Joyce. I don’t think it makes a difference who buys it. If James Joyce was alive, I don’t think he’d care.”
Dublin City Council said it had no interest in acquiring the house, adding that its use as a “public cultural facility celebrating James Joyce would require planning permission”.
Mr Kilty did not respond to queries.
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LA County Reports 9,927 New COVID-19 Cases, 88 DeathsThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Monday reported 9,927 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 88 deaths, bringing countywide totals to 1,024,190 cases and 13,936 deaths.
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Cultural Commission Agrees To Nominate Norms For Historical Status
Filed Under:Demolition, Googie, La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles Conservancy, Norms
(Photo credit: "NormsRestaurant LaCienega" by Minnaert/ via Wikimedia Commons)
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The city’s Cultural Heritage Commission Thursday unanimously agreed to nominate the famous Norms restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard to be considered as a historical monument.
Members of the nonprofit Los Angeles Conservancy issued a public notice Wednesday on Twitter that the new owners of Norms Coffee Shop received a permit Jan. 5 to demolish the building.
The ruling Thursday prevents the new owners from tearing down the restaurant for 75 days.
The commission came to their decision after hearing from architects, writers, historians and long-time residents who also praised Norms as a significant building for the city.
Built in 1956, Norms La Cienega is considered a classic architectural example of the California coffee shop and an icon of the post-World War II Googie movement of the 1950s and 60s.
“This was an example of modern architecture in modern times that the average person could enjoy,” said one speaker.
“We’re now literally down to handful and this is one of the best remaining buildings,” another man told the commission.
The 24-hour restaurant chain dates back even further to 1949, when owner Norman Royback opened the first location at Sunset and Vine, according to the Conservancy. After remaining in the family for three generations, the Norms chain was finally sold late last year.
The protection will last until an official historical designation vote is taken by the City Council.
The new owners of the building said while they have obtained a demolition permit, they have no immediate plans to tear down the restaurant.
RELATED: Preservation Group Warns Demolition Permit Issued For Classic Norms Coffee Shop
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Andrew Nerland Hall
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The four-story Andrew Nerland Hall opened in 1953 as an all-male residence for 100 students, the center building of the Stevens-Nerland-McIntosh complex on Denali Lane. The university built six residence halls on the main campus in a seven-year period. Today Nerland is coed by floor and in the mid-1990s received a “Healthy Lifestyle” designation. During 1997, the hall underwent renovation that included new furniture and wiring for high-speed Internet access and cable television.
“The Cornerstone on College Hill,” by Terrence Cole; “University of Alaska Catalog 1974-75”; Eric Jozwiak, Assoc. Director for Residence Life, UAF; Nathan Platt, Residence Life, UAF 2002.
Notable People: Andrew Nerland
Last Modified: December 30, 2021
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The non-stop stories of hacking in the news have put my bank’s executives on edge. They establish a company-wide initiative to beef up cybersecurity. I am tasked with leading a communications project under the security initiative.
10 minutes before my first meeting with stakeholders, I type cybersecurity priorities into Google.
A search result from your website, “Cybersecurity Priorities for 2017,” grabs my attention. SureCourse just won my I-want-to-know moment.
The post recommends companies start by performing a risk assessment. I want to know more for my meeting in 10 minutes.
A question pops into my mind, “What threats could we be at risk of?” I scan the page and do not immediately see the answer. I’m about to click ‘Back’ and type my question into Google. Then – a chat icon pops up.
Your chatbot grabs my attention by introducing SureCourse’s unique selling proposition – the size of its network.
According to cybersecurity influencer, Jon Oltsik, there are roughly 800 to 1200 cybersecurity vendors. Of the 800+ vendors, who else can say that they operate and secure a network of this size?
I ask about the ransomware problem.
After explaining ransomware, your bot lists SureCourse’s solutions. I ask for an overview of Intrusion Prevention.
Next thing I know, I’m asking to chat with a live agent.
The live agent recommends that for a large bank, the best thing is to start with a risk assessment. She sends me an email explaining how to order a risk assessment from SureCourse.
In walks the VP of IT Infrastructure of my bank.
“I was just on the chat with SureCourse,” I say while closing my laptop.
I forward him the email I just received from SureCourse’s live agent.
A month later, the VP of IT Infrastructure purchases the risk assessment. His department is considering a bid from SureCourse to perform the full cybersecurity overhaul.
You saw me read an article, have a question and almost click the ‘Back’ button because I could not find an answer on the page. This is not just the SureCourse website.
Earlier this month, Heather Johannsen from Texas Instruments spoke at Oracle’s Modern Marketing Mashup in Dallas. She said that Texas Instruments markets approximately 900 products. Look at the websites for Bank of America, ExxonMobil – or any company with a deep product portfolio.
These companies follow best practices for web design. Inevitably, there will be moments when people cannot find answers to their questions. These moments determine if a B2B prospect will convert to a sales opportunity or move on.
A chatbot saved the day in the story above. As I was about to click back to Google, the bot stirred up I-want-to-know moments. Then it led me to a live agent. As a result, I connected SureCourse with my bank’s VP of IT Infrastructure during a critical B2B micro-moment.
As great as chatbots can be, it is important to note that leads are generated without them every day. The current solution is to use web forms.
Let’s say there was no chatbot in the story above. I fill out a web form because I want a person at SureCourse to answer my questions. I type my name, email, title, company and phone and click ‘Contact me.’ Then I show up on a sales person’s list.
Six figure checks for cybersecurity procurements are signed by the IT department. My title is “Project Manager” in the marketing department.
A sales rep sees me on his list and thinks, “Not a priority. Let’s wait an hour or a day to pick up the phone and dial that guy.” By then, lead decay will have reared its ugly head.
As you can see, the status quo of relying on lead forms is expensive.
No matter whether you are talking to Adi Ignatius of the Harvard Business Review or Christie Pitts from Verizon Ventures or the guys wearing lab coats downstairs in your basement… I do not think you will find anyone who would disagree that the B2B marketers who implement chatbot technology today will be the ones leading the pack in the future.
Throughout 2016, I had a series of conversations with marketing leaders at some of Dallas’s largest B2B companies.
In November 2016, professor Mark Schaefer published an article about how your marketing strategy is decided for you by your ecosystem. I took Professor Schaefer’s advice to mean that while there are lots of marketing channels to experiment with, only a handful can drive growth for a multi-billion-dollar company.
I called Kevin Karner at Drift, a live chat service. He said that an average of 20% of web visitors engage in chat; 5% of chats convert to sales. Then Kevin told me about a client who was having a lot of success with a chatbot. I wondered what a chatbot would look like on a large B2B marketer’s website like SureCourse.
This question led me to sign up for IBM Watson Conversation.
My first attempt was to have Watson answer open-ended questions. I quickly realized that it would take 1 to 2 years to build a chatbot that answers open-ended questions about a product portfolio with 200 products like SureCourse’s. Besides, answering open-ended questions can be risky at the beginning of the customer journey. Prospects have not done enough homework to accurately judge a product’s value.
This video shows an interactive demo of the bot. The video does not contain sound.
Here is a link to a PDF document with the chatbot’s full script.
Here is a link to the live chatbot.
Here is a chatbot tutorial from IBM’s Zach Walchuk.
By now, you know that SureCourse is a fictional company and my chatbot is a prototype.
I skipped a critical first step when I built the bot. I did not test the script with real users.
Install Drift chat on the website.
Chat with visitors and guide them through the unique selling proposition, problems and solutions.
Study the chat analytics and iterate through the bot’s script.
These metrics will help you forecast performance. Setting achievable forecasts will help you manage stakeholder expectations.
Stakeholders will not want leads to stop when they give the green light to build the bot. So, keep live chat going. Even if you are confident in your script, live chat will help you validate change requests that may come up during development.
Although my bot’s script was not designed with live chat, I believe the conversation structure (unique selling proposition, problems and solutions) will be effective in leading web visitors from I-want-to-know to I-wanna-talk-to-a-human micro-moments.
I have used this conversation structure on the front lines as a salesperson. Guiding prospects is more effective than answering open-ended questions at the beginning of the sales journey. This approach will work for your chatbot too.
If you are designing your first B2B marketing chatbot, you can use my research as a starting point. If you need help during your project, feel free to reach out to me via live chat at https://eisaiah.drift.com/e. If you could, once you finish your B2B chatbot, please share a link in the comments below so we can have another example to study.
Disclaimer: To illustrate the concepts in this article, I created examples that reference fictitious companies as well as real companies. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. No reference in this document is intended to imply an endorsement, favoring or connection of any kind between this document and the trademark owners.
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Live from the Met: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
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The Gershwins’ modern American masterpiece has its first Met performances in almost three decades, starring bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the title roles.
This new co-production with English National Opera and Dutch National Opera was hailed as a triumph at its premiere in London earlier this year. Featuring the much-loved arias Summertime and I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin, director James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish Row, a setting vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of its inhabitants.
The final stage work of George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess is largely regarded as one of the greatest American operas of the 20th Century.
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What is the recommended c drive size for Windows 7?
As is known to us all, it has been regarded as a hot topic since Windows 7 released. Then what's the primary partition (C: drive) size for your Windows 7? In fact, it depends on certain factors: what you want or need to do with the computer, where apps, games install and how much RAM you have, etc.
According to my experience, I have a HDD of 120GB and 50GB for Windows 7, the remaining space is for apps, games installation and music, data, files storage. I recommend multiple partitions which has the advantage of giving you flexibility.
Low disk space on C drive what shall we do?
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Glutamine synthetase sequence evolution in the mycobacteria and their use as molecular markers for Actinobacteriaspeciation
Don Hayward1,
Paul D van Helden1 &
Ian JF Wiid1
Although the gene encoding for glutamine synthetase (glnA) is essential in several organisms, multiple glnA copies have been identified in bacterial genomes such as those of the phylum Actinobacteria, notably the mycobacterial species. Intriguingly, previous reports have shown that only one copy (glnA1) is essential for growth in M. tuberculosis, while the other copies (glnA2, glnA3 and glnA4) are not.
In this report it is shown that the glnA1 and glnA2 encoded glutamine synthetase sequences were inherited from an Actinobacteria ancestor, while the glnA4 and glnA3 encoded GS sequences were sequentially acquired during Actinobacteria speciation. The glutamine synthetase sequences encoded by glnA4 and glnA3 are undergoing reductive evolution in the mycobacteria, whilst those encoded by glnA1 and glnA2 are more conserved.
Different selective pressures by the ecological niche that the organisms occupy may influence the sequence evolution of glnA1 and glnA2 and thereby affecting phylogenies based on the protein sequences they encode. The findings in this report may impact the use of similar sequences as molecular markers, as well as shed some light on the evolution of glutamine synthetase in the mycobacteria.
Gene duplication is a common occurrence in bacterial genomes and may result from evolutionary pressures exerted on the organism by the niche it occupies, thereby enabling adaptation to changing environments [1–3]. Glutamine synthetases (GS; glutamate ammonia ligase EC 3.6.2) are enzymes present in most living organisms where they are involved in the ATP-dependant synthesis of glutamine from glutamate and ammonium. There are two main GS families, namely GSI, which is further subdivided into a GSIβ and the less common GSIα, and GSII. Both the GSI and GSII enzymes are found in prokaryotes, while the GSI enzyme is largely absent in eukaryotes. Various studies have shown that the genes encoding the various GS sub-types are widely distributed in various organisms and encode proteins that have very conserved catalytic and structurally important regions. This finding suggests that all the GS families diverged from a single ancestral sequence through duplication events prior to the divergence of prokaryotes and eukaryotes [4–7]. The GS sub-classes are distinguishable from each other by specific insertion sequences and mechanisms of regulation [5]. The GSIβ sub-type is subjected to post-translational modification by adenylylation of a conserved tyrosine residue by an adenylyltransferase [8], while GSIα and GSII activity may mainly be regulated through feedback mechanisms. The enzymes also appear to differ in structure; the GS I enzymes form dodecamers [9], while GSII molecules are octamers [10]. The DNA and protein sequences of GS have thus been used as molecular markers in the construction of the phylogenetic relationships between evolutionary diverse prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms [6, 11]. These sequences are considered useful as phylogenetic markers due to their higher degree of sequence variation in comparison with other markers, such as 16S rRNA [12], which are very similar in ecologically related organisms.
Organisms belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria have adapted to occupy a wide variety of ecological niches and include species that are major antibiotic producers, as well as various human, animal and plant pathogens. The genome sequence of M. tuberculosis, a member of the Actinobacteria, revealed that this important human pathogen has four glnA gene copies that may encode GSIβ (glnA1 and glnA4) and GSII (glnA2 and glnA3) enzymes [13]. Of the four glnA gene copies, it has been shown that glnA1 encodes the main and essential GS in M. tuberculosis [14], while the other glnA sequences (glnA2, glnA3 and glnA4) encode functional, but non-essential GS enzymes [15]. Although these glnA sequences have been shown to encode enzymes that catalyse glutamine synthesis, their evolution and importance in M. tuberculosis is not well understood. Evidence has been presented that suggests that M. tuberculosis GSIβ (encoded by glnA1) may have evolved to perform other specialised functions not present in non-tuberculosis causing mycobacteria and may play a role in enabling M. tuberculosis to survive during infection and growth in the human host [16, 17]. These functions may include the synthesis of poly-L-glutamic acid, a cell wall constituent unique to M. tuberculosis that might play a role in maintaining cell wall homeostasis [18].
These observations suggest that M. tuberculosis might have been subjected to varying environmental pressures that may have influenced GS sequence evolution. This hypothesis questions the retention of potentially non-essential and/or non-functional sequences in the mycobacterial genome. Furthermore, if such sequences are retained, do they evolve at the same rate as the organism, but with enough changes over time, thereby enabling its use as a marker of evolution? In this report we attempted to study the evolution of the Actinobacteria, with specific reference to the Mycobacteriae, through a comparison of the GS sequences present in these genomes. The GS sequence data was used to construct Actinobacteria phylogenies, which were compared to phylogenies constructed from 16S rRNA and cytidine triphosphate (CTP) synthase genes. Through these comparisons it was determined that the GS sequences may undergo adaptive or reductive evolution due to the different evolutionary pressures exerted by the ecological niche the organism occupies. These differences may lead to subtle differences in phylogenetic reconstructions, although broad phylogenies could be defined.
Distribution of glnA sequences in the Actinobacteria
The distribution and similarity of GS protein sequences in all the available genomes of organisms defined as members of the phylum Actinobacteria [19] were detected through a BLAST sequence comparison of the M. tuberculosis glnA1, glnA2, glnA3 and glnA4- protein sequences (Table 1). Protein sequence data has been preferred to DNA sequences, since the various Actinobacteria genomes may differ with respect to G/C content that may result in skewing of sequence alignments. Protein sequences of high similarity (>60%) to the M. tuberculosis glnA1 and glnA2 encoded protein sequences could be detected in all the Actinobacteria genomes (Table 1), with Symbiobacterium thermophilum being the only exception, where only a single GS sequence with greater similarity to the glnA1-encoded M. tuberculosis GSIβ (50% similarity) was observed. The genome of S. thermophilum, a high G+C gram positive organism belonging to an as yet undefined taxon situated just outside the phylum Actinobacteria, was included due to its close relationships to the actinobacterial ancestor [19, 20]. It was observed that the glnA1 and glnA2 sequences were situated in close proximity to each other in many genomes, but that considerable variance in the distribution and similarity of GS sequences similar to that M. tuberculosis glnA3 and glnA4 sequences was observed. Some Actinobacteria genomes contained an additional glnA protein sequence similar to the M. tuberculosis glnA4 protein sequence. However, this sequence was less conserved than the glnA1 and glnA2 sequences. Only the mycobacteria and some other closely related actinomycetes, such as Frankia and Rhodococcus species, contained sequences similar to the four glnA-encoded GS sequences (summarised in Figure 1). An exception was observed in that sequences similar to glnA3 and glnA4 were absent in the genomes of M. leprae and M. ulcerans, which had glnA sequences similar to glnA1 and glnA2 only. It is well known that M. leprae and M. ulcerans have undergone major reductive evolution [21, 22] and as such may have lost these genes. Since the distribution of the glnA sequences (as seen in Figure 1) reflects the evolution of phylum Actinobacteria as defined by 16S phylogenetic analysis [19], it might be argued that there was a sequential acquisition of first glnA4 and later glnA3, rather than a loss of these genes from an actinomycete progenitor. In order to prove that glnA3 and glnA4 were lost in these two mycobacterial species specifically, rather than being separately acquired in different members of the mycobacteria, the chromosomal regions containing the glnA3 and glnA4 genes in M. tuberculosis were compared to the corresponding chromosomal regions of M. leprae and M. ulcerans (Figure 2). It was observed that the chromosomal regions of M. leprae and M. ulcerans contained copies of glnA3 in the form of pseudogenes situated in gene clusters corresponding to that of the M. tuberculosis H37Rv chromosome. In M. ulcerans it was observed that the glnA3 sequence had been disrupted by an insertion element (Figure 2). A copy of glnA4 can be observed in a gene cluster similar to that found on the M. tuberculosis chromosome, suggesting that both sequences have been retained from the mycobacterial ancestor during mycobacterial speciation, but that they have become non-functional through the evolutionary process in some members of the genus Mycobacterium.
Table 1 GlnA protein sequence distribution and similarity in the Actinobacteria
The distribution of glnA sequences within the genomes of different actinobacterial species reflects the evolutionary history of the phylum Actinobacteria as derived from 16S rRNA phylogenetic analyses and indicates that the gln A3 and gln A4 sequences were acquired in a serial fashion. *(The glnA3 and glnA4 sequences are present as pseudogenes in the genomes of M. leprae and M. ulcerans.)
The chromosomal regions of M. leprae and M. ulcerans similar to that of M. tuberculosis containing the gln A3 and gln A4 sequences show that these GS encoding sequences were disrupted by insertions ( gln A3, M. ulcerans ) or deletions ( gln A3, M. leprae ; gln A4, M. ulcerans ). Similar genes are indicated in the same colour and the percentage amino acid identity to the M. tuberculosis H37Rv reference sequence is indicated between brackets. Open arrows indicate no significant similarity to sequences in the corresponding chromosomal regions.
Origins of the glnA4 and glnA3sequences
The sequence annotations of the M. tuberculosis glnA genes suggest that glnA1 and glnA3 encode GSI enzymes and glnA2 and glnA4 GSII enzymes, which together with the results summarised in Figure 1, suggest that the glnA4 and glnA3 GS sequences were acquired either through sequential duplication of a GSI and GSII sequence, or through separate lateral genetic transfer events. Therefore the ancestry of the glnA sequences was investigated through a phylogenetic analysis of all the glnA sequences present in the phylum Actinobacteria (Table 1). The simplified tree shown in Figure 3 (see additional file 1) indicates that, consistent with previous reports, the glnA-encoded protein sequences may have been derived from a common ancestral GS sequence [4]. The sequence phylogeny further shows that the glnA2, glnA3 and glnA4-encoded sequences are clustered on a separate branch from the glnA1-encoded sequence, indicating that these sequence are related and may share a common ancestor.
Phylogenetic analysis of the all the actinobacterial glnA protein sequences showed that the gln A3 and gln A4 protein sequences are closer related to the gln A2 protein sequence that to that of gln A1. (Distances not drawn to scale).
This finding was unexpected, since the glnA4-encoded GS sequence has a conserved tyrosine residue in the adenylylation region of the GS sequence, suggesting that it may rather be derived from glnA1 and would encode a GSIβ enzyme. Therefore the structural relationships between the GS protein sequences encoded by the four M. tuberculosis glnA genes were investigated by aligning the glnA1 (Rv2220; 478 amino acids), glnA2 (Rv2222; 446 amino acids), glnA3 (Rv1878; 450 amino acids) and glnA4 (Rv2860c; 457 amino acids) -protein sequences according to maximum probability of amino acid identities (Figure 4). Inspection of the aligned protein sequences of the four M. tuberculosis glnA sequences (Figure 4) showed differences in functional regions that separate the GSI and GSII protein families. This data reflects a low level of similarity between the GS sequences due to the low level of sequence conservation in regions containing putative functional domains, notably those that might be involved in the formation of the GS-catalytic site [23]. Furthermore, the protein sequences encoded by glnA2, glnA3 and glnA4 lack the insert sequence that is used to identify GSIβ sequences [5]. In addition, the tyrosine residue in the glnA1 protein sequence involved in post-translational regulation of GSIβ through adenylylation [24] is situated in a run of amino acids that is not conserved in the other three proteins. Therefore the tyrosine residue present in the glnA4-encoded GS sequence might not be subjected to post-transcriptional regulation by adenylylation, which indicates that the protein sequences encoded by the glnA3 and glnA4 genes are of the type II GS family. This observation supports the phylogenetic analysis which indicated that the glnA3 and glnA4 protein sequences are related to or may have been derived from the glnA2 protein sequence.
Multiple protein sequence alignment of the M. tuberculosis glnA encoded sequences shows the amount of variation between these proteins. Identical amino acid sequences are blocked; the insert sequence distinguishing GSIβ are in bold type and the active site tyrosine (position 429) is indicated in red.
Alignment scores of the GS sequences (calculated as a percentage of amino acid identities per GS sequence length, Table 1) showed that the glnA3 and glnA4 protein sequences were dissimilar to those encoded by the glnA1 and glnA2 genes. From the alignment scores it is evident that the protein sequences encoded by glnA1 and glnA2 are most similar (32.4% – 32.7%, Table 1), while the sequence encoded by glnA3 shows the lowest similarity to the protein sequences encoded by glnA1, glnA2 and glnA4 (less than 23%; Table 1). Because it was expected that recent gene duplicates would share a high degree of similarity, the low level of glnA4 and glnA3 sequence conservation in comparison to the glnA1 and glnA2 sequences suggests that these sequences either may have undergone rapid evolution after duplication, or have been derived from separate lateral gene transfer events during the speciation of the later actinobacteria. Therefore the glnA3 and glnA4-encoded protein sequences were compared to all available microbial genomes on the NCBI BLAST server. Sequences with similarity to the glnA4 sequence were detected in members of the proteobacteria, such as Nitrococcus mobilis (61% similarity) and Acidiphilum cryptum (54% similarity). Both these organisms had an additional GSI copy, although it had lower similarity to the glnA1-encoded GS of M. tuberculosis (50% and 51% similarity respectively). The similarity of these sequences to the glnA4 sequence was confirmed by a protein sequence BLAST of the N. mobilis protein sequence against all the genomes of the Actinobacteria. Higher protein sequence similarity to the glnA4 sequence (see Table 1) were observed in all cases, with the sequence of A. cellulolyticus (YP_873609) being the most similar (63% identity). In organisms where a glnA4 sequence is absent (see Figure 1), no sequences of significant similarity could be detected. However, it could not be conclusively shown whether these sequences were similar enough to suggest that the presence of the glnA3 and glnA4 sequences could be due to a lateral transfer event. The comparison of the chromosomal regions on which the glnA4 gene is found showed remarkable consistency even in more distantly related actinobacteria, while the same was not true for the glnA3 gene. For instance, the gene arrangement surrounding the glnA4 gene remained the same in M. tuberculosis as in K. radiotolerans, while very few genes of significant similarity surround the glnA3 locus. These observations suggest that the genomic region containing the glnA4 gene was inherited from the Actinobacteria progenitor, rather than being transferred from an organism outside the phylum. The ancestry of the glnA3 gene is more difficult to explain, since a similar sequence could not be detected, suggesting that the glnA3 gene arose through a duplication event, but may be undergoing reductive evolution.
Actinobacteria GS sequences as phylogenetic markers
The lower level of GSIβ sequence conservation observed in comparison to the GSII sequence between species (Table 1) was surprising, since GSIβ may be the major GS of M. tuberculosis and other Actinobacteria [14, 15, 25]. Since this observation suggests that the GSIβ and GSII sequences evolve differently, Actinobacteria phylogenies based on the GSIβ and GSII sequences were compared to phylogenies based on 16S rRNA sequences [19]. Since the glnA3 and glnA4 protein sequences might be undergoing reductive evolution, they were excluded from the phylogeny. Figure 5 shows that the Actinobacteria phylogeny based on the glnA2-encoded GSII sequence reflects the 16S rRNA phylogeny, while shifts are observed in the phylogeny based on the glnA1-encoded GSIβ sequence. In the GSII sequence phylogeny, organisms are clustered according to suborders, such as the Micrococcineae (B. linens, Arthrobacter, L. xyli, and Janibacter), Corynebacterineae (Corynebacteria sp., Mycobacterium sp., Rhodococcus and N. farcinica), Streptomycineae (Streptomyces sp.), Streptosporangineae (T. fusca) and the Frankineae (A. cellulolyticus, Frankia sp). Exceptions were observed in that K. radiotolerans (Frankineae), P. acnes and Nocardiodes sp. (Propionibacterineae) were dispersed amongst the Micrococcineae. However, bootstrap values below 50 were obtained for these branches making a true interpretation of the inter-relatedness of these organisms impossible. In the phylogenetic tree based on the GSIβ sequence, bootstrap values above 50 were obtained at some of the nodes, but the clustering of organisms to defined Actinobacteria suborders were not observed.
Dendograms of aligned actinobacterial GSIβ (encoded by gln A1) and GSII (encoded by gln A2) sequences constructed using PAUP 4.0 with the GS sequence of Bifidobacterium longum as out-group (*). Percentage bootstrap support values are shown. The ratio of nonsynonymous (Ka) to synonymous mutations (Ks) in the GS sequences of the mycobacteria and C. diphteria were computed using the GS sequences in C. efficiens, and is shown between brackets.
The differences in the GS phylogenies are most marked in the mycobacteria. Although the slow-growing and fast-growing mycobacteria are clustered in two separate lineages, only the GSII sequence phylogeny reflects the suggested 16S rRNA phylogeny [26]. For instance, the GSI phylogeny put members of the M. tuberculosis complex (M. tuberculosis, M. microtti and M. africanum) in different lineages with M. ulcerans and M. avium as M. tuberculosis complex ancestors. This differs from the GSII phylogeny, which clusters the M. tuberculosis complex and puts M. leprae and M. avium just outside the complex similar to what is observed in 16S rRNA phylogenetic analyses. The branch depth reflects the small amount of variation between the sequences, and the synonymous to nonsynonymous substitution ratio (Figure 5) indicates that there is a selective constraint that preserves the accumulation of amino acid changes over time. However, most of the sequence variation within these sequences occurred outside important functional GS domains. Since phylogenies are not absolute, the results suggest that using GS as a marker in phylogenetic reconstructions gives a broad definition of phylogeny, although subtle differences between trees are observed.
GSIβ remains conserved between species
Since the sequence encoded by the glnA1 locus is the major GS of M. tuberculosis, it is expected to undergo little evolutionary change over time. However, the genetic conservation of the gene was studied to assess whether it is subject to gradual changes over time. The glnA1 gene (1434 bp) and its 5' and 3' regions were PCR amplified from purified genomic DNA of 54 clinical M. tuberculosis isolates. These strains were selected on the basis that they were genotyped by IS6110 insertion mapping in a previous study and included highly prevalent and less prevalent strain families as defined in a high tuberculosis incidence community [27]. These clinical isolates are genetically diverse and encompassed the broad M. tuberculosis strain families that are grouped according to IS6110 banding pattern identities exceeding 65%. The glnA1 sequence data obtained in this manner was compared with the corresponding sequences of the M. tuberculosis H37Rv reference strain, M. tuberculosis CDC1551 and M. tuberculosis 210 (clinical isolate) through BLAST. The glnA1 sequences were 100% similar in all respects and no mutations, deletions or insertions were found in any of the M. tuberculosis glnA1 loci, showing that the glnA1 sequence undergoes no evolutionary change within M. tuberculosis.
Glutamine synthetase has long been considered a good molecular marker for evolutionary studies because, similar to the 16S rRNA gene, it is a universally present and essential component of most living organisms and therefore may be constrained to evolve at a slow rate [4, 28]. In addition, the GS sequence is long enough to be used together with other sequences, such as 16S rRNA, to obtain a higher degree of confidence in phylogenetic analyses [29]. However, multiple copies of GS encoding genes have been observed in the genomes of some organisms, notably M. tuberculosis (which has four GS encoding genes) [13]. Of these sequences, only the glnA1 gene (encoding a GSIβ) has been shown to be essential for M. tuberculosis growth, while the other sequences are not [15]. To further understand the evolution of GS and the use of duplicated proteins as evolutionary markers, it was attempted to reconstruct Actinobacteria speciation by using GS sequences as phylogenetic markers. Through this study insight was gained into the possible evolutionary scenario of the glnA genes in the mycobacteria.
Through sequence comparisons it was shown that most members of phylum Actinobacteria had at least one copy of both the glnA1 and glnA2 genes and that the protein sequences these genes encode are conserved between species. Symbiobacterium thermophilum was an exception having only one glnA gene similar to the glnA1 sequence. Since S. thermophilum may be closely related to the Actinobacteria ancestor [19], the absence of the glnA2 gene may indicate that glnA2 (which is present outside of the phylum Actinobacteria) was either not passed down from the Symbiobacterium ancestor, or may have been lost from this organism. Previous studies have shown that the GSI and GSII sequences are duplicated derivatives of an ancient GS sequence [4], which suggests that S. thermophilum may have lost the glnA2 sequence during speciation. It remains to be investigated if other members of the Symbiobacterium species may have retained a glnA2 gene. It is interesting to note that in many cases, the glnA1 and glnA2 genes were situated in close proximity to each other. This arrangement has been observed in the genomes of other organisms [30], which suggests that these GS enzymes may be functionally linked. In support of this observation it has been demonstrated that the synthesis of the GSII enzyme was up regulated while the synthesis of GSI was reduced significantly during nitrogen starvation in the Frankia [31], therefore suggesting a synergistic role of both enzymes under different conditions. The close proximity of the coding genes for the two GS enzymes also suggests that the chromosomal region containing the glnA copies may be conserved. The genomic region containing the glnA2 sequence has been studied in M. tuberculosis and C. glutamicum and in both cases it was shown that the glnA2 gene was situated adjacent to and transcriptionally linked to the glnE gene [15, 32]. The glnE gene encodes the adenylyltransferase involved in the post-translational regulation of GSIβ, and deletion of this gene is fatal owing to disturbances caused from the resulting unchecked GS function [33]. Therefore it is possible that disruptions in the chromosomal region containing the glnA2 sequence may be under negative selection pressure.
The distribution and ancestry of the other GS-encoding genes (apart from glnA1 and glnA2) have not yet been described. The relationships between the glnA proteins were investigated by generating a phylogeny of all Actinobacteria GS sequences. Through this phylogeny it was revealed that the glnA3 and glnA4 protein sequences are most closely related to the glnA2 protein sequence. Our results suggested that the genes might have been derived from either serial duplications of the glnA2 gene, or from separate lateral gene transfer events with glnA4 being the first and glnA3 the most recent acquisition. Analysis of the functional regions of the GS sequences confirmed the possibility, since it was noted that glnA2, glnA3 and glnA4 encode GSII enzymes. We attempted to establish whether these sequences may have entered the Actinobacteria genomes through other mechanisms, such as lateral gene transfer. No clear conclusion could be reached other than that similar sequences were present in some members of the γ-proteobacteria. It is known that lateral gene transfer between mycobacterial species and members of the proteobacteria has occurred [34]. However, these transferred elements are usually related to virulence [35] or pathogenicity [36]. Since GS is involved in central metabolism, no definite conclusion could be made.
The evolutionary history of species within the genus Mycobacterium has been investigated using the DNA sequence encoding 16S rRNA [26]. Intriguingly, in comparison to this, subtle differences were observed in the mycobacterial phylogeny based on the GSIβ protein sequence, although the phylogeny based on the GSII sequence reflected the proposed mycobacterial speciation more closely. This observation suggests that, although the coding sequences are constricted as measured by synonymous to non-synonymous substitution rates, change in the GSIβ and GSII sequences may be influenced by environmental pressure. The greater similarity between the GSII sequences may suggest that this sequence remains more conserved and undergoes change at a different rate to the GSIβ sequence. The greater conservation between the GSII sequences indicates that this enzyme might have played a more important role in the early Actinobacteria species, although it may have become redundant in some of the later mycobacteria. In this respect, it is interesting to note that deletions of the glnA2 sequence lead to attenuation of M. bovis in guinea pigs [37], whilst the same result was not observed in mice infected with M. tuberculosis strains with glnA2 disruptions [38]. From the analysis of actinobacterial genomes containing sequences similar to the glnA sequence, it seems that the glnA3 and glnA4 duplication event may have occurred independently, since some Actinobacteria genomes contain either glnA3, glnA4 or both, together with the glnA1 and glnA2 sequences. However, some bacteria, such as M. leprae and M. ulcerans, might have had a copy of glnA3 and glnA4, which was lost due to transposon insertions or deletions, suggesting that a lack of glnA3, glnA4 or both genes might also be due to reductive evolution such as is observed in the genomes of M. leprae and M. ulcerans [21, 39]. If it is accepted that some of the mycobacteria have lost the glnA3 and glnA4 sequences, this could indicate the redundancy of the GS encoded by these sequences, since if they had a function besides glutamine synthesis they might have been under different evolutionary pressure to be retained in the genome.
The influence of evolutionary pressures on such a critical metabolic enzyme may be explained by adaptive evolution of GS due to pressures exerted by the distinct ecological niches these organisms occupy. Adaptive evolution may lead to functional promiscuity whereby an enzyme can exert other functions, whilst still using the same active site as for the original singular activity [40]. In this respect, it has been shown that the GSIβ enzyme may be exported in great quantities by M. tuberculosis and M. bovis (also the BCG sub-strains) and that it might be involved in the formation of poly-L-glutamic acid, a cell wall constituent unique to these two mycobacterial species [14]. Evidence has been presented that these functions might be essential for M. tuberculosis survival in vivo [18], and that the GSIβ enzyme may have functions that contribute to the virulence of these important human pathogens, which cannot be substituted by the GSIβ from non-pathogenic mycobacteria (such as M. smegmatis) [38]. The ability of the GSI sequence to undergo evolutionary specialisation may be the underlying reason why this enzyme has been functionally replaced by the more evolutionary stable GSII sequence in eukaryotes. It was suggested that the GSII enzyme is present in eukaryotes due to lateral transfer from endosymbionts early in the eukaryote evolution and, that in some cases, these eukaryotes had other GS-enzymes that were functionally replaced by GSII [41]. Indeed, a remnant of GSI, lengsin, has been observed in the vertebrate eye lens [42, 43]. Lengsin has a dodecameric structure and conserved GSI functionally important regions, but is not catalytically active and has undergone significant evolutionary change in the N-terminal region and probably specialised to play a role in lens homeostasis and transparency.
In conclusion, the specialisation of critical metabolic enzymes may have implications for the use of such enzymes as molecular markers for evolution. Although diversity in these protein sequences may be useful for discriminating between closely related species that show little variance in the 16S rRNA sequences [28], adaptive evolution of these sequences may skew phylogenies.
Sequence retrieval and multiple sequence alignments
Mycobacterium tuberculosis glnA1, glnA2, glnA3 and glnA4 protein sequences were retrieved from Genolist (Pasteur Institute) [44] and compared to the Actinobacteria genome databases on the NCBI microbial genomes BLAST server [45]. Glutamine synthetase protein sequences were retrieved and compared through multiple sequence alignment using ClustalW 1.8 software at the European Bioinformatics Institute [44, 46]. The alignments were manually checked for errors using BioEdit 5.0.9 [47]. For phylogenetic reconstructions, some alignments were manually edited during which unaligned regions (inserts) were removed. BLAST searches against the genomes of M. africanum, M. marinum and M. microtti were carried out on the Sanger Institute website [48] by using the function TBLASTN.
Phylogenetic trees
The edited GS protein sequences were subjected to phylogenetic analysis using the neighbour joining algorithm (PAUP 4.0*; Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony (*Other Methods) Version 4b10. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts). A 1000 subsets were generated for bootstrap resampling of the data to establish a degree of statistical support for nodes within each phylogenetic reconstruction [49]. A consensus tree was generated using the program contree (PAUP 4.0*) in combination with the majority rule formula. The GS protein sequence of Symbiobacterium thermophylum was selected as out-group to assign roots due the closer relation of this organism to the Actinobacteria ancestor [19]. Only branches which occurred in > 50% of the bootstrap trees were included in the final tree and all branches with a zero branch length were collapsed. Overall topology of the trees were confirmed using PhyML 3.0 [50] (data not shown). Synonymous (Ks) and non-synonymous (Ka) substitutions were calculated using DnaSP software [51]. In these calculations, the glnA1 or glnA2 DNA sequence of C. efficiens was selected as the out-group.
M. tuberculosis clinical isolate DNA preparation and glnA1sequencing
DNA was isolated from M. tuberculosis clinical isolates representative of the various strain families [52] and genotypically classified through the internationally standardised IS-3' fingerprinting method [53]. The Southern-blot autoradiographs were normalised and the IS-3' bands were assigned using GelCompar software (version 4.1). Assignments were visually checked by two independent persons and bands with a >20% intensity than the other bands were scored as representing the IS6110-mediated evolutionary events [54]. This DNA was used as template for the PCR amplification of glnA1 using the primers listed in Table 2. PCR reactions were carried out in a GeneAmp 2500 PCR-system (Perkin Elmer) with an initial enzyme activation and DNA denaturing step of 15 min 92°C, followed by 30 cycles at 92°C (2 min); Tm (Table 3, 30 sec) and 72°C (1 min) and a final 7 min elongation step at 72°C. PCR products were purified using the Promega SV-miniprep system and submitted for direct automated DNA sequencing (Central Analytical Facility, Stellenbosch University, South Africa). Full-length glnA1 sequences were assembled from sequencing data using DnaMan software and compared to each other through multiple sequence alignment using ClustalW 1.8 software [44].
Table 2 GlnA protein sequence similarity in M. tuberculosis
Table 3 PCR primer sequences and priming sites
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The authors would like to thank the CSIR (Dr C. Kenyon) and the MRC for financial assistance, Dr N. Gey van Pittius and Dr R. Warren for advice in preparing the manuscript.
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Additional file 1: Actinobacteriaphylogenetic reconstruction based on glnA protein sequences. The data provided represent the phylogeny of several Actinobacteria based on the glnA protein sequences present in these genomes. (PDF 62 KB)
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Crime Fighting Duos with Faye Kellerman’s Murder 101
Posted on November 20, 2014 November 20, 2014 by Yasmin Jaunbocus
LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker and his wife and crime-solving partner Rina Lazarus are back in Faye Kellerman’s newest thriller, Murder 101! The couple moved from the chaos of their earlier life by moving to a quiet town in upstate New York, but being semi-retired lacks the excitement of crime solving in L.A. So when two beautiful stained glass windows are stolen from The Bergman crypt, Decker and Lazarus are back on the case!
With the release of Murder 101 today, it’s a good time to take a look at some of our favourite literary crime duos!
The brilliant and eccentric consulting detective and his flatmate, assistant and friend’s placement on any list of crime duos is simply, well…elementary. The well-loved pair continue to live on today through new novels, TV and movies thanks to the incredibly great public outcry when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attempted to kill off Holmes that eventually convinced him to bring the iconic detective back from the dead—much to the joy of his audience and dear Watson.
Alex Cross & John Sampson
Alex and John have been friends since childhood; who better to have at your side while fighting crime in Washington, D.C.? The pair’s younger years were full of troubles and morally questionable behaviour, and even today they’re not always the most law abiding detectives (revenge is a tricky business after all). But together they do everything they can to protect their community and each other, even at risk of their own lives.
Lisbeth Salander & Mikael Blomkvist
A tattooed, pierced computer hacker and a middle aged, disgraced investigative journalist hardly seem like the perfect crime solving team, but the two make almost easy work of solving some of the most brutal murders in Sweden in the Millennium trilogy. Despite their unlikely and often rocky relationship, the nearly fearless pair regularly put themselves in harm’s way for the sake of the truth and each other’s safety.
Buy your very own copy of the new Peter Decker and Rina Lazurus novel, Murder 101 here
Written by Lauren Nettles @LaurenRNettles
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We have a new pool in the back yard. Chunky fell in twice this summer. He doesn't swim well and had to be rescued. I think that's why they hate water. It scared him but not enough to keep away from the edge; the need to be with his people overrides his need for personal safety.
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How candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley is changing how moms can run for office
Posted on: October 23rd, 2018 by ABC News No Comments
The Washington Post/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In the middle of speaking to a group of voters on a chilly Long Island day, Liuba Grechen Shirley stops.
“Put your coat on baby, it’s cold,” she said over the microphone, after her 4-year-old daughter took off her jacket and tossed it on the ground.
Shirley continued to address the group, but she’s interrupted. It’s her daughter again. She sprinted through supporters to give her mother a sticker.
“Thank you, munchkin,” chuckled Shirley, who’s running for office in New York’s 2nd Congressional District.
With less than a month to the election, Shirley’s children are her two youngest supporters. Her daughter refers to door knocking as “trick or treating for votes” and jumps at the opportunity to tag along, she told “Good Morning America.”
Her husband can typically be seen pacing the edges of events with the couple’s second child in his arms.
Paving the way for more moms to run for office
“I’m a mom first and I’m running for office because of them,” she said. But her children also caused her biggest hesitation.
When she was approached to run for office by Square One politics, an organization started by staffers for former President Obama, they asked her one important question: “What do you need to run?”
“Child care,” Shirley responded. At the time, she was a full-time caregiver for her two kids, who were just 1 and 3 years old.
“I would be nursing my son, and my daughter would be playing with my hair and I’d be making phone calls,” she recalled. In the first two months of her campaign, she raised $126,000 — with no paid staff.
Child care, however, was expensive — a cost Shirley believes keeps many mothers from considering a run for office. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average annual cost of infant child care in New York is $14,144.
The Federal Election Commission, which monitors campaign finances, prohibits using campaign funds for personal use. Shirley decided to put in a request to the FEC to create a ruling that would allow her to use campaign funds from private donors on child care.
“I can make the decision to use these campaign funds on a pizza party for my staff or on more lawn signs or on child care — and without the child care I wouldn’t be able to run for office,” she said.
Hillary Clinton wrote in support of Shirley’s request, as well as 24 U.S. representatives, including Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. The decision was approved in a unanimous bipartisan decision.
“This is for people who need to pick up the extra costs of child care to be able to run, because if you’re not independently wealthy and you have small children you can’t do it. You cannot run for office. And this rule changes that,” Shirley explained.
Running to flip a red district blue again
Shirley, who has a Master of Business Administration and previously worked for the United Nations Association, is facing off against Republican incumbent Rep. Peter King in November. King, who has held the seat since 2012, hosted President Donald Trump in the district in May to discuss ways to combat violence and the MS-13 gang.
Although the district leans red, Shirley believes this election is different from previous ones. For starters, although the district voted for Trump in the 2016 election, its constituents voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.
“The problem is this district was actually redrawn in 2012. We have more Democrats in this district. Peter King is out of touch with people in this district,” she said.
She admits that a lot of Democrats in her district, which includes Long Island’s Suffolk County, have voted for King in the past but said it’s because there wasn’t a serious challenger.
“Maybe they didn’t know his voting record, but they knew his name and he seems like a nice guy and so they’ll vote for him,” she said.
Shirley’s opponents call her a socialist, a description she denies.
While King voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Shirley would like to expand upon it. She supports a plan that provides Medicare for All, often championed by former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. A pro-choice advocate, she would like to protect a woman’s access to abortion care. She believes health care is a human right.
“When you knock on doors there are always four issues that people care about: It’s health care, taxes, education and the environment,” she said.
Shirley supports legislation that would cut taxes on the middle class. King voted against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts, a measure brought forward by the GOP to rewrite the nation’s tax code.
She’d also like to see campaign finance reform.
“There is a disconnect between the people who are in office and the people who live in the community. And that disconnect is there because of campaign finance issues. We need campaign finance reform. We need publicly financed elections,” she said.
Shirley, who grew up in the district, has seen it change: “There are a lot of people who have to leave Long Island because they can’t afford to live here; who can’t find affordable housing; who can’t find good paying jobs.”
The Long Island home her parents bought in the 1940s has been passed down through generations. After a long day of campaigning, Shirley enters the living room skipping over rocking horses and toy firetrucks. Her daughter decorated toilet lids with colorful stickers and her fridge is covered in her children’s artwork.
She admits she’s not like other politicians. She said she isn’t wealthy and is still paying off student loans while trying to provide for her kids. But she believes that representation is exactly what is needed.
“We need more diversity in Congress,” she said. “We need to be having the important conversations and we’re not going to have them until we change the dynamics at the table.”Copyright © 2018, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.
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Uncovering Dark Pink: The Sophisticated APT Group Targeting APAC Region
Understanding the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures of the Dark Pink Advanced Cyber Threat Group that is targeting the APAC region.
in Cyber Attacks, Malware, News, Threat Intelligence
In the APAC region, the cyber threat landscape is rapidly evolving and becoming more sophisticated. Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups continue to pose a significant risk to organizations, and one such group that has recently come to the attention of cybersecurity experts of Groub-IB is Dark Pink. This APT group has been found to be behind a series of targeted attacks against organizations in Vietnam and Indonesia and has been active since mid-2021.
Dark Pink is a highly sophisticated APT group that has been able to breach the defenses of government and military organizations in the APAC region. The group is known to use a variety of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) in their attacks, including spear-phishing emails, custom malware, and advanced persistence mechanisms.
Timeline of the cyberespionage campaign
June 2022: Dark Pink is first identified by security researchers, following an attack on a religious organization in Vietnam.
August 2022: The group launches an attack on a Vietnamese non-profit organization.
September 2022: One attack is attributed to the group
October 2022: Two attacks (one successful, one unsuccessful)
November 2022: Two attacks
December 2022: One attack on an Indonesian governmental organization
Adversary’s Modus Operandi
The Threat Actor’s primary method of gaining initial access to a victim’s network is through spear-phishing emails. These emails are highly targeted and contain a shortened URL that directs the victim to a free-to-use file sharing site, where they are presented with the option to download an ISO image that contains all the files needed for the threat actors to infect the victim’s network. These malicious ISO images have been found to contain three types of files: a signed executable file, a non-malicious decoy document (e.g. .doc, .pdf, or .jpg), and a malicious DLL file. The malicious DLL file is used to run a technique called DLL Side-Loading, which is used to ensure that the group’s core malware, TelePowerBot, gains persistence on the victim’s network. The use of ISO image by adversaries is a new trends observed in 2022 by various security researcher in russian-speaking apt attacks and north-korean backed apt attacks.
Once the malware is on the victim’s network, the group uses several different techniques to maintain persistence and exfiltrate data. One technique they use is Telegram API, which allows the group to use custom modules, TelePowerBot and KamiKakaBot, to read and execute commands via a Telegram bot. These modules were developed in different programming languages, with TelePowerBot being a PowerShell script, and KamiKakaBot, which includes stealer functionalities, being developed on .NET. The group has also been found to use self-made stealers, Ctealer and Cucky, to steal victim credentials from web browsers.
Dark Pink APT group also uses various infection chains and kill chains. Some of the methods used by the group include template injection, DLL side-loading, and leveraging MS Office documents. The group is able to operate undetected for a long period of time without detection.
Impact of a successful attack
Considering the profil of the targets, the impacts of a successful attack by Dark Pink can be devastating for the affected organization and its ecosystem. The Threat Actor’s advanced persistence mechanisms allow them to maintain access to a victim’s network for an extended period, giving them the ability to continue to exfiltrate data and potentially cause further damage.
Dark Pink is a highly sophisticated APT group that poses a significant threat to organizations in the APAC region. Their ability to evade detection and maintain persistence on a victim’s network make them particularly dangerous. Organizations should take the necessary steps to protect themselves against this group, including implementing advanced email protection measures, fostering a cybersecurity culture in the workplace, and conducting regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. Additionally, organizations should monitor their networks for any signs of an attack and have an incident response plan in place.
APAC is an interesting target for military cyberespionage due to its rapidly growing economy and increasing importance in the global geopolitical landscape. Many countries in the region are experiencing significant economic growth, which has led to an increase in the development of critical infrastructure and the emergence of new industries. These factors make APAC a prime target for cyberespionage, as nation-states and other threat actors seek to gain access to sensitive information and intellectual property that can provide them with a strategic advantage.
Furthermore, APAC is considered to be one of the most dynamic regions in the world, with many countries expected to play a key role in shaping the future global order. The region is home to several major military powers, including China and India, and is also a key player in the global supply chain. This means that the region is strategically important for military and economic reasons, making it a prime target for cyberespionage operations that aim to gain insights into the military and economic strategies of countries in the region.
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Since Pompano Beach Piranhas head swim coach Jesse Vassallo arrived three years ago, the USA Swim program has shown steady progress in major swim meets.
Vassallo, who brought 25 athletes to the recent 24th annual Speedo Winter Championships at Plantation Aquatic Complex, was pleased as his program finally reached the Top 10.
The Pompano Beach Piranhas placed 10th overall in the combined standings with 522.20 points. It was eighth in the men’s team standings with 303.50 points and 12th in the women’s standings with 219 points.
This is the fourth year that Pompano Beach has been a USA swim program, and it was Vassallo’s third year heading the program.
Vassallo said development of the program has been noticeable.
Oakland Park’s Raphael Santos, 12, a Sunrise Middle 6th grader, trains twice a day for four hours.
The South Florida Aquatic Club (SOFLO) won its second consecutive Winter Championships with a combined total of 2,097 points to easily outdistance runner-up Azura Florida Aquatics (1,412 points) and the Pine Crest Swim Team (1,240 points). They were the only teams to top the 1,000-point mark.
In my 15 years of writing movie reviews, I’ve always felt a stronger sense of obligation to my readers during the holidays. When I reviewed Oscar potential motion pictures in the past (No Country for Old Men, Brokeback Mountain), I felt the need to warn my readers that a film might be technically good, but the effect could be “Anti- Christmas” and depressing. During the opening scene of Wild, I felt the need to warn my readers.
Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) sits upon a mountain top and removes her boots and socks. Her big toenail is falling off, so she painfully removes it. Her shoe suddenly slips and falls down the mountain. Cheryl lets loose a string of expletive derivatives and throws the other shoe down the mountain.
Within the first two minutes of Wild, you can observe the self-destructive behavior of our protagonist. The question is do we really want to spend two hours of our time watching this woman? The answer is a definitive yes!
Cheryl sets off on a quest to hike the 1000 mile Pacific Coast Trail, from California through Oregon to Washington state. The hike is mostly a solitary one, with plenty of time for Cheryl to reflect upon her relationship with her mother (Laura Dern), her exhusband (Thomas Sadoski) and heroin. Yet, with such darkness in her life, the protagonist discovers the beauty in nature, animals and finds grace in an unsuspecting way.
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, Wild is a simple film about the complications of living. Cheryl’s dramatic flashbacks intrude upon the early narrative. Yet, Vallee uses these intrusions to enhance the emotional content of Cheryl’s life spiral. As the film progresses, the pace slows down, which gives Wild an epic quality. Despite the 115 minute running time, the film feels longer, but in a good way.
It has been nine years since Witherspoon’s Oscar winning performance as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line. Given her recent public relations debacle with the police, Wild is a definite career redemption for Witherspoon. She provides a truthful and naked performance and she is likely to be Oscar-nominated.
Despite some beautiful cinematography, this film touches upon the darkness of one’s soul. Critics are debating that Cheryl’s odyssey is one of either self acceptance or redemption. Either philosophy, Wild is likely to be on my top 10 list next year.
I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you in District 4 for helping me make Deerfield Beach such a great place to call home.
It has been a busy year and we’ve tackled numerous issues. One thing is certain, I am committed to doing what is in the best interest of our City and our District.
I hope all of you get to make some wonderful new memories this holiday with those you love and I look forward to seeing many of you in Commission Chambers after the holiday.
I wish you and your families a blessed Holiday & Happy New Year!
Kudos and thanks to the City of Deerfield Beach and the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA).
You have done a super job of bringing extra holiday joy to our great city with the lights and silhouette displays (Brandano & Company) on the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier and all along the beach walkway.
How exciting to see many, many people and families walking the beach at nighttime and taking photos of the displays, along with checking out all the great food establishments by the pier.
Thank you, too, for the new displays by the Deerfield Beach Fire Dept. at Hillsboro & Federal Highway, and the beautiful tree and menorah in The Cove Shopping Plaza.
What a wonderful city and beach to call “home”…. you have made the holidays extra special this year!
Dec. 9 A man wearing dark clothing entered Wendy’s at 355 W. Hillsboro Blvd. and stole $266 in cash. He was carrying a gun.
Dec. 9 Someone broke into a home at 104 SE 14 St. and stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and electronics from the home.
Dec. 9 Someone attempted to break into a home at 214 SE 11 Street.
Dec. 10 A theft of several boxes was reported from the delivery area of CVS Pharmacy at 1829 W. Hillsboro Blvd.
Nov. 25 A subject took body wash, deodorant and lotion from a store at 3580 N. Federal Hwy. without paying for it. Loss was $140.70.
Nov. 28 Someone entered an open garage at the 2850 block of NE 40 Street and stole a chop saw and blower valued at $750.
Nov. 28 Someone stole pool supplies and beach equipment from a patio located at 3810 NE 24 Ave. Loss was $50.
Nov. 28 Victim returned home at 2306 Vintage Circle to fi nd that someone had taken dishes, towels, basket ornament, an iPhone power cord and a DVD player from a the townhome he rented. Loss was $233.
Friday, Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m.
South Florida Chamber Ensemble program. Pianist Sheng- Yuan Kuan returns to the SFCE for world premiere of a new piano trio version of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony along with other iconic works like Ravel’s Bolero and Grieg’s Peer Gynt. $20 for general admission, $15 for students and seniors. Free wine and cheese during intermission. Tickets available at the Emma Lou Olson box office or by calling 954-803-3762.
Saturday, Dec. 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
South Florida Railway Museum of Deerfield Beach at the historic AMTRAK/TRIRAIL Station shows off its three operating model train layouts and museum displays of railroad memorabilia. For directions or info, call 954-448-8935 or 561-441-6952.
Lively, FREE indoor concert with worship and dance. Countdown to midnight with LIVE TV feed from Brazil, concert at 9 p.m. and midnight buffet. (Across the street from Century Village in the old movie theatre building.) For more information, call 954-421-7737 or e-mail info@ceizsflorida.com.
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 9 p.m,. to 1 a.m.
Holiday party with music for singles & non-singles, 21 and up. Hosted by Living FLA. Chloe Dolandis performs. FREE but must RSVP – www.theeveball.com.
Live entertainment, “ice” skating, inflatables, campfire, carousel & more. Activities going on elsewhere in Delray, including retro video games at Delray Beach Center for the Arts! Buy First Night button for $10 in advance ($15 on 31st) at 100 ft. Christmas tree or City Hall (credit cards accepted) or Delray Beach Library, Crest Theatre, Delray News Stand and Chamber of Commerce (cash only). For info. on Delray holiday activities, call 561-278-0424 or visit http://100ftchristmastree.com.
Held at Constitution Park, 2841 W Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, Jan. 10 through Feb. 28 on Saturdays from 1 to 3:45 p.m., this program is for 6- to 15-year-olds to learn the basics of ballet and jazz dance. While participating, children will engage in cooperative learning, socialization, auditory and kinesthetic memory, and gross motor skills. The program is $90 with a $30 one-time registration fee. Required registration ends Wednesday, Jan. 7. To register, visit www.deerfield-beach.com/register or any City of Deerfield Beach Parks and Recreation facility.
Held at Constitution Park, 2841 W Hillsboro Blvd., on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 11 to 11:45 a.m., beginning Jan. 13 through March 5, 2015. This program is for children 2 to 4 years old and their caregivers. The series of classes will help promote language skills, encourage literacy and provide exposure to books. The program is $90 with a $30 one-time registration fee. Required registration ends Wednesday, Jan. 7. To register, visit www.deerfield-beach.com/register or visit any of the City of Deerfield Beach Parks and Recreation facilities.
For further information. contact Constitution Park at 954- 480-4494.
A popular song heard regularly over radio during Christmas is Andy Williams’ classic rendition of “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” The song celebrates the traditional activities that accompany Christmas, including gathering with our families, feasting, enjoying fellowship and having fun. Thoughtful lyrics and a memorable melody capture the joy and excitement that we first discovered as children anticipating Dec. 25. Although numerous other artists have recorded the song, it is Andy Williams’ golden-voiced version that has helped to solidify it as a perennial Christmas favorite.
The idea of jingle belling and swapping scary ghost stories may be foreign to modern observations of the season. Singing carols and hymns, having holiday parties and remembering past Christmases is much more in line with what we are accustomed to. Crowded shopping malls, colorful light displays, giving and receiving gifts, enjoying fruitcake and eggnog, are experiences that characterize the festive nature of the season. Though there are some who do not celebrate Christmas, there is an undeniable sense of wonder and joy among those who observe its traditions.
Beyond the sights, sounds and anticipation of gifts, however, what really makes Christmas memorable and wonderful is the reason it exists in the fi rst place. Christians celebrate the birth of the Savior at Christmas: God’s Son given to redeem mankind from slavery to sin. The Bible teaches that sin entered the human experience when Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Their act of rebellion made them sinners and imputed their sin upon all of their descendants. Even when given specifi c instructions as to how to honor God and treat fellow human beings, mankind was unable to live according to the Creator’s intentions.
God could and should have visited humanity with righteous judgment, but He decided to take the penalty of man’s disobedience upon Himself by sending His Son. The incarnation refers to God becoming like man in order to save mankind. In Galatians 4:4-5, we are told “But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons” (NIV). It was His love for His creation that moved Him to demonstrate mercy and grace towards us. John 3:16 indicates, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (NKJV).” This undeserved favor is accepted by believers, and motivates them to serve and to honor God by living for His pleasure.
It is very easy to be caught up with the colorful lights and the lure of sales discounts at your favorite store. Santa Claus, Frosty the snowman and Rudolph the red nosed reindeer are now established seasonal characters. And while we ought to enjoy the traditions that help to make this season memorable for us, we should never overlook the reason why there is a Christmas. The essence of the Christmas story is the Creator’s willingness to provide the remedy for our sinfulness: the life of His dear Son. The remembrance of God’s great love demonstrated in this awesome act is what truly makes this the most wonderful time of the year.
Highlands Christian Academy (HCA) showed there is reason to be optimistic as two elementary school and two junior high programs finished on top in their respective leagues.
Daniel Copeland Del Toro and David Jesus each scored a goal as the Knights Elementary School soccer team defeated defending league champion St. Paul Lutheran, 2-0, in the Elementary Soccer League (ESL) championship game to finish the season at 7-1-1. Cameron Brooks earned the shutout.
The 2014 Elementary Soccer League consisted of Abundant Life, Highlands Christian, Sagemont, St. Paul and Trinity.
The Knights of Highlands Christian defeated all the schools during the season except their long-time rival, the Falcons of St. Paul. The first meeting between the two teams ended in an exciting 4-4 tie. The second meeting was for the League Shield and for home field advantage in the playoffs. The two teams battled throughout the regular time with a score of 1-1. After the overtime play, the result was the same, and St. Paul eventually prevailed in penalty kicks.
The Knights defeated the Falcons with a score of 2-0 earning the Champions for the second time of the Elementary Soccer League.
The Junior High School volleyball team ended the year at 11-5 and swept Westminster Academy (WA), 25-20; 25-20 in the finals to take the South Atlantic Coast Conference (SACC) title.
Knights’ eighth-grader Aiyana Garcia had 12 service points in the second game of the championship to seal the win.
The Junior High School football team completed a perfect season by winning all six of its games, while the HCA Elementary School volleyball team downed Sheridan Hills to win the SACC Championship. The team finished 6-2.
Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games literary trilogy has been stretched out to four separate stories on the cinematic big screen. This practice of stretching out the final book began with the Harry Potter series (worthy) and continued with the Twilight series (unworthy). Mockingjay is a 400 page young adult novel, which means that The Hunger Games: Mockingjay –Part 1 is full of exposition that should lead to an epic big screen grand finale.
In the previous motion picture, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) challenged the federal status quo with an act of public defiance. Mockingjay opens with Katniss adjusting to her new role as a rebellious public symbol – the Mockingjay. Her new title is a creation of rebel leader Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) and her agent Plutarch (the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman). Katniss, Alma and Plutarch are in direct conflict with ongoing villain President Snow (Donald Sutherland).
In her previous act of defiance, Katniss lost track of her beloved Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), her ally (and possible love interest?) from the government sanctioned Hunger Games. Now, President Snow uses Peeta as a government propaganda pawn to confront the growing rebellion. Katniss is put in an emotional vice as she tries to separate her public obligations with her personal needs.
Director Francis Lawrence does an excellent job presenting this conflict for Katniss. It helps that Jennifer Lawrence is the perfect conduit for audience empathy, for much of this story is told through her eyes. We have watched young Katniss age in the past two years; the stress and betrayals are revealed on her face. With this type of emotional connection, the well-directed action scenes take on more depth and one eagerly awaits the grand finale with part two next year.
As we wrap up 2014, mainstream critics are presenting their top films of the year, with The Grand Budapest Hotel being consistently nominated. By the end of the month, this film will be on cable. Much like his previous motion pictures Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom and The Royal Tennenbaums, The Grand Budapest Hotel is another peak into the vision of Wes Anderson. With high brow cinematography and low brow comedy, this film tells the tale of M.Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge with contacts everywhere. Art theft, international intrigue and the onset of a world war … this film has something for everyone.
Dec. 1 Four women attacked a woman while she was walking home. The attack occurred at 40 NE 44 St.
Dec. 2 Two women were arrested and charged with shoplifting at Target at 3599 W. Hillsboro Blvd. The women stole clothing items. Both women were on probation.
Dec. 2 A burglary was reported at a condominium at 616 S. Ocean Dr.
Dec. 3 A woman hired Moving Squad to move her items. After the move had been completed, she noticed that her diamond rings were missing from a box. Report was made at 1204 S. Military Trail.
Nov. 20 A subject was trespassed after shoplifting at a store at 3700 N. Federal Hwy.
Nov. 20 Someone entered a 2013 Range Rover while it was parked at 3280 NE 31 Ave. and ransacked the center console. Nothing appeared to be taken.
Nov. 22 An officer initiated a traffic stop at 1951 NE 39 St. and, during a search, discovered two rock cocaine and four .22 caliber rounds of ammunition.
• Sheriff Scott Israel and the men and women of the Broward Sheriff’s Office wish you a safe and happy holiday.
Brought to you by Chabad of N Broward Beaches free. Lighting of 9 ft. menorah with Mayor Lamar Fisher. Doughnuts, latkes, free carousel ride, crafts for the kids! www.JewishLHP.com or 347-410-1106.
Thursday, Dec. 18, 3 to 5 p.m.
Enjoy holiday activities, such as horse-drawn hayrides, photos with Santa, a real SNOW field; make your own “Frosty the Snowman.” Kids activities, holiday treats and the thrilling Polar Express ride. Small fee for refreshments and some activities. For more information, call 954-480-4494.
Thursday, Dec. 18, 5:30 p.m.
FREE. Menorah Lighting with local dignitaries and Chanukah refreshments. Brought to you by Chabad of N. Broward Beaches. For more information, call 347- 410-1106 or visit www.JewishLHP.com.
Friday, Dec. 19, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Free. For more info., call 954-427-0222 or visit www.communitych.org.
“The Matchmaker!” presented by Curtain Call Playhouse is a comedy about a local merchant who hires a lively widow matchmaker; mayhem ensues. $30 Friday, $20 Sunday. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Herb Skolnick Community Center or online at www.Eventbright.com. For more information, call 954-786-4590.
Presented by Delta Lodge #519. Free food, family & fun.
Saturday, Dec. 20, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sponsored by Chabad of East Boca. Rides, food, concert starring Eduardo, menorah lighting with dignitaries, and more. Nominal fee for food and rides. For more information, call 561-417-7797 or visit www.Chabad-BocaBeaches.com.
Sunday, Dec. 21, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.
Come take an exhilarating yoga class and visit with the volunteers at Milo’s Dog Rescue who will have adoptable animals available just in time for the holidays. They will also be accepting donations such as pet food, treats, blankets, sheets, toys, cleaning supplies, kennels, etc. For info., call 954-322-YOGA (9642) or visit www. anuttarayoga.com.
On Sunday, Dec. 21, 5 p.m. on Deerfield beach, join the Chabad of the N. Broward Beaches as they light their menorah, offer up latkes and doughnuts and supply plenty of opportunities for fun, including face painting, sand art for the kids and more.
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#LG Electronics #ESS #solar power
LG Electronics unveils ESS for small solar plants
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday unveiled a new energy storage system (ESS) designed especially for solar power plants with smaller capacities.
LG said it will release what it calls the all-in-one ESS for 100 kilowatt solar power plants Friday. The comprehensive package brings together power conditioning and management systems, batteries and other equipment that can simplify the installation process.
As the package includes a 274 kWh battery, it is capable of storing power that can support roughly 25 households on a daily basis.
The new package includes LG Electronics' power conditioning system and LG Chem Ltd.'s battery.
LG said the battery also stands out as it maintains 75.4 percent of its performance even after 15 years. The company will also provide a three-year warranty on all parts of the package.
The company said the South Korean market for solar power ESS is expected to reach 400 billion won (US$354 million) in 2020, soaring from 110 billion won posted in 2017.
colin@yna.co.kr
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October 29, 2018 Business models, Editorial content, Podcasts, Publications, Publishers
This week, Claire Sanderson, the editor in chief of Women’s Health (UK) talks about the magazine’s circulation growth, why they love working with influencers, and how mental health has become such a vital part of overall wellness. She also explains how integrating the print and digital teams helps them to drive audiences between both platforms, and why VR will be a huge part of health and fitness in the future.
In the news round-up the team discuss Apple’s invention of something called a ‘human editor’, Twitter’s return to profitability and Refinery29’s refining of its publishing strategy. A maudlin Chris derails the round-up with a philosophical question.
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Women’s Health are one of the few women’s magazines who are showing real, consistent growth, according to the most recent set of ABCs.
So one of my first questions for Claire was why this was happening. Was there a recent campaign to drive awareness? Have they had any significant giveaways at events to boost circulation, or have they tempted readers with cut-price subscription deals?
Her answer was surprising in both its honesty and simplicity. The magazine happens to be perfectly aligned with one of the biggest trends in Britain and further abroad: wellness. Not just fitness, but the concept of eating, drinking and generally looking after your physical and mental health.
Also pleasantly surprising was how enthusiastic Claire was about influencers – social media stars who are often seen as a threat to traditional media. But instead, Women’s Health works with top fitness and wellness influencers where they get to be on the cover of a print magazine, and in return bring in their ‘borderline fanatical’ audiences of their own.
Yet there’s something that Claire only mentions briefly which I think also holds great significance in making Women’s Health stand out – after all, they have plenty of competition from magazines in the fitness and wellness space. It’s that their content is science-backed, well-researched and fact checked. They draw on research papers from world-leading universities, but present the information in an accessible way to their audience.
Perhaps in today’s world, among all the fad diets and popping jade eggs in unmentionable places, people actually welcome just a little bit of hard science about what works in women’s health.
Apple News, Audience, Circulation, Fitness, Hearst, Influencers, Refinery29, Twitter, Wellness, Women's Health
CEO of Associated Media Publishing Julia Raphaely on the mission of magazines
Cosmopolitan UK’s Farrah Storr on Snapchat and representation
Paywall Special
AOP MD Richard Reeves on supporting publishers online
Glamour’s Jo Elvin on a modern magazine’s role in society
British GQ’s Becky Lucas on the true meaning of ‘engagement’
How Women’s Health is defying circulation decline in women’s magazines
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The world is black and white and silver beneath the full moon as I stumble down the hallway and retrieve a hungry boy from his crib. It’s been weeks now since we’ve needed to turn on the light to help us latch, so as we enter the room, the nursing chair waits in a mural of interrupted white from beyond the window. As we step into range, zebra stripes rush up our bodies, disorienting, so strong they almost seem a tangible creature.
The baby settles in to his job with deep concentration, his free hand grasping, releasing, and grasping my finger. The strength of his grip measures his progress from wakeful hunger back to peaceful sleep. Strips of brilliance curve around the shape of his head. It’s so bright, as if something punched a hole in the universe, and all the light of Heaven now pours through a disc the size of a quarter hung in the center of the sky.
We switch sides, and the stripes curve the opposite direction. His hand still wraps my finger, but hesitantly, pausing longer between grips. Silver skitters over my face, making me aware of my own nose, my eyelashes–things I can always see, but never notice. I wake my brain, willing it to commit this moment to memory. So many beautiful moments have disappeared. I hope that once the clutter of early childhood’s constant need fades, my mind will be able to retrieve some of them, but I’m not confident. Christian remembers things I’ve already forgotten. This moment–this one, at least–I want seared into brain and body until it is a visceral thing, the pattern of light and dark disrupting normalcy with magic. Reminding me how close by the side of transcendence lies every moment.
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Fabrizio Colonna (c. 1450 – 1520) va ser un condottiero italià, destacat per la seva participació en les Guerres d'Itàlia.
Família
Membre de la influent família Colonna, Fabrizio va ser fill d'Eduardo Colonna i de Filippa Conti. Es va casar amb Agnès de Montefeltro, filla del duc d'Urbino Federico da Montefeltro i de Battista Sforza, amb qui va tenir diversos fills: Vittoria (1490 – 1547), casada amb Francesc Ferran d'Ávalos; Federico (1497 – 1516); Ascanio (1500-1557), casat amb Joana d'Aragó, neta de Ferran el Catòlic; Ferdinando (c. 1516); Camillo, i Marcello.
Carrera militar
Guerres de Nàpols
El 1501 les tropes enviades per Lluís XII de França van envair el Regne de Nàpols des del nord i les de Ferran II d'Aragó van ocupar el sud, cosa que va marcar l'inici de la Guerra d'Itàlia de 1499–1501 amb l'excusa de la seva aliança amb els turcs. Fabrizio i el seu parent Prospero Colonna es van alinear amb Frederic III de Nàpols. Fabrizio va comandar les forces que defensaven Càpua, on va ser derrotat per l'exèrcit francès de Bérault Stuart d'Aubigny i fet presoner. Posteriorment va ser rescatat per Frederic III mitjançant el pagament de 2.000 ducats.
Després del derrocament de Frederic III, els Colonna van entrar al servei de Ferran II d'Aragó, participant en la guerra contra els francesos sota les ordres de Gonzalo Fernández de Còrdova; en aquest nou conflicte Fabrizio va participar en les batalles de Ruvo i Cerignola, va combatre a les forces d'Yves d'Allegre als Abruços juntament amb Diego García de Paredes i també va participar en la decisiva batalla de Garellano.
Després de la sortida de Fernández de Còrdova de terres italianes, Ferran el Catòlic va nomenar Fabrizio cap màxim de l'exèrcit de la Corona a Itàlia.
Guerra de la Lliga de Cambrai
El 1512, durant la guerra de la Lliga de Cambrai, va ser derrotat en la batalla de Ravenna per les tropes franceses de Gastó de Foix-Nemours. Fabrizio va ser fet presoner i enviat a Ferrara.
Nicolau Maquiavel el va incloure com a personatge principal de la seva obra De l'art de la guerra.
Referències
Condottieros
Morts a la Campània
Militars de Roma
Família Colonna
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Coda: Medieval Music at the End of Life
Author: Grant Osborn
We have become, as Elaine Stratton Hild describes it, very specialized in the area of end-of-life care. “We are excellent at understanding the body, and how we can control symptoms, control pain,” she says. “On the other hand, because we’ve specialized in that, we’ve created some weaknesses in other areas.”
Hild is a musicologist who specializes in Medieval chants for the sick and dying. Her work is noteworthy for its scholarly contribution, but it may also yield observations that can help strengthen those “weaknesses” that exist in end-of-life care.
To learn these traditions, Hild traveled to Germany, to Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. She learned Latin and learned the notation used in Medieval manuscripts. She labored to find manuscript sources that might contain rites for the sick and dying, combing through catalog descriptions and traveling to engage with the manuscripts themselves. The work requires a certain blend of tenacity and patience. When she found a manuscript likely to have the rites, she examined it to find a certain notation indicating it was music, and if it was specific enough to reconstruct a melody. And then the output: transcribing the recoverable notations into a modern musical framework. It’s a skillset that is all but extinct. Hild estimates fewer than 100 people in the world can do it.
Hild came to the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) as a residential fellow to create a book of the chants she’s pieced together through her research. It’s a scholarly pursuit, but also a personal one.
“That’s one reason I appreciate the Institute for Advanced Study so much, because they don’t need to draw distinction,” Hild says. “They’re looking for people who are doing academic work that can also make a contribution to contemporary society, so they respect the rigorous academic work that in itself is a type of calling.”
This is an excerpt from “Coda: Medieval Music at the End of Life,” written by Andy Fuller. Read the full story.
Originally published by Grant Osborn at ndias.nd.edu on August 22, 2018. Republished at medieval.nd.edu.
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Kulhanek Records Second Podium of Season at Battleground Speedway
Driver & Team News
Inside Line Promotions
– HIGHLANDS, Texas (May 4, 2014) – Things are going in the right direction for Ray Allen Kulhanek, who capped arguably his most successful weekend of the season with a podium finish last Saturday at Battleground Speedway.
“It was a lot better,” he said. “I went in the direction I’m used to going in. After the way our season started this year with all the little gremlins, we really haven’t had any finishes to talk about. To get through a weekend and be fast all weekend long and not really fight any issues was kind of a nice break from the way the season has been going.”
The weekend began on Friday at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas, to kick off the ASCS Gulf South Region doubleheader. Kulhanek maneuvered from fifth to third place during his heat race on the narrow track, which earned him enough points to advance into the feature redraw.
“Same old story,” he said. “I drew back there on the fourth row.”
Kulhanek pulled the No. 7 in the random redraw to start the main event on the inside of the fourth row.
“On the very start of the race the guy starting in front of me got on the brakes sooner than I expected,” he said. “I got in the back of him and damaged the nose wing. I’m not sure if that really hurt me though. The track was really one groove around the bottom. The only way you were going to get to pass anyone was if they bobbled and messed up.”
Kulhanek picked up one position to end with a sixth-place result.
The team wrapped up the weekend on Saturday at Battleground Speedway, where Kulhanek powered from fourth place to win his heat race. That earned him another trip to the feature redraw and this time he pulled the No. 2 to start the main event on the outside of the front row.
Kulhanek jumped to the lead on the start and led for approximately the first 10 laps before traffic became an issue.
“We ran up on a couple of lapped cars,” he said. “(The racing lane) was pretty much right around the top and dry around everywhere else. I came up on four or five of them that were stacked together. You had to make a real fast decision and hope you made the right one. I ended up getting hung up for a lap and it let Travis (Rilat) get by me.”
Kulhanek battled with Rilat for a couple of laps through traffic before he was able to gain the advantage. Channin Tankersley then attacked Kulhanek for the runner-up position in the closing laps.
“Me and Tankersley went back and forth swapping spots,” he said. “I think we swapped spots three or four times. With about two or three laps to go I got another shot to go by him, but I got pinched between him and a lapped car.”
Kulhanek ended with a third-place result, which marked his second podium of the season. It also moved him into third place in the ASCS Gulf South Region championship standings.
Kulhanek is scheduled to take the next couple of weekends off before returning to action on May 23 at Cotton Bowl Speedway in Paige, Texas, and on May 24 at Shady Oaks Speedway in Goliad, Texas, with the ASCS Gulf South Region.
QUICK RESULTS –
May 2 – Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas – Heat race: 3 (5); Feature: 6 (7).
May 3 – Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Texas – Heat race: 1 (4); Feature: 3 (2).
SEASON STATS –
8 races, 0 wins, 2 top fives, 5 top 10s, 7 top 15s, 8 top 20s
UP NEXT –
May 23 at Cotton Bowl Speedway in Paige, Texas, and May 24 at Shady Oaks Speedway in Goliad, Texas, with the ASCS Gulf South Region
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.RayAllenKulhanek.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dork.racing.9?fref=ts
Kulhanek will have apparel available for sale at his race trailer throughout the season. For a list of his scheduled events, visit http://www.RayAllenKulhanek.com.
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“Everyone at J&J Auto Racing are probably some of the nicest people in racing,” Kulhanek said. “I talk to them quite frequently. They are always quick to answer phone calls and will get stuff shipped out to you the same day. And they are definitely the safest cars on the market. I don’t have a complaint on them after winning the last four championships running their cars.”
Kulhanek would also like to thank Oilfield Equipment & Manufacturing, Miller’s RV Park, Texas Rotating Equipment, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, Smiley’s Racing Products, Engler Machine & Tool, Outlaw Wings, Hoosier Racing Tire Southwest, Penske Shocks, Don Ott Racing Engines, Snap Graphics, Frazier and Son Laser Cutting and Simpson Race Products for their support.
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